...ration to greatness and the aid of this divine bird saw him adopted by the vassal king Ormazd Shah, and
he would eventually rise to become a sage and <mark>hero</mark> among mortals.
In the songs of the now-vanished desert people, Kisra plundered the four corners of the land in the name of his king,
Ormazd Shah...
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...ame's Fan..."
(Fan Jie pauses, covers his mouth, and turns to leave. Exit Fan Jie.)
Fan Jie: "It's time for me to go, ha."
(Aside)
Zixin: "Oh <mark>hero</mark>, please wait..."
(Dongtang, lento, innig)
Zixin: "Led by my timid heart, I wronged a righteous man."
Zixin: "I can't even remember the name...
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...oted in those
who have passed... As surely as gems of the future must spring from the veins of
the past.
So come, hear me sing, hear me tell of this <mark>hero</mark>, Listen as I chant the
soul-song of the children of the wild bull, the children of the rhinoceros. I
shall tell you of Magan Sundjatta, his deeds...
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## Volume 1
This tapestry is said to have been woven by Sanhaj Kompore, a <mark>hero</mark> of the
Masters of the Night-Wind. Its contents are brief and bizarre, often dismissed
as a joke by the elder shamans — and just like the countless jests this cunning
<mark>hero</mark> told throughout his life, this one's colors carry...
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...fty and cunning bunch too, and equally skilled in the art of shape-shifting. It is said that in
that great war, as a consequence of the constant switc<mark>hero</mark>o trickery, many poor souls became completely disoriented and
could not for the life of them keep track of who was who — eventually forgetting eve...
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... who dwelled above the
thundering clouds, and who then called down sweet rains to cleanse all rivers,
the deity of the dog days refused to return the <mark>hero</mark>'s soul, instead commanding
the treac<mark>hero</mark>us Kame Twins to direct the despicable Nagual in secret. Thus
steered, Nagual hewed Coquitao's head with ...
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...luminated beast, or a sole servant of some long-dead god, gently
mourning her master only at night. And some also believed her to simply be a gallant <mark>hero</mark>, like those who spurn
civilization, hiding their real names.
No one knows how her story began, but it ended with the tale of a certain hunter. B...
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...e sea.
I hear the jabber of me ol' lady, wishing well to her heirs to come:
May they navigate blasting winds and o'er dancing waves,
Pierced by <mark>hero</mark>es' harpoons, may the monster's lair meet the last of its days."
Even in the most violent of squalls, her constant shanties never ceased. The voi...
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...selves.
## Volume 3
Little is known about Zima, who hailed from Snezhnaya, a land of perpetual
winter. His name is found in no logbook, no epic, no <mark>hero</mark>ic tale. Like a single
snowflake, he briefly brushed against the surface of legend before disappearing
without a trace.
Zima came from a small to...
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...ains now looked like they might be able to kill Jin the Seventy-Second.
The swordsman limped with every step he took, and the road was small and treac<mark>hero</mark>us. Every so often, gravel would slip
loose beneath his feet.
At the same time, upon a cliff twisted about with sinuous, dead trees, two figures ...
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..., see?" "Then one day, a horde of
rats showed up and started bitin' them customer's things and whatnot, yeah? Then Boss showed them what for, was the
<mark>hero</mark>, eh?" "After that, whenever customers heard his snores, theys would be at peace, and say 'good kitty, good kitty~'"
"But yous see, that hotel did...
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...ovising,
For it should be clear as day, that the glory and freedom of Mondstadt
Were born when Barbatos struck the strings dolce.
Poems sing of <mark>hero</mark>ic fame,
Yet to commemorate unnamed freedom should they aim.
Chained by royals, Mondstadt could barely suspire,
And festivities were but va...
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...h the unjust
deaths of the innocent and the ruinous fires of war. O terrible and mighty
Eternal Workman, lord of two natures,
So strong, hale, and <mark>hero</mark>ic as the gods themselves. Even the stars look upon you
in awe. O indestructible Lord, please quiet this earth-shaking wrath. Lift the
torment t...
