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Caption: T H E H I D D E N S M O K E a lore of endings
a DARK TIDES story
#stellerverse
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Caption: The witch procures several ingredients, wet and dry, dark and bright, soft and rough.
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Caption: She conjures a smoke of her very own energy, the last drop of soul she has. With her last dying breath, she births the energy into the form of storm that would end worlds.
The storm grows and howls through the season, like a newborn babe grows into an adult.
Caption: The wind sweeps the forests clean, like a broom brushing the dirt from the floor out the door. Tornadoes steal the trees bearing food, and soon man had no nectar to quench their thirst.
Caption: The dust storm raged through the land. It blinded man and they could no longer see their wives, the dust taking over the children's lungs.
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Caption: The skies cry for months, turning streams into rivers, lakes into seas. It destroys the crops, and soon man had no wheat or grain.
The earth pulsates with countless quakes, destroying any structures it meets, and man soon had to return to the caves, with only but the moonlight to tell them of the passing of time.
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Caption: When the storm subsided and the light returned, man found the earth to be more beautiful than before, and more bountiful than ever. The rebirth after death was a gift a thousand times fold.
Somewhere a spirit smiles, for this was her last gift to mankind.
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Caption: Not long after, mankind again destroys the lands. Uprooting the trees to make a bigger home, pouring poison waste into the river that kill the fish, and beat their wives for a sense of authority. This all had happened before.
Man curses the witch for not having given enough.
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Caption: Deep within the earth, the hidden smoke that is the remnant of her power awakens.
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Caption: However, this time there is no life after death. E N D