[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 68: The Abiding Book, Nochet and The Dead God
Damien Bosman
damien.bosman at gmail.com
Thu Jul 10 19:31:36 EST 2008
OOC: How about Fire Sight (that will fit in nicely with my quest) from the
Sickle at 17, and Improved First Aid at 17 (already have normal first
aid=>15) from the robes? How many HP? [I was considering asking for Infinity
Rune Sight but I think that might be pushing it :P]
Riku responds, "That's fine. I have time. Although, I am not 'particularly'
known for my patience."
OOC2: Well, well, well...perhaps a little bit of advice I received from some
certain Luatha, perhaps? Could be.... ;)
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com> wrote:
>
> OOC: You only have to spend Hero Points if the item confers an ability
> and whether it does is entirely up to you.
>
> Nauticles initially starts rambling about Yelm the Sun God and his
> Celestial Court and then stops mid-sentence. He can see the look in your
> eye that indicates that you're not the sort who is gives in to tales
> made up on the spot no matter how well they're spun.
>
> "By the Gods. You mean the Sunstorm of Kralorela, don't you?"
>
> Naticles looks more than a little uncomfortable. "That will take a
> little time."
>
> OOC2: Now Damien, where did you did up that obscure Glorantha
> reference!?!
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 21:14 +1000, Damien Bosman wrote:
> > The Abiding Book was a masterpiece to Riku. He locked himself below
> > deck studying every sentence over and over again, and absorbing the
> > knowledge of the Invisible God. Riku was indeed in high spirits, as he
> > had even managed to unearth some old equipment of special significance
> > to him back in the Godlearner ruins (A jewel-encrusted Sickle, as well
> > as some old robes from his childhood - [OOC: Need HP to acquire
> > these, Lev? ] ). "The time is right", he thought to himself. Riku's
> > hands twitched as he approached Nauticles when he was alone....."now,
> > my dear man, I understand you have problems....and I feel for you. I
> > really do. I may even be pursuaded to help you. However, I have a
> > question of utmost import." He stepped closer and whispered in his
> > ear, "What do you know of Sunstorm? "
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Loran <aillet_l at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> > Since the discoveries in the Abiding Book, Azhur was feeling
> > very strange, in fact almost sick. Whatever the angle he was
> > considering the object, waves of different and contradictory
> > emotions were blowing with violence in him.
> > At first he felt an ecstatic veneration for the One Creator
> > and His wondrous Miracles, then he was surprised to see that
> > their own particular story was described there. Seeing the
> > quest for Saint Talor's weapons mentioned under the title "The
> > Hero Wars" strengthen his determination for the quest nearly
> > to fanaticism for a while. Because the classical version of
> > the Abiding Book wasn't the sacred text of the New Hrestoli
> > Church, his doubts on the worthiness of the religious
> > teachings of his youth came back strongly, reinforcing once
> > again his agnosticism and leaving him with the impression that
> > he was definitely separated from all the westerner believers
> > of the Invisible God, believing in one god but no church.
> >
> >
> > Each time Riku accepted to release his grip on the divine
> > manuscript, Azhur read more details. He then discovered
> > something he never felt so intensively before, a terrible and
> > cold rage, growing in him like an worm, eating away all his
> > good and noble education for a thirst of murderous
> > confrontation with Aalmon whom he had sincerely given the
> > title of 'friend' and seemed to deserve in return only
> > jealousy, deceit and treason. A lot of details appeared
> > now with a very different meaning: this ability to always slip
> > around moral arguments to acheive a practical solution or a
> > price that someone else would have to pay, like the heroquest
> > he lead and which killed Azhur's pure loskalmi faith, his
> > strange religion about these weird pagan twinstars, a pagan
> > practice which probably deserved a much more critical
> > attention now and of course his disgusting
> > krjalki brother... this permanent indecency, this ever
> > lasting lust, this filthy phalus
> > bearer... What kind of mother was Aalmon's mother to give
> > birth to two such dissimilar creatures and who could be the
> > father of such bastards? Who then but the Devil himself?
