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GS4-XERAPHINA: /* Keilipso's Paintings */

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Keilipso's Paintings

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	It is a fact, though, that the voice heard in the paintings is not Keilipso's. A similar voice has been heard on Caligos, but who she is has yet to be learned.		It is a fact, though, that the voice heard in the paintings is not Keilipso's. A similar voice has been heard on Caligos, but who she is has yet to be learned.
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	* '''an eel-filled watery expanse painting'''		* '''an eel-filled watery expanse painting'''
	: '''Look:''' Grey, black, and silver hues blend together to create a chalk painting of a watery expanse. Anguilliad forms linger in the shadows, their dark eyes watching the drifting form at the center of their cyclonic formation. Fair of face and appearing to slumber, a sea nymph drifts in dark waters that are illuminated by ragged cracks of molten lava painted in crimson and burnt umber. Larger than those at the edges, an enormous eel coils about the fairer creature, its touch producing a flush of warmth in her pallid skin.		: '''Look:''' Grey, black, and silver hues blend together to create a chalk painting of a watery expanse. Anguilliad forms linger in the shadows, their dark eyes watching the drifting form at the center of their cyclonic formation. Fair of face and appearing to slumber, a sea nymph drifts in dark waters that are illuminated by ragged cracks of molten lava painted in crimson and burnt umber. Larger than those at the edges, an enormous eel coils about the fairer creature, its touch producing a flush of warmth in her pallid skin.
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	* '''a mist-shrouded island painting'''		* '''a mist-shrouded island painting'''
	: '''Look:'''Silver and indigo mist swirls lazily around a small island that bobs in an azure sea, its shores rocky and dappled with the froth of new waves. Plantlife, new and young, rises in the distance, and a rugged mountain dotted with arcane buildings is painted in the shadows of charcoal and silver hues. An opening in the mist shows a small boat making its way towards the desolate place.		: '''Look:'''Silver and indigo mist swirls lazily around a small island that bobs in an azure sea, its shores rocky and dappled with the froth of new waves. Plantlife, new and young, rises in the distance, and a rugged mountain dotted with arcane buildings is painted in the shadows of charcoal and silver hues. An opening in the mist shows a small boat making its way towards the desolate place.
	: '''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Time heals, time steals, time reveals… Feeding off of the souls of his lost, never releasing them to winter, silence, or the hiss, he slowly raised his paltry home from its depths and brought it back into the light. Greed was his friend and so too did it find a friend in Junderthal." Slowly, the song fades.		: '''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Time heals, time steals, time reveals… Feeding off of the souls of his lost, never releasing them to winter, silence, or the hiss, he slowly raised his paltry home from its depths and brought it back into the light. Greed was his friend and so too did it find a friend in Junderthal." Slowly, the song fades.<section end=paintings />

	==Quest Tie-in==		==Quest Tie-in==

GS4-XERAPHINA: /* See Also */ added link to 2020 storyline

2022-09-10T20:27:08Z

GS4-XERAPHINA: added link to 2019 storyline page

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added link to 2019 storyline page

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2017\|2017 storyline]]		* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2017\|2017 storyline]]
			* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2019\|2019 storyline]]

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GS4-THANDIWE: /* Keilipso's Paintings */

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Keilipso's Paintings

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GS4-THANDIWE: /* Finale Platinum */

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Finale Platinum

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	= Finale Platinum =		= Finale Platinum =

			Father Thombe, filled with pride and vindication, gathered visitors to the island to him. He marched them down to the trail and gave them all torches. Under his gleeful eye, they burned the village down and everyone in it.

	= Finale Prime =		= Finale Prime =

GS4-THANDIWE: /* Quest Tie-in */

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Quest Tie-in

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	= Quest Tie-in =		= Quest Tie-in =

			Once the fishing village opened, talismans began appearing in games, under the sea, and in various other locations. These talismans could be blessed by either the Warden Shaemire, whose sole goal was to return the natural balance to both people and the land under Imaera's power, or to Father Thomebe and/or the Ezreshi Oleinne who wished to spread the grace of Ghezreshi into the hearts of all.

			Once these were blessed, you could gift them to a villager and help influence them.

			Did you wish to save the villager from the Corruption of Ghezresh? Warding them from his influence? Then hand them a talisman and they would slowly lose his influence until finally venturing off for the safety of the newly founded and sheltered Fishing Village.

			Did you wish to teach the villager the Sanctuary and Blessings Ghezresh had to offer? Luring them into his influence? Then hand them a talisman and they would gain his influence until finally venturing off to his temple to pray.


