Join our resident phoenix, Ember on a flight around ‘The Vale of Araluen’.

Like all phoenices, Ember is highly intelligent and a fierce protector of her territory, but she is loyal and affectionate to those of pure heart. As such she has taken it upon herself to fly daily surveillance sorties to check that all is well within the vale. It is one of these flights that we join her on.

Phoenices are hunted for both their tears and their ashes which, when combined, create a powerful healing elixir, capable of curing anything including death. As such there are very few left in the world and we are lucky to have Ember here in The Vale as these birds are incredibly picky when choosing their nesting sites.

Their greatest form of defense is not their flames as most would assume, but their song. The haunting and ethereal song of a phoenix can manipulate the emotions and feelings of all who hear it, capable of providing comfort to those in need, or instilling fear in those that mean to do it or those it loves harm.

The sad irony is that Ember and her fellow phoenices would happily give people some of their tears and ashes to help their loved ones, if only they thought to ask… especially if it was in exchange for some myrrh - they love to perfume their fiery nests with it.