A New Age Begins
The Era of Light
Has Begun
The Black Hawk descends — herald of illumination, sovereign of the dawn sky. What was hidden is now revealed. The light does not ask permission.
but bright light casts the darkest shadows
ancient forces rise from the darkness to conduct the final test before the transition
The Tale of Jar
But let us not hasten events, for first it behooves me to tell you the tale of a hawk named Jar.
Many years ago, at the mouth of the Nile, lived a hawk named Jar. He dwelt among his kindred and beheld how his brethren soared the skies from dawn till dusk in the hunt, built their nests, and cooed with their mates. Tedious and wearisome did such labors seem to him. Whenever he pondered that all fifteen years allotted him by fate were destined to be spent in this bustle, the very will to live would fade within him.
Jar knew not what his soul thirsted for, yet one thing he knew full well: he yearned for something other, something unknown, that might stir him to the very heart.