101 Verses of the Prophecy [Archive] - Wizards Community

101 Verses of the Prophecy [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Galen_Michael
09-07-05, 05:45 PM Let's come up with as many verses of the Prophecy as possible!

The rules: You are welcome to describe where or how the particular verse may be found in the world (reading the stars, a dragonmark appearing in a lava flow, in the convergence of several different dragonmarked individuals, etc.) but please include the "translation" of what those signs actually mean (plain English verse). Feel free to include how you would interpret the verse as well, if you like.

Using Keith's example from his Draconic Prophecy Dragonshard (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20041227a):

The scrying pool was a mirror of the sky, and the glittering Ring of Siberys stretched across its surface. Tielanthraxa whispered and the image grew, moving closer and closer until she could see the individual stones that made up a particular section of the ring. The shards were silhouetted against the lunar sphere of Rhaan, and the image was unmistakable: Khyber's Claw, surrounded by the light of the crimson moon:

The Lord of Fire would rise again in the City of Illusions, and only three could return him to his prison: the child of storms, the shaper of steel, and the hand of the Keeper.

Here are a few I have already used in my game...

1. Only an alliance of half-dragon and half-vampire can uncover the secrets of those who shared their common race and dwelt in Shadow. This discovery will unleash great evil and Death will rise again, yet the secret of the Silver Flame will be revealed in the Ring of the Children of Siberys, where Flame may bind Fire forever.

2. As you emerge from the Path of Marble and Ice into the Ring of Storms, the vines and branches of the jungle twist and sway in the sudden breeze, forming for the briefest instant into a strange dragonmark. In the same instant the sun disappears behind a dark cloud and casts an intricate shadow over your party. After careful consideration of all the signs, you translate them as follows:

Only the Dead survived the fall of the Heart of the Dragon Above. The Heir of Death will come to the Heart to release the Dead, yet will undo the labor of dragons and elves.

3. Stalactite formations in the Vatic Caverns of the Frostfell form the Prophecy of the Ages:

The Age of Demons will begin when Khyber expulses his children
The Age of Demons will end when the Silver Flame first burns
The Age of Giants will begin when the Titans arise from the ashes
The Age of Giants will end when Dreams devour the Dreamers
The Age of Monsters will begin when the Sleepers realize their dream
The Age of Monsters will end when the Northern Empire is scattered
The Age of Men will begin when the Great Druid is awakened
The Age of Men will end when the Kingdom of Man is sundered forever
The Age of Blades will begin when the Kingdom of Man’s Creation has come

Let's see some more!

Galen
Ricohard_Draconis
09-07-05, 05:57 PM 4. from the form of cooling lava on the south coast of Argonessen
One is shattered as new arrive a form of old from earth made.
As out of night they stand bright and youthful, the marked will fade

(my first attempt)
Galen_Michael
09-10-05, 03:17 PM No one else is interested? :(

Come one guys, I know there are some creative people on these boards!

(Thanks for your contribution Ricohard_Draconis!)

Galen
Ricohard_Draconis
09-10-05, 07:59 PM thanks, can you guess what its about?
Radkres
09-10-05, 10:10 PM 5. Piece of slate found in Ironroot Mountains held at a 45% angle to the holder while under the light of the Ring of Siberys.
Shadow hearts find the one with silver blood; she will lead to the claws of Eberron’s hands following the white rain till the shadow of thunder is exposed. In the hands of stone you find she that sleeps in the winter of time. The age of White she will wake at the scream of those who never sleep into the marred night does she creep.
yrogerg
09-10-05, 10:48 PM An approrpiate one for my last campaign's character's (half-retroactive) backstory (I hope it's okay):

6:
In the Q'barran jungle, the roots of a tree and a hanging vine twist around a particularly large dragonshard by a lake, in a manner that looks vaguely similar to a dragonmark, but none that anyone would recognize. At last light, the sunlight refracted through this shard seem to show fire in the water, over the ring of Syberis.

When dreams walk the earth, will you find where the Three's claws meet as one.
Fire and water will engulf the sky, and blood will spill and turn to ash.
Only the Scarred One and the Dreamless Dreamer can thrust the Prism to the sky.

