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In-Character Forums => Rumour Has It => Topic started by: scifibarbie on February 16, 2008, 03:14:10 PM
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*A pink haired girl can be seen posting a notice on random notice boards throughout Dregar and Mistone as she travels. She seems very angry and upset, and is crying often..
Upon reading the notice (or if they cant), many ask her about it..she tells them what she was told by the aeridinites, especialy to the half-races and mixed couples she meets...
FOR THOSE MIXED RACE COUPLES AND THEIR CHILDREN
Know the truth of why you cannot have children!
Aeridin says we are corruptions of the world. That after thousands of years of life he is finally setting right the world and ending the chaos our existence sows!
We are not meant to be a part of the natural cycle....we are abominations to be eradicated! Born out of existence...if you are a mixed blood then your presence is an abomination to his natural order! If your a mixed couple, then you will not be allowed to create a corruption!
I say after thousands of years we are a part of nature's cycle! We are natural and how dare he attack us unjustly!
Ask the head priests of aeridin for the truth of it if you doubt!
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*The following notice is tacked on to the bottom of all but the most remote postings.*
We are not abomination - merely the products of a grace which the Lifegiver no longer affords mortals. The union between elf and man, or halfling and gnome, or mortal and outsider - these are not natural things. Never have they been, but Aeridin granted us the ability to join with one another to create new life.
Great and terrible things have happened in the past hundred years. The war with Sinthar Bloodstone, the coming of the Dark Times, the spread of plague and the return of dragons to Layonara...
These things were not without cost. The cost of one such event was the Lifegiver's blessing between the races - now, it is the sanctity of Life as much as the Cycle that is vital. Just as life leads to death, so, too, must life be kept uncorrupted by unnatural change.
I am half elven, and half human. I know your pain, and wept with grief when I first learned of the Lifegiver's will in this, for I will never father a child. But on long meditation, and many weeks of prayer, I have come to understand.
Many will never understand; I wish that I could truly give you that comprehension.
But know this: Aeridin does not "attack" anyone, in this fact that has now been with us for many years. His blessing, so long taken for granted, was revoked. A difficult period of acceptance lies ahead of us, especially those for whom life's road is long.
Know that I share your plight, yet know, too, that the reasons for this change are not in petty or cruel intent. It is Aeridin's will, for the betterment of Life.
~ Ceviren Lightstaff, Healer of Aeridin
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Azatta and Ilsare might bless that which Aeriden denies. Two goddesses of love and tolerance may suffice where but one god might deny. True love is more powerful than any god... and even if it isn't, two gods are stronger than one.
As for the madman trying to rally people to slay Aeriden, methinks he's the same one who hates Lucinda. Seems to be his voice in the message. Same vehement anger and signatures of anonimity. I must agree with many of his points however, half elves and dear friends of mine and this world are hardly "abominations" I would deduce that he was not targetting them directly however, but rather that since his decision seemed to coincide with the coming of the dragons, that he's trying to save us from any half-dragon progeny. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work with the recent half-dragon mutants being proliferated by the Green Dragon Cult's vile alchemical vials... so it seems he's only put us at a disadvantage where the most dire of half-breeds flourish.
I would suggest we find him and talk some sense into him. If that fails, turn to Azatta and Ilsare. His denial of children between loving couples of different races must surely concern them. Until then, I'll enjoy this era of free love with no fear of commitment, as any good Xeenite should!
-Farros
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*a note tacked to the bottom in most major towns and inns, written in an elegant script*
Be careful what lies you spread
The avatar of Aerdin fought and defeated the avatar of Corath.....
It took a huge toll on Aerdin and the ability for half races or non pure bloods to breed was loss because of that....
Would you prefer the great evil to still be walking the lands and doing his gods bidding?
Aerdin fought his enemy, for the good of us all......It had an unexpected side effect. Such things often do....I would be highly surprised if Aerdin himself even realised it would happen
Grow up and deal with it
*signed*
Ireth Astendor
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Lies perhaps, but if the Aeridenite clergy is spreading them in calling half elves abominations when asked after the fact, then that is somewhat suspicious. We need more answers before a war is to be waged.
