The elf like Apaxi have fled their homeland after a living cataclysm has befallen it. Their once proud alliance of immortal races, crushed by the most powerful immortals of all... Dragons!

Among the survivors is Muriel. A powerful druid in the service of the Verdant Archon. The last survivor of the hierarchy that ruled her kind, the only Apaxi Druid left in existence and her people will find refuge and salvation through her!

Or at least that's the story she found people believing, much to her own disappointment.

In reality, Muriel was a gardener that took care of a city park... She tended to flower beds, grew seasonal flora, and mended broken tree limbs. She was technically a druid and as far as anyone knew she was the only one to survive. But she didn't have the powerful magic of those that served the archons, she wasn't even close. But just the fact that she existed seemed to be enough for the frightened survivors to place their hopes in her unqualified hands.

Her task? Find a new home for her people, far away from the devastation of the Immortal War and mortal nations. A place that was both fertile and safe... and preferably by the sea. A source of iron would be nice. and if possible a gold or silver vein. Maybe on top of a leyline...

Her plan? Walk around in the mortal lands and hope she could stumble on something... either that or camp out in the forest for a few months and return having 'failed' her quest and hope they send someone else next time.

Seriously, what did they expect her to do? SHE. WAS. A. GARDENER!

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For anyone that's read my other fiction, Fateful | Royal Road. This is a prequel, set thousands of years before the events in Terra and the adventures of the group of fateful friends.

I'm sure anyone who's been following my main fiction will recognize the plot from the already established lore of Erda. Please don't spoil it and feel free to read because legends are just that, legends. Time has the tendency to warp facts and this story may not be what the Elvanni claim to know. Spoilers ahead, world-building stuff, and adding new places not put in the main story. Not saying if anything ever will be.

For anyone that isn't following Fateful, this story is set in a way that it can be a stand-alone. I encourage you to check out both.

This one is going to be released on Wednesdays with the occasional bonus chapter. It's going to be a single story and once it's done I'm going to mark it completed.

If anyone's interested,Fateful is set to be released on Tuesday and Friday.

Enjoy!