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- | # Tales | ||
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- | Zakhara month names: | ||
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- | * Taraq | ||
- | * Masta | ||
- | * Magarib | ||
- | * Gammam | ||
- | * Mihla | ||
- | * Qawafil | ||
- | * Holy day of Ahad | ||
- | * Holy day of Atnen | ||
- | * Holy day of Salas | ||
- | * Holy day of Arba | ||
- | * Holy day of Yasad | ||
- | * Safa | ||
- | * Dar | ||
- | * Riyah | ||
- | * Nau | ||
- | * Rahat | ||
- | * Saris | ||
- | |||
- | Months have 30 days, and the five holy days don't have any months, | ||
- | they just come after 30th of Qawafil and before 1st of Safa. | ||
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- | Första taraq börjar året, | ||
- | nästa masta kommer näst. | ||
- | Magarib, gamman har knopp i håret, | ||
- | Mihla, qawafil blommar mest. | ||
- | Safa, dar och riyah, | ||
- | härlig sommar är det då. | ||
- | Men nau och rahat | ||
- | och saris är så grå. | ||
- | |||
- | ## #boatmode Session Zero | ||
- | |||
- | The party is | ||
- | |||
- | * Jalara abd-Jamil, a bugbear corsair | ||
- | * Djut, a goblin corsair | ||
- | * Keeze, a goblin sa’luk | ||
- | * Na’im al-Qadib, an air genasi flamewind sorcerer | ||
- | |||
- | Everyone has a shared goal: to get onboard a ship by capturing the Sea | ||
- | Ghost. Unfortunately they don’t really know much about that ship. | ||
- | |||
- | The two corsairs also want revenge on the pirates on Sunless Island. | ||
- | |||
- | Keeze and Na’im have a shared past… that they don’t know about. | ||
- | They’ve both suffered memory loss. They used to be level 12 characters | ||
- | with some kind of relationship – the nature of that relationship is | ||
- | still a mystery – but one of them used a Wish “I wish we had never | ||
- | met” which reset their lifes and wiped their memories. Back to | ||
- | level 1. Back to the old fishing village. | ||
- | |||
- | ### Keezes dagbok | ||
- | |||
- | jag vet att jag har minnesluckor men det är ändå inte så konstigt | ||
- | efter alla fester jag varit på och allt man rökt, druckit och testat på där | ||
- | |||
- | ta det lugnt?! haha nej det kommer inte hända. måste ju hänga med | ||
- | i svängarna, skvallra, dansa och allt det där... jag är en livsnjutare in i märgen | ||
- | |||
- | men... det känns som att jag har varit vassare med kniven och snabbare på fötterna | ||
- | eller att jag borde vara det, en mycket märklig känsla... det känns som deja vu varje gång | ||
- | jag lär mig något nytt! | ||
- | |||
- | fast jag kommer mycket väl ihåg mitt kall och uppgift här i livet... ja även vi tjuvar har vår heder | ||
- | och mästare som ger oss uppgifter ibland | ||
- | |||
- | jag kommer också ihåg mina drömmar om att en dag grunda en stad för alla tjuvar, tiggare, | ||
- | gatubarn, rövare och andra på samhällets botten | ||
- | |||
- | som en ny Hawa ungefär... jag har varit där en gång, det minns jag, ett fantastiskt ställe! | ||
- | |||
- | och givetvis kommer det finnas plats för ett rejält bibliotek för vad vore en fest utan er magikers | ||
- | fyverkerier och konster? | ||
- | |||
- | men först måste vi hitta ett lämpligt ställe att grunda en stad på och för att göra det så behöver vi en bra båt | ||
- | |||
- | ## Previous months | ||
- | |||
- | - 1494 | ||
- | - [Taraq](al-qadim/ | ||
- | - [Masta](al-qadim/ | ||
- | |||
- | ## Magarib 1–2 | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Soul Dagger | ||
- | |||
- | Acererak created the dagger from a shard of the soul monger, a magical | ||
- | skullgem, a ring of intelligence, | ||
- | of a dragonborn, and the stone itself is in fact a fragment of his own | ||
- | life. | ||
- | |||
- | The dagger is made from the soul of a living natural creature, and it | ||
- | cannot be healed from the death of a living creature. The soul in | ||
- | question is the mishap of a living creature, and the dagger is the | ||
- | destruction of a living creature. The dagger is never killed, as it is | ||
- | a living creature, and the destruction of the mishap is always the | ||
- | death of the living creature. | ||
- | |||
- | The dagger can be used as a weapon, as a tool, or an ordinary dagger. | ||
- | |||
- | When al-Bek, the Kahin, ordered Sir Bradford to destroy the dagger, | ||
- | the ghosts inside were restored from the evil forms Acererak had | ||
- | turned them into and their souls found peace among the planes. | ||
- | |||