> > Then his imagination metamorphosed the hungry worm into a
> > fearful insect with the idea that the
> > perverse moon-illuminated could have faked leaving the
> > Fellowship, possibly just to come back to the seshnelan court
> > and to lure his wife further away. The words in the book
> > described the moral strength of Marianne against the magical
> > temptation of the revealed seseinite, so Azhur tried to calm
> > down but he couldn't help to feel anxiety toward the tin jewel
> > he had received from the arrolian rider. Would the jewel
> > glitter under the stars tonight? And if it will, what would it
> > really mean? If flawed in some way, should he abandon this
> > magical and only mean to communicate his love to his wife? But
> > Aalmon hadn't been always bad in the past, could his gift
> > being a sincere untainted gift? Azhur needed the link with the
> > woman he loved so much and the nocturnal, symbolic and chaste
> > rendezvous it permitted.
> > At day, Azhur took refuge in melancholic musing on the few
> > innocent and happy times he had with Marianne but at night,
> > doubts were ravaging Azhur's need for sleep. To deceive his
> > fears and occupy his nights, Azhur studied the Abiding Book
> > more and more, especially when Riku went sleeping himself. He
> > first checked all the details about the Godlearner, trying to
> > build a clear opinion on the trust he could have for the
> > strange sorcerer of the past. Was the man dangerous for the
> > Quest or a real help as indicated by the Luatha? He then read
> > about the spiritual erring of his own faith, looking with
> > great interest if the book was suggesting some excuse,
> > explanation or even possible way to mend his situation. Should
> > he use the Abiding Book instead of his own now broken
> > religious code? His unwanted heroquested skepticism suggested
> > him that no text, even sacred, should ever replace a personal
> > conscience and that during history a lot of crimes were made
> > because
> > of doctrinal blindness… but his ever doubting mind answered
> > him that refusing to follow strictly such evidence of the One
> > God's will would be probably one of the most acute sin ever
> > possible.
> > Exhausted, but driven by the importance of the holy tome,
> > Azhur finally turned on more technical teachings and looked
> > for the possible spells, rituals and prayers. This book was
> > the primal source of all the modern holy books. Could some
> > teachings have been deeply censored and expurgated by some
> > religious authorities during the centuries? He tried some
> > comparisons with the sacred text of good king Siglat. 'First
> > Truth' was the New Hrestoli Idealistic Church's sacred book,
> > how both books were treating fundamental questions like
> > definition of Sin, place of Joy and Solace and caste mobility?
> > Probably one life wouldn't be enough to study all the
> > implications of such works, so at last, a quite funny question
> > came to his mind as if some weird influence from Saint Talor
> > the Laughter was trying with a joke to help him to keep in
> > mental sanity. Will the Abiding Book continue to write the
> > story of the Fellowship? Then how will the book comment their
> > next moves? Will they be able to read their own actions
> > commented? Was it instantaneous, like one person may gaze into
> > a mirror and see himself acting in response? How will the book
> > speak about its own discovery and about itself?
> >
> > Looking haunted, Azhur wasn't very attentive to Eurynome when
> > she described the situation in the Dragon Pass. He felt some
> > compassion for the famished barbarian lands of the Storm (as
> > some of his friends were supporters of the place) and a low
> > hostility against the Moon Empire (probably nourished by his
> > anger against Aalmon the Arrolian). But his mind was more
> > sharp when the question of the Abiding Book's destination came
> > out. For him, because the book was sacred for all the western
> > faiths, it should go back to the West, but before, and because
> > of the work in-progress related to their quest, it should
> > remains within the Fellowship. Visibly, Azhur wasn't able to
> > consider that this discovery could be something else than a
> > positive and encouraging sign from the Invisible God.
> > Finally when the council of Esrolia showed interest for his
> > presence, Azhur shook his melancholic mood and reminded
> > himself "Duty, Chivalry and Equality is my credo! I should
> > represent better the peoples who put their hopes in me. This
> > land is fertile and rich, who knows which role the Invisible
> > God will deserve to these pagans in the future? Let's show
> > them that the West is more than Ehilm's last resting place…
> > and perhaps they will tell us something about Ursula, the
> > Babeester Gor priestess who beared Talor's axe during Arkat's
> > time..."
