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al-qadim:diary [2020-03-08 15:09] – [The Tale of the Honest Novice] sandraal-qadim:diary [2020-08-11 13:28] – markdown edition sandra
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  ====== Tales =======  ====== Tales =======
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-Just creating the document so we can fill it in tonight♥ 
  
 Zakhara month names: Zakhara month names:
  
-  * Taraq +*  Taraq 
-  * Masta +*  Masta 
-  * Magarib +*  Magarib 
-  * Gammam +*  Gammam 
-  * Mihla +*  Mihla 
-  * Qawafil +*  Qawafil 
-  * Holy day of Ahad +*  Holy day of Ahad 
-  * Holy day of Atnen +*  Holy day of Atnen 
-  * Holy day of Salas +*  Holy day of Salas 
-  * Holy day of Arba +*  Holy day of Arba 
-  * Holy day of Yasad +*  Holy day of Yasad 
-  * Safa +*  Safa 
-  * Dar +*  Dar 
-  * Riyah +*  Riyah 
-  * Nau +*  Nau 
-  * Rahat +*  Rahat 
-  * Saris+*  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. 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.
  
-Första taraq börjar året,\\  +Första taraq börjar året,   
-nästa masta kommer näst.\\  +nästa masta kommer näst.   
-Magarib, gamman har knopp i håret,\\  +Magarib, gamman har knopp i håret,   
-Mihla, qawafil blommar mest.\\  +Mihla, qawafil blommar mest.   
-Safa, dar och riyah,\\  +Safa, dar och riyah,   
-härlig sommar är det då.\\  +härlig sommar är det då.   
-Men nau och rahat\\ +Men nau och rahat  
 och saris är så grå. och saris är så grå.
  
-===== #boatmode Session Zero =====+## #boatmode Session Zero
  
 The party is The party is
  
-  * Jalara abd-Jamil, a bugbear corsair +*  Jalara abd-Jamil, a bugbear corsair 
-  * Djut, a goblin corsair +*  Djut, a goblin corsair 
-  * Keeze, a goblin sa’luk +*  Keeze, a goblin sa’luk 
-  * Na’im al-Qadib, an air genasi flamewind sorcerer+*  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. 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.
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 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. 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 ====+### Keezes dagbok
  
 jag vet att jag har minnesluckor men det är ändå inte så konstigt jag vet att jag har minnesluckor men det är ändå inte så konstigt
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 men först måste vi hitta ett lämpligt ställe att grunda en stad på och för att göra det så behöver vi en bra båt men först måste vi hitta ett lämpligt ställe att grunda en stad på och för att göra det så behöver vi en bra båt
  
-===== Taraq 1 =====+## Taraq 1
  
-==== The Tale of the Dock Worker ====+### 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 the Three Thieves ====+### 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 Bullied Academic ====+### 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?
  
-===== Taraq 2–9 =====+## Taraq 2–9
  
-==== The Tale of the Last Askari ====+### The Tale of the Last Askari
  
 Eleven of us askari were sent to the silver mine. The dead walked Eleven of us askari were sent to the silver mine. The dead walked
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 a long time. a long time.
  
-And the dead were armed.\\  +And the dead were armed.   
-And the dead fought well.\\  +And the dead fought well.   
-And our lives were harmed.\\ +And our lives were harmed.  
 And our brothers fell. And our brothers fell.
  
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 crates on a wagon of djinni wind. crates on a wagon of djinni wind.
  
-==== The Tale of the Bravest Animal ====+### The Tale of the Bravest Animal
  
 Come gather round! This bottle contains a magic potion that will make Come gather round! This bottle contains a magic potion that will make
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 To this, the sparrow replied "♫poo♫tee♫weet♫". To this, the sparrow replied "♫poo♫tee♫weet♫".
  
-==== The Tale of the Clear Water ====+### The Tale of the Clear Water
  
 On a high cliff by the coast four miles from Safaq on a hot day there On a high cliff by the coast four miles from Safaq on a hot day there
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 white stone. white stone.
  
-Now there is no glint. Now there is no joy.\\  +Now there is no glint. Now there is no joy.   
-Now there are two workers digging in the ground.\\ +Now there are two workers digging in the ground.  
 Trading calloused hands for coin and books. Trading calloused hands for coin and books.
  
