The Wayfarer Cable

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The Wayfarer
 
I. The Falling Star
In the age of legends, a star was torn from the heavens — pulled down by desperate will.
Some say it was a gift to an eternal love; others, a final act of vengeance meant to erase an innocent city.
As with all enduring tales, truth dissolved into speculation. Yet when the star fell, it shattered — scattering its fragments across the world.
 
II. The Shards and Their Keepers
Whether myth or history, no one can say. But for as long as memory reaches, small shards ot unearthly material have surfaced — discovered by children in riverbeds, traded among travelers, and displayed upon the shelves of royalty.
To see them, you must hold an eyeglass melted from black sand shaped only by the nomadic serpents. Through it, the shards reveal themselves — a faint green twinkle shimmering in the distance.
 
III. The Whispers of the Earth
Many have kept these fragments close — some as charms, some as curiosities.
They say the shards grow warm when storms pass, and pulse softly when near firelight. Whether mere superstition or some ancient memory of the heavens, none can say for certain.
 
IV. The Forging
When this relic was wrought, the gathering of shards began to tremble.
A haze of green mist rose above the forge, circling in silence. Within it, fleeting shapes took form — constellations, maps, perhaps even a celestial language — before fading back into the dark.
 
V. The Question
What would happen if even more fragments were brought together?