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We all know the story of how Raven,
During the time of the Dry Death,
Bravely sought out the Aeons for help;
It was she who planted the Walking Trees
From seeds stolen of Great Tree itself
During a paradoxical darkness
Brought about by a falling star.

For what was taken must return.
For what was taken must return.

These trees flourished despite the landscape,
Which had since changed from plains teeming with life
To barren desert;
The trees in turn showed us where to dig wells
That we might survive;
They brought back our prey animals
By healing the land.

We call them Wandering Trees,
For as the land rights itself,
So too do the deep underground waterways shift and change;
The Wandering Trees show us the Way by following the water,
And in turn, our trackers follow them, that we might not thirst.

We give thanks to the trees with sacrifice and song,
And hang the remnants of our kills
Upon their branches,
So Raven and all her carrion-eating kin
May never want for food in the Great Wasteland.

For what is given must return.
For what is given must return.

As what is taken must return,
What is given must return.
 

- "The Wandering Trees," excerpt of rare Rokhene and Oranar shared totemic lore.
    Recorded and translated into Common by Cleric “Kith” Rossi of the High Temple of the Eight.
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