Elder Whisper
Elder Whisper is the original practitioner of the Path of the White Fox, which was created by, and named for him. He is a five tailed snow-fox, the size of a man He is hundreds of years old, and is an original inhabitant of Sacred Valley. He also has a connection to fate.
Elder Whisper lives in a tower which stands out, a needle of white, so tall that it seems thin. Rising above the purple roofed sea like a mast of a great ship. This is one of the most prominent landmarks in all Sacred Valley and was made in the age of the clans’ founders. The lock and key on his door are made of bronze, as big as a man’s head. There is a spirit trap on door when door is closed, it traps a sacred beast or remanent in place. If he escapes, there is a second one at bottom of stairs. There is an arch that touches the ceiling so he can see out, with a script to prevent him from running down the side. No one knows that this is pointless, as he leaves whenever he wishes.
Excerpt from Chapter 4, Unsouled “Humans understood light to some limited degree, but they had great difficulty with dreams. He had spent 100 years meditating on the nature of dreams. For the most part a dream was nothing more than a mind deceiving itself. Only rarely did dreams tap into greater forces, but when they did they could reveal pieces of fate. Over the years whisper had developed a sense of that fate. It was distant, imperfect, but he could dimly see the shapes of impending events. The unsouled is connected. He could be whisper corrected himself. A drowning man will seize any branch, no matter how thin. For centuries, the shape looming in his dreams had been dark and impossibly vast. It would crush them all beneath its ponderous weigh, and there was no stopping it. Sacred valleys past was coming back and bringing death with it. But there was something strange about his premonition this time, somehow, he felt as if the titanic threat were years distant and months close at the same time. One and then the other, like fate had yet to decide. Now he saw the shape of fates touch on the unsouled, the resolve in his eyes, the agony of a difficult decision. In the set of his shoulders, and the timing of his visit. The boy’s future was in flux. However, it would turn out, whisper had done what he could. Now he would wait, and watch.” In the Epilogue of Unsouled “He watches two young sacred artists leaving the valley and for the first time in centuries, he experiences hope. Maybe these children, (Yerin and Lindon) blessed by the heavens will save the valley from the Dreadgods’ return”
Notable comments made to Wei Shi Lindon include: (Chapter 4, Unsouled) “Fate is not fair, but it is just. Hard work is never in vain. Even when it does not achieve what you wished.” “When does a path reach its end? Is a gold practitioner one with heaven and earth? Does he control everything in creation? Can he create worlds and break them at will?” “The spirit has no limit, nor does the sky. How could a true path have an ending? If you studied until the end of the universe you would still have not touched true comprehension.” “When a traveler cannot find a path, sometimes he must make his own… Remember cutting a road through a forest is always harder than following one that is already there.”
| Elder Whisper | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Path | Path of the White Fox |
| Rank | Truegold |
| Faction | Wei Clan |
| First Appearance | Unsouled - Cradle book 1 |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Family | |
| Home | Sacred Valley - Ashwind Continent |
