Join us this time on The Caretakers of Paradise Podcast. as we journey to the Faerie Realms with our Neo-Druidic Storyteller friend from the future, Eldara Oakwing. Learn the tale of the Ancient majesty of The great Ælvish kingdom, its fall and its impending return.
Gather, kindred spirits and friends, as I unfold a tale that weaves through the tapestry of time—a saga of the Ælves and the Sidhe, the Faeries of the Old Lands. In ages past, they reigned as revered monarchs, masters of the highest sciences and magicks. Their wisdom flowed from the ancient roots of the Earth, their harmony with nature unparalleled. They existed in exquisite balance, their culture a symphony of peace, beauty, and profound cosmic understanding.
Under the benevolent rule of these enlightened beings, the lands flourished. Rivers ran clear and bountiful, forests teemed with life, and the very air sang with the vibrancy of their magick. The Sidhe and the Ælves knew the secrets of stone and star, crafting wonders beyond mortal comprehension. Their dances with Dryads, songs with Sylphs, and rituals with the Spirits of the Land ensured the Old Lands thrived in perpetual harmony.
Yet, as all tales must traverse darkness to reach light, invaders came from distant realms. These forces, driven by greed and lust for conquest, wielded weapons of unimaginable power, their hearts hardened by the thirst for domination. The Sidhe and Ælves fought valiantly, their magick a fierce and beautiful force against the invaders. But the enemy was relentless, overwhelming.
In their wisdom, the Great Council of Seven—composed of the most ancient and sagacious among the Sidhe and Ælves—convened to determine their people’s fate. They foresaw that outright resistance would lead to annihilation and chose a path of preservation. With heavy hearts, they decided their only hope lay in retreating into the deep forests and beneath the earth, into hidden realms where their magick could shield them from discovery.
A great ritual was performed—one of forgetting and slumber. The masses of the Sidhe were placed into a deep, enchanted sleep, their true natures hidden within the folds of their psyches. The leaders, the Great Council, and the most skilled magicians receded into the earth and ancient woods, their presence becoming a whisper, a myth, a glimmer in humanity’s collective memory.
For millennia, Sidhe culture lay dormant, a distant echo in songs and fairy tales whispered among human folk. These stories, though veiled in fantasy, carried seeds of truth, ensuring the essence of the Sidhe and their magick was never entirely lost. The old ways survived, encoded within tales of enchanted forests, wise faeries, and noble ælves.
Now, at this critical juncture in our planet’s history, the time of awakening is upon us. The long night of forgetting ends, and the dawn of remembrance breaks. The turmoil of the modern world, with its chaos and disconnection from nature, calls for the return of the Sidhe’s ancient wisdom and harmony.
So I ask you, dear listeners: Are you Sidhe? Do you feel the stirrings of ancient memories within your soul? Are you ready to awaken, to return to the old ways, and to bring back the magick that once graced these lands? The time has come to rise from our slumber, to weave the old with the new, and to restore the balance that has been lost.
Will you join in this sacred calling? Will you bring magick back to these old lands, healing and guiding them through the darkness into a new age of light and harmony? The choice is yours, the power within you. Let us awaken together and dance once more with the rhythms of the Earth, bringing the ancient magick back to life.
Faelumina onwa.