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Ibn
03-26-2004, 01:56 PM
Across the Vast Divide -- Part Two (http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=221)

Alltu_Tru
03-26-2004, 03:38 PM
cool read... but confusing to say the least :rolleyes:

to many strang names with nothing much to go on, like for example.... what creatures are actually talking? :p

I like the stories, but I'm not such a lore buff to know all this stuff by heart :D

shidenkai
03-26-2004, 04:15 PM
Considering these dudes are new from the Blackmire quest, it's a little hard to deal with since we know none of the backstory. I'm assuming this is attempting to start that story, but it's just a little overly complex given the affinity of the author to use words repeatedly that are native to a race we know nothing of, as of yet.

Although I see the Moarsmen reference that Orion alluded to when someone asked for more stuff centering on them. I'm getting a feeling we're going to have some kind of race war between the Moars, the Ruuk, the Guruk, and the Kukuurs, of which I think we've only seen beings from the Ruuk and the Moars.

The whole situation sounds like it has the opportunity to be politically factious and confusing, at best. Hopefully they'll keep it simple and only involve us in a few of the conflicts, my pea-sized brain can only handle so much. ;)

SK of FF

Atoner
03-26-2004, 04:25 PM
According to previous AC1/AC2 lore, weren't the Burun supposed to be shadow-twisted Mosswarts? Did someone change their mind and now they are creatures from another world?

IIRC our first exposure to the Burun was AC2.
Then, a few months later, a piece of lore in AC1 ( forget which, sure a search will turn it up ) told of Virindi experiments upon the "Croakers", Mosswarts, created creatures with traits that sounded a lot like the Burun we came to know and love in AC2.

Now, the Burun are invading Dereth from another world?

Did someone change their mind about the Burun's backstory? Or have we opened a portal forwards in time to Neo-Dereth? Ugh.

-Atoner-

Theran_Bakagin
03-26-2004, 04:28 PM
hrmm.. OK these guys talking (Ruuk) seem to be fungus lovers....or worshipers.. so likely to be found in the Olthoi Blight areas.. mentioned 4 kinds of fungus...

Sounds like they are eating Olthoi Grubs.. that the thing they turn into being the Olthoi--likely the fliers that we have gotten recently.. so we have SOME idenitification of players...Bomutur(Olthoi Grub?), Bomutuk (Olthoi Flier?)

It appears there is a faction war.. Moarsmen (Kukuur) and the Ruuk...

the Fiazhat sound to be the Faltacot (spelling is NOT my friend)





I could be totally wrong though.. can't tell the players without a scorecard!!


*edit* AHHH.. seeing the mention of the Mosswarts.. that might be the third race mentioned...... or perhaps the Kukuur are mosswarts.. *sigh* this is gonna be confusing for a while.....

BorderlineCase
03-26-2004, 04:46 PM
If we woke up a "sleeping one" wouldn't we end up exploding the entire island???

Heideggar
03-26-2004, 05:01 PM
Gotta remember that certain races refer to things differently than us, just like the aun have the Warru and other references to olthoi, virindi, etc.

"Then their larger cousins, the Guruk and Kukuur" I'm guessing the Guruk and Kukuur refer to the banderlings and drudges, which are larger stature cousins of the mosswart. They meantion the moars (moarsmen I'm assuming) openly without a secondary reference, so I don't think moarsmen can be the same as the Guruk or Kukuur.

Now, if the kukuur are the banderlings or drudges, I didn't find from the text which was which.

What got me was this:

"Morgluuk pulled himself free of the muck and sprang to the side of the Clutch’s leader, SICKLE AND SWORD DRAWN. "

Caps for those that don't catch it : )

Is this a prelude to some new melee combat styles?

If you have Sword Skill and Axe Skill you can wield 2 weapons?

