[HQ Ignorance] Re : Scene 68: The Abiding Book, Nochet and The Dead God
Damien Bosman
damien.bosman at gmail.com
Sat Jul 12 14:27:14 UTC 2008
OOC: OK, 2HPs spent. None left! Argh! :)
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Lev Lafayette <lev at mimesisrpg.com> wrote:
>
> The default for a new ability acquired in play is 13, rather than 17.
>
> OK, the Sickle can provide Fire Rune Sight at 13 (+1 Hero Point). I
> would suggest that the Robes give Fertility Rune Sight at 13 (+1 Hero
> Point) which can be used to augment healing for +1.
>
> Seeming that it was directly related to an in-play action then there are
> no further multipliers, so the total cost is a mere 2 HPs.
>
> Ah yes Sunstorm. Well, Nauticles will have get some material together
> for you on that little matter...
>
>
> On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 19:31 +1000, Damien Bosman wrote:
> > 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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