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Cyric
Senior Scribe
Norway
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 Posted - 18 Dec 2003 : 21:05:43
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it is soon x-mas so happy x-mas.
This was not what i wrote, very funney
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Edited by - Cyric on 19 Dec 2003 19:02:09
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2003 : 22:21:55
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Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2003 : 23:50:25
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Many happy returns Cyric as I too Wish you a merry X-mas, Happy Holidays, and whatever else you may wish to deem it. As for converting to Cyric's worship... The Trial of Cyric the Mad (which I have just recently finished) has not improved my opinion of that Gods any more... It has been drawn down even more.  . I will hope true to my devotion to The Celestials and Fiends, and look upon the Deities as nothing more than worthless meddlers and interlopers.
DOWN WITH THE GODS! AND MAY THE NEW YEAR SEE THEM DESTROYED!  |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 05:24:27
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Happy Christmas (literally "feast of Christ")? And then you say (apparently to Christians) that it's not too late to convert?
 Very bad taste. I don't like that at all. |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 09:58:34
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Merry chrismas all.
Finally i've really return this time.
I know it's not the first time i say that, but it's done, i've a computer (my girlfriend one actually) and an internet connection (mine). So i'll be able write here more often |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 10:20:53
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| Yes, I just saw you here on the Active Users list. Welcome back. |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
Download the brickfilm masterpiece by Leftfield Studios! See this page for more. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Cult_Leader
Learned Scribe
USA
337 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 14:03:47
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Yeah yeah Merry X-mas and all that other blabber stuff.
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"Madness you say! Do you fear me? Are you afraid of what I might do, of what I might say? What a fascinating reaction. Don't you find it somewhat encumbering?"
Piddles assumes a deep and resonant voice. "Space...the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship...Garou. It's mission: to slay Wyrm creatures where they live and breed. To accumulate more Garou than the world's entire population. To produce metis like no one has before." - Piddles
"Aren't you people supposed to be doing something? Like, entertaining me, the fascist wizard?" - InleRah
I have the passwords to the minds of everyone and the cheat codes to the universe - Me |
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 17:26:22
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Oh, you aren't fat, Alaundo, you've just . . . um . . . ::cough::
Er, nice weather, isn't it? |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
Download the brickfilm masterpiece by Leftfield Studios! See this page for more. |
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Canyia
Seeker
63 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2003 : 17:32:31
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You're so bad Bookwyrm :P
Merry x-mas to all :) |
Some people say that I'm heartless. They are wrong though,I have the heart of a little girl . . .in a jar on my desk. |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 01:44:53
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We'd never mix You up Alaundo with any other....
*Then muttering under his breath*
Those others bring good cheer... All Alaundo brings is more work
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It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Belfar
Seeker
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 03:59:16
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| Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Well hope you all be good. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 11:07:55
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Merry Christmas to everyone at Candlekeep. 
Yet another fine year in the library and some new-ish faces appearing...and alas some old faces disappeared. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Bayne
Seeker
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 13:07:44
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| Yes, Indeed, Merry Crimbo to all |
Nindyn vel'uss kyorl nind ratha thalra elyhinn dal lil alust |
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Purple_Faerie Goddess
Acolyte
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 14:39:56
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Yes, indeed. It is that time of year, again. Seasons greetings to all. I hope no one gets coal in their stocking.
I believe the what Bookworm was tyrying to say, dear Alaundo is that you are pleasingly plump. I just think you are a large Teddy Bear. I love teddy bears.
May all your days be Merry Bright. |
'May all your days be filled with faery magick.'
'It wasn't me, I swear.'
'There is neither evil or good. There is only me.' |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 16:26:31
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| Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all. I hope the new year in the library will be as productive as the last. |
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RogueAssassin
Learned Scribe
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 17:07:18
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| Merry Christmas to all. |
"Spirit. Its a Heros strength, a mothers resiliance, and the poor mans armor. It cannot be broken and it cannot be taken away. This i must belive"---Drizzt Do'Urden |
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Maecenus of Westgate
Learned Scribe
USA
111 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 18:39:11
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| Happy Holidays, all! |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 20:42:32
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aye merry christmas to my fellow scribes here at the great library
*hopes Aaundo will get me that new spellbook i asked 4* |
Death strips away the masks men don to hide their true nature - The Slayer's Guide to Undead
The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
I have been known to cast a blue mage spell now and again - Dracandos the Spellsage |
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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
264 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 23:09:34
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| Coming in from the door Trafaldi brings in a gigantic pine tree and sets it up in the middle of the hall. Let this bring a little bit of holiday to the keep. Trafaldi turns and shakes the tree and it suddenly lights up with bits of different colors of faire fire. Pondering for a moment he snaps his fingers and great keg appears next to the tree. Almost forgot heres the christmas cheer. |
Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
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Ezindir the dark
Senior Scribe
Norway
603 Posts |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2003 : 23:17:53
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Why not?
