Keep these up. I want more, very good flavor.

Eosin the Red
Randy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Gauck" <kgauck@MCHSI.COM>
To: <BIRTHRIGHT-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: Mythology [2#1074]


> The ancient dragon Illuyankas had fought alongside Azrai at Deismaar. The
> wyrm escaped destruction then and kept himself hidden for ages. And so it
> was for hundreds of years, until the young god, Cuiraécen, seeks him out
to
> prove himself as the god of battle. In a valley in the Rain Serpent
> Mountains, Cuiraécen stops off and rests, sleeping on the soft turf.
There
> Illuyankas spies him and breaths a fog down into the valley. This fog
> conceals the approach of the old serpant. Before its too late, Cuiraécen
> awakens and senses the dragon. Unable to see for the fog, the Stormlord
> fills the skies with dark clouds blocking out sight of Avanalae`s palace.
> The Stormlord sent bolts of lighting to strike into the hidden places in
the
> valley looking for Illuyankas. Suddenly the dragon flew ferociously
> directly at the young god and knocked him into the sea. The sea embraced
> Cuiraécen and he was unharmed, but when he returned to the mountains, the
> dragon had fled. However, the young diety saw how the people of
> mountainsides all grew grapes and delivered wines to a temple in offering
to
> the dragon.
>
> Cuiraécen went to Laerme, who produced for him a ton of intoxicating
> ambrosia, the divine liquor. After spending some time with the lovely
Lady
> Love, Cuiraécen returned to the hidden valley with the ton of ambrosia.
He
> left it in the dragon`s temple, where the local people made their
offering.
> He took his gear off his great chestnut charger, Arviragus, and told beast
> to graze nearby and keep watch for the dragon. Then the Stormlord went
back
> his celestial feasthall. Laerme appaered briefly to wish Cuiraécen
strength
> and victory, and gave him a kiss. When Arvirgaus called to him, the
> Stormlord was back in a clap of thunder. Illuyankas, however, did not
> notice, since he was drunk on his ton of ambrosia. Now it was Cuiraécen`s
> turn to sneak up on the sleeping wyrm. After the first blow of his great
> spear, Naekea, the ancient dragon awoke and summoned up a great breath of
> flame, but it harmed the Stormlord not, for the kiss of Lady Love saved
him
> from the pain of any fire. The serpent cast spells, and the Stormlord
threw
> lightning. The serpent bit and clawed at the young god, and he replied
with
> his mighty spear. In the skies, a rolling thunder was heard continuously
> and the rains fell hard.
>
> Cuiraécen killed the old ally of Azrai, and was thereafter known as the
God
> of Battle.
>
> Kenneth Gauck
> kgauck@mchsi.com
>
>
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