Paraduck
03-26-2004, 05:01 PM
I took it as Ruuk being one of the Burun species (in AC2 there is a monster named "Ruuk Burun") and the Moars being Moarsmen. The Sleeping One... I want to say Geraine, but I have a feeling that isn't right. We awakened High Matron Ixir Zi right before the Burun/Ruuk came to our world. But would she bee The Sleeping One? It would make more sense for her to be one of the "Fizahat Gods." I'll read it again when I'm not about to fall asleep on my keyboard. :)

Dushman
03-26-2004, 05:33 PM
The new armor (Ancient Armored Vestment) casts the following spell. Skin of the Fiazhat (Armor Value +225 pts).

The dungeon was occupied by Falatacots.


Looks like we are getting an invasion planned by some undead critters that have broken a few barriers in time :)

Atoner
03-26-2004, 05:36 PM
Originally posted by Heideggar
"Then their larger cousins, the Guruk and Kukuur" I'm guessing the Guruk and Kukuur refer to the banderlings and drudges, which are larger stature cousins of the mosswart. They meantion the moars (moarsmen I'm assuming) openly without a secondary reference, so I don't think moarsmen can be the same as the Guruk or Kukuur.

Now, if the kukuur are the banderlings or drudges, I didn't find from the text which was which.


I don't think that's right. I believe the Banderling, Drudges, and Tumeroks are related...but not the Mosswarts. I could have sworn that Bandies, Drudges, and Tumeroks all came from Ezheret, and that the Mosswarts come from... somewhere else.

The lore describing the creation of the Burun by Aerbax seems to be "Research Notes: Mosswarts". Some of the sites that catalogue AC1 lore should have it. I still don't get how the Burun were created by Aerbax recently and also still live on some other world where they have waited for years. I could possibly have misinterpreted the events in "Research Notes: Mosswarts", I suppose, but I thought the prevailing theory was that Aerbax created the Burun.

If the Burun somehow also naturally became an offshoot of the Mossies on their home planet, that still doesn't explain why only normal Mossies came thru the original portals to Dereth and the Burun never did until just now; that's a bit too convenient. Besides, I can't believe the Burun are the "terrible evil that even the Falatacot feared". Those folks performed rituals that scared the stuff out of Geraine, for pete's sake.

I'm guessing the Fiazhat's "Gods" are probably Empyrean... Yalain or Falatacot.

-Atoner-

Orion
03-26-2004, 06:00 PM
On the subjext of Aerbax creating the Burun from mosswarts, it was speculated that what the mosswarts became were the Burun. However, the true nature of the thing that Aerbax has been exposing creatures to in an effort to create his latest monstrosities is still unknown. Therefore anything that is speculated is speculation at best.

Sizlunt DT
03-26-2004, 06:15 PM
Therefore anything that is speculated is speculation at best.


I agree, that is completely true:D :D

Orion
03-26-2004, 06:39 PM
Also bear in mind that this is month one of the new arc.

Nexus-HG
03-26-2004, 09:13 PM
Didn't understand much but I guess that is why it is a teaser.

xarfet
03-26-2004, 10:26 PM
you couldnt call it a teaser tho... its a whole different side to the current story, but it still THIS patch.



Originally posted by Dushman
The new armor (Ancient Armored Vestment) casts the following spell. Skin of the Fiazhat (Armor Value +225 pts).

The dungeon was occupied by Falatacots.


Looks like we are getting an invasion planned by some undead critters that have broken a few barriers in time :)

sounds like the best candidate so far ;) ill still need a bit more to understand the rest...

Darthakio
03-26-2004, 10:58 PM
I believe it to be the burun that arrived we recently activated the devices in the blackmire temple.

The following paragraph (emphasis mine) describes devices in this world similar to the ones in the Blackmire:

"Morgluuk waved a hand dismissively toward Torgluuk and leapt to the vine above them. He began to climb toward the meal and celebration of the tears of The Sleeping One. Torgluuk stared after him a moment and then looked out over the still swamp. Out there were the Moars; they would come for this temple again. The eyes of the false ‘Gods’ stared out to the Moars, calling them to each temple site across Bur. Morgluuk threw a clump of offal down on his clutchmate."

