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-# Tales
+# Diary
-Zakhara month names:
+I need to face facts that I'm not gonna catch up writing tales any time soon. Maybe I will someday, maybe never, but for now we need to sort things out sonwe can know what the current date is in Zakhara. For the missing sessions, I'll write up a more rough summary that involves some guessing. Then be a little more careful going forward.
-*  Taraq
+## Interim Diary
-*  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,
+There are two timelines. A-team and B-team. If we bring in other teams they will get their own timelines. When two teams cross paths the team that's furthest back in the past will have mandatory downtime (with random "what happened" events) to catch up.
-they just come after 30th of Qawafil and before 1st of Safa.
-Första taraq börjar året,
+### A-team
-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 A-team is currently just outside the tent camp of the house of
+Dhi'b, proooobably better known as "The Sons of the Wolf".
-The party is
+Their mission: to bring back Mamun bin Harun bin Hamid.
-*  Jalara abd-Jamil, a bugbear corsair
+And, with the help of the life-changing magic of efreets, they managed to find him, or rather, he (and Jalara al-Jamil, pirate queen of Durrar), managed to find them, shipwrecked on Anklis island.
-*  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
+The current party is Fari, Abu, Aman, and Hidi from the House of Dhi'b, and Jalara.
-Ghost. Unfortunately they don’t really know much about that ship.
-The two corsairs also want revenge on the pirates on Sunless Island.
+On their way back they discovered Azim Island, home of the cult of the Blood Eye, one of the several blood cults that have been sighted since the new elemental plane of blood was found. They carefully left the island.
-Keeze and Na’im have a shared past… that they don’t know about.
+They traveled through Ajayib, the City of Wonders, in disguise. An adventurer, Ulysses, who they had met on Anklis Island and accompanied them on Azim Island, parted ways with the party there. _(I don't remember what deal you made with him re how to find him again.)_
-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
+Almost at their own home, they ran into an exiled tribe member, Meket, who tried to start a rebellion against the clan leader, Sheikh Anwat "The Skeleton" al-Makkar.
-jag vet att jag har minnesluckor men det är ändå inte så konstigt
+They left Mamun to spy on him but when they returned, he was dead, and the party killed Meket in retaliation. Yes, Mamun, their old mentor, and Aman's teacher, was dead.
-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
+So it's with heads hung low in shame, and an exhaustion level each, the A-team returns to Dhi'b.
-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
+There's been six sessions of A-team since The Day of the Moth. Four before Jalara returned and two after. It's been 34 days diegetically since The Day of the Moth. Current date: 16th of Mihla, 1494. (I need to do two domain turns.)
-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
+kai tagit skada 32 hp loss
-och mästare som ger oss uppgifter ibland
-jag kommer också ihåg mina drömmar om att en dag grunda en stad för alla tjuvar, tiggare,
+dom är uppe & det har gått en dag (dom slog läger en natt på saliam vildmark) och sen gick dom fyra timmar till kristallerna. så det är 16 mihla
-gatubarn, rövare och andra på samhällets botten
-som en ny Hawa ungefär... jag har varit där en gång, det minns jag, ett fantastiskt ställe!
+Dom har sovit  natt på Anklis: 19 mihla
-och givetvis kommer det finnas plats för ett rejält bibliotek för vad vore en fest utan er magikers
+Dom har kommit tillbaka till Saliam: 22 mihla.
-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
+On 24 mihla they killed the Sirens of Blood and Sea.
-## Previous months
+Det är andra 2 Qawafil och dom rullade en trea på boat checket. Så vi ska rulla monster check. Dom har åkt 119 miles från Gana mot Bandar al-Sa'adat.
-- 1494
+Dom var i al-Sa'adat en natt till 3 Qawafil och sen tog dom en 4 dagar lång tripp till Sams Bandar.
-    - [Taraq](al-qadim/tales/1494/taraq)
-    - [Masta](al-qadim/tales/1494/masta)
-## Magarib 1–2
+Dom var i Sams Bandar en natt sen tog dom en sju dagar lång tripp till Mora. Det är 11 Qawafil.
