Selana

Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 6
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: Waking Up |
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Have you? How did it happen? If you still are--how is it going?
I'll start with my story:
The beginning of my awakening happened some years ago, when I was twelve or thirteen (can’t recall which anymore) with the very vivid memory of my death. Back then the internet did not exist, and I had never heard of Otherkin or anything similar. It was a really terrifying beginning, especially because I had already had a few precognitive dreams and thought the memory was something similar. I tried to find someone to talk to about it, but there really was no one, so I left it alone and tried to just get on with things. For a year, or so I had other memories and generally weird things going on, but it calmed down and I was able to forget the whole thing for a long, long time.
Fifteen years later the sense that I was not just human began to randomly haunt me again. I still remembered some of the memories from before—especially that first one—and all of the strange things that happened back then. It was only at that point I began to really look online for others. Starting out, I knew I was something that might be roughly called ‘elven’, but had no idea of a race name. I also had serious doubts as to whether or not I was going crazy, or if there were others like me. Imagine my shock when I saw a description of the Corruption at Elenari.net that lined up perfectly with my first memory. From then on, I decided to do some serious work through meditation and really try and figure out who I was (and still am in so many ways) and what happened. Since then I have figured out (due to descriptions and speaking with others, meditation and some recovered language) that I was Shiri (moon caste).
I had black hair, purple eyes, a very long name and was a magic user (not skilled with weapons). There’s a good deal of variation in Shiri appearance, and I remember someone I was close to having short, slightly wave blond hair. I don’t have very many memories of my parents, but my mother had hair kind of like mine and was also a magic user (my impression is that my abilities came from her). There were outsiders living among us; I had a sort of tutor (though less formal) who was not Shiri. I lived in a wooded area in mountainous country. I remember the Corruption; I remember evacuations—other Elenari and Shiri being moved to safety.
Above all I remember that we were all connected. We formed bonds in a way humans don’t (not better, just different). I wonder if this is true for the majority of Fae or Fae touched races?
There’s still a lot I don’t know about my past, and even more I don’t know about my people. I was pretty young when I was ‘lost’ (something akin to ‘early teens’). To complicate it further, I don’t think I lived in the most typical time. My memories suggest that I was born into a time of war, and possibly political strife. I’ve also negelected my meditation and kin aspect for a few years due to other pressing matters, so I feel old and still new! |
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