> > [OOC]
> > Lev,
> > - Any answer to Azhur's questions is welcomed... even one
> > single tiny clue! :-)
> > - Do you thing that reading the 'Abiding Book v1.0' could
> > justify to augment the "Questing" Azhur's psychological
> > trait plus Worship and/or Venerate God?
> > Loran
> >
> >
> > ----- Message d'origine ----
> > De : Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com>
> > À : HeroQuest Glorantha <ignorance at mimesisrpg.com>
> >
> > Envoyé le : Dimanche, 6 Juillet 2008, 16h44mn 16s
> > Objet : [HQ Ignorance] Scene 68: The Abiding Book, Nochet and
> > The Dead God
> >
> >
> > nota bene: Just returned from Gencon Oz! More on that
> > latter...
> > Meanwhile, something I composed whilst at the con..
> >
> >
> >
> > Scene 68: The Abiding Book, Nochet and The Dead God
> >
> >
> >
> > Over the next week, the Acindina makes good speed heading
> > towards
> > Nochet, the only metropolis in densely populated Esrolia. The
> > Fellowship
> > chooses a course of open sea in a nor'easterly direction from
> > the
> > Mournea isles and is only slowed when approaching the famous
> > Kethaela
> > Bay of the Holy Country when all of the sudden - in indeed
> > measurable to
> > a metre - the strong so'westerly wind blowing towards the
> > Dragon Pass
> > region comes to a sudden and complete stop, whereupon Kalen
> > shaking his
> > head, went below deck to command the engineer to release the
> > Elementals.
> >
> > During this previous week the Godlearner Riku was below deck,
> > feverishly
> > scanning the Abiding Book. As a great treasure, lost for
> > hundreds of
> > years, Eurynome also diplayed a great deal of interest and
> > some full and
> > frank discussions broke out concerning the book's fate, for
> > Eurynome was
> > of the opinion that it should be handed to her patron
> > Nauticles the
> > Lhankor Mhy priest in Nochet. Also interested was King Azhur,
> > for the
> > book was indeed holy to all pious worshippers of the Invisible
> > God,
> > Malkion.
> >
> > To all three the story is well known. One thousand years ago
> > the various
> > Malkioni faiths were fragmented in various and sometimes
> > contradictory
> > sects which even led to bloody in-fighting during the Second
> > Erandinthanos Conference. One heresy, that of the Priest
> > Serozos claimed
> > a revelation through an spirit entity called Makan, an
> > expression of the
> > One True God which argued for worshippers to practise
> > Veneration to God
> > via Priests as intermediates. Despite interrogration by the
> > Dolphin
> > Guild we was brought before the Conference to explain himself.
> >
> > Suddenly a hand, quill and book of indestructible binding and
> > paper
> > appeared from nowhere. A disembodied voice commanded 'Write',
> > and the
> > hand did so, expressing how worshippers of the invisible God
> > were to
> > live, how they should worship, what was True and what was
> > Illusion and
> > how heresies could be reconciled. For a thousand years it has
> > been the
> > most holy of texts for all who follow the Invisible God.
> >
> > Reprinted many times, all these doctrines are well known
> > throughout
> > western Genertala. Yet what has surprised the Fellowship the
> > most, and
> > has held them in greatest awe is the appearance of a new book,
> > as yet
> > unfinished. Entitled "The Hero Wars" it recounts the
> > adventures of the
> > Fellowship from the very day that a brave shepherd discovered
> > fragments
> > of Kyrmon's Scroll to the most recent encounters. More so, it
> > records
> > what is seen and unseen; Azhur discovers the depth of Aalmon's
> > madness
> > and wickedness from the eve prior to his wedding and Eurynome
> > discovers
> > that the pirates of Smelch are actually in the employ of the
> > Free City
> > of Khorst.
> >
> > Taking almost two days, at a pace of a slow moving ferry (for
> > the
> > Dwarves wish not to exhaust the Elementals), the Acindina
> > makes it
> > slowly through the Bay. There are very few ship in what is a
> > normally
> > teeming region and those that do exist are either powered by
> > oars or by
> > magical means such as this Seshnelan craft. Most disturbing is
> > the
> > absolute lack of wind - not even the faintest breeze. Even
> > breathing,
> > although necessary, feel peculiar. Passing through the fabled
> > City of
> > Wonders one is struck by the silence and inaccessibility of
> > the place.
