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			\|A swirling apparition glides towards you, its mouth opened in a neverending scream...
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INIQUITY: add rare ambient on Plane 5

2020-12-28T16:34:11Z

add rare ambient on Plane 5

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	'''Lorminstra:'''<br>		'''Lorminstra:'''<br>
	The [[ICE materials#Vaanum\|archaic lore]] for [[vaalin]] was that it only existed on the moon of the dark gods. Its use in the Drake's Shrine ~~may~~ be implying the time preceding the Liabo/Lornon split.		The [[ICE materials#Vaanum\|archaic lore]] for [[vaalin]] was that it only existed on the moon of the dark gods, though this was never in official documentation. Its use in the Drake's Shrine could be implying the time preceding the Liabo/Lornon split. The contemporary metals lore was not released until a few years after the Vvrael quest, but vaalin may merely have been meant to imply a rare and expensive metal.
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	A young lass glances at the sphere.		A young lass glances at the sphere.
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	===The Chosen Orbs===		===The Chosen Orbs===
	Lorminstra gave these orbs to the Chosen. There is one on the throne in the Drake's Shrine. The Arkati "facing each of the four compass directions" is a Book of Revelation allusion.		Lorminstra gave these orbs to the Chosen. There is one on the throne in the Drake's Shrine. The Arkati "facing each of the four compass directions" is probably a Book of Revelation allusion.
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	[The Dragon Sleeps]		[The Dragon Sleeps]
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	;Drake's Shrine<br>		;Drake's Shrine<br>
	There are numerous anachronistic details in the Drake's Shrine, such as the ancient-but-modern writing, that make no sense unless the ~~creator~~ could see the future.		There are numerous anachronistic details in the Drake's Shrine, such as the ancient-but-modern writing, that make no sense unless the creators could see the future.
	<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>		<pre{{log2\|margin-right=350px}}>
	[Chamber of the Maw, Ice Shrine]		[Chamber of the Maw, Ice Shrine]
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	=The Rift=		=The Rift=
	When entering the nebulous sphere your body is ultimately ripped apart and dematerialized into nothingness. It is reformed inside The Rift. This allows the possibility that inside the Rift the adventurer is a kind of astral body within the Great Drake who is sleeping in the heart of the world with its mind dreaming upon "worlds unknown." Koar is in this sense brooding and contemplating the fate of all things. There is a great deal of comparative mythology which will be addressed in [[Research:The Vvrael Quest]]. This is particularly relevant given its ~~many~~ cryptic "[[purgatory]]" references and the game's death mechanics.		When entering the nebulous sphere your body is ultimately ripped apart and dematerialized into nothingness. It is reformed inside The Rift. This allows the possibility that inside the Rift the adventurer is a kind of astral body within the Great Drake who is sleeping in the heart of the world with its mind dreaming upon "worlds unknown." Koar is in this sense brooding and contemplating the fate of all things. There is a great deal of comparative mythology which will be addressed in [[Research:The Vvrael Quest]]. This is particularly relevant given its potential cryptic "[[purgatory]]" references and the game's death mechanics.

	==Entering==		==Entering==
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	'''Ash and Fog:'''		'''Ash and Fog:'''

	Both inside the nebulous sphere and "The Rift" itself, jumping and sneezing reveals a prevalence of "ash." This may refer to the world tree, the first room on the three entry planes, having supposedly been an ash tree. The Rift rooms as symbols of cosmic knowledge in this context likely refers to the runes of Odin. The Rift being in the Eye may be implied by the ubiquitous fog in both.		Both inside the nebulous sphere and "The Rift" itself, jumping and sneezing reveals a prevalence of "ash." This may refer to the world tree, symbolically represented by the first room on the three entry planes, having supposedly been an ash tree. The Rift rooms as symbols of cosmic knowledge in this context likely refers to the runes of Odin. The Rift being in the Eye may be implied by the ubiquitous fog in both.
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	''(Note: The "varies" rooms have almost two dozen unambiguous Tarot cards. The other rooms are more stylized and harder to identify.)''		''(Note: The "varies" rooms have almost two dozen unambiguous Tarot cards. The other rooms are more stylized and harder to identify.)''

