I feel the spirits gathering. It is time for a tale to be told; one that has not been told ever before. I tell you this story in the old fashion, as I was taught by my teacher Magaura, and his teacher Renklor before him, and his teacher Cydonixal before him, and so on until the first of us was taught by the spirits themselves. Our story is the tale of a shaman named Aryxymaraki, and his rise and his fall, and his rise again and his fall again, and his rise again. But the spirits know. And they know that it can be done. And they know how.