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Post by Masterbard Alyster Darkharp on Aug 1, 2024 20:00:01 GMT -5
There would be a distinct trail of glitter and confetti in purple and green throughout The House of Harp & Dragon. A sweet wrapper left upon the desk central of the room marking it Master Harps desk, On it is written only the riddle; "Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jesters may have their call. I am the most common but I can rule them all. What am I?" Alyster lounged upon his throne, and knew that him being king of -anything- was ridiculous. He held the wrapper up in one hand, turning the riddle over in his mind. He knew the handwriting, he new the glitter. It was easy to get off track in these things, but he saw it. The reference to 'call' a term used in cards, common in gambling houses, and the reference to jesters, or wildcards, the two card terms together along with them being plural informs the riddler that the Kings and Queens are cards, making the answer 'Aces". This one was easy enough. It may have been easy to go off the trail here though, since they aren't less common than other cards. The key is in the Kings and Queens part of the riddle, this card is not a 'Royal' card, nor is it the aforementioned Jesters. The answer was Aces. His mind swam in the math of a deck of cards for a few moments after, lessons learned illustrated themselves often in the cards. He had been tutored some in the numbers and games involved by the Wiz. He could see with the math involved why diviners used cards in some cases. It was elegant and it was also a game. |
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Post by Moosey on Aug 18, 2024 14:44:55 GMT -5
Upon Master Harp's desk once more a wrapper sweet in scent, the writting upon it scrawled in excitement and glee;
"Your eyes are open and I’m there. Close them. I’m there too. What am I?"
Glitter and confetti trails his establishment here, there and everywhere as though it was walked in, in strange circles.
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Post by Masterbard Alyster Darkharp on Aug 24, 2024 21:40:12 GMT -5
Upon Master Harp's desk once more a wrapper sweet in scent, the writting upon it scrawled in excitement and glee; "Your eyes are open and I’m there. Close them. I’m there too. What am I?" Glitter and confetti trails his establishment here, there and everywhere as though it was walked in, in strange circles. Alyster found the wrapper with it's scrawled riddle and read from it. He knuckled his chin in thought. Well my eyelids are there whether or not I close them but somehow I doubt that's the answer.It was a path to the answer though, and it made the corner of his mouth twitch in the ghost of a smile as he thought about it. "The Darkness" He took up his quill, dipped it into his inkwell and returned the message to the Bardling Jester Queen: Sendai: The Darkness remains whether or not we see it, but in equal and opposite measure, so then does the light my dear. |
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Post by Masterbard Alyster Darkharp on Aug 30, 2024 12:14:05 GMT -5
The Bibliography of Masterbard Alyster Darkharp The Harp & Dragon Cyclopedias
The Harp & Dragon Annotated Belecallawyn - Alyster Darkharp
The Harp & Dragon Book of Dark Saints - Alyster Darkharp
The Harp & Dragon Codex of Obscure Deities - Alyster Darkharp
The Harp & Dragon Grimoire of the Elder Eternal Evils - Alyster Darkharp
The Harp & Dragon Treatise upon the Feyzra - Alyster Darkharp
The Harp & Dragon Malediction of Hags - Alyster Darkharp
The Harp & Dragon Codex of Spellbooks - Alyster Darkharp
A Modern History of Cormyrian Conflict
I: The Usurpers & the Devil Dragon - Alyster Darkharp
II: The Curse of Redmist - Alyster Darkharp
III: The March of the Silent Dominion - Alyster Darkharp
IV: The Silver Rush Conflict - Alyster Darkharp & Entori Be'te'wa
V: The Silent War of Alusair Obarskyr - Alyster Darkharp
VI: The Raven & the Dragon Volumes I & II - Alyster Darkharp
VII: War on the Dragon Coast - Iron, Blood, & Brine - Alyster Darkharp
Alyster's Ecologies
Chromaticus Draconis: A Treatise Upon Chromatic Wyrms - Alyster Darkharp
A Treatise upon the Great Cormyrian Cobra - Alyster Darkharp
A Treatise upon the Desert Spitting Cobra - Alyster Darkharp
A Treatise upon Cormyrian Toxins, Venoms & Herbs - Alyster Darkharp
Collaborative Works
Khorfuji: Blade of the Windwalker - Alyster Darkharp & Manshin of the Mantis Clan
Malsvir Miirik - Ailren Selinfir, Alyster Darkharp
Malsvir Miirik 2nd Edition - Ailren Selinfir, Alyster Darkharp, Card Sahmrin
Malsvir Miirik 3rd Edition - Ailren Selinfir, Alyster Darkharp, Elvewyn Cenocelin, Card Sahmrin
Songs of Seven Cities - Alyster Darkharp & Cald Ashall
The Alizarin Illithiad - Alyster Darkharp & Shamoke Feyleaf
The Jokebook of the Laughing Jester: The Complete Annotated Laughing Jester Notes - Alyster Darkharp, Elvewyn Cenocelin
Darkwaters - Unien Wavesinger & Alyster Darkharp
The Annulus Cycle - Alyster Darkharp & Ailren Selinfir
The Moonever Essays
The Moonever Essays Part I - Alyster Darkharp
The Moonever Essays Part II - Alyster Darkharp
The Moonever Essays Part III - Alyster Darkharp
The Moonever Essays Part IV - Alyster Darkharp
The Moonever Essays Part V - Alyster Darkharp
Other Works
Cinder Claws & the Yule of Wild Magic - Alyster Darkharp
Five Nightingales - Alyster Darkharp
The Wyrmsongs of Darkharp - Alyster Darkharp
The Fallen Seven Bardic Colleges - Alyster Darkharp
The Fallen Seven Bardic Colleges Revised Edition - Alyster Darkharp
The Fallen Seven Bardic Colleges Third Edition - Alyster Darkharp
Neither Collar Nor Crown: The Complete Annotated Grey Fox Notes - Alyster Darkharp
The Mad Mage & the Ion Blade of Drakes - Alyster Darkharp
The Marsember Gangwars of 1386 DR - Alyster Darkharp
Songs of Infamy - Alyster Darkharp
A Bard's Dreams - Alyster Darkharp |
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Post by Moosey on Sept 7, 2024 11:05:19 GMT -5
This time upon Master Harps desk was a snake, fashioned carefuly out of sweet wrappers within each fold was held a small handful of confetti and glitter, the center of which was a riddle;
"Silently I drink and dive in fluids dark as night.
I beat the mighty warrior but never in fight.
The black blood in my veins your thirst for knowledge slakes.
My spittle is more venomous than that of poison snakes."
The rest of the building had not one trace of her prescence, perfume nor her signature trail but for the snake itself.
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