	There are exactly 100 unique room descriptions on Planes 1 through 4. This may be meaningless, or it might have been intentional. In the context of Lorminstra's "circles" it could be matching the 100 Cantos of Dante's "Divine Comedy", which include: the circles of Inferno, the terraces of Purgatory, and the spheres of Paradise. Plane 5 has 14 rooms, 13 regular and a hidden room, which is inside the heart. The significance of these numbers is that there are 78 cards in a Tarot deck (22 Major and 56 Minor Arcana), with 14 cards in a suit. Plane 5 is ~~arguably~~ shaped like a heart with a pentacle in the center.		There are exactly 100 unique room descriptions on Planes 1 through 4. This may be meaningless, or it might have been intentional. In the context of Lorminstra's "circles" it could be matching the 100 Cantos of Dante's "Divine Comedy", which include: the circles of Inferno, the terraces of Purgatory, and the spheres of Paradise. Plane 5 has 14 rooms, 13 regular and a hidden room, which is inside the heart. The significance of these numbers is that there are 78 cards in a Tarot deck (22 Major and 56 Minor Arcana), with 14 cards in a suit. Plane 5 is shaped like a heart with maybe a pentacle in the center.

	=Tarot=		=Tarot=
	The Vvrael quest had a number of subtle references to prophecy. The Rift is not overtly temporal in nature, but its rooms heavily correspond to Tarot cards. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Waite_tarot_deck Rider-Waite] and Arthurian [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWBJBRzfdk "Legend"] deck are unquestionably present. Others may be as well, such as [http://www.tarotpassages.com/arthurianlegendlb.htm "Arthurian Tarot"], and the ~~Mystic~~ deck. ~~There~~ ~~were~~ a ~~great~~ ~~many~~ ~~subtle~~ ~~allusions~~ to ~~Grail~~ ~~legends~~ ~~throughout~~ ~~the~~ ~~Vvrael~~ ~~quest~~, and ~~there~~ is an ~~old~~ ~~association~~ ~~with~~ ~~the~~ ~~legend~~ ~~objects~~ ~~(Grail~~ ~~cup,~~ ~~Grail~~ ~~sword,~~ ~~etc.)~~ ~~and~~ ~~the~~ ~~suits~~ of ~~Tarot~~ decks. ~~All~~ of the ~~Major~~ ~~Arcana~~ ~~cards~~ ~~are~~ ~~present~~ in the ~~Rift~~ ~~and~~ ~~many~~ of ~~the~~ ~~Minor~~ ~~Arcana~~ are as ~~well.~~ ~~(This~~ is ~~not~~ ~~purely~~ ~~OOC.~~ ~~[[Finvale's~~ ~~Crystals]]~~ ~~are~~ ~~not~~ ~~only~~ an ~~Elanthian~~ ~~tarot~~ ~~script,~~ ~~some~~ of ~~the~~ imagery ~~is taken from~~ the ~~Rider-Waite~~ ~~deck.~~ It is ~~fair~~ ~~for~~ a ~~divination~~ ~~oriented~~ ~~character~~ to ~~recognize Tarot in The Rift.)~~		The Vvrael quest had a number of subtle references to prophecy. The Rift is not overtly temporal in nature, but its rooms heavily correspond to Tarot cards. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Waite_tarot_deck Rider-Waite] and Arthurian [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWBJBRzfdk "Legend"] deck are unquestionably present. Others may be as well, such as [http://www.tarotpassages.com/arthurianlegendlb.htm "Arthurian Tarot"], and the Mythic deck. The last is a Greek mythology deck. There is a room that seems to represent Atlas, and another with a Prometheus (or perhaps Loki) figure as Hanging Man. It is difficult in general to identify specific decks as influences, because of the high overlap of similar imagery for the corresponding cards. It is cases where rooms are almost identical to very specific versions that allow you to be certain, such as the "Wind Harps of War" imagery for the Nine of Spears card from the Legend deck on Plane 4.

