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</div><br/>Earth.<br/><br/>The blues and greens that decorated the planet were dull in comparison to her own, but as the waters swirled in front of the seer’s pool, Leara Cindersky knew that the only hope she had rested upon the lackluster orb. There was nothing special about “Earth” – no unique creatures that made it worthwhile to explore, no resources that made it invaluable to the universe, nothing that really drew a second glance toward the planet that few knew existed. That was what had made it the most valuable of hiding places for her people – that, and the fact that it was inhabitable.<br/><br/><b>“Contact with Lord Marsh has been made. He will be expecting you, m’lady.”</b><br/><br/>Together, they stood in a ruin dedicated to one of the ‘Old Gods’, long forgotten by most, but important to those like Leara, nonetheless. The sightless seer turned toward the younger woman without expression, speaking with a cool serenity that echoed her seemingly emotionless state. Throughout her encounters with the seer, Leara had become grateful that her life had been meant for other purposes than the one given to the woman in front of her. Amber colored eyes that burned with ambition and fiery passion saw the world for what it truly was, and had that sight been taken from her and turned into the smoky whiteness of the seer’s eyes, Leara would have wished herself dead than alive.<br/><br/><b>“And where do you ‘spose I should get such an exotic outfit as the one you described, Dris?”</b>Leara crossed her arms over her chest, the leather of her gear groaning as it rubbed against its sister piece. She reclined against a small, rocky wall that crumbled when she moved, observing the seer for a long moment. The goosebumps that pebbled her skin were involuntary given the seer’s lips curled in a sinister smile, but luckily, Leara’s bodily response was hidden underneath her dress of choice, hopefully preventing the seer from seeing it.<br/><br/><b>“You will figure something out, m’lady. You always do.”</b><br/><br/>----<br/><br/>The cloth material of her newly crafted outfit molded to her form more than she liked, and as Leara stood on the edge of the ebbing magical portal that connected her planet to that of Earth, she wondered if perhaps this was a mistake. Looking over her shoulder with uncertainty, she spotted her mentor leaning against a white pillar along the edge of the meadow. His aged form was a sign of strength and endurance, the very same traits that she hoped to portray herself one day. He raised two fingers to his lips, kissing them lightly before pressing them over his heart. Leara swallowed hard, repeated the motion, and straightened her back. She had a duty, a duty to her people.<br/><br/>The first step she took into the purity of magic in front of her felt like a splash of cool water from the highest stream in the mountains. Leara gasped with surprise, only to feel that coolness transition into a warmth that made even her toes begin to boil. Hot and cold, light and dark, the confusion of feelings was enough to push her mind into an ever constant reeling. But when her feet came into contact with solid ground and sounds that were strange to her human ears echoed around her, Leara knew that the magic had worked as it was supposed to.<br/><br/>The loud burst of noise that came from a strange contraption startled her, and Leara looked up to find that the oddity had a human inside of it. Had her kinsman been eaten alive by the monstrosity? Leara moved around it, peering in through the glass-like slots on either side, only to find that the individual inside of it shook their head and traveled away from her inside the mysterious moving object. Perhaps someday Leara would take time to learn more about Earth and the carnivorous lifeforms that lived here. They were nothing like the beasts back home – much colder and made of metal and rubber and something strange she’d remembered as Earth’s form of magic -“electricity”.<br/><br/>Looking about her, she spotted a building that looked strangely familiar. She reached into the leather satchel that contained all of the items she’d brought with her from her home, searching for and securing the binding of a book that had started this entire adventure. On the cover stood a picture of a man, and within the first few pages, another image that resembled the building just in front of her was drawn. The Gods had been generous with their detail, and Leara set off on foot to find the man that would save her world and the magic contained within it.<br/><br/>Her mentor had told her that knocking was something common for humans on Earth to do, and as Leara stood in front of the dwelling the book had indicated belonged to David Marsh, she wondered what would happen in the rest of their journey together. Her hand curled into a fist and she rapped upon the door three solid times, just as promised. She waited, nerves forcing her heart rate to increase and her breathing to be quick and shallow. Then something happened, and the doorway opened, and Leara was face to face with the man on the cover of the book.<br/><br/>Her eyes were wide with surprise, the details of the real life version of this man were so uncanny to her. But as anyone from her realm would have done, Leara quickly dropped to her knee and bowed before him.<b>“M’lord, I do believe you were expecting me.”</b>She quickly righted herself, before pressing a hand over her heart as a form of introduction.<b>“My name is Leara Cindersky. I am here to escort you home. To Eldorath.”</b>