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Cyril Darkcloud · 09-14-2003, 05:11 PM

ooc: TAO - I’d imagine your character would have a particular interest in and sensitivity to this.

Elsewhere – Throughout the land of IronWorks

Unseen and unnoticed, pathways run through the boards of this most unusual of worlds, these Forums of IronWorks. One might call them channels, another might just as easily and just as accurately name them seams, but their existence is real. Among all of those who have gamed here, only one had ever paid them attention, only one had ever moved along them, these pathways that are channels of the movement of life and posts, these pathways that are the seams along which boards are knit to threads and threads are knit to boards. Indeed it was by means of these very pathways which her druidic wisdom has named Ley Lines that the woman of the silver-banded throat first appeared near the tower of the One who Mods. Druids long have known a deep and unique affinity for things such as these, but what few had considered and none until these last days had ever dared act upon was the question of whether such affinity might be the means by which another might come to know such mysterious and subtle things as the Ley Lines which run through the Forums of IronWorks.

Affinity is a curious thing, a thing that sits firmly established as the ground of the magic systems of nearly all game settings, as a simple perusal of the material components in most spell descriptions reveals quickly enough. Affinity is the bedrock of rules governing magical research and the basis upon which the great majority of new spells and items are designed. Small wonder is it then that affinity, the curious affinity of a druid for such things as Ley Lines might prove to be important. It is by means of this affinity that a desecrating touch extends throughout the forums, the touch of a decidedly non-druidic presence which bears no love for any that live. Other affinities are at play here as well, and these allow an opening within the desecrated seams of the Forums, an opening through which more than a desecrating touch might reach …….

09-14-2003, 05:11 PM	#165
Cyril Darkcloud Lord Soth Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 1,980	ooc: TAO - I’d imagine your character would have a particular interest in and sensitivity to this. Elsewhere – Throughout the land of IronWorks Unseen and unnoticed, pathways run through the boards of this most unusual of worlds, these Forums of IronWorks. One might call them channels, another might just as easily and just as accurately name them seams, but their existence is real. Among all of those who have gamed here, only one had ever paid them attention, only one had ever moved along them, these pathways that are channels of the movement of life and posts, these pathways that are the seams along which boards are knit to threads and threads are knit to boards. Indeed it was by means of these very pathways which her druidic wisdom has named Ley Lines that the woman of the silver-banded throat first appeared near the tower of the One who Mods. Druids long have known a deep and unique affinity for things such as these, but what few had considered and none until these last days had ever dared act upon was the question of whether such affinity might be the means by which another might come to know such mysterious and subtle things as the Ley Lines which run through the Forums of IronWorks. Affinity is a curious thing, a thing that sits firmly established as the ground of the magic systems of nearly all game settings, as a simple perusal of the material components in most spell descriptions reveals quickly enough. Affinity is the bedrock of rules governing magical research and the basis upon which the great majority of new spells and items are designed. Small wonder is it then that affinity, the curious affinity of a druid for such things as Ley Lines might prove to be important. It is by means of this affinity that a desecrating touch extends throughout the forums, the touch of a decidedly non-druidic presence which bears no love for any that live. Other affinities are at play here as well, and these allow an opening within the desecrated seams of the Forums, an opening through which more than a desecrating touch might reach …….