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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Mooncrest Scroll Scraps

Four separate scraps of paper are all that remain in this ancient scroll case, the bulk of which has long deteriorated into dust. The scroll case is ancient and locked with some mechanical means that is not obvious to the eye. Fortunately Fyn is able to open the case, and a careful casting of the Mending spell by Frumious repairs the scraps enough to be legible. The language however is unknown and an additional spell from Grigor is needed before the meaning is revealed...

Scrap 1
....as many know the knowledge of the Nine Words of Power are considered pinnacle of arcane ability, but what is seldom known is that there are also three Words of Power that are not arcane in nature, and the demons have their own Words in dark mimicry...

Scrap 2
 ...it all comes down to what is the definition of godhood. If it is merely that which receives worship then there are untold number of gods. If the definition is expanded to include that which can respond to prayers in obvious and "magical" means, then the list is reduced to several dozen. If however we take the stance of the Omnian monks and to be a god means to be eternally divine and unkillable then there is only one, or perhaps two if the liturgy of the dark order of...

Scrap 3
 ...the experienced knights in the Order are able to call their steeds from realms beyond, but it is said that some of the Cavaliers of Blue Mount chose instead to form bonds with their horses of this world and those horses gained...
  
Scrap 4

The Argloian Order has for centuries spoken of another world to come, just as the Ominans have preached an end to this one. Now the Omnians are all gone, and the world seems to be on the brink of destruction. The Argloians have taken all the writings they have collected and preserved to the Gravelands and the Necropolis, for their prophecies say that in the end all that will remain are tombs...

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