			'''Important Notes''' - Here Prime and Platinum diverged drastically. Prime, on the whole, sought to save as many souls as they could. Some small contingent worked to further Ghezreshes influence, but in the end, they managed to save thousands of villagers from him. Platinum, on the other hand, saved roughly a handful of villagers and turned the rest over to Ghezreshi.

	= Finale Platinum =		= Finale Platinum =

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	* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2017\|2017 storyline]]		* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2017\|2017 storyline]]
	* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2019\|2019 storyline]]		* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2019\|2019 storyline]]
			* [[Caligos Isle/storyline 2020\|2020 storyline]]

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	== Keilipso's Paintings ==		= Keilipso's Paintings =

	Having arrived on Caligos the year before, Keilipso was tricked by Junderthal into believing that as a young artist her fortunes awaited her there. Once she was on the island, she became trapped there unless she could find enough patrons and work to get her a ticket off. The price of the ticket kept changing. As a result, Keilipso ended up trapped there and the mists of Ghezresh slowly ate at her. Her defiance in fighting his call slowly led her down a path of insanity.		Having arrived on Caligos the year before, Keilipso was tricked by Junderthal into believing that as a young artist her fortunes awaited her there. Once she was on the island, she became trapped there unless she could find enough patrons and work to get her a ticket off. The price of the ticket kept changing. As a result, Keilipso ended up trapped there and the mists of Ghezresh slowly ate at her. Her defiance in fighting his call slowly led her down a path of insanity.
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	It is a fact, though, that the voice heard in the paintings is not Keilipso's. A similar voice has been heard on Caligos, but who she is has yet to be learned.		It is a fact, though, that the voice heard in the paintings is not Keilipso's. A similar voice has been heard on Caligos, but who she is has yet to be learned.

	=== an eel-filled watery expanse painting ===		== an eel-filled watery expanse painting ==
	'''Look:''' Grey, black, and silver hues blend together to create a chalk painting of a watery expanse. Anguilliad forms linger in the shadows, their dark eyes watching the drifting form at the center of their cyclonic formation. Fair of face and appearing to slumber, a sea nymph drifts in dark waters that are illuminated by ragged cracks of molten lava painted in crimson and burnt umber. Larger than those at the edges, an enormous eel coils about the fairer creature, its touch producing a flush of warmth in her pallid skin.		'''Look:''' Grey, black, and silver hues blend together to create a chalk painting of a watery expanse. Anguilliad forms linger in the shadows, their dark eyes watching the drifting form at the center of their cyclonic formation. Fair of face and appearing to slumber, a sea nymph drifts in dark waters that are illuminated by ragged cracks of molten lava painted in crimson and burnt umber. Larger than those at the edges, an enormous eel coils about the fairer creature, its touch producing a flush of warmth in her pallid skin.

	'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Trapped beneath the sea, its death, and torment always at hand, the eel-king saw beauty for the first time and decided to bargain with it. Her wounds grave, his warmth keeping her safe, she had no choice but to believe in him. That was her, and many others, first mistake." Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Trapped beneath the sea, its death, and torment always at hand, the eel-king saw beauty for the first time and decided to bargain with it. Her wounds grave, his warmth keeping her safe, she had no choice but to believe in him. That was her, and many others, first mistake." Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a bloodied and rocky shore painting ===		== a bloodied and rocky shore painting ==
	'''Look:'''		'''Look:'''
	Moonlight paints the rocky shore in silver hues, the delicate strokes of the chalk painting turning jagged and harsh as they darken near the rocky shore. Silhouettes of palm trees and high cliffs cast shadows on the face of a being formed of part man and part eel, its vicious grin a scar of jagged white and crimson. Anguillaid forms churn in the water, their bodies turning the placid waters to a sanguine froth around a delicate fin of iridescent hues.		Moonlight paints the rocky shore in silver hues, the delicate strokes of the chalk painting turning jagged and harsh as they darken near the rocky shore. Silhouettes of palm trees and high cliffs cast shadows on the face of a being formed of part man and part eel, its vicious grin a scar of jagged white and crimson. Anguillaid forms churn in the water, their bodies turning the placid waters to a sanguine froth around a delicate fin of iridescent hues.
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	'''Loresong:'''As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "And so she drew him from his depth, her heart longing for a promised salvation. Her kindness and pain blinding her to the hunger that filled him. Her promise was fulfilled and so, to some extent, was his. Good deeds do not go unpunished and every one of his promises is laced in deception. Remember, when you go to him and fall into his embrace that it could be you whose blood the water is laced." Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:'''As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "And so she drew him from his depth, her heart longing for a promised salvation. Her kindness and pain blinding her to the hunger that filled him. Her promise was fulfilled and so, to some extent, was his. Good deeds do not go unpunished and every one of his promises is laced in deception. Remember, when you go to him and fall into his embrace that it could be you whose blood the water is laced." Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a mist-shrouded seascape painting ===		== a mist-shrouded seascape painting ==
	'''Look:'''Indigo and silver most stretch across the seascape, their twined hues commingling in a wispy shroud of false lights and darkness. At the heart of shadows, several small crafts are illuminated by tiny crimson lanterns that brightening their riggings. The bows are turned towards an opening in the mist, where the promise of land offers salvation. Lightning illuminates the darkness near the shore, the malformed and misshapen shape of a strange eel-like man beckoning from its banks.		'''Look:'''Indigo and silver most stretch across the seascape, their twined hues commingling in a wispy shroud of false lights and darkness. At the heart of shadows, several small crafts are illuminated by tiny crimson lanterns that brightening their riggings. The bows are turned towards an opening in the mist, where the promise of land offers salvation. Lightning illuminates the darkness near the shore, the malformed and misshapen shape of a strange eel-like man beckoning from its banks.