We must speak to him directly. The callousness of his clergy in declaring us all abominations makes me suspect something's not right at all. If he lost power and that's why it happened, then Azatta and Ilsare might be able to help him... If as his clergy say, he views innocent halfbreeds to be abominations, then perhaps Corath touched him more than we realized...
Any who have detailed knowledge of this war between avatars please come forth with whatever knowledge you have before some poor innocent god gets slain out of ill-placed vengeance. Any who have proof that this is his bidding come forth too. Knowledge is better than fury. We need options here, seldom is any history pure black and white.
-Farros
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*penned in an elegant script*
I told you what happened....
I watched the battle myself...
Corath was trying to create strange half breed creatures, experimenting...I think it most likely that the inability for non pure breeds to breed came from Aerdin stopping those experiments....
They fought, one was vanquished, one was not....
What else is there to know?
*signed*
Ireth Astendor
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Much my friend. Find me soon, I have much to tell of recent sights of Corathites and half breeds.
-Farros Galdor
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*lex'or, a blue haird man, passes by and sees the noticed left, after asking around he get to hear it was a pink haired girl. He sighs and shakes his head, ripping the note left by the Aeridin healer*
"So they finally started to tell the story outside of the clergy. And it's starting."
*After talking out loud to himself, he moves out of the inn and into the night.*
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*Ceviren, checking the various notice boards and inns in the course of his travels, sees some of the new, harsher postings, and the few which reflect reason. He sees, too, his own posting torn, and sighs to himself.*
"I do not have much chance to win a war of words... May the Lifegiver watch over us all."
*Shaking his head in a mixture of grief and exasperation, he simply moves on, already thinking over his next destination, and the next town where he might to more good with healing and medicine than ever by mass-produced parchment.*
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Let us not be duped, Milara is laughing now. I saw two Black Wizards at his side when I saw him last, not too long ago. He made mention of his doing war in the heavens and had his sights set on the ancient tombs of rofirien. With the great red Pyrtechon being summoned to the realms on fFiresteep by his gathering forces, and the Green Dragon Cult now artificially creating half-dragon beings... And now Corath's Avatar is seen battling Aeriden's... and though Aeriden seemed victorious, he is now weaker for it, and can no longer sustain his past graces.
Do you not find it odd or merely coincidental that such events so neatly coincide within the span of the few past months? That the bleak handmaidens of Corath, those robe wearing skull licking maniacal manipulative sods the Black Wizards, would be standing side by side with Milara, and then shortly therafter, Aeriden and Corath's avatar were seen battling?
And now it seems that heretical morons within the clergy of Aeriden are heard giving this girl advice as callous and despicable as any Corath would whisper. Aeriden himself would never call any child born of love an abberation... maybe he doesn't like shifty druids, but for the whole dogma of his religion to change overnight from "all life is sacred" to "those without pure blood are cursed" seems a few steps beyond a simple change of mind for Aeriden. Whoever this clergy member was who gave such misinformation about the word is most assuredly compromised by the agents of Corath.
And despite all appearances of Aeriden's victory... Corath is a master of manipulation. He did something to Aeriden that day, perhaps severed some magical link he had on the realm. Or perhaps he poisoned the god in their epic battle. In any case, this symptom seems to stem from the very same gosdwar now being waged by Milara, with Corathite Agents at his side with the Green Dragon Cult at their disposal. Most assuredly not a coincidence.
Milara and Corath did this, not Aeriden. Aeriden loves ALL life.
And now that half-breeds are out of the question, it sounds like Pyrtechon won't be able to make any to fight the Green Dragon Cult, hmmmm? Milara now has a monopoly one some of the best shock troops one could hope for, and necromancy enough that this curent situation doesn't effect him in the slightest.
And one thing is very certain... Aeriden and his church are now in grave danger.
-Farros Galdor, Aberration
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//Once again, this Aeridin Fight was MONTHS IRL ago... YEARS InGame...
