Lyria Alternate Ending

Lyria awoke with a start, staring into the darkness of her room as she tried to make sense of what she felt. The were coming, and they would not hesitate to kill should they not find what they seek. There was desperation there, bordering panic, and a hard determination. Beneath it all was a deep, unconditional love that seemed a little incongruous to her. However, Lyria did not wish harm to come to anyone because of her, so she rose, and began to dress.

The small village of Umbria could not boast of much. Only one or two handfuls of families comprised its entirety, and they were a simple, unassuming people. They took from the land no more than it could rightfully give, and gave back what they could not use themselves. They were so far removed from the rest of Uslandria that they still held to the Old Ways. It served them well, and they saw no reason to change it. When traveling Men of the Light came across their village, they listened to his preaching with indulgent smiles, much like a parent to a child's wild story. Afterwards, they would pat the priest on the back, replenish his food supply, and send him on his way. …show more content…
She had come to them many years ago, while she was still a child. Who she had been and where she had come from remained a mystery still, but it was one Lyria now accepted. What mattered was that they had found her, took her in, and when her abilities were discovered, she had become the Voice of the Goddess. She had grown since then, embracing the Old Ways and growing up alongside the other village children. There had been many a winter in which she had been called upon to find a lost person or animal, many illnesses she had treated and problems she had solved. Although she was still quite a young woman, the villagers listened to her, loved her, and respected her just as much as they would listen, love, and respect any old wise