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<b><i>Liēt and Jammah'a</i></b> is a romantic epic poem first popularized among sailors in the [[Skaugan Main]] during the [[First Century Valanthe II Naïlo]]. The poem, part of a larger oral tradition of Skaugan mariners, recounts the romance between [[Liēt II The Opalescent]] ("Liēt Opal-Eyed"), Imperial Princess of [[Doloriane]], and Jammah'a, a [[djinn]] slave held in magical thrall by Liēt's mother, [[Liēt I The Serene]] ("The Implacable Queen"). The lovers conspire to free Jammah'a from his enchanted bonds and flee to his ancestral Cloud-Manse in the [[Elemental Plane of Air]], but their romance is revealed, scandalizing the elven court and leading to a series of reprisal killings. At the poem's conclusion, Liēt, rather than be forced by her mother into lifelong celibacy as a nun of the [[Abbey of Doloriane]], hurls herself from a rocky crag into the arms of "her lover, the air." | <b><i>Liēt and Jammah'a</i></b> is a romantic epic poem first popularized among sailors in the [[Skaugan Main]] during the [[First Century Valanthe II Naïlo]]. The poem, part of a larger oral tradition of Skaugan mariners, recounts the romance between [[Liēt II The Opalescent]] ("Liēt Opal-Eyed"), Imperial Princess of [[Doloriane]], and Jammah'a, a [[djinn]] slave held in magical thrall by Liēt's mother, [[Liēt I The Serene]] ("The Implacable Queen"). The lovers conspire to free Jammah'a from his enchanted bonds and flee to his ancestral Cloud-Manse in the [[Elemental Plane of Air]], but their romance is revealed, scandalizing the elven court and leading to a series of reprisal killings. At the poem's conclusion, Liēt, rather than be forced by her mother into lifelong celibacy as a nun of the [[Abbey of Doloriane]], hurls herself from a rocky crag into the arms of "her lover, the air." | ||
Although the court setting and personages are based on historical figures from the [[Liētine Epoch]], the poem is a romantic pastiche of [[Elven]] court life and only loosely reflects the actual politics and practices of the time. The sudden death of Liēt III in 481 L.II, purportedly due to sudden illness, created a succession crisis in the Liētine Court, giving rise to many folk legends, but no evidence of the alleged affair, or even a Djinn servant in the Liētine Court, exists in the historical literature. | Although the court setting and personages are based on historical figures from the [[Liētine Epoch]], the poem is a romantic pastiche of [[Elven]] court life and only loosely reflects the actual politics and practices of the time. The sudden death of Liēt III in 481 L.II, purportedly due to sudden illness, created a succession crisis in the Liētine Court, giving rise to many folk legends, but no evidence of the alleged affair, or even of a Djinn servant in the Liētine Court, exists in the historical literature. | ||
== Revival and Publication == | == Revival and Publication == | ||