On May 22, 2007 06:06 am, Dan Guillou wrote:
> My uz character has become part of a project to bring back the Only Old
> One. Now that the lunars have fubared the Pharao, that shouldn't be as
> difficult, right?
Well, I'd vote it has gone from "Nigh impossible" to "Not bloody likely". *grin*
But yes, I would say it is vastly easier now that ol' Belly is gone.
> Now, my theory is that the proper way to achieve this is to recreate the HQ
> where Argan Argar wooes the Earth goddess (that's Zugorteg?) and they have
> a baby.
That's as good a way to do it as any (YGWV and all that). I think one GAG version (if I can use that phrase) is that removing the big iron spike/sword/what have you from OOO's body will do it. This strikes me as another interesting solution.
> So how much is known about that story? How much is lost? What are good
> sources?
One thing. I thought Ezkankekko's mom was Ernalda or Esrola. Mind you, a quick google search seems to show Zurgoteg is sometimes more of a Ty Kora Kek/Asrelia and sometimes Esrola, so I think all is fair in your game. :-)
> A funny thing that's happened: My character has recently found himself on
> practice quests. I wasn't planned... It just kinda happened. This puts him
> in the exciting (and possibly suicidal) position of exploratory practice
> questing.
I love this. I think it's great.
> So appearently, the first step in this recreated HQ ...<SNIP>
> So what is gonna happen next? This is what I'm guessing...
> Earth grannies ask for another favor? (Read somewhere about eight lovely
> deeds, so you might make that into a couple of favors.)
I think the 8 lovely deeds is how you woo Esrola.
> Making peace with
> elves, dwarves, orlanthi and dragonewts? Big hrm.. could you do orlanthi,
> praxians and pavisites instead? Actually, as part of the infamous
> Sven-gang, my character is already pretty much into cooperating with weird
> non-uz against a big nasty enemy.
I don't think the making peace has much to do with bringing Ezkankekko back if you are re-enacting his birth. That's more something Ezkankekko did himself.
> Then, when you start a shrine (or shop or house or something) together with
> the earth ladies, a big nasty furious fire-earth-demon-thingy is gonna turn
> up and spoil the party, which fugues into a HQ that is well-known to Argan
> worshippers: the one where you get Supress Aether. (You wait until it has
> exhausted itself against other foes or used up its volcano powers or
> whatever, jump it from behind, wrestle it down with much tricksiness, take
> its spear, and bind it in chains of darkness, is that about right?)
Works for me.
> Then you force it to construct something beautiful and lovely, to impress
> Zugorteg, then you release it (because Argan can act nice, even against
> nasty burning-demon-thingies) and then she gives birth to our favorite guy.
> How much of that sounds about right?
I'd accept it as a myth. Now, especially as it is a practice quest, is it the same as you'll meet on the Hero Plane? Maybe not. Is it the only version of the myth? Probably not. (I suspect the Esrolans and the Uz tell the story slightly differently.)
> Other questions...
> What exactly did the Pharao do to OOO.
Nailed him with a big Iron Spike, I think.
> Did Argan fight Lodril, or Caladril,
> or something else? Now that the GLers have changed Caladril around, what is
> going to turn up instead? Can my character take a break for research, or
> will the practice questing thingy keep attracting situations that resonate
> with the real HQ?
I think the practice quest will keep attracting situations that resonate. But it is possible that you will have breaks to research. As you say, the wrestling of the Volcano is probably its own HQ, even without doing the whole wooing bit. So it is quite possible you will have breaks in between stations, as it were.
> Say that ubak completes this practice run, gets the support of a bunch of
> Argan trolls in Pavis, as well as getting the local Earth temple to
> participate (ho ho ho... but I guess they might like to get the
> Argan-husband-protector subcult?) And does the whole thing again, but for
> real, on the Hero Plane.
> What will he get?
>
> A functioning OOO shrine? Temple? Volcanic eruption? A miraculous birth?
> Something else?
> How many shrines like this would it take, across central Genertela, to get
> the real living god Ezkankekko back into the world? Or wouldn't that work?
I would think it could get you any of those. Well, I'd probably avoid the Volcanic Eruption. Maybe one way is to get functioning shrines, and then from there get the power to pull out the Iron Spike?
Personally, I like the idea of getting a New Only Old One birth. Miraculous Troll Birth works very well, I would think.
LC
> I'd appreciate any info or thoughts,
> Dan Guillou
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