Also, they mention them being in a clutch. In AC2 the Burun will call out "Alert the clutch!" So this is an obvious allusion to the Burun. :)

Atoner
03-27-2004, 12:33 AM
Originally posted by Orion
Also bear in mind that this is month one of the new arc.

True, I don't expect to understand everything yet. :)

I had figured maybe the speculation re: the Burun's origins from Aerbax were a bit premature, but it seemed to fit the pattern at the time; Mattys : Gurog, Drudges : Evil Mana Wielding Drudges, Mossys : Burun.

-Atoner-

Rauth
03-27-2004, 12:36 AM
Everyone seems to be assuming that it is the Burun that have the Ruuk as one of their castes and that this story takes place on Dereth. I agree that it is logical to assume that the Ruuk are Burun, but must the story be taking place on Osteth? or even Auberean? Note: "They had long ago cleansed the tainted Fiazhat race from the surface of Bur, their world." I believe we are seeing the events as they transpired on Bur, not on Auberean.

Who are the Fiazhat? The Falatacot? The word does not possess Burun sounds, given the examples of their language in the text. Very... reptilian sounding, that word Fiazhat.

Why do the larvae have to be Olthoi grubs? Couldn't they be Phyntos larvae? Or larvae of something similar? Maybe the Phyntos came from Bur, as well as other creatures...

Whatever the case, I find the possibilities at this point...

... Tantalizing.

The Sho Man
03-27-2004, 01:18 AM
Originally posted by Rauth
Everyone seems to be assuming that it is the Burun that have the Ruuk as one of their castes and that this story takes place on Dereth. I agree that it is logical to assume that the Ruuk are Burun, but must the story be taking place on Osteth? or even Auberean? Note: "They had long ago cleansed the tainted Fiazhat race from the surface of Bur, their world." I believe we are seeing the events as they transpired on Bur, not on Auberean.

No one here is suggesting this takes place on Osteth or Auberean. Don't see what's making you think that.

Tsariun
03-27-2004, 02:08 AM
Drudge, mosswarts, and banderlings all come from the same world--Lore concerning the more powerful "enhanced" drudge refer to them being bullied about and used as slaves by their banderling and mosswart cousins. I believe that Tumeroks are also from the same world--On Marae Lassel, there are two carved stone heads in the image of a mosswart.

I was also under the impression that Burun are Virindi/Shadow altered mosswarts. However, this new lore article casts doubt on that--It seems to place Burun on Dereth for at least 112 years, with mentions of 800 years and possibly longer. Since Moarsmen and Sclavus are natives to Dereth, it may be possible that the Burun are also natives, and have just remained very well hidden, guarding the Falatacot temple in Blackmire until Banderlings disrupted the hidden entrance to the temple while attacking a mosswart tribe.

It's still conjecture, but the three types (Ruuk, Kukuur, and Guruk) are apparently all Burun subraces, while the Moarsmen and Sclavus served the Falatacot and/or Yalain, making them the enemies of the Burun, with the Falatacot being the "Fiazhat Gods"--Fiazhat is probably the Burun word for Sclavus, which makes sense. Ruuk are the smallest, and have some magical abilities. Kukuur and Guruk are larger, and Kukuur are apparently the most magically inclined. I'm guessing that the Guruk are physical powerhouses compared to the other two.

In coming months, we'll have to search the various swamplands, particularly those in the east dires, where the hookable portal conveniently drops us, and at the Vesayen Isles (especially the area around Ithaenc). I've noticed that those two areas are places where both Moarsmen and Sclavus spawn with regularity. Blackmire and Greenmire swamps are also other obvious starting points for searches--Burun Ruuk are obviously swamp-dwellers.

