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	===Author's Notes===		===Author's Notes===
	OOC: This poem arose after the discovery of a white-eyed black corpse bird in [[Naidem]] by [[Ordim (prime)\| Ordim]] using the [[Jeepers Creepers Spyglass]] and the speculated correlation with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aderyn_y_Corff Aderyn y Corff] from Welsh folklore.		OOC: This poem arose after the discovery of a white-eyed black corpse bird in [[Naidem]] by [[Ordim (prime)\| Ordim]] using the [[Jeepers Creepers Spyglass]] and the speculated correlation on Discord with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aderyn_y_Corff Aderyn y Corff] from Welsh folklore.

	The poem is largely a nonsense rhyme as I was ''challenged'' to come up with something akin to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jabberwocky] by APM Thandiwe.		The poem is largely a nonsense rhyme as I was ''challenged'' to come up with something akin to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jabberwocky] by APM Thandiwe.

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	{{creative-work \|type=poetry\|title='''The Corpse Bird or Drae'cariael''' \|author=Rohese \|author-displayed=[[Rohese (prime)\|Rohese Bayvel-Timsh'l]] \| date = 2024-10-09}}		{{creative-work \|type=poetry\|title='''The Corpse Bird or Drae'cariael''' \|author=Rohese \|author-displayed=[[Rohese (prime)\|Rohese Bayvel-Timsh'l]] \| date = 2024-10-09}}
			First published on the 9th day of Jastatos in the year 5124

			[[File:Corpse Bird (Naidem).png\|400px\|thumb\|right\|Drae'cariael<br>Created by Rohese's player using Midjourney AI.]]
	===Author's Notes===		===Author's Notes===
	OOC: This poem arose after the discovery of a white-eyed black corpse bird in [[Naidem]] by [[Ordim (prime)\| Ordim]] using the [[Jeepers Creepers Spyglass]] and the speculated correlation with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aderyn_y_Corff Aderyn y Corff] from Welsh folklore. ~~The poem is largely a nonsense rhyme as I was ''challenged'' to come up with something akin to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jabberwocky] by APM Thandiwe.~~		OOC: This poem arose after the discovery of a white-eyed black corpse bird in [[Naidem]] by [[Ordim (prime)\| Ordim]] using the [[Jeepers Creepers Spyglass]] and the speculated correlation with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aderyn_y_Corff Aderyn y Corff] from Welsh folklore.

			The poem is largely a nonsense rhyme as I was ''challenged'' to come up with something akin to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jabberwocky] by APM Thandiwe.

	The term Drae'cariael has been used in place of "Aderyn corff" as an Elven derivative to fit Elanthia, where "drae" means death (taken from the [[Elven Lexicon]]) and "cariael" is of my own creation to mean carrion bird as I was unable to find an established term for bird or a suitable substitute.<br>		The term Drae'cariael has been used in place of "Aderyn corff" as an Elven derivative to fit Elanthia, where "drae" means death (taken from the [[Elven Lexicon]]) and "cariael" is of my own creation to mean carrion bird as I was unable to find an established term in the elven language for bird or a suitable substitute.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;">~~'''DRAE'CARIAEL or CORPSE BIRD'''<~~/div~~><br>		'''DRAE'CARIAEL or CORPSE BIRD'''<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Beware the Drae'cariael, my child,<~~/div~~>		Beware the Drae'cariael, my child,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~That flappers wingless in gloaming grey,<~~/div></div~~>		That flappers wingless in gloaming grey,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~From Bittermere Woods to Moorlyn wild,<~~/div></div~~>		From Bittermere Woods to Moorlyn wild,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~At dusk it skrees your breath away.<~~/div></div~~><br>		At dusk it skrees your breath away.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~In gloom and bramble, thick and deep,<~~/div></div~~>		In gloom and bramble, thick and deep,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Where spirits drim and whispers thrum,<~~/div></div~~>		Where spirits drim and whispers thrum,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~The corpse bird skivers from shivel'd sleep,<~~/div></div~~>		The corpse bird skivers from shivel'd sleep,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Its mournful cry, a ghastly hum.<~~/div></div~~><br>		Its mournful cry, a ghastly hum.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Through driftling mist and crawp forlorn,<~~/div></div~~>		Through driftling mist and crawp forlorn,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~It seeks out souls long marked by fate.<~~/div></div~~>		It seeks out souls long marked by fate.<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~No dawn shall rise for those it’s sworn,<~~/div></div~~>		No dawn shall rise for those it’s sworn,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~No light shall pierce their final Gate.<~~/div></div~~><br>		No light shall pierce their final Gate.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~In Naidem's wabe, where dreams are torn,<~~/div></div~~>		In Naidem's wabe, where dreams are torn,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~The cariael wrives an endless gloom.<~~/div></div~~>		The cariael wrives an endless gloom.<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Its eyes, like stars in sorrow worn,<~~/div></div~~>		Its eyes, like stars in sorrow worn,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Foretell the coming of the tomb.<~~/div></div~~><br>		Foretell the coming of the tomb.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~By Gleyminn’s shore and Hollow's end,<~~/div></div~~>		By Gleyminn’s shore and Hollow's end,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~The corpse bird casts its shadow tall.<~~/div></div~~>		The corpse bird casts its shadow tall.<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~It haunts where time and life outbends,<~~/div></div~~>		It haunts where time and life outbends,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~And leaves but silence where it falls.<~~/div></div~~><br>		And leaves but silence where it falls.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~With talons splick and beak of sprinde,<~~/div></div~~>		With talons splick and beak of sprinde,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~It reaps the threads the loom unwinds.<~~/div></div~~>		It reaps the threads the loom unwinds.<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~From Arachne’s web to Zelia's mind,<~~/div></div~~>		From Arachne’s web to Zelia's mind,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~It culls the lost and thence it binds.<~~/div></div~~><br>		It culls the lost and thence it binds.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~So when you hear that scrackling croon,<~~/div></div~~>		So when you hear that scrackling croon,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~The chilling call from branches bare,<~~/div></div~~>		The chilling call from branches bare,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Seek not the comfort of the moon —<~~/div></div~~>		Seek not the comfort of the moon —<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~For death itself is in the air.<~~/div></div~~><br>		For death itself is in the air.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~It knows the hour whence all must end,<~~/div></div~~>		It knows the hour whence all must end,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~It knows the breath that’s drawn in fear.<~~/div></div~~>		It knows the breath that’s drawn in fear.<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~The frick-frack Drae'cariael descends,<~~/div></div~~>		The frick-frack Drae'cariael descends,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~And naught but emptiness draws near.<~~/div></div~~><br>		And naught but emptiness draws near.<br><br>

