Epilogue

An ending has been written?

You have seen it all... heard the tale of Yeesha and her darkness. You listened as the unthinkable came to light, wept when the pride overtook and destroyed, then rejoiced in the returning, in the understanding. Is now the tale complete?

The Tree is growing, the water streams in from the desert and the storm has broken, pouring out onto the desert, bringing it life. Once more the deep city of the D'ni breathes...can you hear it?

Uru again.

Life does not travel as we believe or want it to. The Maker, the Writer, the Journey...the Path. All, all of these directs us, forms us and fashions us until at last our purpose is complete. At times this purpose is not what we would will it...for Ti'ana to cause the death of D'ni, for Gehn to restore its pride, for Atrus to carry its burden, for Catherine to dream its dreams, and for me...

...for me to revive it.

It moves, this purpose, in a circle. Endings tying to beginnings, stirring up new life as it moves on. Continuing on. Do you see how this circle flows, embracing all those within it?

Yes, I think you do.

The Tree has grown, it is tall and strong, but is the purpose of the Grower complete?

I cannot say. The Maker's ways and the Journey are by far greater then anything I can ever understand or hope to understand. So I close my story knowing that perhaps...

Perhaps the ending has not yet been written.

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Dedication

To Rand and Robyn Miller for first creating the never-ending worlds of Myst and D'ni.

To the teams at Cyan and Ubi Soft for their work to attain excellence in all the games.

To Jack Wall and Tim Larkin whose inspiring music helped me through this!
To all the people at MystCommunity, D'ni Desk Reference, Uru Obsession, Guild of Greeters, and D'ni Pedia Writer's Ring for their wonderful archives, theories, explanations, and conversations about the Myst series and D'ni universe.

And most of all to the members of the D'ni Linguistic Fellowship for their help in the D'ni translations. Have a cookie everyone!

Finally to:

Capella- for showing me the "hacked" Bahroglyphs. The story would have been different if not for that!

Fleet Admiral Connor Grey- for posting so much and encouraging me, even without having played all the games!

Linguist Apprentice, Greg and Deg- for also commenting on the story. It made all the difference guys!