The elder witches taught her how to cast spells, and she became adept at it at a young age. Seleinit was one who was eager to learn, and even more so than the others. Night after night, she spent hours practicing in the tower. This concerned her elders.
"You spend most of your time at your studies," an elder said to Seleinit, "why do you not spend time with your friends?"
Seleinit herself did as was suggested, but her desire was to learn more. Over time, her interest in casting spells became a compulsion. Behind locked doors, she began to delve in darker works. She began to associate with others who practiced more dangerous subjects.
From them, she learned how to conjure dark things, and her desire was to delve further. Soon enough, Seleinit grew darker and more open about her practices. When the others objected to her activities, Seleinit left for a relative's remote home on the coast.
There, in a dark castle that lay atop a cliff by the sea, Seleinit invited others who had similar interests.
One night, she conjured a dark being. She ordered it to perform simple tasks, and it did so. Later, she ordered it to retrieve objects from across the countryside, and it accomplished it. As Seleinit became more adept, she also noticed that the being no longer obeyed.
One night, the thing lashed out at her, and demanded her servitude. It took all of her skill to fight it off. Finally, the thing turned and left the castle on the cliff, and it disappeared into the trees of the forest.
Exhausted, Seleinit realized that the thing that she had brought forth was growing in size and growing stronger. She realized the error of her actions.
"Woe am I," she thought to herself, "for by my arrogance, I have unleashed a dark thing upon the world!"
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