			There were a great many subtle allusions to Grail legends throughout the Vvrael quest, and there is an old association with the legend objects (Grail cup, Grail sword, etc.) and the suits of Tarot decks. The extent to which the latter point was self-consciously intended is ambiguous. All of the Major Arcana cards are present in the Rift and many of the Minor Arcana are as well. (This is not purely OOC. [[Finvale's Crystals]] are not only an Elanthian tarot script, some of the imagery is taken from the Rider-Waite deck. It is fair for a divination oriented character to recognize Tarot in The Rift.)

	Many of these are strikingly the same as the corresponding Tarot card in a given deck. Others are adaptations that take more effort to recognize, or are references to some as yet unidentified deck. Not all of the rooms are necessarily part of this thread. Some might simply by mythological or other references tossed together. The room painting of the Rift was primarily GM Varevice and GM Ursus. It is important to be cautious against reading too much continuity of subtext or meaning into related areas that were created by different persons. The styles of the Drake's Shrine and The Rift are entirely different.		Many of these are strikingly the same as the corresponding Tarot card in a given deck. Others are adaptations that take more effort to recognize, or are references to some as yet unidentified deck. Not all of the rooms are necessarily part of this thread. Some might simply by mythological or other references tossed together. The room painting of the Rift was primarily GM Varevice and GM Ursus. It is important to be cautious against reading too much continuity of subtext or meaning into related areas that were created by different persons. The styles of the Drake's Shrine and The Rift are entirely different.
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	\|A deep indigo cloud coalesces above you. Moments later, a shower of glowing yellow rain begins to fall. Then, as suddenly as it started, the rain stops and the cloud disperses.		\|A deep indigo cloud coalesces above you. Moments later, a shower of glowing yellow rain begins to fall. Then, as suddenly as it started, the rain stops and the cloud disperses.
			\|}

			===Plane 5===
			{\| class="wikitable" {{prettytable}}
			!Number \|\| Message
			\|-
			\|1
			\|A tune that's more of a screech than a melody cuts through the air like a knife.
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	* "A fine red mist rolls through the area covering everything with a sticky red goo."		* "A fine red mist rolls through the area covering everything with a sticky red goo."

	* For a moment, everything is strangely quiet.

	[[Category:Player Research]]		[[Category:Player Research]]

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	===The Cavern of Ages===		===The Cavern of Ages===
	The Cavern of Ages itself is described as having red stone throughout, with one room comparing it to "an immense rib cage." The Great Drake in the Book of Revelation is the "Great Red Dragon." (The Drake's Shrine contains several references to the Book of Revelation and ~~arguably~~ Dante's "Divine Comedy" as well.) The Cavern of Ages itself is likely also a reference to the "Wisdom of Ages", with the Lake of Tears as the Well of Urd at the roots of the World Tree (the first room on Planes 1 through 3), which is when Odin gained cosmic knowledge by sacrificing one of his eyes to drink from the water.		The Cavern of Ages itself is described as having red stone throughout, with one room comparing it to "an immense rib cage." The Great Drake in the Book of Revelation is the "Great Red Dragon." (The Drake's Shrine contains several references to the Book of Revelation and possibly Dante's "Divine Comedy" as well.) The Cavern of Ages itself is likely also a reference to the "Wisdom of Ages", with the Lake of Tears as the Well of Urd at the roots of the World Tree (the first room on Planes 1 through 3), which is when Odin gained cosmic knowledge by sacrificing one of his eyes to drink from the water.
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	The word "planes" was not used in the context of The Rift. Lorminstra referred to them as "circles." One possible meaning of this is the arguable presence of allusions to Dante's "Divine Comedy" in the Vvrael quest. However, given the astral messaging along with the implications of watching or permeating throughout the solar system, these could be planes in the mind of Koar. The "planes of existence" in esoteric cosmology are often represented as concentric circles existing throughout the world. The first three planes are ideal solid geometric shapes. Plane 1 is a triangle, Plane 2 is a square, Plane 3 is circular.		The word "planes" was not used in the context of The Rift. Lorminstra referred to them as "circles." One possible meaning of this is the arguable presence of allusions to Dante's "Divine Comedy" in the Vvrael quest. However, given the astral messaging along with the implications of watching or permeating throughout the solar system, these could be planes in the mind of Koar. The "planes of existence" in esoteric cosmology are often represented as concentric circles existing throughout the world. The first three planes are ideal solid geometric shapes. Plane 1 is a triangle, Plane 2 is a square, Plane 3 is circular.

