Prophesy

[Dosh Khaleen]

Close your borders to this change,
Forget what brought you to this place.

(--|-|--( o )--|-|--)

A seed of strive falls from the tree of folly.

Where there was one there are not many,
Where there were many there is only one.

And as the ash came from the mountain spewing,
So too did those who came behind.

The ancients stir now in their hallowed hollows,
Singing songs of separation and of war.
And they who?s ears now only listen
Interpret ancient word to be the law.

He who?s tongue is sharp but mind is duller asks:
?What does this mean??

He who?s schemes are grand but means are lesser asks:
?What is the purpose??

He who with words enslaves but does not see the knowledge asks:
?Who said this??

They whose loyalties lie broken,
They whose talents are now failing,
They whose minds are filled with clutter,
They who follow every word reply:
?We do not know.?

And with that a smirk It gives, and in the darkness mutters:
?So is your fate, for there are only winners and the dead.?

(--|-|--( o )--|-|--)

And with clouded eyes you try to follow,
Principals long known as false.

[raggidman]

:goodjob: you have the feel.

Welcome to Silgrad Tower :wave: Dosh Khaleen!

Maybe Razorwing would like to move this to Lit Dev?

And would you like us to put it on course for a 'book' after a bit of deft editing? It could be for either TES3 or TES4 with a bit of careful teasing.

As for what it might refer to - it could be about the Nerevarine or about events post Nerevarine - so it would be a fragment of unknown derivation and unknown purpose...

Speculate - could it be about the Cerro?

[Haplo]

Originally posted by Dosh Khaleen
Close your borders to this change,
Forget what brought you to this place.

(--|-|--( o )--|-|--)

A seed of strive falls from the tree of folly.

Where there was one there are now many,
Where there were many there is only one.

And as the ash came from the mountain spewing,
So too did those who came behind.

The ancients stir now in their hallowed hollows,
Singing songs of separation and of war.
And they whose ears now only listen
Interpret ancient word to be the law.

He whose tongue is sharp but mind is duller asks:
?What does this mean??

He whose schemes are grand but means are lesser asks:
?What is the purpose??

He who with words enslaves but does not see the knowledge asks:
?Who said this??

They whose loyalties lie broken,
They whose talents are now failing,
They whose minds are filled with clutter,
They who follow every word reply:
?We do not know.?

And with that a smirk It gives, and in the darkness mutters:
?So is your fate, for there are only winners and the dead.?

(--|-|--( o )--|-|--)

And with clouded eyes you try to follow,
Principles long known as false.

Well, there were a bunch of errors in your post, which I can't edit, obviously, so I fixed them all in the quote here, and I think the three who ask are obviously the Tribunal, and 'It' is Dagoth Ur, and the 'They' quartet I think are Dagoth Ur's minions, although when I rethink I come to the conclusion they are the Tribunal, and then again that they are the priests of the Temple, or possibly Ordinators. *scratches head*

Or it could mean the history of something in real life, and be not related to TES at all.

[Razorwing]

Nice work Dosh Khaleen, and welcome to Silgrad Tower!

:wave:

I can't pretend to understand it, but it sounded beautiful.

Sure thing raggidman :check:

[drucifer]

now, it may just be my eyes or my monitor playing tricks on me... but are some of the letters blue? Implying a hidden message?

[Razorwing]

Originally posted by drucifer
now, it may just be my eyes or my monitor playing tricks on me... but are some of the letters blue? Implying a hidden message?

Hehe, you're right! I don't see it myself, but if you quote his post you'll see some of them are dark blue

[TheImperialDragon]

Backwards, the blue letters spell "The Door" in the last part, but I think that was unintentional.

[Axen]

o t
a h
s e
c d
p o
e o
m r
p h
a a
h p
r m
o e
o p
d c
e s
h a
t o

[TheImperialDragon]

What's with the (--|-|--( o )--|-|--) at the beginning?

This is like team puzzle solving. I like this.

[raggidman]

not sure but that what you are to refering to as errors are intended material, Haplo. Whatever, I think that there are good reasons why this piece should remain precisely as the author created it unless he decides he wants to change it himself. as you may have noticed having read the posts.

'course, being the editor, (if he wants to include it in the mod) I may have a chat with him to decide where might be most appropriate and whether any adjustments would be required for the purposes of lore.