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//The quest where Aerdin's Avatar killed Corath's ran around June of last year.....
Thus meaning it has been roughly 7-8 years IG since it happened...
No one who was on the quest felt the need to run about telling people and no one decided to investigate the rumour that was put up about the battle....Until now...
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*He walks into the inn with a swish of midnight blue cloak, his face hidden in the shadow of a hood as always. Skimming through the notice and the arguments forming a slight smile crosses his lips.*
"Lies indeed? We shall see where these abominations take you."
*He orders a drink before stepping lightly out into the night chuckling at the foolishness of the so called heroes of the land."
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//The quest where Aerdin's Avatar killed Corath's ran around June of last year.....
Thus meaning it has been roughly 7-8 years IG since it happened...
No one who was on the quest felt the need to run about telling people and no one decided to investigate the rumour that was put up about the battle....Until now...
((OOC
http://forums.layonara.com/rumour-has/116732-merchants-tale.html#post488012
Sure wish people shared information with those out-of-the-know.
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// When there's not necessarily an IC reason to share, why would they? The resolution of that event did not necessarily automatically give those involved with the knowledge that mixed-race couples could not reproduce. As EdThKet said, there was a time-lag between the event and when there were no more conceptions between mixed-race couples. The rumors about such came some time after the link and it was 3 years in game-time between that event and the point where mixed-race conceptions were not possible.
// So while I'm sure some did share the experience, they may not have connected them, and I don't see a reason for most (except maybe Bumblebee) to stop random people on the street and ask if they've heard about this or that.
// EDIT: Things posted in the "Rumors" forum are considered to filter into general knowledge. From there, people are free to ask around. ;)
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*she looks upon the notice, saddened even further than before with the recent attacks against the children, herself and now her own faith, she speaks softly to herself*
Aeridin please grant me a small part of the grace you have to hold strong throughout these trials and attacks against what my heart knows to be false attacks against you.
*she picks up her bags sorting through them before picking them up and heading out of the tavern, she walks off shaking her head at the others replies she has seen*
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*occasionally the pink haired girl was stopped by a few of the faithful of aeridin...begging her not to spread the lies, or half truths she seems to believe.
She just stares at them, and tells them to talk to their priests for the truth of what she says. That they came from the head cleric in Northpoint himself.
That the cleric told her he (she wont say aeridin if she can help it) wants to stop the corruption of the races. That the 'pure races' are not supposed to mix lest the purity of their being lead to a corruption. That their offspring are corruptions and abominations on the world and he means to end it to save the world.
It can be seen that more than one mixed couple or or half-breed obviously is taking what she said seriously and sadly.
In a few places, people distance themselves from mixed bloods and mixed couples, as if afraid to be seen with them, after hearing the girls words.
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*written in an elegant script*
Answer me this, if you can....
If Aerdin truly believes half bloods are an abomination...
Why is his highest and most respect paladin a half elf?
Why does that paladin STILL have Aerdin's blessing and divine powers?
*signed*
Ireth Astendor
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*A man appears from the shadows and tacks a note then goes back into them disappearing from sight*
Easy, for the sake of appearances. Imagine the chaos it would bring if he was to make all of this public knowledge, by even more confirming it with the removal of the powers of those who served him loyally, for all theses years unknowing his true nature.
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*chuckles reading the last note*
for the sake of appearances... if that was the case then why would the very same Aeridinites tell the creator of these notes, that all half breeds are corruptions of the world? Seems more to me like a cheap trick of the corathites.. looks like people are sharpening their pitch forks and finding the good old torch. Maybe just maybe people should seek out the Aeridinites and get their side too, because second hand information is always so accurate.
*signed*
Angela
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*An other note appears from the shadows as if the person was waiting there*
Well I know who pinned the first note, and I know that if she wrote it up it is because she talked to who she said she talked to.