	These are a sequence of directional constraints through the same places, arriving at them in different orders. However, when viewed from the top down as a holistic shape, these places are all in the same order. When the planes shift causing the adventurer to be "rifted", they end up in the '''same place''' on a '''different layout.''' These rooms predominantly or perhaps almost entirely correspond to Tarot cards.		These are a sequence of directional constraints through the same places, arriving at them in different orders. However, when viewed from the top down as a holistic shape, these places are all in the same order. When the planes shift causing the adventurer to be "rifted", they end up in the '''same place''' on a '''different layout.''' These rooms predominantly or perhaps almost entirely correspond to Tarot cards. The pattern of a nested circle, square, and triangle has occurred in multiple contexts in Tarot occultism, so it is difficult to discern the more specific significance if it exists due to the lack of uniqueness.

	'''Rifted:'''		'''Rifted:'''
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	=Tarot=		=Tarot=
	The Vvrael quest had a number of subtle references to prophecy. The Rift is not overtly temporal in nature, but its rooms heavily correspond to Tarot cards. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Waite_tarot_deck Rider-Waite] and Arthurian [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWBJBRzfdk "Legend"] deck are unquestionably present. Others may be as well, such as [http://www.tarotpassages.com/arthurianlegendlb.htm "Arthurian Tarot"]~~, Mystic~~, and ~~Sacred~~ ~~Circle~~. There were a great many subtle allusions to Grail legends throughout the Vvrael quest, and there is an old association with the legend objects (Grail cup, Grail sword, etc.) and the suits of Tarot decks. All of the Major Arcana cards are present in the Rift and many of the Minor Arcana ~~cards~~ are as well.		The Vvrael quest had a number of subtle references to prophecy. The Rift is not overtly temporal in nature, but its rooms heavily correspond to Tarot cards. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider-Waite_tarot_deck Rider-Waite] and Arthurian [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWBJBRzfdk "Legend"] deck are unquestionably present. Others may be as well, such as [http://www.tarotpassages.com/arthurianlegendlb.htm "Arthurian Tarot"], and the Mystic deck. There were a great many subtle allusions to Grail legends throughout the Vvrael quest, and there is an old association with the legend objects (Grail cup, Grail sword, etc.) and the suits of Tarot decks. All of the Major Arcana cards are present in the Rift and many of the Minor Arcana are as well. (This is not purely OOC. [[Finvale's Crystals]] are not only an Elanthian tarot script, some of the imagery is taken from the Rider-Waite deck. It is fair for a divination oriented character to recognize Tarot in The Rift.)

	Many of these are strikingly the same as the corresponding Tarot card in a given deck. Others are adaptations that take more effort to recognize, or are references to some as yet unidentified deck. Not all of the rooms are necessarily part of this thread. Some might simply by mythological or other references tossed together. The room painting of the Rift was primarily GM Varevice and GM Ursus.		Many of these are strikingly the same as the corresponding Tarot card in a given deck. Others are adaptations that take more effort to recognize, or are references to some as yet unidentified deck. Not all of the rooms are necessarily part of this thread. Some might simply by mythological or other references tossed together. The room painting of the Rift was primarily GM Varevice and GM Ursus. It is important to be cautious against reading too much continuity of subtext or meaning into related areas that were created by different persons. The styles of the Drake's Shrine and The Rift are entirely different.

