On the Other Side. The Fall
Janet Norton
The ancients believed that every person hasВ an Idea ofВ himself somewhere inВ another better world, and that he is only aВ mere Shadow ofВ that idea, surrounded byВ the shadows ofВ others. InВ the novel that world ofВ ideas is the world ofВ the Ena, winged eternal creations ofВ Light. But now the Enas world is far from perfection just like the world ofВ humans. The Last War has begun, and heroes have toВ face aВ choice between the Light and the Darkness. Read the first chapter toВ start your journey withВ us!
On the Other Side
The Fall
Janet Norton
© Janet Norton, 2018
ISBNВ 978-5-4485-9263-8
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The Darkness dwelt around the world, uptight inВ sky from start ofВ times
Until just once the beam ofВ Light shone out through solid blacknessВ mass
One star against the darkest night, relentless glow with light so torrid
And then all other stars scorched bright through empty dusk ofВ endlessВ void
Blaze inВ the deep dark, keep your Light, and if the darkness blinds your sight
Your wings will guide you through the night and you will find the Light inside
Along with lonely beam ofВ Light the Light ofВ Thousands stars flared bright
Since then transformed, despite it gave up all its might,
The First One thrived, it saved itself and shone outright,
Likewise it was with first flame light, toВ igniteВ life
Blaze inВ the deep dark, keep your Light, and if the darkness blinds your sight
Your wings will guide you through the night and you will find the Light inside
Don’t let the life force fade away, may One Light guide you through your way
Against cold Mist, defend it, guard among the clouds and on the ground
InВ lasting war lights turning fey, but no matter how much Dark canВ slay
It won’t win over flames array
I
The Thunder Fort guards seldom left the frontiers of the mountains that hung in the air at the border of Basileya, kingdom of the Eferya people. The observation towers of the fortress overlooked the southern forest and overgrown fragments of the bridges that once connected the two Ena lands when they were a single whole. The Basileya border, guarded by Eferya from the Thunder Fort, ran along the mountains and ended in an abyss which, after the bridges were destroyed, could only be crossed by using wings. The abyss that hung over the cloudy barrier bed was not the only thing dividing the two territories and the Ena people who lived in them – centuries of internal war had also separated them from each other. In the southern forest on the other side of the abyss began the land of the Arya people, with whom the Eferya had only their fears and superstitions in common.
Almost equally they all revered the barrier, over which all the kingdoms and empires ofВ the Ena spanned. The floating layers ofВ earth hung above the grey barrier surface without touching it. The Ena were also afraid toВ touch the barrier because, despite their differences inВ language, the dangerous world ofВ the Shadows on the other side had been described inВ the legends ofВ all their people. For the Ena, the fate ofВ being inВ the world ofВ shadows and passing their so-called Trial was considered aВ terrible punishment, practically equal toВ death, because no one who crossed the barrier could ever come back. Leaving for the Light seemed preferable, despite the fact that since ancient times many ofВ the Ena doubted whether the deceased really joined the single Source ofВ Light as opposed toВ just disappearing from the living world once and forever. The cause ofВ these painful doubts remained unchanged for centuries for all ofВ the Ena people, it was the Mist.
No matter where the Ena lived or what Rulers they served, they were all afraid of the Mist. The Light of life perturbed the Mist in all its forms. Only when battling the black beasts, the Mist’s creatures, did the Ena forget they were separate Eferya and Arya peoples, and could, therefore, join forces to battle these monsters. The monsters