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Predators and Menaces —<br> | Predators and Menaces —<br> | ||
Carved to endure by Xi Ro —<br> | Carved to endure by [[Xi Ro]]] —<br> | ||
Third surviving sister of the Osmium | Third surviving sister of the [[Osmium King]]’s last brood — | ||
A STORMJOY. A stormjoy is a living cloud. When it passes over our continent, it lowers its feeding tentacles. On each tentacle are the BAIT STARS. Although light makes you happy, you must avoid it. You will be eaten. | A [[Stormjoy|STORMJOY]]. A stormjoy is a living cloud. When it passes over our continent, it lowers its feeding tentacles. On each tentacle are the BAIT STARS. Although light makes you happy, you must avoid it. You will be eaten. | ||
A stormjoy is a good way for an old person to choose death. Also, a daring knight can cut the bait stars from the tentacles. I have six! | A stormjoy is a good way for an old person to choose death. Also, a daring knight can cut the bait stars from the tentacles. I have six! | ||
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FALLING. If you fall off the edge of the continent, you will die in the ocean! This is a special hazard when our father the Osmium King uses the engines. | FALLING. If you fall off the edge of the continent, you will die in the ocean! This is a special hazard when our father the Osmium King uses the engines. | ||
HELIUM DRINKERS. The currents of the Fundament Ocean bring us near other continents. The Helium Court is near us now. They are of our species, but they are our enemies. Their knights raid us every day. Helium Drinkers have two legs, two arms, and three eyes, just like us. But they are bright/evil. I want to be a knight and fight them! | HELIUM DRINKERS. The currents of the [[Fundament Ocean]] bring us near other continents. The [[Helium Court]] is near us now. They are of our species, but they are our enemies. Their knights raid us every day. Helium Drinkers have two legs, two arms, and three eyes, just like us. But they are bright/evil. I want to be a knight and fight them! | ||
The Helium Drinker ambassador ate ten of my sisters as tribute. This is normal. However, I resent it. | The Helium Drinker ambassador ate ten of my sisters as tribute. This is normal. However, I resent it. | ||
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This entire world is deadly to us. | This entire world is deadly to us. | ||
MYSTERIES. The Fundament is very large. We are the smallest things in it. If you don’t understand something, it will probably kill you. My teacher Taox says this is why we have such short lives. So we can breed and adapt quickly. | MYSTERIES. The Fundament is very large. We are the smallest things in it. If you don’t understand something, it will probably kill you. My teacher [[Taox]] says this is why we have such short lives. So we can breed and adapt quickly. | ||
MOON WAVES. My sister Aurash is afraid of moon waves. When she gets back from her expedition to the Tungsten Monoliths, I will ask her why. | MOON WAVES. My sister [[Aurash]] is afraid of moon waves. When she gets back from her expedition to the Tungsten Monoliths, I will ask her why. | ||
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Alone I must act to save my kingdom. | Alone I must act to save my kingdom. | ||
Senility has claimed my lord the Osmium King. He is ten, and mad. The study of ancient text consumes him. Today he raves about moons above the storm. Tomorrow he will wander the halls, speaking to his familiar, a dead white worm from the deep sea. He keeps it in glass, and he tends to it, and he neglects the duties of a king. | Senility has claimed my lord the Osmium King. He is ten, and mad. The study of ancient text consumes him. Today he raves about moons above the storm. Tomorrow he will wander the halls, speaking to his familiar, a dead white [[worm]] from the deep sea. He keeps it in glass, and he tends to it, and he neglects the duties of a king. | ||
The Osmium King has three surviving heirs, each two years old: | The Osmium King has three surviving heirs, each two years old: | ||
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Xi Ro, the youngest and bravest, who wants to be a knight. | Xi Ro, the youngest and bravest, who wants to be a knight. | ||
Sathona, most clever, who wants to be a mother. | [[Sathona]], most clever, who wants to be a mother. | ||
Aurash, navigator child, who dreams of the infinite ocean. Tomorrow she will return from the Tungsten Monoliths. | Aurash, navigator child, who dreams of the infinite ocean. Tomorrow she will return from the Tungsten Monoliths. | ||
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Soon the Osmium King will lock himself into the Royal Orrery to study the moons. Gather your knights, o Helium Drinkers, and invade our continent. Kill the three heirs. I will rule the Osmium Court as your regent, and build engines for you. | Soon the Osmium King will lock himself into the Royal Orrery to study the moons. Gather your knights, o Helium Drinkers, and invade our continent. Kill the three heirs. I will rule the Osmium Court as your regent, and build engines for you. | ||
And if I fail, let the Leviathan in the deep eat me. | And if I fail, let the [[Leviathan (creature)|Leviathan]] in the deep eat me. | ||
Written in grief,<br> | Written in grief,<br> | ||
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In blood the oath is made. | In blood the oath is made. | ||
“I am Sathona, middle daughter of the dead king. I will take back my home and eat the mother jelly. I will raise my spawn on the corpse of the Helium King. On my right eye I promise this.” | “I am Sathona, middle daughter of the dead king. I will take back my home and eat the mother jelly. I will raise my spawn on the corpse of the [[Helium King]]. On my right eye I promise this.” | ||