	==Planes 1, 2, and 3==		==Planes 1, 2, and 3==
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	''(Note: Blank spots in these tables might be force fitted to some Tarot cards, but they are only listed when there is a clear basis.)''		''(Note: Blank spots in these tables might be force fitted to some Tarot cards, but they are only listed when there is a clear basis.)''

	The Fool in the Arthurian deck is called The Seeker, representing Percival who is at the center of the Grail quest subtext of the Vvrael quest. [[Seeker]]s are undead on Mount Aenatumgana who foolishly sought the Eye of the Drake themselves. The Eye pulses through the color spectrum. The Seeker card has Percival stepping on a rainbow leading off a cliff, with birds flying over a tree behind him. It is similarly possible that this is the first room on Planes 1 through 3, since you start in the Eye which pulses through the rainbow and plummet from high up, landing by a dead tree with a bird hovering above it.		The Fool in the Arthurian deck is called The Seeker, representing Percival who is at the center of the Grail quest subtext of the Vvrael quest. [[Seeker]]s are undead on Mount Aenatumgana who foolishly sought the Eye of the Drake themselves. The Eye pulses through the color spectrum. The Seeker card has Percival stepping on a rainbow leading off a cliff, with birds flying over a tree behind him. It is similarly possible that this is the first room on Planes 1 through 3, since you start in the Eye which pulses through the rainbow and plummet from high up, landing by a dead tree with a bird hovering above it.

			This could be partial, or coincidental. The imagery might instead refer to Norse mythology, which has an unnamed eagle perched on the world tree Yggdrasil, whose roots are being gnawed by the dragon Nidhogg. It is not likely that ''every'' feature is related to Tarot. The interdimensional portals on Planes 1 through 3, the plain windows and sturdy wooden doors, could easily be Twilight Zone references.

	==Plane 4==		==Plane 4==
	Each room in Plane 4 is a unique description and many have Tarot correspondences. These are often Minor Arcana cards. When rifted on Plane 4, you end up on Plane 5, which has a smaller number of rooms. The fourth plane seems to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_knot Celtic knot] pattern if drawn the right way, where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_cross#/media/File:Ccross.svg Celtic Cross] is the layout for the Legend deck. It symbolizes the World Tree, Room #1 on other planes. There are 23 rooms on Plane 4. This number is not significant in itself. It brings the 55 rooms (not unique descriptions) on Planes 1, 2, and 3 up to 78 total. This is the total number of cards in a Tarot deck.		Each room in Plane 4 is a unique description and many have Tarot correspondences. These are often Minor Arcana cards. When rifted on Plane 4, you end up on Plane 5, which has a smaller number of rooms. The fourth plane seems to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_knot Celtic knot] pattern if drawn the right way, where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_cross#/media/File:Ccross.svg Celtic Cross] is the layout for the Legend deck. It symbolizes the World Tree, Room #1 on other planes. There are 23 rooms on Plane 4. This number is not significant in itself. It brings the 55 rooms (not unique descriptions) on Planes 1, 2, and 3 up to 78 total. This is the total number of cards in a Tarot deck.

	The Celtic knot image is a non-ideal force fit to illustrate the general idea of Plane 4 as interlaced. The distance of the directionals, the extent to which they stay straight, and whether or when they cross over and under each other is not pinned down. The zig-zag quality of the paths, rounded curves, and sharp inflections can easily be drawn as interlaced "knots." Unconnected rooms may be on the same tubes.		The Celtic knot image is a non-ideal force fit to illustrate the general idea of Plane 4 as interlaced. The distance of the directionals, the extent to which they stay straight, and whether or when they cross over and under each other is not pinned down. The zig-zag quality of the paths, rounded curves, and sharp inflections can easily be drawn as interlaced "knots." Unconnected rooms may be on the same tubes. In contrast to the Tarot thesis, say if the shape were chosen for entirely different reasons, it might resemble a Chutes and Ladders game board as this is the plane with the chute for dead bodies on it.

