2024 F : Fire

Considering the dragons that fly in the world of Tear Stone Collectors, fire is nothing special. It might be the orange that turns men into human firecrows or the blue that heals wounds and cures disease. In the last post, C : Convocation, the excerpt covered the first part of the welcoming ceremony. In this one, you get to witness the creating of the convocation fire from Fire and Redemption.

There was no time to breathe. Everyone’s attention shifted to the center of the stage for the next part of the opening ceremony—Brial’s lighting of the communal fire. Karst swore she glided across the space, dipping her torch into each of the individual clan fires. Each addition made the flame she carried brighter and added a different hue. What began as a twirling column of yellow sparks soon turned into a coruscating swirl of orange and red, yellow and gold. After several heartbeats, he noticed a change. Sparks continued to rise into the night sky and although the outer rings of fire remained the same, the heart of the pyre turned a brilliant blue.

Her torch held high she moved to a spot midway between Telyn and the first girl to climb the steps. “As our torches merge into a single flame, so do the wagons become a single caravan during convocation.” The burning brand she inserted into the heart of the fire caused the larger bonfire to cast an ethereal dance of light on the building. It looked like the statues’ eyes glowed from some inner spirit.

~till next time, Helen