Pol is the eldest son of a border lord. As a very young man, he went hunting, as he was apt to do, with his servant. He took his birthday gift – a splendid bow. They strayed deep into the forest, and Pol came upon the court of the a forest Maiden. She called herself [...]
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Chapter 1 Outline
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P&E Chapter 1 Text
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It was an evening in early autumn when Pol bi’Menan bi’Tal left his father’s house by the lower gate. Outside, he was joined by his servant Mun. Mun was also his friend.
They strode through the long glade of evenly-spaced, red-leafed birch that crowned his father’s hill, then passed over the stone bridge that led beyond [...]
Chapter 2 Outline
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So Pol set off to learn. The immortal Enthess was the omniscient Escorielle, and he must have more experience and better understand reality to be her mate. He sought danger – where there was much to lose, there was much to gain. He and his servant joined the crew of a spice boat, which ran [...]
Chapter 3 Outline
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Pol becomes king of a desert kingdom, and defeats all of the hordes of enemies. He faces his own brother in battle and releases him from his hate. He visits the tomb of his father. Pol brings peace to all the land, but the land goes corrupt and hordes grain, and people become violent when [...]
Chapter 4 Outline
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Pol leaves his servant to become a monk, where he gains much esoteric understanding, and he gains enlightenment on a mountaintop. Once enlightened, Pol speaks with Patar-Ori. (His last feather allows him to stand in Patar-Ori’s presense for a year and a day, and absorb his essence as they meditate together). He learns to control [...]
Chapter 5 Outline
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Pol is now an old man, and returns to find Escorielle in her court. He is withered and bent, and his body betrays him. Escorielle plucks another feather from her head – a gray one, and he eats it and dies. But his spirit does not flee. Escorielle smiles and discorporates, and they leave together. [...]
Pol And Enthess-Escoriaelle, Table of Contents
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Part 1
How Pol found true love, and learned to prove his truth.
Part 2
How Pol’s body was perfected by the Sea.
Part 3
How Pol’s mind was perfected through Justice.
Part 4
How Pol’s spirit was perfected through Contemplation.
Part 5
How Pol’s perfection was acceptable, and his seed was the seed of the Neocarnation.