 One is burying their goblin-kin, their anchor in the Land of Fate, One is burying their goblin-kin, their anchor in the Land of Fate,
-their hope and their future.\\ +their hope and their future.  
 The other is burying his past. His forgotten everything and other The other is burying his past. His forgotten everything and other
 half. He is burying his wish. half. He is burying his wish.
  
-===== Taraq 9 =====+## Taraq 9 
 The party now is The party now is
  
-  * Umaji min-Hakiyah +*  Umaji min-Hakiyah 
-  * Talara adb-Jamil +*  Talara adb-Jamil 
-  * Na'im al-Qadib +*  Na'im al-Qadib 
-  * Djut (absent)+*  Djut (absent)
  
-==== The Tale of the Brine Hand  ====+### The Tale of the Brine Hand 
  
 Call me the Brine Hand. Call me the Brine Hand.
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 small seaside town of Safaq. It'll do, this little town. It'll do. We small seaside town of Safaq. It'll do, this little town. It'll do. We
 have a sailor's graveyard here. Memorial stones, mostly. But sometimes have a sailor's graveyard here. Memorial stones, mostly. But sometimes
-sa'luks... no, sometimes //heroes// come with bones of the sea and we+sa'luks... no, sometimes *heroes* come with bones of the sea and we
 give them an honorable grave. give them an honorable grave.
  
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 suffocatingly restless. suffocatingly restless.
  
-==== The Tale of the Endless Night ====+### The Tale of the Endless Night
  
 Gufsha; I still think my name is beautiful. I remember my mother Gufsha; I still think my name is beautiful. I remember my mother
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 holds the pick. That is who is trapped here. holds the pick. That is who is trapped here.
  
-==== The Tale of the Goddess' Touch ====+### The Tale of the Goddess' Touch
  
 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
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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.
  
-===== Taraq 9–10 =====+## Taraq 9–10
  
-==== The Tale of the Mad Cavern ====+### The Tale of the Mad Cavern
  
 The darkness was beautiful there. Shadows pooled like water. The The darkness was beautiful there. Shadows pooled like water. The
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 hundreds of feet but couldn't reach a ceiling in this massive cavern. hundreds of feet but couldn't reach a ceiling in this massive cavern.
  
-==== The Tale of the Forgetful Dwarf ====+### The Tale of the Forgetful Dwarf
  
 I usually move so silently in the night, and so tenderly I plunder the I usually move so silently in the night, and so tenderly I plunder the
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 without sleeping, and hear without hearing. without sleeping, and hear without hearing.
  
-==== The Tale of the Recent Dead ====+### The Tale of the Recent Dead
  
 There is a house up the coast, East of Safaq, and west of Mahnaz' There is a house up the coast, East of Safaq, and west of Mahnaz'
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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 heart, 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,  
 and in their dying breath they took to killing. and in their dying breath they took to killing.
  
-===== Taraq 10 =====+## Taraq 10
  
 The party now is: The party now is:
  
-  * Jalara abd-Jamil +*  Jalara abd-Jamil 
-  * Na’im al-Qadib +*  Na’im al-Qadib 
-  * Umaji min-Hakiyah +*  Umaji min-Hakiyah 
-  * Lamsa abd-Husam+*  Lamsa abd-Husam
  
-==== The Tale of the Goat Herders ====+### The Tale of the Goat Herders
  
 What a strange follower we found, who wanted to deliver a rat to a What a strange follower we found, who wanted to deliver a rat to a
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 In stillness I take rest underneath the cypress shade while my goats In stillness I take rest underneath the cypress shade while my goats
 graze the commons. graze the commons.
-==== The Tale of the Barred Door ====+### The Tale of the Barred Door
  
 In that big house there is a cellar carved into the sharp cliffs by In that big house there is a cellar carved into the sharp cliffs by
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 I wake from my nightmares when I hear them pounding on that door. I hear the creaking of the metal bar. O, Najm, let it hold. I wake from my nightmares when I hear them pounding on that door. I hear the creaking of the metal bar. O, Najm, let it hold.
-==== The Tale of the Hidden Vial ====+### The Tale of the Hidden Vial
  
 Potions of healing, greater potions of healing, even supreme potions Potions of healing, greater potions of healing, even supreme potions
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 is hidden there, and the drawer is locked. is hidden there, and the drawer is locked.
  
