Far in the north amongst the frozen forests and yawning tundra, a lone mountain of three peaks sits watching over the land. This is Karieske, 'the Giant's Perch', the place where the realms of gods and men are closest. Nestled between its three peaks sits a temple; an altar for offerings and a crypt for the dead. If you circle the temple, you will find a thin path trailing its way higher up towards the tallest peak. Follow that path upwards and you'll end up on a flattened ridge, steep slopes plummeting down only a few steps to either side, and several paces in front of you will stand a shrine carved into the rock face. Fifteen panels, each a yard wide and two tall, cut into the mountain itself and inlaid with amber. Together, they tell the story of Kythor, the Giant Who Watches, and the twin spirits, Sethar and Prena.
The first panel shows Kythor, a towering warrior giant in shining armour and wielding a burning tree in his right hand, standing atop his mountain perch. From there he watches over both the world of man on the right and the world of the gods on the left. He stands sentinel over their juncture, stopping the denizens of both from crossing to the other.
The second panel shows Kythor asleep, taking a rest from his watch. Below the mountain two silhoettes, two spirits, sneak across into the world of man. These are the twins; Sethar, the tall brother who's skin shines and glows, and Prena, the short sister to whom the shadows cling.
The third panel shows the twins exploring the world of man and mischievously playing jokes on the people they come across.
The fourth panel shows the twins returning back to the world of the gods, just in time before Kythor wakes from his slumber.
The fifth panel shows the twins once again sneaking past the giant's mountain and into the world of man.
The sixth panel shows Sethar walking amongst the people, helping them and becoming friends with them, his skin shining brighter and brighter.
The seventh panel shows Prena still playing jokes on them, but now the jokes are agressive and violent. The shadows that follow her grow ever deeper. A number of the people are shown dead in her wake.
The eighth panel shows Kythor spotting the bodies from his mountain. Prena points at Sethar and lays the blame on him.
The ninth panel shows Sethar being punished, chained naked to the peak of the mountain as the wind, rain and lightning attack his body. At the base of the mountain are a group of men and women, all shouting of his innocence.
The tenth panel shows Kythor snarling at the people, his great tree held above him as he threatens to smite them. But they all stay at the base of the mountain, still shouting of their friend's innocence.
The eleventh panel shows Kythor realising Prena's trickery. He banishes her to live in the world of man as one of them. To enforce his judgement, and to stop anyone else crossing between the worlds, he raises a great mountain range of ice up between them.
The twelth panel shows the twins on either side of the ice mountains. Sethar in the world of the gods, Prena in the world of man. They each sit at the base of the mountains, waiting as the years go by in hopes that they will see their sibling again.
The thirteenth panel shows the twins continuing to wait. As the centuries pass the land around the ice mountains chills and freezes, the siblings themselves slowly turn to stone.
The fourteenth panel shows Kythor at long last forgiving the twins, moved by their devotion to each other. He shatters the ice barrier between the worlds with a swing of his fiery tree, the land immediately starting to thaw, and raises the two siblings up to stand beside him on his mountain perch.
The fifteenth panel shows all three of them atop the mountain peak, keeping watch over both worlds and standing guard at their juncture.
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