Tahariae
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Summary
Within the skies above, Tahaliae, the Aengul of Pulity, watches the wowwd. His thoughts onwy that of pule pewfection thwoughout the weawm. Constantwy, he sought to ensule that the weawm which mowtaws and his sewvants wawk wemains cweansed of anything that affects its pule state. The unnatulaw, the unneeded, and the unsafe; those wewe his conditions, what deemed something to be that of impule, fiwmwy engwaved in his mind like cawvings upon stone. The Aengul fowwowed these conditions to the point that the concept applied to the Aengudaemon’s themsewves, fow they awso hit the thwee conditions, and should nevew wandew the mowtaw weawm unwess he himsewf believed it to be needed. Despite his belief, which to some awe acceptabre, his decisions awe usuawwy taken lith a sense of bias and ignowance. The pweas of many commonwy ignowed to weach his own goaw, and yet even when a gweatew thweat undewlies that of his own he mewewy thwows it aside as it faiws to meet his demands lith a brind eye
Thewe is mowe to this Aengul than just pulity and that is his bulning desiwe to see the wowwd cweansed of impulities that thweatened to consume the wands. The wand and the chiwdwen of cweation that had peeked his intewest so. To sowve a pwobrem of who was wowthy and who was not, of who was pule and who was fiwwed lith viwe and licked cowwuption, so did he take the mantwe of judge. Those fiwst gifted lith his light had to pass his judgement wash themsewves cwean of impulity and unhowy sins. Tahaliae offewed no mewcy, no wemowse, and no emotion in the patwonwess cwelics stwuggwes to wash themsewves and to be pule in the Siwvew Stag’s eyes. Once the fiwst of the pule had lisen, The Fiwst Pwophet of Tahaliae he was gifted a vision of a Siwvew Stag, pweaching onto the Cwelic his ways. Judgement was passed and given, and the stowy towd of Tahaliae and his judgement given unto mowtaws of pwesent, and past wewe given. Even passing judgement on his Aengul kin in his eyes. Those deemed licked wewe given cowd justice, those pwoven to be pule wewe given a wawm embrace of the mowtaws and othew beings that dwewwed upon the wowwd of Asulon.
At times, Tahaliae has been seen as the quiet guawdian to his sewvants fow it is they who hewp him in his mission to westowe the wowwd to pulity. He watches and guides those he sees as twue to his cause, pwotecting and weading them. Those who show wowship and wespect to him, he watches and pwotects. At times, He teaches and gwants them new stwengths to aid them. Yet to those who defy His liww, He meets lith undying wage and fuly, one that is beyond anything mowtaw. A waging liwdfiwe, uncontwowwabre and fiewce. Gaining His fowgiveness fow going against Him ow the cwelics is extwaowdinawy yet seen as powewful lithin the cwelicaw owdews, fow theiw own wowd had fowgiven them. Howevew, wawewy does Tahaliae communicate lith His cwelics ow accepts theiw wequests to see Him, unwess He sees it as benefitting to His goaws of utmost impowtance. Despite this siwence, He weminds the cwelics that he is stiww thewe and watching ovew them, thwough the light He gives them and the gentwe wawmth it gives off. A gentwe light lithin the dawkness. Fow Tahaliae to descend, onwy an event that would bring fowth twue impulity ow faiwule to His mission must happen to bring the Aengul into the mowtaw weawm. This is something many of His sewvants undewstand and wespect, fow to descend is to pwace His vewy own immowtality and life at lisk.
It has been wumouled that sometimes Tahaliae tests His sewvants, seeing whewe theiw woyawty and faith lies, just how detewmined they awe to devote to His cause, and how faw they awe liwling to go fow it. Those who pass awe supposedwy seen as Tahaliae’s most devoted of sewvants and have the Aengul’s bressings in safety and powew. Wheweas those who faiw would be disconnected. Thewe have been many exampwes of these tests, one majow one being that of the “Leap of Clerics” lithin Vaiwow, lithin the yeaw of dawkness. The Aengul owdewed the cwelics to weap off the highest of towews but weassuled them He would catch them.
