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Kuje Posted - 31 Jan 2006 : 01:14:37
This is a scroll for the info that was being discussed in Ed's scroll.

Revjest posted, "Actually, your Hooded Loveliness, I'm not sure that general rule applies to an Eilistrean community? Who else are good drow elves going to worship? How much exposure to human and elven (Seldarine) faiths are they going to receive? And how many human or elven deities are going to accept Drow faithful?

You can argue that magically inclined Drow are sure to learn about Mystra from Qilue, if they dwell at the Promenade Temple with her. But apart from that example ...?"

Beirnadri Magranth posted, "i disagree. remember that drow gods had some human worshippers. gods dont turn worshippers away because of the color of their skins.... they are divine and see past the mortal flesh into te epersons' soul. truly good drow could definately worship a plethora of gods.

take drizzt (the most famous drow of all) for example. he worships mielikki. and also gods arent secretive. they thrive when their worhsippers do. they want recognition and worship. so it woudlnt be that hard for people to find out about them."

Asgetrion posted in response to Kentinal's post in Ed's scroll, "According to the novel 'Evermeet', Eilistraee's parents are Araushnee (Lloth) and Corellon - if I understood your question correctly."

Kentinal posted, "I was referring to Drizzt here, I well know the parents of Eilistraee. I also believe that Corellon would not be well revieved by any Drow because of what he did to even the Good ones, however clearly other sub-elven races would likely offer a pray to him from time to time. I so dislike cuttering ask Ed thread with side talk, so this post will disappear in the next few days (if a moderator does not get it first)."

And lastly, I posted, "Yet, Corellon does have dark elven divine casters."
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Shadovar Posted - 27 May 2006 : 02:06:19
I agree with the previous post comments, both the Seldarine and the Dark Seldarine wanted worthy and strong followers that can act independently while maintaining faith in their patrons, so that in the end, only the strongest followers will be on Faerun to promote the faith of their patrons.

By the way, I feel that the elves that answered Miritar's call to the Crusade was that they feel a need to defend their people abroad, to avenge the fallen who died during the daring raid by the daemonfey. I doubt they could undo their ancestors' damage to Faerun despite how they want to, for the damage had been done already. For those elves that protested against Miritar's crusade are merely trying to deny against change and destiny which they fear the most. To me, the elves chances of surviving on Faerun and relationship with other races will better and improve if they could accept change and destiny(that could had been molded secretly by the Seldarine themselves.)
Vainelus Posted - 26 May 2006 : 18:22:42
Lolth intentionally has her followers fight amongst themselves. And she rarely intervenes in the drow affairs, and it is note worthy that most of time when she interferes it is to punish her people, not protect them. If the drow cannot defender their own cities and gain power on their own merits they do not deserve Lolth's aid. While not being quite as careless and rigid, the Seldarine is of a similar belief that they cannot simply come racing to the elves need every time they are in trouble. Inspiring Lord Miritar to call the crusade is still taking a hand in events. Also the elves, who do not believe in Lord Miritar's crusade are those railing against it, not those partaking in it. Most of the elves who joined Miritar seems to be more concerned with their duty end the danger their people caused to Faerun.
Valus Gwaren Posted - 26 May 2006 : 15:13:35
Just as a somewhat off topic note, despite the wording in the quote a few posts back, Eilistraee CHOSE exile from Arvandor, and could return if she felt she should. I don't think that quite fits the definition of the word "Banishment."

This doesn't actually address any of this thread's concerns, more of a clarification, really.
darkflame millithor Posted - 15 May 2006 : 04:58:34
Vainelus, Many of the elves in evermeet don't beleive Correlon inspired 'THE RETURN' most of them are crusading partly because of the All for one and One for all mentality ,or Because the crusade is like the adventure of a Elven life time (for the young elves). Still If he'd put send an avatar to give Lord Miritar some real crediblity it would save a lot of usless argueing by the high-elves.The time has been passed for an avatar(the canon says correlon protects the homelands of the elves, but where?
Must have fallen.The famed boltes from heaven in evereska wasn't him,it was highmagic from the mythal. He hasn't protected anything or anyone in eons. See the human deities at least show up to their followers every now and then!For example Mystra showed up to personally try to save Adon(in front of others)and Elminster even in Hell! Frankly I'm surprised the elves still beleive in him! Lolth even shows herself to her followers.Belt- up and knuckle down correlon!
Kuje Posted - 12 May 2006 : 18:41:55
I was asked by Alaundo to remove some of the posts in this scroll. If you have issues with these removals, then PM Alaundo and discuss it with him privately.
Kentinal Posted - 10 May 2006 : 21:25:33
quote:
Originally posted by Vainelus

