Water Spirit Event



= Event =

Starting point (d3a)
Where the Heartbone Valley creeks meet, they form a River. The waterway looms deeper here, and among the grey-green shadows you see the forms of Waterbound prey. This is a realm which you have not yet experienced, but it seems to call to you. Taking a deep breath, you slide under the Water. Water, it seems, caresses your Body more boldly than Air, and you enjoy the sensation rushing over your feathers and scales, hunger slipping from your Mind. You are fascinated by the Watery Essence of the scaly swimmers you meet, although they swim away from you quickly, humbly. Just as you are beginning to master moving in this new landscape, you suddenly stop short. There is... something in the water before you. To other beings, it might seem no more than a shimmer, but your Draak eyes, open to heat and Essence as well as light, it is far more.

Your Core writhes briefly, excitedly, as you realize you have encountered a Water-spirit, a pure avatar of the sacred element. Its Mind-song prods gently at you, and you open yourself to it... no Draak would be so rude as to deny a messenger of one of the Great Four at least an audience.

O new-begun hatchling of Sun and Earth,

Hear now my testing Song.

I ran down a sunlit slope,

Singing gently as I went.

A great stone rose up before me.

What did I do?

Options:

 * You jumped over it. (d3aa)
 * You smashed through it (d3aa)
 * You went around it. (d3ab)

You jumped over it / You smashed through it (d3aa)
''Not so! I went around it, for I am Water,''

And this secret is known to me: nothing exists

Around which a way may not be found!

Look always for the curving path, the Other Way.

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If one's heart is pure and clear,

One can dance around all things

As one finds the Flow of the World,

''And obstacles become adventures! ''

Let us play, let us Sing together again!

The Water-spirit loops about itself in an expression of joy, dispersing its Essence slowly outward until it has become the whole waterway once again.

(End Event)

Reward
Water mastery add by 3 points.

You went around it. (d3ab)
Indeed, I went around it, for I am Water,

And this secret is known to me: nothing exists

Around which a way may not be found!

Look always for the curving path, the Other Way.

If one's heart is pure and clear,

One can dance around all things

As one finds the Flow of the World,

And obstacles become adventures!

''Let us play, let us Sing together again! ''

The Water-spirit loops about itself in an expression of joy, dispersing its Essence slowly outward until it has become the whole waterway once again. You need to breathe, so you rise to the surface, but before you do, you manage to catch a Rainscale, a savory Waterbound scalebeast, in your jaws.

That is two satisfying meals you have had today, though only one was for your Body.

(End Event)

Reward
Water mastery add by 3 points.

Energy add by 10 points.

Gain waterspirit 1 point.

Starting point
You spend most of another Sun acclimating yourself further to the domain of Water. While you cannot endure there without drinking in Air from above, you have time aplenty to comfortably explore and even rest in its embrace for short periods. Just as you begin to wonder if you will see the Water-spirit again, it appears (in its way) and sings to you:

O new-begun hatchling of Sun and Earth,

Hear now my testing Song.

Once there was a mighty Draak,

One who hated me, who cursed me,

Who sought my Destruction.

How may I be Destroyed?

Options:
 * You cannot be Destroyed. (d3bb)
 * You can be sliced apart. (d3ba)
 * You can be consumed. (d3ba)
 * You can be burned with Fire. (d3ba)
 * You can be blocked. (d3ba)

All other wrong answers (d3ba)
Behold, I am Water,

Immortal, unDestroyed! If you cut me, just then I heal;If you consume me, I swim within you for a time, and then am freed again;If you burn me, I quell the flames, or am given skyward wings;If you block me, I become two, or I become placid Lake, But never can I be Destroyed.And so it is with all things.Hear now this secret: everything, everything changes,   Yet nothing is ever truly Destroyed.Death's true name is Transformation.

Let us play, let us Sing together again!'  

(end event)

Reward
Add water mastery by 3 points.

You cannot be Destroyed. (d3bb)
Behold, I am Water,

Immortal, unDestroyed!

If you cut me, just then I heal;

If you consume me, I swim within you for a time, and then am freed again;

If you burn me, I quell the flames, or am given skyward wings;

If you block me, I become two, or I become placid Lake,

But never can I be Destroyed.

And so it is with all things.

Hear now this secret: everything, everything changes,

Yet nothing is ever truly Destroyed.

Death's true name is Transformation. Let us play, let us Sing together again!

Soon after, you have the good fortune of finding an injured Waterbound swimmer, which you easily dispatch and take into yourself. You reflect on the truth of the spirit's words as its Essence becomes yours - a Destruction, or a Transformation? They are, indeed, one and the same.

(end event)

Reward
Add water mastery by 3 points.

Add energy by 10 points.

