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| 1281 | =head2 On the nature of elemental essences |
1281 | =head2 On the nature of elemental essences |
| 1282 | |
1282 | |
| 1283 | It is said that of the four primary elements |
1283 | It is said that of the four primary elements |
| 1284 | |
1284 | |
| 1285 | - there is earth which is. |
1285 | - there is earth which is. |
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| 1287 | - there is water which changes. |
1286 | - there is water which changes. |
| 1288 | |
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| 1289 | - there is air which moves. |
1287 | - there is air which moves. |
| 1290 | |
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| 1291 | - there is fire which consumes. |
1288 | - there is fire which consumes. |
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1289 | |
| 1293 | =head2 Overheard in a Narcopian brothel |
1290 | =head2 Overheard in a Narcopian brothel |
| 1294 | |
1291 | |
| 1295 | When Mother Earth was suckling her children |
1292 | When Mother Earth was suckling her children |
| 1296 | |
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| 1297 | sky suckled from her right teat |
1293 | sky suckled from her right teat |
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| 1299 | but flame and sea fought to suckle from her left teat |
1294 | but flame and sea fought to suckle from her left teat |
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| 1301 | this is why they still fight to this day |
1295 | this is why they still fight to this day |
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1296 | |
| 1303 | |
1297 | |
| 1304 | =head1 The Tale of Lord Butakis - The Lost Stars of the Lake, Volume I |
1298 | =head1 The Tale of Lord Butakis - The Lost Stars of the Lake, Volume I |
| 1305 | |
1299 | |
| 1306 | This story begins nearly four thousand years ago, when Kadriosa IV, King |
1300 | This story begins nearly four thousand years ago, when Kadriosa IV, King |
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| 1862 | in it, seen many of its wonders and returned. |
1856 | in it, seen many of its wonders and returned. |
| 1863 | |
1857 | |
| 1864 | He also wrote a book that details all the ways and passages, alas, nobody |
1858 | He also wrote a book that details all the ways and passages, alas, nobody |
| 1865 | could decipher it yet: |
1859 | could decipher it yet: |
| 1866 | |
1860 | |
| 1867 | gb2trg2gb2gur2rkvg: |
1861 | gb2trg2gb2gur2rkvg: |
| 1868 | 2jnaqre2nebhaq2hagvy2lbh2ybpngr2n2znc2aN, |
1862 | 2jnaqre2nebhaq2hagvy2lbh2ybpngr2n2znc2aN, |
| 1869 | 2vg2vf2ba2gur2obggbz2ragenapr2bs2n2znc. |
1863 | 2vg2vf2ba2gur2obggbz2ragenapr2bs2n2znc. |
| 1870 | 2bapr2gung2vf2ybpngrq2tb2evtug, |
1864 | 2bapr2gung2vf2ybpngrq2tb2evtug, |
| 1871 | 2hc, |
1865 | 2hc, |
| 1872 | 2evtug, |
1866 | 2evtug, |
| 1873 | 2evtug, |
1867 | 2evtug, |
| 1874 | 2evtug, |
1868 | 2evtug, |
| 1875 | 2evtug, |
1869 | 2evtug, |
| 1876 | 2evtug, |
1870 | 2evtug, |
| 1877 | 2lbh2jvyy2or2ng2gur2rkvg. |
1871 | 2lbh2jvyy2or2ng2gur2rkvg. |
| 1878 | 2gb2trg2gb2gur2inhyg: |
1872 | 2gb2trg2gb2gur2inhyg: |
| 1879 | 2jnaqre2ebhaq2hagvy2lbh2trg2gb2znc2aN1, |
1873 | 2jnaqre2ebhaq2hagvy2lbh2trg2gb2znc2aN1, |
| 1880 | vg2vf2gb2gur2evtug2bs2n2abezny2znc. |
1874 | vg2vf2gb2gur2evtug2bs2n2abezny2znc. |
| 1881 | 2tb2hc, |
1875 | 2tb2hc, |
| 1882 | 2yrsg, |
1876 | 2yrsg, |
| 1883 | 2hc, |
1877 | 2hc, |
| 1884 | 2yrsg, |
1878 | 2yrsg, |
| 1885 | 2qbja, |
1879 | 2qbja, |
| 1886 | 2qbja, |
1880 | 2qbja, |
| 1887 | 2evtug, |
1881 | 2evtug, |
| 1888 | 2qbja, |
1882 | 2qbja, |
| 1889 | 2qbja, |
1883 | 2qbja, |
| 1890 | 2qbja.2Lbh2jvyy2or2va2gur2unyy, |
1884 | 2qbja.2Lbh2jvyy2or2va2gur2unyy, |
| 1891 | 2tb2guebhtu2naq2gb2gur2yrsg2gb2ernpu2gur2inhyg. |
1885 | 2tb2guebhtu2naq2gb2gur2yrsg2gb2ernpu2gur2inhyg. |
| 1892 | |
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| 1893 | |
1887 | |
| 1894 | =head1 Order of the Gravestone |
1888 | =head1 Order of the Gravestone |
| 1895 | |
1889 | |
| 1896 | An ancient order of druids, that venerated the supposed gravestone of |
1890 | An ancient order of druids, that venerated the supposed gravestone of |
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| 1925 | illusion forged by some magicians of those churches, mostly because you |
1919 | illusion forged by some magicians of those churches, mostly because you |
| 1926 | can still die in Heaven, Hell doesn't look all that impressive (and it |
1920 | can still die in Heaven, Hell doesn't look all that impressive (and it |
| 1927 | is so easy to come back), and why would only the churches in Scorn have |
1921 | is so easy to come back), and why would only the churches in Scorn have |
| 1928 | access to those in the first place? |
1922 | access to those in the first place? |
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1925 | =head1 Barad-Dur |
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1927 | In the mountains north-east of the great city we found it at last -- the |
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1928 | hidden fortress of Barad-Dur. What treasures could lie in it I do not know |
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1929 | for our party never gained its way past the entryway. Skulls, pixies, and |
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1930 | a horrible creature I hesitate to name decimated my friends and I. |
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1933 | =head1 A visit to the Alchemist |
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1934 | |
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1935 | ...and then did the Alchemist agree to make me my potion. First he |
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1936 | called to his grimm servants who hauld forth a great iron cauldron. Into |
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1937 | this black device did he deposit his ingredients and, opening his spell |
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1938 | book for reference, then did he cast his spell of alchemy therepon the |
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1939 | cauldron. |
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1940 | |
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1941 | Greatly did the tub shake and move! I thought that the Alchemist had broke |
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1942 | his device, but he chuckled at my ignorance. Into the cauldron did he |
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1943 | reach an brought forth a filled bottle of golden amber fluid... |
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1946 | =head1 The Philosophical Ingredients |
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1947 | |
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1948 | Know that there are 4 principle philosophical ingredients. In order, they |
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1949 | are: |
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1950 | |
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1951 | - philosophical salt |
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1952 | - philosophical sulphur |
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1953 | - philosophical phosphorus |
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1954 | - philosophical oil |
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1956 | The great alchemist has often said that all living things are made of |
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1957 | these ingredients. Proper combination of these with other base objects can |
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1958 | often create potions of power and might. |
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