Alwoon kidnapped Dara Happan Princess
Alwoon's Fourth Kidnapping
First, please read Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model" and Swift's
"Land of the Houyhnhnms" and turn into a misanthrope.....
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/pickmansmodel.htm
http://www.jaffebros.com/lee/gulliver/morley/index.html
(No,
not "Modest Proposal"!!)
Second, many bunch of "Entertainer" occupations of HQ with great
Donandar.....music is strongly insisted by us (uz) as our own, So Donandar
is merely a thief, or follower of our great Hombobobom...
A tale of Amrita, member of House Veterdu in Elz Ast (Later, she renamed
herself Amrita Dark Minstrel)
[Fourth Kidnapping
of Alwoon]
Where should I start?
I was a member of Veterdu, Proud Elz Astian Family of Richland Dara Happa.
My father was ambitious Patriarch of the House. I was carefully grown with
many housemaidens and servants for marrying my fiancee in Yuthuppa, Prince
Lagadavu of house Egginada from my birth year. I met him only twice, when
he was surrounded by chorus in glory, and when his corona glowed just before
his death.
I had a nun, she was a deneronae and very musical. She taught me how to
play harp as other good dendara women, but I secretly learned from her
playing lute, that coarse and vulgar "wild" tune that enchanted
me, such feeling Dara Happa doesn't approve.
My nun taught me I have a great gift and I realised my ability which unknown
to my other family, that makes each delicate sounds which I perceive almost
distinctly [my nun called it perfect pitch]. And when my father found what
she taught me, the barbaric instrument, he deprived my lute and my nun
missed from my sight.
When I was only fourteen, I saw it in the fish market of Yuthuppa (though
my father showed displeasure to my attachment to music, for I came to famous
when I played harp in front of tyrant of Althil, my father could not prevent
me to do so.) I saw my fiancee, Prince Lagadavu first time and last time
under the Sun, he was called Noblest Prince of Yuthu, Eye of Buserian,
Fame of Blue Mace.
And I enjoyed his handsome figure and manly gesture and considered my feeling
true love. But while his father and my father decided to the wedding day
of us, I found more fascinating object. It was handmade lute of famous
maestro Lemininen, doomed genius of Spol.
Its strings were made from enchanted silver, its body was now extinct black
wood and it was carved style of classic pelandan before it fell to modern
decadent style, I saw it in the auction.
It was too expensive for me, even though my father was in very good mood
for my wedding day was decided, drunken with lots of naverian wine. (Later
I heard that it was knocked down by infamous Argar Argan Ebon City merchant...)
It was just three days before my wedding, Alwoon kidnapped me from villa
of my family, in shadow of nights. Firstly, as you expect, I was in a state
of panic, for I was kidnapped by cannibal digijelms!
Dijigelm and their music
But gradually, I realised the small monster which cared me didn't intend
to eat me, or even to harm me. Surrounding cold, breeze blowing inside
of tunnel, I fell to trance state of being, only accepting delicate whispers
and enjoying harmony of Darkness.
And in Uzdom, it was very harmonious contradicting to my homeland, noisy
and dirty rustling old city, which I always felt uneasiness inside of it.
Songs of chirping insects and whispers of night people enchanted me.
Alwoon taught me my true lineage, that my great-grand mother was a witch
of Spol and great uz-musician, and he had sought his five companions that
would recover the Ancient Song of Peloria that brought Peace to the land,
before enemies killed Queen, and he taught me uz music I never learned,
and I was allured its complexity and power.
I nearly despaired many sounds which we hoomanz never be able to realise
for auditory limitation. But as doomed Lemininen, I found that sounds are
vibrations, that fill everything even places without self-righteous lights.
I used full of all other four senses that was gifted from my mother, before
enemies had taught me vision that distracts my concentration.
But these pleasant days were stopped when Alwoon's tunnel was found by
adventurers, fire and blood, I was in a panic again and tried to resist
from noisy hoomanz that distracted harmonious realm of uz, but when I found
my family member among them, I went back to hooman Amrita, for last time.
I know how I was looked at that time from hooman views, nearly naked and
muddy and blood-sweat of many insects, only valuable was wooden lute Alwoon
gave me.
My father grimaced to my looks, sentenced me that my wedding day was postponed
to next week. But I cared little his grumbling for I heard whisper of Alwoon's
song inside of forest, not far from my binding, but my father was also
there, and I feel some shame to him ambivalent to my belonging to Darkness.
(He tried to remove the curse digijelms cast on
me.)
