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Lore / Re: Basilisk Treasure Boxes
« Last post by Misia on June 17, 2019, 02:01:47 pm »Has anyone divined on the boxes, or especially on the beads? I'm wondering if they can be strung together for some purpose.
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Tea and Ale / Re: Angerslera, Queen Sarengarel, the Basilisk, and Luna: Explained
« Last post by Hazel on June 14, 2019, 06:38:33 pm »I finally put up the info I have on the treasure boxes. Sorry for that long delay.
https://evensonglarp.org/smf/index.php?topic=295.0
https://evensonglarp.org/smf/index.php?topic=295.0
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Lore / Re: Basilisk Treasure Boxes
« Last post by Hazel on June 14, 2019, 06:35:33 pm »From Miri, see https://evensonglarp.org/smf/index.php?topic=293.0
Unknown Box:
Their procedure, conceived in haste,
removed something of great value
and inherent from their subject,
a quintessence of the far greater
whole, retained out of
remembrance and that generations
yet to come might recollect all
that had been undone.
Box 8:
"had a tree drawn inside the lid"
The symbol of Minsin?
Now, each master dead
In ways too horrible to imagine
Collecting what we could
We follow those that went before
In vain attempt to stretch out
Our unworthy existence
Yet knowing that we merely
Prolong the inevitable.
Box 9:
"the first one found, it had a set of scales drawn inside the lid"
Probably the symbol of Izail.
Three by three we traveled
Fleeing the land we loved and
The horror we have wrought
Leavin a hidden trail and
History for the future to uncover
We couldn’t know
That our righteous endeavor
Would end in such terror
This is the last marker
Of our folly as we leave our home
Follow our path of hubris
To learn from our mistakes
Unknown Box:
Their procedure, conceived in haste,
removed something of great value
and inherent from their subject,
a quintessence of the far greater
whole, retained out of
remembrance and that generations
yet to come might recollect all
that had been undone.
Box 8:
"had a tree drawn inside the lid"
The symbol of Minsin?
Now, each master dead
In ways too horrible to imagine
Collecting what we could
We follow those that went before
In vain attempt to stretch out
Our unworthy existence
Yet knowing that we merely
Prolong the inevitable.
Box 9:
"the first one found, it had a set of scales drawn inside the lid"
Probably the symbol of Izail.
Three by three we traveled
Fleeing the land we loved and
The horror we have wrought
Leavin a hidden trail and
History for the future to uncover
We couldn’t know
That our righteous endeavor
Would end in such terror
This is the last marker
Of our folly as we leave our home
Follow our path of hubris
To learn from our mistakes
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Lore / Re: Basilisk Treasure Boxes
« Last post by Hazel on June 14, 2019, 06:28:27 pm »I'm going to do these in the order that they are numbered, as the story makes more sense that way.
Box 2:
The lid relief contains the eye of the basilisk, depicted as a red gem. An edge piece.
Inside is the symbol of cartography, a circle inside a square inside an isosceles triangle inside a circle. The square has a star with many crisscrossing lines over it.
Also within, are three white cylindrical beads.
The note reads:
The sacred relics granted,
they were carried surreptitiously
to their hidden location,
an underground chamber
covered by the tears of night,
accessed through two entrances
near the waters of the moon.
Box 3:
The lid relief is a corner piece, lining up under box 2.
Inside is the symbol of Zhado, a hexagon with the sixth line missing.
Also within, are six white cylindrical beads.
The note reads:
Arriving at their secret place,
taking what they collected,
our masters attempted a profane ritual.
Sacrificing the power of Zhado and our land
in an effort to bend it to their purpose,
they tried to recover all that had been lost,
only to lose much more in the process.
Box 4:
The lid relief doesn't line up with any of the others, but seems to have the neck or the spine of the basilisk. An edge piece.
Inside is a symbol I don't recognize. A smile or a net, maybe? It's a long thin crescent with a cross-hatch pattern.
Nothing else within.
The note reads:
Not realizing the hubris of their urgent plan
far beyond the abilities of any mortal,
our masters pressed on with their procedure
the result went horribly, unbelievably wrong,
bringing life, not as expected, but transfigured
into a thing outside of all imagining.