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*grins and writes under* if that is the case then why would Aeridin bother to lie to his followers of mixed blood? why should he grant his clerics their spells? but hey, its nice to meet a Corathite that can read and write but I belive you should spread your poison else where and allow the people of mixed blood to come to terms with this in their own pace, unless of course you take a sick pleasure of rubbing it in
*signed*
Angela
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*an other note appears*
Hehehe, I don't follow any god, left mine a long time ago.
Why would he spread the news to all his followers and risk losing power himself. When it is easier to simply let them die out by themselves and the natural course of things, or the less natural blunt force of enemies. If he seeks to bring back balance and order to the chaos that mix blood brought, he would surely not go and stir up more chaos by depleting his own work force, stripping them of their power now, and bring more instability to his own order that what has been brought already, when he can just wait for them to die out.
*The masked man goes back being engulfed in the shadows after pinning his note*
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A dwarf trudges by and reads of the notes.
"Ach lass, tis terrible what ye found out. Ye and yer intended would be fine parents indeed."
He goes on to read the various notes that have been written since the original. Upon reading the last few, he grasps his axe and mutters a curse that such the foul lies about his niece should be seen in public. He quickly scrawls a note on the bottom.
I dinna know why I bother to refute such a foul statement. Corathite, bah! Me niece be no more a Corathite den ye be a great eagle of de sky. Sounds more like an earthworm writin to me. Or if ye mean she was deceived by one den, perhaps. Yet I know her and she be not easily fooled. Me doubts one such as dem would fool her as a priest of Aerdin. I known many a follower of Aerdin and repect dem greatly. Dem Corathites would have a hard time actin de part of a priest of Aerdin. In either case, watch yer words, ye be slanderin a fine lass. If ye wish to dispute me statement, let me know, me axe stands ready to meet ye in de areana. I may fall, but I will stand by her to de bitter end!!
De name be Dalan Stoneaxe in case ye be interested and I be found normally in Port Hempstead.
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//for some clarification...the clergy would not tel anyone the why and wherefores. This is all the information you would get from an attending cleric...EdtheKets posts (http://forums.layonara.com/rumour-has/125602-shrines-aeridin.html).
You notice that a lot more mixed race couples are visiting Aeridinite shrines.
When you ask one of the attending clerics (GM note: If your character is inclined to ask such a question of course), he just mentions that for some reason, mixed race couples are having increasing trouble conceiving children.
The cleric mentions something about a redistribution of power in the Heavens and a re-focus of Aeridin and then ushers you out.
//Hence the telling of go ask the head clergy of the temples...for the truth
//edit: this would be prior to the notice going up
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*Eghaas writes a note in amongst the others*
Has anyone really asked the meaning of why Aeridin did what he did? All I see is accusations of -what- Aeridin thinks about about half races and the ilk. Has anybody actually asked what would happen if he was still able to allow half races to be conceived?
I can assure that the alternative may not be as pleasant. How would you like to see an environment where Corath had the advantage? How would would you like it if the Corathites activities spread because the Mad Corrupter was allowed to do his work? I am thinking Aeridin would be blamed for it too wouldn't he because he did nothing to stop it. For those blaming Aeridin let me ask you this. If you think that this could have been handled better what would you expect the LifeGiver to have done to rectify the problem?
On a side note, I can understand why some might be angry because of this, and that is simply because they cannot conceive anymore. This is understandable, but it is not fair to make accusations such as these. Why cannot people be more mature about this?
*it is signed in a cursive hand*
Eghaas Treebringer
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*a note is pinned next to the others , standing out because of the bold handwriting *
I know the one that pinned the first note , any one calling her a liar i invite and tell me to my face she is lying .
I can be found on the thunder-peaks , be sure to have said your goodbye's to the ones you leave behind if you come seek me and intend to tell me my daughter is a liar .
Barion .
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//Just as an OOC comment did Abigail actually sign the notice? Alot of the description says that one sees a young girl with red hair. The notice is unsigned. Does anyone know that it is her really?
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//Just as an OOC comment did Abigail actually sign the notice? Alot of the description says that one sees a young girl with red hair. The notice is unsigned.