Starting point
Water tumbles from the sky this Sun, but while walking above may be irksome, small patterings striking your scales randomly, you find that the rain cannot follow you underwater; indeed, in the deep of the river, all is smooth and calm. Finally, the Water-spirit appears before you a third and final time, singing:

O new-begun hatchling of Sun and Earth,

Hear now my testing Song.

What is the name of the Water within you?

Name me, and know me.

Options:
 * You are the red Essence (d3ca)
 * You are the clear and invisible Breath. (d3cb)
 * You are unbreakable Bone. (d3cc)
 * You are all of these things. (d3cd)

You are the red Essence (d3ca)
Yes: I am the tide-of-you, flowing scarlet,

Carrying life in the rivers of your Body,

A quieter Rhythm, more subtle than Breath,

A flow reaching every inner lair and den.

Though hidden below, I make all above possible.

I am content with the low places, not needing to be seen,

Needing only to Dance to your endless Rhythm until Change comes again,

And with it, a new Dance.

So it is Water which is strongest below life's surfaces.

Grow great in my ways, and the hidden shall be revealed.

Know the power of the Quiet Way, open all senses,

Perceive what others do not; find the hidden Sea.>

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You are the clear and invisible Breath. (d3cb)
No, such is the realm of my sweet sibling, Air,

Whom I love, and with whom I weave mighty cloud-works and wave-dances.

I am Essence within you, flowing scarlet,

Carrying life in the rivers of your Body,

A quieter Rhythm, more subtle than Breath,

A flow reaching every inner lair and den.

Though hidden below, I make all above possible.

I am content with the low places, not needing to be seen,

Needing only to Dance to your endless Rhythm until Change comes again,

And with it, a new Dance.

So it is Water which is strongest below life's surfaces.

Grow great in my ways, and the hidden shall be revealed.

Know the power of the Quiet Way, open all senses,

Perceive what others do not; find the hidden Sea.

(Wrong answer; continue)

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You are unbreakable Bone. (d3cc)
To structure and to bind is not my aim;

Such is the Way of my sweet sibling, Earth.

No, I am the Essence, flowing scarlet,

Carrying life in the rivers of your Body,

A quieter Rhythm, more subtle than Breath,

A flow reaching every inner lair and den.

Though hidden below, I make all above possible.

I am content with the low places, not needing to be seen,

Needing only to Dance to your endless Rhythm until Change comes again,

And with it, a new Dance.

So it is Water which is strongest below life's surfaces.

Grow great in my ways, and the hidden shall be revealed.

Know the power of the Quiet Way, open all senses,

Perceive what others do not; find the hidden Sea.

(Wrong answer; continue)

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You are all of these things. (d3cd)
Though great am I, I am not All;

Only together can my sweet siblings and I

Give rise to All Things.

But mine is the Essence flowing scarlet,

Carrying life in the rivers of your Body,

A quieter Rhythm, more subtle than Breath,

A flow reaching every inner lair and den.

Though hidden below, I make all above possible.

I am content with the low places, not needing to be seen,

Needing only to Dance to your endless Rhythm until Change comes again,

And with it, a new Dance.

So it is Water which is strongest below life's surfaces.

Grow great in my ways, and the hidden shall be revealed.

Know the power of the Quiet Way, open all senses,

Perceive what others do not; find the hidden Sea.

(Wrong answer; continue)

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If player answer wrong in either one of them (d3d)
Three songs have I sung, and three back have I heard;

Our game is now finished, and my spirit wanders on.

Be not sad at our parting, for Water is with you always.

You are mine, and I am yours;And both of us, both of us are rivers

Flowing to a distant unity. The spirit curls itself up into a perfect blue circle and expands, becoming all of the river once more. Never again does this waterway impart its wisdom to you directly, but often, later in life, you will pause by the waterfalls and creeks, hearing snatches its beautiful voice within the gentle sound of flowing Water.

(end event)

Rewards
Add Water mastery by 7 points.

If player answer all three riddles correctly (d3e)
Three songs have I sung, and three back have I heard;

Our game is now finished, and my spirit wanders on.

Be not sad at our parting, for Water is with you always.

You are mine, and I am yours;And both of us, both of us are rivers

Flowing to a distant unity.For your knowledge of me, a gift I now give!All stones I have worn down with time,

Yes, even hard rock I overcome, slowly, slowly.But one alone holds its form against me,

Rejects my tender Dances, clinging to itself.

To you I give it, as reward for your wisdom.

Take now your prize, this Obstinate Stone!

The spirit curls itself up into a perfect blue circle and expands, becoming all of the river once more, but there, beneath where it once swam, a clear stone sits. After this day, you swim in the river again often for hunting or for pleasure, but never more does it impart its wisdom to you directly.

Later in life, you will pause by the waterfalls and creeks, hearing snatches of its beautiful voice within the gentle sound of flowing Water, and remember.

(end event)

Rewards
Add Water mastery by 3 points. Obtained treasure: Obstinate Stone