Random piece of Frostfell lore I wrote up. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Random piece of Frostfell lore I wrote up. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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AstralFireIX
11-09-07, 11:43 PM Running an Eberron game set up in the frozen north, since I took it over from a previous DM about two months ago. Not sure if it contradicts anything about Frostfell; all I've got is the ECS, Sharn, and Races of Eb, which don't really talk about Frostfell. In our campaign, it has a small dukedom vassal state of Karrnath, and a few wild shifter tribes. With that in mind, I wrote up this little myth that the tribes of that area pass among themselves.

"They say that Bear the Moonspeaker stole the sun from this land, so that Moon would be with him eternal, for he loved her. And the land became dark. At first, Moon reveled in his adoration... but with time, her responsibilities weighed too heavily upon her. The guardian of our people, she knew that we were dying in the endless winter. So Moon sent her son, Owl, to take back the sunlight from Bear.

Owl was clever, for his mother was Moon. So clever Owl watched Bear carefully, from a distance... for Bear had realized that the rest of his people could not live on the warmth of love alone, even if he did not care. So Bear only left his cave rarely. Owl waited and learned the times that Bear would leave to hunt, and how long he would be gone.

And one day, Owl struck. After Bear went out, Owl flew into the cave on his wings of silver, snatching the small box in which Bear had hidden the sun. But Owl was not the only clever one; Bear had noticed his watcher. And Bear raised his mighty paws to strike down Owl. But he had not understood a mother's love. As Bear's claws slashed, Moon herself appeared between them, taking the blows meant for her son. She was rent into pieces.

Stunned, Owl flapped away, for he knew he needed the time his mother had given him. They say that the days come when Owl is able to keep above the horizon, holding the heavy light in his talons.

But that is another story... when Moon was hurt, Bear's rage turned to grief at his senseless act. He invoked his magics and tried to mend her wounds. Normal magic was not enough, however... she had passed over. Yet through dark powers, he was able to raise her... but not as one, as twelve. He begged her forgiveness, but her twelvefold fury was too much to hold back. For his selfishness in first stealing the sun, then attacking her child, and now bringing her back to an existence of misery, she took away his gift. Bear and his descendants were cursed to be like her; many parts split into a whole, and they would never speak to the moons again, tasked to wander the icy lands that their father had made.

I am Bear, as is Thunderclaw, and so are all my brothers of Iceblood. In this life, I have led my tribe to many a war, as previous Bears... previous Czars... have... but where others saw an endless blessing in these many lives, I came to see a curse. The tundra of Frostfell is no place to live. We grew weary of wandering.

We foolishly decided to take the lands of another so that we might survive... not remembering that such selfishness was what cursed us to wander in the first place. Our blood shed in the night is proof and punishment for our evil deeds. When you, Moonspeaker, appeared before us yesterday... I saw, perhaps, a chance to redeem Bear.

When I die, the new Czar and a horned cub will be born; they will be the greater portion of Bear, the portion which Thunderclaw and I share. Moonspeaker, I ask you to tell this to the moons...

Bear... is sorry.

I know reincarnation def. breaks the cosmology set with Dolurrh, but there's nothing saying that this is fact, just a tale told among that group of shifters. Just thought I'd share.
Vharuck
11-12-07, 01:58 PM Sure you don't mean 13 moons, including the one that vanished? Or did you purposely make it 12, since the creators of this myth only ever knew 12 moons?
AstralFireIX
11-13-07, 02:17 PM Sure you don't mean 13 moons, including the one that vanished? Or did you purposely make it 12, since the creators of this myth only ever knew 12 moons?

Purposely made 12 for that reason. It's not supposed to be part of the canon reality, just a cultural interpretation of the cosmology in a culture area that none of the (my) books cover much.

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AstralFireIX 11-09-07, 11:43 PM	Running an Eberron game set up in the frozen north, since I took it over from a previous DM about two months ago. Not sure if it contradicts anything about Frostfell; all I've got is the ECS, Sharn, and Races of Eb, which don't really talk about Frostfell. In our campaign, it has a small dukedom vassal state of Karrnath, and a few wild shifter tribes. With that in mind, I wrote up this little myth that the tribes of that area pass among themselves. "They say that Bear the Moonspeaker stole the sun from this land, so that Moon would be with him eternal, for he loved her. And the land became dark. At first, Moon reveled in his adoration... but with time, her responsibilities weighed too heavily upon her. The guardian of our people, she knew that we were dying in the endless winter. So Moon sent her son, Owl, to take back the sunlight from Bear. Owl was clever, for his mother was Moon. So clever Owl watched Bear carefully, from a distance... for Bear had realized that the rest of his people could not live on the warmth of love alone, even if he did not care. So Bear only left his cave rarely. Owl waited and learned the times that Bear would leave to hunt, and how long he would be gone. And one day, Owl struck. After Bear went out, Owl flew into the cave on his wings of silver, snatching the small box in which Bear had hidden the sun. But Owl was not the only clever one; Bear had noticed his watcher. And Bear raised his mighty paws to strike down Owl. But he had not understood a mother's love. As Bear's claws slashed, Moon herself appeared between them, taking the blows meant for her son. She was rent into pieces. Stunned, Owl flapped away, for he knew he needed the time his mother had given him. They say that the days come when Owl is able to keep above the horizon, holding the heavy light in his talons. But that is another story... when Moon was hurt, Bear's rage turned to grief at his senseless act. He invoked his magics and tried to mend her wounds. Normal magic was not enough, however... she had passed over. Yet through dark powers, he was able to raise her... but not as one, as twelve. He begged her forgiveness, but her twelvefold fury was too much to hold back. For his selfishness in first stealing the sun, then attacking her child, and now bringing her back to an existence of misery, she took away his gift. Bear and his descendants were cursed to be like her; many parts split into a whole, and they would never speak to the moons again, tasked to wander the icy lands that their father had made. I am Bear, as is Thunderclaw, and so are all my brothers of Iceblood. In this life, I have led my tribe to many a war, as previous Bears... previous Czars... have... but where others saw an endless blessing in these many lives, I came to see a curse. The tundra of Frostfell is no place to live. We grew weary of wandering. We foolishly decided to take the lands of another so that we might survive... not remembering that such selfishness was what cursed us to wander in the first place. Our blood shed in the night is proof and punishment for our evil deeds. When you, Moonspeaker, appeared before us yesterday... I saw, perhaps, a chance to redeem Bear. When I die, the new Czar and a horned cub will be born; they will be the greater portion of Bear, the portion which Thunderclaw and I share. Moonspeaker, I ask you to tell this to the moons... Bear... is sorry. I know reincarnation def. breaks the cosmology set with Dolurrh, but there's nothing saying that this is fact, just a tale told among that group of shifters. Just thought I'd share.
Vharuck 11-12-07, 01:58 PM	Sure you don't mean 13 moons, including the one that vanished? Or did you purposely make it 12, since the creators of this myth only ever knew 12 moons?
AstralFireIX 11-13-07, 02:17 PM	Sure you don't mean 13 moons, including the one that vanished? Or did you purposely make it 12, since the creators of this myth only ever knew 12 moons? Purposely made 12 for that reason. It's not supposed to be part of the canon reality, just a cultural interpretation of the cosmology in a culture area that none of the (my) books cover much.