	'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Is it salvation to show someone out of a maze that you have created? It is godly to create the promise of land with no hope to leave it? Where does the line in the sand get drawn? What must you sacrifice to obtain that freedom? Is it even still called freedom?" Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Is it salvation to show someone out of a maze that you have created? It is godly to create the promise of land with no hope to leave it? Where does the line in the sand get drawn? What must you sacrifice to obtain that freedom? Is it even still called freedom?" Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a wind-tossed cliff painting ===		== a wind-tossed cliff painting ==
	'''Look:'''Dark, severe lines of inky black and deep brown form the edges of a cliff, its top covered in indigo and silver grasses that sway in an unseen breeze. Vapid-eyed individuals move towards the edge, their hands holding relics of their past life away from their bodies as if they were diseased and corrupt. Those closest to the edge direct those that follow, their own hands empty and scared with crimson wounds. At the bottom of the cliff effigies to Charl and Niima lay broken and scattered, eels rolling over them and destroying them further.		'''Look:'''Dark, severe lines of inky black and deep brown form the edges of a cliff, its top covered in indigo and silver grasses that sway in an unseen breeze. Vapid-eyed individuals move towards the edge, their hands holding relics of their past life away from their bodies as if they were diseased and corrupt. Those closest to the edge direct those that follow, their own hands empty and scared with crimson wounds. At the bottom of the cliff effigies to Charl and Niima lay broken and scattered, eels rolling over them and destroying them further.

	'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "And lo did he bade them cast away their old gods, for he had provided them their salvation and no other. His was the path to ease their burdens and only in their adoration of him would they find shelter and salvation. And so they cast them aside and in this fashion sealed their fates. For what god would help those that have taken him from their hearts?" Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "And lo did he bade them cast away their old gods, for he had provided them their salvation and no other. His was the path to ease their burdens and only in their adoration of him would they find shelter and salvation. And so they cast them aside and in this fashion sealed their fates. For what god would help those that have taken him from their hearts?" Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a shadow-filled cavern painting ===		== a shadow-filled cavern painting ==
	'''Look:'''Tangled roots dangle from the rounded, dark brown cavern ceiling, their edges dripping azure water upon the uneven floor. Weathered with age, elderly elves -- some eight or nine in total -- gather before a fire drawn with crimson embers and very little flame. Crudely carved talismans of a trident and a dolphin decorate the necks of those that are gathered, the images barely hidden by the clothing they wear. In the darkness of the cave, a pair of yellow eyes ~~watches~~ ~~the~~ gathered.		'''Look:'''Tangled roots dangle from the rounded, dark brown cavern ceiling, their edges dripping azure water upon the uneven floor. Weathered with age, elderly elves -- some eight or nine in total -- gather before a fire drawn with crimson embers and very little flame. Crudely carved talismans of a trident and a dolphin decorate the necks of those that are gathered, the images barely hidden by the clothing they wear. In the darkness of the cave, a pair of yellow eyes watch those gathered.

