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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 7104398" data-attributes="member: 23">Lal awakes with a start... what a peculiar dream.  What could it mean?  The color of the cloak... Purple could represent Yoon Suin... but the color didn't quite seem right, Yoon (the purple spice that had given Yoon-Suin its name) was more of a mauve.  Maybe a sign of a religious affiliation?  The only god Lal knew of that was associated with purple was Va Qabu, the little dog of sleep and clouds... that didn't quite make sense either... but then again, there were so many cults in the Yellow City there could be other cults that used this shade of purple as their holy color.  Hmmmm...As far as the sand storm... the Yellow City was surrounded by jungle, but there were extensive beaches to its east and west.  Was this a symbol of a sea journey, or was there actually a magical sand storm, that directly transport this man here?  Who was he?  Was he of the Yellow city?  If not, why did he go there?  Why the high desert?  Was this man related to this quest Lal found himself upon?   Back home, there were dream interpreters one could hire.  Many were charlatans, but there were good ones who could provide keen insight... here... well Lal would have to inquire obliquely.  As the group gathered to exit the gate, Lal approaches Ankabut, Salahuddin and the Vizier Akilah:"Before we join our guides... you have been involved in this quest longer than I, and surely know things I do not.  If I spoke of a man in a burgundy cloak... does this mean anything to you? "Later, upon encountering the guides, Lal contents himself with bowing followed by a beatific smile.  Best let the others deal with the courtesies... there were some politics here, that he didn't quite understand yet.</blockquote>

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