At the same time, I can't help but feel that this story is set on another world. It speaks of 112 years of rain, 200 years of war, and 800 years since the defeat of the Fiazhat. The Yalain weren't the first ones to cross worlds--It's possible that the Falatacot (or some predecessor of theirs) went to other worlds with thoughts of conquest, and Moarsmen on Auberean are a result of this--They brought them back to be slaves and warriors at home.

I'm trying to exhaust all possible avenues of thought, but it's not easy for one guy to check every bit of lore and make conjectures upon his findings. Any thoughts, my fellow lore junkies?

Edit: I know I wrote myself in circles to come to the conclusion that Ruuk are relative newcomers from the same world as Moarsmen, but it's how I go about solving puzzles like this when I only have a small handful of the pieces that make the whole picture. It works surprisingly well on occassion.

Basically, it all boils down to: The first explorers to hit the Blackmire Temple (possibly the banderlings and/or mosswarts that started this whole mess, but not likely...It's more fun to be able to "blame" our fellow players ;) ), have just opened the way for the Burun races to start coming to Dereth.

Trekman
03-27-2004, 09:38 AM
Somehow I cannot imagine that the Fiazhat are the Falatacot.

"...had long ago cleansed the tainted Fiazhat race from the surface of Bur, their world"

Now the days of the Falatacot are long over. But to me it sounds unbelievable that some Buruns back then could "cleanse them from the surface" of whatever world Bur really is.....

DiasFlac
03-27-2004, 01:37 PM
If we woke up a "sleeping one" wouldn't we end up exploding the entire island???

The Sleeping One... I want to say Geraine, but I have a feeling that isn't right. We awakened High Matron Ixir Zi right before the Burun/Ruuk came to our world. But would she bee The Sleeping One?

Is it possible that this "Sleeping One" is not an enemy of the Ruuk (or Burun in general)?

"'So The Sleeping One rumbled beneath the world and gave to its children the koruu koruu, jooluu, huntoo and bormoo fungus. In brew, on flesh, as food, those closest to The Sleeping One could touch the mass of his body and take the gift of magic from him.'The soothsayers threw blasts of acid from their hands to accentuate the point."

I just can't help but feel maby this "sleeping one" they refer to isnt an enemy of them, and maby is their reference to a god (using god loosely). Also if the Falatacot feared something... this "sleeping one" could have been it, and not the little Ruuks...

So maby they ate magical shrooms (lol) and got powers that they said were from the land or "god".

just a little speculation on my part

Atoner
03-27-2004, 01:53 PM
My bad, I got it wrong. Referring to the AC1 manual I can see that Drudges, Tumeroks, Mosswarts, and Banderlings all come from the same planet.

"Banderlings are the larger cousins of Drudges, Mosswarts, and Tumeroks."( AC1 Manual, Page 57 )

We also know from "Theories of Ezheret" that the Tumeroks call their homeworld Ezheret, and that the Empyrean visited Ezheret long ago ( longer than 30,000 years, if i recall correctly, which is as far back as any Empyrean texts date. )

So it seems plausible that "Bur" = Ezheret.

It also does seem plausible that the other races discussed could be either Drudges/Banderlings or somesuch other offshoot of the Mosswarts.

-Atoner-

pacesetter
03-27-2004, 03:21 PM
I agree, this is confusing.

Two hundred years of war followed. Generations of progeny were sometimes forgotten, allowing the Moars to consume the young, or the few that survived became feral beasts that survived off of the swamp and understood little of the gifts of The Sleeping One. The Ruuk also suffered ignominy at the hands of the Kukuur. Through all of that hardship they had endured and thrived. Though the shamans of the Ruuk would never be as potent as the Elder Shamans of the Kukuur, some, like Torgluuk, came close to rivaling the Kukuur Summoners. But for all their gifts with subterfuge and misdirection the Ruuk were still not able to overthrow the Kukuur and lead the Clutches. Now they were subjugated and sent to the far corners of Bur to safeguard the places where once the Gods of their enemies visited from another place.

