Confusing...

[musical_babe_1o1]

Hello all! I'm just wondering if anyone else has a hard time following the song of twelve, it may just be me (I tend to speed read a little too often) but I find that it moves pretty fast, and so much happens at once or right after the other that I find it hard to recall parts! Please reply to this because I am hoping that it is not just me who feels this way! It's confuzzling!

[Agent M]

Well... I haven't read Deep Wizardry for a while, my sisters been borrowing it for almost a year........ But the Song is kinda like a play I guess. The whales are "singing" about their Choice and what happened. With the whales that wanted to accept the Lone One's "Gift", the ones who didn't, and the undecided. And then there was the Silent One who...... well this is where I'm forgetting cuz it was kinda confusing for me too. But I THINK the Silent One sacrificed herself for the whales because she knew she couldn't accept the "gift" but she knew she couldn't not accept it either..... I think. But I can't remember why she couldn't not accept it... I'm a little rusty onf the Song.... maybe I should look that up again....

[Lamarquise]

As Agent M said.

The Song really has a life of its own. The celebrants aren't just picked for their species; they're picked for similarity to the original participants and they all face different temptations by the Lone Power according to their personality.

It offers S'Ree talent and the illusion of freedom from rules.
It offers Arooon power over others.
It offers Fluke learning and lore.
It offers T!h!ki knowledge.
It offers Areinnye revenge.
It offers Kit time...for himself and Nita.

The idea is that the Silent Lord accepted Death, but not on the Lone Power's terms; he would have attached misery and fear to it. By this, the Silent Lord made death into a pathway to a new stage of existence. Because of that, the sea animals are not afraid of death and they have a great resistance to the Lone Power.

Obviously, there was trouble this time. The Lone Power managed to subvert Areinnye and so almost sabotaged the entire effort. Luckily, Kit was there to replace her and the others managed to keep Areinnye from killing Nita. Areinnye betrayed them, though, and hurt Ed seriously. At that point, Ed decided to use Nita's power to call for help and take her place.

[Agent M]

Ahh... Yeah now I remember.......
*grr!* My sister lost my copy of DW!!!!!!!

[musical_babe_1o1]

I wasn't meaning the actual song was confusing, more the events that take place while they are performing the song, they seem to move incredibly quickly from event to event. I understand the song. I think! LOL!

[Peter Murray]

This isn't going to help sort out any confusion, but Telaldalin started to pick smileys for the Twelve in chat. Gryphon and I nitpicked, and the list came out to:

* Untouched:
Singer
Blue
Gazer (or )
* Betrayed:
Wanderer
Killer
Forager
* Undecided:
Sounder
Listener
Grey Lord
* And:
Silent Lord
Pale Slayer (or the jawdrop)
Stranger

I just hope two things:
1) Nobody asks us how we came up with this list.
2) Nobody asks us why we came up with this list.

[Birdhead]

*dies laughing* AHAHAHAHA.

*giggles hopelessly* Those are brilliant. I'm particularly partial to Forager and Silent Lord.

[Quill]

Terrific! Maybe the icons panel needs a tiny shark.

[Ankaa]

The Pale Slayer is my favorite.
Ed: Hey Nita, how's it goin'?