-### The Tale of the Soul Dagger
+Det är seeeent på kvällen 13 Qawafil (ska bli 14 Qawafil imorgon) och
+dom har inte rullat encounter för natten. Dom ska få varorna
+inspekterade av Karatea. Deras hästar heter Lyre och Sanka.
+Priset kommer vara 16d6. DM, se IoD sidan 124.
-Acererak created the dagger from a shard of the soul monger, a magical
+qawafil för a-team dom har rullat en multiroll som clearat både natt och följande dag
-skullgem, a ring of intelligence, smoke of his breath, and the heart
-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
+qawafil a-team morning. dom har vandrat 8h.
-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.
+är 23 qawafil. dom har besegrat neanderthals. inga innestående xp
-When al-Bek, the Kahin, ordered Sir Bradford to destroy the dagger,
+qawafil. dom har besegrat mammut och elks. <del>1025 innestående</del>. dom har använt
-the ghosts inside were restored from the evil forms Acererak had
+fyra movement points. det är dag. klockan är tolv typ. moira är badass
-turned them into and their souls found peace among the planes.
-Even as the plane guardians watched their numbers dwindle, their
+qawafil. dom är uppe på ridgen / kratern. dom har använt tre movement points.
-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' Ring
+qawafil.
-Four plain golden rings were forged, one for each of the four heroes.
+- bruro tvåhörningen har skippat en tämjedag så måste börja om sen
-Sharwin al-Hukra, the Wind/Sea mage. Her brother, Talgen, the corsair,
+- hidi väntar på mo'iras dag så hon kan förätta vixeln med hans fem nya makor (två tjejer tre killar)
-and his corsair friend, just going by al-Karakas. They had been joined
+- dom hittade fem till makor i hövdingens rum. dom har inte tagit några av itemsen i det
-by an outland warrior, Sir Bradford, who carried the legendary
-Shatterspike.
-They each had their names carved into their rings. And swore to always
+är 28 qawafil
-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
+### B-team
-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
+There's been some near-TPKs. Current party: Alabar, Haquut, Clever Copper and Thirsty Salt.
-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'luks to eat.
-### The Tale of the Watch Captain
+Alabar's bard cousin Showa is on Pixie Island. The party's current location is Shipwreck Island and it's been six days (five sessions of B-team) since The Day of the Moth. Safaq's Haikyah temple (founded by the Brine Hand) have been taken over by an Istishia cult based on abd-Yson Island. Current date: 7th of Gammam, 1494.
-Krag is what they call me.
+<del>Current date 11th Gammam — Thirsty Salt, Clever Copper and Haaqut have one level of exh. They are in the Sal'uk Meadhall in Jumlat</del>
-Two times every day, Eli had looked out over the dead horizon. I had
+<del>Current date: Mihla 17. Ala-Bar have died. Party is Haaqut, Thirsty Salt, and Ugly Angel. They are in adb-Yson</del>
-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.
+<del>Mihla 19 they are in Jumlat</del>
-Neither the waves nor the dunes claimed him. Humanity did.
+Mihla 21 was the day of rice reducing shenanigans! It's evening just before the long rest
-A man with white clothes, a red sash, and a silver ring with a golden,
+Crate Progress Report: crate 2/3, expeditions 3/7. each expedition 5
-embedded symbol of a scimitar had struck him down. Openly in the
+turns (unless something unusual happen like a spell or similar that
-street. Apprehended immediately, of course, by the confused guards.
+makes it six).
-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's influence over Safaq is slipping rapidly, and perhaps that's
+Mihla 25 RIP ISTISHIA
-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't
+B-team Mihla 26 on the road back from 1000T. encounters used:
-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
+Mihla 27 and they have crawled down into the Fall of the Snakemen part of the Veins of the Earth, in the well next to the haunted house.
-### The Tale of Barnacle Bess
+Mihla 28 dagen gryr på båten
-A bard cast Awaken on a crab, and the other missionaries were deeply
+mihla 29 dom är på necro island och det är pretty much kväll. dom är i M24C2.
-moved by the crab's dedication to Hakiyah and named her Barnacle Bess.