- | Even as the plane guardians watched their numbers dwindle, their | ||
- | sovereigns continued to look on with hope and goodwill, and the Vizier | ||
- | of Fate also continued to watch the trouble with which the planeshifts | ||
- | were carried out. When the planeshifts had been completed, Vizier | ||
- | Hajama ibn Abd al-Waqadah, the God of Courage, was among those who | ||
- | were most disturbed, for the change that he saw was not one that he | ||
- | had been warned of. | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of al-Karakas' | ||
- | |||
- | Four plain golden rings were forged, one for each of the four heroes. | ||
- | Sharwin al-Hukra, the Wind/Sea mage. Her brother, Talgen, the corsair, | ||
- | and his corsair friend, just going by al-Karakas. They had been joined | ||
- | by an outland warrior, Sir Bradford, who carried the legendary | ||
- | Shatterspike. | ||
- | |||
- | They each had their names carved into their rings. And swore to always | ||
- | wear them as they were meant to be the everlasting party. | ||
- | |||
- | They kept on coming up from night to night, but one night they had all | ||
- | been at their lodgings, when the evil spirit of wanderlust that was in | ||
- | them gathered them all together, and took them to the palace, where | ||
- | the pumpkin-headed queen was sitting on her throne. | ||
- | |||
- | Al-Karakaras was Treasury, and was the first to wear the ring, but | ||
- | many of the Masters of the trade are not great, and know well enough | ||
- | all the plots of the Enemy, having been appointed by him. He is the | ||
- | First to salvage the sheep of the Desert, and to wander over more | ||
- | lands than any other, for a simple desire to see the light, and a | ||
- | desire to have the best of the best of the apples for his fellow | ||
- | sa' | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Watch Captain | ||
- | |||
- | Krag is what they call me. | ||
- | |||
- | Two times every day, Eli had looked out over the dead horizon. I had | ||
- | watched him, almost every time, seen the rays of sun dance over his | ||
- | neck of sand and earth, as he looked out over the water. His name for | ||
- | the sea was his roaring, crashing danger. | ||
- | |||
- | That danger was not how he died. | ||
- | |||
- | Neither the waves nor the dunes claimed him. Humanity did. | ||
- | |||
- | A man with white clothes, a red sash, and a silver ring with a golden, | ||
- | embedded symbol of a scimitar had struck him down. Openly in the | ||
- | street. Apprehended immediately, | ||
- | With Gellan al-Pirwa, the godfather of smuggler bands, still in jail, | ||
- | the guards were lost at sea with Mahnaz in exile and Eli dead. | ||
- | |||
- | Jumlat' | ||
- | for the best. I was never as invested as Eli was in the sultan and his | ||
- | affairs. I was happy to work with my hands and shovel during the day, | ||
- | and read into the wee hours by candlelight in the evening. | ||
- | |||
- | I feel just lost as lost as the guards, as Safaq as a whole. I haven' | ||
- | looked over Eli's financials yet or how I'm gonna pay for this place. | ||
- | I am still living in his house. I still use my own room. I still read | ||
- | Eli's books. I still use his towels, still eat off his plate. I am | ||
- | still stretched on his grave. | ||
- | |||
- | ## Magarib 3–13 | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of Barnacle Bess | ||
- | |||
- | A bard cast Awaken on a crab, and the other missionaries were deeply | ||
- | moved by the crab's dedication to Hakiyah and named her Barnacle Bess. | ||
- | |||
- | She loved singing, and especially singing hymns dedicated to Hakiyah' | ||
- | wave of truth, and the most famous of them is | ||
- | |||
- | Weeping, my beloved, | ||
- | who adores | ||
- | the sea and the land, | ||
- | |||
- | Our hearts are filled | ||
- | with the sorrows | ||
- | of our own tears. | ||
- | |||
- | We have vowed to give | ||
- | you our lives, | ||
- | for you are a great one | ||
- | |||
- | O Hakiyah! | ||
- | |||
- | They say that the one who | ||
- | is most beloved | ||
- | is the greatest of matters, | ||
- | |||
- | and that the greatest of | ||
- | the great is the | ||
- | greatest of the lesser. | ||
- | |||
- | I have sworn to you, | ||
- | to give my life | ||
- | to find out what is true, | ||
- | |||
- | O Hakiyah! | ||
- | |||
- | She was adored by the missionaries. | ||
- | |||
- | The Faith Ethoist of Hakiyah is gradually becoming more secular; the | ||