	'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Some few remember, some few gather in the darkness, their fear like mine and they plot against the false salvation. Their gods, those deemed false by the new god, will only help those that help themselves, and so they plot, but nowhere is safe from the eel-god and his followers for everywhere they watch and listen. Brother would betray brother, sister would give up sister, all will be made right, or wrong, in the eyes of his salvation." Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Some few remember, some few gather in the darkness, their fear like mine and they plot against the false salvation. Their gods, those deemed false by the new god, will only help those that help themselves, and so they plot, but nowhere is safe from the eel-god and his followers for everywhere they watch and listen. Brother would betray brother, sister would give up sister, all will be made right, or wrong, in the eyes of his salvation." Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a bloody cavern painting ===		== a bloody cavern painting ===
	'''Look:'''Tangled roots dangle from the rounded, dark brown cavern ceiling, their edges dripping azure water upon the uneven floor. Twisted forms, laced with sanguine-hued chalks, lay crumpled in deformed parodies of life, their toes licking at the flames of a small fire that grows as it consumes small talismans that resemble dolphins or tridents. Anguilliad eyes watch from the shadows and a low mist of indigo and silver spreads through the tunnel.		'''Look:'''Tangled roots dangle from the rounded, dark brown cavern ceiling, their edges dripping azure water upon the uneven floor. Twisted forms, laced with sanguine-hued chalks, lay crumpled in deformed parodies of life, their toes licking at the flames of a small fire that grows as it consumes small talismans that resemble dolphins or tridents. Anguilliad eyes watch from the shadows and a low mist of indigo and silver spreads through the tunnel.

	'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Do you not see the betrayal that follows in his slithering form? Do you not see what becomes of defying him? Even those that are strong, those that meet in secret are discovered and his wrath is complete in its vengeance. But nothing turns the eye of a good to his people more readily than their sudden and abrupt silence." Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting, a childlike voice rises to your ears. "Do you not see the betrayal that follows in his slithering form? Do you not see what becomes of defying him? Even those that are strong, those that meet in secret are discovered and his wrath is complete in its vengeance. But nothing turns the eye of a good to his people more readily than their sudden and abrupt silence." Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a lightning and storm-struck painting ===		== a lightning and storm-struck painting ==
	'''Look:'''Charcoal and grey chalk create a whirlwind of storms that are illuminated in sporadic spaces by the insidious flash of bright white and yellow lightning. Cliffs are portrayed as if tumbling into the sea, the larger rocks falling from the heights to land in the ground with frothing splashes. Figures move in the shadows, their bodies only barely illuminated the lightning, and sanguine rivers trail the rocks to darken the sea.		'''Look:'''Charcoal and grey chalk create a whirlwind of storms that are illuminated in sporadic spaces by the insidious flash of bright white and yellow lightning. Cliffs are portrayed as if tumbling into the sea, the larger rocks falling from the heights to land in the ground with frothing splashes. Figures move in the shadows, their bodies only barely illuminated the lightning, and sanguine rivers trail the rocks to darken the sea.

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	Slowly, the song fades.		Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a watery grave painting ===		== a watery grave painting ==
	'''Look:'''Indigo and silver chalk war with one another as the paint a watery tomb of lost buildings and broken shrines. Ghostly shapes vie for the light, their shapes leaving behind the broken vessels that were once their bodies. However, just as the shapes rise anguiliad shapes encircle them, drawing them towards the broken half-shadowed form of a half-eel, half-man shape that is bound to a small steam vent embedded in the ocean floor.		'''Look:'''Indigo and silver chalk war with one another as the paint a watery tomb of lost buildings and broken shrines. Ghostly shapes vie for the light, their shapes leaving behind the broken vessels that were once their bodies. However, just as the shapes rise anguiliad shapes encircle them, drawing them towards the broken half-shadowed form of a half-eel, half-man shape that is bound to a small steam vent embedded in the ocean floor.

	'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting a childlike voice rises to your ears, "Oh, but he is a jealous beast and would not give up his worshippers so easily. He would use them, promise them salvation once more and steal them from their final death. No winter or silence could reach them where he hid them away, no decay could keep their souls from feeding him, and in those intolerable moments, he plotted anew." Slowly, the song fades.		'''Loresong:''' As your voice touches upon the painting a childlike voice rises to your ears, "Oh, but he is a jealous beast and would not give up his worshippers so easily. He would use them, promise them salvation once more and steal them from their final death. No winter or silence could reach them where he hid them away, no decay could keep their souls from feeding him, and in those intolerable moments, he plotted anew." Slowly, the song fades.

	=== a mist-shrouded island painting ===		== a mist-shrouded island painting ==
	'''Look:'''Silver and indigo mist swirls lazily around a small island that bobs in an azure sea, its shores rocky and dappled with the froth of new waves. Plantlife, new and young, rises in the distance, and a rugged mountain dotted with arcane buildings is painted in the shadows of charcoal and silver hues. An opening in the mist shows a small boat making its way towards the desolate place.		'''Look:'''Silver and indigo mist swirls lazily around a small island that bobs in an azure sea, its shores rocky and dappled with the froth of new waves. Plantlife, new and young, rises in the distance, and a rugged mountain dotted with arcane buildings is painted in the shadows of charcoal and silver hues. An opening in the mist shows a small boat making its way towards the desolate place.