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Salazar: /* A Voice of Reason */

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‎A Voice of Reason

Salazar: /* A Voice of Reason */

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‎A Voice of Reason

Salazar: /* The Temple Wars */

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‎The Temple Wars

Salazar: /* A Voice of Reason */

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‎A Voice of Reason

Salazar: /* A Voice of Reason */

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‎A Voice of Reason

Salazar: /* The Temple Wars */

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‎The Temple Wars

Salazar: /* The Temple Wars */

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‎The Temple Wars

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Salazar: /* First Steps in Matia */

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‎First Steps in Matia

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 =='''A Voice of Reason'''==
-The Temple War had left Salazar pretty much shell-shocked, and with deep distrust in both Jena and Ma-Duk and their so-called Atysian representatives, the Karavan and the Kami, but also the so-called [[Elias Tryton|Guild of Elias]], which had claimed neutrality and pacifism for itself, yet during the conflict had called its followers to arms to support both fractions, but purposeful, only fighting for the weaker side to keep the balance of power. This clearly hadn't worked out; if Trytonists hadn't simply stayed away, giving a damn for the words of their chosen prophet, they had rather fought with the winning side. It also made Salazar very wary regarding the Fyros. He did, though, spent quite a bit of time with Ayronil, to whom Salazar clearly looked up - not that he showed it. But we can take this for granted, for Ayronil became formative in Salazar's future. Ayronil had been the Silberdrachen's Guardian of the Scriptures, as he was universally called, and Salazar spent many hours, days, and weeks studying his careful and precise transcriptions of both past and recent events.
+The Temple War had left Salazar pretty much shell-shocked, and with deep distrust in both Jena and Ma-Duk and their so-called Atysian representatives, the Karavan and the Kami, but also the so-called [[Elias Tryton|Guild of Elias]], which had claimed neutrality and pacifism for itself, yet during the conflict had called its followers to arms to support both fractions, but purposeful, only fighting for the weaker side to keep the balance of power. This clearly hadn't worked out; if Trytonists hadn't simply stayed away, giving a damn for the words of their chosen prophet, they had rather fought with the winning side. It also made Salazar very wary regarding the Fyros. He did, though, spent quite a bit of time with Ayronil, to whom Salazar clearly looked up - not that he showed it. But we can take this for granted, for Ayronil became formative in Salazar's future. Ayronil had been the Silberdrachen's Guardian of the Scriptures, as he was universally called, and Salazar spent many hours, days, and weeks studying his careful and precise transcriptions of both past and recent events. This was the schooling he really was craving for. Here he learnt what was said and what was meant, and that it wasn't neccessarily the same. He understood that his natural talent, the mincing of words, wasn't just one of many ways to to express a personal understanding of beauty, but a power that could be used for both bad and good, for manipulation and inspiration. The pen, if used by a real craftsman, could be mightier than the sword.
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 =='''A Voice of Reason'''==