-===== Taraq 11 =====+## Taraq 11
  
-==== The Tale of the Mud Mephit ====+### The Tale of the Mud Mephit
  
-Steal a goat! Tarnish Hakiyah's temple!\\  +Steal a goat! Tarnish Hakiyah's temple!   
-Throw dirt, throw mud!\\  +Throw dirt, throw mud!   
-Sink a boat! Let all ships dissemble!\\   +Sink a boat! Let all ships dissemble!    
-Flow dirt, like blood!\\ +Flow dirt, like blood!  
  
-We've got conch to make our kind appear\\  +We've got conch to make our kind appear   
-Make a door under the sea\\  +Make a door under the sea   
-Through that door the Land of Fate is near\\ +Through that door the Land of Fate is near  
 In that land we can roam free! In that land we can roam free!
  
-==== 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 heart, the Loregiver tells of a couple of orcish millers
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 al-Keel. Vaalastroth broke the cliff and sent the town into the water. al-Keel. Vaalastroth broke the cliff and sent the town into the water.
  
-==== The Tale of the False Priest ====+### The Tale of the False Priest
  
 Istishia the cold god of water opposed the enlightenment of the Istishia the cold god of water opposed the enlightenment of the
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 drown. But al-Ek loved Istishia in his heart. drown. But al-Ek loved Istishia in his heart.
  
-===== Taraq 11, evening =====+## Taraq 11, evening
  
-==== The Tale of the Broken Portal ====+### The Tale of the Broken Portal
  
 They broke the portal\\ They broke the portal\\
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 and we can’t go through. and we can’t go through.
  
-==== The Tale of the Kraken’s Ball ====+### The Tale of the Kraken’s Ball
  
 Let’s dance for the kraken!\\ Let’s dance for the kraken!\\
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 in a sudden storm. in a sudden storm.
  
-==== The Tale of the Honest Novice ====+### The Tale of the Honest Novice
  
 Lankus, let me tell you about these no-good sa’luks and their “missions” to my mine… Lankus, let me tell you about these no-good sa’luks and their “missions” to my mine…
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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. 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.
  
-===== Taraq 12 =====+## Taraq 12
  
-==== The Tale of the Pumpkin Head ====+### The Tale of the Pumpkin Head
  
 Just an ordinary pumpkin head on a moonless night. There is Just an ordinary pumpkin head on a moonless night. There is
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 carved me and presented me. A celebration. carved me and presented me. A celebration.
  
-==== The Tale of the Sand Rat ====+### The Tale of the Sand Rat
  
 You don't understand what Ökensand had been looking for, or the price You don't understand what Ökensand had been looking for, or the price
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 of life. You have to walk that desert all alone. of life. You have to walk that desert all alone.
  
-==== The Tale of the Magic Wand ====+### The Tale of the Magic Wand
  
 There are many more colors than the sun can burn away from our vision. There are many more colors than the sun can burn away from our vision.
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 gone. gone.
  
-==== Na Ims dagbok ====+### Na Ims dagbok
  
-Kära dagbok.\\  +Kära dagbok.   
-Idag har vi haft en mycket intressant dag.\\  +Idag har vi haft en mycket intressant dag.   
-Allt började redan under morgonkaffet. Jag kunde se hur värdshusvärdinan nästan fick en leverattack av att se Jalara i dörröppningen. Det visade sig att Jalara hade fått tag i en stor magisk pumpa, så även grönsaker kan vara magiska.\\ +Allt började redan under morgonkaffet. Jag kunde se hur värdshusvärdinan nästan fick en leverattack av att se Jalara i dörröppningen. Det visade sig att Jalara hade fått tag i en stor magisk pumpa, så även grönsaker kan vara magiska.  
 Kanske det är bättre att skaffa en egen bostad i byn, verkar ju som mina vänner bara ställer till problem för lokalbefolkningen. Kanske det är bättre att skaffa en egen bostad i byn, verkar ju som mina vänner bara ställer till problem för lokalbefolkningen.
  
-Vi besökte det "hemsökta" herrgården utanför byn för att hämta upp de kvarvarande kropparna så att de kan få en riktig begravning, men det verkar vara någon eller något som transporterat bort kropparna.\\ +Vi besökte det "hemsökta" herrgården utanför byn för att hämta upp de kvarvarande kropparna så att de kan få en riktig begravning, men det verkar vara någon eller något som transporterat bort kropparna.  
 Efter lite undersökning av huset så hittade vi tecken på att det verkar vara "bootleggers" i farten. Dels är det brandyfaten i källaren, men även att de har kommunikation med ett skepp ute på havet. Kanske ska jag ta med faten till Hanna så att hon kanske blir lite lugnare. Hon verkar ju gilla lite av de starka dryckerna. Efter lite undersökning av huset så hittade vi tecken på att det verkar vara "bootleggers" i farten. Dels är det brandyfaten i källaren, men även att de har kommunikation med ett skepp ute på havet. Kanske ska jag ta med faten till Hanna så att hon kanske blir lite lugnare. Hon verkar ju gilla lite av de starka dryckerna.
  
