[HQ Ignorance] Scene Six: Namesless Secrets

[Nic Hughes]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Scene Six: Nameless Secrets
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>
> The grey aura surrounding El Grim's body pulsated and
> the eyes flashed with Azhur's answer. A dry voice
> croaked from the throat.
>
> "You are brave, standard-bearer; and fortunate for
> yourselves and all men, you speak with truth and
> wisdom. It is true, I was the first to know the power
> of Death before the Great Compromise. You cannot
> conceive the madness that reigned. Gods and spirit
> fought each other, were arisen again, went back and
> forth in time to re-engage in battles. Time was indeed
> a great gift. It brought permanence and stability to
> the world. It also put the great spirits in their
> place. It also allowed for regeneration. But, like so
> many truths in Glorantha, this is but a partial truth.
> The Malkioni and the Dwarves also speak correctly,
> that it may be possible to enjoy the pleasure of Time
> without being brought Death. But of course", the
> Nameless Man murmured, "that would require preventing
> the first death..."
>
> He paused, and his voice rose again.
>
> "It is *time* you knew what confronts Glorantha, and
> what you can do to save mankind."
>
> "Arising in the Kingdom of War is a great ritual to
> bring evil and chaos back to the world, to break the
> compromise of Time. Unless the Three Weapons of Talor
> are together, the greatsword, the axe and the flail,
> this will mean the end of all you hold dear to your
> heart".
>
> "Know this! It is not the weapons themselves, but the
> spirits that wield them that will be the path to your
> success! Knowledge of the axe will be found at Bad
> Deal. Knowledge of the flail will be found with a man
> named Yao Fune, in a distant land called Karorela.
> Knowledge of the greatsword will be found with the one
> known as Mrs. Flint, on the Blue Moon Plateau."
>
> The voice rose to a cresendo, shouting, as the wind
> rose and swamp-water and mist whirled around you all.
>
> "Be brave! And do not fear Death in playing your part
> in saving mankind!"
>
> Then the aura vanished, the corpus of El Grim fell
> into the water, face-down, and silence fell upon the
> pond. It was over; the Nameless Man had spoken and had
> departed with the spirit of El Grim.
>
> With nary a word spoken to each other the fellowship
> turned and exited the swamp to return with their news
> to Sogolotha Mambrola. 
>
>
>   
When the silence had lasted so long it had become uncomfortable Aalmon 
spoke "It seems we should make our way to Bad Deal as soon as we have 
relayed our news, it is the nearest of the three places and the one 
where at least one of us should be welcome and able to deal with the 
locals."
"We should ask about the other two holders of the weapons and the places 
that they reside at the library. Even so I would prefer to speak with 
the scholars at Eastpoint before venturing after Mrs Flint, they carried 
many scrolls with them when they fled the Empire and they may know much 
about the Blue Moon that is not in other books. They may even have 
records of traders to Kralorela but any such news is most likely old and 
of questionable value."
"We have some journeying ahead of us, across the whole face of the 
world. Such a journey is time consuming, difficult and dangerous. I do 
have magics for those of strong heart that could take us by another 
route, still difficult and dangerous but not so time consuming. We can 
talk of this later, you should have time to think of such things before 
venturing amongst the stars."

Nic


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