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  ====== Tales =======
-Just creating the document so we can fill it in tonight♥
 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.
-===== #boatmode Session Zero =====
+## #boatmode Session Zero
 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.
 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.
+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
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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
-===== 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.
-Early in the morning, a corsair and two sa'luks came to visit her little establishment. At first, they seemed helpful. They even helped her find her family heirloom necklace. Nothing valuable, just sentimental, but it meant a lot to her. They asked if she had any suspicions and of course her thoughts led straight to that weirdo, Gufsha.
+Early in the morning, a corsair and two sa'luks came to visit her
+little establishment. At first, they seemed helpful. They even helped
+her find her family heirloom necklace. Nothing valuable, just
+sentimental, but it meant a lot to her. They asked if she had any
+suspicions and of course her thoughts led straight to that weirdo,
+Gufsha.
-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
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 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.
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 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
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 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
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 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.
 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
 half. He is burying his wish.
-===== Taraq 9 =====
+## Taraq 9
 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.
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 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
-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.
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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'
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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 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.
-===== Taraq 10 =====
+## Taraq 10
 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
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 In stillness I take rest underneath the cypress shade while my goats
 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
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 pierce my soul.
-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
-==== The Tale of the Hidden Vial ====
+hear the creaking of the metal bar. O, Najm, let it hold.
+### The Tale of the Hidden Vial
 Potions of healing, greater potions of healing, even supreme potions
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 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!
-==== 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
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 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
 Loregiver. Istishia only wants the world to drown. But al-Ek loved
 Istishia in his heart.
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 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
-and I came out wrong\\
+and I came out wrong
-I was half cut off,\\
+I was half cut off,
-half buckled,\\
+half buckled,
 and half whole.
-My sister came after me\\
+My sister came after me
-the portal was grey dry glass\\
+the portal was grey dry glass
 it was a thousand fractures.
-Mephits shone through a cracked lens\\
+Mephits shone through a cracked lens
-refracted and multifaceted\\
+refracted and multifaceted
 unique and wonderful.
-But when the conch is gone\\
+But when the conch is gone
-the portal is no more\\
+the portal is no more
 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!
-Let the night begin!\\
+Let the night begin!
-As the world is dying\\
+As the world is dying
 we’ll be among kin.
-Vaalastroth is coming.\\
+Vaalastroth is coming.
-Leaving his true mark.\\
+Leaving his true mark.
-While he starts to eat the world,\\
+While he starts to eat the world,
 we’re dancing in the dark.
-In his chandelier there are\\
+In his chandelier there are
-a thousand brilliant lights.\\
+a thousand brilliant lights.
-Stars that light the ballroom’s floor\\
+Stars that light the ballroom’s floor
 under endless nights.
-Warth al-Keel will serve him\\
+Warth al-Keel will serve him
-to honor his soft form.\\
+to honor his soft form.
-He whips his arms like lightning\\
+He whips his arms like lightning
 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…
-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.
+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.
-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.
+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.
-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
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 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
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 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.
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 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
-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.
+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.
-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.
-My son was chosen by the gods.\\
+My son was chosen by the gods.
 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 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
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 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
 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
 take this fantastic silver beaut for a spin!
+## Taraq 14–20
+### The Tale of the Small but Scrappy Istishia Cult
+We have swords and we will attack Safaq. Any questions? We will
+destroy everyone who lives there. Kill the town guard, the citizens.
+Just the eight of us will do that. On our own.
+### The Tale of the Comforted Poor
+They say there is a house in Safaq where you can go when you're at the
+end of your rope. When you have nothing and you want comfort, you want
+shelter. You can find blessing there and they will take care of your
+soul for you.
+### The Tale of the Harbor Riots
+A fish drying facility was burned to the ground in the riots over
+arrests of alleged "smugglers" last week. The protesters demanded the
+release of the suspects held by Eli and his town guard.