[HQ Ignorance] Scene 103: White Moon Revolutionaries

[Nic Hughes]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
>
> But what smile Aalmon had on his face was washed away and replaced with
> confusion when he reached the base of the plateau. For there was a dozen
> men and women, dressed in white robes, who applauded his arrival with a
> cheer. "Aalmon! Aalmon!", they cried. As as the Far Rider wandered what
> this was about, one of the older women came forth. "You have arrived as
> prophecised. You have come down from the mountain of the moon and have
> uncovered the secrets. Now is the time. Now the revolution begins. The
> White Moon shall overcome the Red, and peace shall come to the land. How
> do we begin, great leader?" 
>
>
>   
Aalmon looked them up and down for a moment, he was not sure if he was 
more impressed by the fact that their robes were still white after such 
long travels or by the sheer stupidity of wearing white robes instead of 
sensible travelling clothes. He considered simply telling them to go 
away but in his mind he could hear their reply of 'How shall we go away, 
great leader?' even as he had the thought. Probably best to give them 
something to do, if only to stop them following him around and making 
him look like a damned fool.

He let them wait a while as he saw to his elf companion and his horse, 
which had been left waiting for their return. Having dealt with these 
more pressing matters and gathered his thoughts he turned back to the 
white moonies and moved to sit in the centre of their group. He sat and 
waited for them to calm down and be silent. Again he tried to recall how 
his thoughts would have gone all that time ago, this trick had done well 
for him on the plateau.

"My friends, there are so many prophesies that they are like the trees 
of this forest. I can not keep up with them all.

The only secret I know is that I do what I must do. I have travelled the 
length of the world seeking out ways to defeat War without giving it 
greater strength by waging war upon it. The answer is simple yet nearly 
impossible, to hold back from war and create the peace of the white 
moon. This is what I am doing and what I will continue to do.

Look at the empire of the red moon. To the South rebellion stirs again 
for the people there are rebellious by nature and when the empire tries 
to kill the very gods that give them life they have nothing more to lose 
from their rebelliousness. To the East the nomads stir again and the 
empire sends its armies and heroes to fight with them again, as it ever 
was. At the dawn there was peace, if there is to be peace again to usher 
in the age of the new moon then look to the ways that peace was once 
made and follow those paths once more. The people who war on us must 
also know how that peace was made, although their stories might seem 
different to ours, if there are still any among them willing to renew 
that peace then find them.

Now I must look to continue my own part in all of this. When the stars 
come out I will try to seek out companions that I have lost, if you are 
willing to help me in this task I will be grateful for you aid. I might 
also need aid in helping the lady Icthya back to her own lands, 
travelling is not good for her health."


Nic