It began roughly five years ago. After the Goldenclaw Coven cursed the
Basin of Life - misinterpreting the efforts of the Basin as colluding
with their Dawnburst enemies - and after the return of the beloved Sako
Tleem, Queen Maeve was struck by an idea. And such an idea smouldered
and flared, coming to life as an edict: No fae shall leave the borders
of Faethorn, under fear of death. As a great, sweltering heat descended
upon the Faethorn, Rancoura So'hthae, Lysistrata Shee-Slaugh and Aramel
Shevat took to inspect the scene - their respective covens convening
soon after. They learned that the fae refused their tah'vrai under
Maeve's authority. Knights of Glorious Dawn replaced the Queen's normal
entourage, and though she seemed unwell, the Maeve remained blind to the
proceedings.

For a good long time, the edict remained in place: both covens
concerned, but obeisant.

In late Vestian, the mages of Lusternia felt an unusual pulse - their
connection to their respective Elemental Planes fraying like burnt
edges. Upon inspection, they found themselves under siege: the fae of
Father Sun - coronuli, embaruli, nimbuli, and the great Hunters of the
Shorn Corona - ravaging the lands, drawing upon the higher vibrational
powers. Those of Celest and Magnagora recalled a similar elemental
disruption a while ago, and as the city-folk of the Basin fought off a
common enemy, so began a working to protect the Planes. Essence flowed
through the elemental archways that connected the planes to the Ethereal
Realm, thus stopping the onslaught of fae.

Many, including Primus Gero and Yarith and Falmiis Shevat, turned to the
Queen of the Fae for answers. Still under the delusion for all these
years, the Queen was cagey - either unable or unwilling to address the
threat of the Sun fae. It was only after the Queen herself slew Enyalida
Zayah did the assembled Basin-dwellers turn away: leaving the Queen to
revel in the heat of her domain.

But not long after, the communes were alerted. Like long ago, the covens
of the Basin were called upon a small, young voice, directing them to
the hidden grove of the Thornroot Movement. There, a little fae girl,
Perriwinkle Sweetpease, the Arcanist Jalwyn, and others, explained their
fears of the Queen's growing insanity. It was then that the Queen
declared her newest edict: no mortals shall trespass within the realm of
Faethorn, and all fae that assist them shall be punished by pain of
death. The last straw, it would seem, as the Thornroot, and many people
of the Basin, fought back. Then rage overtook Queen Maeve.

The Maeve's lips parted, pealing out an ancient song - the Song of the
First Morning: a lament, a cry of pain, a cacophonous tune. It was
revealed the Queen?s ailment was some empowerment by the Sun Spirit, and
she descended upon the Faethorn once more as the Solar Queen. While a
cadre of Hallifaxians attempted to duel this infernal entity (and failed
in their attempts), the Thornroot gathered the communes for a plan of
action. An election would be called for the new Thornroot Leader - a
position left open with the passing of Laeroc - and the choices were
between Aife (a knight of an elite fae order), Jalwyn (Laeroc's
apprentice), and Perriwinkle (long-standing member of the Thornroot). It
would be, in the end, Perrwinkle as the chosen leader, and he proposed
the great Song of Ail'Fae Runia, which had not been heard since late
Laeroc. Unfortunately, Perriwinkle was untrained in the arts of magic
that Laeroc possessed, and requested a set of notes to prepare. Aramel,
Gero, and Tylwyth of Glomdoring undertook the quest - finding the notes
within a riddle-protected box (where the notes were promptly snatched by
a later arriving Xenthos An'Ryshe and Crek Stormcrow). Notes in hand,
Perrwinkle left to study.

Penned by My hand on the 17th of Tzarin, in the year 461 CE.