A Rime of War – GU #52 Lore

[Kiara]

<p align="center"><strong>A Rime of War </strong><em>A dirge’s personal tale by Elna Tsernin</em></p> <p>The waves rocking this vessel as we cross the Timorous Deep should be lulling me into a deep sleep, instead I find myself examining my actions and the tide of events that swept me here. I had been a successful dirge, and a beautiful one at that, I had always been proud of my unblemished scales and frills. A young Iksar blessed with talent beyond her years known throughout the Sebilisian Empire. I had been entertaining barons and officers with the same old collection of historical songs and tales of the Iksar nation for years; from Sebilis to Jinisk, Torsis to Charasis. When I had grown tired of those tales I looked toward the rest of Kunark. Over the next several years I trekked from one end of our isolated continent to the other learning tales of other societies and their myths. My native tongue was Sebilisian, like anyone born within the empire, but I learned enough common in these years in order to unlock stories from other cultures. But I was still young. A few stories of the drachnid learned here, a song about Chelsith there. I grew bored quickly, too quickly. Always believing the big song eluded me. Skorpikis, burynai, sarnak, Yha-Lei, even goblins. I was certain that I had heard all there was to hear and my catalog of songs and stories had become rather impressive, but I had been arrogant and foolish.</p> <p><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive_content.vm?id=3116&section=News&locale=en_US"><strong>Read more!</strong></a></p>

[Lodrelhai]

<p>Interesting, if a bit long-winded.  Can I volunteer myself for proofreading before the next lore piece gets posted?</p><p>Now we know how the chained iksar seen on Test ended up with the Rime.  And I note in all that there's no real clues where the Rime come from.</p><p>Please, please, <em>please</em> don't tell me that the burynai end up being the guardians to a passage for the living to reach Ethermere which so many of our big-time necromancers keep looking for?</p>

[TheGeneral]

<p>I thought it was very well written and enjoyed reading it.  Its this kind of lore that keeps some of us coming back for more.  This level of detail makes some of us feel like we are part of the story as it evolves.  Nicely done... I want more.</p>

[Kiara]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Interesting, if a bit long-winded.  Can I volunteer myself for proofreading before the next lore piece gets posted?</p></blockquote><p>No and I think that was fairly unnecessary.  Our team works hard on these.</p>

[Anestacia]

<p>I can defenitley tell alot of work went into this and I personally think its a great read.  I was hanging onto each word in hopes I would find out the origin of these invaders.  I just knew the answer was there if I just kept reading and then after I read the last word I realized that I would have to wait.  Making the reader anticipate more; thats how its done!  Had some wonderful history as well as present events and now Im even more excited about the upcoming GU than ever <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Hope there are more stories of this calibur to come!</p>

[Powers]

<p><cite>Kiara wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>No and I think that was fairly unnecessary.  Our team works hard on these.</p></blockquote><p>I believe Lodrelhai just wants these sorts of stories -- which are, indeed, packed with very interesting lore -- to be presented in the best light possible.  A little constructive criticism, perhaps.  I thought this one started off a little rough but it got going quite well by the middle of the piece.</p><p>Certainly, it was lengthy, but it was almost all good stuff.  Though I do despair over ever being able to follow up with these stories in-game, with my highest character being level 48.  =(</p><p>Powers  &8^]</p>

[Oakum]

<p>Or maybe he is just one of those people who prefer short stories.</p><p>Instead of 3 books of the "Return of the King" by tolkien they would like a single sentence or two.</p><p>A group of hobbits leave their village and do many things and fight in mighty battles with other herioc people. One of them drops a gold ring into a volcano and destroys Sauron.</p><p>The end. lol.</p>

[Legion11]

<p><cite>Oakum wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Or maybe he is just one of those people who prefer short stories.</p><p>Instead of 3 books of the "Return of the King" by tolkien they would like a single sentence or two.</p><p>A group of hobbits leave their village and do many things and fight in mighty battles with other herioc people. One of them drops a gold ring into a volcano and destroys Sauron.</p><p>The end. lol.</p></blockquote><p>Way to ruin it for me....   spoiler alert next time, k?</p>

[Lodrelhai]