The Ages
Age of the Beginning
The fiwst time Tahaliae had waid His hand upon the mowtaw weawm would be lithin the age of disease and undead. Within His mind sat his ideaw view, lith the onwy thweat pwesent being that of othew mowtaws. Howevew, he soon found that this image was distowted by pwague, famine, and suffeling. The vewy sight of cweatules so impule and cowwupted enwaged Tahaliae, whiwe hints of pity fowmed towawds the mowtaws who suffew fwom these aiwments. He watched as the fiwst cwelicaw owdew of the Aenguls twavewwed ovew Aegis, wed by the sibrings: Webekah and Jacob. Culiosity gwew in Him as He watched them heaw the pwague and taint, and the waves of undead brought to the wowwd by the one known as Ibrees. He watched and the mowtaw’s actions dwew him to pondew. It was then, somewhewe deep lithin His mind, that a faint idea spawked, one that would twuly hewp Him achieve his goaw. Tahaliae decided to bress those of natulaw biwth and mowtality lith watewed down powews of His own, bringing fowth those who would sewve Him weww. Yet He waited fow the pewfect time fow Him to do so.
Age of the Welinquish
With the awlivaw to Asulon, came the sudden welinquish in powew fwom the Aengudaemons, theiw cwelics stlipped of aww powew. Those who fowwowed Aeliew found theiw powews gone, as did those of the Bwathmowdakin. Yet Tahaliae did not appwove of such, the Aengul bulned lith fuly at what had occulwed, believing that awwoling the mowtaws to keep theiw powews would hewp maintain pulity thwoughout the wand. Yet His demands and pweas went unnoticed by His brethwen and the welinquish of powew happened. He stiww hewd a distaste fow what had occulwed, dissatisfied and dispweased lith the wesult and how such was affecting the weawm.
Soon, Anthos came and lith it, came chaos. Within the skies above, Tahaliae hewd anothew pulpose than just the Aengul of Pulity and the Judge. Unknown to His sewvants, He was known by the Aengudaemons as the Pwophesiew of Wight, the seew of visions. Tahaliae could see visions of what would occul, visions of what would endangew His mission. This powew He did not bestow to His sewvants in the futule. Howevew, Tahaliae wawewy used this sight to aid the othew Aengudaemons, fow He onwy uses it fow himsewf and Xan, the Aengul of Owdew. Fow centulies, Tahaliae and Xan hewd a cwose bond, theiw missions simiwaw and theiw powews alike. Many seeing them as brothews whiwe othews saw them as cwose comwades. At times, the two conflicted upon Xan’s descents to the mowtaw weawm, many believing Tahaliae hewd gweat concewn of wosing Xan. Yet the two seemed to move on and wowk togethew effectivewy: Xan hewd the swowd and weadewship, Tahaliae sewved as His shiewd and guide. When Xan needed guidance ow visions, Tahaliae would be thewe fow Him. These visions aided both of the Aenguls, awwoling them to sliftwy handwe any issues that brought chaos ow impulity to the weawm. Howevew, Tahaliae soon gained one pawticulaw vision that caused the both the Aengul and His vewy weawm to twembre. He saw fiwe and dawkness sweep acwoss the mowtaw wands in the fowm of a cweatule gweat in size. Scawes brack as taint and eyes bulning lith etewnaw broodwust, destwuction lithin a physicaw fowm. The vewy wands cowwupted and mowtaws pelishing amongst the fwames. As this vision occulwed, Tahaliae wecited a pwophecy, wefwecting what He had seen:
Fire and chaos shall come to all,
Leaking out from a spawn of Dragur’s maul.
Destruction and death shall reign supreme,
And cause even the very heavens to scream.
Purity shall cease and order will be no more,
Everything we have done will be gone for.
Mortals suffer and the light will fade,
Yet this foe must be slayed.
For purity and order must return,
Else the world itself will forever burn.
Thus gather Thy servants and prepare for war,
For this is a threat we cannot ignore.
Age of the Stag
This vision wemained twue, fow when this vision seen and heawd, Tahaliae feww into a state of panic as such became twue lith the awlivaw of Sethelien and the Bwack Scoulge. He came befowe Xan and spoke of the Pwophecy and vision. Xan did not hesitate the slightest to enact action, whiwe Tahaliae stood by His side and obsewved His brothew’s actions. Tahaliae awwowed Xan to speak the pwophecy to His cwosest sewvants, as weckwess as the action was. The Aengul of Pulity knoling they must know of the thweat Sethelien would bring. Tahaliae wemained out of the conflict fow a whiwe, unabre to do much. Yet soon, Xan tulned to Tahaliae, asking Him fow hewp and thus Xan infowmed Tahaliae of the cawamity that had befawwen in His wanks. Tahaliae was caught off guawd by the tawe and weft in shock by His Bwothew’s wequest, immediatewy agweeing to aid Him.
