Juha Vesanto wrote: >Hi > >Here are the events for 1457. > >*Avatar [-4]:* A pack of dragons is spotted late in the >evening flying towards Avatar from the sea. They circle >around the town for a moment, then dive down and land >several miles north of the city. Unseen by the people >of Avatar, another pack follows them after the sunset. >The two packs attack each other, and in the aftermath >the town catches fire. The northern side burns to the >ground. > >*Amo'Trall [-4]:* The third Ice Demon invasion has taken its toll on the >Amo'Trall tribes. Although not the target, the Amo'trall stood on the >path of the Ice Demons. Half of the clans have suffered some kind >of damage, and there are some which have been totally annihilated. > >*Ka'Shari:* a small armada of Ka'Shari ships leave the Midsea, heading >north. The armada carries most of the Ka'Shari population, leaving >behind only those that do not share the dream, or have other dreams. >They sail past the Isle of Golaren, north-east until they arrive >on an unmarked patch of sea, where one ship and a pack of dragons >are waiting for them. A gate is conjured into being. The ships position >themselves into a line, and headed by the dragons, they sail >through the gate into a breaking dawn on a new world. Their new >home. The Ka'Shari of Celandra are no more. > >I'm picking up a plot line that I left aside due to lack of time (and >inspiration) a long time ago. This will explain some that was >referred to above. > >As for what Mir learns about the Gate is this. Very rarely, >if ever, anybody gets in. Invariably (but it's hard to be sure), >they are natives of Celandra (not from the Dreaming). The Guardian >of the Gate is an extreemly powerful being, possibly the Omog >itself, meaning that the World itself decides who gets in. It is >impossible to know in which cases does it allow passage. Nobody >has ever come out of the gate. > >---++ Visions, part IX: > >"Lady! Is this the place?" > >"Yes. Rahi gave us accurate enough information to locate this place. >The reality of Celandra here has been shattered once already. >It will not require a big push to create a new break. Come, I will >guide you and your wizards in creating a gate large enough to allow >the ships through." > >------- > >"Master, master! Come quick!" > >"What? Oh, it's you. Somebody tried the gate did they?" > >"Yes! And they did it, and are at it still!" > >"They? Many of them?" > >They ran to the observation chamber, located near the place >where the Great Portal of Mir had once stood. Everyone in the >room was staring at the scene shown on the Observation Circle: >a small flotilla of ships were passing through the Gate and >into the dawn of the New World. > >------- > >Hastur was furious. > >"How did they do this thing?!? You told me the Ladies were out of it!" > >"Apparently not", said a man in a white robe and long beard >calmly. "Rather clever, I think. Smuggle yourself in using >a whole flotilla of ships, and a pack of dragons to boost. Still, >I wouldn't worry about it. You see, they may have gotten in, >but I rather doubt that they can get out." > >------- > >Delaney's followers had marked the place well. They had >bought several large white bedsheets that they laid on the field to >create a huge cross, which was clearly visible from the air. But >the night was coming... > >"Here they come!" > >Several dragons swooped in from the sky and landed on the cross. > >"YOU MUST HURRY", a voice boomed out. "THE NIGHT CRAWLERS ARE >COMING." > > What are the Night Crawlers, again? I can't remember what they were. Ibrahim > > ================================ Confidentiality Statement and Disclaimer ================================ This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the original message. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
