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Something that just struck me today: the current predicament has interesting parallels with the 'Judgment of Paris' in Greek myth, with Paris (Eadric) made to decide which of three goddesses will claim the Golden Apple (the Urn). Depending on how far the analogy extends, this could imply a...

Poor Eadric. For all the complications that arise when religion intrudes in romance, I can only imagine that forming romantic relationships with actual figures of veneration must be exponentially more problematic...

Indeed. Ha! Also, I wonder if Eadric isn't beginning to succumb to Stockholm syndrome. Not that I'd blame him.

Shomei puts the I in Library - and in Τὸ Μεγα Θηρίον!

Man, I only lived in England for a year, and nowhere near as picturesque or resonant as any of those places, and you're still making me miss it. The place is just made of history.

I'm now expecting Ortwine and Nwm to attempt confronting Eadric with German-accented psychoanalysis. ;) And is Shomei seeking to indebt/subvert the academy to her faction in the impending conflict?

I see now. I had supposed she was literally applying a Nietzschean program of growth through affliction, but I'd somehow overlooked the possibility that something could kill her AND make her stronger (you'd think I would have noticed by now that death is rarely a permanent obstacle around these...

Well, they are both (former) succubi who have (by chance? by divine preordination?) come to embody paradigm-defining principles. Whether any quantum entanglement between them is a cause or an effect of these characteristics, I'm not sure...

Sadomasochism - the path to transcendental power. Who knew?

I'm sure she has a perfectly rational plan motivating this intervention. One might even call it a plot. :D

Since you asked (har har), what I'd like to see is Sep's bibliography of historical, philosophical, rhetorical, and metaphysical sources. I can place a number of influences, but I'd love to know all of the ones I didn't recognize :D

Clearly I should exercise my oracular abilities more often :D

I like to think the saga will conclude with Shomei ( <3 ) usurping the now-Greenified Adversary's role as designated manifestation of Will in opposition to the prevailing metaphysical authority. Thus the dialectic is preserved. :cool:

You can find the entire story to date condensed into a single thread here :)

Aaaand... dutifully saved to the ever-expanding series of text documents where I'm preserving this for posterity :) As fascinating and evocative as ever, Sep!

Hey, it's great to see you taking this up, Mallus. Personally, I think you're doing a good job portraying the atmosphere of deadpan lunacy (and sulphur!) that accompanies Burne :D

Just solemnly adding my voice to the chorus, speeding Mr. Gygax's spirit to its next destination... :)

Another so soon?! Goodness, I'm spent!

Well, I finished A Brief History of the Druids, and now I'm reading Ed Greenwood's The Temptation of Elminster. I really have to be in a certain mood to enjoy Greenwood's fiction, but when I am, I really do :p

Well, I finished The Code of the Streets (nonfiction, sociology; a well-done, extensive, if not extremely deep, ethnography of Philadelphia's poor and the underground economy) and The Rite (part 2 of the Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy of Forgotten Realms novels; I found the two primary...