-The Temple War had left Salazar pretty much shell-shocked, and with deep distrust in both Jena and Ma'-Duk and their so-called Atysian representatives, the Karavan and the Kami, but also the so-called [[Elias Tryton|Guild of Elias]], which had claimed neutrality and pacifism for itself, yet during the conflict had called its followers to arms to support both fractions, but purposeful, only fighting for the weaker side to keep the balance of power. This clearly hadn't worked out; if Trytonists hadn't simply stayed away, giving a damn for the words of their chosen prophet, they had rather fought with the winning side. It also made Salazar very wary regarding the Fyros. He did, though, spent quite a bit of time with Ayronil, to whom Salazar clearly looked up - not that he showed it. But we can take this for granted, for Ayronil became formative in Salazar's future. Ayronil had been the Silberdrachen's Guardian of the Scriptures, as he was universally called, and Salazar spent many hours, days, and weeks studying his careful and precise transcriptions of both past and recent events.
+The Temple War had left Salazar pretty much shell-shocked, and with deep distrust in both Jena and Ma-Duk and their so-called Atysian representatives, the Karavan and the Kami, but also the so-called [[Elias Tryton|Guild of Elias]], which had claimed neutrality and pacifism for itself, yet during the conflict had called its followers to arms to support both fractions, but purposeful, only fighting for the weaker side to keep the balance of power. This clearly hadn't worked out; if Trytonists hadn't simply stayed away, giving a damn for the words of their chosen prophet, they had rather fought with the winning side. It also made Salazar very wary regarding the Fyros. He did, though, spent quite a bit of time with Ayronil, to whom Salazar clearly looked up - not that he showed it. But we can take this for granted, for Ayronil became formative in Salazar's future. Ayronil had been the Silberdrachen's Guardian of the Scriptures, as he was universally called, and Salazar spent many hours, days, and weeks studying his careful and precise transcriptions of both past and recent events.
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 =='''The Temple Wars'''==
-In the years that followed, Salazar hardly managed to become more than a mediocre healer, not least because his guild leader, Taure, and his wife Schnee were travelling extensively, leaving him behind. He instead discovered the library in the [[Royal Academy]] of Yrkanis and tried to make out his own reasoning in life. Salazar didn't grew up very religiously, and from the notes by his uncle he could see that the latter had had some distrust in the Karavan. Occasionally, he took a ticket to Pyr and spent time at the bathhouse, where he struck up rather casual acquaintances, or he met Ayronil—a high-ranking Matisian officer of the Fyros guild Silnerdrachen, with whom Malignus Germanitas had forged an alliance—at Collix's bar. Most of the time Salazar strolled through the [[Majestic Garden]], though. He could sit for hours watching [[Bodokin]] roaming [[Psykopla Knoll]]. He could not remember if his mother told him when he was a child, or if he simply made it up, but Bodokin, for him, was the watcher over the woods, the one real forest spirit, and he always left quickly when hunters appeared to struck him down, tears in his eyes. Bodokin would reappear, of course, like the homins do; wasn't that proof that he wasn't just a simple, if beautiful, wondrous animal? At other times Salazar would sit at the top of [[Towerbridge Way|Tower Bridge]], looking over the [[Knoll of Dissent]], a region still too dangerous for him as a healer to explore on his own, although he had once managed to sneak through it to rescue his trusty Mektoub up in [[Hidden Source]], where he and his fellow guild members had had an unfortunate encounter with some Kitins, leaving their mounts behind.