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...ess god. No sooner had she met
her demise than the temple itself collapsed, and the people's city crumbled like salt into the earth.
As for the treac<mark>hero</mark>us king's fate, theories abound but none are certain. Some say he continued to reign in solitude
from the ruins for centuries, finally turning int...
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...wounded or
slain. The news devastated Sayohime, who took ill in her despair, and before
long died of a broken heart. Takehiko returned from the war a <mark>hero</mark>, only to hear
of his beloved's tragic passing. Wracked with uncontrollable grief, Takehiko
made offerings to her with incense and fruits every si...
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... of relief. It doesn't matter if they are someone's wife, father, boyfriend, or girlfriend, it
doesn't matter if they are someone's boss, servant, or <mark>hero</mark>. They always put on the same face in front of me — one that
exhibits the reverence and fear for the Almighty Shogun. Yet none know how I equally ...
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...force of the land continued
to bleed away." "Not only that — Kogami, now bereft of its ruler, became a paradise for those who would plunder it."
"The <mark>hero</mark>es who had defeated the wicked overlord could not protect it in the end either." "In the end, only two
escaped." "...Hey now, cut the reminiscence...
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...earning for things left unresolved in living years. These floating spirits often entice unsuspecting
passers-by away from the main path and onto treac<mark>hero</mark>us mountain tracks that leads them tumbling into a river or
straight into an ambush of ravenous monsters.
It is this phenomenon from which Wuwang...
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...g down in worship of the light
brought by one who was both mother and daughter. In the days when mortals
received the blessings of the heavens, great <mark>hero</mark>es and wandering champions
would visit the clear springs for her blessing, fighting over the tenderness she
left in her hurried wake. But when the...
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.... For they knew the extent of their own degeneracy, and wished not
for their deeds to be held to scrutiny by the annals of history alongside tales of <mark>hero</mark>es' honor and glory.
But the winds of history blow strong, and ultimately no wall could be built tall enough to stay them. This work is a
collect...
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...e,
and eliminated four species of ruthless interstellar worms along the way. When Vera opened her eyes, she found herself
in the arms of Sachi, now a <mark>hero</mark> of cosmic proportions. To the dominant species of Andromeda, twenty years was nothing
more than a few seconds. The Princess looked lovely as alwa...
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...ensue when
the flames were extinguished, picturing the expressions on the people's faces.
Reinforcements from the Flower-Feather Clan, she thought — <mark>hero</mark>es who had once
followed her mother into battle. Even with wings, this dragon she had hunted for
so many years now had little hope of escape.
And...
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... abundance, There Rangi Nui once stood
upright between heaven and earth, so the ancestors say, For he was both a sage
who spoke to the heavens, and a <mark>hero</mark> of the land, Whose soul returned to the
rising sun, whereupon the sky itself became Rangi Nui. Then, I shall head from
the land of abundance to t...
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...ms from his companion.
This was terrible timing for the Children. Their strongest warrior, their Chief Sundjatta, and his companions had
followed the <mark>hero</mark> Tenoch to the island in the far west to halt the giant dark beast, and could not do battle against the
Volcano Lord.
And so Traore and the warrio...
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...le, frost-colored moonlight,
The valiant warrior journeyed to a foreign shore.
Countless souls lie buried within the ancient ruins,
Innumerable <mark>hero</mark>es faded where mists now stray.
The dark tide of monsters galloped across the desolate expanse,
Trampling upon the hopes of all the living.
...
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...I nourish the benevolent spirits in the sea of flowers.
Behold, soul illuminated by Khvarena, final descendant of the god of grass and trees.
Behold, <mark>hero</mark>es who battle the cataclysm endlessly, foes of the Dev.
For not even the inky gloom from beyond the skies shall erode their forms.
O Nagarjuna, ...
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...s that once stood proudly atop them, gazing down at
the lifeless dunes, now reluctantly fell into its gilded embrace. Countless people, sage or fool, <mark>hero</mark> or coward — all
of them vanished within the sandstorm that night. The lucky survivors fell into eternal silence. It's said that they
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