//The note speaks of a "pink haired girl " , but besides that ..Barion has received a note from her stating whats going on...this note has been send as a pm , but I'm more then happy to copy it and send it to any one that doubts it .
Jan A.K.A. Barion
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//Abi did not sign the signs she posted.
In her grief and anger, she didnt think to. And since she was more than willing to tell her story to those that asked I doubt she thought it necessary.
In her grief and anger when she posted the signs and as she spoke, if someone did ask her name. Her response probably would have been along the lines that it did not matter, just that they know her story. If they doubted it, they could go talk to the head priests of the shrines since the low level attending clerics doubtfully knew the true answer.
As per the previous post with eds link.
Hence the description of 'a girl with pink hair'.
//edit: as i doubt there are many inhabitants with pink hair, im sure a reasonable deduction can be made that it was her. And Im sure that eventually, she may have said her name was 'Abi' at some point
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//@ Jan The note didn't speak of of a 'pink haired girl' That was a description, -NOT- part of the notice. Note there could have been other notices that have said the same thing. Because remember this is all over Dregar and Mistone How would Barion know for certain that this is Abigail writing it, if by her own violition she said that she didn't sign it?
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//@ Jan The note didn't speak of of a 'pink haired girl' That was a description, -NOT- part of the notice. Note there could have been other notices that have said the same thing. Because remember this is all over Dregar and Mistone How would Barion know for certain that this is Abigail writing it, if by her own violition she said that she didn't sign it?
For one the letter has send him , i'll forward it to your account .
Jan .
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*occasionally the pink haired girl was stopped by a few of the faithful of aeridin...begging her not to spread the lies, or half truths she seems to believe.
She just stares at them, and tells them to talk to their priests for the truth of what she says. That they came from the head cleric in Northpoint himself.
//Short note, the Head of the faith is the White Light of Aeridin,and he's in Sadinia on Voltrex.
It can be seen that more than one mixed couple or or half-breed obviously is taking what she said seriously and sadly.
Please don't speak too much for NPCs. Many would not believe her at all, because it's not what their Aeridinites claim. The
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//sorry...was meant more as a few people are starting to go back to the local shrines and asking the head clerics there more specific question based on abis rant.
It wasnt meant to be anything specific, just a note on the continuing debate outside of the PC world.
That and as far as abi was concerned the fella she spoke with was the head cleric of northpoint, or at a least a higher up. And not the low level clergy.
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*written in an elegant hand*
The word of ONE cleric, no matter how senior is NOT the word of an entire church or even a god....
Every religion has it's zealots.....those who take a view to it's extremes
I think you will simply find the lady in question spoke to one of those zealots as the church as a whole seems to have no problem with the half bloods within it
After discussion with my brother, who was also present when Corath's avatar was defeated and is a half elven paladin of Aerdin...
Aerdin had to protect the life force of the world from Corath's perversion....Think of it as locking a door if you will, and then being a little surprised of all that is now kept out but unable to open it again.
Would you all prefer to be able to breed as you will but to have Corath's perversion running through the life force of the world or things as they stand now?
And as the dragon called went and defeated Blood, with no idea it would plunge us into the Dark Ages.....Aerdin went and defeated Corath without realising the entire consequence....
As I said before....
Grow up and cope
*signed*
Ireth Astendor
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//@ Jan The note didn't speak of of a 'pink haired girl' That was a description, -NOT- part of the notice. Note there could have been other notices that have said the same thing. Because remember this is all over Dregar and Mistone How would Barion know for certain that this is Abigail writing it, if by her own violition she said that she didn't sign it?
Just a mention a pink haired girl would be easy to spot in an inn and possibly even easy to remember. Pink is really not a common hair color
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//Yes, but the contention that i am making is that all your notices is replying to the Notice Abigail put up. You don't see a picture on the notice. The asterix shows the description of what Abigail is doing, not something on the notice. Big difference
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//yes but if someone would ask around there is a good chance they would get to have a description. Even more so if you offer an ale for the info ;)
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//Look at what was being replied to Hellblazer, Barion and the other PC were replying to notices made by angela.