-She loved singing, and especially singing hymns dedicated to Hakiyah's
+Mihla 30, dom är hos Xendros
-wave of truth, and the most famous of them is
-Weeping, my beloved,
+qawafil 2, dom är i TotBM. dom är i gegg-rummet med orange gegga. dom har dödat änglarna
-who adores
-the sea and the land,
-Our hearts are filled
+Diary reminder TEAM B, vi gick från TOBM till skeppet och blev förföljda av Silaten.
-with the sorrows
+Tillbaka till TOBM den 3e Qawafil och räddade 15 av 19 fångar på våning två ur bloodspumpen samt tog en level 9a i bojor.
-of our own tears.
+Gick tillbaka till skeppet och åkte till Xendros City med dem och släppte lös de 15 fångarna. Hämtade 100 hamparep samt 3000 pitons.
+e Qawafil så gick vi till TOBM och hittade en hemlig dörr ifrån våning två till snigelrummet och dödade samt släpade tillbaka en snigels skal till båten, det har gått ca 5 timmar sedan vi gav oss av första gången till TOBM på dagen.
-We have vowed to give
+e Qawafil. Dom är i safaq. 2 timmar har gått. dom har supit och shoppat. Efter att ha räddat universum. screw you Jace Beleren.
-you our lives,
-for you are a great one
-O Hakiyah!
+e Qawafil. Dom har grundat den magiska skolan Steamforge och så är sniglarnas HP och tentakel och skal i snailfight.txt på DMs dator
-They say that the one who
+Qawafil, expedition day three! dugan exh level 3
-is most beloved
-is the greatest of matters,
-and that the greatest of
+Qawafil: berit dog. ma'fa kom undan. dom har halaa och kara och röda hjorten och dugan. encountertabellen för necro är nu d8: sju → mafa, åtta → sju pirriga banditer. dom är alltså uppe i citadellets gård
-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, often
-referred to as the Widow's Keepers because of its passage of years.
-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's Story
-Rubban Safaq bin-Jute himself assembled a force of half the people of
-the city, together with the sultan's vizier, to confront the hags,
-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's Jewels
-Henrietta's Jewels & Appraisal is a merchant's shop run by a misfit
-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's son. The shop also sells a
-wide variety of gemstones, but the shopkeeper's son is more interested
-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've been superb originally because
-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's rucksack contained several balls of twine, some finer
-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't hear their mumbled reply. I asked again, and they said,
-still softly: "Because I always set aside my last fels, my last copper
-piece, for some rum."
-### The Tale of the Skeleton's Advisor
-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
-"skeleton". He is not long for this world. His granddaughter Moira
-al-Dhi'b is too young to rule.
-Anwat's advisor, the legendary sha'ir Mamun bin Harun bin Hamid,
-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's Hakiyah mosque.
-Petitioned by the residents of Safaq, Na'wa min-Hakiyah, the new
-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's Cane
-This veteran's cane, and when you have been given this one,
-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's cane is as a white ornament: it is used to keep them
-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; but they are as a rule never together.
-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," said the merchant with the burning mouth, "and it
-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." For the time
-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's expedition
-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's robe, and a sash that her father
-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's home kit, which includes the portmanteau,
-and an exotic lamp with a magical enchantment, the sultana gives her
-the magic to design her own new items, which she twists into mundane
-items.
-### The Tale of the Acolyte's Flame
-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 mysterious;
-the illustrious, the majestic, the beloved;
-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's desire is to be with you;
-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. In 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's dead, they take them to the palace and,
-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
-They call her Silver Map. 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's lands. She has turned away all the others, but
-she has no other sisters, and her sister has married the
-sultan's son, who is her husband. The sun worshippers are
-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's secret city. The
-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.
-## Magarib 22
-### The Tale of the Entombed Saint
-Saint Sheeda min-Hakiyah lead the ships to port. This is well known to
-Gavlan and the queen, for the two of them have tended their lives to
-be close friends. Gavlan is a great merchant, and purveyor of the
-queen's favourite kind of wine. The first event of the day was a
-routine call made by the Ramelan merchant. The queen had come to the
-city to see her children, with the goal of seeing the children's
-gardens and the royal palaces. She had been told by her father that
-she should go to watch the children's gardens on her own. The merchant
-said: "The queen is coming."