+In the years that followed, Salazar hardly managed to become more than a mediocre healer, not least because his guild leader, Taure, and his wife Schnee were travelling extensively, leaving him behind. He instead discovered the library in the [[Royal Academy]] of Yrkanis and tried to make out his own reasoning in life. Salazar didn't grew up very religiously, and from the notes by his uncle he could see that the latter had had some distrust in the Karavan. Occasionally, he would meet Ayronil—the Matisian High Officer of the Fyros guild Silberdrachen, with whom Malignus Germanitas had forged an alliance and who had trecked him to [[Pyr]]—at Collix’s bar. Sometimes, he spent time at the bathhouse there, which proved to be an irreplaceable source of both rumors and information. Most of the time Salazar strolled through the [[Majestic Garden]], though. He could sit for hours watching [[Bodokin]] roaming [[Psykopla Knoll]]. He could not remember if his mother told him when he was a child, or if he simply made it up, but Bodokin, for him, was the watcher over the woods, the one real forest spirit, and he always left quickly when hunters appeared to struck him down, tears in his eyes. Bodokin would reappear, of course, like the homins do; wasn't that proof that he wasn't just a simple, if beautiful, wondrous animal? At other times Salazar would sit at the top of [[Towerbridge Way|Tower Bridge]], looking over the [[Knoll of Dissent]], a region still too dangerous for him as a healer to explore on his own, although he had once managed to sneak through it to rescue his trusty Mektoub up in [[Hidden Source]], where he and his fellow guild members had had an unfortunate encounter with some Kitins, leaving their mounts behind.
 Salazar had been 23 years old when in 2530 both the Karavan as well as the [[Kami|Kamis]] announced their intention to erect shrines, sanctuaries for [[Jena]] and [[Ma-Duk]]. The Matis, of course, supported the course of the Karavan, the Zorai and Fyros backed the Kami, while the Trykers favoured both. The Higher Forces created the possibility to travel to various places in the [[Old Lands]] to mine the materials needed for such a major undertaking. The plans, though, first lead to a race between Kamists and Karavaneer, and then turned into something much darker. The Kamists had been the domineering religious group on Atys for quite a while through the sheer number of followers, and aside from the prospectors they brought to the digging grounds, and their guards and healers, they also brought fighters to force the Karaveneers away from their digs, killing their guards and healers and often even the Karavan guards at the main camp, and escalated the thing into a religious war. The Karavaneer tried to stand their ground, but were mostly overcome by Kamists without number, driven by bloodlust, and the grounds became spotted with the sap of their victims. The Zorai Sorenal organized a peace demonstration attended by pacifist homins from both factions and all nations, including Ayronil and Salazar. However, the peaceful sit-in—whose participants were unarmed—was overrun by Kamists; they killed every Matis and Tryker they found, mocking and desecrating the fallen. For many, this was a traumatic experience. The number of Trykers involved in the construction dwindled dramatically, and many Matis, too, grew frustrated and dared not return. Salazar was deeply shaken yet continued to provide whatever aid he could—he was the last remaining member of his guild, and at times the only person still traveling to and remaining at the Karavan camp in the [[Almati Wood]], forced to watch as Kamists exploited the land within sight but out of range of the defensive fortifications, all while mocking him. The race was lost. Every principle of civilization had been shattered. Temples to Ma'Duk were erected in New Trykoth, the Fyros Desert, and the [[Witherings]]. The Matis barely managed to complete their own sanctuary in the Majestic Garden, and the horrific carnage that had sprung from a noble ideal left wounds that were slow to heal—not only among the Karavanians but also among pacifists of other nations.

