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Lethar and Dyn'leth - Blood of Betrayal Vol. I

Notation: A one-of-a-kind Elddar moonlocket was given to me, Librarian Hemfar, in order to interpret its past. It is a rather complicated item that holds much history about a mother, father, and son and a betrayal that is difficult to comprehend. The interpretation of the visions will appear in chapters so as not to confuse them.

The Mother Elf, Veldyn

The locket reveals that the child who was born to Veldyn was not what he seemed, though the mother was oblivious to it at the time of his birth. Veldyn named the child Dyn'leth in order to honor its mother and father. The father, Lethar, was a young and wise Elddar elf to Veldyn's eyes. The love between mother and son was as a close a bond as one might expect, especially given that the family of three lived in solitude in the Serpent Spine Mountains within the great temple at Spine Peak.

It was after the birth of the child that Lethar changed. He withdrew from mother and son and would rarely see them. He forbade them from entering certain areas of the shrine, telling them it was for their own protection. Veldyn understood that something was amiss, but for Dyn'leth's sake, said nothing and focused her efforts on rearing him as a good and knowledgeable elf, passing along all the knowledge of her kind to him, knowing that they were very much alone and that the existence of the Elddar may soon be altogether extinct.

The locket presents Dyn'leth as a loving child toward Veldyn, but because of his father's absence and behavior toward her and him, he grew to resent his father. As the years rolled on, Lethar withdrew farther from his lady and child and treated them both as annoyances. As Dyn'leth grew older, he felt he saw his father look at him with hatred. While Dyn'leth would never act on his emotions for his mother's sake, he watched his father with a great distrust and would often try to follow him into the depths of the temple. Lethar being aware of his meddling son, raised wards to prevent him from freely moving about the reliquary to Veeshan's scale.