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<blockquote data-quote="Orichalcum" data-source="post: 1552660" data-attributes="member: 3722"><p><strong>Alea Iacta VII: Lux et Veritas Chp. 7: The Prophecy</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Purple"><em> <p style="text-align: center"> The Prophecy Given to Memmius Salonianus the Wine Merchant by Perthinos the Sagacious</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>Pour thy wine out to the gods</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and beg for them to save you</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for in the times to come</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>bountiful harvests shall be of naught.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For the past echoes forward</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and Nero's music shall be heard again</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>played by barbarian drums</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>on the shortest night,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>when great Jupiter seems to attack</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>his own two sisters and all their wards .</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For as one light dies, many others will arise.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>Even if you survive this do not then cease in your offerings,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for worse fates await you.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For the barbarians are but dice thrown by a master,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>gambling on the roll but not risking all.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the Binder of Light and Dark</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>seeks to tear apart by chaining together,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and that which the first and the eighth decreed he will destroy.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For there are many truths,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and there is one truth,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the truth of Roma</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>unites them all.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>The winged one and the treewalkers shall aid him,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>though the one struggles and the others follow their own road;</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and one sprung from the divine will be the source of power,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for already he walks in the shadow,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>guided by that stolen from the thief.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>The shadows will descend upon us </p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and kin will not know kin</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and shall rise up against each other with sword and club,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and thy greatest nightmares shall be shown forth,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and thy wine too shall turn all to vinegar.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For there are many truths,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and there is one truth,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the truth of Roma</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>guides them all.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For the Binder of Light and Dark will eat away</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>at the mortar of Roma's foundation stones,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and all shall crack and tear asunder,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and no more be joined together.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>From many come one now,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>but then shall many come from one,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the one will be in darkness,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for now the crystal shines brightly</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the image is magnified,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>but then it will shatter and</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>reflect twisted visions</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>through the dark tunnel</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>opened by obliteration.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For there are many truths,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and there is one truth,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the truth of Roma</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>protects them all.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>Yet pray to the gods for hope,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for there is hope,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>if the eight serve the will of the eighth</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and defy the will of the Binder,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>tearing apart what he would unite</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and uniting what he would shatter,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>then the truth shall set them free.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For the eight are bound themselves,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>to the winged spirit</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and to the Lord of Light,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>to the one who is both male and female,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and to the Mother of Mares</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>but also the Binder of Light and Dark has ensnared them.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>But those whom they saved shall save them in turn,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for only those who know both</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>of the Shadowbinder's names</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>may harm him,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and only in the dawn of Rome</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the eventide of the northlands </p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>may the truth be seen.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>And then may a new dawn</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>come for the north.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For there are many truths,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and there is one truth,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the truth of Roma</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>rules them all.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For they must enter unto the gates,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and banish fear from their hearts,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>for horror will conquer them,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>but the truth will set them free.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>All rests upon the foundation,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>if the cornerstone be removed,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>then all shall fall.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For there are many roads of Roma,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and one has been twice chosen,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>by the first and by the eighth.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>But not all roads lead to Roma.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>For there are many truths,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and there is one truth,</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>and the truth of Roma</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em>gives light to them all.</p></em></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Purple"><em></p><p></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orichalcum, post: 1552660, member: 3722"] [b]Alea Iacta VII: Lux et Veritas Chp. 7: The Prophecy[/b] [COLOR=Purple][i] [CENTER] The Prophecy Given to Memmius Salonianus the Wine Merchant by Perthinos the Sagacious Pour thy wine out to the gods and beg for them to save you for in the times to come bountiful harvests shall be of naught. For the past echoes forward and Nero's music shall be heard again played by barbarian drums on the shortest night, when great Jupiter seems to attack his own two sisters and all their wards . For as one light dies, many others will arise. Even if you survive this do not then cease in your offerings, for worse fates await you. For the barbarians are but dice thrown by a master, gambling on the roll but not risking all. and the Binder of Light and Dark seeks to tear apart by chaining together, and that which the first and the eighth decreed he will destroy. For there are many truths, and there is one truth, and the truth of Roma unites them all. The winged one and the treewalkers shall aid him, though the one struggles and the others follow their own road; and one sprung from the divine will be the source of power, for already he walks in the shadow, guided by that stolen from the thief. The shadows will descend upon us and kin will not know kin and shall rise up against each other with sword and club, and thy greatest nightmares shall be shown forth, and thy wine too shall turn all to vinegar. For there are many truths, and there is one truth, and the truth of Roma guides them all. For the Binder of Light and Dark will eat away at the mortar of Roma's foundation stones, and all shall crack and tear asunder, and no more be joined together. From many come one now, but then shall many come from one, and the one will be in darkness, for now the crystal shines brightly and the image is magnified, but then it will shatter and reflect twisted visions through the dark tunnel opened by obliteration. For there are many truths, and there is one truth, and the truth of Roma protects them all. Yet pray to the gods for hope, for there is hope, if the eight serve the will of the eighth and defy the will of the Binder, tearing apart what he would unite and uniting what he would shatter, then the truth shall set them free. For the eight are bound themselves, to the winged spirit and to the Lord of Light, to the one who is both male and female, and to the Mother of Mares but also the Binder of Light and Dark has ensnared them. But those whom they saved shall save them in turn, for only those who know both of the Shadowbinder's names may harm him, and only in the dawn of Rome and the eventide of the northlands may the truth be seen. And then may a new dawn come for the north. For there are many truths, and there is one truth, and the truth of Roma rules them all. For they must enter unto the gates, and banish fear from their hearts, for horror will conquer them, but the truth will set them free. All rests upon the foundation, if the cornerstone be removed, then all shall fall. For there are many roads of Roma, and one has been twice chosen, by the first and by the eighth. But not all roads lead to Roma. For there are many truths, and there is one truth, and the truth of Roma gives light to them all. [/CENTER][/i][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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