Menhur rings?

This sounds like it's from ML another island or "world". But I think the ferals refers to “They move closer, the others did not see the signs but I see that they close. Fire breathers, talons of ice.”

Gromnie?? or margols??

Then their larger cousins, the Guruk and Kukuur, had exhumed themselves from subterranean layers to bring war.

This sounds like undead or shadows.


“Damned be the Fiazhat and their ‘Gods’!” Morgluuk croaked in defiance. “Without their tampering we would rule this world now.”

Not that gods is in quotes.....virindi?

looks to me like we are siding with the mossy, and facing the shadows under the "sleeping one" the one ler rhan is to 'awaken', virindi under aerbax who brought ler rhan to power, and their common enemy, moarsman.

Yan_HG
03-27-2004, 04:06 PM
>“The false ones came from across the vast divide, in tunnels of thunder, smoke and light. They came with gifts for the hated enemy. They came with power for the Fiazhat. They came with slaughter on their minds, the slaughter of the Ruuk, Guruk and Kukuur. But we would not fall!

They refer to something coming from "across the vast divide" which seems to be mean "through portal space". The "false ones" are likely virindi which augmented whatever species the Fiazhat are, turning them into monstrously powerful beings. So far, mosswarts, tumeroks, drudges, tuskers, virindi (olthoi, if you count Martine's work, and Isparians if you count Martine himself) have been altered by virindi... that we have encountered, anyways.

In other places, the story refers to the Fiazhat and their "false gods", which is most likely reference to the "false ones" who came from across the vast divide.

I still have no clue who or what The Sleeping One could be, though I'm guessing we will find out sooner or later as the Ruuk cross over to our... erm... inherited world.

One thing that disturbed me slightly: throughout the entire story, the Ruuk speak of "The Sleeping One". Then, near the end of the story... well:

>When they landed and looked at the stone slabs that stood amongst the ruins of the ancient temple they knew immediately that the prophecies were right. THE SLEEPLESS ONE had awakened and their time was now. They looked below at their clutch and croaked in triumph. The echoes of their voices carried deep into the swamp unnerving every manner of beast. Even the Moars would not come this night.

The SleepLESS One? If one goes without sleep, how can they awake? And what of the SleepING One? The final line of the story then was:

>“Ruuk of the Clutch of Tkoruk Guruul, The Sleeping One has sent us the sign!”

Are there two Ones, or was there simply a small mistake? One who sleeps eternally though gives manashrooms and sends signs, and another who never sleeps yet wakes when a portal to another world opens?

Other than this one confusing inconsistency, the story was very appealing, and well written.

Iceiss
03-27-2004, 05:53 PM
Good read and makes for many new storyline possibilities, after all this is just one other world that has been opened in one way or another to poor Dereth
Talk about your meltingpot worlds!

Did't find it confusing in the least
Kudos and nice doodle too :D

Atoner
03-27-2004, 10:11 PM
Originally posted by Iceiss

Did't find it confusing in the least

Fantastic. Feel free to enlighten all of us that had questions in this post. ;)

-Atoner-

Orion
03-27-2004, 10:37 PM
That last Sleepless One should be Sleeping One. I'll have Ibn make the change Monday morning.

As for enlightening you. No way! This is the stuff that is great for us, we have the answers, sure, but the discovery is yours, or will be through the coming months.

Xenlock
03-28-2004, 02:17 AM
I believe:

The Fiazhat or whatever, are the Sclavas.

Their False Gods are the Falatacot.

Did not the lore texts explain that the Sclavas were created by the Falatacot?

