The Forest Age

Once upon a Time...
It came upon the great forests and vast plains and valleys eventually a longing for even more of creation. The Queen of the Ocean and her Ladies, the Rivers and Streams wrought shining, sparkling fishes, whose gleaming scales flashed in the reflection of The Great Spirit of the Sun, dazzling gaily with light all who beheld them. The Ocean Queen sang about many and ever grander new children, and thus were begun the Spirits whose forms are The Sharks and The Whales, The Kraken and The Leviathan, The Sea-Lion and The Sea Cow and countless more creatures. Where the Ocean joined the Shore, the spirits there begat such ones as The Crab Spirit, The Octopus King, Queen Jellyfish, Queen Clam and all manner of fresh and variant spirits such as The Oyster Queen, Queen Anemone and The Lady of the Swaying Seaweeds. Along with a multitude of others.

Rejoicing in these wondrous fascinating new Spirits, begat of the Waves. The Lords and Ladies of the Land made merry song in praise and appreciation and to compliment the wonders of the water, they sang about The Stag King, King Bear, King Boar, Lady Elk and Queen Caribou, and once the style was introduced, The Trees and The Flowers and The Hills all begat their own Spirit Children. The Bunny and the Badger, The Squirrel and the Wolf, The Snake and so on and so on. And The Queen of the world laughed and marveled in joy at each new attendant of her Court.

King Sky and his Court of Stars were not done yet though, and they sang a sonorous and singular song setting astir a grand new Spirit. The first of the Children of Spirits with the gift of flight, and the freedom of the skies and air, King Eagle. And Then in stanza after bar, they sang Queen Thrush, King Falcon, Queen Magpie and the beautiful bluebirds and jays and finches and sparrows all into a merry dance in the winds. The Spirits of the Clouds and of The Waves and The Winds and The Caves all joined in chorus and crescendo-ed the symphony of life. The Forest Age held sway.