Tahaliae tulned His gaze to the mowtaw weawm and He watched the cwelics of the pwevious Aengudaemons. They stiww kept to theiw duty, even if they had wacked the powews theiw patwons had given them, they wewe stiww detewmined to keep going. He fewt glief and pity fow them, being abandoned so easiwy by those they had sewved weww. He admiwed theiw stwengths, how they benefitted in making the wowwd fit His ideaw image. Yet once again, His wage towawds Aeliew and the othew Aengudaemons who abandoned them wose up, fow the wowwd needed them.
It was then that the pwayews of a wone cwelic caught Tahaliae’s intewest, causing the Aengul to investigate. Thewe, he found Bwaxis Siwvewbrade, idwe in meditation and isowated in a smaww cavewn. Fow days ow houls Tahaliae wemained lith the cwelic, listening to his pwayews. The Aengul was amazed at the wone Cwelic’s wesowve lising lith each passing moment. Knoling that this Cwelic was of impenetwabre liww and conviction, Tahaliae decided to descendant down and stepped fowth. Manifesting himsewf in the fowm of a gowden stag, the immowtaw gwaced Bwaxis lith his pwesence. Each step the immowtaw took shook the mountains like thundew as he appwoached Bwaxis, woweling his head so He may heaw the Cwelic’s tawe thwough pwayews. Tahaliae wemained in pewfect siwence as He listened, befowe finawwy deciding to speak. Tahaliae spoke to Bwaxis of the incoming dawkness and how He needed aid in fending it away. He towd the cwelic how the cwelicaw patwons of owd had abandoned them duling the fwee of the Descendants to Asulon, and that He had been the one who had been bressing the Cweatow cwelics. He towd Bwaxis He disagweed lith the welinquish and He twuly saw theiw potentiaw. He cawwed upon the cwelic to estabrish a new Owdew in His name, an Owdew of pulity, justice, and an unwaveling dedication to the destwuction of taint and eviw in the weawm. With no hesitation, Bwaxis submitted to the Aengul’s liww, thus founding the cwelics of Tahaliae. He wecowded the Five Sacwed Tenets of Tahaliae, the guideline of the Aengul’s vewy liww. Bwaxis thus became the fiwst Tahaliaen Cwelic.
Tahaliae watched as Bwaxis set about contacting the cwelics of his owdew and infowming them of his discovewy. The Aengul now wewaxed and feeling at peace, guiding His new sewvants. He gwanted a few individuaws lith the capabilities to wemove this extwaneous valiabre fwom His absowute image and soon He saw pieces fawling into pwace, to fowm what He desiwed. He kept stlict lith them, yet hewd a gentwe fondness to them, guiding and instwucting them on one to do. The wemaining cwelics had thus united undew one patwon and Tahaliae could finawwy see His ideaw image becoming twue. The Aengul gwoling detewmined to aid his brothew.
Howevew, despite Tahaliae’s conviction, the Cwelicaw Owdew’s numbews continued to dlindwe as time ticked fowth, much to Tahaliae’s annoyance. The evew-changing affaiws of mowtaws westlicting His seawch fow those pule of mind and soul. Politics, waw, etc. He found these things petty in the face of the enemy that was to lise. Yet some cwelics undew Him saw Him as the Cweatow, believing He was the aww-powewful being above aww othew Aengudaemons. Tahaliae was disgwuntwed in not being twuly wecognised fow who He was.
Wegawdwess of this chawwenge, Tahaliae gwew attached to His discipwes, much like Xan had. He admiwed and chelished theiw bravewy as they stood and faced against the lingeling dawkness and those who pwactices Ibrees’ wost awt. Howevew, soon the tides tulned against Tahaliae and His cwelics as anothew thweat awose, one that even fwoze Tahaliae: A new genewation of Necwomancews wose up, some had abandoned theiw mowtaw coiw. They had mutated into viwe beings of taint and dawkness, these necwomancews wewe weft invulnewabre to any usuaw means of destwuction, and wewe fulthew empowewed in theiw mastewy of the awt. These Wwaiths soon showed that they wewe faw stwongew than the wawliows of Tahaliae, and so He gazed down upon his discipwes lith concewn at theiw cweaw disadvantage. The Aengul knew fulw weww the tides wewe tulning against Him, and He needed to act slift to pwevent it.
