The new druid

[TheJarl]

Part 2

Where was he...?

A forest is all he could see. Trees and wild animals everywhere...

A stag walked towards him and Tharog could hear a voice, the voice came from everywhere around him, like the forest talked to him.

"Come... Tharog... follow"

The stag turned around and walked deeper into the forest. Tharog followed it, until they arrived at a small clearing. A man sat there, but not just a man, Tharog recognized him from the photos. a man with antlers. It was Cernunnos...

The deity spoke with a deep and mysterious voice.

[font=Book Antiqua]"The old world is dead, Tharog...it was destroyed long before mankind left it... war, hunger, oppression... death, pain, suffering... yet they learned nothing... it all repeats itself...

...you are a rebel, Tharog... you fight for what you believe is right... you fight for love...you fight for freedom... you fight for peace... greed has not corrupted you... nor did power...but how long till the darkness reaches you ...?

nature is always in balance... always in harmony... humans are the exception... they are nature like all else... but there is no balance... humans go on till everything is wiped out...

... we try to restore it... offer new chances... but in the end... humans will have to learn ... harmony...

I have chosen you... because I need you... to make humans nature again... nature is on your side now... as long as you are on nature's side...

...most people will think of you as crazy... do no blame them for that... they will learn... in time...
you are to fight yet another battle now, Tharog... a battle that rages since the beginning of all that is... it is the first battle... and the final battle... and when it ends...

...there will only be peace..."

Everything around Tharog started to fade, slowly the whole world disappeared.

The admiral sat straight up in his bed, eyes wide open. It was a dream... but not like any dream he ever had before. He was there... he had been in that forest with Cernunnos, he didn't know why he was certain about it, he just did. He felt his chest, touching the cold metal of the amulet and he whispered to himself.

"There will only be peace..."

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