I missed Ed's statement on this. Do we even have a source that confirms that there was a church of Eilistraae prior to her banishment from the Seldarine? Before the Time of Troubles in Toril number of worshippers did not necessarily have anything to do with divine beings, Eilistraee could possibly be the only good dark elf that was banished.


"The Dark Maiden is the sister of Vhaeraun and the daughter of
Araushnee, who was cast out and became Lolth, and Corellon Larethian.
After Eilistraee nearly slew her father with an arrow during a great
battle between the Seldarine and a host of evil deities bent on
conquering Arvandor, the Dark Maiden forswore the use of ranged weapons
(although she permits them to her followers). Although her arrow went
astray because of Araush-nee's treachery, Eilistraee chose banishment
from Arvandor (and the Seldarine) along with her mother and brother,
foreseeing a time when she would be needed to balance their evil. On
Aheir-Toril, the Dark Maiden strove for centuries against the hatred of
Vhaeraun and his corrupting influence on the Ilythiiri (southern,
darkskinned elves). Eilistraee's power ebbed with the death of many of
her faithful in the Dark Disaster, and the rise of Lolth and Ghaunadaur
among the dark elves marginalized the influence of the Lady of the
Dance for millennia. Only in recent centuries has Eilistraee's faith
regained a small amount of prominence in Faerun, as the Dark Maiden
seeks to lead the fallen drow back to the long-forsaken light."

Well not quite an indication of a temple, this 2nd edition pasage clearly indicates Eiliistraee was active and revieved before The Dark Disaster (which killed many of her followers), and clearly an event that occured before The Desent.. I was considering the twisted Tower as a posible temple as well but do not recall if Eilistraee followers built it or others, she still has a presense there however weak. Also not sure when it was built, it has been held by both Good and Ecil Drow.
Kuje Posted - 10 May 2006 : 20:50:27
quote:
Originally posted by darkflame millithor

"Sword from a sociopath" good analogy! I'll be the first to admit the drow pobably would have destroyed toril with High magic had they been left with it. And yes I have read Evermeet it was a wonderful novel-which brings to mind the dancing sister herself predicted that her followers would never make it to the Elvenhomeland,does that mean even she knows they will never get the chance to rejoin the seldarine.


Well, see this is the problem with retcons because she HAS rejoined the Seldarine in the new cosmology since she has a planar realm in the plane of Arvandor, which, as you know, is the plane of the Seldarine.
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 20:40:59
"Sword from a sociopath" good analogy! I'll be the first to admit the drow pobably would have destroyed toril with High magic had they been left with it. And yes I have read Evermeet it was a wonderful novel-which brings to mind the dancing sister herself predicted that her followers would never make it to the Elvenhomeland,does that mean even she knows they will never get the chance to rejoin the seldarine. And is her ability to see into the future inherited from Araushnee? If so why didn't
Araushnee see her abanishment? did she have a stye in her eye,or was she blinded by power lust(we know drow can be blinded by powerlust.)?
Vainelus Posted - 10 May 2006 : 17:51:14
I missed Ed's statement on this. Do we even have a source that confirms that there was a church of Eilistraae prior to her banishment from the Seldarine? Before the Time of Troubles in Toril number of worshippers did not necessarily have anything to do with divine beings, Eilistraee could possibly be the only good dark elf that was banished.

Also, I have to second Jindael's statement about latent elf-hatred from 2ed carrying over into 3ed sources and discussions.

