Maidens of the Deep
The Soul’s Heartless Journeys
Just as it said it would, the Fisherman’s Soul returns the next year and calls for the Fisherman. The Fisherman comes and hears the Soul’s tale…
The Journey East
The Soul journeyed East and joined a caravan. In one of the cities they enter, the Soul goes into the temple and demands to see the god of the city. After a few attempts to show him “fake” idols, the priest takes him to what they truly worship: the Mirror of Wisdom.[1]
Then the Soul says, “‘And I did a strange thing, but what I did matters not, for in a valley that is but a day’s journey from this place have I hidden the Mirror of Wisdom,” and begs the Fisherman to take him back, for wisdom’s sake.
“But the young Fisherman laughed. ‘Love is better than Wisdom,’ he cried, ‘and the little Mermaid loves me.’” With that, the Fisherman dives into the sea, and leaves the Soul. [2]