"Forgiven; embraced; remembered."
Bloodfire Quest (The Dark Legacy of Shannara #2) by Terry Brooks "It all came down to Aleia Omarosian—the first of the Chosen, the original Ellcrys, but also the one responsible for the theft of the missing Elfstones." I'm with Arlingfant Elessedil. When Ellcrys really chooses you run from the scene screaming. After all we know what happened last time. Who wants to turn into a rooted tree even if it does live for age upon age? Arlingfant and her sister Aphenglow Elessedil are of the Chosen who live at Arborlon and tend to the tree Ellcrys. The tree that maintains the barrier between the Four Lands and the Forbidding. But Ellcrys is dying and needs a successor. Ellcrys has chosen Arlingfant. "You will carry my seed to the Bloodfire and immerse it and then return to me, and through you I will be...