- | priests now involve themselves in local issues, and the faith is more | ||
- | familiar with the settlers. The faith is also less invited to be | ||
- | involved in politics. | ||
- | |||
- | In the present day, the faith is a highly respected institution, | ||
- | referred to as the Widow' | ||
- | The faith remains one of the few institutions in the Land of Fate to | ||
- | keep a watchful eye of the latest arrivals of holy slayers and mamluk. | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Founder' | ||
- | |||
- | Rubban Safaq bin-Jute himself assembled a force of half the people of | ||
- | the city, together with the sultan' | ||
- | lead by Evanore bint-Rūm. | ||
- | |||
- | Safaq and his crew defeated the hags and their fish, and they had a | ||
- | great victory. | ||
- | |||
- | When Evanore and the other hags saw their fate, they were filled with | ||
- | regret and stayed in captivity. They were allowed time to think of a | ||
- | plan, but when they did, they found that the time for their escape was | ||
- | short. They took a ship from the city, but when they got there, they | ||
- | were met by a swarm of hounds who took them prisoners. They prisoned | ||
- | them in the palace, but when they had been taken there, they set about | ||
- | making their escape. | ||
- | |||
- | When they got there, they had to bear a great deal of cruelty and they | ||
- | had to eat the flesh of five hogs. Each of them had to go through the | ||
- | streets of the palace for a whole day, but when they were brought back | ||
- | and told that the palace was empty, they got up and left. | ||
- | |||
- | When Safaq saw the shipwreck and the slaughter, he was satisfied and | ||
- | said: "This is a wicked and treacherous race and they are all doomed." | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of Henrietta' | ||
- | |||
- | Henrietta' | ||
- | who is also a wizard. The shop is full of exotic and exotic items, | ||
- | usually hidden under the tops of bookshelves. | ||
- | |||
- | The shop is respected by the local gentry, and is often visited by the | ||
- | stables of the Black Riders, who have complained of the shop due to | ||
- | the number of odd (and colorful) items they see there. | ||
- | |||
- | The shop is usually full of exotic and exotic items from top to | ||
- | bottom, but the problem is the shopkeeper' | ||
- | wide variety of gemstones, but the shopkeeper' | ||
- | in his own jewelry and accessories than in dealing with the locals. | ||
- | |||
- | Henrietta herself is a merchant who frequents the canteen and bath and | ||
- | mooch. She has no idea why, but is still fond of it. She also has a | ||
- | dimmish but fond sense of humor. | ||
- | |||
- | ## Magarib 14–19 | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Last Fels | ||
- | |||
- | As you all know, this eulogy is for Rumfels, who was eaten by an orca | ||
- | earlier today. | ||
- | |||
- | Rumfels was usually alone. Half-elven, half-human, and with an | ||
- | ambiguous expression, who liked to wear a big, loose cloak of camel | ||
- | wool, originally brown but worn thin pale gray through many years on | ||
- | board sunny decks. | ||
- | |||
- | The craftmanship of this cloak must' | ||
- | the one time I saw them take it off, not a stitch was loose. It was | ||
- | only the cloth itself that was being worn threadbare, day and night, | ||
- | almost exposing the quilted lining. | ||
- | |||
- | Their bahrayin' | ||
- | thread and needle, a mess kit, a tinderbox, and a durable, heavy | ||
- | lantern. | ||
- | |||
- | A couple of times I saw them at the docks, marveling at the tales of | ||
- | sailors from other ships especially when they had sea creatures or | ||
- | exotic treasures on display. | ||
- | |||
- | As far as I know, they grew up on the high seas, but those seas never | ||
- | lost their sense of wonder and fascination to them. Often looking | ||
- | wistfully at the sun glittering on the waves of the Golden Gulf and | ||
- | further south, on the Crowded Sea itself. | ||
- | |||
- | I asked them once where they had gotten the name Rumfels and at first | ||
- | I couldn' | ||
- | still softly: " | ||
- | piece, for some rum." | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Skeleton' | ||
- | |||
- | The House of Dhi'b, or as some call them, the Sons of the Wolf, are | ||
- | ruled by an old, gaunt sheikh, Anwat al-Makkar, nicknamed the | ||
- | " | ||
- | al-Dhi' | ||
- | |||
- | Anwat' | ||
- | traveled to Hiyal to search help but was referred to the gnome rulers | ||