But its feeling was completely changed when I was locked up in the Pit
used for exorcism, and my father told me that he killed my nun and crushed
my first lute inside of there, I long haven't known my father beated my
nun again and again with my poor lute, until both of them totally crushed
and crippled. I knew presence of everywhere Alwoon's servants then, and
I called them.
His swarm of insects attacked our villa and I ordered them where the dowry
of my wedding my father collected. They gathered up and stole whole of
gold wheel coins, jewels and treasures and after I fled from there, they
piled them up in front of their master.
How noble Dara Happan spoke to his precious girl
We safely returned to near of Yolp Mountain, Alwoon told me that the deadline
was near he must have returned to go back his own realm of North.
And he urged me to decide I would follow him or not. He didn't force me
to do something, and said all of my dowry his servants brought was mine.
I never heard such kind word from my kin dara happans. But I was still
reluctant to decide.
When we stayed in one of his hideouts, Alwoon said, "One of hooman
adventurers at last found our location." I realised he was my fiancee,
noble Lord Lagadavu of Yuthuppa, I caught the message from one of many
Alwoon's servants.
I already heard his rumor that the Prince joined the notorious cult of
Alkoth [ie Shargash] and fanatical crazy berserk band to slay all of "cursed
dijigelms which stole his precious princess by enchantment".
And I was still enchanted the mirage last I saw in the city market, I suggested
Alwoon a plan to test Prince's sincerity, Alwoon agreed and said that he
would prove Lagadavu is showy but worthless. Though many fallen to traps
Alwoon set against band of Lagadavu, Prince was still persistent. We waited
his solitary coming.
When Mighty Lord reached the foot of cliff, only Alwoon waited just before
of Lord, Lord swung brandishingly his famous mace that killed many foes
of Empire and demanded to my friend to return me, while Alwoon stopped
to play his flute, asked him secured from out of the reach of Lord's mace,
"You want to marry Amrita. Why did you choose her aside from affair
of your family and hers?"
"Monster, we fell in love each other when we
saw each other....."
Then I began to play secret tunes, though it seemed that Alwoon made all
of these questions, in fact all of them were made from me, Alwoon merely
translated it into hooman language.
"I want to ask you only one question, What thing is it which women
most desire?"
Prince Lagadavu enraged for he thought he was ridiculed by Alwoon, but
answered.
"Of course, our women are not bitches! They wants healthy children,
and noble husband...!" I saw his bright corona dimmed, or looked so
by me.
"Wrong answer. Listen to me, my riddle is from Amrita, she wants to
decide her own way by your action now. She permitted you three answers"
Prince Lagadavu suddenly realised he stood in many set of traps surrounding
him and helpless without whim of Alwoon and me. I saw his corona dimmed
again, but still shiny.
"They want beauty all over else! That I saw her last time in the market!"
I was dissapointed what meant to him that was so important for me, I played
my lute more intensely, but only Alwoon heard my tunes, Prince could not
discern such subtlety from merely sounds of winds.
"Wrong answer! Before you state final answer, I ask you again, what
let you want to marry her aside from demands of your family and her family?"
"Of course, we loved each other when we first met! Love is the one
all women seeks and wants!" But what means love without light and
vision you lost in Darkness? I saw his light completely dimmed and revealing
mere mortal man, haughty, ignorant and callous.
Alwoon finally answered to the Prince, "Wrong Answer! She says all
women would have their will. Though you listened only my voices, in fact
all of statements was from Amrita, and she chose her destiny, you are refused.
But she still doesn't want to harm you...."
http://camelot.celtic-twilight.com/bulfinchs_ka/bulfinchs_p1_c5.htm
And I stood up and shoutingly warned him not to move carelessly, for many
pits were opened the sides of the cliff and many of them filled with traps,
some were with many carnivorous insects, some were with desperately hungry
enlos. But prince was still haughty but then completely lost his light.
"No, I can't trust you.....Agh!" He fell to the worst pit, trollkins
and insects bit him from his hide, and I heard the heavy sound he falling
flat and his metalic armour snapping, and I heard soft sounds munching
and chomping, several belching and suddenly fell silent.
That was the end of Prince Lagadavu, Noblest Prince of Yuthu, Eye of Buserian,
Fame of Blue Mace. Alwoon turned to my side. I shrugged. He gnashed his
teeth (dark-) seeing my hooman gesture.
Next week, I bought my lute made by maestro Lemininen in the market of
Xarkarsh, using all of my daran dowry, that was preserved by my father
to marry me to House Egginada, and went north with Alwoon and his musician
band.
END OF TALE OF DARK
MINSTREL AMRITA
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