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The moon man muses out loud as he looks around for one of the rocks of
the plateau<br>
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"When I freed Icthya from Lunar captivity a strange woman gave me a
prophesy - that at the end I would be in battle with the devil himself.
Afterwards I realised that she did not say which side I would be on,
which is the sort of thing that gets a man thinking. I want to be a man
who has the courage to stand up to the terror of oblivion and line up
on the side of life and humanity against evil but I know that his army
will not be made up of those who love him but of those whose courage
has failed them. Will my courage fail me? I can hope not but until the
time comes I cannot know it any more than any other man."<br>
<br>
He picks up a rock and turns it over in his hand, waiting to see if it
like all the others will change through the colours of the moons "As to
which colour moon is mine, I am not sure which colour the moon should
be any more. I spoke with Jar-Eel herself and afterwards my doubts were
even stronger, did the rich and powerful of the empire bleed the people
dry to keep the moon red against its nature? I think at that moment my
sympathy for the white moon, my feeling that the moon is a thing of
change not of any one colour forever, nearly got me killed. It is not
for me to tell the moon which colour it should be yet when I look at
the rocks of this place they speak to me of what has been and what will
be."<br>
<br>
"And then there is the other question. I was taught the philosophies of
Nysalor, I have walked the paths of Arkat. Sooner or later there will
be a confrontation and only one will be left standing, as it was in the
first age I hope the one remaining is not Gbaji. I have had my fill of
prophesies, they give me some hope that the holders of the weapons can
help defeat Gbaji but no certainty."<br>
<br>
"As for the sword? I do not want the sword. Its reputation is enough to
fill me with dread. I came to speak with its keeper and to try to win
his aid."<br>
<br>
Nic<br>
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Lev Lafayette wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 22:43 +0000, Nic Hughes wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The big man sat himself down amongst the darkmen, against his host he
seemed to loom very large but against others in the crowd he seemed
almost as slight as his elven companion. He took a long drink of water
to help soothe his cough before starting, his voice dropping into the
telltale cadences of the storytellers of his youth.
"I will tell you the tale of the fellowship of Talor. The fellowship has
touched the lives of thousands of men, trolls and others but this is not
their story, it is mine.
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The trollkin listen attentively to Aalmon's words, as they are served by
silent trolls all about them. They seem completely absorbed by the
words, but Aalmon notices that when he pauses the expression upon many
do not change. At first he does not know what to make of this; but then
he has vague recollection [Assess Social Standing 17] of the attentive
looks of shopkeepers on a passing noble procession. To be sure, some of
the trollkin are paying attention to the story, The Fourth, in
particular. But most are simply paying attention to him.
At last when he finishes, there is a an uncomfortable pause. Finally,
The Fourth cocks his head to one side. "Hmmm.. Man of moon good story
tell. But what this say of his soul?"
"What will Aalmon do when he has Sword?"
"Will he become like Nysalor or Gbaji or Arkat?"
"Will he fight the Kingdom of War or join it? Will he join it by
fighting it?"
"What colour is your Moon? What will the wolf howl to?"
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