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The world changes from time to time, sometimes for the better and other times for the worse. This whole event is all so very sad, the sadness itself affecting myself also, even more so my beloved daughter. While my words may sound like the words spoken by the church of Aeridin or my own church, I do not speak for neither. I am entitled to my own feelings and opinions, but yet I do not feel any hostility towards the Lifegiver on this matter.
Done is done and nothing will change with anyone throwing rotten tomatoes against his church. Hatred won't give those who are in love a child that they so much deserve, but instead will ruin the opportunities they could rather spend in each others arms. There are those old wise words of that one should do the best of each situation, and this is one of those moments. Give the love one would have given to one's child to each other instead, or put one's love to one of those homeless and parentless children on the streets.
Before all this, there were still those who found themselves being barren, but they still managed to live as happy lives as others. It is sad, but it never was the end of the world for them, nor will it be for those who now have found themselves in the same fate...
Alleina Shiante,
Priestess of Ilsare
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// If one uses the *X who looks like Y and does Z* info without it being quite explicitly stated "it's fine if you do so", then it's certainily metagaming. An unsigned note is on par unattackable (well... cannot attack the poster in question, only the note itself) as with someone writing (in game) *He thinks that you have ugly clothes.*. Only by actually stating *If you ask around, people will tell you that it was a pink haired girl who posted the notes.* can the info actually be brought "in game" (though, careful if doing so, as it's borderline of speaking for NPCs). In this particular case, only after Barion's post has it been clearly stated who the original poster was (... if he's telling the truth ... :p ).
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*pinned under Dalan Stoneaxe's note*
I was in no way calling your niece a Corathinte, what I do doubt is the words like corruptions and abominations. I can understand your niece is angry, but her posts could very easily lead to the death of followers and clerics by the hands of angry half bloods.
I choose to belive the words of Ireth Astendor, if Aeridin didn't want half breeds he could have closed that door years ago.
*signed*
Angela
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*a note is pinned next to the others , standing out because of the bold handwriting *
I can be found on the thunder-peaks , be sure to have said your goodbye's to the ones you leave behind if you come seek me and intend to tell me my daughter is a liar .
Barion .
** Sall just shakes his head a little as he reads*
You know... I'm sure there's something wrong with the air up in the ThunderPeaks. Seems to me everyone who goes up there often has a few fights, finds a few magical items, then comes back down arrogant as hell thinking they're bloody Kobal or Milara or something and wanting to kill everyone they ever knew.
On a side note... myself and Tegan discovered this many years ago. And yes we were upset... but really... whether Aeridin is responsible or not... are we really going to argue with the will of a God?
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//Look at what was being replied to Hellblazer, Barion and the other PC were replying to notices made by angela.
//Barion is reacting to Ireth's first post , In a way to the answer from Ionnarin and Angela her post , Ireth clearly states in her first post it are lies , marking Abigail as liar .
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*a note is pinned next to the others , standing out because of the bold handwriting *
I know the one that pinned the first note , any one calling her a liar i invite and tell me to my face she is lying .
I can be found on the thunder-peaks , be sure to have said your goodbye's to the ones you leave behind if you come seek me and intend to tell me my daughter is a liar .
Barion .
*shakes his head reading all the messages and comments, especially at the bold written one*
*speak aloud to himself*
All this fuss, why cant people just accept it and move one. Not like it is going to change even if thousands share their thoughts here.
*then takes out some parchment and starts writing a note which he pins to the board*
Barion
I am glad to see that is how a Knight of the Wyrm goes about dealing with situations he does not agree with. And then people wonder why others might look less respectful at Rofirein and his followers. I hate to know what else you would do if someone had more than a little disagreement of the exact contents of words spoken. Perhaps you should learn the truth yourself before you go and make bold statements like this one.
At least I rest somewhat easy knowing that there are others in your order who would, I think not approve of this behavior of yours.
Jacc
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*Barion has been send a copy of the reply Jacc make from a man at the inn , he pens down an answer and pays the man to tack it up under Jacchri's note *
Mister Jacchri ,
I'm glad your still the same , trying to put others in a bad light to "protect " your foul-mouthed "friends" .