A thing of pain and loss, beyond any control.
Box 5 is not in my possession, and I don't have the note for Box 6.
Box 6:
The lid relief lines up with the pattern on Box 3 and seems to have the claws and part of a wing of the basilisk. An edge piece.
Inside is the symbol of the Treasury Shrine, three circles in a triangle.
Also within are three circular black stone beads, three off-white flat oval beads, and one purple diamond-like gem.
Box 2:
The lid relief contains the eye of the basilisk, depicted as a red gem. An edge piece.
Inside is the symbol of cartography, a circle inside a square inside an isosceles triangle inside a circle. The square has a star with many crisscrossing lines over it.
Also within, are three white cylindrical beads.
The note reads:
The sacred relics granted,
they were carried surreptitiously
to their hidden location,
an underground chamber
covered by the tears of night,
accessed through two entrances
near the waters of the moon.
Box 3:
The lid relief is a corner piece, lining up under box 2.
Inside is the symbol of Zhado, a hexagon with the sixth line missing.
Also within, are six white cylindrical beads.
The note reads:
Arriving at their secret place,
taking what they collected,
our masters attempted a profane ritual.
Sacrificing the power of Zhado and our land
in an effort to bend it to their purpose,
they tried to recover all that had been lost,
only to lose much more in the process.
Box 4:
The lid relief doesn't line up with any of the others, but seems to have the neck or the spine of the basilisk. An edge piece.
Inside is a symbol I don't recognize. A smile or a net, maybe? It's a long thin crescent with a cross-hatch pattern.
Nothing else within.
The note reads:
Not realizing the hubris of their urgent plan
far beyond the abilities of any mortal,
our masters pressed on with their procedure
the result went horribly, unbelievably wrong,
bringing life, not as expected, but transfigured
into a thing outside of all imagining.
A thing of pain and loss, beyond any control.
Box 5 is not in my possession, and I don't have the note for Box 6.
Box 6:
The lid relief lines up with the pattern on Box 3 and seems to have the claws and part of a wing of the basilisk. An edge piece.
Inside is the symbol of the Treasury Shrine, three circles in a triangle.
Also within are three circular black stone beads, three off-white flat oval beads, and one purple diamond-like gem.
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Lore / Re: Basilisk Treasure Boxes
« Last post by Miri Thorel on June 14, 2019, 06:16:48 pm »I have the texts from boxes #9 and 8, but not the actual boxes. I also have one more text but I don't know which box it came from. There's a rubbing of the raised design on the page. I put the text over in the other conversation about Angerslera.
--Miri
--Miri
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Lore / Basilisk Treasure Boxes
« Last post by Hazel on June 14, 2019, 05:55:51 pm »So I just realized that I never posted about the treasure boxes here on the forums. I have been a very busy bunny and it looks like I shall be even busier in the upcoming weeks, so I thought I should in fact post this while I have some free time.
The boxes were found in reverse number order, starting with number IX (nine). The notes within were written in code and could only be fully read once heat was applied to them. The boxes themselves often contained beads or gems made for stringing, though I don't know if the others who found them kept what was inside with the boxes and notes or not. I currently only have boxes 2, 3, 4, and 6 and have no idea where boxes 5, 7, 8, or 9 went. From what we can tell, the combined notes tell the story of the attempt of some people/cult to revive/raise the Queen of the Northlands (Sarengarel) after her death. This of course, failed and Sarengarel became the Basilisk aka Angerslera. After this disaster of an experiment, the survivors fled south, burying these boxes with the story as they went. As of last event, all of the boxes except the last one (number 1) had been found. Each of the boxes has a raised relief on the lid, that presumably depicts the creature Sarengarel became, as well as the symbol of a god and the number of the box on the inside.
