Post by karenee on Jun 12, 2005 21:47:35 GMT -5
This is for those of you who are interested in contributing to the story, but feel confused by the many turns it has taken under the influence of so many authors.
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We start with Ingmar, wandering in the woods, seeking a White Ash tree for the Knights that say "Ni". Cuculain the Green Man assists him in learning how to cut the tree down. He needs a knife shaped as a herring, but it is far to the Gap of Rohan.
After nearly drowning, Ingmar comes upon a strange man who claims to be King of the Jelly Rolls. He is obviously insane, but when Ingmar gives him a blue stone from his pocket, the King gives him directions to the Gap of Rohan. He must find the Wild Bluebird of Ekklsindorfia and follow many complex instructions to do so.
He continues on his way, leaving the madman behind. He encounters a beautiful lady on the road and opts not to follow her to a promised place to rest, but continues through strange adventures to the top of the peak where the Bluebird lives.
Because he is wearing bluejeans, the bird mistakes him for her son and carries him to the Gap of Rohan at his request. When she finds out he is not, we later learn that she attacks him. He is saved by the lady from the woods, who turns out to be the Lady Enchantress of the Knights of Ni. She saves him because this man's family quest will decide the fate of her people by cutting down the White Ash tree.
This is learned by Ian, who turns out to be Ingmar's son. His grandmother has been reading him the story of his father's adventures. They are royalty, and the castle is under attack. Ian manages to escape, taking his father's book with him.
He hallucinates a great deal in this section, but finally ends up at the edge of a stream where he is being cared for by Cuculain, affectionately known as Cu. Cu has a halucinogenic affect on humans, but had to get the boy away from the castle and to the Knights of Ni as Ingmar had requested of him.
Cu delivers Ian to the Knights of Ni and informs him that when the Knights say the word Ni, it reveals their character, and their true form, which is one of angelic beauty. Cu returns to his forest, which he cannot leave for long.
The Knights inform Ian that he must take over his father's quest and leave him on the plains. Frustrated and confused, Ian reads the rest of his father's story, but there isn't much more there. He doesn't know how he became king, or whether the knife was ever found.
He flings the book from him and the binding splits, revealing a knife, shaped like a herring. Now, at least, he only has one remaining task, to cut down the White Ash. He decides to ask Cu where it is and returns to the forest.
Cu gives him a direction, but isn't very friendly. Ian has hallucinated his own death, on this encounter, and is worn out. He is awakened by a lady, who offers him the same invitation given to his father in the story.
He follows, but asks her to say Ni. When she does so, he is entranced by her beauty as she radiates light into the forest.
He awakens the next day (or so he thinks) wearing a scar shaped like a Knight and remembering nothing of his visit with the Lady. He knows only that the tree he seeks is the tallest in the forest and lies within a hollow mountain.
Confused, and halucinating yet again, Ian loses his knife, but the knight on his shoulder moves, guiding him back to where it had been lost. Somehow, the Knight on his shoulder also reveals he is lost among a grove of seloath trees, which would usually kill men with their eminations. Ian realises he is protected somehow and follows the leading of the scar to the edge of the forest.
There, he finds a circle of stone knights, but continues on his way. He soon learns that he is a great deal older than he had been at his last memory. He now has a beard, and is no longer a boy. How much older he has grown, he does not know.
He does not have time to contemplate much because a column of soldiers marches past his hiding place. They stop only long enough to leave something in the circle of stone knights. After they are out of sight, Ian creeps out and discovers the soldiers had left a vile snake, that is attacking the stone knights.
He betrays his prescence and the snake attacks him, but he is again saved by his scar, though he is knocked senseless and some of the poison gets into his system.
He wakes to find himself in bed being cared for by a familiar face. The lady appears to be the same one who offered him shelter, but something about her warns him she is dangerous, and rightly so.
She is Farala, identical sister to Lei (the Lady of Ni, and the Lady of the Woods) Desiring control of her people, Farala is attempting to control Ian, but her potion has been switched out, and Ian goes mad instead, killing her as he escapes.
He runs out of the building and passes Lei, who was somehow also at her sister's fortress. She calls to him, but caught in the grip of the potion, he runs into the woods, where he falls apart because of the mental strain he's been under.
Niniel Lei, the Banhope follows him and gives him a letter from another of her sisters, Nienna (the Banfaith, whose words are never false) The message impresses upon him the serious situation of the Knights of Ni. They are under attack from the Wild Bluebird and are pressed upon by wildmen in the north. They seek to council with Ian, but within the letter are also words of warning.
Written over the original message, Ian sees moonletters carrying a frightening message. He is not sure of his theories as he is still osmewhat confused. It is clear, however, that the Djinn of the End of Desire desires his death. Assuming, for the moment, that the original message had been intercepted and that the Djinn had been working with Farala, Ian begins to think of how to react to the situation.
Ian follows Lei back to the fortress. He remembers this woman...and her sisters in a vague way, as though from the far past. She had referred to him as Ingmar, though. Could it be she thought him to be his father?
