Long I have waited to tell this tale, so sit it may take a while. I’m still not sure the time is right, but Odin would know. So where to begin as I know you have a multitude of question. But please My Lady keep in mind that I can not answer them all. Some you will have to look to others for answers and some you will have to find yourself.

My name is Balzar Shelfhan. I am a mushroom guardian and I am or was, Dreya Mavenstone’s best friend. Though some called me her pet. I have no age that you would understand just to say that I am almost as old as time. There are some things I can not tell you,like why you are here and what role you play in my tale. I can only tell you MY tale.

The world you see before you is no more. You had a glimpse of what happened, the fire. Don’t look so sad, it’s all still here but not this beautiful place you have come to love. Mayhap it is time you see it as it is now, but we can do that later. So anyway, yes, I know I lose track easy. We the Mushroom guardian are part of the wood people and the meadow people. I believe you call them fairies. This land is full of everything that YOU think is a myth. Goodness, where DO you think myth comes from. It comes from the forgotten parts of the mind is where.

This world is ruled by Odin and Odin has three children. His first born was his daughter, then came his son and then another son, later yet another son. The daughter was my best friend. We became friends when she was still a child, as she grew I became her shadow. She was exiled many hundreds of years ago but I was not permitted to go with her. No one was. Odin sent a few to keep an eye on her but none could be with her and so I was not allowed to go.

Now you know who I am, I’m quite sure you want to know why I said this place is no more. This is not the Dying Lands as you know it and no it isn’t another planet, just another realm or plain that has been long forgotten. This place is built of love and magic, but a great and terrible war broke out, which is a part of what you saw before. The war ended in much destruction, many deaths and the banishment of Dreya. I can’t tell you more about it but you will learn everything in time.

Now most important to you I’m sure is what does this have to do with you. Well, this world can not be fixed without Dreya, it is getting worse, and she must return. However she is lost in the Dying Lands or Earth as you call it and she must be found.

You are the only one who can bring Dreya home!