The Brothers Crow

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[some denzen deny this interpretation however the proverb was written by known divination mage and priest of daynasus Livandus who claims to have no prior knowledge of Crowain prior to the vision that inspired the proverbs creation.]

The Evertear was a proverb tale written by Livandus detailing the eastern interpretation of peace and its necessity to provide people access to such and how people should present peace.

## The Fable

In Times long ago there lived a father with 4 sons he provided for his sons all he could he gave them shelter in his large estate he gave each of those children a good education and fed them well, as he began to age into an old man his bones growing brittle and his hair wilting, his boys began their transition to men he gave each child a small parcel of gold and food and set them onto the world asking them to go forth and make their way in the world and to return in one year and bring back what they had so they could share in his estate.

Time wore on and as the seasons passed the sons returned no longer boys now men, each one finding their way, the first child had become a knight protecting the people of the town he attended and earning his coin, the second had become a farmer tilling the land and growing his own food, the third became a entertainer spreading joy and laughter wherever he went, the last became a priest of daynasus he had little but he needed no items for he had wisdom and knowledge.

The father welcomed each of his children with open arms and asked each what they had returned with, the first son said "I have become a knight father I bring you protection and safety" the father nodded and smiled as he turned to his second son as he spoke up "I have become a farmer father I bring food and mead" once more the father smiled as he turned his attention to the next son as he eagerly perked up "I am an entertainer father I shall bring you joy and laughter" the father smiled once again as he turned to his youngest son "I have become a Priest father I bring you piece and wisdom" the other brothers held their breath at this as the father once more smiled and nodded hugging his sons

"I am so glad to see you all return such fine men" he said with tears in his eyes, the knight checked the estate and set traps so no brigand to harm them this night, the second son began to bake the bread from the grain and flour he had harvested and began to unbottle the mead as they all re-joined and the third brother told jokes and sung jaunts and made the table merry.

The next day the others awoke to the youngest son telling simple tales to their father and they looked on with pride and indignance

"I offer Strength to keep us safe, He can not" the knight said to the other brothers

"I offer food to sustain us all, he can not" the Farmer said in return

"I offer jokes and fun to keep us all merry, he can not" the entertainer added.

the brothers confronted their father with this and despite the protests of their father they tossed the priest out of the estate to fend once more for himself.

He was sad to leave his home but he did not blame his brothers, they were blinded and he had failed to know they were the ones who needed piece most of all, with a heavy heart he returned to the nearby village and began teaching his lessons to all who would listen.

over time the villages came to enjoy the teachings of the priest and when they heard the tale of his brothers they erected a humble church for him and the villagers and pilgrims alike began flocking to it to hear his wise words.

soon however his brothers came to hear that their brother had a building erected for him and they began to feel hateful and envious as they snuck out in the dead of night and burned the church to the ground and rushed back to the estates when they ran however a lone villager followed them and returned the next day to tell the town who had burnt the church down before the priest had heard word of this the riled town became a mob and began a march to burn down the homestead.

as the priest slept he heard the voice of his goddess call to him and dreamt of her looking down to him a man clad in crow and darkness behind her visage with great raven black wings and a cloak of death. His lady looked to him her fine fae features were soft and gazed to him with great sorrow.

She spoke in a soft whisper to him "there is not much time, some lives close to you will end should you not move quickly, my angel shall guide you to those who's journey will end without your intervention."

As her last word fell the priest awoke feeling worried rushing outside to find crowfeathers trailing a path, as he travelled the path he walked through woods that offered no life just the still silence of death and spells that accompanied such horrors, the priest tried to remain at piece and regained composure and a steady breath as he continued through these paths of the dead.

as he exited the forest he found himself just outside of his house and his knight brother dead near the front gates with the proceeding mob that carried oil and torches and light blades.

he came between the villages and his home and called to them.

"You know my teachings, you know my words, I plead for you practice what I preach, when you leave here after burning down a house will the church be rebuilt? Did the Blood of my brother help ease your anger?" he spoke to the people as many began to look ashamed.

"What has been destroyed can be rebuilt, but life is not so easy to rebuild" he said once more as he addressed the crowd.

"I don't blame you for what you have done, my brothers did wrong you but don't let others take your piece from you so easily" he said speaking softly as he dismissed the crowd and they ventured home with hung heads and sorrow in their step ashamed of the life they had taken.

As he turned the corpse of his brother exploded into ravens to his surprise, he continued to his home in spite of this to speak to his brothers and his father.

his father smiled to see the return of his son but upon telling his father and brothers of their brothers demise each of them found themselves crying.

The brother offered them some time to greave and gave them the location of his inn to fetch them when they wanted to find peace.

after a few days they did so and the priest spoke of how he was in the care of daynasus and his soul would remain in her warm care and advised them of a ritual to preform to bring the soul back to speak once a year, and so one brother short the family reunited and lived once more in the estate together.