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--- al-qadim:diary [2020-08-23 10:36] – sandra
+++ al-qadim:diary [2020-08-27 14:39] – Taraq www-data
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 Embracing Fate, you become embraced. Supple, breathing gently, you
 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
 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
 Safaq. On Hakiyah's day I go to the mosque for prayer. My sword and
-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'ran. I take the name Im'ran min-Hakiyah.
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 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 flamewind mage lit up the skin with fire,
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 ### 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
 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
 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's light, life and truth would turn the hearts
+al-Ek knew that Hakiyah's light, life and truth would turn the livers
 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
 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
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 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
-drown. But al-Ek loved Istishia in his heart.
+drown. But al-Ek loved Istishia in his liver.
 ## Taraq 11, evening
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 Not only is the rat finally home now after a long quest. They carry a
-heartful of despair and resignation. Having learned the hard lessons
+liverful of despair and resignation. Having learned the hard lessons
 of life. You have to walk that desert all alone.
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 ### The Tale of the Thunderous Acolyte
-All it takes to get burninated by the party is one little Thaumaturgy.♥ RIP Famshuna.
+All it takes to get burninated by the party is one little
+Thaumaturgy.♥ Luckily you can flee at the last second! Famshuna ftw!
+## 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 court's 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.
+## Taraq 27
+### The Tale of the Generous Patron
+Welcome, one and all, to my abode. My name is Andar bin Petra and this
+is my buttler Skerrin. Thank you for returning my fish. You may keep
+the gold as a reward. No, no, *I* should be thanking *you*, for without your help I would have no fish, no gold, no camels and no cart.
+Rich? I don't know about that. Yeah, a lot of the fishing boats here
+are mine, and the fishers are in my employ, but I inherited a lot of
+that from my mother, Petra, and the same goes for this abode.
+I've expanded the trading program a little bit, that's true. Just doing my best to keep the family name proud!
+### The Tale of the Plague Dealer
+The Aalim family got sick from bad grains at the green souk. Umaji
+min-Hakiyah managed to contain the plague. A pickpocket reported some
+unusual garments in the merchant's bag. Khamu was his name, I think.
+### The Tale of the Arcane Alcohol
+Under [[the Empty Net]] there is a strange smell. It is arcane and it
+causes strange behavior.