> Here's a prophecy that I received once during the year that I was
> tribe-making in a short game. I lost the game later, so I don't
know
> what the deal was.
>
> Elgane, my Uralda magic leader came forward and said:
>
> A prophecy, first whispered by the gentlest wind spirits, then sung
by
> the small pools of water which collect after an evening rain, and
> passing to the lips of children in the form of a nonsense rhyme,
has
> now reached the understanding of adult men and women. It
says: "Many
> years ago, the dragon's firstborn son was sent to the protection of
the
> Island of Hills. But the chieftans of that land were capricious
and
> cruel, or maybe just crazy and proved a greater threat to the
safety of
> the dragon's son than anyone else. Long has he been in bondage,
but
> now from the ashes of the dragon a great carraige arises, a
carriage
> designed by Goldentongue. Those who help build it will be rewarded
by
> the freedom of the dragon's son, and a glorious new day will begin.
>
> In this game, I had not found the ancient chariot on my land. I
was a
> friend of the dragons and had explored the apropriate map points.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Random event?
>
> Beginning of a story?
>
> Incidentally, the record of the prophecy does not show up in the
> history log, I made a screen shot of the prophecy popup so I was
able
> to remember it.
>
> Stephen
I've seen that same prophecy in my first game.. no idea what it meant
though since it was a short game and I already had a tribe going.
dunno
Cheers!
-James