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We start with Ingmar, wandering in the woods, seeking a White Ash tree for the Knights that say "Ni". Cuculain the Green Man assists him in learning how to cut the tree down. He needs a knife shaped as a herring, but it is far to the Gap of Rohan.
After nearly drowning, Ingmar comes upon a strange man who claims to be King of the Jelly Rolls. He is obviously insane, but when Ingmar gives him a blue stone from his pocket, the King gives him directions to the Gap of Rohan. He must find the Wild Bluebird of Ekklsindorfia and follow many complex instructions to do so.
He continues on his way, leaving the madman behind. He encounters a beautiful lady on the road and opts not to follow her to a promised place to rest, but continues through strange adventures to the top of the peak where the Bluebird lives.
Because he is wearing bluejeans, the bird mistakes him for her son and carries him to the Gap of Rohan at his request. When she finds out he is not, we later learn that she attacks him. He is saved by the lady from the woods, who turns out to be the Lady Enchantress of the Knights of Ni. She saves him because this man's family quest will decide the fate of her people by cutting down the White Ash tree.
This is learned by Ian, who turns out to be Ingmar's son. His grandmother has been reading him the story of his father's adventures. They are royalty, and the castle is under attack. Ian manages to escape, taking his father's book with him.
He hallucinates a great deal in this section, but finally ends up at the edge of a stream where he is being cared for by Cuculain, affectionately known as Cu. Cu has a halucinogenic affect on humans, but had to get the boy away from the castle and to the Knights of Ni as Ingmar had requested of him.
Cu delivers Ian to the Knights of Ni and informs him that when the Knights say the word Ni, it reveals their character, and their true form, which is one of angelic beauty. Cu returns to his forest, which he cannot leave for long.
The Knights inform Ian that he must take over his father's quest and leave him on the plains. Frustrated and confused, Ian reads the rest of his father's story, but there isn't much more there. He doesn't know how he became king, or whether the knife was ever found.
He flings the book from him and the binding splits, revealing a knife, shaped like a herring. Now, at least, he only has one remaining task, to cut down the White Ash. He decides to ask Cu where it is and returns to the forest.
Cu gives him a direction, but isn't very friendly. Ian has hallucinated his own death, on this encounter, and is worn out. He is awakened by a lady, who offers him the same invitation given to his father in the story.
He follows, but asks her to say Ni. When she does so, he is entranced by her beauty as she radiates light into the forest.
He awakens the next day (or so he thinks) wearing a scar shaped like a Knight and remembering nothing of his visit with the Lady. He knows only that the tree he seeks is the tallest in the forest and lies within a hollow mountain.
Confused, and halucinating yet again, Ian loses his knife, but the knight on his shoulder moves, guiding him back to where it had been lost. Somehow, the Knight on his shoulder also reveals he is lost among a grove of seloath trees, which would usually kill men with their eminations. Ian realises he is protected somehow and follows the leading of the scar to the edge of the forest.
There, he finds a circle of stone knights, but continues on his way. He soon learns that he is a great deal older than he had been at his last memory. He now has a beard, and is no longer a boy. How much older he has grown, he does not know.
He does not have time to contemplate much because a column of soldiers marches past his hiding place. They stop only long enough to leave something in the circle of stone knights. After they are out of sight, Ian creeps out and discovers the soldiers had left a vile snake, that is attacking the stone knights.
He betrays his prescence and the snake attacks him, but he is again saved by his scar, though he is knocked senseless and some of the poison gets into his system.
He wakes to find himself in bed being cared for by a familiar face. The lady appears to be the same one who offered him shelter, but something about her warns him she is dangerous, and rightly so.
She is Farala, identical sister to Lei (the Lady of Ni, and the Lady of the Woods) Desiring control of her people, Farala is attempting to control Ian, but her potion has been switched out, and Ian goes mad instead, killing her as he escapes.
He runs out of the building and passes Lei, who was somehow also at her sister's fortress. She calls to him, but caught in the grip of the potion, he runs into the woods, where he falls apart because of the mental strain he's been under.
Niniel Lei, the Banhope follows him and gives him a letter from another of her sisters, Nienna (the Banfaith, whose words are never false) The message impresses upon him the serious situation of the Knights of Ni. They are under attack from the Wild Bluebird and are pressed upon by wildmen in the north. They seek to council with Ian, but within the letter are also words of warning.
Written over the original message, Ian sees moonletters carrying a frightening message. He is not sure of his theories as he is still osmewhat confused. It is clear, however, that the Djinn of the End of Desire desires his death. Assuming, for the moment, that the original message had been intercepted and that the Djinn had been working with Farala, Ian begins to think of how to react to the situation.
Ian follows Lei back to the fortress. He remembers this woman...and her sisters in a vague way, as though from the far past. She had referred to him as Ingmar, though. Could it be she thought him to be his father?
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This summary covers up through page 8 of the story. Feel free to assist in carrying it further.
