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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5894049" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p>chutup: wow, I love how the pantheon all ties together into a family tree that makes a Heinlein novel look straightforward. Also, the bit about the spear that can kill the Tarrasque is very interesting as that relates to not only She Who Waits but also the Duke of Thring who wants to kill the Tarrasque in order to create the sangreal.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>And all who heard should see them there,</em></p><p><em>And all should cry, Beware! Beware!</em></p><p><em>His flashing eyes, his floating hair!</em></p><p><em>Weave a circle round him thrice,</em></p><p><em>And close your eyes with holy dread,</em></p><p><em>For he on honey-dew hath fed</em></p><p><em>And drunk the milk of Paradise.</em></p><p></p><p><em>Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>The Hill of the Swordsage</strong></p><p>Hex 11.20</p><p></p><p>The Tarrasque of Bergolast (38.28) is the greatest of all beasts. Those corpses that are struck by the lightning at its birthplace are returned to life, those who eat of its flesh have their bodies like those of the gods that can heal most every injury and those who drink of its blood see the world as the gods see it. After drinking the blood of the Tarrasque, one can perceive any object not only as it is but as it was and as it might be. Sadly, to most this appears as nothing but a mad smear of images and sounds and it takes long years of practice and training to tease out useful information from the visions imparted by Tarrasque blood.</p><p></p><p>The Lords Sanguine are the masters of this art and few are as renowned as Lord Kardash, the Swordsage. When he was young, he took a knife red from the forge, marked his face thrice and thrice and had his ears, mouth and nostrils sewn up. Sight is sufficient for him and he knows where a blow will land before it is swung. In his prime he slew an aboleth of the Sunless Sea and sent Lord Ward (19.04) staggering to his knees in a single blow.</p><p></p><p>Now however, Lord Kardash never ventures from his hill, where he teaches his apprentices in silence and spends long hours staring at the movements of the stars that circle above his hill. Many comes to his hill to seek out his teachings but few are chosen as apprentices.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-Where was the Tarrasque born?</p><p>-So, if trolls (the descendants of the people of Bergolast) regenerate because the meat of the Tarrasque has made them godlike, does that mean that you can kill gods with acid and fire? Why are trolls so ugly then?</p><p>-If his mouth and nostrils are sewn up, how does Lord Kardash eat, drink and breathe?</p><p>-Tell me more about the Sunless Sea!</p><p>-Who has studied with Lord Kardash?</p><p>-Who are the other Lords Sanguine?</p><p>-Why does Lord Kardash gaze so intently at the stars? What does he see there?</p><p></p><p>Note: basically what I mean here if that if you drink enough Tarrasque blood and then look at a rock you’ll see (and feel and touch) everything that ever happened to the rock and everything that might happen to that rock in the future. In theory this is incredibly useful, but in practice it’s like listening to 100 radio channels at once and it’s very hard for someone to focus on just one bit of information at a time, but it can be done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5894049, member: 55680"] chutup: wow, I love how the pantheon all ties together into a family tree that makes a Heinlein novel look straightforward. Also, the bit about the spear that can kill the Tarrasque is very interesting as that relates to not only She Who Waits but also the Duke of Thring who wants to kill the Tarrasque in order to create the sangreal. [i]And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of Paradise.[/i] [i]Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.[/i] [b]The Hill of the Swordsage[/b] Hex 11.20 The Tarrasque of Bergolast (38.28) is the greatest of all beasts. Those corpses that are struck by the lightning at its birthplace are returned to life, those who eat of its flesh have their bodies like those of the gods that can heal most every injury and those who drink of its blood see the world as the gods see it. After drinking the blood of the Tarrasque, one can perceive any object not only as it is but as it was and as it might be. Sadly, to most this appears as nothing but a mad smear of images and sounds and it takes long years of practice and training to tease out useful information from the visions imparted by Tarrasque blood. The Lords Sanguine are the masters of this art and few are as renowned as Lord Kardash, the Swordsage. When he was young, he took a knife red from the forge, marked his face thrice and thrice and had his ears, mouth and nostrils sewn up. Sight is sufficient for him and he knows where a blow will land before it is swung. In his prime he slew an aboleth of the Sunless Sea and sent Lord Ward (19.04) staggering to his knees in a single blow. Now however, Lord Kardash never ventures from his hill, where he teaches his apprentices in silence and spends long hours staring at the movements of the stars that circle above his hill. Many comes to his hill to seek out his teachings but few are chosen as apprentices. Hooks: -Where was the Tarrasque born? -So, if trolls (the descendants of the people of Bergolast) regenerate because the meat of the Tarrasque has made them godlike, does that mean that you can kill gods with acid and fire? Why are trolls so ugly then? -If his mouth and nostrils are sewn up, how does Lord Kardash eat, drink and breathe? -Tell me more about the Sunless Sea! -Who has studied with Lord Kardash? -Who are the other Lords Sanguine? -Why does Lord Kardash gaze so intently at the stars? What does he see there? Note: basically what I mean here if that if you drink enough Tarrasque blood and then look at a rock you’ll see (and feel and touch) everything that ever happened to the rock and everything that might happen to that rock in the future. In theory this is incredibly useful, but in practice it’s like listening to 100 radio channels at once and it’s very hard for someone to focus on just one bit of information at a time, but it can be done. [/QUOTE]
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