Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
al-qadim:diary [2020-11-01 18:52] – Magarib www-data | al-qadim:diary [2020-11-07 16:47] – [The Tale of the Forced Surrender] sandra | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 390: | Line 390: | ||
strike up my own shop on the coast of the Crowded Sea." | strike up my own shop on the coast of the Crowded Sea." | ||
- | ## The Tale of the Ancient Vestments | + | ### The Tale of the Ancient Vestments |
The Loregiver tells of an amira in the twelfth century. | The Loregiver tells of an amira in the twelfth century. | ||
Line 447: | Line 447: | ||
items. | items. | ||
- | ## The Tale of the Acolyte' | + | ### The Tale of the Acolyte' |
My compatriot is betrothed to Istishia | My compatriot is betrothed to Istishia | ||
Line 496: | Line 496: | ||
Who is the servant of freedom, | Who is the servant of freedom, | ||
Who is the slave of the blameless. | Who is the slave of the blameless. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ## Magarib 21 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ### The Tale of the Poisoned Water | ||
+ | |||
+ | From Jumlat, reports come of thousands dead by poisoned water. | ||
+ | Tourists, who did not realize that this haunted place was haunted by | ||
+ | demons, and by the ghost of the dead, who lived in the shadows before | ||
+ | the advent of the enchanted market. In the dark of the night, even the | ||
+ | noble. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The city is cloaked in grey and still, and the buildings are seen in | ||
+ | the distance. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The wind chirps in the trees and the gurgling water and the horse | ||
+ | galloping down the road. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is only one of the many cities and towns where the dark magic of | ||
+ | the Brotherhood of the True Flame is kept in check. | ||
+ | |||
+ | And the corpses of the dead are kept in the hall of the palace. When | ||
+ | the palace guards see people' | ||
+ | if they can get them, they pack them into sacks and transport them to | ||
+ | the palace, where it is dressed and decorated with colorful horns and | ||
+ | other decorations. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There, the dead are kept in a large storage room, in the center of a | ||
+ | small courtyard. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The palace guards are constantly on guard to ensure the safety of the | ||
+ | palace, since the palace is guarded by a long wall of stone with large | ||
+ | iron gates. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Inside the palace gates, the dead are caged, nearly | ||
+ | up to a yard in the wall. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are no people to see them, and the walls are covered with a | ||
+ | thick, impervious copper coating that prevents too much light entering | ||
+ | the palace. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ### The Tale of the Forced Surrender | ||
+ | |||
+ | They call her Silver Map. She carries on without one of her sisters. | ||
+ | |||
+ | She was a warrior, said to have fought the efreets and | ||
+ | sons of the great ones. A great sage was once her brother. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Her sister has abandoned her, and she has sworn to protect her | ||
+ | from the sun and the moon, from the light of the | ||
+ | long-dead gods, and from the heretics. She has sworn to | ||
+ | destroy all the heretics and never let them stay in the | ||
+ | sultan' | ||
+ | she has no other sisters, and her sister has married the | ||
+ | sultan' | ||
+ | proud of this, as is the sultan himself. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ### The Tale of the Burial Chambers | ||
+ | |||
+ | The burial chambers on abd-Yson island, where the dead are buried | ||
+ | like the animals. The island is inhabited by desert birds, and it provides | ||
+ | their nesting areas. There are caves and sandy beaches here, where | ||
+ | the birds can rest in peace and their eggs can be hatched. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The burial chambers on abd-Yson island, as well as the shrine to the | ||
+ | cold elements, terraced with white marble, was restored to its | ||
+ | original state. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The mass graves of the House of the White Mage are filled with | ||
+ | skeletons of their former homes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The White Mage is the key to the archipelago' | ||
+ | bishop of the city, Ghedd, is a hulking brute with a scimitar in his hand. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The result is that he is always in the dark about the truth of the | ||
+ | matter, and always appears to be a student of the dark arts. He has | ||
+ | since grown distant from his former friends, and his reduced to bitter | ||
+ | bitterness and jealousy. He hates the White Mage and their dealings | ||
+ | with the marid, who are a constant and very near companion. | ||
+ | |||
+ | He has settled on abd-Yson island, where the nobility worship the cold | ||
+ | of ocean. The dao kingdom is also not far from here, but this island | ||
+ | is surrounded by the waves of the Crowded Sea. Though the palace is | ||
+ | sepuchral, transformed to a place of burial. Sometimes the propaganda | ||
+ | of the city is carried by the acolytes themselves, who are too lazy to | ||
+ | keep track of the marids and the waves. | ||