I wonder what you would do if your beloved wife was marked a liar and a chaotic troublemaker .
I have no reason what-so-ever to doubt the words of my daughter and if you take the time to read the replies then you will see that those calling her liar first , twist their words later and agree with the outcome .
I do not intend to have a discussion about the words used , but calling my daughter a liar goes too far , specially if later on the extend off her words is agreed on to be true .
Mind you . i say extend , not the words she used .
It's a good thing you can rest somewhat easy and i'm glad that after a long time you took the time to come out of your woods and try to put some oil on an extinguishing fire .
Barion .
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Your daughter is mislead, letting her anger take the better of her. Aeridin has never said that those of mixed heritage are corruptions nor has he implied such. Just as she wrote of what now has happened is unjust, so are the attacks on him and his church.
If you find my words offensive, and wishes to take the law in your own hands to end my life, then I will go where you desire to meet me.
Alleina Shiante,
Priestess of Ilsare
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//I want to step in here real quick.
#1) Stay in character and don't let your OOC feelings influence your IC decisions...very important. This is for everybody and is not reference #2 below.
#2) Barion I am very surprised (and disappointed) to see a Knight of the Wyrm act/state things like this in public (or in private for that matter). This is not staying IC and seems to be your OOC feelings coming in to play here. You need to stay IC and play the part of the Knight of the Wyrm...this is not representing them properly and you (the player) know that. Stay IC please.
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*Dorena walks by and reads the notes, pondering for a moment. Then she giggles slightly and mumbles to herself. "Why does everyone I am already marked as a troublemaker?" Without leaving a note she walks away again.*
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*In Audira, Honora runs into a small gathering discussing the note which is relatively free of the accompanying side notes and comments. Discussion ranges from "good, folks should stick to their own" to "poor souls who can never know the love of a child". At the last comment, she speaks.*
Never know tha love of a child? I got three now, an' another grown. Not from my body, sure, but anyone with a big enough heart an' even a wee bit of coin kin raise one. Orphans all over this world, needin love an' a roof over their heads. Why all tha fuss bout bein able ta birth one?
*Two townsfolk note her skin and fangs and leave in a hurried huff. Three others stay, all women, all hoisting woven reed baskets of colorfully dyed laundry on their hips.
"And you'd support this? You'd not exist if it had been but a generation earlier," one says in speech punctuated with soft h's and harsh vowels.*
Well, firstly, don't see as I'd have much choice. I mean, gods, an' all. Not like I could stamp my little foot an' stop it. Second, iffn it had happened like ya say, wouldn't be havin' this conversation so...*Honora shrugs with a smile*. Plenty o' gods out there doin' stuff ta git angry with, I'm guessin. Don't see tha point o' gittin' worked up over this.
I'm assumin' tha writer thinks Aeridin wants us half-folks dead an' all my experiences say that ain't so. *She pauses again, thinking, as the women mutter among themselves.* Any o' you ladies got any inklin' of that bein' tha case?
*They shake their heads, looking at each other.*
Then seems it's jest a "what is". Aeridin don't want folks makin' babies outta dwarves an' elves, that's his business. *The women, all human, giggle a moment at the thought. Honora smiles again, and they wander off toward a public fountain while she stays a bit longer to read the rest of the notes on the board, occasionally noting something in a leather-bound journal.*
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Shiff wanders past this ever growing pile of insults, accustations, arguments and points and sighs. He's been reading this as time went on, even watching those who write these things from afar knowing, regardless of the author's side, things will just keep piling up. He sighs at Barion's threats, smiles at Ireth's reason, frowns at Abigial's pain, and scoffs at those only making more trouble. In the end he just walks off, knowing full well that even though this affects him not, that the forces of Chaos will only grin and rub their hands together at the controversy brought up by a Pink Haired Girl's Pain.
