** Could an undying love blossom in the ruins of a shattered world? **
And so the world of men was lost
and a new one, our world,
was born.
- Morrígan
Goddess of the Battle
of the Túatha Dé Danann -
4th cycle anno Bellum.
The Second World War...
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Song recommendation for this chapter: Film Noir by Scott Hallgren On our VAESEN Playlist on Spotify, song no. 10https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vj7oMU7QlEWhue0rJ3VOy?si=6276d08dd50a429a
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Carefully, Zane moved through the shadows of the once magnificent buildings of the old human city of Paris. With meticulous care, he avoided the stones that lined his path: debris from a bygone era and reminders of the war that had raged here. Rubble and debris from houses and churches. Entire districts had been torn down or gone up in flames, overgrown, and flooded. Some buildings were barely recognizable; others had been rebuilt with a new appearance. The former world of the people was scarcely recognizable. Everything had its price, and these were the consequences of the destructive power that human folly had unleashed.
Paris was just one of many cities that found themselves transformed after their fall. The dreary buildings of the people had primarily disappeared, been remodeled, or taken over. New houses and shelters had already emerged from the ruins in the newly populated districts - as diverse as the city's current inhabitants.
The rubble was piled up anew and gave the city a new face: fairy mounds stretched their round domes out of the ground like round bellies, large towers rose into the sky like spearheads, and the asphalt was broken up, allowing nature to reclaim its realm in many places. Only those who looked closely recognized the old remains of concrete buildings or the former city as a shadow that could not be overlooked but was always hidden behind the first glance.
