The sands of Xen III

Desert is desert...this is Planet Earth, but could be the great deserts of Xen III, sister world to Valaris.

In brief - Gathering of Rain

Book One – Gathering of Rain

Place: Valaris

Main Characters: Protagonists: Rain/Torrullin, Tanos, Llettynn, Saska,
Averroes/Lycea, Vannis, Phet
Antagonists: Margus, Infinity, Soul-wraiths and Darkling Horde.

Magical tools: Maghdim Medaillon, Ruby of Enlightenment/Entrances,
Ancient Oracles

In brief:
On Valaris Infinity’s game of revenge uncovers many secrets and heralds great change. Rain is gathered over the course of the tale to battle the Dark Lord Margus. At his side is Vannis, the last Vallorin, Tanos, Lord of the Guardians, Saska of the Mer and others, all forming the team that plays a game that leads to ancient truths.

Lead into Lifegiver:
As all the other members of the team gather on the Mystic Island to await Torrullin. Rain become Torrullin hunts the whereabouts of Margus, Infinity and the two armies. He becomes Destroyer in order to do so. The hopes of all the players are listed

Religion on Valaris

Valaris has a policy of freedom of religion, and the following are the main players of both past and present:
Naturalists
Techno-cult
Followers of the Prophet Monchalar
Followers of the Deity Tanos (this ‘religion’ did not die even though Tanos himself lived on Valaris openly)
Order of Continuity
Various others have come and gone over time, and are footnotes in history, and others will come and go as time progresses.

Lifesource

Thousands of years ago when the Valleur settled Valaris, this was the place they came to. Water and its life-giving properties were and are extremely important to the Golden…to all races, true, who rely on oxygen and fertility to survive, but to the Valleur water was their collective soul, something to be respected at all times, something to be worshipped as a living entity. Thus they did not name rivers, for naming that to be worshipped was considered sacrilege. Thus they came here to acknowledge Life. Although Valaris had larger and broader rivers elsewhere, here the water was vibrant, trembling with joyous life within the core of the planet, and bursting forth into the light and freedom of the world in splendid glory. Here they built a temple of transcendent beauty, infused with the very earth’s telluric currents …small wonder that the monuments to death were located in the neighbouring valley: life and death, inseparable.

Gathering Of Rain

FIRST PARAGRAPH:

Clear grey eyes stared up for a moment, but it was more a habitual glance than an actual stare. He knew this place well, and the act of looking up was part of the subterfuge, as ever. It was his eyes that were considered remarkable, not what he was looking at. On Valaris grey eyes were a rarity. And this man was rare among Valarians, although that truth would only come to be known with time and the events about to unfold.