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Gwynn

Familial Curse

by Mareona Gwynn Daelen

Long after my mother's passing, my father remained guilt-ridden. He told me about the frailty of his family, how none of his family members ever lived quite as long as other elves. As they age, not only do their hairs turn silver, but their skin changes into a ghostly complexion. Any family members that died of old age seemed thin, perpetually thirsty and wrought with tremors. While no one in his lineage lived as long as the typical elf, living for several hundred years is still significantly longer than other sentient races. He never imagined this disease could spread to other species, or else he would have never stayed with my mother.