[HQ Ignorance] Scene Three: Dilis Swamp

Tue Jan 23 13:49:40 UTC 2007

Karala watched the metal clad men of war prepare to do their calling,  
and with a sigh, put down her own Iron edged weapons(*), and sat down  
on the root of a nearby stunted tree.

  Closing out the sight their monstrous attackers and the impending  
violence, Karala felt comforted by the shaggy closeness of her Wolf  
as she let her spirit soar free from its bodily cage, to soar up  
above the mirky swamp and scout the area for  any further evil or  
other knowledge that might assist the party in its peril...

OOC

I've still to get to grips fully with the Animism rules (weekends  
tend to be a bit hectic for me) but I don't think what I've described  
fits very well into them. It does, however, reflect Gloranthan  
reality as I've always understood it (from the old RQ days). If this  
is a problem, I'm sure I can find a work around that does not bend  
the rules, given a day or so (e.g.. she has a Scouting spirit frex,  
or has Spirit Travel as part of the her 100 words etc)...

I will get on the case and write up a full character sheet soon as I  
can.

*the Uncolings are one of the only Hsunchen peoples to make use of  
metals thanks to their ancient friendship with the master (red &  
black) smiths of the Third Eye Blue. I imagine that for this  
important mission Karala would have been supplied with a fine set of  
weapons. (I will of course add them to my 100 words). I like the idea  
that the Boomerang is the cultural weapon of the Uncolings (& at  
least one Googled source suggested that it was originally developed  
to hunt reindeer!), with a "set" being a couple of returning light  
boomerangs and a heavier non-returning one for big game / fighting.

All comment welcome :). Lev, I'm still not receiving my own posts to  
the list - is there anything you or I can do to fix this, as I don't  
know if others are receiving them (it seems that they are, but its  
good to know...)

Dougie
-:).

On 21 Jan 2007, at 10:44, Lev Lafayette wrote:

>
> Yes we have...
>
> --- Nic Hughes <nicolas.h at virgin.net> wrote:
>
>> Lev,
>>
>> A really quick question, have we moved onto the next
>> (half-moon) day?
>> Aalmon's confidence and magics both vary with the
>> phases of the moon.
>>
>> Nic
>>
>>
>> Lev Lafayette wrote:
>>> Scene Three: Dilis Swamp
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>> When the famed Gates of the University shut at
>>> twilight, the fellowship congregated the Red
>> Garter
>>> Chapel for the oecumenical ceremony; some prayed
>>> fervently to the Invisible God, others out of
>> respect
>>> and consideration of their atheist hosts. Ureban
>>> Anostos was in sorrow over the fate of Moelene and
>> his
>>> brother Istevan and was joined by Donalari. All
>> were
>>> deep in thought of the dangers that lay ahead, not
>>> only of the chaotic beasts that they would have to
>>> face but the troubling issue of how to capture a
>>> powerful spirit like The Nameless Man.
>>>
>>> The following morning a entourage escorted the
>> party
>>> to the outskirts of Dilis Swamp. It was clearly a
>>> place of disgust and wrong. The miasma felt
>>> unnaturally warm, and the brakish waters bubbled
>> as if
>>> some fell creatures lurked beneath the opaque
>> waters.
>>> Strange mists danced and swayes in the distance.
>> The
>>> thick plantlife was clearly abnormal in all
>> regards,
>>> and on occassion grasped at the limbs of the
>> group.
>>> Occassionally birds and small animals could be
>> seen,
>>> each deeply mutated examples of their True forms.
>>>
>>> Kalen Ironhand exclaimed that the swamp was a
>>> definitive example of the grave dangers of an
>>> oversupply of life, that the swamp was obviously
>> an
>>> example of what goes wrong when there is too much
>>> vegetation, too much water and not enough earth
>> and
>>> rock. "What I would be able to do to this place
>> with
>>> with some gravel, paving stones and - dare I dream
>> -
>>> *concrete*", he remarked.
>>>
>>> The fellowship continued deeper into the
>> swamplands
>>> using the map provided by the sages of the
>> University.
>>> But in the shifting mists and dancing lights, and
>>> overhanging foilage, it was clear that the map was
>> of
>>> little use. More reliable was Jareena, the healer
>> from
>>> Jonating, who had travelled these lands before,
>> and
>>> Karala The Spirit Guide, who could detect
>> direction
>>> and strength of sources of Power. Indeed, it was
>> only
>>> due to this ability that the the party was
>> forewarned
>>> by the sudden and rapid appearance of a score of
>> the
>>> Vroluti.
>>>
>>> Prior descriptions could not save one from the
>>> overwhelming disgust that non-chaotics experience
>> when
>>> encountering these beasts. Some were like warty
>> frogs
>>> with unnatural colours and the horns of goats,
>> others
>>> like fish with vestigal hooved legs and poison
>>> dripping from their dorsal spines, others carried
>>> primitive spears of stone, sinew and wood. Their
>>> appearance and smell and most of all the sound -
>>> "V-r-r-r-o-LUT! V-r-r-r-oLUT! V-r-r-r-o-LUT!" -
>>> revolted all those of True Power.
>>>
>>> But the clearly murderous intent of these
>> creatures of
>>> Chaos steeled the nerves of those present. The
>> fight
>>> was on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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