*Runs out the door.* |
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MuadDib
Senior Scribe
South Africa
442 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 08:12:22
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My sincerest seasons greetings to all!
May the new year bring you untols joy and fulfilment and may all your experiences be joydul and unfettered by sorrow.
Merry Christmas to all, and a blissfull new year |
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
1338 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 10:37:34
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News from the land of our scribe Cyric:
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- If the Vikings had seen pictures of Santa Claus cruising the skies in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, they probably would have assumed he was catching a ride with Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
According to Viking traditions, which carry over into modern Scandinavian Jul -- or Yule -- celebrations, Thor's personal transport was a flying wagon pulled by a team of horned goats.
"The idea of St. Nicholas got very much mixed in with Thor's transport when it comes to the sled with flying reindeer," said Helge Soerheim of the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger.
Some say the idea of Father Christmas or Santa bringing gifts stems from Norse mythology, too, since the most powerful of the Viking gods, Odin, was credited with doing the exact same thing, according to the Norwegian research magazine Forskning.
Even though Christianity came to Scandinavia a millennium ago, modern celebrations of Christmas hark back to the pagan winter feast of Jul, which comes from the Norse word "Jol" meaning fun and party.
Today, Jul marks the birth of Jesus and is part of the Christian tradition, but it's still referred to by its ancient name.
"Everything about it is ancient Jul. The name, the concept, the lights in the darkness, the good food, everything but the Christianity part," said Wenche Brun, who works with the Viking Museum on northern Norway's Lofoten Islands.
Ancient Jul was celebrated on December 21, then believed to be the longest night of the year. It was easy to shift to the Christian celebration that takes place December 24.
Today, Scandinavians are overwhelmingly Christian. In Norway, for example, 86 percent of the 4.6 million people are registered members of the state Lutheran Church of Norway.
Modern Scandinavians would say they celebrate Yule, while the Vikings "drank Jul."
And a key part of "drinking Jul" -- today as in the year 1000 -- is brewing special Christmas beers.
In Norway alone there are more than 50 kinds of Juleoel, or Christmas beers, ranging in strength from 4.5 to 9.9 percent alcohol, brewed just before the holidays each year. They are darker and more flavorful than regular beers.
In Viking times, Soerheim of the archaeological museum said, people thought drinking themselves into a stupor on holiday beer and other alcoholic beverages would create a euphoric connection with supernatural forces. And failure to get drunk at a Viking feast was an insult to the host, implying that his alcohol wasn't good enough.
Because modern Jul is generally a family affair, today's Scandinavians are more moderate in their "drinking Jul."
But the old Viking toast -- "to a good new year and peace" -- still echoes in the modern Christmas wishes of the North, Soerheim said.
Even after Christianity made inroads, brewing Jul-time beer remained a serious matter. In medieval times, every farmer was required to brew Christmas beer or risk fines and worse.
"Everyone had to make two batches of Christmas beer a year, one for themselves and one for guests, or be fined three riskdollars," Olaug Flakne, 31, Norway's only female brew master, said, referring to the currency of that day.
"If they did not do it for three years in a row, their farms were taken away, and, if they were also not Christian, they were expelled from the country," she said at the brewery on the outskirts of Oslo.
In old times, Norwegians used whatever was at hand, from juniper berries to tobacco, to flavor the beers.
But under the Beer Purity Act of 1516, which was repealed in 1994 but is still heeded by Norwegian brewers today, only malt, hops, yeast and water can go into beer.
Ringnes, Flakne's employer and Norway's largest brewery, alone makes 3.3 million liters (nearly 870,000 gallons) of Christmas beer in 18 varieties.
Not everyone is happy about the connection between Christmas and the brewing of beer. In the 1960s, the Christian Sobriety Society demanded that the name Juleoel, or Jul Beer, be banned.
The national brewers' association, however, successfully countered that Jul has nothing to do with Christmas or Christianity but stems from Viking times.
Other Christmastime traditions appear to have been passed down from the Vikings. Many believe the "Julenek," a sheaf of grain Norwegians place outside for the birds each Christmas, stems from the Vikings' Jul offerings to their gods. Others say it may have a later origin, such as sharing Christmas bounty with all creatures.
The Christmas goat, called Julebukk in Norway and Joulupukki in Finland, recalls pre-Christian times when Jul celebrants wore goat horns. Now, masked children depicting the Julebukk go house to house singing carols and expecting treats, much as children do on Halloween in some countries.
