The sons of Eish walked with their God for long, although with the coming of Iragur they could not count how many days exactly. This Eish did not foresee. He troubled over it for not too long however, concluding that the measure of time serves only to cause misery over the time passed and uncertainty over the time still ahead. They saw however that their toil in the desert lasted longer than when the sons of Eish first found the green north and in the group noticing of this fact have become increasingly worried.
It was, however, a long toil across the desert until the Good God Eish stopped in his stride and said such “I behold a sandstorm that brews in the east, let us walk west for a while, lest we get caught by its winds” and so they changed course and walked for a little to the west, but as they looked back they could see that the storm was ever greater and so they surmised it must be coming at them with greater speed than they were running from it, and so the Erystu ran west across the desert dunes but in short time they could see that the sand storm has caught up with them and the heavy winds of the storm made it difficult to walk and it made their eyes hurt and they could barely move forward. The storm was not a creation of the desert but a thing that came from foreign lands and the Erystu feared it and they could see in the face of Eish that he himself was also afraid and so they became even more frightened. They dropped to their knees and crawled across the desert floor until suddenly they noticed that the sandstorm in its wind brought forth the coming of strange terrible beasts, some greater than all of them combined and so they hurried to get back onto their feet despite the great wind and they ran in terror across the dunes but in the havoc the son of Eish Gohola had tripped and fell to his face and a terrifying Imtasha rushed to him immediately and with its tail it pulled Gohola and stung him in the back and Gohola screamed in pain so loud that the sons turned around and saw their brother collapsed and ran to his rescue. Rahul was nearest but before he could get within a couple feet of his brother the creature whipped its black tail and hit him across the stomach so that he fell back into the sand. He got up to his feet again and tried to rush forward but Nessar grabbed him and pulled him back before the Imtasha could strike again. “We will return Rahul! We will return for him but let us now run before the creatures kill us all.” And so, they ran leaving Gohola behind and Rahul could only hope that the great storm would pass soon so that they may go back to retrieve their brother, and so they went on north where the storm seemed to not be as severe and as they walked soon they were no longer caught in the winds and the sons of Eish could finally breathe calmly and soon on the horizon they saw a strip of green land to which they immediately hurried and the God Eish asked if they recognized the land to be that from which they came the first journey but the sons did not recognize the land. They walked forward and when they reached it, they saw that the land was no land whatsoever but rather a patch of grass no bigger than 10 man’s height in length and width. On the patch there were some colorful flowers and a small pond from which a strange man drank water kneeling. When the man saw the sons with Eish in the reflection of the pond he lifted his head and revealed his hideous expression. He had only one eye, and it was milky, and red at the bottom and it leaked a creamy liquid that streamed down his white cheeks. He had a mouth that contorted downwards, making him appear as if forever frowning and in his open mouth there were no teeth. Upon seeing the sons with Eish he stood up from his kneeling position, unraveling his chalk-white body and his terrifying height, as he stood towering over the sons twofold. Nessar spoke such onto him:
“Strange man, we are sons of Eish, creations of the good God who stands here with us, we are seeking the green North, land of free beasts and rivers, do you know the land I speak of?” The strangers face contorted downwards even more, and the sons took a step back in fear, but the stranger spoke such:
“I am Taik the lone watcher and indeed I know the green North you speak of son of Eish. Further I even know you, and the God Eish for I am the lone watcher and have seen from afar your birth and before that the lonesome days of Eish” The sons smiled with happiness and so did the God Eish and he then spoke:
?If you are the watcher and you see from afar, will you point us to the land of the green North so that we may take shelter there? My son Gohola was deathly wounded, and we are not safe in this land” and the watcher Taik spoke such
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?I will point you to the green North indeed, I must however tell you that the son of Eish Gohola is not dead yet, the terrible creature Imtasha does not kill immediately but rather puts her victims in a deep sleep and collects them to consume when the cold nights come.” To that Rahul spoke passionately that the God Eish leads his children to the green North and when they find the path let one of them return back to the watcher Taik and there Rahul will be waiting with his brother Gohola, should he be effective in saving him. The watcher Taik tilted his smooth head.
?And how does the son of Eish Rahul plan to retrieve his poor brother from the grip of the Imtasha?” To which Rahul shook his head and looked around.
?You survive out in the desert, have you no weapon for guarding?” To which the watcher contorted his downwards smile.
?Alas, no weapon can I give you son of Eish, I am protected by the holiness of my mission as watcher, that there is sacred. In the older days I could have built you a weapon from a Willow that grew in this garden. Sadly, since the God Eish rid the Sun of existence, my tree died and will never return to give shadow nor strength.” Rahul looked around one more time miserably.
?I shall go with no weapon then but let me take in my palms only some water, so that when I go to save my brother, I can wake him up from the deadly dream of the Imtasha. Please if you could only tell me my good friend the watcher Taik how much time is it before the Imtasha kills Gohola”
“I could not tell you, but it has been two days already – expect him not to make it past five.”
And so, Rahul nodded solemnly and took from the pond of Taik and went on into the desert by himself. The God Eish spoke such:
?My friend of old days, I apologize that the coming of the God Iragur brought the fall of your tree, may I promise that where you point us, we will go and when we reach the green North, we will take a seed of a tree and when we come back for Gohola and Rahul that we will hand you the seed so that you may once again have your Willow”
The watcher Taik bowed and pointed the God Eish towards the green North. The God Eish walked with his four sons far into the desert and long have they lost sight on the horizon behind them the watcher Taik and walked for what could have been five more days until they finally found before them the green grass that marked the Great Green North. As soon as they saw it, they became elated and ran to it with excitement and Liryas fell to his knees laughing and caressed the grass with his fingers and they all joined him and sat on the grass and watched in awe the beauty of the landscape. The land there was overflowing with grasses, flowers and trees with calm great beasts that walked slowly across the fields and barely paid the Erystu any mind and only hummed low when they looked around and there were dancing rivers flowing that made a lovely noise that Yiwu particularly enjoyed as he closed his eyes and tried to isolate that sound only and a charming breeze that flew through them that the God Eish especially found pleasant. There they all sat beneath a tree such as the watcher Taik described, and they saw that it was indeed pleasant. The sons of Eish traversed their long-sought land and they saw that it was good and well to live there, and they rejoiced in their success, but the good God Eish became worried as he noticed that the new land was so far away from the desert that was his home that the God Iragur too had become smaller and more difficult to notice in the great sky. As they settled and sat beneath the tree and moved their fingers in the rivers water and saw that it was pleasant, the good God Eish picked up a sapling and handed it down to his son Yiwu and said such onto him ?My good son Yiwu, now we have found the Great Green North, please pick up this sapling and go meet the watcher Taik and hand him the sapling from the Erystu as a gift and fetch your brothers Rahul and Gohola should they be in the safety of Taik’s company, I’m sending you amongst my other sons since you one are strongest and will with no doubt prevail.” And so Yiwu took the sapling and looked at his brothers one more time and went on. Then the Good God Eish turned to his sons Nessar and Liryas and spoke as such ?You my good sons must traverse this great land and see whether it is good or wretched and how far it stretches in all directions, and see that you make sure those beasts that walk this land are all great and fair and if we may live with harmony with them and also see if there are any other higher beings for us to share this land with, me and Taum will stay here and watch over this land and wait for you and Yiwu to return.” And so Nessar and Liryas went on and so the Erystu were dispersed.
