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: ''"Not one among the legions there that day will fail to recount what happened next, for the melee was bestilled as no act of gods could rival. A single stroke by the young Aery II did fell the mighty spellmaster Gethalyn - by his own sword no less, and no sooner did this swift slayer stake Gethalyn through the heart into the earth came forth a might etherwood tree which swallowed both Gethalyn and his sword alike. This spectacle, which silenced the legions, brought forth the end to a Great War and the beginning of a mighty empire." -- New History of Aeryloth'' (which is by now ancient) | : ''"Not one among the legions there that day will fail to recount what happened next, for the melee was bestilled as no act of gods could rival. A single stroke by the young Aery II did fell the mighty spellmaster Gethalyn - by his own sword no less, and no sooner did this swift slayer stake Gethalyn through the heart into the earth came forth a might etherwood tree which swallowed both Gethalyn and his sword alike. This spectacle, which silenced the legions, brought forth the end to a Great War and the beginning of a mighty empire." -- New History of Aeryloth'' (which is by now ancient) | ||
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The Sword Tree of Gethalyn is a national treasure of Lothlan, which is housed within the walls of the temple in the city of Jura, home of the High Seat of House Turcott. The emblem of House Turcott features the Sword Tree of Gethalyn.
History
The Sword Tree of Gethalyn, as it stands today, is the withered remains of a giant etherwood tree which is said to have sprung up in the spot where Gethalyn was slain. The warlock Gethalyn was killed with his own sword by Aery II, which definitively ended the First Great War.
- "Not one among the legions there that day will fail to recount what happened next, for the melee was bestilled as no act of gods could rival. A single stroke by the young Aery II did fell the mighty spellmaster Gethalyn - by his own sword no less, and no sooner did this swift slayer stake Gethalyn through the heart into the earth came forth a might etherwood tree which swallowed both Gethalyn and his sword alike. This spectacle, which silenced the legions, brought forth the end to a Great War and the beginning of a mighty empire." -- New History of Aeryloth (which is by now ancient)