jwaneeta wrote:Did Caerroil Wildwood start life in diapers, eating strained carrots like the rest of us plebes? What on earth is Atiaran driving at?
This is Atiaran giving Covenant the dope about Unfettered Ones in LFB, p. 171:
Some delve into the earth to uncover the secrets of the Cavewights, others learn the lore of the Demondim - whatever knowledge guides the One's private prophecy. I have even heard it whispered that some Unfettered follow the legend of Caerroil Wildwood of Garroting Deep, and become Forestals. But that is a perilous thought, even when whispered.
As it happens, I happend to be travelling in New Mexico on business this week. I was in this small town named Albakoykee, or something like that, and after a day of meetings I decided to take a walk and enjoy some of that beautiful New Mexico air.
As I was walking, I spotted an old man holding a staff and wearing an ochre ghi, coming out of a strip mall martial arts school. (It turned out the "staff" was some sort of karate stick, which I found out soon enough.) Well, by the wave of his hair, his acedemics beard, and the furtive "stay away from me" look he gave me, I thought I recognized him. "Hey, aren't you ..." I started to say, when he took off like an author at the end of a booksigning. I ran after him.
To make a long story short, ten minutes later I had him pinned to the ground under a saguaro, karate stick marks all over my face and body. But I got him to part with
The Secret Knowledge of the Origins of the Forestals
In the beginning, there was One Forest, which ruled the Land.
Then came humans, with axes and careless butchery. The Forests responded by creating the forestals, to defend the remaining Forest and to prevent the depradations of man. (Did an
Elohim provide this knowledge? It matters not to us.)
The forestals had human form. This has led many to speculate that they are friendly, or that they desire interaction with humans. This could not be farther than the truth. The human form is the image of death to the Forest, and in its defense, it used the human form as the means to meet death on its level. When a forestal emerges from the shadow of the wood, flee for your life, for it is the strong, wild arm of the Forest, and it brooks no intrusion.
Despite such speculation, know that forestals are not born, nor are they humans who have found a calling serving the trees. They were created by the will of the Forest, in the beginning, and from time to time since then. Perhaps a poor traveller lost in the wild has been used as raw material, but such speculation is idle. The forestals are beings of will, created by will, and executing that will. They are because the Forest has demanded that they be. No other reason is needed.
And yet, from time to time, the people of the Land, inspired by the Lords and the love of the Earth which Earthpower fosters, have served the forests. Some have been permitted to enter and work. Many others have entered and disappeared; no word or mark of them has been found. It is for this reason that the Loresraat speaks not of this path, and does not encourage any to follow it. Yet it is permitted, once the choice of the Unfettered one is revealed as his or her unrelenting calling.
If any have become forestals, there is no evidence. The thought is discouraged: the Forest is dangerous, and deserves respect as a being which can take care of itself without any human help. The Lords dissuade any who think to apply for the job.
Clearly, the origins of Caer Caveral as Hile Troy are known. However, he was chosen to meet a need which the Forests, in their deep wisdom, have seen. The Forest willed Caer Caveral to be; Hile Troy was used as fodder to fulfill this will. It would be a mistake to assume that the will of the Forest had no other recourse; that forestals come about in no other way. The will is enough.
Do you remember what the Forest was said to have done to the
Elohim who taught it? The Forest
took her, and bound her; she became
available material for fulfilling the will of the Forest. The Forest takes what it needs; the will is paramount. This tells you everything you need to know about forestals.
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When the power was recalled in TPTP by Satansfist they returned to the dirt from which they came.......
But I have twisted their reality to reflect my new status as an Eternal Spring convert. There's no zeal like convert zeal. 
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