<p>There's a difference between long and long-winded.  'Long-winded' does not always mean 'bad' either; I did state first that I found the story interesting.</p><p>Long-winded does tend to make it easy for the writer to overlook grammatical errors, though.  Things like misuse of semicolons and stating the same idea twice in a sentence, or within a couple sentences.  Such errors can also make a story seem longer than it is.  While creative writing allows a great deal of grammatical leeway for natural language and colloquialisms, there is a balance beyond which linguistic clumsiness reflects on the author rather than the character, particularly when the character is supposed to be as skilled in storytelling as a bard.</p><p>I'm sorry if I offended the author of the story, but even Stephen King's novels are red-penned by an editor before publishing.  Sadly, there were enough gramatical errors at the start of the story that I almost didn't bother finishing, which would have been a shame.  The lore is excellent and deserves a polished setting.</p>

[Legion11]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a difference between long and long-winded.  'Long-winded' does not always mean 'bad' either; I did state first that I found the story interesting.</p><p>Long-winded does tend to make it easy for the writer to overlook grammatical errors, though.  Things like misuse of semicolons and stating the same idea twice in a sentence, or within a couple sentences.  Such errors can also make a story seem longer than it is.  While creative writing allows a great deal of grammatical leeway for natural language and colloquialisms, there is a balance beyond which linguistic clumsiness reflects on the author rather than the character, particularly when the character is supposed to be as skilled in storytelling as a bard.</p><p>I'm sorry if I offended the author of the story, but even Stephen King's novels are red-penned by an editor before publishing.  Sadly, there were enough <span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">gramatical</span></strong> </span>errors at the start of the story that I almost didn't bother finishing, which would have been a shame.  The lore is excellent and deserves a polished setting.</p></blockquote><p>This egregious error made the rest of your post completely unintelligible.</p><p>There's a difference between constructive criticism and being a pedantic twit.</p>

[Anordil]

<p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a difference between long and long-winded.  'Long-winded' does not always mean 'bad' either; I did state first that I found the story interesting.</p><p>Long-winded does tend to make it easy for the writer to overlook grammatical errors, though.  Things like misuse of semicolons and stating the same idea twice in a sentence, or within a couple sentences.  Such errors can also make a story seem longer than it is.  While creative writing allows a great deal of grammatical leeway for natural language and colloquialisms, there is a balance beyond which linguistic clumsiness reflects on the author rather than the character, particularly when the character is supposed to be as skilled in storytelling as a bard.</p><p>I'm sorry if I offended the author of the story, but even Stephen King's novels are red-penned by an editor before publishing.  Sadly, there were enough gramatical errors at the start of the story that I almost didn't bother finishing, which would have been a shame.  The lore is excellent and deserves a polished setting.</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">The normal medium for correcting minor errors is a private letter to the author. Public excoriation is never appropriate. </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">Without being prolix, while I'm sure you meant well, Lodrelhai, this post, taken with your previous comment, indicates you'd be unable to overcome your natural disadvantages to perform adequately as a literary critic or editor.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">At any rate, thank you for the recent lore update, Kiara. </span></span></p>

[Ciara52]

<p><cite>TheGeneral wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I thought it was very well written and enjoyed reading it.  Its this kind of lore that keeps some of us coming back for more.  This level of detail makes some of us feel like we are part of the story as it evolves.  Nicely done... I want more.</p></blockquote><p>I enjoyed it too.  It sure builds anticipation  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </p><p>That's one thing I've always liked about EQ2 is the story.  Every quest I like to read because it tells a part of a story.  When I first was on Queen's colony it helped alot to know the why and what for I was killing those goblins, spiders and all lol  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </p><p>Thank you <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> </p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Anordil@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a difference between long and long-winded.  'Long-winded' does not always mean 'bad' either; I did state first that I found the story interesting.</p><p>Long-winded does tend to make it easy for the writer to overlook grammatical errors, though.  Things like misuse of semicolons and stating the same idea twice in a sentence, or within a couple sentences.  Such errors can also make a story seem longer than it is.  While creative writing allows a great deal of grammatical leeway for natural language and colloquialisms, there is a balance beyond which linguistic clumsiness reflects on the author rather than the character, particularly when the character is supposed to be as skilled in storytelling as a bard.</p><p>I'm sorry if I offended the author of the story, but even Stephen King's novels are red-penned by an editor before publishing.  Sadly, there were enough gramatical errors at the start of the story that I almost didn't bother finishing, which would have been a shame.  The lore is excellent and deserves a polished setting.</p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">The normal medium for correcting minor errors is a private letter to the author. Public excoriation is never appropriate. </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Without being prolix, while I'm sure you meant well, Lodrelhai, this post, taken with your previous comment, indicates you'd be unable to overcome your natural disadvantages to perform adequately as a literary critic or editor.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">At any rate, thank you for the recent lore update, Kiara. </span></span></p></blockquote><p>You know what I find funny... This piece of Lore is ment to be a Diary entery, not a proffetionally written book, with multiple editors and proof readings. IMO, if it DIDN'T have grammer errors I would have more of an issue with it. Cause then I would think the person reproducing it altered it in some way.</p>