The boxes were found in reverse number order, starting with number IX (nine). The notes within were written in code and could only be fully read once heat was applied to them. The boxes themselves often contained beads or gems made for stringing, though I don't know if the others who found them kept what was inside with the boxes and notes or not. I currently only have boxes 2, 3, 4, and 6 and have no idea where boxes 5, 7, 8, or 9 went. From what we can tell, the combined notes tell the story of the attempt of some people/cult to revive/raise the Queen of the Northlands (Sarengarel) after her death. This of course, failed and Sarengarel became the Basilisk aka Angerslera. After this disaster of an experiment, the survivors fled south, burying these boxes with the story as they went. As of last event, all of the boxes except the last one (number 1) had been found. Each of the boxes has a raised relief on the lid, that presumably depicts the creature Sarengarel became, as well as the symbol of a god and the number of the box on the inside.
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Tea and Ale / Re: Angerslera, Queen Sarengarel, the Basilisk, and Luna: Explained
« Last post by Miri Thorel on June 14, 2019, 05:16:26 pm »I found one more of the papers from the boxes tucked in a corner of my notebook. I don't know which number it is though.
Their procedure, conceived in haste,
removed something of great value
and inherent from their subject,
a quintessence of the far greater
whole, retained out of
remembrance and that generations
yet to come might recollect all
that had been undone.
Someone made a rubbing of the box, I think. We might be able to fit it into the other pictures.
This feels important. What did they remove from the queen, and how might we get it back?
--Miri
Their procedure, conceived in haste,
removed something of great value
and inherent from their subject,
a quintessence of the far greater
whole, retained out of
remembrance and that generations
yet to come might recollect all
that had been undone.
Someone made a rubbing of the box, I think. We might be able to fit it into the other pictures.
This feels important. What did they remove from the queen, and how might we get it back?
--Miri
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Lore / Re: Pottery shards
« Last post by Solana on April 22, 2019, 10:18:32 pm »More pottery shards. Mostly from last gathering, some from the one before. Ordered by language.
- Rumbletongue:
"...my mother's best moose sausage and a nice blueberry pie again before I die..." - Rumbletongue:
"... for the Rite of the Silken Bridge and the Champion who would serve as..." - Ancient Zhek:
"...have walked the halls of the Lost. Oh, that I could bring back all that I saw there..." - Ancient Zhek:
"...the Keys are fragile, mere mortals of blood and bone, yet strong, to hold the weight of the Weave and to anchor the..." - Old Dantessi:
"...teahouse of Sweetness and Sorrow, to taste the brews of the North..." - Old Dantessi:
"...comes the Crimson Reaper and his champion, spreading their taint..." - Old Dantessi:
"...why them? Why only seven out of so many..." - Silverspeech:
"...ouncil said to have sent assassins to kill the Zenzadil for daring to question..." - Sapsong:
"...study these strange northern blooms that the people here tend so reverently..."
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Expeditions: planned and reports / Re: Planned pathfold: Tracking down a missing courier
« Last post by Miri Thorel on April 14, 2019, 04:29:07 pm »Miri, I'd like to join you and help in any way. I have been asked to find information on a possible missing courier as well. I wanted to talk to you about it at our last gathering, but had to leave town early..
I’d be happy to have you, Maloryn! And yes, let’s talk - the more pieces we can put together, the better.
—Miri
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Dark Portents / Re: Portents from Spring 810(?)
« Last post by Maloryn on April 14, 2019, 04:25:19 pm »I also had parts of the dreams noted above. In addition, and after "The threads trail off them...." paragraph, I saw
Sun streams down warmng your limbs and stirring you from a long slumber. You are hungry and full of blind rage. The trap is laid, you will eat soon.
Precious it blooms, incarnadine, petals sanguine as heart's blood. The promise of revelation and the peril of hidden knowledge. Seekers search hungrily. Will you keep hold of it until the way opens? Will you dare the danger? Perchance to unweave Concordance?
Foul, dank, moist the air and cloying stench. Loathsome things ooze in the shadows. How, how can this be here of all places?
Sun streams down warmng your limbs and stirring you from a long slumber. You are hungry and full of blind rage. The trap is laid, you will eat soon.
Precious it blooms, incarnadine, petals sanguine as heart's blood. The promise of revelation and the peril of hidden knowledge. Seekers search hungrily. Will you keep hold of it until the way opens? Will you dare the danger? Perchance to unweave Concordance?
Foul, dank, moist the air and cloying stench. Loathsome things ooze in the shadows. How, how can this be here of all places?