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 =='''A Voice of Reason'''==
-The Temple War had left Salazar pretty much shell-shocked, and with deep distrust in both Jena and Ma'-Duk and their so-called Atysian representatives, the Karavan and the Kami, but also the so-called [[Elias Tryton|Guild of Elias]], which had claimed neutrality and pacifism for itself, yet during the conflict had called its followers to arms to support both fractions, but purposeful, only fighting for the weaker side to keep the balance of power. This clearly hadn't worked out; if Trytonists hadn't simply stayed away, giving a damn for the words of their chosen prophet, or they had rather fought with the winning side. It also made Salazar very wary regarding the Fyros. He did, though, spent quite a bit of time with Ayronil, to whom Salazar clearly looked up - not that he showed it. But we can take this for granted, for Ayronil became formative in Salazar's future. Ayronil had been the Silberdrachen's Guardian of the Scriptures, as he was universally called, and Salazar spent many hours, days, and weeks studying his careful and precise transcriptions of both past and recent events.
+The Temple War had left Salazar pretty much shell-shocked, and with deep distrust in both Jena and Ma'-Duk and their so-called Atysian representatives, the Karavan and the Kami, but also the so-called [[Elias Tryton|Guild of Elias]], which had claimed neutrality and pacifism for itself, yet during the conflict had called its followers to arms to support both fractions, but purposeful, only fighting for the weaker side to keep the balance of power. This clearly hadn't worked out; if Trytonists hadn't simply stayed away, giving a damn for the words of their chosen prophet, they had rather fought with the winning side. It also made Salazar very wary regarding the Fyros. He did, though, spent quite a bit of time with Ayronil, to whom Salazar clearly looked up - not that he showed it. But we can take this for granted, for Ayronil became formative in Salazar's future. Ayronil had been the Silberdrachen's Guardian of the Scriptures, as he was universally called, and Salazar spent many hours, days, and weeks studying his careful and precise transcriptions of both past and recent events.
 (to be continued)
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 =='''A Voice of Reason'''==
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 In the years that followed, Salazar hardly managed to become more than a mediocre healer, not least because his guild leader, Taure, and his wife Schnee were travelling extensively, leaving him behind. He instead discovered the library in the [[Royal Academy]] of Yrkanis and tried to make out his own reasoning in life. Salazar didn't grew up very religiously, and from the notes by his uncle he could see that the latter had had some distrust in the Karavan. Occasionally, he took a ticket to Pyr and spent time at the bathhouse, where he struck up rather casual acquaintances, or he met Ayronil—a high-ranking Matisian officer of the Fyros guild Silnerdrachen, with whom Malignus Germanitas had forged an alliance—at Collix's bar. Most of the time Salazar strolled through the [[Majestic Garden]], though. He could sit for hours watching [[Bodokin]] roaming [[Psykopla Knoll]]. He could not remember if his mother told him when he was a child, or if he simply made it up, but Bodokin, for him, was the watcher over the woods, the one real forest spirit, and he always left quickly when hunters appeared to struck him down, tears in his eyes. Bodokin would reappear, of course, like the homins do; wasn't that proof that he wasn't just a simple, if beautiful, wondrous animal? At other times Salazar would sit at the top of [[Towerbridge Way|Tower Bridge]], looking over the [[Knoll of Dissent]], a region still too dangerous for him as a healer to explore on his own, although he had once managed to sneak through it to rescue his trusty Mektoub up in [[Hidden Source]], where he and his fellow guild members had had an unfortunate encounter with some Kitins, leaving their mounts behind.
-Salazar had been 23 years old when in 2530 both the Karavan as well as the [[Kami|Kamis]] announced their intention to erect shrines, sanctuaries for [[Jena]] and [[Ma-Duk]]. The Matis, of course, supported the course of the Karavan, the Zorai and Fyros backed the Kami, while the Trykers favoured both. The Higher Forces created the possibility to travel to various places in the [[Old Lands]] to mine the materials needed for such a major undertaking. The plans, though, first lead to a race between Kamists and Karavaneer, and then turned into something much darker. The Kamists had been the domineering religious group on Atys for quite a while through the sheer number of followers, and aside from the prospectors they brought to the digging grounds, and their guards and healers, they also brought fighters to force the Karaveneers away from their digs, killing their guards and healers (including Salazar) and often even the Karavan guards at the main camp, and escalated the thing into a religious war. The Karavaneer tried to stand their ground, but were mostly overcome by Kamists without number, driven by bloodlust, and the grounds became spotted with the sap of their victims. Pacifist homins of both fractions organised a huge sit-in as a protest - here Salazar first met [[Chanchey|Chanchey Breggan]], a Tryker roughly the same age as himself, and a haggard Matis named Ayronil, who lived in Pyr and was a member of a Kamist Fyros guild. But the peaceful demonstration, its participants without weapons, was overrun by Kamists, killing every Matis and Tryker they found, mocking and violating their victims. This was a traumatic experience for many. The number of Trykers taking part in the construction dropped, and even many Matis were frustrated and didn't dare to come back. Salazar had been shocked to the core, yet continued to try helping his fellow Matis still digging and fighting - the only of his guild left. The race, with the rules of civilisation broken, was lost, though. Temples for Ma-Duk were erected in New Trykoth, in the Fyros desert, and in the [[Witherings]]. The Matis hardly managed to finish their own shrine in the Majestic Garden.