[Ralniv]

<p>Is there a place where I can read all the lore from the beginning of EQ2 to now?</p>

[hellfire]

<p><cite>Legion11 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a difference between long and long-winded.  'Long-winded' does not always mean 'bad' either; I did state first that I found the story interesting.</p><p>Long-winded does tend to make it easy for the writer to overlook grammatical errors, though.  Things like misuse of semicolons and stating the same idea twice in a sentence, or within a couple sentences.  Such errors can also make a story seem longer than it is.  While creative writing allows a great deal of grammatical leeway for natural language and colloquialisms, there is a balance beyond which linguistic clumsiness reflects on the author rather than the character, particularly when the character is supposed to be as skilled in storytelling as a bard.</p><p>I'm sorry if I offended the author of the story, but even Stephen King's novels are red-penned by an editor before publishing.  Sadly, there were enough <span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">gramatical</span></strong> </span>errors at the start of the story that I almost didn't bother finishing, which would have been a shame.  The lore is excellent and deserves a polished setting.</p></blockquote><p>This egregious error made the rest of your post completely unintelligible.</p><p>There's a difference between constructive criticism and being a pedantic twit.</p></blockquote><p>Im sorry but he/she has a very legitimate point.</p>

[Aneova]

<p><cite>Oakum wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Or maybe he is just one of those people who prefer short stories.</p><p>Instead of 3 books of the "Return of the King" by tolkien they would like a single sentence or two.</p><p>A group of hobbits leave their village and do many things and fight in mighty battles with other herioc people. One of them drops a gold ring into a volcano and destroys Sauron.</p><p>The end. lol.</p></blockquote><p>Or...</p><p>30 second movies reinacted... by bunnies</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Bigron@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Legion11 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Lodrelhai wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>There's a difference between long and long-winded.  'Long-winded' does not always mean 'bad' either; I did state first that I found the story interesting.</p><p>Long-winded does tend to make it easy for the writer to overlook grammatical errors, though.  Things like misuse of semicolons and stating the same idea twice in a sentence, or within a couple sentences.  Such errors can also make a story seem longer than it is.  While creative writing allows a great deal of grammatical leeway for natural language and colloquialisms, there is a balance beyond which linguistic clumsiness reflects on the author rather than the character, particularly when the character is supposed to be as skilled in storytelling as a bard.</p><p>I'm sorry if I offended the author of the story, but even Stephen King's novels are red-penned by an editor before publishing.  Sadly, there were enough <span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">gramatical</span></strong> </span>errors at the start of the story that I almost didn't bother finishing, which would have been a shame.  The lore is excellent and deserves a polished setting.</p></blockquote><p>This egregious error made the rest of your post completely unintelligible.</p><p>There's a difference between constructive criticism and being a pedantic twit.</p></blockquote><p>Im sorry but he/she has a very legitimate point.</p></blockquote><p>Accually he/she doesn't BECAUSE the piece of Lore is supposed to be a DIARY entery. Diary enteries rarely have correct grammer. As for her being a Bard and therefor should be able to write correctly...UM, bards are NOT writers they are keepers of SPOKEN history and folklore. It really wasn't until the age of the printing press that bards ever wrote anything down...because like the rest of the population they can't read.</p>