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Re: CBN broadcast Re: Castle World - The Gathering
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lugnet.castle.org.cw
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Thu, 16 Aug 2001 14:29:32 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Craig Hamilton writes:
> a while back when i published the gregor tower pages, i mentioned wizards
> using crystal balls as a sort of majickal internet. a lot of cw balladeers
> liked the idea so here goes some majickal spam...
>
> the following is a trancript of a recent message transmitted
> CasleWorld-wide via the Crytal Ball Network (CBN) from Gregor :
"I do not care for these Majicks, Kenji" Mitsuo remarked to his son as he
placed the crystal ball into its holding case, "but the CBN is very useful
in gathering information. It looks to me that we have a mission. Prepare
the crew and ready the Katana for launch. We leave as soon as we've loaded
our supplies on board. The Stone Dragon Clan _will_ reach Island of Mist
first."
Adrian
--
www.brickfrenzy.com
(by the way, I ought to be added to the membership of CW, I think. I might
just be able to get into this balladeering)
> "The recent revelations made by the mysterious old man, Draven at the
> Gathering have caught the attention of nearly everyone in Castle World. He
> has contacted me personally and asked that i relay information throughout
> the majickal community. The first four shards of land that have emerged
> from the mists are:
>
> in the North ~ N-5 x W-3
> in the West ~ W-6 x N-0
> in the South ~ S-5 x W-2
> and in the East ~ E-5 x N-5
>
> "More details regarding initial scouting reports follow a brief history
> (such as it is..)"
>
> "Though historical references to The Isle of Mist are both varied and
> vague, they exist in the esoteric corners of nearly all Castle World
> cultures. These legends, as shrouded in mist as the place that inspires
> them, paint images of unimagiable treasures and even more unimaginable
> terrors. There are disturbingly numerous accounts of the island being an
> illusion of the mist, concealing an all-consuming vortex."
>
> "Of special interest to the majickal community are the recurring
> references to the island being "The Center of The World",where it has
> appeared consistently since the mapping of Legocia (the Legocean, Legocea)
> began eons ago. Sea captains have long known to steer their ships well clear
> of this mist-enshrouded area, passing along tales to their crews of ancient
> vessels that disapeared into the whiteness, never to be seen again."
>
> "The elder sprite, Boxeder, in his ancient essay, "Myths of Legocia",
> writes of the secrets of the universe that lie "...within the puzzle; within
> the maze; within the mist". There appears to have been more written on this
> subject, but a water stain has unfortunately reduced the next six lines of
> text on this decrepit scroll to illegibility. (Although the words
> "dragon(s), enlightenment", "mushroom"(fungi), and "eye" seem to suggest
> themselves to this old wizard's eyes.) The marred paragraph ends with the
> words, "...thus dawn comes to a World forever changed.""
>
> "(Should anyone be able to provide an undamaged copy of this rare scroll,
> it would be greatly appreciated.)"
>
> "I personally am planning to undertake the journey to see and investigate
> this mythical island firsthand. I encourage any and all interested wizards,
> witches, etc. to share any relative research and/or expounded theories."
>
> "Early reports from Draven's scouting parties suggest that majickal powers
> (as well as the workings of complex machinations) are nullified by proximity
> to the mist. (As great a distance as two miles according to initial sketchy
> accounts.) Such harsh and even hazardous conditions should not intimidate us
> from working together to study and account the ancient mysteries now being
> revealed in the wake of the receeding mists."
>
> "~ Gregor the Learned, Gray Wizard of Brjunestjia"
>
>
> so there you have it, fellow balladeers. let's hear the responses from the
> majickal characters of cw! in-character resonses to this thread desired! the
> "Boxeder scroll" is _really_ rare, so noone pop up with one,(just yet,
> anyway) ok?
>
> later ~ craig~
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