As for recent activities of the Seldarine, Corellon is responsible for inspiring the Elven Return to Faerun, whether that is useful or is of course subject to opinion. I think it is an interesting development.
Jindael Posted - 10 May 2006 : 14:34:58
Of course, the real problem here is adapting gods from Gygax to the history of the Forgotten Realms. Ed Greenwood has mentioned a few times that he had “placeholder” spots open for the elven deities, and simply plugged in Gary Gygax’s gods. Elaine Cunningham has done a fantastic job of writing the elven history of these gods as they pertain to the Realms. But she still had to deal with the fact that the pantheon as a whole was created with alliances and oppositions already pre-baked.

The other problem we are dealing with (still) is the backlash of “Elf-itis” from second edition. Go and have a look at the Forums that Shall Not Be Named. If any sourcebook so much as hints at elves, a hugely vocal group of people show up and shout (whine) about how elves get all the attention (“Oh great, ANOTHER subrace of elves.”), complain about the Arcane Archer PrC (“All the good PrC’s are for elves!”) and various other, non-repeatable remarks. And that’s just from a hint of text. Gods forbid that a designer want to actually focus on elves. They’d probably nail the poor fellow to a tree in effigy.

Unless it’s drow. Drow sell books.

However, we have no choice but to deal with this and try and work out some ramifications from what we do know, and hammer it into the Realms as best we can.(Thankfully, most of the work has been wonderfully done by Elaine Cunningham.)

So, on the subject of Dark Elves who follow the Seldarine: A few years ago, I would have said it was rare, but given the attention that Drow have received, the Silence of Lolth, the fact that Eilistraee appears in the FRCS as one of the more popular deites, etc, I’m going to have to go with the fact that Drow are far more common upstairs now days.

And while Eilistraee may very well be the goddess of Drow redeption, there are going to be enough different kind of drow that a number of them are going to have other interests besides running around the woods, naked, in a wild hunt. The Seldarine is going to have Drow worshippers no matter what.

The fact that the deities in the Seldarine accept the dark elves as worshippers and clerics speaks for itself.

Eilistraee willingly accepted her banishment. Any damage done to her church as a result is her fault, and likely planned, as there was sure to be a time when she was needed to lead the drow back to the light. And here it is. We have to assume that gods and goddesses operate on a totally different level than we can conceive, and Eilistraee “taking one for the team” is part of that. She knew, in some way, that her time would come.

On Corellon punishing all of the Dark Elves for the actions of their leaders: From what I understood, the magic went awry. Not to surprising considering that it was the effort of a war torn race. This does not reflect any cruelty on the part of the Seldarine.

Removing High Magic from the Drow: Wanna bet that a drow who worships the Seldarine or Eilistraee could use High Magic? I would. I would also strip the drow of their ability to use High Magic as well. This isn’t cruel, it’s a price that had to be paid; sort of like taking the sword away from a sociopath. Sure, he might get eaten by a grue, but that’s preferable to him killing a village of Halflings.

On the Seldarine being weak: I agree with this. I blame the anti-elf sentiment. No one really wants to touch the subject. Cannon-wise, the Seldarine hasn’t done anything useful in ages. Not even so much as a Thunder-Blessing type deal. IMC, they are much more active, but cannon has them picking their noses. I too miss the Corellon that struck out the eye of the Orc god. On that note, it would be nice to see ANY of the other members of the Seldarine being mentioned. Ever.
Kentinal Posted - 10 May 2006 : 03:35:58
quote:
If I may ask, how can one deity take divinty from another?


The quick answer is taking away all portfolios. Under 3.5 rules having no portfolios means at best divine rank of 0, not able to grant spells to Clercs at all. Might as well be considered a demon oe angel for reduction in power. Lolth did not lose imortalty and had to fight to gain a portfolio to start again her rise to power.

Portfolios are taken from other deities, sometime by AO's grant, but also sometimes in the minor disputes between deities that AO appears not to care about.

There is not a clear answer of how it works that some deities share a portfolio or how one deity can take control of one, blocking another from it. We do know that portfolios do move, sometimes reducing deities and sometimes making a mortal a deity.
KnightErrantJR Posted - 10 May 2006 : 03:04:59
I think Corellon could strip her because he is the acknowledged head of the Seldarine, and for better or worse, she did put herself under his authority. Then again, he also had Angharradh standing with him, the fusion of three elven goddesses.

