Stealing the Sun-an ancient tale of the burynai (EQ2 Lore)
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| Monument and Might |
This is a tale Warlord Killingfrost requires of me often.
Stealing the Sun
an ancient tale of the burynai
Long ago, Norrath's days were warmed by the Heart of Ro and its nights were watched by the sisters Drinal and Luclin. And long had the creatures known as the burynai been burrowing in the Underfoot -digging and finding gems and stones of rare beauty.
These were the rewards Brell provided to them for their work. Gifts that he left them buried deep within the world. Upon breaking through to the surface of Norrath, they were enwrapped by the brilliance of the Heart hanging in the sky, warming their fur.
They coveted it just as they had all things glittery and golden. It was the biggest treasure they had ever spotted and they believed the surface dwellers worshiped it. And so a plan they hatched to take it for themselves.
They had noticed that the sun always rested in the same den when the eyes of night opened in the sky. There they laid a trap for it and when it came back to its den tired and at half wick after a day's burning, they captured it.
The Heart of Ro was now within the hands of the burynai deep within the Underfoot! The following morning the eyes of night stayed open and unthreatened. The blinding light of the Heart did not force them to shut against it. There they remained, in the sky looking down upon Norrath.
For many cycles the burynai tried to unlock the secrets of the Heart of Ro. But no matter what they tried it only cried and burned them. After an ill fated attempt at cracking it open had only caused a piece of its shell to break off, they decided to return the Heart to the surface world.
The Heart of Ro had given the burynai nothing and they realized that it was not a great power provided to them by Brell. Brell's power is within the rocks and soil of Norrath and the Underfoot. "Power does not come from the sky," they said.
They continue to search for that pinnacle of power that Brell promised them, but to this day they have kept the piece of sun in a bottle just so the sun remembers the burynai were once its masters.[1]
As told by Elna Tsernin
- ^ The ending text for The Mystery of the Cursed Tower confirms that the burynai really do have a Bottle of Sun and it was being kept for them by the Haggle Baron in Kurn's Tower.