Trees know things. A tree planted by a god at the dawn of a forest and raised in close proximity to an energy well deep within the earth beneath a wizards' citadel knows a great many things. This one likes to tell tales. In my short story "The Om Tree," it tells the tale of a wizard who loses what is most dear to him and thereby learns the true nature of his art.
In the beginning stood a tree.
I always start my tales with that; it is fitting, as I have stood here for so long. I have spread my roots on many worlds, being seeded by an undying star named Om. He has a child named Ealiron, the creator of this world on which I now grow. He knows I am here, of course. When I took root as a sapling, he sang to me. A charming fellow, really.
But my tale begins with a mortal. He calls himself a wizard, but he is not like any wizard I know. His name is Lorth, which in Om's tongue roughly means "water-loving root." A nice name for a most unsavory man. I call him the hunter....
"The Om Tree" appears in Tales of the Talisman, Volume 7, Issue 3. This is a great magazine and this issue features fantasy stories. Check it out.
The protagonist of "The Om Tree," Lorth of Ostarin, is also the main character in The Hunter's Rede. The short story takes place some years after that. An Om tree appears in the novel as well; it stands in the wizards' citadel itself. It doesn't tell tales...but it could, I'm sure.
In the beginning stood a tree.I always start my tales with that; it is fitting, as I have stood here for so long. I have spread my roots on many worlds, being seeded by an undying star named Om. He has a child named Ealiron, the creator of this world on which I now grow. He knows I am here, of course. When I took root as a sapling, he sang to me. A charming fellow, really.
But my tale begins with a mortal. He calls himself a wizard, but he is not like any wizard I know. His name is Lorth, which in Om's tongue roughly means "water-loving root." A nice name for a most unsavory man. I call him the hunter....
"The Om Tree" appears in Tales of the Talisman, Volume 7, Issue 3. This is a great magazine and this issue features fantasy stories. Check it out.
The protagonist of "The Om Tree," Lorth of Ostarin, is also the main character in The Hunter's Rede. The short story takes place some years after that. An Om tree appears in the novel as well; it stands in the wizards' citadel itself. It doesn't tell tales...but it could, I'm sure.
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