"Hold thy tongue, Narcel'Uss"...

Her words sometimes still come to mind, unbidden and unwanted, yet startlingly clear. As though she is still standing behind me and commanding me with her firm words. Teaching me how to follow her path. My mother...

My mother was unknowable. She was a was a bright, burning star in my life and the lives of my people. Influential, strong, powerful. Yet, much like a star, she was also distant and cold. During my young life, the times I did see her were from a…