- | of Sikak. Those rulers did not open the gates to this scruffy sha'ir | ||
- | with his al-Badia–accented Midani. They did not let up whether they | ||
- | knew of his reputation as commander of genie. | ||
- | |||
- | On the island village of Samak, he received the hushed whispers: | ||
- | "Bring your young ruler-in-waiting to the hakimas on Saliam Island" | ||
- | Eager to return home, he signed up with the Sea Ghost Trading Company | ||
- | for passage home to his tribe in the deserts west of Ajayib. | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Botched Raise | ||
- | |||
- | Thirsty Salt is what they call me, and me and my best friend Clever | ||
- | Copper are acolytes here at Safaq' | ||
- | |||
- | Petitioned by the residents of Safaq, Na'wa min-Hakiyah, | ||
- | priest, had attempted to raise the guard captain, Eli, from beyond the | ||
- | shroud between life and death. | ||
- | |||
- | Accompanied by two of the novices, Hafam and Zobeiza, they commenced | ||
- | the hour-long, solemn process. Suddenly, after just a few minutes, we | ||
- | heard a terrible commotion, screams and… and a snarling, wet sound. | ||
- | |||
- | I, and Namarida, one of the novices here, rushed up the stairs and on | ||
- | the other side of the door we saw a horrible stillness. Spatter on the | ||
- | wall and floor and the three of our fellow clergy, with whom we break | ||
- | bread before every vesper and after every laud, dead. Their injuries | ||
- | too gruesome to detail, but, seemingly committed by tooth, claw, and a | ||
- | curiously precise assortment of needles. | ||
- | |||
- | Eli's own body still on the slab, not a drop on him. | ||
- | |||
- | ## Magarib 20–21 | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Veteran' | ||
- | |||
- | This veteran' | ||
- | you will help him carry it. | ||
- | |||
- | He will not be injured by it, | ||
- | but it is not safe to be too full of it. | ||
- | |||
- | He may get rid of his fears and doubt, | ||
- | but he will not be hurt by it at all. | ||
- | |||
- | He will not be hurt by it, but in the name of Hajama, | ||
- | as a traveler in a state of great danger. | ||
- | |||
- | I see that you are a man of understanding, | ||
- | That is one of those who know the truth. | ||
- | |||
- | When he had finished, the imam got up and said: "I have heard, O | ||
- | merciful king, That there is a stranger among the people of the city, | ||
- | As tall as a mountain with a beard like a peacock." | ||
- | |||
- | This veteran' | ||
- | like the enamel in a vase or as a mirror: | ||
- | |||
- | It is used by sailors as a weapon for striking with | ||
- | and some as a weapon when they are being fond of us. | ||
- | |||
- | When their druggist makes his or her bed, the two of them are in the | ||
- | habit of drinking wine together and eating, and sometimes they make a | ||
- | peaceable companionship; | ||
- | |||
- | All in all, I prefer to take the chains and, if I are beaten, I will | ||
- | follow your example. | ||
- | |||
- | If I find myself in a place where I can't get away, I will cut my own | ||
- | wood and burn my own stoves, and so on. | ||
- | His eyes glinted, and his heart beat like a spring in the storm. | ||
- | |||
- | His apprentice, the faithful quartermaster Captain Xendros, said: | ||
- | |||
- | "In such cases, I dare you, my master, to pick a quarrel with me? You | ||
- | are the one who brought me up, and I have been wronged by you. In that | ||
- | case, it is not for me to give you a choice between me and him, and if | ||
- | I am beaten by you, I shall cut my own wood and burn my own stoves, | ||
- | and I shall then have to fight for you. I do not think you can make | ||
- | the choice, master," | ||
- | does not please me to hear you complain of the wrongs you have done me | ||
- | and of the injustice you have done me. You are a coward, and I shall | ||
- | strike up my own shop on the coast of the Crowded Sea." | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Ancient Vestments | ||
- | |||
- | The Loregiver tells of an amira in the twelfth century. | ||
- | |||
- | With a group of soldiers, they expertly escorted the amira through the | ||
- | streets of the district, where she was met by a small crowd of | ||
- | onlookers. Her presence was also noticed by two rulers of the palace, | ||
- | whom she had in her service. The latter were the husband-to-be and the | ||
- | younger daughter of the vizier, and that is to say, the two who were | ||
