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6 is told again on a forked tongue.
 
6 is told again on a forked tongue.
 
|1: Cania, the 8th level of the 9 Hells of Baator, domain of the archdevil Mephistopheles<br/>
 
|1: Cania, the 8th level of the 9 Hells of Baator, domain of the archdevil Mephistopheles<br/>
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5: illithids, nemesis of the githyanki and githzerai<br/>
 
6: Someone lied to the scholars
 
6: Someone lied to the scholars
 
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3 and all the greedy mortals dance,<br/>
 
3 and all the greedy mortals dance,<br/>
 
4 dragging whole worlds into aberrance.
 
4 dragging whole worlds into aberrance.
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|4: Strain becomes a world-spanning malady
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|4: [[Strain]] becomes a world-spanning malady
 
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5-6: [[Luthic]] interferes<br/>
 
5-6: [[Luthic]] interferes<br/>
 
10-11: [[Metabiotic Crystals]] spawn enraged orcs, gnolls, and similar humanoids
 
10-11: [[Metabiotic Crystals]] spawn enraged orcs, gnolls, and similar humanoids
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|'''12'''<br/>
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1 The tearing of light from limb<br/>
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2 leaves rips and holes<br/>
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3 in the intangible fabric of infinity.<br/>
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4 These tears become a silent plague,<br/>
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5 spawning symptoms of deformity and madness.<br/>
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6 The plutocrats and men of gee<br/>
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7 don't own the refuse of their machinations.<br/>
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8 Their own souls, too, are thus condemned.
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|1: Creating a [[bloodstones|bloodstone]], by separating a soul from its body<br/>
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3: The Weave of Magic<br/>
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5: [[Strain]]
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|'''13'''<br/>
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1 What devils built another leveraged:<br/>
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2 in the heart of the sandstorm,<br/>
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3 a fallen god assembles his final gambit.<br/>
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4 The nascent seat of boundless knowledge becomes<br/>
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5 the Relentless Understanding,<br/>
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6 and the would-be king becomes the prisoner.<br/>
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7 Yet hope endures.<br/>
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8 The wayward machines plant their seeds:<br/>
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9 a crop of new heroes rises and joins the fray.<br/>
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10 Undaunted embers burn as second voices<br/>
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11 within chained minds, lighting the way.
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|1: Devils spread the research and development of [[Adintech]]
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2: Naktamnu, in the center of [[Amonkhet]]<br/>
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3: [[Nicol Bolas]]<br/>
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5: [[Adinzar]]<br/>
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8: [[Myriad]] infuses metabiotic crystals into Lyndi Fletcher, Jane Irwin, and Chuck Nielson<br/>
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9: [[Raptor Blue]] is created
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|'''14'''
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1 The tide rises for dam breaking,<br/>
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2 justice drowns ram and anvil,<br/>
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3 ending the jam-making.<br/>
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4 The song of the wronged minstrel<br/>
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5 draws hunters to the box.<br/>
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6 Blood flows and fires blaze<br/>
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7 where children tread on balmy days.<br/>
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8 Near-human eyes are closed<br/>
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9 in capricious rage.<br/>
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10 But justice brings the Grandmaster down,<br/>
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11 and his black-cloaked pupils quarrel and scatter.
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|1-2: The [[Unbroken Tide]] seizes [[Ramshead]]<br/>
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4-5: [[Ordin Zarn]] plants Hymn 101 for [[Raptor Blue]] to find<br/>
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7: The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago<br/>
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8: Apes<br/>
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10: [[Raptor Blue]] kills [[Mr. Smith]]<br/>
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11: [[Mr. Smith]]'s apprentices
 
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Latest revision as of 03:03, 24 August 2020

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Stanza Notes
1

(Missing)

Myriad has a lead to find this stanza in Sigil
2

1 The bleak secret is kept
2 in an ancient tomb,
3 and neither walls nor blades
4 deter the raiders.
5 Battle and storm sweep in loud:
6 distraction, misdirection, fog of war.
7 The wandering sentries stand,
8 but fall: their bodies lost in the fog,
9 then taken to the diabolic deep,
10 held for experiments, and forced to sleep.
11 Yet first silver fingers catch drops of life
12 from each hero, an essential trace.
13 The wayward machines spirit these drops
14 to a world of just one race.

The attack on Quarenzend

7: the Roving Guard
12: soul shadows
11, 13: Myriad of the Assembler Rebellion
14: Earth

3

1 In frozen libraries of wizards' regret,
2 burning with envy of their brethren's freedom,
3 the deathless scholars listen as
4 a forbidden secret of a fallen empire
5 --the twinned slaves' nemesis--
6 is told again on a forked tongue.

