[HQ Ignorance] Scene 98: Aalmon's Divination

[Nic Hughes]

Lev Lafayette wrote:
> Under the light of the Red Moon Aalmon makes his mysterious divination.
> Icthya, watching, is curious to see the courier glow ever so slightly
> himself with a white halo. Strange too, the Elf thought, that Aalmon
> seems to struck by moon beams both red and blue. The blue beams seem to
> come from the plateau whose cliff-face lurked in the distance. Icthya
> was sure she could see the shadows of trolls dancing in the moonlight.
>         
> The secrets that Aalmon sought were trivial to his ability to discern
> secrets, even those as hidden as the Blue Moon Trolls, followers of the
> goddess Annilla. Annilla was the child of Nakal, the Primal Darkness,
> and Zaramaka, the Primal Waters. Her husband was He Who Moves and she
> was Queen of the Giants of old, who fought against the Dragons.
>         
> Her husband was killed by the dragons and Annilla ate the remains. After
> that she gave birth to a souless child, and Annilla possessed the body.
> When she did this she became the Blue Moon. Defeated by Yelm and
> Dayzatar she fled to the underworld, and prepared to invade the sky
> which she did by summoning an ancient blue dragon. Disguising herself as
> a corpse shroud she blindfolded Yelm, but when Death came to the world
> where she was broken apart, some say by Orlanth, some say by Mostal,
> others say by the Rat With Hands, others say by the Serpent with Fur.
> The Blue Moon Plateau is the largest piece of her broken body.
>
>
>   

As the light of the ceremony faded Aalmon packed away his tomes and 
talismans ready to travel. He spoke to Icthya as he carefully tied up 
the oilskin bags to keep out the damp weather "I think that worked well 
enough, I know a truth about the obscure hints Mrs Flint gave. I doubt 
if they are the only truth and maybe not the same truth as the Trolls 
have but it is a truth and that's better than none.  The Blue Moon is 
part of my religion but its an old and darkly mysterious part that they 
barely teach anymore. Nobody in Arrolia has worshipped it for as long as 
we have records. So I may be learning as I go along here. I will tell 
you what I learned as we travel towards the plateau, two heads are 
better than one. Of course how we keep your head on your shoulders when 
we get there is a greater mystery but we knew that already."

"If our guide is still willing we should head off straight away. Once we 
get to the steep climbing we can leave our horse and continue on foot."

Nic


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