Getting readymto run Earthdawn again after a long pause. While cobbling ideas together for a campaign, I had the following question:
In the unpublished text of the book Dragons Mountainshadow address his fellow Greats and informs them how the book came to be.
When he discusses the second half, he attributes it to the Outcast and his progeny, the Denairastas. We know there is an outcast Great Dragon behind that family and the Holders of Trust and we know Dollmaker bred with the line of the Kings of Throal to balance things, but I'm curious what he means when Mountainshadow says the Outcast is preparing to repeat history?
Mountainshadow fears a new Empire might arise to challenge Thera, referred to as The Impertinent Ones, and may even topple Thera and strike at the Greats themselves.
He finally extols his fellows to action by reminding them of their guilt and responsibility for what they allowed to happen:
In our pride and arrogance, we forever changed the fate of the world
What is this history? What happened in the past that Mountainshadow feels guilt and responsibility for? What did the Dragons do?
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Does that help you piece things together?
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Yes, thanks much!
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Or maybe - just maybe mind you - the story of the discovery of the Books of Harrow, and the books themselves, were created out of whole cloth to provide an explanation for how the Therans knew enough about the Horrors and the Scourge to be able to create the Rites of Protection and Passage.Kosmit wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:40 pmSpoilers ahead (Dragonkin, Immortal Elves etc.)
There is elaborate fan theory about how banishment and discovering Book of Harrows was a plot conveyed by those Immortal Elves who wanted to create something that equals the power of Great Dragons (Theran Empire).
Take care,
Lou Prosperi