Have you read Evermeet: Island of Elves? Elaine Cunningham wrote it, and it is a great book. As for if Lolth was originally serving the Queen of Air and Darkness, or if she were Unseelee before or after her fall, I would guess, if she were, that she was before she became a Tanar'ri, because in Evermeet she sets directly to work at subverting the Ilythiiri.

Since Elaine Cunningham wrote both Evermeet and the Coucilors and Kings books, you may want to ask her about it in her thread here at Candlekeep.
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:53:05
(The Mask Is Off For Now) If I may ask, how can one deity take divinty from another? I never did understand that. I thought only Ao could strip someone of divinity.I know they can kill each other but.the way I understand it Araushnee was always a deity(I forgot what her porfolio was besides elven destiny). Also I read somewhere (The magehound novel,cousellers I think) that Lolth at one time was a servent of the Queen of Air/Darkness, do you think this was before or after she joined the seldarine (because it is hinted that she came from elsewhere-I quote since the coming of Araushnee,Correlon has settled into a decidedly male aspect. Could she be the daughter of the darkqueen? It explains her powermad attitude,and the ability to assume the evil spiderform(her favorate pastime was weaving),and her fearlessly approaching the evil gods of the Anti-seldarine.Are there anymore storys of the connection between the drow and the unseelie fairies besides the legends hinted in those halrauan books in the counseler series?
Kentinal Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:27:56
In some ways I think this scroll should end, in other ways I think aspects of it should continue.

Frist thing one should remember is that FR deities are not all knowing. They make mistakes because of guessing wrong of what the future will bring.

Eilistraee church was clearly hurt by the banishment of her followers along with other dark elves, she also hard little help from her father. The is a fan fic out there that her father gave her silver hair as opsed to white hair which sounds nice, except Lolth's true forn is/was a black spider able to effect a dark elf form with any hair color.

Araushnee did indeed have the portfolio of "Elven destiny" but that was striped from her after being cast down from being a deity at all and turned into a demon, BTW bad move Corellon making her a demon, you should have made her a rabbit. Corellon clearly did not forsee the results of his actions of what was to come, not sure if any deity currently holds the future for elves.

Logic, Laws, dice do not apply to deities. What is is what is. The insane Lolth gains in power by killing herself and leaving her Clerics in great danger and many died (including all the males) it is beyound our understanding. In game terms one has to acept it is fact, no matter how illogical it is that Lolth gained power and the children of Lolth (one favored by Corellon) were unable to take advantage at all.
KnightErrantJR Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:21:40
Darkflame, I appreciate your contributions to the site, so I thought I would chime in and perphaps make a slight suggestion. We all have our quirks and our personal biases, but you may find a few more of the scribes here at the keep willing to participate in discussions with you if you dropped the in character thing a least a little, and were a bit less factional in some of the ideas that you have presented.

I can understand that you may not be a fan of Corellon or surface elves, and that's fine, but if you want to reason the shortcomings of the race or of Corellon, or wish to prove a shortcoming on his part, its more fun to have you post examples from books to back up your arguements than to post nebulous events from the books and then back up your opinions with colorful, but ultimately highly subjective, adjectives to describe Corellon.

I appreciate you wanting to chime in, and I want to encourage you to do so, I just wanted to give you some pointers that might help out if you want a few more of the scribes here to chime in on your posts.

darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:14:07
Thanks for the Dialogue shadowvar.It's great to know somone is actually out there! I respect your veiws and they help to shed light on the subject and keep me from being as stagnant as the seldarine and as unyeilding as the Ar-telquessir.
The Sage Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:13:54
Darkflame... can I suggest, before you make any further replies to this scroll, that you take a look over the Forum Code of Conduct (see the URL in my sig). Please take note of the specific points on posting replies here at Candlekeep.

