Sublimity enveloped the supreme priest, and the whip tumbled from his hand as he stretched his arms outward. Released from the confines of weak and sinful flesh, he was Bledla no longer. His consciousness expanded to take in the sanctuary, the temple, the city, the kingdom, Eormenlond, and the lands beyond the Great Sea. The ages of humankind and its kingdoms flashed before him, and all was one in a timeless present. Edan. He was one with Edan.