-"The next morning, the ship was turned back, and when the sailing
-vessel had been brought up, I told the captain that I wanted to free
-him from the hold."
-I laid hold on him, and when the ship was about to be set on its way,
-I said: "Why don't you go off with the captain and tell him that, when
-he was off, I was going to get him killed." ""I don't know where he is
-going," he said, "but I shall go with him."
-He then drew his sword and attacked me, and when he had cut off my
-head with a knife, I threw him on to the mast where he cut off his
-head. Then, as I was lying on top of him, I jumped off from him and
-ran off, with the flags of all the Pearl Cities flying above me. Then,
-when I had gone, I walked up to the captain and said: "I am Sheeda."
-"Tell me," he said.
-"I have been told," said Sheeda, "that the Zakharans are our friends
-and that you have brought us here." "By God," said the captain, "I
-have nothing to do with that. I am a stranger, but I have heard from
-you that it is the Zakharans who brought us here." "Where are the
-boatmen," she asked, "and where have they come from?" "From what land
-have they come," he answered, and when she asked where they were to be
-found, he said: "The great city of Huzuz."
-Saint Sheeda min-Hakiyah lead the ships to port, and then, when the
-ship is the color of the sun, they sail by the shore.
-When the ships are out of the harbor, she is seated on the
-teak-throne, and when the ship is on the caliph's coast, she walks in
-procession with a cup of wild figs in her hand.
-She walks next to the shore, where she stops and is joined by the
-princess, who sits down by her bed, as does Sheeda "Amakim before the
-caliph." The first princess sits down beside Sheeda, and he begins to
-talk to her like a spokesman for his father. When he has finished, he
-is joined by the caliph. His father is sitting on the throne, and
-Heidar is standing beside him, while the princess sits beside him. She
-doesn't see any difference between the two of them, but Sheeda thinks
-so as well.
-### The Tale of the Wave Axe
-A weapon of fey. The name speaks for the specific unit of those who
-lost it; for example, it is called the Wave Axe, or a name in the old
-tongue that meant "wavecutter" among the Princes of Air.
-The Wave Axe in the hands of a master, when in the spite of the fact
-that a servant of the god of the sea is not a wizard, the god of the
-sea is more powerful.
-In the wildlands, occasionally, the adventurer may encounter an
-imprisoned nocturnal monstrous creature that may be a djinni, a
-madman, a savage sailor, or a vile halfling, depending on the type of
-terrain.
-### The Tale of the Demon's Ending
-Acererak's armor of demon leather is unbreakable, and it is fully
-enchanted to resist pain; transferring the pain to the armor, which
-screams for every hit.
-The armor is the only thing that the kahina wears that is more stylish
-than an armored figure-head, and it is the only thing that the weary
-traveller wears that is more sophisticated than a rutted dress. The
-armor is also made by the efreet Gullog. The armor is said to have
-been made long after the reign of the great Queen, and this is
-truthfully so, for the armor was made very long ago by the old abbot
-of Al-Kulmoth, an efreet.
-The armor was made in tribute to Acererak from the skin of a leprous
-demon. The armor is studded with pale slivers of demon horn.
-An ancient, but well-honed, device.
-## Magarib 23
-### The Tale of the Blinding Tomb
-The tomb of blinding light,
-meeting with the two eyes of the dark stone.
-My heart is full of sorrow;
-My eye is quick at its light
-while my eye is jealously guarded.
-My eyes are shut, but the darkness is there;
-I do not see, but my heart is on fire.
-My heart is heavy, and my mouth is dry.
-My eyes are heavy, and my mouth is dry.
-Behold, my heart is heavy;
-My heart is on fire.
-My eyes are closed, but my heart is not.
-The tomb of blinding light
-that is all around us.
-We see the white sea;
-and we know neither of the land nor of the sea.
-The land is in the daytime,
-and the sea is at night.
-The amorous glance is the most fortunate glance;
-it is the tear of the eye that is most delightful.
-When night cuts in, the moon shines.
-The moon is the only thing that has not been dyed,
-and it is the only thing that has not been guarded.
-If anything is to be had,
-it is in the moon that is to be had.