+Salazar had been 23 years old when in 2530 both the Karavan as well as the [[Kami|Kamis]] announced their intention to erect shrines, sanctuaries for [[Jena]] and [[Ma-Duk]]. The Matis, of course, supported the course of the Karavan, the Zorai and Fyros backed the Kami, while the Trykers favoured both. The Higher Forces created the possibility to travel to various places in the [[Old Lands]] to mine the materials needed for such a major undertaking. The plans, though, first lead to a race between Kamists and Karavaneer, and then turned into something much darker. The Kamists had been the domineering religious group on Atys for quite a while through the sheer number of followers, and aside from the prospectors they brought to the digging grounds, and their guards and healers, they also brought fighters to force the Karaveneers away from their digs, killing their guards and healers (including Salazar) and often even the Karavan guards at the main camp, and escalated the thing into a religious war. The Karavaneer tried to stand their ground, but were mostly overcome by Kamists without number, driven by bloodlust, and the grounds became spotted with the sap of their victims. The Zorai Sorenal organized a peace demonstration attended by pacifist homins from both factions and all nations, including Ayronil and Salazar. However, the peaceful sit-in—whose participants were unarmed—was overrun by Kamists; they killed every Matis and Tryker they found, mocking and desecrating the fallen. For many, this was a traumatic experience. The number of Trykers involved in the construction dwindled dramatically, and many Matis, too, grew frustrated and dared not return. Salazar was deeply shaken yet continued to provide whatever aid he could—he was the last remaining member of his guild, and at times the only person still traveling to and remaining at the Karavan camp in the [[Almati Wood]], forced to watch as Kamists exploited the land within sight but out of range of the defensive fortifications, all while mocking him. The race was lost. Every principle of civilization had been shattered. Temples to Ma'Duk were erected in New Trykoth, the Fyros Desert, and the [[Witherings]]. The Matis barely managed to complete their own sanctuary in the Majestic Garden, and the horrific carnage that had sprung from a noble ideal left wounds that were slow to heal—not only among the Karavanians but also among pacifists of other nations.
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 Frustrated about his lack of talent regarding craftmanship and trade, and the absence of opportunities to make use of most of his real qualities, by a stroke of luck he met Aigen, a hunter and prospector whom he had met before in Rosilio, where Aigen had received his training. Aigen hired him on a long-term base as a healer on his hunts and for his digs, bought him a [[Mektoub]] and paid for some reasonable clothing and weapons.
-Not too long after that, he run into another, somewhat extrovert Matis while training around Yrkanis. This one, named Taure, offered Salazar a look at the [[Kitin|Kitins]] - the young apprentice had met various predators before, but non-agressive, vegetarian [[Kipee|Kipees]] were the only Kitins he had seen, so Salazar agreed to accompany his cocky new friend to the Kitin nest - only to be scared out of his wits and being overrun by a Kitin Patrol. Taure, who went down with him, thought the experience jolly good fun, though, and offered him provisions, security, safe trecking to the capitals of the other three countries, and a roof over his head - a membership in his guild. So Salazar said good-bye to Aigen, as for the first time since he arrived at the mainland, he had a proper place to sleep. Not his own yet, but the guild hall; still, Salazar became a member of the [[Malignus Germanitas]]. He finally had a home, and a slightly crazy surrogate family. He had no idea that the peace of mind he found would last long only a few years.
+Not too long after that, he run into another, somewhat extrovert Matis while training around Yrkanis. This one, named Taure, offered Salazar a look at the [[Kitin|Kitins]] - the young apprentice had met various predators before, but non-agressive, vegetarian [[Kipee|Kipees]] were the only Kitins he had seen, so Salazar agreed to accompany his cocky new friend to the [[Tunnel of Woe]] - only to be scared out of his wits and being overrun by a Kitin Patrol. Taure, who went down with him, thought the experience jolly good fun, though, and offered him provisions, security, safe trecking to the capitals of the other three countries, and a roof over his head - a membership in his guild. So Salazar said good-bye to Aigen, as for the first time since he arrived at the mainland, he had a proper place to sleep. Not his own yet, but the guild hall; still, Salazar became a member of the [[Malignus Germanitas]]. He finally had a home, and a slightly crazy surrogate family. He had no idea that the peace of mind he found would last long only a few years.
 =='''The Temple Wars'''==