Dreams of the Ringed Vale (2005) (edit title/settings)

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• Luthiel: Orphaned under mysterious circumstances and raised by the elves of Flir-Light hollow, Luthiel is a bit insecure and uncertain of her place among the Fae. Called a strangeling by many of her peers, and ridiculed by the sorcerer and village Wisdom, Elag, she feels she possesses few talents of worth. Her best friend and foster sister, Leowin, is a constant companion, co-conspirator, and the instigator of many capers and adventures.
• Leowin: First daughter of the Valshae family, Leowin is both reckless and mischievous. Possessed of a talent for getting into and out of tight spots, she is also gifted with stunning insight which is a sometimes surprising foil to her glib tongue. Leowin's deepest ambition is to be an elfin Secret Finder.
• Vanye: This grim and imposing elf is a Blade Dancer -- one of the mystical and solitary guardians of the Faelands. As with most Blade Dancers, the elves share a feeling of unease about Vanye, seeing him as a dark and dangerous necessity. Blade Dancers are most infamous for their terrible duty -- naming Chosen and ensuring they go to feed the terrible Vyrl of the Vale of Mists.
• Melkion: A small white dragon with purple eyes and a rainbow plume. He serves the vyrl.
• Vaelros: The grandson of Zalos and one of his seven captains.
• Elag: Sorcerer and Wisdom to the village of Flir Light Hollow.
• Othalas: The eldest and most feared of all werewolves. Othalas comes to collect children for the Vyrl. He's also as large as horse.
• The three Vyrl: Creatures who used to be gods before they were corrupted with a hunger so horrible they can never quench it. Now they are forced to feed on elves blood in order to try to stave off the madness but it does not last.

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• “I cannot change what will happen. I can only change how I act in the face of it.”

  Luthiel

• “Words. What are they but shadows on the page or howling in the wind?”

  Othalas

• “May your feet ever walk in the light of two suns. May the moonshadow never fall on you.”

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• It is the part of you that hungers for love and to give love. Many do not think of it as a need. But it is as necessary as air and light, as essential as earth and water. It is the very design of life to support other life and to grow greater by the support of other living things,

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• You will know, if you are truthful to yourself, the difference between deprivation and restraint. The counterfeit of restraint is denial of personal truth. In this denial lies the seed of depravity.

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• The Stone was clear as glass but the light that fell through it somehow came out brighter, more like silver. It was as if it washed the light.

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• For what a creature will do to itself it will not hesitate to do to others,

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• It is the way of life to seek power, to survive by that power, to exploit through that power and finally to develop into something far beyond what it was before, something greater. It is when life becomes limited that depravity sets in.

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• “As you are, in part, within the world of dreams, you perceive more. People are revealed as their true selves—their hurts and ambitions become plain to see.

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• “It’s a treasure! A Wyrd Stone, one of the few crafted by the hands of Vlad Valkire.”

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• These are the great, unspoken, laws that are woven into us all—heart and hide, blood and bone. If we break them or if others, who have power over us, break them then the result is evil. It is both very simple and very difficult to understand. But the pattern is within us all and we must keep our eyes open to the truth to understand it. Believing alone is not enough. We must each find it. And once we do, we must never lose sight of it.

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• “It is always easier to deny the things you fear,” the sorcerer replied “But there is always something to be gained in facing it.

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• The Vale of Mists: Dreaded home to the Vyrl, the mists of this magical vale have the power to reshape flesh.
• Flir Light Hollow: The home of Luthiel's foster childhood.
• Rimwold: Home to strange elves and goblins. Ruled by the a fiery spirit named Thrar Taurmori.
• Knife of the Ocean: An area of continuous storm. Graveyard to ships.
• Ottomnos: Obsidian castle at the Vale of Mists' heart.
• Cave of Painted Shadows: Place of a holocaust long past. Tomb of Vlad Valkire.
• Minonowe: Nation of Valemar elves. Home to Luthiel.
• Yewstaff: A vast Tree of Life at Minonowe's heart.
• Ithilden: Place of mazes. Home to the noble elves named Ithildar. A tree of life at its heart bears the same name.
• Ashiroth: Ruined forest kingdom ruled by Zalos. Its fae people -- the Gruagach -- have flesh of wood and blood of sap. But many say they have gone rotten at the core. They now ruin their land -- wantonly consuming its resources.

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• Blade Dancer: These mystical knights are granted supernatural power through their connection with The World of Dreams. Each bonds with a dream-forged weapon known as a Kat-o-Fae -- animate flower-like devices with blades instead of petals. Not only are Blade Dancers responsible for defending the Faelands against every form of horror, they are also charged with selecting Chosen -- elfin children sent to feed the vampiric Vyrl in The Vale of Mists.
• Lilani: Places were dream magic pushes into the real world. A person stepping into a Lilani may travel to another place in the real world by riding a river of dreams.
• Black Moon: The eighth moon of Oesha rises with winter and draws behind it a curtain of darkness that covers even the stars. With the Black Moon comes a plague of cold, nightmares that cross into the real world to hunt the living, and what elves call deep night. The Black Moon was not always so terrible. It was once a verdant, Eden-like place and, in ancient times, elves would travel through Lilani to frolic in its bountiful forests. But, long ago, Vyrl and greedy spirits of burning ruined it. Now it is barren waste and darkness follows it.

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Followed by The War of Mists.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robert Marston Fanney (Author)

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• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains some violence.

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• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Epic
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Fairies & Elves
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Author's website