> > Once teeming with its golden dome, the exterior is now like
> > tarnished
> > bronze from a by-gone era.
> >
> > Eurynome explains some of the recent events in Dragon Pass
> > that have led
> > to this unusual state of affairs. Over the past thirty years
> > the Lunars
> > have invaded steadily from the north, first taking the
> > Heortling Kingdom
> > of Sartar and then the Holy Country. The Pharoah died suddenly
> > some
> > eight years ago and no replacement was found, leaving the Holy
> > County
> > vulnerable. A mercenary leader from the west appeared and took
> > some of
> > the old Satarite lands; named Sir Richard the Tigerhearted, he
> > too was
> > eventually driven away by the ever-expanding Lunar Empire.
> > From
> > Eurynome's description he bears a remarkable resemblance to a
> > certain
> > mercenary captain encountered in the Battle for Segurane by
> > certain
> > members of the Fellowship.
> >
> > Two years prior, the last surving Satarite stronghold,
> > Whitewall, fell
> > to Lunar troops although King Brian is still at large. With
> > the last
> > surving temple to Orlanth, most senior of the Gods of the Air,
> > in Lunar
> > hands the very winds themselves stopped and have remained so
> > for two
> > years. The Lunars openly proclaimed that the God himself was
> > captured
> > and over time would acknowledge his subservience to both the
> > Sun and the
> > Moon and may even be released once more.
> >
> > The Acindina chugs its way in Nochet harbour, a massive city
> > of some one
> > hundred thousand people, most important of Esrolia and seat of
> > their
> > matriarchial government. A number of men assist the docking of
> > the ship
> > whilst women in authoritive regalia approach Eurynome for a
> > report on
> > the condition of the ship. When it is remarked that a foreign
> > King is
> > aboard, the women show deferential respect and mention that
> > the Council
> > will be informed of his presence. Karala gives her fair well's
> > to Knarl
> > who, without much ado, leaves the boat to head inland to his
> > people.
> >
> > Talor's Axe feels particularly heavy at this moment with the
> > realisation
> > that the prophecy of her relationship to the fate of the
> > Telmori has
> > grown even more.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the meanwhile, Eurynome takes the Fellowship to the
> > Lhankhor Mhy
> > temple, where she has rooms along with her mentor Nauticles
> > one of the
> > few men in Nochet with any semblance of position or authority
> > (and even
> > that is most nominal). The elderly scholar offers drinks to
> > all and
> > seeks reports on the journey, hanging off every word that is
> > spoken. He
> > is particularly fascinated by the presence of both the
> > Dragonewt and, of
> > course, the God Learner for the former are most rare in any
> > human city
> > and the latter were believed to be an extinct people.
> >
> > It was the ever-empathic Jareena - and the ever sensitive
> > Icthya (albeit
> > for different reasons) - who noticed that the people of the
> > city bore
> > many of the signs of a very modest diet. There was no
> > indication of
> > starvation, but nobody could be considered of generous girth
> > by any
> > stretch of the imagination. Inquiring of this state of
> > affairs,
> > Nauticles sighs. "It is the capture of Orlanth. With the winds
> > dying,
> > the temperatures have become more extreme in heat and in cold.
> > Crops
> > have failed - not so badly here is Esrolia I will readily
> > admit - but
> > certainly in Heortland, Sartar, the Grazelands and parts of
> > southern
> > Tarsh. The winters have been most terrible there, 1621, 1622..
> > thousands
> > starved. Gradually some are beginning to make adjustments of
> > course, but
> > nevertheless life is terribly tough for the Heortlings and
> > Satarites. If
> > of course, the Orlanthi submitted this would change.. But I
> > don't think
> > that would happen. *We* Orlanthi value our independence a
> > great deal,
> > and have always sworn we will never submit to the Lunar
> > conquest. There
> > is, of course, rumours of an Iron Ring of rebels leaders who
> > seek to
> > liberate free the Storm God..."
> >
> >
> >
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