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Embracing Fate, you become embraced. Supple, breathing gently, you | Embracing Fate, you become embraced. Supple, breathing gently, you | ||
become reborn. Clearing your vision, you become clear. Nurturing your | become reborn. Clearing your vision, you become clear. Nurturing your | ||
- | beloved, you become impartial. Opening your heart, you become | + | beloved, you become impartial. Opening your liver, you become |
accepted. Accepting the World, you embrace Fate. Bearing and | accepted. Accepting the World, you embrace Fate. Bearing and | ||
nurturing, creating but not owning, giving without demanding, | nurturing, creating but not owning, giving without demanding, | ||
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I am a soldier. An askari. I work for the good of the village of | I am a soldier. An askari. I work for the good of the village of | ||
Safaq. On Hakiyah' | Safaq. On Hakiyah' | ||
- | shield belong to the city but my heart belongs to my goddess. | + | shield belong to the city but my liver belongs to my goddess. |
Im' | Im' | ||
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wind. The maggots poured forth like milk through cloth. | wind. The maggots poured forth like milk through cloth. | ||
- | Into a goblin, pure of heart, they started drilling. | + | Into a goblin, pure of liver, they started drilling. |
The many maggots stung like thorns in briar. | The many maggots stung like thorns in briar. | ||
The flamewind mage lit up the skin with fire, | The flamewind mage lit up the skin with fire, | ||
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### The Tale of the Orcish Millers | ### The Tale of the Orcish Millers | ||
- | O child of my heart, the Loregiver tells of a couple of orcish millers | + | O child of my liver, the Loregiver tells of a couple of orcish millers |
who lived in the cliff city of Warth al-Keel. Everyday they would bake | who lived in the cliff city of Warth al-Keel. Everyday they would bake | ||
their bread and eat it and sell it. This was before the enlightened | their bread and eat it and sell it. This was before the enlightened | ||
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Istishia, the cold god of water, opposed the enlightenment of the | Istishia, the cold god of water, opposed the enlightenment of the | ||
Loregiver. Istishia only wants the world to drown. But al-Ek loved | Loregiver. Istishia only wants the world to drown. But al-Ek loved | ||
- | Istishia in his heart. | + | Istishia in his liver. |
- | al-Ek knew that Hakiyah' | + | al-Ek knew that Hakiyah' |
and minds of the citizens of Warth al-Keel in a way that the cold | and minds of the citizens of Warth al-Keel in a way that the cold | ||
waves of Istishia never could. Only by posing as a priest of Hakiyah | waves of Istishia never could. Only by posing as a priest of Hakiyah | ||
could he gain a foothold there, build a temple there. But al-Ek loved | could he gain a foothold there, build a temple there. But al-Ek loved | ||
- | Istishia in his heart. | + | Istishia in his liver. |
al-Ek knew that if the citizens of Warth al-Keel had turned to | al-Ek knew that if the citizens of Warth al-Keel had turned to | ||
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Into the waves of Istishia. The people in the city would drown. al-Ek | Into the waves of Istishia. The people in the city would drown. al-Ek | ||
too would drown. Every man, woman and child in Warth al-Keel would | too would drown. Every man, woman and child in Warth al-Keel would | ||
- | drown. But al-Ek loved Istishia in his heart. | + | drown. But al-Ek loved Istishia in his liver. |
## Taraq 11, evening | ## Taraq 11, evening | ||
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Not only is the rat finally home now after a long quest. They carry a | Not only is the rat finally home now after a long quest. They carry a | ||
- | heartful | + | liverful |
of life. You have to walk that desert all alone. | of life. You have to walk that desert all alone. | ||
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### The Tale of the Thunderous Acolyte | ### The Tale of the Thunderous Acolyte | ||
- | All it takes to get burninated by the party is one little Thaumaturgy.♥ | + | All it takes to get burninated by the party is one little |
+ | Thaumaturgy.♥ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ## Taraq 20–26 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ### The Tale of the Shattered God | ||
+ | |||
+ | O, liver of mine, Q'xetl was a young god. | ||
+ | He wanted souls. | ||
+ | He wanted to harvest them, to eat them, to grow strange and strong. | ||
+ | To await his maw they pulled my limp body. | ||
+ | Into the howling portal they threw me. | ||
+ | With the many I became one. | ||
+ | When he fractured I remain— | ||
+ | split in shards. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ### The Tale of the Fish Thieves | ||
+ | |||
+ | We are kin of goblin, they say. | ||
+ | We were born in Safaq, they say. | ||
+ | We steal fish, they say. | ||
+ | We attack on sight, they say. | ||
+ | We shoot before asking questions, they say. | ||
+ | We have treasure, they say. | ||
+ | But what they cannot say | ||
+ | is that we survived the party. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ### The Tale of the Reckless Attuner | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Honorable, the Chief Qadi and the Associate Magistrates of the | ||
+ | Court of Safaq al-Hadhar min Jumlat. Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons | ||
+ | having business before the Honorable, the Qadi of the Sultan, | ||
+ | representing the Grand Caliph and ultimately the Law of the Loregiver, | ||
+ | are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is | ||
+ | now sitting. We have no fate but the fate we are given. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is a crime against the enlightened to willingly smash people in the | ||
+ | head with lethal intent. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But witness testimony seem to indicate that the accused, whom | ||
+ | herebefore is present, was under the influence of the arcane: a weapon | ||
+ | crafted with intent to stir rage; a berserker rage to protect its | ||
+ | owner and keeper. Whether or not this is the unnameable Sloessa is a | ||
+ | question beside the courts present ruling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Even so. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is a crime against the Law of the Loregiver to recklessly handle, | ||
+ | attune, or possess cursed items to the extent that they kill, injure, | ||
+ | endanger or encroach on the safety of enlightened beings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | That is a fine of 100 dinars for the first offense. Repeat offenders | ||
+ | will risk exile. | ||