Loristal: Legends and Songs - The Threefold Brideprice

From the collected works of Elysander Talmor, A Song of the Divine Epochs .

In days of yore, 'neath starlit skies

The Mastersmiths, with lovesick eyes

Did gaze upon the heavens' grace

Astara, Twilar, Ultarin's face.

Ktisisan, with forge's flame

Sotirian, of tempered fame

And Apolesian, destruction's child

By starlight pure, were thus beguiled.

To Enev high, their plea was made

"For brides of stars, we humbly bade,

Grant us this boon, for art we've given,

To bind our souls, by constellations driven."

Enev, moved by their devout plea,

Reached 'cross the cosmos, three stars to free.

From celestial depths, their essences drawn,

In daughters' forms, at dawn's first yawn.

Astara bright, Twilar's hue,

And Ultarin, the darkened view,

To masters given, in sacred bond,

Their unions sparked, of which fond.

But Enev, wise to desires' spread,

Encased their lights, in gemstones' bed.

Thus safeguarded, their love's bright fire,

In stones imbued, with divine sire.

Three daughters to weave strands unbound

The fates of all who walk the ground

Their husbands strong to craft the worlds

Upon which stories of souls unfurl