"Ahhh... you ask about the eternal mystery of Krjalk and Aldrya? Strange
how those who discover the secret do not understand it.
We Aldryami know the *truth*, the Poisonthorn elves know it, but refuse
it's incontrivable truth. Rashoran, almighty master of Illumination and
father of Nysalor, taught Aldrya the Path of Healing. With the aid of the
beings, the chaotic foulness that crawled from the Void, Aldrya discovered
her true self and revelled in the Chaotic powers within. She took Pocharngo,
the source of chaotic fertility, as her own, and Krjalk as her
servant-protector. With the advent of the Sun, who's feeble powers were of
no use when Aldrya had the might of Tyram and his sister at her side, her
servants who knew the truth were unable to spread the word that their mother
had discovered the Truth. Therefore, most elves remain ignorant of the
powerful connections that Aldrya earned. Only the Poisonthorn elves remained
of this knowledge. They were jubliant with the ressurection of the
Illuminator, Nysalor.
After the Bright Light's death, they fought and quarreled -- chaos was
evil, the evidence was obvious. They shut away the hidden powers of chaos,
and only followed the Bright Side of Nysalor, also shutting away their
greatest powers. In the hope that the Truth of Aldrya would never be
discovered, and cause their race to be persecuted, they stopped all contact
with the outside world.
When the Moonburn came, from the stupid and ignorant non-elves, all of whom
are of no worth nor value, the Rist elves came. They were accepted by their
brethren, and therein learnt of the secrets. They knew that without chaos
they would never defeat the evil non-elves who had destroyed their forest,
and so embraced it. With it's power they channeled the life of chaos into
the land where Hellwood now stands, and trees did grow there.
We have lived there ever since, all of us. Banished from the Poisonthorn by
ignorant and weak fools who deny their heritage. Our greatest leaders, who
are Illuminated through the knowledge of Rashoran, can truly embrace the
powers of Krjalk and Pocharngo and give us the great powers of the forest.
That is what chaos is, our friend, our true nature. Our final evolution, for
all Aldryami, is as chaos, and the entire world will unite underneath the
efforts of our Great Mother."
From the Hazard Fort records, 1617 ST -- the Humakti slew the Dryad, being personally involved with one or two Poisonthorn elves he did not believe the Dryad, and assures me that it was a lie.
Also, on Humakti who join for Truth and end up homicidal maniacs -- I know one. My GM's PC, Lord Timothy, is an old and powerful Humakti who claims to be the embodiment of his Master and Lord, is little more than a murderer. Anyone or anything that disagrees with *his* POV is slain or, if you're lucky, tortured. Is this a true Humakti? I don't think so.
Nick E.
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Nick Effingham E-Mail:wal_at_eff.u-net.com
<None so gaudy, nor as bloody,
as the sword that would,
crash and bash, an' swing with a flash,
and spill thine enemies blood>
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End of Glorantha Digest V2 #511
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