- | killed in the palace. | ||
- | |||
- | The palace guards, who had been watching over Gana in private but as | ||
- | usual remained in and out of her presence, were muttering to | ||
- | themselves: "How could she be killed by the palace guards? We shall | ||
- | not know about this until the day after tomorrow night." | ||
- | being, they were in a state of confusion and during the night they had | ||
- | wandered about the palace looking for her. They had not noticed her | ||
- | before, and as for the vizier, he had not been able to sleep, as Gana | ||
- | was still in the palace with the guard servants, and so he had only to | ||
- | stay awake for a while. | ||
- | |||
- | By the time the next morning dawned, he was still in the palace. | ||
- | |||
- | Many of the tattered and ragged clothes from the amira' | ||
- | lie in a seawater, particularly the pajamas, which are wrapped in | ||
- | seaweed. | ||
- | |||
- | Shibali herself has a strong dislike for the guests who | ||
- | flee the palace, but she recognizes the value of them | ||
- | after reading their stories and the stories of the | ||
- | marids, for the storytellers and the mariners are all | ||
- | in the palace. | ||
- | |||
- | She is extremely jealous and jealous of the guests. She is only | ||
- | allowed two nights in a week, and in the first night she sleeps with | ||
- | only the servants of the palace. She has a nightmarish sense of humor | ||
- | and is quite unable to sleep. She has been known to wear accessories | ||
- | and wear out their lives, so she has no qualms about being seen in the | ||
- | palace. | ||
- | |||
- | She wears a sultana' | ||
- | has drawn up for her, which he has kept trimmed with gold and adorned | ||
- | with jewels. She is besotted by dreams of gold, jewels, and spices, | ||
- | and each night she has a special night-time ritual: a night of | ||
- | drinking, dancing, and singing. | ||
- | |||
- | Her festival is held every year on the first of the month of Saris, | ||
- | when a party of Pantheon League treasure seekers (gathered here by a | ||
- | wealth of the nearest cities and towns) ride out to meet the sultana. | ||
- | |||
- | These entertainments are chosen from a large roster of exotic items | ||
- | and special effects, arranged in an exotic but worthless and corrupted | ||
- | fashion. In the sultana' | ||
- | and an exotic lamp with a magical enchantment, | ||
- | the magic to design her own new items, which she twists into mundane | ||
- | items. | ||
- | |||
- | ### The Tale of the Acolyte' | ||
- | |||
- | My compatriot is betrothed to Istishia | ||
- | but I have pledged myself to Imix. | ||
- | |||
- | My worship burns in your presence, | ||
- | And your knowledge is more powerful than the night. | ||
- | Your light is like the moon. | ||
- | Your certainty is like the fire. | ||
- | Your knowledge is like the dawn. | ||
- | Your power is like the morning. | ||
- | Your answer is like the dawn, | ||
- | and your peace is like the dawn. | ||
- | |||
- | You are the Lord of the funeral pyre. | ||
- | Your truth is like the elders. | ||
- | Your will is like the beasts of burden. | ||
- | |||
- | My worship burns in the | ||
- | place of the great, the magnificent, | ||
- | the illustrious, | ||
- | the envious, the detractors, the idolaters; | ||
- | the faithful, the faithful, the peace-loving; | ||
- | the liberated, the oppressed, the refugees. | ||
- | The sun, moon, and stars of heaven, | ||
- | the swift, the swift, and the swift, | ||
- | the beautified, the blessed, the free, the gracious, | ||
- | the prosperous, the excommunicated; | ||
- | the way of the righteous. | ||
- | |||
- | My worship burns within my hand, | ||
- | And all my heart' | ||
- | For fear of the one who has the power to | ||
- | Deliver me from the clutches of the evil world, | ||
- | Which has spread out like a fiery sea, | ||
- | Despising me and seeking after me. | ||
- | It is the wish of my heart that I should be your slave, | ||
- | And your slave is my desire; | ||
- | You who have given me a ship, | ||
- | And the rudder of which I can lift, | ||
- | And a beating heart that is set upon you. | ||
- | |||
- | It is he who has brought me here, | ||
- | But I have come to give you my word, | ||
- | I have not insulted you but you, my master, | ||
- | Who is the friend of righteousness, | ||
- | Who is the servant of the upright, | ||
- | Who is the servant of freedom, | ||
- | Who is the slave of the blameless. | ||