Nuureith “the flint breaker” (faerie legend)

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The Tale of Nuureith is an ancient elven tale is about the first of the Aelves of the faerie race on Helca. It is obscure, vague, short, and most scholars are unsure to believe it, or to treat it as myth. Its exact moment in time is unknown, but considered tens of thousands of years before the Time of The Crossing of the Blood of Saemon. Perhaps a hundred thousand – certainly from the Time of the Green Paths.

This knowledge is considered RARE or even HIDDEN. It is not referenced by available texts of the Modern Age of the Steel Realms.

The Tale is it is Commonly Known

Nuureith was part of the first arrivals on Helca of the ancient and original Aelf lineage from the Faeywyld, travelers of the Aelfpath and explorers of the stars. Nuureith came to Helca with his clan. For thousands of years, the elven population grew slowly on solitude and safety. He and his brother were tasked with journeying east from their Aelfpath “sprout” (the name of which and location is lost to modern history). They came to a strange place in a great forest, and came upon a great treasure that is lost to memory. It is said that they spent years investigating it, observing it, and that a jealousy grew in him. He slew his brother with a flint knife, and became the first of the corrupted Faeydark elves of the Steel Realms. His final fate is unknown, but there are no further mentions of him.

Details: The exact details contain cultural details, descriptions, and references that are obscure and alien, clearly marking it as long before the modern age. This tale is a similar tale to the biblical “Cain and Abel” narrative that portrays the evil of murder, jealousy, greed, and violence and is mostly considered and allegory.

Warning
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The Tale of Nuureith is reflective of an actual truth. Nuureith was real, his clan founded Ilyndria Frostshine and he never died. The knife he killed with was flint – a natural material such as ancient faerie preferred over worked metal. The location was the Navel of Rhyl Forest Forest, a major laey line that connected to an Aelfpath of the Steel Realms that ran straight through it. And the treasure was a clutch of dragon eggs laid into a bed of Monarch’s Crystal holding a pour of Entrophy. It produced the most powerful dragon of Helca – Ssiluzra. The blood of the Aelf he killed was spilled into the egg clutch. Nuureith was burned by the entrophy as his murder victim’s body fell into the clutch nest, crushing all but one of the eggs. Nuureith fled, believing all were ruined. He became a vampire, seeking to spill more blood. The knife was dropped as he fled, on the forest floor. The Druunad found it. It became known as The Red Flint, it became sentient and always tried to draw blood. It could not be destroyed, and was placed in a safe place and forgotten.

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