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-====== Tales =======+ ====== Tales =======
  
 Just creating the document so we can fill it in tonight♥ Just creating the document so we can fill it in tonight♥
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 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. 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 ===== ===== #boatmode Session Zero =====
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 ===== Taraq 1 ===== ===== Taraq 1 =====
  
-==== The tale of the dock worker and the lazy hobos too good for a day's honest work ====+==== The Tale of the Dock Worker ====
  
 One day at the docks while unleading heavy crates for Andar bin Solmor's trading company, a dockworker overheard three bums that seemed out of their luck. "I'll offer them a job", he thought, and said that they could work with him for seven dinars a week. More than enough to cover a modest lifestyle, with food and stay at one of the local inns. "That's not enough for us!" they answered. "Fools", he thought, "who does not know the value of steady money." But he told them "If that's not enough, you might inquire with Mahnaz al-Qudra, she might need sa'luks such as yourself to guard her mine." "Sa'luks! We be not sa'luks!" they snarled. "We want to work as scribes, sorting papers!" "Well," the dockworker replied, "that's probably still going to be about the same pay as here" "Not enough!" they said. "Give us better work!" "What fools have Fate wrought", he thought. One day at the docks while unleading heavy crates for Andar bin Solmor's trading company, a dockworker overheard three bums that seemed out of their luck. "I'll offer them a job", he thought, and said that they could work with him for seven dinars a week. More than enough to cover a modest lifestyle, with food and stay at one of the local inns. "That's not enough for us!" they answered. "Fools", he thought, "who does not know the value of steady money." But he told them "If that's not enough, you might inquire with Mahnaz al-Qudra, she might need sa'luks such as yourself to guard her mine." "Sa'luks! We be not sa'luks!" they snarled. "We want to work as scribes, sorting papers!" "Well," the dockworker replied, "that's probably still going to be about the same pay as here" "Not enough!" they said. "Give us better work!" "What fools have Fate wrought", he thought.
  
-==== The tale of three thieves and the innkeeper they robbed ====+==== The Tale of the Three Thieves ====
  
 Hanna bint Rist at "Fiskelinan" tavern had a rough night. It was tough sleeping even though she tried to cover her head with a pillow because she was hearing weird noises from her next door neigbor, Gufsha. Hanna bint Rist at "Fiskelinan" tavern had a rough night. It was tough sleeping even though she tried to cover her head with a pillow because she was hearing weird noises from her next door neigbor, Gufsha.
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 All well and good. But. While she had left them to guard the tavern, they must have stolen the bottle of mom's lobster wine. Later they came back with Mahnaz, the owner of the silver mine down the coast, and tossed coin around and took her pillowcase and her bedsheet. All well and good. But. While she had left them to guard the tavern, they must have stolen the bottle of mom's lobster wine. Later they came back with Mahnaz, the owner of the silver mine down the coast, and tossed coin around and took her pillowcase and her bedsheet.
  
-==== The tale of the city of bullies and the academic they harassed ====+==== The Tale of the Bullied Academic ====
  
 Gufsha was a scholar. She kept to herself mostly. Why did everyone always suspect her? Why did people always came knocking on her door, haunting her? Gufsha was a scholar. She kept to herself mostly. Why did everyone always suspect her? Why did people always came knocking on her door, haunting her?
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 half. He is burying his wish. half. He is burying his wish.
  
-===== Tariq 9 =====+===== Taraq 9 =====
 The party now is The party now is
  
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 and shield. My way is a simple way. Sharp and clean and true. and shield. My way is a simple way. Sharp and clean and true.
  
-===== Tariq 9–10 =====+===== Taraq 9–10 =====
  
 ==== The Tale of the Mad Cavern ==== ==== The Tale of the Mad Cavern ====
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 and in their dying breath they took to killing. and in their dying breath they took to killing.
  
-===== Tariq 10 =====+===== Taraq 10 =====
  
 The party now is: The party now is:
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 is hidden there, and the drawer is locked. is hidden there, and the drawer is locked.
  
-===== Tariq 11 =====+===== Taraq 11 =====
  
 ==== The Tale of the Mud Mephit ==== ==== The Tale of the Mud Mephit ====
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 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 heart.
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 +===== Taraq 11, evening =====
 +
 +==== The Tale of the Broken Portal ====
 +
 +They broke the portal\\
 +and I came out wrong\\
 +I was half cut off,\\
 +half buckled,\\
 +and half whole.
 +
 +My sister came after me\\
 +the portal was grey dry glass\\
 +it was a thousand fractures.
 +
 +Mephits shone through a cracked lens\\
 +refracted and multifaceted\\
 +unique and wonderful.
 +
 +But when the conch is gone\\
 +the portal is no more\\
 +and we can’t go through.
 +
 +==== The Tale of the Kraken’s Ball ====
 +
 +Let’s dance for the kraken!\\
 +Let the night begin!\\
 +As the world is dying\\
 +we’ll be among kin.
 +
 +Vaalastroth is coming.\\
 +Leaving his true mark.\\
 +While he starts to eat the world,\\
 +we’re dancing in the dark.
 +
 +In his chandelier there are\\
 +a thousand brilliant lights.\\
 +Stars that light the ballroom’s floor\\
 +under endless nights.
 +
 +Warth al-Keel will serve him\\
 +to honor his soft form.\\
 +He whips his arms like lightning\\
 +in a sudden storm.
 +
 +==== The Tale of the Honest Novice ====
 +
 +Lankus, let me tell you about these no-good sa’luks and their “missions” to my mine…
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 +Mission one, they tell me they’ll find the source of the undead that attacked us there. Good job, just repeating the rumor-whispering of your collegue over the other tavern, Hannah. That was the most expensive message delivery service I’d ever paid for.
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 +Misssion two, they tell me they’ll stop the zombies and skeletons. They show up when it’s all over, grab the bodies and come here to claim the rewards. Glad I got out of that one, or that would’ve been the most expensive body transport service I’d ever paid for.
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 +Mission three, they tell me they’ll find where that monster in my mine came from and how come it was dead and who broke through to the mine from the other side. I was just about to pay them for that too. But thanks to that new guy in their group, the honest novice and his sister, I dodged that arrow. That would’ve been the most expensive efreet story telling hour I’d ever paid for.
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