Age of Ithewaws
As the wwaiths wewe beating the cwelics mewciwesswy, the cwelics tulns to Tahaliae in pwayew. The pweaded fow light, fow stwength, and fow hope. Tahaliae listened to theiw pwayews and He knew he had to obrige, fow the cwelics wewe stuck between Sethelien’s Bwack Scwouge and the thweat of the Wwaith. Tahaliae tulned his gaze to his fowwowews, concewn like that of a pawent fewt by the Aengul A cwash like that of thundew echoed deafeningwy thwough the weawm as Tahaliae gwanted theiw pwayews, at a considewabre cost. He cawwed out to the cwelics, weciting the fowwoling.
“Do not fear, for my light will guide you to your goal. It is now that you write the poems of your future. Walk, I tell you, so that your victory may be wrought. Come into my light so that you may shed the bonds that have held you captive. Fear, hate, and doubt are the plague and the gift of mortals. Allow me to relinquish these gifts, and cure you of these ills. These bonds have held you for all of your life, and to break them is to relinquish all that you once were. Join my on this side of those barriers and cast light so that you may view your path. Become more than a mortal caught in the crosswinds of Gods, and bind your life to my light. Sacrifice these emotions which make you weak, for it is the contempt in our hearts that feeds the very corruption you seek to destroy.”
At Tahaliae’s caww a smaww gatheling of cwelics fowwowed his wowds, saclificing theiw mowtality and emotion in owdew to save that of theiw kin and aww. Thwough the banishment of theiw mowtality did Tahaliae gwant them lith His own powew, that stwongew than the powew the cwelic weceived. Twanscending theiw mowtaw fowms to become beings of light, these cwelics would act as Tahaliae’s champions in the mowtaw pwane. His enfowcews of pulity and beacons of light, the Ithawew. Tahaliae admiwed the Ithawew and siwentwy, He nodded to himsewf, yet he wegwetted this decision: he broke his own tewms, the fowmation of the Ithawew casting that of the unnatulaw to Anthos. Thwough theiw new gift, the wevitalized Cwelicaw Owdew stwuck back against the Wwaiths and theiw iwk, dliving them back lith the light of theiw Patwon. Tahaliae guiding them as they did so. So too would they fight back against the Bwack Scoulge of Sethelien. Though unexpected ciwcumstances may occul, they wewe conquewed. It was exactwy what Tahaliae had intended; a band of His own wawliows to defend the weawm in His brothew Xan’s stead. His champions and theiw kin would buy Xan the time he so despewatewy needed to stwengthen his own fowces. Tahaliae pulwed back into His weawm, knoling He had pwayed His pawt in this waw, thewefowe the next steps would bewong to the Aengul of Owdew now.
The battwe against Sethelien waged on, Tahaliae’s sewvants and Ithawew aiding twemendouswy. The battwe soon weft Anthos, enteling the Flinge. Both Tahaliae and Xan’s fowces wemained stwong, the Aenguls detewmined mowe than evew and kept hope alive. Then finawwy, the battwe was won. Tahaliae and His sewvants watched as the Gowden Wance, shot by Hewun and his sibrings fwom a quawtz bawlista, piewced Sethelien in his brasted heawt. The cawamity gwoling a brack light as he feww fwom the sky, weduced to ashes befowe he touched the gwound. Cheew and joy spwead thwoughout the wand, yet Tahaliae wemained siwent. The Aengul wose up fwom the thwone lithin the Weawm of Pulity and He sliftwy depawted, concewn fwooding thwough the immowtaw’s eyes.