Thank you .
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:06:21
You are correct in your veiw of why he didn't help. But millions of drow lives are lost to his ex-wife ,because he wasn't man enough to do what he should have done to her millenia ago. His daughters chosen is only formidable because of Mystra that's not somthing the other drow can respect. Correlon was once a force to be feared
by the forces of evil did he loose more than his manhood to Lolth? He forged his sword with the might of worlds,overthough the Titans of Arboria,blinded Gruumsh(even they are gaining).
Helped drive back the Darkness of creation.All these things his poeple echoed while united.
When the light elves go down into darkness unending(extinction) there will still be drow,so who prepared their children better -the vicious Mother or The Uncaring Bias Father?
Shadovar Posted - 10 May 2006 : 02:01:04
quote:
Originally posted by darkflame millithor

I don't know about you but I think the dancing harlot could use a little help! Moma's not a push over,and she's stronger now than she ever was then.Not to mention her brother.If he wasn't such a weakling I'd say he stands a better chance
of "redeeming"the drow then his sister. The battle between quentil and halistra is typically how/why she can't gain a foothold! She/and her clerics are too weak.Drow respect power she doesn't have enough to spare.(daddy needs to incress her allowance,not sehanine and not mystra.it's his daughter. Even the dwarves are rebounding. Wake up seldarine and do your job before it's too late.If the light elves go extint who will be there to protect the others from us? or the Final Prophacy of the end!



Even the gods cannot deny the whims of Fate and Time, if the event or whatever must happen, not even the greatest of the gods can deny it and if it must happen, it will happen despite how much pre-emptive strikes or actions against it. Even Mystra could not deny the Time of Troubles happenning.

Lolth growing stronger is natural and a destined event. Correllon is a greater power and naturally by the Laws of the Balance, he must be balanced by a greater evil power and that would naturally be Lolth. The Drow like to increase power but don't know how to use it, stockpiling power is not a way to win fights and the drow don't know the logic, for a small amount of power well marshaled and well-planned can defeat even the biggest power. Power is not about stockpiling it, but how one use it will determine the outcome.
Even Eliastree clerics had small groups of special forces and small strike groups that struck many victories against their enemies whom are larger and more powerful.
The dwarves increasing in numbers is merely a last desperate attempt against the orcs, the dwarves are decling in numbers and the orcs increasing in numbers. If the dwarves become extinct, then it would be a symbolic victory for Gruumsh, patron god of the orcs and that means "orcs crush dwarves by attrition."

The elves will never go extinct, for as long there is magic, there will be elves. Correllon said that himself. If the Final Armageddon of Toril must happen and the gods of both light and dark go enter the Final War/Ragnarok, then it will happen for no amount of resistance can prevent it from happening. All beginnings must have an end.
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:51:27
I don't know about you but I think the dancing harlot could use a little help! Moma's not a push over,and she's stronger now than she ever was then.Not to mention her brother.If he wasn't such a weakling I'd say he stands a better chance
of "redeeming"the drow then his sister. The battle between quentil and halistra is typically how/why she can't gain a foothold! She/and her clerics are too weak.Drow respect power she doesn't have enough to spare.(daddy needs to incress her allowance,not sehanine and not mystra.it's his daughter. Even the dwarves are rebounding. Wake up seldarine and do your job before it's too late.If the light elves go extint who will be there to protect the others from us? or the Final Prophacy of the end!
Shadovar Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:41:46
quote:
Originally posted by darkflame millithor

Where I come from a reclusive parent is charged with child neglect,abuse,and abandonment.They go to jail or get their kids taken away!
Where is Tyr when you need him!ha,ha ,ha.



The gods cannot always be there for their children or else their children will never learn to pick themselves up after having fallen down. If the gods were to do so, they will encourage a dependency habit in their children and this will go against the gods teachings and dogma. The gods want worthy self-reliant, thinking followers, not a bunch of cry-babies who cry after having fallen.
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:37:28
Where I come from a reclusive parent is charged with child neglect,abuse,and abandonment.They go to jail or get their kids taken away!
Where is Tyr when you need him!ha,ha ,ha.
Shadovar Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:36:01
quote:
Originally posted by darkflame millithor

He destroyed his daughters church and doomed the future generations of drow to demon-worship or death on the altars of darkness thanks dad/mom or what ever!