	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~For in Naidem’s quiversome twilight hue,<~~/div></div~~>		For in Naidem’s quiversome twilight hue,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~Where draugrs outdrave and sluaghs betwine,<~~/div></div~~>		Where draugrs outdrave and sluaghs betwine,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~The corpse bird waits for me and you,<~~/div></div~~>		The corpse bird waits for me and you,<br>
	~~<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">~~To claim its due in nonsense rhyme.~~</div></div><br>~~		To claim its due in nonsense rhyme.

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===Author's Notes===
OOC: This poem arose after the discovery of a white-eyed black corpse bird in [[Naidem]] by [[Ordim (prime)| Ordim]] using the [[Jeepers Creepers Spyglass]] and the speculated correlation with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aderyn_y_Corff Aderyn y Corff] from Welsh folklore. The poem is largely a nonsense rhyme as I was ''challenged'' to come up with something akin to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jabberwocky] by APM Thandiwe.

The term Drae'cariael has been used in place of "Aderyn corff" as an Elven derivative to fit Elanthia, where "drae" means death (taken from the [[Elven Lexicon]]) and "cariael" is of my own creation to mean carrion bird as I was unable to find an established term for bird or a suitable substitute.<br>

<div style="text-align: center;">'''DRAE'CARIAEL or CORPSE BIRD'''</div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Beware the Drae'cariael, my child,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">That flappers wingless in gloaming grey,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">From Bittermere Woods to Moorlyn wild,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">At dusk it skrees your breath away.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">In gloom and bramble, thick and deep,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Where spirits drim and whispers thrum,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">The corpse bird skivers from shivel'd sleep,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Its mournful cry, a ghastly hum.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Through driftling mist and crawp forlorn,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">It seeks out souls long marked by fate.</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">No dawn shall rise for those it’s sworn,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">No light shall pierce their final Gate.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">In Naidem's wabe, where dreams are torn,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">The cariael wrives an endless gloom.</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Its eyes, like stars in sorrow worn,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Foretell the coming of the tomb.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">By Gleyminn’s shore and Hollow's end,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">The corpse bird casts its shadow tall.</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">It haunts where time and life outbends,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">And leaves but silence where it falls.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">With talons splick and beak of sprinde,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">It reaps the threads the loom unwinds.</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">From Arachne’s web to Zelia's mind,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">It culls the lost and thence it binds.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">So when you hear that scrackling croon,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">The chilling call from branches bare,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Seek not the comfort of the moon —</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">For death itself is in the air.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">It knows the hour whence all must end,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">It knows the breath that’s drawn in fear.</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">The frick-frack Drae'cariael descends,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">And naught but emptiness draws near.</div></div><br>

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">For in Naidem’s quiversome twilight hue,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">Where draugrs outdrave and sluaghs betwine,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">The corpse bird waits for me and you,</div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: center;">To claim its due in nonsense rhyme.</div></div><br>