1: Cania, the 8th level of the 9 Hells of Baator, domain of the archdevil Mephistopheles

5: illithids, nemesis of the githyanki and githzerai
6: Someone lied to the scholars

4

1 An infernal recipe for rending reality
2 is shared and copied most diligently.
3 First, a life is taken through ritual,
4 the soul bound within a jewel:
5 a reservoir filled as the victim bleeds,
6 damned by a promise laced with greed.
7 Like fire in a bottle,
8 the soul's journey is halted.
9 A sublime tension starts,
10 unnoticed or ignored.

1-4: Creating a bloodstone

9: Strain

5

1 Second, a technique for tapping life raw,
2 burning a soul gives arcane stamina.
3 Thus is sealed a tacit contract:
4 woe befall a magician who knowingly
5 draws heat from a prisoner's torment.
6 Corruption pays for such cold utility.
7 Witness the harvest: the souls
8 of selfish arcanists, joining
9 the ranks in the cold-infernal stacks.

9: Using a bloodstone condemns the user to Mephistopheles' fortress in Cania
6

1 Third, the jewels are sealed into
2 extraordinary devices.
3 Suffering powers devices great
4 and terrible.
5 Mass murder unprecedented.
6 Strain is part of the price all the people pay:
7 deviation, transmutation, mania.
8 And on the generals' war-fever burns.

Bloodstones are used to power various weapons of war
7

1 The two-faced barterers offer up
2 secrets of colossal weapons.
3 The merciless forges step up their yield!
4 Behold the truth of the bargain,
5 writ large on the bodies of the giants.
6 Doubt grows--far, far too late.

2: Graven Hulks

4-5: The Blood Debt

8

1 Fourth, an art of breaking the jewels
2 into tiny beads: like jagged pills,
3 a medicine that kills,
4 or mixes souls like jam,
5 made in the crown of a ram.

Bloodstones are transformed into Metabiotic Crystals

5: The soul forge at Ramshead

9

1 Thus is life further woven wrong.
2 The pernicious agent plays the song,
3 and all the greedy mortals dance,
4 dragging whole worlds into aberrance.

4: Strain becomes a world-spanning malady
10

1 The not-jewels are carried thus
2 to other worlds, where too-curious
3 chirurgeons dabble unwisely.
4 The more they learn the less they see.
5 Yet plutocrats and men of gee
6 ensure their work persists.
7 The web of life still further twists.

3: Scientists like those at NeoCyclic

5: Primex and the FBI (i.e., "G Men")

11

1 Cravings strong drive victims
2 to the brigands' hand, to imbibe
3 un-medicine none understand.
4 The result: Strain, True Order's bane.
5 Moreover, the mother bear's paw
6 has fouled the recipe.
7 Not easy majesty but instead
8 anger and violence
9 spring from chirurgeons' maths:
10 the race-mixed failures
11 feel only wrath.

2: Criminals like the Black Mambas

5-6: Luthic interferes
10-11: Metabiotic Crystals spawn enraged orcs, gnolls, and similar humanoids

12

1 The tearing of light from limb
2 leaves rips and holes
3 in the intangible fabric of infinity.
4 These tears become a silent plague,
5 spawning symptoms of deformity and madness.
6 The plutocrats and men of gee
7 don't own the refuse of their machinations.
8 Their own souls, too, are thus condemned.

1: Creating a bloodstone, by separating a soul from its body

3: The Weave of Magic
5: Strain

13

1 What devils built another leveraged:
2 in the heart of the sandstorm,
3 a fallen god assembles his final gambit.
4 The nascent seat of boundless knowledge becomes
5 the Relentless Understanding,
6 and the would-be king becomes the prisoner.
7 Yet hope endures.
8 The wayward machines plant their seeds:
9 a crop of new heroes rises and joins the fray.
10 Undaunted embers burn as second voices
11 within chained minds, lighting the way.

1: Devils spread the research and development of Adintech

2: Naktamnu, in the center of Amonkhet
3: Nicol Bolas
5: Adinzar
8: Myriad infuses metabiotic crystals into Lyndi Fletcher, Jane Irwin, and Chuck Nielson
9: Raptor Blue is created

14

1 The tide rises for dam breaking,
2 justice drowns ram and anvil,
3 ending the jam-making.
4 The song of the wronged minstrel
5 draws hunters to the box.
6 Blood flows and fires blaze
7 where children tread on balmy days.
8 Near-human eyes are closed
9 in capricious rage.
10 But justice brings the Grandmaster down,
11 and his black-cloaked pupils quarrel and scatter.

1-2: The Unbroken Tide seizes Ramshead

4-5: Ordin Zarn plants Hymn 101 for Raptor Blue to find
7: The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
8: Apes
10: Raptor Blue kills Mr. Smith
11: Mr. Smith's apprentices

(More stanzas?)
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