 Jalara verkar fortfarande inte förstå att elementarmagi är verklig. Detta även fast hon fick prova på att själv använda en Detect Magic från en wand. När inte ens detta hjälper så vet jag inte vad jag ska göra för att få henne att vilja överge sin antitro. Kanske Umaji kan göra något för henne. Jalara verkar fortfarande inte förstå att elementarmagi är verklig. Detta även fast hon fick prova på att själv använda en Detect Magic från en wand. När inte ens detta hjälper så vet jag inte vad jag ska göra för att få henne att vilja överge sin antitro. Kanske Umaji kan göra något för henne.
  
-Vi verkar ha en spion i gruppen, den där ökenråttan är en farlig motståndare. Verkar bara vara jag som förstår problemet med en ond elementar magiker i gruppen.\\ +Vi verkar ha en spion i gruppen, den där ökenråttan är en farlig motståndare. Verkar bara vara jag som förstår problemet med en ond elementar magiker i gruppen.  
 Måste vara någon konstig magi som ökenråtta tagit över Umaji med, kanske ska jag fråga Salta Handen när vi kommer tillbaka till staden. Parasiter brukar ju kunna döda sin värd om man inte är försiktig med separationen. Måste vara någon konstig magi som ökenråtta tagit över Umaji med, kanske ska jag fråga Salta Handen när vi kommer tillbaka till staden. Parasiter brukar ju kunna döda sin värd om man inte är försiktig med separationen.
  
 Sist men inte minst så råkade Tufa nästan ut för ett otäckt öde. Men jag han i sista sekund rädda henne från att uppleva döden. Prata om problem med ohyra i denna herrgård. Sist men inte minst så råkade Tufa nästan ut för ett otäckt öde. Men jag han i sista sekund rädda henne från att uppleva döden. Prata om problem med ohyra i denna herrgård.
  
-===== Taraq 13 =====+## Taraq 13
  
-==== The Tale of the Modest Home ====+### The Tale of the Modest Home
  
-Clean face before the morning prayer.\\  +Clean face before the morning prayer.   
-Breakfast of bread, curd cheese, olives and dates.\\  +Breakfast of bread, curd cheese, olives and dates.   
-The coffee is dark and bitter.\\  +The coffee is dark and bitter.   
-The evening meal is the largest of the day.\\  +The evening meal is the largest of the day.   
-Scooped up with flat bread.\\ +Scooped up with flat bread.  
 An evening of telling tales. An evening of telling tales.
  
-My son was chosen by the gods.\\ +My son was chosen by the gods.  
 My daughter signed herself away to the courts of air. My daughter signed herself away to the courts of air.
  
-A scent of the sea on the breeze through the window.\\ +A scent of the sea on the breeze through the window.  
 The day is done. I lay off my burden. Each day a new day. The day is done. I lay off my burden. Each day a new day.
  
-==== The Tale of the Committed Researcher ====+### The Tale of the Committed Researcher
  
 It's not that I don't want to work on this whole gold thing. I do. I It's not that I don't want to work on this whole gold thing. I do. I
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 If I just… Maybe tonight I'll find the answer. If I just… Maybe tonight I'll find the answer.
  
-==== The Tale of the Silver Sinker ====+### The Tale of the Silver Sinker
  
 Pfffsht! Whaddaya talking about, Ibrahim! No _way_ 200 dinars is "too Pfffsht! Whaddaya talking about, Ibrahim! No _way_ 200 dinars is "too
 much money for a fishing rod, even if it's pure silver". Take a look much money for a fishing rod, even if it's pure silver". Take a look
-at this thing, it is absolutely //baller//!+at this thing, it is absolutely *baller*!
  
 So, wanna go fishing this weekend? We can go on your boat and we can So, wanna go fishing this weekend? We can go on your boat and we can
 take this fantastic silver beaut for a spin! take this fantastic silver beaut for a spin!
 +