An elf spends his years of beryn fin in spiritual preparation for [his moment of epiphany], receiving tantalizing hints and premonitions of its true significance... A few unlucky souls find that epiphany eludes them, usually because they're trying too hard to force the moment to occur... A rare few never taste it. Growing bitter and frustrated with the loving pity they receive from their friends and neighbors, the malawain, or 'unawakened,' often choose self-exile, leaving the world of elves to settle in foreign cities or wander as rootless adventurers.
- Leaf & Thorn: The Secret Life of Elves (Dragon #279, January 2001)
Hi! I'm Nico, a senior citizen by internet standards, an artist, a TTRPG player, and an immersive daydreamer.
This site is still very much under construction, but I hope to have it up and running as my own personal little corner of the internet soon. :)
Since the inception of Myspace, something about social media has always made me uncomfortable. I do much prefer the personal websites of my childhood, and I am so glad that Neocities exists! Even when I was a kid, I spent an awful lot of my time doing "internet splunking", just digging around for cool, obscure personal sites. I've always found them very beautiful, as expressions of people and their lives. I still enjoy looking at random pages to this day. In that same vein, I'm putting out this small part of myself into the void. It's not flashy, but it is earnest. I wonder if anyone will dig it up one day too?