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+ | ## 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ## 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 yn 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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | 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. | ||