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aedon
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Aëdon is, in Greek mythology , the daughter of Pandareus of Ephesus . According to Homer she was the wife of Zethus , and the mother of Itylus . Envious of Niobe , the wife of her husband's brother Amphion , who had six sons and six daughters, she formed ...
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He walked a little way down each in turn, sniffing the air, looking and listening for anything that might be a sign of open air or water, but to no avail: the cross tunnel seemed as devoid of interest as the one through which he had been trudging since Aedon only knew when.
The pedestals on either side of the door were empty, and the huge tapestries that had once made the chamber walls into windows that looked out on the days of Usires Aedon now lay crumpled on the flagstones, crisscrossed with muddy footprints- The room stank of damp and decay, as though it had been long deserted, but light glowed from the great chapel beyond the forechamber doors.
On the ground beside it, as wonderful as any miracle from the Book of Aedon, was what felt like a lump of stale bread.
Such miracles as Usires the Aedon performed could have been done by one of your Sithi people, or even perhaps by one of only half-immortal blood.
I do not think your Usires Aedon was one of the Dawn Children, but more than that I cannot tell you, mortal man, nor could any of my folk/ He lifted his hands again, weaving the fingers in an intricate, incomprehensible gesture.