Loremaster ' s Archive : Y ' ffre ' s Beckoning Loremaster ' s Archive : Y ' ffre ' s Beckoning is part of the " Loremaster ' s Archive " series written by Lawrence Schick , the Loremaster of . This entry was published on 10 / 24 / 2014 . Content . In today ’ s visit to the archive , Gwaering , the Green Lady , presents a book on her experiences . Learn more about the manifestation of the Bosmer ’ s primal side and discover answers to your questions from the Lady herself . In the next Archive , we ’ ll take on questions about the Argonians and their recent history for Vicecanon Heita - Meen to answer . Y ' ffre ' s Beckoning " By Gwaering , the Green Lady " The song - story of the Green , now loud in my bones , has awakened me . I hear the tale as life in motion , the weave made real second by second , spun gleaming thread over gleaming thread . Every fleeting footfall is a drumbeat , a word , a thought blessed with shape . Each loosed arrow becomes an exclamation , a twist in the telling , a beginning in an end . I am dissolved into we . I have become the Hunter , the Protector , the Vengeance of the Green . My memories are drawn from the rivers of history known by Bosmer since the formless times . It was my hand that carved out the heart of the Bracken Malice , the writhing foe that devoured our children and made mothers and fathers wail in torment . My own arrow pierced the eye of Dulohoth the Axehaft , vile Orc who ordered his crowd - surge of followers to burn and hew tree and frond . When sickness came to the beasts of Grahtwood , I hunted without rest a hundred nights to feed the hungry . I will hunt a hundred more . All of these things I have done , I will do again when I am called . The cries of Y ’ ffre ’ s children — their joy , fear , rage , and sorrow — only grow stronger in my heart . They are the thrumming of life in the deepest woods . I hear them in my dreams ; their emotions become my own and echo a thousand times louder within me . Nothing will stop me from calling out my response . I will answer them until my blood soaks the loam and feeds the roots of graht - oaks . Though I hear the tale the Earth Bones tell , some fear yet remains ; some worry still haunts me . I am the Green Lady , and in my spirit there is no doubt that it is so . But in my mind , I am just Gwaering , archer - girl , brave but small . I am afraid . Will Gwaering fade away ? Can she withstand the torrent of primal emotion that now rises ? Is she strong enough to answer the Green and play her part ? Can she protect her people and the Silvenar ? But I take some small solace knowing that my doubts and fears carry little consequence . They are a small digression , the interruption of an impatient child as the Spinner tells his tale . Time will carry on , and the story will be told without pause , never reaching an end , but ebbing and flowing . I will be called , and if my voice is not strong enough to answer , my role will end and another will emerge . Such , I see now , is the way of the world . GWAERING ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS : " I have wandered Tamriel for many years and no oral culture evokes as much wonder in me as the Bosmer ' s . Their emphasis on storytelling is fascinating , seeming to be a form of Magicka ritual itself . They seem to be able to change the past and the future by weaving new chapters into an individual ' s narrative . This is undeniably a gift from Y ' ffre , the Spirit of the Now . What I wish to know is : does Storytelling Magic intruds upon Auri - El ' s sphere , or is it part of it ? " – Eis Vuur Warden , Wayward and Contract Scholar The Green Lady says , “ Magic was the gift of all the Divines who contributed to the making of the Mundus , and thus all mortals have some ability to channel Magicka and change reality — albeit locally , and perhaps temporarily — but the alteration is real . The Way of Y ’ ffre is narrative magic , for storytelling is an act of creation , and what are our lives but stories made real ? ” “ This one knows that the Bosmer pride themselves on being among the best hunters across Tamriel . This leads M ' Vakhu to wonder about the prominence of the Prince of The Hunt , Hircine , in their culture ( Y ' ffre notwithstanding ) . This one could not imagine how such a people could not be tempted into serving one who seems to so inherently embody their way of life . This one appreciates your time . ” – M ’ Vakhu The Green Lady says , “ Invocation of Hircine the Hunter can be benign and harmless , as when an archer asks him for luck when drawing a bead on a stag . Taken too far , however , the Cult of Hircine can serve as a justification for cruelty and a rationalization for oppression and murder . We saw an example of this in our own recent history , leading up to my Handfasting to the Silvenar . The Daedra exist , and when they intrude upon mortal affairs , sometimes we must deal with them — but doing so is always perilous . This is something the foolish and greedy among us often forget . ” “ As many outsiders do , I find the Green Pact a bit puzzling . Two of the tenets appear to be ' eat no plants ' and ' eat only meat . ' These are not really the same thing . Do strict adherents to the Green Pact not consume dairy products , honey , mushrooms , or insects ? ” – Ravenna Brightwing The Green Lady says , “ Though the Green Pact appears simple on the surface , its doctrinal details can be baffling to outsiders , and indeed , even the wisest of our Spinners disagree on some of its aspects . The first tenet you mention would be better stated as “ Harm no living plants , ” and this we strive not to do , even when we sing the house - songs to the trees so they will form lodgings for us . But does it harm a living plant to eat its fallen fruit ? Indeed not — in fact , in this way the plant ’ s seeds are spread . The second tenet you mention is better known as the Meat Mandate , but how strictly it is followed varies from tribe to tribe and , indeed , from individual to individual . However , dairy products , honey , mushrooms , and insects are eaten with zest by all but the most ultra - zealous of Pact Bosmer . ” “ How powerful are the spinners and is their power limited to Valenwood ? Adding thoughts to someone ’ s memories as it happens in the quest for the Wilderking is pretty powerful , as is seeing the stories of others by touching them or their items . ” The Green Lady says , “ A Spinner ’ s power is in the strength of his storytelling , fostered by talent and increased by experience . As you say , a great Spinner can actually SEE the stories of the nearby world — and these stories can reveal the true natures of persons or objects . But to change a story , a Spinner must engage its protagonist , who on some level must accept the new turns in the tale . ”