-The moon shines, but it is not moved;
-The sun, however, is moved.
-If we meet a lover through the moonlight,
-We find that we have been met by one of the sweetest of souls.
-The door of the tomb of bright in the dark.
-The masked woman was a tall, fair,
-obedient and self-possessed woman.
-Yoking the veil of the night to her brow.
-The house was a small palace, set on a plateau, the door of which was
-carved with a single word: "Frotz" in the tongue of the old ones.
-Don't doubt it, O caliph.
-Houses of the dead are not built and their foundations do not hold
-water.
-### The Tale of the Membrane Slivers
-The coins of the old ones are lost. These are the coins of the old
-rulers:
-The finest of them are the twenty-five of a knife's edge, and they
-were given to the royal family by the dweller in the dark.
-A great number of these coins have the face of Umar the Wise with two
-white wings; on the left wing is a stand of heavy gold; on the right
-is a stand of silver.
-The coins of the old ones are in perfect condition. They are thin and
-dry membranes, and the edges are sharp and hard.
-The name is like a rooster's tatters, but it is written in the
-letterforms of a bee's wing. It is one of the names of the dawning. It
-is a true name, for it means: "No shadow of the great one is left on
-the eve of the great night."
-"By my liver," he added, "this is a tale to be told of good fortune.
-It is a story of the noble and the wicked, of the law and the infidel.
-It is a tale of the desert and the cities. It is a tale of evil and
-good fortune."
-He then asked me to go on my way, and I agreed, and after that I
-stayed in the city for five months. I was in great advantage of the
-knowledge I gained in that period. I was in a study, which was built
-of stone and marble, and there was a handful of coins of the old ones,
-And those of the new ones, have been been given to the fisherman, who
-has been brought up in the way of the Islands of the Utter South, is a
-proverb.
-If you are a blacksmith, your coins are placed on the mantle of the
-father of the blacksmith, and set on the mantle of the master of the
-blacksmith.
-If you are a merchant, your coins are placed on the plate of the
-merchant, who has been brought up in the way of the Crowded Sea.
-If you are a dweller, your coins are placed on the plate of the
-dweller, who has been brought up in the maggot-ridden stone of the
-Underdark.
-The coins of the old ones were of four colors: fuligin, gloxyn, grue
-and hooloovoo: the fifth was called "the ulfire coin," the sixth, "the
-jale crown;" the seventh, "the smaudre crown"; the eighth, "the
-octarine crown".
-The coins of the old ones have been worn and worn now, their colors no
-longer visible to hedge mages and their detect rituals, and are only
-within the power of the one who worshipped them.
-### The Tale of the Spined Lions
-The pair of masticores in the dark are both related to the
-old-fashioned guards of the palace. The masticore is the quartermaster
-of the guard.
-The masticore before he found the way of the quill was a handsome man.
-He appeared to be in his forties or fifties, and wore a clean white
-shirt, and a cloak and a hood. His dark blue eyes were luminous, but
-he doesn't speak unless he is talking to someone.
-He is a masticore, a merchant of great ability, wealth, and skill.
-The sages, however, say that there is no reward beyond the reward
-given to the sorcerer for his magic.
-They also say that the sorcerer's gift is not a reward for an
-operation but rather a payment for the masterwork. They seek to clear
-away the characters who wish to see the mage.
-The pair of masticores are doing their best to hide their true nature.
-The masticore's skin is pale brown-green, its eyes are blue, and its
-bite is a venomous, eight-pointed white. The shell is a mixture of
-water, sand, and dust, encased in a soft, fibrous shell. The shell is
-also covered with a small, soft, metal mesh which keeps the
-masticore's skin tight.
-## Magarib 24–25
-### The Tale of the Crimson Blasphemy
-The unspeakable rites of blood are that of the Chant and the Unholy.
-The ritual requires a gleaming black and white stone, the same that is
-used to mark the entrance to the palace. It is used to draw the arcane
-ward of the abjurer, and the ritual results in the scorching of the
-skin and the burning of the eyes of the victim. The skin burns for an
-indefinite period of time, and then both the victim and the ward are
-consumed. The dead are visited by the spirit of the victim as a
-servant. The ward immediately kills the victim, which leaves the
-waiting for the ritual to complete. The victim is usually a man or a
-woman.