In blood the oath is made. | In blood the oath is made. | ||
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3. I know its purpose. I know what happened to the crew. | 3. I know its purpose. I know what happened to the crew. | ||
4. Xi Ro wants to sell the ship at Kaharn Atoll, where species gather. At auction, it would earn us enough wealth to hire mercenaries. We could retake our Osmium Court and send the baby-eating Helium Drinkers screaming into the ocean — | 4. Xi Ro wants to sell the ship at [[Kaharn Atoll]], where species gather. At auction, it would earn us enough wealth to hire mercenaries. We could retake our Osmium Court and send the baby-eating Helium Drinkers screaming into the ocean — | ||
5. — but I told Xi Ro the ship was worthless. | 5. — but I told Xi Ro the ship was worthless. | ||
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You stand on the naked hull of an ancient ship. You stand exposed to the crushing pressure and ferocious heat of the deeper Fundament. It should annihilate you. It is by my will alone that you survive. | You stand on the naked hull of an ancient ship. You stand exposed to the crushing pressure and ferocious heat of the deeper Fundament. It should annihilate you. It is by my will alone that you survive. | ||
I am Yul, the Honest Worm. | I am [[Yul, the Honest Worm]]. | ||
Behold my passage. Behold my vast displacement, my ponderous strength, my great and coiling length, my folded jaws and curled wings. Behold the hiving cities symbiotic with my flesh. I am fecund, Aurash. I am at the beginning and end of lives. | Behold my passage. Behold my vast displacement, my ponderous strength, my great and coiling length, my folded jaws and curled wings. Behold the hiving cities symbiotic with my flesh. I am fecund, Aurash. I am at the beginning and end of lives. | ||
Behold Eir, and Xol, and Ur, and Akka. The Virtuous Worms. Look upon us, and know that We are go[o]d. | Behold [[Eir, the Keeper of Order|Eir]], and [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol]], and [[Ur, the Ever-Hunger|Ur]] and [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]]. The Virtuous Worms. Look upon us, and know that We are go[o]d. | ||
For millions of years We have been [trapped|growing] in the Deep. From across the stars We have called life to Fundament, so that it might contend against extinction. For millennia We have awaited you... our beloved hosts. | For millions of years We have been [trapped|growing] in the Deep. From across the stars We have called life to Fundament, so that it might contend against extinction. For millennia We have awaited you... our beloved hosts. | ||
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''Verse 2:4 — 52 and One'' | ''Verse 2:4 — 52 and One'' | ||
Good news. The fifty-two moons of Fundament host a starfaring civilization far more sophisticated than anything you’ve encountered so far. Taox’s ship fled towards the large ice moon, where a species of bony six-armed cephalopods keeps their icy capital. Savathûn’s named them the Ammonite. They seem eager to grant Taox asylum. Idiots. | Good news. The fifty-two moons of Fundament host a starfaring civilization far more sophisticated than anything you’ve encountered so far. Taox’s ship fled towards the large ice moon, where a species of bony six-armed cephalopods keeps their icy capital. Savathûn’s named them the [[Ammonite]]. They seem eager to grant Taox asylum. Idiots. | ||
We tried appealing to their hopes and dreams. This was largely unsuccessful, basically because they’re already happy and indoctrinated. This angered us, so we’ve devised a plan. | We tried appealing to their hopes and dreams. This was largely unsuccessful, basically because they’re already happy and indoctrinated. This angered us, so we’ve devised a plan. | ||
Our organs detect a fifty-third moon in orbit of Fundament. A Traveler. Divine presence of the Sky. Now we know what arranged the syzygy. | Our organs detect a fifty-third moon in orbit of Fundament. A [[Traveler]]. Divine presence of the Sky. Now we know what arranged the syzygy. | ||
You’ll have to kill them all and take their stuff. Once the Ammonite are out of the way, we can deal with the Traveler. | You’ll have to kill them all and take their stuff. Once the Ammonite are out of the way, we can deal with the Traveler. | ||
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Are you so weak? Born as prey, and doomed to die by predator? | Are you so weak? Born as prey, and doomed to die by predator? | ||
Auryx’s failure of resolve led us to catastrophe. The Ammonite fleets under Chroma-Admiral Rafriit have pressed us back to the sixth moon. Once more we find ourselves burrowing into a world’s core to survive. | Auryx’s failure of resolve led us to catastrophe. The Ammonite fleets under [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]] have pressed us back to the sixth moon. Once more we find ourselves burrowing into a world’s core to survive. | ||
Savathûn. You must draw Auryx out of his catatonia. Make him understand that the ideals of peace and stability he clings to are cancers — brutal, unjust obstacles between us and a fair cosmos. These are the bait stars the Sky uses to blind its slaves. | Savathûn. You must draw Auryx out of his catatonia. Make him understand that the ideals of peace and stability he clings to are cancers — brutal, unjust obstacles between us and a fair cosmos. These are the bait stars the Sky uses to blind its slaves. | ||