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2 THE MYSTERY OF INDRIN : A COLLECTION OF SCROLLS
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5 [ Librarian's note: This collection of scrolls was discovered
6 at Indrin's beacon by Gerdon when he and Hain went to interview
7 the current Indrin for a text in progress. It appears to be
8 some kind of journal, found and then re-found through the
9 centuries. We store documents like this so that perhaps some
10 scholarly adventurer can study and make sense of them. ~~ K.D.E ]
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13 None are sure exactly what Indrin looked like..
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16 Seems that he or she (again there is little certainty)... really
17 didn't like publicity, and was always working and doing magic
18 in the shadows. It is generally assumed that Indrin was indeed
19 a male, perhaps a human or half-elf... none think it could have
20 been a dwarf (Although to the historians on Golhyrr it has long
21 been assumned so.)
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24 So with the general uncertainty around Indrin, the sketchiness
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27 of "his" legends and histories are understandable.
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30 Here is the tale of Indrin (consolidated) as was told to me in
31 the late summer around 30 years ago by a strange and deluded old
32 man who lived along the eastern coast of the Isle of Belaern.
33 (I am sure he is gone now... storms and time would have long ago
34 erased any sign of him. But I believe his name was [[doc:MUD.Domains (Areas).Domain of Hoerk.Significant NPCs in Hoerk.Gelion.WebHome]].)
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37 Indrin came from the West... from across the great sea. He
38 was found adrift on a sailess boat, near dead, by a vessel from
39 the now nearly forgotten Kingdom of Gwaithir. At his request, he
40 was brought before the King, who at that time was Dhorin
41 Stoneweaver, greatest of his clan. The court was alive with
42 rumour and speculation, and it was generally assumed that the
43 stranger Indrin would perish, for even during those marvelous
44 times he was severly ill. It was nearly a year before he spoke.
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47 For a time Indrin lived with the people, seeming to relish in
48 observing them. A great friendship was formed between Indrin
49 and Dhorin, so much so that Indrin was highest among the advisors
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52 to the king and was trusted implicitly. Indrin taught the
53 children of Dhorin of the wide world, and of the beauty, both
54 magic and corporal, that lay within it. Many years of happiness
55 ensued, and great were the wonders the Stoneweaver clan wrought.
56 Great mechanical creations, magical gates into other worlds,
57 sleek powerful sea vessels, and yet not all were pleased. Ever
58 has it been among those that have so much, they can never get
59 enough to satisfy them, and so wild were their explorations into
60 all things that much was done that would be considered wrong.
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63 It was nearly 60 years after the arrival of Indrin from the west
64 that the **Chamber was found. A small dark hole in the earth, that**
65 **many said didn't even exist in our time or dimension. (I believe**
66 **Gelion speaks of a pocket dimension**, quite large from his
67 gestures.) IT was in this chamber that IT was found... a sliver
68 of the chaos that spawned the world. Against the wishes of
69 Indrin, Dhorin took it forth and fastened it upon a scepter, this
70 was the beginning of the time of darkness, that still continues
71 today. By slighting Indrin, Dhorin had driven a wedge between
72 them, and only upon the death of Dhorin many years later would
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75 it be bridged.
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78 A foretelling was given to Indrin and he told those that would
79 listen... among then were many of the sons and daughters of
80 Dhorin. Many struck out the the West, seeking the land that gave
81 Indrin to them, others went East, some went through the world
82 gates to adventure in other dimensions. Soon Gwaithir, which was
83 once mighty and great, grew neglected and empty. Those that dwelt
84 within it, humans and dwarves, quarreled amoung themselves, and
85 great was the discord and sadness in the heart of Dhorin.
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88 It was during this time that Dhorin became very sick, and he
89 knew death was upon him. He summoned his remaining people
90 and bade them seek out Indrin, so that they might be reconciled.
91 Even as he spoke Indrin appeared and came forward to comfort Dhorin
92 in his death. Upon his death, Dhorin was entombed in an glorious
93 crypt. Not long after his death a great silver dragon flew
94 from the south, which unlike most dragons did not attack the
95 city, instead it spoke in the ragged, sad language of a creature
96 that has lost all will to live, saying that it had failed to
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99 protect Dhorin, and would therefore would guard him in death.
100 (I surmise here, for the elderly chap began to babble terribly,
101 that the dragon was indeed Stoneweaver's wife. She was long thought
102 dead, but never had her tomb been found. A few things the old chap
103 said during his tirade seem to suport this idea.)
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106 Indrin was overcome with sadness, as were the remaining people of
107 Gwaithir. But this was short lived. Indrin and the remaining
108 sages of the Clan, sought to entomb the Rod of Chaos, as it was
109 now called, for they attribute its arrival with the decline of their
110 civilization. A great and elaborate holding place was constructed.
111 And so to seal it off the Sages built the Arch.
112 \\Indrin wanted to guard it more heavily... by removing it from
113 existence, but the sages grew weary, and longed to depart from
114 this place of sadness. (here the old man began to chant...
115 it was indeed odd.. and frightening... but this is basically
116 what he said) "Light and dark are the keys to the keys, and
117 they that unlock the door and complete the gateway, doth
118 welcome death to the quickly." (His tone of voice was most
119 disturbing, and he began to babble terribly after that.)
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122 Once it was finished the city of Gwaithir was abandoned, those
123 that chose to remain traveled south, while the rest traveled West
124 from whence came Indrin.
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127 Indrin remained on the Isle of Belaern for another 100 years after
128 the fall of Gwaithir, staying only long enough to erect the Beacon,
129 to "guide those that will come to this place to see and maybe
130 right that which we leave wrong." During this leaderless time many
131 petty kingdoms arose from the dust of the Stoneweaver kindgom.
132 Soon Indrin could bear them no longer and he too traveled West,
133 to rejoin the children of Dhorin, and so Indrin was gone.
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136 Here ends the story the old man told me... what follows
137 are my notes on the subject of my namesake Indrin.
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140 Indrin was obviously a great wizard, and had a slight
141 gift of prophecy. The lighthouse I keep was built to light
142 the way through the deadly reefs. I can only assume that
143 the Gwaithir was a city somewhere near the southeastern base
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146 of the sleeping volcano.
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149 Although I have only found a few mentions of anything
150 similar in current records. I can only assume this story to
151 be either a delusion, or a verbal historical account, and
152 as such I have transcribed it as closly as possible. This
153 Indrin chap I feel was real. For I am the 12th of my title,
154 and even though I was given a different name this is the
155 one I wear as Beacon keeper.
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158 ~~~~Indrin 12 [Year 20 of the reign of King Merkis]~~~~
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161 [Librarian's note: The following handwritten note was tucked
162 into the orginal manuscript. ~~ K.D.E.]
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165 Upon cleaning the lighhouse library, which was quite dirty,
166 and much cluttered with books, I came upon this scroll. I feel
167 it is of some historical value, and I will send it to the
168 Town Library as soon as possible.... but I feel the need to
169 add a few notes myself.
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172 A Book on Indrin's Beacon [ Q to quit ]
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175 I am the 6th Beacon keeper since the Destruction. I too wear
176 the title of Indrin, althought it seems to be more of a name
177 than a title... Gwaithir was I think a small ruined town
178 far to the north, that was overcome by the volcano and the
179 great desert. This couldn't be the Gwaithir of the story for
180 so ruined was this place that not even the evil beasts
181 of the desert would live near it...
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184 I will send this to the village as soon as possible.
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