Subj : RE: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours (fwd) To : All From : royall@hal-pc.org Date : Sat May 06 2000 11:03 am From: "Scott Royall" Subject: RE: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours (fwd) Even paragons of virtue get servicing. :) -----Original Message----- From: scott@conchbbs.com [mailto:scott@conchbbs.com] On Behalf Of yl112@cornell.edu Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of AD&D Echo Subject: Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours (fwd) This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. 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Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours Will keep trying until message is 5 days old ---559023410-851401618-957544860=:4833 Content-Type: MESSAGE/DELIVERY-STATUS Content-ID: Reporting-MTA: dns; travelers.mail.cornell.edu Arrival-Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 23:36:48 -0400 (EDT) Final-Recipient: RFC822; ad&d@conchbbs.com Action: delayed Status: 4.4.1 Remote-MTA: DNS; conchbbs.com Last-Attempt-Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 04:13:22 -0400 (EDT) Will-Retry-Until: Tue, 9 May 2000 23:36:48 -0400 (EDT) ---559023410-851401618-957544860=:4833 Content-Type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Content-ID: Return-Path: Received: from travelers.mail.cornell.edu (travelers.mail.cornell.edu [132.236.56.13]) by travelers.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA17798 for ; Thu, 4 May 2000 23:36:48 -0400 (EDT) From: dhd10@cornell.edu Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 23:36:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: dhd10@travelers.mail.cornell.edu To: Multiple recipients of AD&D Echo Subject: Re: DARKWALL]FTQ Story 3 In-Reply-To: <7d1nI9Z$qmB@doriath.lan-ks.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I wanted to give this a full reply but still don't have time, so I'll just sketch action-sorry > > >[Dinner and camp preparations, as well as any watch shifts, are up > >to y'all. Otherwise, I'll assume that Qoren and Frenil work > >something out between themselves.] Frenil will suggest that everyone except Kitseya keep watch so that no one is lacking sleep. He will take the middle watch since that is the hardest one, and will also suggest that maybe later in the journey we might want to go on double watches so that there is always someone with magesense on watch. If possible he will try to set some physical traps to alert the camp if someone approaches-if nothing else a precariously ballanced pebble here or there, in key areas of approach, but hopefully at least one rope trap if he knows how (Yoon, this is your choice) [snip] > > >She stares into the fire, resolute. "This, I think, is what we are > >sent to find." With a frown, she addresses Qoren: "Did Cat make no > >mention of this to you?" And then, to everyone: "If you know > >anything of this place, even scraps of legend, it would help. I > >had the impression that the Tower of Bone is a thing to be laughed > >at, in Qenar, a tale to frighten children...and thus something no > >one would take seriously. Tale or not, that's where we're going." > Frenil does remember hearing several different tales of a bone tower, some of them purely to frighten children but others of a more subtle variety, and these he recounts. He has heard several versions of this, so he starts quietly by appoligizing if he confuses one version with another. It is an epic of the journey of one of the greatest Ashenlands heroes of myth Thorenal Benmixael, both warrior and mage, who with three of his cheif friends and followers was said to have explored the entire ashenlands. He is actually one of the sources of the myth of humanform wraiths, and even of shapeshifter wraiths, and was said to have killed a shapeshifter. However, one time in his entire life he was caught by surprise, when he was relaxing after an adventure amongst his clan-kin. He was stolen from his tent, and taken to a prison in this tower of bone, where he was tortured, apparently for some secret that he had discovered, or according to another myth the wraiths tried to kill him but couldn't get through his magical defenses, and so had to suffice with capturing him and wearing him down. He was a prisoner for seven years. However, somehow, (and depending on the myth he either got this through sheer force of virtue or trickery) he got one of the wraiths to help him escape. He was recovered ** (I would like to have a bit of refreshment on the facts of the case before I can posit a logically consistent place). After recovering he tried to return and lay seige to this tower with an army, but not only was he defeated, but he died in the attempt. There is also a bit of a poem that Frenil has heard on the tower of bone, something about a binding, but not being a bard, he doesn't know it well enough to repeat it. [snip] > At this point Takashi sighs and shakes his head, before he con- > tinues, "At this point the tale usually continues to describe > in detail all his accomplishments, but I'll come right to the > point. FG [snip] > Takashi clears his throat and continues, "The interesting part > is, that according to legend, he lost his shadow as some kind > of outer mark, of the deal. Even more interesting might be, > that several years later, he regained his shadow or perhaps he > got a new shadow, because it is said, that after the reappea- > rance of his shadow, he committed many crimes." When Frenil can first get a word in edgewise he will comment that in too many myths to recount wraith are linked to either the presence or absence of shadow, though it is more frequently mentioned in connection with mesterious types of wraiths that no one has seen for hundreds of years. > Again Takashi shakes his head and giggles. "Here I am, sitting > near a campfire in the Ashenlands, and tell you stories to > frighten children. The legend or perhaps I should better say > legends, of course includes many more details, that I left out > because I didn't deem them important, but feel free to ask, if > you think, that I left out an important detail." > As if on a second thought Takashi adds with a grin, "And of > course feel free to make fun of me. I won't be insulted, after > all I gave ample opportunity by telling you such nonsense." Frenil doesn't mock Takashi, but his grin gets if possible his grin get wider, and heads in the direction of a baring of teeth. What might be harder to see is the glint of respect in his eyes-being able to laugh at oneself is one of the key virtues according to Frenil. FG ;-) ---559023410-851401618-957544860=:4833-- -- |Fidonet: yl112@cornell.edu |Internet: ad&d@conchbbs.com | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. | Conch, Net 106's Public Access Internet Gateway -- |Fidonet: royall@hal-pc.org |Internet: ad&d@conchbbs.com | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own. | Conch, Net 106's Public Access Internet Gateway --- # Origin: (1:106/357.99) * Origin: ConchGate (1:106/357.0) .