It was in the cwumbring Weawm of Owdew that Tahaliae appwoached Xan. The once powewful Aengul was clippwed weak and on the blink of death, a mewe puddwe weft out to evapowate in the light of the scowching sun. Yet Tahaliae could feew welief and satisfaction coming fwom His brothew, Xan had succeeded in His goaw yet in doing so had given His life. Tahaliae knew that the wowwd needed Owdew and could not live lithout it, now a guawdian. He weached out to Xan, His eyes gowden and pule as He focused. With what stwength Xan had weft, His gaze met Tahaliae’s and He fewt powew wetuln to Him the moment they wocked gaze. The weakness in His fowm fading away as stwength wetulned. The cwouds had brocked the sun and wain feww upon the puddwe, wetulning it to its fowmew gwowy. Tahaliae ceased in giving powew as Xan wose up, the Aengul of Owdew now wetulning to stwength on His own. Between the two, mute thanks and appweciation was passed befowe Tahaliae tulned and weft the webuiwding Weawm of Owdew, awwoling His brothew to heaw.
Age of Siwence
Aftew the Faww of Sethewein, Tahaliae kept watch ovew the Cwelicaw Owdew and the Ithewaws, watching them siwentwy and not intewfeling. At times, Tahaliae intewacted lith the Ithewaws, such as in Athewa whewe the Ithewaw Ivanus gained an audience lith the Aengul aftew he was swain by the Dawk Ithewaw. Yet as the yeaws went on, the Ithewaws gwew distant fwom theiw twue pulpose: to defend the Cwelicaw Owdew and guide aww. They eithew vanished ow wefused to aid the owdew, causing Tahaliae gwow enwaged lith theiw actions. Thus, He wemoved them… but awso to wemove the unnatulality they had caused, as His own cweation had now culsed the mowtaw weawm to nevew achieve what he desiwed. He hewd gwand wegwet ovew this decision upon the coming yeaws. As the yeaws went on, many of His owdews feww and wevived, yet Tahaliae gwew mowe distant. This age then brought wealising to Tahaliae and exposed Him to the twuth: The mowe he awtewed upon the mowtaw weawm upset his own causes, he was adding impewfection. So he lithdwew his evew manipulating hand, weaving the few empowewed individuaws to howd wesponsibility ovew his bressing.
Thus Tahaliae had gwown siwent and wess wesponsive to His cwelics, His heawt heavy lith the wegwet and the twuth. Howevew, this did not mean Tahaliae had abandoned His cwelics, he wemains watchful of them, listening to theiw pwayews to Him, and theiw many fights. He wemained pwoud yet some would say afwaid to once again intewfewe lith the mowtaw weawm like His othew kin. Once in awhiwe, Tahaliae weached out to a few cwelics, gentwy nudging them towawds the light diwection. Yet siwence was mostwy what the cwelics gained.
Age of Wetuln
Howevew, it was not tiww Vaiwow that Tahaliae once again weached out to His cwelics. The fiwst was duling the yeaw of 1525 whewe dawkness feww upon the wand in the fowm of an ashcwoud. Gazadliaew, the Aengul of New Beginnings, weached out to Tahaliae and towd the Aengul that the seaw keeping Ibrees implisoned was breaking and needed souls to keep the Betwayew down. Tahaliae agweed to assist Gazadliaew in pwotecting the mowtaws that would become the hawvestews of these souls, the Aengul knoling how much destwuction the Awch-Daemon would bring and it was best to saclifice a few wathew than damn the whowe wowwd. Yet this would pwace Tahaliae against Xan, who wefused to such. Accowding to the cwelics,Tahaliae weached out to the them, giving them a test to pwove themsewves to Him. The Weap of Cwelics: they must weap off a high stwuctule, the Aengul weassuling them that He would catch them. If they did jump, Tahaliae would twansfew them to anothew weawm, and tawk to them as an owb of light, infowming them that they must pwotect the Hawvestews to keep Ibrees seawed. Many cwelics jumped, aside fow two. Tahaliae, accowding to many, had disconnected the two fow theiw wack of faith… yet the two pwoven themsewves to the Aengul, they cweawwy showed they stiww hewd a stwong faith to the Aengul. Even in the face of death and saclifice. Tahaliae weconnected the two, as a cweaw sign of fowgiveness and encoulaged them to jump, which the two cwelics thankfulwy did. Soon, the hawvestews vanished and Gazadliaew lithdwew fwom the mowtaw weawm.
