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[tomatowizard]

Hello,

I thought maybe we should touch bases now that we're back from the fissure. There was some important things going on there that should probably be discussed.

First: The giant crystal in the basement. That thing was a vortex of magical power that I couldn't look at directly without feeling like I was staring at the sun. I didn't want to risk touching it, but I understand several other more

[She stops typing for a minute to consider how to phrase this other than "stupid and foolhardy"]

more risk prone individuals did touch it and were not vaporized on the spot, so I'd be interested in hearing what you thought of that.

Second: I did some reading in the library of Silvereagle Manor and was able to find some rather cryptic references to the basement crystal. I could find frustratingly little concrete data about it, but they did apparently think of it as an item of religious importance. It was referred to as "The Eye", and was apparently a way of communicating with the Planet. Or with "The soul of the planet". Both terms are used interchangeably.

Third: A question, rather than an observation. If I say the word "Golem" to you, what do you imagine? Because I felt like I was thinking of something a little different from everyone else.

If anyone else discovered any useful or interesting information in their explorations, I think it would benefit us all to share it here.

Sincerely,
Samata Mahto.
Wizard.

Comments

[nojohnyouare]

I didn't touch it. But it definitely looked important. Sorry.

Thank you. So the soul of the planet... The same one that brought us here.

Something created by people from inorganic material. That comes to life and walks around. But it's magic, so not like a robot.

[tomatowizard]

And not a church fashioned in the shape of a roughly human figure that was blessed by the miraculous power of god to stand up and obliterate all that stood against his word?

[nojohnyouare]

...That could be one. But... Narrow definition.

[tomatowizard]

It's the only one I knew of until I came here.

[nojohnyouare]

So your world only does it the one way. In mine... I think they're just stories. I haven't seen a real one.

[tomatowizard]

I've never seen one with my own eyes but the stories about them are remarkable. They are told to be able to turn the tides of battles by themselves, and to rip down the walls of castles. There are no records of a golem ever being destroyed.

So when I heard there were golems in Silvereagle manor, I got nervous.

[nojohnyouare]

Oh. Sorry. I should have asked beforehand.

[tomatowizard]

You weren't to know. It's an unfortunate and unavoidable side effect of a large number of strangers all from completely different backgrounds suddenly being jammed together.

And anyways they turned out to be relatively harmless.

[nojohnyouare]

That's true. Peaceful guards. For a place that wasn't so dangerous yet.

I wonder. I thought the further-out Fissures would be more dangerous. But this one was mostly fine.

[tomatowizard]

It certainly felt less stressful than the mines were, even discounting that I was lost in a strange place then.

[nojohnyouare]

...Maybe that's a trend. How a lot of Fissures do something to the body. That you have to adapt to. Lost senses. Different species.

[tomatowizard]

I had noticed this. I'm not enraptured by the concept.

[nojohnyouare]

I wonder. The creature must feel that way, too. Missing its part.