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Galen_Michael 09-07-05, 05:45 PM	Let's come up with as many verses of the Prophecy as possible! The rules: You are welcome to describe where or how the particular verse may be found in the world (reading the stars, a dragonmark appearing in a lava flow, in the convergence of several different dragonmarked individuals, etc.) but please include the "translation" of what those signs actually mean (plain English verse). Feel free to include how you would interpret the verse as well, if you like. Using Keith's example from his Draconic Prophecy Dragonshard (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ebds/20041227a): The scrying pool was a mirror of the sky, and the glittering Ring of Siberys stretched across its surface. Tielanthraxa whispered and the image grew, moving closer and closer until she could see the individual stones that made up a particular section of the ring. The shards were silhouetted against the lunar sphere of Rhaan, and the image was unmistakable: Khyber's Claw, surrounded by the light of the crimson moon: The Lord of Fire would rise again in the City of Illusions, and only three could return him to his prison: the child of storms, the shaper of steel, and the hand of the Keeper. Here are a few I have already used in my game... 1. Only an alliance of half-dragon and half-vampire can uncover the secrets of those who shared their common race and dwelt in Shadow. This discovery will unleash great evil and Death will rise again, yet the secret of the Silver Flame will be revealed in the Ring of the Children of Siberys, where Flame may bind Fire forever. 2. As you emerge from the Path of Marble and Ice into the Ring of Storms, the vines and branches of the jungle twist and sway in the sudden breeze, forming for the briefest instant into a strange dragonmark. In the same instant the sun disappears behind a dark cloud and casts an intricate shadow over your party. After careful consideration of all the signs, you translate them as follows: Only the Dead survived the fall of the Heart of the Dragon Above. The Heir of Death will come to the Heart to release the Dead, yet will undo the labor of dragons and elves. 3. Stalactite formations in the Vatic Caverns of the Frostfell form the Prophecy of the Ages: The Age of Demons will begin when Khyber expulses his children The Age of Demons will end when the Silver Flame first burns The Age of Giants will begin when the Titans arise from the ashes The Age of Giants will end when Dreams devour the Dreamers The Age of Monsters will begin when the Sleepers realize their dream The Age of Monsters will end when the Northern Empire is scattered The Age of Men will begin when the Great Druid is awakened The Age of Men will end when the Kingdom of Man is sundered forever The Age of Blades will begin when the Kingdom of Man’s Creation has come Let's see some more! Galen
Ricohard_Draconis 09-07-05, 05:57 PM	4. from the form of cooling lava on the south coast of Argonessen One is shattered as new arrive a form of old from earth made. As out of night they stand bright and youthful, the marked will fade (my first attempt)
Galen_Michael 09-10-05, 03:17 PM	No one else is interested? :( Come one guys, I know there are some creative people on these boards! (Thanks for your contribution Ricohard_Draconis!) Galen
Ricohard_Draconis 09-10-05, 07:59 PM	thanks, can you guess what its about?
Radkres 09-10-05, 10:10 PM	5. Piece of slate found in Ironroot Mountains held at a 45% angle to the holder while under the light of the Ring of Siberys. Shadow hearts find the one with silver blood; she will lead to the claws of Eberron’s hands following the white rain till the shadow of thunder is exposed. In the hands of stone you find she that sleeps in the winter of time. The age of White she will wake at the scream of those who never sleep into the marred night does she creep.
yrogerg 09-10-05, 10:48 PM	An approrpiate one for my last campaign's character's (half-retroactive) backstory (I hope it's okay): 6: In the Q'barran jungle, the roots of a tree and a hanging vine twist around a particularly large dragonshard by a lake, in a manner that looks vaguely similar to a dragonmark, but none that anyone would recognize. At last light, the sunlight refracted through this shard seem to show fire in the water, over the ring of Syberis. When dreams walk the earth, will you find where the Three's claws meet as one. Fire and water will engulf the sky, and blood will spill and turn to ash. Only the Scarred One and the Dreamless Dreamer can thrust the Prism to the sky.