Another pagan belief was that Lussi, a demon woman with fiery hair, wandered the earth on the night between Dec. 12 and 13, the longest night of the year before the calendar was changed. Lussi was believed to be searching for naughty children and, like an ill-intentioned Santa Claus, might slide down a chimney to find them.
Under Christianity, December 13 became Lucia Day, a Roman Catholic tribute to St. Lucia, martyred in Sicily in 304 A.D.
And when it comes to Santa's reindeer, they should consider themselves lucky. In Scandinavia, the main place for reindeer at Christmastime is on the dinner tables of the Saami, a people who have herded reindeer above the Arctic Circle from time immemorial.
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Mumadar Ibn Huzal
Master of Realmslore
1338 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 10:44:11
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For a little more disturbing news from the North Pole:
Elf layoffs at Santa's workshop
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Santa's workshop may not be the joyous place it was in years past for the tens of thousands of tourists expected to visit northern Finland this winter.
Many of the elves who work at the SantaPark attraction near the Arctic Circle are spending the last few days before Christmas twiddling their thumbs. Santa laid them off to cut rising costs.
"I feel really dejected, because being an elf is part of my identity," said Milja Vilmila, who was told her job as an elf helping Santa no longer existed. "Something will definitely be missing this Christmas."
Business is booming in Lapland, a vast area known as the last wilderness in Europe where traditionally nomadic Samis -- or Lapps _ herd reindeer. But SantaPark, which has accumulated $550,000 in debt in its five years of operation, has only seen visits decline.
"The work is seasonal so we have to cut costs in all possible ways," said Wille Rajala, managing director of the tourist attraction 520 miles north of Helsinki.
SantaPark is open from November to January, and briefly during summer for visitors who want to see the area when the sun doesn't set for several weeks.
The park is a vast cave which doubles as an air raid shelter, contains a carousel, elves' booths that sell trinkets and souvenirs, and a restaurant. It has yet to post a profit.
Company officials are confident Santa lovers will respond. For now, they have little choice but to tighten Santa's belt.
"We used to have 120 people on a monthly salary, which was ridiculous. Now we are down to three full-timers," Rajala said Saturday. Just 12 people staff the attraction now.
Finnish children believe Santa hails from a mountain in Lapland. And the Nordic country has cultivated the idea that Santa is Finnish and that he makes toys there.
Last year, more than 600,000 people visited Lapland -- three times the number who live there. Santa's post office in Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, received 600,000 letters from around the world.
The number of registered hotel nights spent by foreign visitors in Lapland during December and January has jumped from 76,700 in 1995-1996 to 215,000 last year.
Tourism officials expect a new December record this year of more than 100,000 foreign visitors, with at least 380 chartered flights, mostly from Britain. Last December, 52,000 British tourists spent $13.6 million in Lapland.
When it was in operation, even the Concorde flew direct from London to Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle, which has a runway equipped for military aircraft that patrol the 790-mile border Finland shares with Russia.
But that hasn't helped SantaPark, which has been accused of overstaffing and mismanagement. Tourists are checking out Santa's post office, the Arctic museum and reindeer farms instead.
Darren Allsopp paid $1,240 to bring his wife and two children from Nottingham, England, on a day trip to visit Santa and see Lapland.
"The world has changed quite a bit ... not always for the better," Allsopp said. "The most important thing is to find peace and calm and think about what you can do to help others."
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 20:14:13
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About christmas, we have a joke in France.
"The christmas father won't go to USA this year... they don't like when beard men fly over there territory"
Bad joke isn't it? But it made me laugh. |
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Yasraena
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2003 : 21:30:06
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Wow. Even Santa's feeling the bite of the economy these days. Too bad. There's nothing sadder than an elf on unemployment. 
Merry christmas and a happy new year to one and all!
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"Nindyn vel'uss malar verin z'klaen tlu kyone ulu naut doera nindel vel'bolen nind malar."
Yasraena T'Sarran
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Cyric
Senior Scribe
Norway
388 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 15:25:38
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| i think that joke was very god... |
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 19:30:37
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| A half-orc in the the city of Waterdeep pays a wizard to send you this message:Merry Christmas Everyone, I miss you all and wish I could say I would be back soon but It may be a while.I didn't name names because there are so many but Merry Christmas,Happy New Year and stay safe while traveling. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2003 : 22:21:55
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Merry Christmas William Hope to see you back in Candlekeep soon.
Once again a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone here at Candlekeep, hope the festive season brings much joy and happiness to you all. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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X-mas
