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Posted - 2013.02.26 16:48:00 -
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OOC: I've been ardently following this thread for some time, and I just have to say; Brutus, you tell one kitten of a heart-crushing story. |
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Posted - 2013.04.03 15:12:00 -
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OOC: //Sorry to interject with the story. I've been following along, but was a few days behind.
I know you all have fairly settled the matter of the Dark Arcanum, but I had a thought that might mesh the disparate stories a little better, without stepping on toes.
I see it as the DA was originally crafted by Fate as a tool for the Deathlord (capital D marking the master from the servants), and as such she imbued part of his soul into the book, along with the stolen soul of the betrayer.
This imbuing of combative souls granted the book exceptional power, and a knowledge of magic far surpassing any normal means, but also engendered an oily film of insanity as both aspects battled for eternity inside the tome.
If you'll pardon the Harry Potter reference, I see the book as a Horcrux of sorts. It functions as a part of the Deathlord's soul, and remains highly potent while disconnected from the source, but exponentially strengthens the Deathlord (AN) if/when he is reunited with the book.
This could play into the suggestions floating in Xavier's head, the book wants to be whole, even at the cost of the bearer's life to get back to the Deathlord.
Intrinsically tied to the fact that the book is a horcrux, as long as the book exists, the Deathlord will find a new host to infect with an aspect of himself, until he slowly rises to prominence again. This would give a purpose to the roving deathlords (lower case d to indicate the slave kings), as they are prowling around looking for their risen master, and performing nefarious feats as well to bide time.
As to meshing the history, the book was created by Fate, stolen by the Five, returned by the betrayer, and bound to the Deathlord. Deathlord fled Precantaeria for the other continent where he eventually died at the hands of the first hero under Freedom. Unfortunately for this hero, he was much like Isildur in his ignorance of the danger a mere "trinket" could pose, so he did not ensure that the book was destroyed. Since the book is part of the Deathlord, it willfully bonded itself to one of the hero's retinue, and became immaterial, hiding in the soul of the poor retainer. The book waited many long years before deciding the danger had passed and elected to re-materialize, crafting the idea that the scribes had "created" the book recently. The book influenced those present to decide that it would be best to spirit the book away, to keep it "safe", when in fact the book was having them move it away from the greatest danger present, the king. Thus it came to be hidden on the logipriest island long ago, and it slumbered while awaiting the rise of the true host, the next great AN.
I am not sure if this conflicts with any of the established lore, this is just what I took from reading the different origins of the book. After all, as was stated before, history is written by the victors, and in this particular instance, the real victor has been the book for an unknown length of time.
As I am not a contributing author to the world, take my suggestions with a ton of salt. I figured this would blend the two stories, and posit that the book has a malicious will of it's own, when not being directed externally by Fate to be docile. (Reason for fluctuating insanity for Xavier)
Also, everyone's story here is awesome. I would definitely pay to read your work in hard-back format. //End OOC |
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Posted - 2013.04.03 18:02:00 -
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote://OOC: Not bad, sir... Not bad at all!No idea about Sandromin and the rest, but I, personally, thoroughly enjoyed this explanation. One little thing, though, was a slight bit unclear to me: by "the king", do you mean Thanatos or someone else? Also, if you ever wish to join us in writing, I think everyone would be happy about it.  //End of OOC\\
My thanks kind sirs. I have been rolling around some RP ideas, but nothing solid as of yet.
As for the King, I was leaning toward Lionus, or his successor. I am not entirely clear on the timeline after Lionus defeated the AN. The book was spared by (Augustin? I have lost the post where the history identified the first hero king for Mediterra), and it went into hiding. It rematerialized during the reign of Lionus, which it recognized as a legitimate threat.
I may be muddling things up further, but perhaps this could be used to indicate Hubris on Lionus' part. Lionus didn't destroy the book, and thus it claimed the life of his reincarnation. Karmic retribution?
These are just my meager attempts to mesh history. Spitballing for lore lol |
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Posted - 2013.04.03 18:14:00 -
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Ner'Zul Nexhawk wrote:
Thanatos, however, was strictly against it; it was understandable, for he introduced the book in the first place. Hence, I had to edit my backstory to account for the changes Sandromin made in order to resolve the argument. //End of OOC\\
That was my intent, to bridge the remaining gap; to explain how both stories could be technically accurate. I meant no offense to Thanatos, but I saw it as the book utilizing it's corrupting influence to engender the idea that mortal hands had created it. It would use this pride to blind them to the corruption until they could no longer separate themselves from the book (much like Xavier/Gollum). I liked Thantos' story, but it seemed too simple for a malevolent energy/being/mind not to warp the reality to fit within that established text.
Plus this gives us a chance to better explore the inner workings of Xavier, the book, and any people who may have come into contact with it in the past (perhaps on this long voyage). Xavier has already shown us that the book creates a hunger, a compulsion for the knowledge, and a hunger like that would only grow if one were to brush with it and then be denied further examination. Then again, Connyr will likely face enough conflict without the need to inject any immortal hermits that once studied the Arcanum before it was lost to them. |
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Posted - 2013.04.03 18:22:00 -
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OOC: @ Sir Thanatos.
I did recall that it stayed in Diyad for some time after the AN was defeated, but I wasn't clear when it migrated to the Logipriest temple. Or am I confusing story elements?
Was the temple collapse and Thanatos' death taking place around the DA on a pedestal, or some other artifact? |
BootStrapWill
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Posted - 2013.04.03 19:13:00 -
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@Nexhawk I looked back, and it was indeed on page 10, the book was conjured from a thread. So we could edit to say that the book influenced the scribes to "hide" it in some pocket space, which the King (Lionus, and through him Thanatos) would be able to protect and keep from being abused. The actual reasoning would be to slowly poison the mind of the ruler, as would seem to be the case on page 9, when Thanatos was sounding similar to Xavier. Whether anyone realized that the book had engineered it's own safe-keeping is another question. Perhaps some of the scheming Secret Council knew, and wished for Thanatos to die or go crazy through exposure to the DA.
So basically, the only edit to the long post being that the book did not send itself to the logipriest island, but was slumbering in the pocket dimension represented by the thread.
Does that work?
I would have brought this up in a more timely manner in the 30s, but work is so pesky and refuses to leave me alone. |
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Posted - 2013.04.08 19:00:00 -
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Galrick M'kron wrote:
So is this an alternate New Eden?
OOC: //Perhaps Fate is Jovian.... or this entire realm is actually a sub-conscious dream-scape induced into the True Slaves of the Sansha Nation. That would explain the lack of resistance to the implants...... End OOC |
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