Overview
The Ballad of Maia is an ancient High Evlozi lament and prophecy describing the death of Maia, the fall of the old magical world, and the promised restoration of Erodas.
Original High Evlozi
The oldest preserved version is written in High Evlozi and attributed in-universe to Evlozian Tales of Old and New.
Ava Erodas, lume Evloza vara.
Evra selia, mira velana, zari avel noria.
Auren syla doran, koren ava talia,
Lume elora, nox sela naria.
Noren elo, mira vaelia,
Silor amena, avor lumia.
Naren humara auren koria,
Evra lathen, koro moria.
Dura sangua Evra-Sancta,
Nareth oria, lume thalia.
Maia sora...
Maia nora...
Maia elena ashara.
Auren velia estara,
Varen elena, varena elena,
Regna noria.
Evloz velara nox-lathen.
Ava Erodas...
Ava zari...
Ora mundar korath.
Sangua dara.
Ami pura...
Temora stena.
Lume elena.
Osca mira.
Evra Ultima...
Vari Magnus...
Erodas elena ava.
Literal Translation
Sa rurok ng Erodas, maningning ang Diwata, makislap ang halamanan, ang mundo'y mahiwaga.
Ang ginto ay damo sa paanan ng bundok, mahika'y dalisay sa bawat pagtibok.
Doon ay payapa ang bawat nilalang, sa ilalim ng buwan, walang nagbibilang.
Ngunit ang tao ay nag-imbot ng yaman, pinaslang ang ganda sa gitna ng parang.
Sinayang ang tamis ng mahabang mga taon, lakas ng bisig, sa bawat sulok nito'y lumaon.
Dugo ay pumatak sa lupang sagrado, nalanta ang bulaklak, naglaho ang koro.
Sumabog ang Kulam sa aking huling hininga, at sa aking pagpanaw, nag-abo ang sigla.
Ang ginto ay gumapang patungong silanganan, isinilang ang mga hari at umusbong ang kaharian.
Tinakpan ang Evloz na puno ng dusa, paalam Erodas, paalam mahika.
Sa banggaan ng daigdig, dadanak sa lupa ang dugo.
Sa dalisay na pag-ibig, ang panahon ay hihinto.
Liliwanag ang kalangitan at ang halik ay malamig.
At sa yakap ng huling bulaklak sa dakilang mandirigma, ang Erodas ay muling titindig.
Maia and the Old World
The ballad remembers an Erodas where nature, magic, the diwata, and the land existed in sacred harmony. Human greed for gold destroys that balance, and Maia's death becomes the spiritual rupture that ends the old magical age.
Bulkang Kulam and Amazonian Gold
At Maia's final breath, Bulkang Kulam erupts and the earth shifts. Gold moves eastward into Amazon, becoming sacred residue from a broken age rather than ordinary mineral wealth.
The later struggle over Amazonian Gold, including the War of Golds, repeats the resource violence mourned by the ballad.
The Fading of Magic
Magic does not disappear after Maia's death, but becomes rarer, feared, regulated, and misunderstood. The diwata of Evloz are recast by humans as witches, turning the surviving keepers of old magic into objects of suspicion.
Prophecy and Interpretation
Starkus and Markulah interpret the prophecy through conquest, gender, bloodline, and personal ambition. The ballad instead defines restoration through pure love: Bianca is the Huling Bulaklak, while Jack is the Dakilang Mandirigma whose greatness lies in protection and peace rather than domination.
Prophetic Fulfillment
The final stanza is fulfilled during the Battle of Erodas in 112 AR. As Jack lies dying, Mylenah stops time and Bianca's confession and kiss complete the Divine Moment.
The prophecy does not return Erodas to its lost past. It gives the realm a chance to begin again through truth, memory, love, and the dismantling of systems built on greed.
Legacy
The Ballad of Maia connects the death of Maia, the eruption of Kulam, Amazonian Gold, the grief of Evloz, the rise of kingdoms, and the restoration achieved by Bianca and Jack. It remains one of the central mythological texts of Erodas.
Canon Status
Ancient prophetic text; fulfilled in 112 AR