The Silver Lake (The Warriors of Estavia)
by By Patton, Fiona
Category: Fiction , Fantasy , General

Anavatan, the magical City of the Gods, rests on the shore of shining Gol-Beyaz, the Silver Lake. The city and its outlying villages are surrounded by a nearly invisible wall of magic that protects all who dwell here from both the nomadic human invaders that attack each year, and the hungry spirits which are drawn to the living energies of the Silver Lake yet can never break through the barrier to claim this life force for themselves. It is here in heart of Gol-Beyaz that, long ago, the Gods were born: Estavia, crimson-eyed midnight God of Battles; blue Usara, God of Healing; icypale Incasa, God of Prophecy, oldest and most mysterious of all the Gods; Oristo, ruddy brown, bi-gender God of Hearth and Home; many-colored Ystazia, God of the Arts; leaf-green and earth-brown Havo, bi-gender God of Seasonal Bounty. These are the six Immortal Patrons of Anavatan, and of all who dwell within the city's walls. Or almost all. For though the priests of the Temple Precinct might deny it, there are still those - thieves, street urchins, and the like - who have not given their pledge, their allegiance, their hearts and souls to any of Anavatan's deities.