The Power of Becoming

The Power of Becoming is the fourth of the nine powers, which holds the secrets of quickening and growth and change. The Dances of Becoming do not benefit the dancer, nor do they alter for alteration's sake, but only heal what is damaged and nourish the whole.

The Power of Becoming is relatively unknown among chanters, because the fourth Power is not chanted, it is danced. It is possessed by the Spiridrelleen, who live in Spiridrell, on the southern coast. The Spiridrelleen, or Tree People, lived in Tremaris before the arrival of the Ancient Ones, whom they call the Voiced Ones.

Only one dancer remains: Halasaa. The dancers have a unique philosophy: They dance with the force that binds and flows in all living things, plants and animals alike. All the world sings, and dances, too. All is one, all are joined in the great river. There is no ending to the river, only a ceaseless changing flow. Nothing leaves the river, and nothing remains the same within it. All is change, all is movement, yet the river is always the river. When a rock or a tree branch is placed in the river, the water's flow is altered a little. The Dances of Becoming are pebbles and twigs, which make little ripples in the great stream. That is how healing is accomplished. After the great change that we call death, the spirit mingles joyfully and disperses in the great stream. Life is a dance, and not a battle. We are all part of the world, not masters of it. Tremaris dances hand to hand with the moon and the stars. The ocean embraces the river, and the sky breathes in every song.