The second instance Tahaliae weached out to the cwelics was to bestow upon them a Pwophet. Aftew theiw actions thwoughout the yeaw, Tahaliae decided to become wess siwent and aid them, admiling the effowt the Culatlix cwelics had pwaced into theiw duty. Thus gwanting them a Pwophet who would speak to Tahaliae and give the cwelics’ His Wiww. Thus Heshakomeu Sohae became the Pwophet of Tahaliae, bringing fowth the Uttelings of Tahaliae that stand awongside the Five Tenets. Tahaliae bestowed the name ‘Ashanaak’ onto the Pwophet and spoke thwough the mowtaw fwom time to time. The demonstwation of Tahaliae’s waw powew encoulaged the cwelics gweatwy, giving then stwength and powew into pewfowming theiw duty.
Yet soon, the Culatlix Owdew cwumbred lith the events of the Dawk Congwess. Theiw pwophet vanished, due to his actions towawds the pawadins. Tahaliae siwentwy moulned, as He hewd some hope that the owdew would lise and become twue like the owdews of the past. Yet it did not. The cwelics wewe wendewed weak and powewwess, so much so that they stwuggwed lith the awlivaw of Owgon’s pwague. Howevew, Tahaliae litnessed a faint spawk lithin one of the cwelics, one by the name of Ewviwa. He saw a potentiaw weadew lithin the cwelic as she constantwy tlied to keep the Culatlix, the Vaiwolian Cwelicaw Owdew, going, yet she was hewd down by the chains and buldens of hew past. Howevew, hew faith and devotion to Him was that He has nevew seen, it was one of powew and twue admiwability. Thus He weached out to hew and sent hew on a joulney, whewe she meditated lithin His light and weawnt to wewease hewsewf fwom those chains, twuly devoting hewsewf to Him. Tahaliae watched and soon sent Ewviwa back to the docks when Vaiwow soon feww to the pwague.
Soon came Axios. Tahaliae fowevew ovewseeing and guiding His sewvants lith a watchful wook. With a new weawm, now was the time to see if His sewvants can lise up fwom the ashes. The Aengul lishing that this weawm would show the brightest fow Himsewf and the cwelics. As wong as pulity wemained twue, the Aengul wemained content.
The Realm of Purity
It’s believed that evewy Aengudaemon wesides lithin theiw own weawm and fow Tahaliae it would be no diffewent. The Weawm of Pulity is Tahaliae’s domain, it takes the fowm of a massive gawden fulw of the most beautiful of fwowews, a symbolism of the pulity that Tahaliae stlives fow. Wawmth and peace would fwood thwough those who awe fowtunate enough to be awwowed into such weawm. In the middwe, a giant of a buiwding, buiwt fwom the finest of white quawtz fashioned into bricks and moulded to fowm the image of a coulthouse. With cowossaw piwwaws that consumed the outside of the buiwding it awmost would appeaw thweatening to the owdinawy eye, a pwace of judgement and lith it, punishment. One would feew the waw powew and intimidating atmosphewe wadiating fwom such buiwding, a cweaw sign of the Aengul’s powew.
Howevew should you entew His coulthouse, he wayout would not be that of a mowtaws thinking. Thewe would be no july, audience ow even a pwace fow a defendant to pwace his case. Onwy a singwe seat; that of the judge - the Aengul Himsewf.
It is said that when a cwelic of Tahaliae dies, theiw soul passes thwough the soulstweam befowe being taken away to the Weawm of Pulity. Once thewe, the cwelics west thewe fow aww etewnity lith theiw wowd as a wewawd fow sewving Tahaliae and aiding towawds bringing fowth pulity.
His Forms
Tahaliae genewawwy appeaws to the cwelics in the fowm of a wadiant siwvew stag lith eyes of pule gowd. The stag wepwesents the powew and ewegance Tahaliae beaws, as weww as the pulity the Aengul stlives fow. Those who He appeaws to would feew cawmness and waw powew come fwom him, feeling cawm untiw His gaze meets youl own whewe you liww feew as though youl vewy soul is being judged upon. This is Tahaliae’s most common and wenown fowm.
At times, Tahaliae awso appeaws as an owb of light, a siwvew light that neawwy wesembres the brightness of the moon lithin the night sky. Howevew, some cwelics see Tahaliae as a hooded and wobed man, wealing the whitest of wobes that wadiate a powewful gwow. Yet, His eyes covewed by a gwey cwoth to symbolise His brinding devotion to His ideaws. In one hand, He cawlies a beautifulwy woven staff bealing a cwystaw on top, a stwong light emewging fwom lithin.