Eruditus
03-28-2004, 03:29 AM
Are not the Fizhat the spawn of new critters at the end of the blackmire quest?

toshiro
03-28-2004, 09:44 AM
Somewhere hidden back in the old story arcs is a reference to the silithis, there was references to them being connected to a sleeping god along the lines of the Cthulhu mythos gods deep underground.
So The Sleeping One rumbled beneath the world

this all ties in with the Moarsman (same story arc)


Also if i remember correctly the devs said that they would be resurrecting an old story arc that was left out. Now that story arc was dropped when a member of the dev team who designed it left. (if my memory serves me correctly)

Then again i could be completely wrong :-)

"Beware the sleepless sleeper lies"

EDIT:
OK i went and looked and came up with this law from the Should the stars fall event.

If one travels throughout the archipelago we have named the Vesayen Isles,
one might notice the strange behavior of the Mosswarts. One would think
that they would be unified in their hatred of other creatures, but they
seem to be split in two distinct factions. One never sees the two types
together, unless they are fighting each other. The factions can be easily
told apart. The greyish-black Mosswarts seem less individually powerful
but better-organized than their green and brown cousins. The organized
grey Mosswarts seem fanatically devoted to malevolent stone idols found
scattered about several of the northwest islands.

-Onda Nakoza


and this from Anadil
This journal was found on the body of the Sand King Anadil of Shakrassekor

Aerfalle explained that in the old Falatacot scriptures, the Great Ones did not die, but went to sleep in their mires. It was said that "When soon the stars align, and dim from darkness' time, then shall those who names may not be spoken, birth anew the childer, and be again awoken." Doggerel, in my opinion. The meter is forced; the words needlessly opaque. There is nothing worse than a seer who imagines herself to be a poet.

The Winds believe the tentacled creatures are the spawn of the Great Ones. Aerfalle spoke vaguely about the appearance of the Falatacot gods. She was one of perhaps a dozen remaining who saw one, during His Eternal Splendor's first trip to Killiakta. That, she said, was when they became the first to walk into eternity. The Great One they saw was supposedly the last awake.

They did not see much beyond a great writhing mass of tentacles, "a vast field of them, rising glistening from the mire," she said, "some as thick as larchess trunks." She conjectured that the creature beneath the water might have been the size of the volcano Tenkarrdun. If such is true, the creatures boiling beneath the water and soft earth here must be mere infants. She seemed unwilling to speak further, and I did not press her.

The Lady, at least, remains unmoved by the Children. I have seen her stare out at the waving tentacles, arms folded across her chest, and looking skeptical. For a Wind, she is uncommonly practical. This is a good thing in a leader. Too many of the Dericost have their brains half-wrapped in cobwebs and mysticism.

Tsariun
03-28-2004, 04:55 PM
The menhir rings (places where stone circles jut from the ground, sometimes due to the mana streams running throughout the world being closer to the surface--you can visit the Holtburg menhir ring and see this) aren't exclusive to Marae Lassel. There's the aforementioned Holtburg ring, the entrance to Caulnalain is, IIRC, in the center of a menhir ring, and there are a few other places where the menhir standing stones can be found. They're most notable on the plateau of Marae because there are so many of them in such close proximity, and all of them are tied to a quest--the Queen's Quest. Most of the other rings are only notable as landmarks, and serve no other purpose as far as game mechanics are concerned.

It seems more and more likely to me that the Ruuk (and the other Burun that haven't made it into the game yet) aren't altered Mosswarts at all. They're the newest immigrants to Dereth, whether it's by their own choice, or because the Sleeping One that they serve has been given a way to come to the homeworld of its enemies (The false gods (Falatacot) and their Fiazhat worshippers). I'm fairly confident that the Fiazhat are the Sclavus.
The "Skin of the Fiazhat" spell makes sense in context--Snakeskin is surprisingly tough, and Sclavus hide is already used by the leather crafters to make a coat and helm.

Emo
03-29-2004, 01:02 PM
My guesses:

Ruuk / Guruk / Kukuur == Burun
Fiazhat == Sclavus
Moars == Moarsmen
'gods' of the Fiazhat == Falatacot

The places the Ruuk are guarding are the portals to their world from Dereth. The Flatacot opened these portals ages ago. Asheron talks in more than a few texts that the Empyreans where most likely not the first race to use planar magic. He references the Aun as an example of this as they had previously seen visitors from portals.

