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Who is Who: The Atal'ai




"Do you hear the waves and the sea wind?

They tell us a tale of pride and falls

There was a time when they

The Atal’ai, the atlantean,

Weren’t so different from you and me


But we shipped our boats in search for promises

And they settled in the coast farming knowledge

They found glory and power

We are still searching


They rose their buildings to the sky

And their minds towards the heavens

The Old Man Sea protected their city

The Father Sun smiled upon their path


But they grew conceited and prideful

Their hands greedy, their hearts waner

Wanting what wouldn’t be theirs

Defying ancient rules


Cataclysm, the landers call it

When seas boiled and forest burnt

And the atlantean perished

Their city sank in the sea

Even their memory wiped


But Old Man Sea frowned

Seeing their favorite children sinking

Punished, yes, for their sins

But his children wouldn’t be wiped


He opened his hand and blew

And the sinking people froze

Their skin turning scales

And their tongues slithering


Oh, how the mighty fell

For rejecting the sacred

In the deep are dwelling now

Too ashamed to reveal themselves


Now you know why we sail humbly

Without defying gods

Now you know why we avoid serpents

For our old brothers hate us"


                                                                                                                                      -Old song of the Seafolk


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