" Soul stained black by darkness

I’ve been banished to this half life.

All I have left is remembered honor

And for this I now must fight.

I’ll protect those that I left behind

So they’ll never feel this sorrow.

I’ll hold the line day and night

So my Fey brethren will not follow.

Dahl’reisen’s Lament, by Varian vel Chera "

― C.L. Wilson , Crown of Crystal Flame (Tairen Soul, #5)