teambadchoices:The Yellow Book (Mourning)“Once more into the fray.Into the last good fight I’ll ever
teambadchoices:The Yellow Book (Mourning)“Once more into the fray.Into the last good fight I’ll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day.”–Imad and Terra just before Imad’s deathLanguage: Oldest version is in Common, although there are versions in Ancient Orcish and Elven.Length: 127 pages.In this story, Imad has grown old in the wilderness with Terra. He is dying, and asks Terra, who forms his entire reason for living, to give him a warrior’s death by fighting him to the death (a battle he would definitely lose). Terra cannot bear the idea of killing her father, since killing a very old and weak opponent is considered shameful, and takes Imad on a pilgrimage to the only Mountain in Westerland where he can be buried. Their journey takes them in the path of many foes. Their journey is also made harder by a confession that Imad makes: that he was a magic-user. Terra struggles to deal with this information, since it means that Imad cannot go to be with Kord in the afterlife unless he dies a warrior’s death. Terra is angered and is tempted to kill her father dishonorably by stabbing him in the back on many occasions on their journey when he uses magic. She learns about her father’s history and meets many of his old friends on the road, including many trolls from whom he gleaned his magical abilities. Over time she learns that Imad’s magic brought prosperity to the land wherever he went. When they reach the mountain Terra and Imad are ambushed by a life-stealing ghoul—although Imad’s magic fades at the last Terra saves him. With his magic spent, Imad is practically an empty shell, and Terra realizes that to give a family member a warriors death is not shameful, but an intimate show of love that will make it the best fight she will ever have in her life. She spars with him before she gives him a warrior’s death. Terra buries him at the mountain, but the power of his memory is so strong in her and in the land that the Mountain rises from the ground, where it has remained ever since. The Mountain is so called the Lonely Mountain because it is the final resting place of Imad.This story is written in the form of a song, and is written from the perspective of Terra. It has been translated many times into all the dialects of Orcish, Giant, Goblin and other languages. Lines from the Yellow book are often quoted at the death of a comrade in battle as well as at funerals and memorials.***Image From: http://www.etsy.com/listing/97744277/travel-size-journals?ref=sr_gallery_26&ga_search_query=journal&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_color=f3cc0c&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=allQuote From: The Grey (2011) -- source link
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