It seems the Falatacot closed the portals to the Burun for some reason.

Italuwa
03-29-2004, 03:26 PM
OMG this is So exciting, yet...slightly distrubing. we were enslaved by olthoi once, because then we were weak, and new to the land, but then we bacame more knowledgeful of the reasorces we had here, and we formed a resistance to the olthoi, a formitable opponent. but these creatures have been in hiding for these many years, or perhaps from a different land! we know almost nothing about then other then they have a type of magic we haven't seen before. i just hope they don't try to enslave us, the anchient olthoi queen was one tough bugger to crack(hehe) but as we united to stop the growing threat we succeded, i think that if the new race shows any kind of hostility we should stop it before it becomes to strong. I mean look what happened when Garlean was not taken care of, his elementals ran unchalanged accross the land... i'll be putting up a fight, i hope you'll all join me.

i mean if the faltacot and the scalavas tried to keep the buran from comoing into this world..we might have a serious problem...and we are the ones reasponsable for their release

Hellbound
03-30-2004, 09:22 AM
Hmmmnnn, are we talking interstellar travel here, or the posability of doing so by finding the right portal????

I'm probably just dreaming, but it was a nice dream :-)

I'm somewhat confused about "Across the vast Device", but it holds room for many interesting scenarios :-)

Hellbound

Hungwell
03-30-2004, 05:02 PM
Ruuk are the Burun.

Fiazhat are Falatacot

Guruk and Kukuur,

Option 1: 1 of these will be the Sclavus the other may be the Derecost. Why? Because these guys are swamp dwellers

Option 2: the g's and k's are actually other forms of burun or even mosswarts.

Option 3: one of these is the mosswart and the other is the sclavus.

Moars are moarsmen.

Bomutur are olthoi grubs and boumtuk would be the olthoi OR possibly a wasp larva we have never seen and a pynthos wasp (possibly mire or jungle) Do not olthoi grubs predate flying olthoi?


I'm thinking of a location. I will dispatch my minions to investigate and let you know if they find anything.

ArielleZeke
03-30-2004, 09:06 PM
nm :)

Yan_HG
03-31-2004, 07:07 PM
Something which grabbed my attention while reading through it this time:

>They had long ago cleansed the tainted Fiazhat race from the surface of Bur, their world, but remnants of Fiazhat Gods hunted them still.

The Fiazhat are no longer on their world, only the false ones who had come with gifts for the Fiazhat remain on Bur. Why they continue to hunt the Ruuk is beyond me.

Also, I noticed the "Sleepless One" still has yet to be changed to "Sleeping One" in the fifth to last paragraph.

Soslan Lenarth
04-05-2004, 09:33 AM
Look at the strange portail maybe hooked in your Manor. If the Sleeping One is a tentacular créature, it could be HIS or HER appearance. Maybe the Adepts of the Sleeping One are coming back from Bur through thoses portals and the Slavus (Fiazhats) with Falacosts(Fiazhat's gods) were protecting Dereth from this return.

Killing the Matron in blackmire maybe disrupted the magic used to close the portals.

They came because they saw the awakening of the Sleeping One as a sign (earth shaking?) to go to have vengeance against Fiazhats.
Maybe it's te first time they come in the home world of the Fiazhats (Dereth).The Sleeping One is their deification of the ground/mother/earth giving life and food. Awaken One is the ground shaking. We know they swim, have a crown on the head and little eyes. If the larvae are olthoi grubs, we know that an olthoi grub have the lengh of their arm.

Friends of Ispar, be carefull with the portal - trophy- you hooked in your Manor: You don't know what could come through!

I hope Antius and our High Queen will help us to find a way to close thoses portals!

Soslan Lenarth, ADS Allegiance, Frostell