The Great Library of Palanthas

An Aesthetic shows you to a small reading room.

Stories of Ansalon from the view of Khevin.

A little gully dwarf runs by and says 'Wordwrap is at 65. You change? Off 65 80.'
The gully continues 'Eyes hurt? Turn Color OFF!! (regular story dates)

Astinus says 'Enter the main library here to view only the author list.'
Astinus gently places a massive tome bound in dragonskin on the table in front of you.
You note the spine bears the word 'Khevin' scribed in burnt orange ink.


Author:    Khevin         
Date:      Fri Apr 23
12:30:46 2010
Subject     Born from Fire

I awoke from
the same dream once more. Sweat dripped from me despite the
cold
of the bunk room I shared with the other acolytes. The same dream
had
haunted me for 12 years now. Some would call it a nightmare
but I still
thought of it as my right of passage.

I had been
rescued from that fire I still dream of, it consumed my
parents
and siblings and yet I had escaped any ill affect in the
searing heat of the
burning building. That is of course unless
you consider the lack of hair on
my body to be an ill
affect.

From the way the darkness was receding I could tell it
was almost time for
morning prayers and so started this day like
I had every other for the last
12 years. Being the first to the
bath house had its advantages and
disadvantages. No one had yet
been to draw water from the well but the work
helped to focus my
mind and the freezing cold water was a welcome relief to
my sweat
soaked body.

This morning was different though. As I poured the
water over me it seemed
to heat more quickly than normal as if I
was a raging inferno and soon the
room was filled with hot steam
and still I could not cool down. It was in
the growing light that
I first saw the possible reason for this phenomenon.
Etched in
the skin of my stomach and going up my chest were what appeared
to
be flames tattooed in full colour and as I moved to see them
better they
appeared alive and burning with an intense ferocity.


Author:    Khevin         
Date:      Mon Jun
28 08:39:59 2010
Subject     A New Beginning

For the
first time in my life I found the routine of the monastery to
be
stifling. There was no room for spontaneity in the rigid
regime that guided
our lives. During the morning prayers I felt
the need to dance about wildly
and to sing the praise of Sirrion
to the world but one look from Ghustav
almost doused that desire.
I knew immediately that it was time for me to
move on and make my
own mark in the world.

Packing was easy, as we had virtually no
private possessions, choosing where
to go proved a lot more
difficult. There were two obvious choices Palanthas
the Lord City
or Neraka the Dark Queens capital. 

I decided to leave the where
to chance, Sirrion would guide me to where I
was needed, and
trying to second guess the whims of a god was pointless. It
turns
out my decision was the right one. At the cross roads that led
west to
Palanthas or south east to Neraka was caravan looking to
hire guards. I
hoped the old lady in the carriage, who commanded
the commander of the
guards to hire me, did so because she
recognised my martial prowess and not
because of the tight
leather pants I was wearing or the bulging muscles from
years of
carrying water and doing other menial chores.

We set off
south-east, towards Neraka I guessed but while speaking to
the
other guards learned that we would not be going to the
capital as the lady
had an estate outside the city. i hoped that
on a day off Id be able to get
away to the city to explore it.


Author:    Khevin         
Date:      Sat Oct
16 15:50:17 2010
Subject     Sibling Rivalry

"That's
it you little..." ooof was all that followed and that was all
I
needed to hear to know it was time to intervene.

Kicking down
the door and doing a roll to end up between the two
feuding
siblings was all I could muster before they started the
next volley of
attacks. This time aimed at me.

"Stay out of
it, you snivelling worm, " screamed Bernadette as I
easily
parried her dagger thrust and brought the side of my hand
down on her wrist
disarming her before turning to deal with the
much greater threat.

Her silence is what alerted me to the
danger and just in time I interrupted
her from casting who knows
what spell at me. I quick jab to the solar plexus
was all it took
but my instincts informed me there was an imminent attack
from
her older sister again. 

Spinning and dropping into a crouch I
grabbed the hand thrusting the dagger
and pulled her forward with
her momentum over my out stretched leg there by
sending her
sprawling most unlady like, much like the curses that sprang
from
her lips.

Turning back to Berelise and seeing she had started to
recover I moved
quickly to her side and put an arm lock on her,
effectively stopping her
from casting again.

"You both know
the rules of engagement, " I said calmly, "if you are
to
attempt to kill each other there are to be no possible
witnesses. Now both
of you are to report to the weapons training
room where you will do an extra
two hours of dagger
practice."

Bernadette stomped off wailing about how unfair it
was that she would miss
supper again but I knew she wouldn't dare
go to her mother to complain as
the punishment from her would be
ten times worse.

Berelise on the other hand turned on her sickly
sweet smile and said "You
won't always be around to save me
from her you know."

To which I replied "It's not her I'm
saving you from. Next time make sure
you really are alone when
you entice her to try and kill you."

I knew then that it would
not be much longer until there was only one heir
and headed off
to pack my meagre belongings. By dawn I was many miles
away
walking along the well used road to Tarsis. Maybe on my next
stop I would
find what Sirrion had been guiding me to. 

The Storytellers of Ansalon, The DragonLance MUD

Astinus points to the massive wall of books behind him and bids you to make a selection.


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Astinus sighs as he recants 'We saved 868 books from Ansalon from before the great Cataclysm through today.'
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