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‘I can give you everything you desire,’ said the fairy. ‘Wealth, a crown and sceptre, fame, a long happy life. Choose.’
‘I do not desire wealth or fame, a crown or sceptre,’ the witcher replied. ‘I desire a horse that is black as night and as fast as the wind. And I desire a sword that is sharp and as bright as a moonbeam. I want to ride at night on my black horse; I want to defeat the powers of Evil with my bright sword. That is all I desire.’
‘I’ll give you a horse that will be blacker than the night and faster than the wind,’ promised the fairy. ‘I’ll give you a sword, which will be sharp and brighter than a moonbeam. But what little you ask for, witcher, you will have to pay dearly.’
‘With what? In truth I have nothing.’
‘With your blood.’
Flourens Delannoy, Fairytales and Stories.
 
CHAPTER ONE
 
It was well known that the Universe, as well as life, revolves in a circle. On the rim of this circle, in pairs exactly opposite each other are eight magic points, which give a full rotation, the annual cycle. These points, lying along the rim of the circle in pairs opposite each other, are: Imbaelk that is, Germination, Lammas that is, Maturity, Belleteyn, that is Blossoming, Saovine that is, Withering. The rim of the circle is also marked by two solstices – winter or Midinvaerne and summer or Midaete. There are also two equinoxes – spring or Birke and autumn or Velen. These dates divide the circle into eight parts – and so the elven calendar year is divided.
When Humans landed in the estuary of the Yaruga and the delta of the Pontar, they brought with them their own lunar calendar, dividing the year into twelve months – which cover the full annual cycle of work in the fields – from the beginning of January until the end – in which frost turned the earth into a hard lump. But although humans divided the year and counted the date differently, they accepted the elven circle and the eight points: Imbaelk, Lammas, Belleteyn, Saovine and both solstices and equinoxes and among the humans they became important holidays. Distinguishing themselves among other dates as much as a solitary tree standing out in a meadow.
These dates differ from others by magic.
It was no secret that during these eight dates and nights magical auras intensify dramatically. Nobody is surprised by these magical phenomena and enigmatic events that accompany these eight dates, especially the equinoxes and solstices. Everyone had become accustomed to these phenomena and they seldom gave rise t ............

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