Intro to Healfire

In a chilling land

a family of sages

taught Fynlar a spell

for his curiosity

and a burning will to learn.

It was a rare sight.

Fynlar, lacking the training,

cast Healfire at ease.

The flames spread but did not burn,

and his family stayed warm.

As Fynlar grew up,

he kept his flames a secret

outside of his home.

When the forest faced wildfires,

he saved the village of trees.

One day, Fynlar learned

that Healfire could cure disease.

When his brother Holm

contracted a severe flu,

Fynlar’s spell quelled the illness.

Fynlar’s brother Holm

wanted to test his brother,

and this was his plan.

He bid half of his household

into the winter-swept woods.

Holm tricked two cousins

telling them Fynlar was lost

and they must find him.

The cold made his cousins ill

and Holm left them in the woods.

Then Holm returned home

Fynlar asked of his travels

and their two cousins.

Holm told Fynlar they were sick

and lost in the wilderness.

So, Fynlar ventured

through the blistering madness

of an evening storm.

There he found his two cousins

frostbitten and nearly dead.

Fynlar cast Healfire

providing much needed warmth

for his family.

As they made their way homeward

his cousins told him the truth.

When Fynlar returned

to confront his brother Holm

no one believed him.

Not even his two cousins

defended Fynlar’s story.

Fynlar was exiled,

falsely accused of leading

his cousins to death.

The warmth of Healfire soothed them

as Fynlar braved the winter.

Richard Auriga