00x06 - Origins: An Ogier's Longing

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It is indeed the very
rare and unusual Ogier

who will decide to leave
their Stedding homes.

In the years that followed the
Breaking, during the Long Exile,

we Ogier wandered lost in
search of our Steddings.

It was then that Ogier began
to succumb to the Longing...

to the point of death.

Even after finding our
Steddings once again,

we Ogier continue to
be bound to our homes.

There is no lovelier
place than an Ogier Grove.

With its great trees,

some stand towering
since the Age of Legends.

No Shadowspawn will enter.

There is no way to
channel the One Power.

In the Stedding, there is rest.

While humankind has long
prized Ogier masonry,

from Illian, Tear to the great Tar Valon,

it is not the true thing.

For us, it has always been the forest.

You cannot bring stone to life.

When we sing to the forest,

it is much as if the
earth itself sings to us.

As a young Ogier,

I had few prized possessions,

of which, beyond my
books, I have not many.

And whilst there is nothing better
than to be at home in the Steddings,

surrounded by the comforts,
which offer wisdom and peace,

with our beloved groves in sight...

true adventure calls.

Adventure that cannot
be found in a book.

Adventure that may, in
fact, risk the Longing.