8.17.3.1 SOWERS OF THE LAST SEED

Lips, fumbling with the sweetness of honey-wine.
Fingers, dug root-deep in rich, dark-scented earth.
Ears, catching birdsong and the music of the trees.

There are some Shelterfolk who hold fast to this ancient sense of
wonder: a clan of dreamers who imagine the world as Ellindel and
Glinshari once hoped it would be - rejuvenated and new. A mystical sect
if there ever was one, they name themselves under the sign of a fae
prophesy that describes the time when the last seed is planted and how
the world would become wild and free once again. They are the Sowers of
the Last Seed.

Though they recognize it is no longer possible to return to that original
purity of yesteryear, the world can nonetheless attain a graceful
wildness - hungry, spinning and joyous. Their aim is to reunite this
broken world to its spiritual core - the Ethereal Realm itself - and
they believe the Serenwilde alone holds the key to such renewal. In
encouraging a closeness to that sacred realm and all its inhabitants,
they foresee a future where all can hear the song of the forest.

It would be unwise, however, to deem them the gentler counterparts of
their kin; indeed, the Sowers walk the wheel of the seasons and know
that what must be sown must also be reaped.