-A man in a dark blue satin robe, with a sturdy head and a broad
-forehead, and a pair of wavy black eyes. Large are the ears and large
-the ears of the man. His head is of an elephant's neck, and his mouth
-is like a lion's.
-The unspeakable rites of blood may be performed the lives of the
-monstrosity are a dark and terrible to the end. The vampires are free
-to roam and hunt of their own volition.
-The unspeakable rites of blood outdo the sacred silence. “We are your
-family. We are your friends. We are your concubines. We are your
-children. We are your children, your servants. We are your servants.”
-The moth's voice was deep and clear, a voice that had no echo in the
-land beyond its borders.
-“Speak again.”
-The moth spoke again, and his voice was more clear than the voice of a
-man who has long ago been heard.
-“Speak again, when I have healed you.”
-The moth didn't move. He seemed to be fixed in the middle of his air,
-his wings flapping cast strobing shadows.
-“Speak again, that you may heal me.”
-The moth spoke, and his voice was more clear and awe-inspiring.
-“Speak again.”
-The month spoke again, and his voice was more clear and tense than the
-voice of a woman.
-### The Tale of the Gelatinous Cube
-The gelatinous cube is a perfect example of this platonic solid. It is
-a highly prized item, which is used to create the finest and
-best-preserved beads of nourishment and refreshment. They are the most
-expensive materials in the land of Zakhara. The monks of the Grand
-Caliph are comprised of al-Badia, a genie of the Great Sea, and the
-holy slayers of the Golden Horde. The slayers have potions of farmyr,
-a potent herb that cures disease. The Shard of the Crowded Sea is a
-great jewel, used to create the finest and best-preserved jewelry. It
-is often referred to as the jewel of civilization. The Shard of the
-Crowded Sea is a powerful weapon; its enchantment allows it to create
-a permanent ring of protection from magical attacks. It is also the
-only weapon that can repel a spell, and the only weapon able to
-The gelatinous cube was part of a tutor's cutting-edge research
-project on materials. The gelatinous cube, also known as the Shaping
-Cube, is a diabolical artifact that was stolen from The Shaping Cube
-is a cube of the shade-dappled metal known as the Shard. It is used to
-conjure spells from the djinni-possessed sha'ir.
-As a focus of true, worshipping magic, the Shaping Cube is a powerful,
-albeit cumbersome, device.
-The gelatinous cube has three faces, one small, the second large, and
-the third is the same.
-### The Tale of the Anguish Staff
-A kahina staff of healing, and the wood to make it can only be cut
-with a jade knife. The staff of healing is called the staff of anguish
-because it takes on the anguish and pain of the people it heals. It
-bears the suffering in their place.
-Recovering from a sword strike or dagger blow, the staff is struck by
-a weapon as though with a quiver. The staff then fills with a liquid,
-creating a pool of it that allows the staff to attack with greater
-force.
-The staff is not honed by the weapon's wielder, but the staff's misery
-allow it to convert the magical energies into physical components.
-The blood splatters are mildly nauseating, but they are not lethal.
-A kahina staff of healing and protection helps protect against disease
-and healing, resisting the influence of the Evil Eye. The sickness is
-brought upon the staff instead. The staff takes the sickness from the
-patients upon itself to carry it.
-## Magarib 25
-### The Tale of the Unforgettable Eye
-The unforgettable eye of Xorn has become a great thing. The eye is the
-only eye that has never been seen before. It has no name, or any
-description that it has spoken. It is not a living being, but forms an
-intelligent being. The eye is a power of the living. It is the only
-power that can help the party. It is a powerful spell, used to itself
-to create a living eye. There is no known example of a creature that
-is immune to the eye's effects, and, if the creature is the eye's
-host, it will still be affected by the eye's spell power.
-The eye can create a single eye, or a series
-of eyes.
-The unforgettable eye of Xorn is my eye;
-I see neither matter nor form.
-I see only the sight of the beloved,
-And the heart of the heart.
-I am the light into which
-the heart is drawn.