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//in a neat, measured hand
My friends,
Lest we judge each other too harshy for words written here, think for a moment of the pain suffered by those who will now never see the physical manifestation of their love as they had longed to. Such pain may make fools of the strongest of us, may it not?
It is true, that one result of Aeridin's actions is that those of us of mixed race may no longer bear children - and that no more of mixed race shall be born. However, I ask you this:
The Lifegiver has always been a source of healing an light in this world. He teaches us to spread healing as best we can, with an even hand. From the warrior who suffers a sword blow, to a child who falls from a tree, many seek out his clergy for a healing that is freely given and well trusted.
Would this God knowlingly inflict such suffering upon the peoples of this world, if the alternative were not far worse? It was to save us all from a foul corruption that this was done and, while the price may be high, the price of inaction was higher.
Do not forget, we are but mortal. It is not always given to us in this life to know or understand the thoughts of the Gods. I shall, and have, weep for those children that cannot be, but I shall give thanks to Aeridin that countless other children were spared the touch of the Corruption.
Walk in the Light, my friends, and find what solace and healing you may.
Elladan Peters
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I think what we are forgetting here is that the halfdragons of the cult are being created with or without his grace. Demons and archdevils NEVER needed his grace to crossbreed with dark magic in the first place... they come from a plane in which he holds no domain at all. It might have been a nice idea at first, but old Aeriden overestimated his own importance in the main scheme of things; for even in denying his grace, he forgets that the graces and dark mechanations of others will easily suffice. He can no more stop this corruption of Corath's by stopping his grace than Toran could stop Pyrtechon's rage from burning by dropping his sword.
All he has done is stop the half elves and Aasimar from breeding, and a handful of half orcs who were on our side already. Archdevils never needed Aeriden's gift in the first place, they're not mortal and many of them have power rivalling and even surpassing those of he. The half-dragons of the Green Cult are wrought from dread ancient necromancy and transmutation of Milara's, and anybody else so choosing to create an abberational monstrosity need only pursue transmutation as an effective solution. All he has done, if this be his will at all, is to stem the flow of good races from mingling. Evil will thrive, has always thrived and grows now unimpeded regardless of Aeridens wishes or current status.
So please, for all the faithful, spare us the "Aeriden's Divine Plan" idealism and face up to the doom at hand. Fact of the matter is that a high up in your own clergy is a Corathite spy spreading discord and hatred against your own god and church. Deal with the dragon in your own backyard before you complain of the barking dog of your neighbor.
Do not confuse simple fate and misfortune with Aeriden's will. You'll find history proves that infallable gods fall hardest.
The only thing funnier than reading all these cursings on his name for events which he has no power over, are reading the praises to his name for the very same events which he has no power over. It's like praising a dead dwarf for the flies on his brow. If you want to thank or blame anybody, seek Milara and Corath. And if you Aeridenites wish to cast anger over any despariging your holy god's name, try first with the clergy member who's telling distraught would-be mothers that they're abominations. As I said, deal with the dragon in your own backyard first.
-Farros
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*A hooded figure adds a short note*
He who goes by the name of Farros, you sure seem to know what you are talking about.
Archdevils? Half-dragons of the Cult? You better back your claims up with facts, because now all they are are hollow statements based on assumptions, presumptions and fear.
Know of what you speak, before you speak, instead of relying on hearsay and rumormongering.
*The note is signed with the symbol of Aragen*
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Aye, Ask your good friend within the clergy who examined the vials... oh wait, you can't because that good, wise servant of Aragen turned into a green scaled beast with wings and was shortly therafter taken by the cult. Do ask around, my good Aragenite. It can't be that your ENTIRE clergy has their heads firmly stuck within the ground. You sit there in your study and rely on the rumors and hearsay ofrom the tomes which are fed to you, I will deal with your facts as they come, at the end of my axe, and see the events of history unfold by my own eyes.
As for hearsay and rumormongering, methinks that is best left to those who sign their words with another's symbol instead of providing a name of their own. What servant of the god of truth and knowledge hides behind anonymity? Seems to speak more of subterfuge and trickery.
-Farros