Dreaming, As Told By Siuan

I had a dream. Vendeen refers to them as my "premonitions" normally. When I told her about my dream, she insisted my worrying was for naught. My dream began with my standing at the docks and Vendeens ghost standing beside me.  I was looking out, waiting for the boat to come and bring me to Limsa Lominsa to do some logging in the woods there.  Vendeens ghost started to become more solid and she began to warn me of things to come.

 
The impression I had from my dream and the way things were going is that Vendeen had died and I was used to getting regular visits from her.  She warned me about Dalamud.  She insisted that I was right all along and she'd wished she listened to me.  With death, she inherited knowledge.  Knowledge of things us living did not possess.

"My sister.  It will consume this land.  All that you know, love, cherish will perish in the depths of Dalamud.  You must tell all who you know.  They must be made aware."  A chill ran down my spine.  Vendeen has been telling me that all I fear is unnecessary for as long as I can remember.  She has assured me that the land that I love is not in danger.

"Siuan, tell everyone.  When ships gather in the sky and float towards Dalamud, be ready.  The end is near." In my dream, I stood watching the ships gathering towards Dalamud.  I wondered what they would do.  Would they attack?  What would their ammunition be?  What good would it do?

She began to walk me through the land and remind me of the beauty I already knew was there.  "I should have trusted you, dear sister.  I should have listened to you when you insisted something was amiss."

"But now you must listen to me.  You must pick up your staff and practice all that you have learned in the way of Black Magic.  You must learn more.  You. Must. Be. Ready!"

We walked through the lovely greenery of Gridania.  One of my favorite lands to be is among the trees and plants there.  I am most relaxed in my home town.

"Lay down your ax and wield your staff, sister.  Take heed!"  When I turned....

 She was gone.  Her warning remained.  I felt a sudden jolt.....

And woke up aboard the ship that was to take me to my friend.  I shook myself and cast a spell of protection around myself.  There were no foes on the sea, but it made me feel better knowing I had a shield. As the ship docked and those of us aboard took to the land, I looked to the skies and gasped....

The ships were gathering...