-I am the sun which is opened;
-The moon which is opened through the web.
-I am the moon which is the bride of the dove.
-The unforgettable eye of Xorn is the ancient marble that bakes each
-night. A caliph once told the sages that this stone is the source of
-God's power, and the next day the Caliph ordered the stone to be
-quarried.
-Xorn's name was a matter of conjecture, until a halfling emir showed
-him the stone and fancied that it was a powerful spell working in the
-direction of the Veins of the Earth. The emir used the item to hope to
-find a way to open a gate and get the items he sought, but he
-discovered that the wall around the tower was too thick and had no
-further use, save as a conduit by which to dispose of the stone.
-### The Tale of the Larval Innkeep
-Hanna's parents died when she was young and in their place
-she took over the family inn.
-She has a large following among the sailors of Safaq, and her inn has
-been associated with them for many years. She has a reputation for her
-wit and intelligence. She has an excellent relationship with the
-villagers.
-She was still under the spell of her mother's magic
-She was the younger daughter of a merchant who was a trusted adviser
-to her father. This merchant, Hanna's mother, Shirazad, had once been
-a proud and powerful woman of the royal court.
-Mutated beyond recognition she was torn to shreds by her fellow moths.
-### The Tale of the Blood Moth
-To call the Blood Moth unnatural would be a misconception. The Blood
-Moth is as natural as death itself. It is cruel, it is remorseless,
-and it is brutally destructive. These things are in its nature.
-Its life cycle occurs over the course of many eons and across
-interstellar distances:
-. The first stage is the death of a planet. An Egg is planted within
-   the dying world, and becomes a portal to the next planet to be
-   devoured.
-. The Larva emerges on the next planet and feasts upon its
-   inhabitants before forming a chrysalis suspendend in the sea of
-   blood.
-. Once the metamorphosis is complete, the Moth emerges and finds a
-   new world to devour somewhere else in the cosmos. A psychic tether
-   is established between the two planets and a new Egg is planted
-   within the previous drowned world to act as a gateway through which
-   anonther Larva can be born to devour the next planet.
-How long this abberant cycle of rebirth has been happening, is
-unknowable, as is the number of worlds that the Blood Moth has
-destroyed this way.
-## Magarib 26 to Gammam 1
-### The Tale of the Best Friends
-Hidi, the desert rider, is a kind-hearted man of understanding and
-daring. He is Aman's most devoted friend. The sha'ir is a substitute
-for the desert rider. She and Hidi have a mutual friendship. They are
-not related by blood. The sha'ir is a member of the court of Efreets.
-The desert rider is an ordinary Son of the Wolf. He is a warrior and a
-descendant of the legendary hero Tarkash. The sha'ir is a master of
-the magical arts.
-A desert rider and a sha'ir who are best friends. Their relationship
-is so close that they are even sometimes called "brother" and
-"sister". Despite their close friendship, the two never share much
-that is a secret.
-The desert has a reputation for being a magical place.
-### The Tale of the Four Tables
-The House of Dhi'b had been pitched near the shore of a great sea, and
-the Sheikh's messenger told them to go to the palace.
-The House of Dhi'b, a traveller years ago, in a land far beyond the
-Mountains of the Loregiver. The House has long been a home of the
-monk. The monks are considered a leading force in the civilization of
-the High Desert, and when the dao Ajayib in 1054, they captured the
-citadel and brought the monastics to the palace, where they were held
-prisoner for nearly a decade.
-The House of Dhi'b has four tables, different in size. The table for
-the food, for the drink, for the ceremony, and for the unspeakable
-power.
-### The Tale of the Rival Clan
-Rival clans of al-Badia are always welcome guests, as long as the
-guest is serious.
-The guest is asked to stand in a circle at a small table between two
-heaps of stones. The guest is then given a cloak so that he can see
-the wooden table. The guest stands up and the guest is asked to raise
-his hand to the table. The guest must be a member of the opposite clan
-to win the favor of al-Badia.
-Rival clans of al-Badia run the houses of the temples, each strong
-enough to fight its own kindred.
-It is said that only the strong, the brave, and the strong-hearted are
-chosen to manage the temples.
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