[HQ Ignorance] Scene 79: The Sickness of Icthya

[Lev Lafayette]

On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 23:43 +0000, Nic Hughes wrote:
> Lev Lafayette wrote:
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> The burly courier looks at her for a long moment before answering "Its a 
> dangerous thing asking a messenger what his business is. The more I tell 
> you the more dangerous it gets. Perhaps there is not too much peril in 
> me saying that we are sent to avert a particularly nasty and 
> far-reaching war and that to do so we have been told to travel to the 
> Blue Moon plateau to relay a message and perhaps to receive another one 
> in return. The elf and I are somehow bound together by ties of fate and 
> prophesy, her wellbeing is important to me and to many others.".
> 

The woman looked at Aalmon deeply.

"Three colours; Blue, Red and White. When the Blue Moon fell it heralded
the beginning of the age of darkness, and the collapse of the Veldang
Empire. When the Red Moon falls, it will herald the Hero Wars, and the
collapse of the Lunar Empire. Then the White Moon will rise, and
Sedenya's peace will be among all. Darkness, Blood and Peace."

"We are all tied to the fates and to prophecies. The Eighth Wane
begins."

She begins a chant which Aalmon has heard many times before.

"As night passes into day, and summer follows winter
So shall the White Moon follow the Scarlet.
The worst war of the world can only be followed by the best peace in the
world.
The White Moon is the Moon of Peace,
For none can be warlike when all weapons are broken.
The White Moon is the Moon of Calm,
For none are quieter than the dead.
The White Moon is the Moon of Beauty,
But who shall remain to admire her?"

"Are you reader to meet the White Moon, messenger?"

> "Are there guides into these wild lands to the East, or is there news of 
> the best routes and the worst perils there?"
> 

"We have contacts. There are three towns for you to visit; Cedate,
Amgine, and Fiddyek. You will find three members of the White Moon Cult.
Peona, of the Seven Mothers Temple at Cedate, a merchant by trade. She
will be able to find a merchant traveller to take to the next town.
Tepyd at Amgine, a captain of the militia. He can arrange an escort. And
at Fiddyek, Inuin. The best explorer. Some say he has no fear of the mad
lands to Tork, and for obvious reasons".

She hands Aalmon three scrolls. "Take these to each of them. You are a
messenger, and you'll be doing a great duty to our.. Society."