Lolth was said to be given power over the Dark Elves by Correllon since her inception, if I am not wrong.
You mean Eliastree? Well Eliastree herself chose self-exile despite not involved in the wrong side of the civil war in Arvandor and even Correllon tried to persuade her from leaving, but his daughter recognized that someone must lead the dark elves away from the false lies of her mother, so she chose to leave Arvandor in order to do what she wanted-free the dark elves from her mother's vile influence and she is greatly missed by her father and fellow comrades in Arvandor.
The dark elves following Eliastree will one day return to Arvandor with the goddess, i am pretty sure she and her followers will and Correllon would be pleased and eager to welcome her daughter and the enlightened dark elves back but surely not Lolth and her crazy followers.
Eliastree and Lolth cannot force the dark elves to worship them but only influence them, they the dark elves have the choice of choosing, they choose to worship who they like and suited them best and hence they themselves account for their own worship of their deities. If they enjoy evil practices and corruption, they go for Lolth, if they favor peace and want to get rid of the evil ways of their kind, they follow Eliastree.
Shadovar Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:30:30
quote:
Originally posted by darkflame millithor

Correlon showed his true colors,when he wouldn't lift a divine finger to protect myeritar but he did to save his golds! His holy symbol should be a swatica with a crecent moon in the forground.



It is not that Correllon don't want to protect his children. Simply, he is a kind of reclusive parent, he wants his children to be independent and self-reliant, and to solve their problems by themselves and not rely on the gods for any big problem they mortal elves themselves cooked up and to be responsible for their own actions. Correllon is the father figure of most elves but that doesn't mean he owe the Tel'Quessir anything.
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:29:22
He destroyed his daughters church and doomed the future generations of drow to demon-worship or death on the altars of darkness thanks dad/mom or what ever!
darkflame millithor Posted - 10 May 2006 : 01:25:49
Correlon showed his true colors,when he wouldn't lift a divine finger to protect myeritar but he did to save his golds! His holy symbol should be a swatica with a crecent moon in the forground.
George Krashos Posted - 06 Feb 2006 : 22:57:58
Well, the difficulty with spellmantles is that we have many different versions scattered across FR continuity. I've been tempted to do some work on them and see if I can get an article published in DRAGON, but whilst progress has been steady, it's far from 'done'. I'll keep you all posted.

-- George Krashos
sleyvas Posted - 06 Feb 2006 : 22:07:37
Agreed, though I do wish 3E material would say something more concrete on the subject. >>High magic was sort of a defining feature of the elves, and it has been made bland by >>3E. While its rules may have it as a weaker epic spellcasting PrC, we aren't told if it >>shares any similarities with 2E high magic presented in Cormanthyr and the Evermeet >>novel that differentiate it so much from other spellcasting (the communion, ever-present >>backlash damage, etc).

Absolutely agree. First they did it with circle magic (all are the same). Now High Magic. Next spellmantles.
incognito Posted - 02 Feb 2006 : 08:50:57
quote:
Originally posted by George KrashosWith the advent of 3E, the above satement re drow being 'prevented' from using High Magic is one of nomenclature, not spellcasting or forms of magic. High Magic is now a type of epic spellcasting (albeit with considerable back-story, tradition and cultural influences).

-- George Krashos

Agreed, though I do wish 3E material would say something more concrete on the subject. High magic was sort of a defining feature of the elves, and it has been made bland by 3E. While its rules may have it as a weaker epic spellcasting PrC, we aren't told if it shares any similarities with 2E high magic presented in Cormanthyr and the Evermeet novel that differentiate it so much from other spellcasting (the communion, ever-present backlash damage, etc).

3E's epic magic more or less lets divine casters access the same spells as arcane ones. This again seems to conflict with FR history where arcane casters were the only ones to succeed great feats such as creating Mythals or Mythallars. Epic arcane magic has literally shaped Faerun into what it is today. It seems a shame to say divine casters can suddenly do the same.
Vangelor Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 02:14:35
I maintain that Corellon knew full well the extent that the Descent would have (he is the elven god of Magic as well the Creator), that he is Good, and that he is wise enough to forsee that this would be for the best.

My speculations center around his acceptance of Eilistraee's (voluntary) exile, and his desire to spike the wheels of Lolth's schemes for the drow.

Of course that leaves room for dark elves faithful to Eilistraee to not care much for Corellon... but I think making blanket statements for the church of a goddess allied with the Seldarine and their First Power is probably unwise.

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