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The Nascent

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The Nascent

 

A fragment of Kurald Emurlahn

 

Hentos Ilm says that the Nascent is Kurald Emurlahn

‘Bonecaster,’ Kulp said. ‘What warren is this?’

Hentos Ilm paused, attention still on Heboric. ‘Elder. Kurald Emurlahn.’

‘I’ve heard of Kurald Galain – the Tiste Andii warren.’

‘This is Tiste Edur. You surprise me, Mage. You are Meanas Rashan, which is the branch of Kurald Emurlahn accessible to mortal humans. The warren you use is the child of this place.’

Kulp was scowling at the Bonecaster’s back. ‘This makes no sense. Meanas Rashan is the warren of Shadow. Of Ammanas and Cotillion, and the Hounds.’

‘Before Shadowthrone and Cotillion,’ Hentos Ilm said, ‘there wereTiste Edur.’  - (DG, UK MMPB, p.377)

 

'Three moons rode the heavens, and there were two suns. The light flowed with shifting hues as the moons swung on their

invisible tethers. A strange, unsettling world...' - (HoC, UK Trade, p.320)

 

'This fragment of the long-fractured Tiste Edur warren was by far the largest he (Onrack)had come across, larger even than the one that surrounded Tremorlor, the Azath Odhanhouse. And this one had known a period of stability, sufficient for civilizations to arise, for savants of sorcery to begin unravelling the powers of Kurald Emurlahn, although those inhabitants had not been Tiste Edur. - (HoC, UK MMPB, p.324)

 

The sky had been an unrelieved sea of pewter, darkening every now and then to loose a deluge of rain, though that had grown more infrequent of late. But now rents had appeared, ragged-edged. A swollen orb of yellow light commanded one entire horizon, the wall ahead seeming to drive towards its very heart; whilst directly overhead hung a smaller circle of blurred fire, this one rimmed in blue.

 

Trull Sengar: 'The suns return,' the Tiste Edur murmured. 'Here, in the Nascent, the ancient twin hearts of Kurald Emurlahn live on. There was no way of telling, for we did not rediscover this warren until after the Breach. The flood waters must have brought chaos to the climate. And destroyed the civilization that existed here.

 

Onrack: 'Were they Tiste Edur?'

 

Trull Sengar: 'No, more like your descendants, Onrack...They are as vermin, these humans of yours.' - (HoC, UK MMPB, p.330-1)

 

The flooding of the Nascent

 

'The sea's torrential arrival...'- (HoC, UK MMPB, p.322)

 

'There had been no sunset in the realm the Tiste Edur called the Nascent for five months. The sky was grey, the light strangely hued and diffuse. There had been a flood, and then rains, and a world had been destroyed.' - (HoC, UK MMPB, p.321)

 

Uruth shot Fear a glance, then sighed. ‘The Korvalahrai are seafarers. They are reaching into the Kenryll’ah lands via a vast river, and even now approach the heart in a fleet carrying all the Korvalahrai. Rhulad’s power is such that he can divert that river, for a time. The invading fleet will be destroyed in the conflagration. Achieving such a thing would in turn serve Edur needs, as well. In return, we are given more demons for our war, perhaps a minor Kenryll’ah or two, who are far better versed in the arts of battle than their subject Kenyll’rah.’ (MT)

 

 

Seasons in the Nascent

 

Onrack: 'There has been no night'

 

Trull: 'Not in the summer, no. The winters, it's said, are another matter. At the same time, with the deluge I suspect it's fruitless to predict what will come.'

(HoC, UK MMPB, p.332)

 

 

Sorcerous Wall in the Nascent

 

'The Nascent's extraordinary, continent-spanning wall was a curiosity in itself.'(HoC, UK MMPB, p.323)

 

'The sorcery that had sustained the wall against the vast weight of the new sea still held in this section. It had crumbled in others, forming wide breaches and foaming torrents of silt-laden water rushing through the other side. A shallow sea was spreading out across the land on that side. There might come a time, Onrack suspected, when fragments of this wall were this realm's only islands.'(HoC, UK MMPB, p.322)