	'''Ordered Map''' [[Image:Rift-Plane4-Numbered.png\|300px]] [[Image:Plane4-CelticKnot.png\|200px]]		'''Ordered Map''' [[Image:Rift-Plane4-Numbered.png\|300px]] [[Image:Plane4-CelticKnot.png\|200px]]
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	\|A mass of pulsing and twitching tissue sits to the west. At first, the booming that rolls through the air sounds like thunder, but a moment of listening proves it to be too regular and rhythmic to be a storm. Thump-thump... thump-thump.... All at once the source comes to you, and as you gaze at the tissue you realize it is a giant heart. Grey-green worms chew through the flesh, and listening to the beating it becomes obvious that they are killing the heart, and whatever creature it belongs to. '''Obvious exits: out'''		\|A mass of pulsing and twitching tissue sits to the west. At first, the booming that rolls through the air sounds like thunder, but a moment of listening proves it to be too regular and rhythmic to be a storm. Thump-thump... thump-thump.... All at once the source comes to you, and as you gaze at the tissue you realize it is a giant heart. Grey-green worms chew through the flesh, and listening to the beating it becomes obvious that they are killing the heart, and whatever creature it belongs to. '''Obvious exits: out'''
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			\|[Inside, Organ Grinder] The interior of the box is heavily shadowed, however, the gloom isn't sufficient to hide the grisly environs. Slime covers the sides, punctuated with bits of gore too hideous to contemplate. Odorous pieces of cadavers have been left within, deserted by the previous owners to pursue a solitary decay. Obvious exits: none.
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	\|}		\|}
			''(Note: Strictly speaking, the polished modwir box is a room with a wandering entry point, but it is an organ grinder only accessed by dead bodies.)''

	In spite of appearances Plane 5 is actually highly symmetric, with most rooms having exactly three exits. The left and right sides are almost mirrors of each other. The central axis of knot rooms are also symmetric with each other in where and how they branch. This becomes clear when the rooms on both sides are numbered in parallel with each other and the knot rooms are separated out.		In spite of appearances Plane 5 is actually highly symmetric, with most rooms having exactly three exits. The left and right sides are almost mirrors of each other. The central axis of knot rooms are also symmetric with each other in where and how they branch. This becomes clear when the rooms on both sides are numbered in parallel with each other and the knot rooms are separated out.
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	\|aevum + ren		\|aevum + ren
	\|Eternal + kidney. Aivren swoop down and claw you. May be implying Prometheus and his liver endlessly torn out by eagles. (Aivrin is also an obscure word for port, ~~and~~ aivren is evocative of "avian" and "raven.")		\|Eternal + kidney. Aivren swoop down and claw you. May be implying Prometheus and his liver endlessly torn out by eagles. (Aivrin is also an obscure word for port.) This may simply be overthinking it, as aivren is evocative of "avian" and "raven.")
	\|}		\|}
			Numbers 7 and 8 are probably wrong. The messaging on the creatures themselves, such as attacks and ambients, might be a safer basis for speculating intent than the describe verb. Assuming they are unchanged. Sometimes creature descriptions were not implemented until after the fact. The Vvrael witches and warlocks, for example, did not have them yet two years after the Rift was released.

	=Messaging=		=Messaging=

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Plane 4: indigo cloud rare ambient

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	\|A large red bubble floats by you and fades into the horizon.		\|A large red bubble floats by you and fades into the horizon.
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			\|A deep indigo cloud coalesces above you. Moments later, a shower of glowing yellow rain begins to fall. Then, as suddenly as it started, the rain stops and the cloud disperses.
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Nebulous Sphere

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	\|You see a twisted reflection of yourself melting like hot wax...		\|You see a twisted reflection of yourself melting like hot wax...
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			\|Black tendrils of anti-mana crawl slowly towards you...
	\|}		\|}

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	\|nais + iris		\|nais + iris
	\|Naisirc are green clouds forming bodies. Wrathful nymph, the "c" read as soft. Naisi is also a figure in Celtic mythology.		\|Naisirc are green clouds forming bodies. Wrathful nymph, the "c" read as soft. (Naisi is also a figure in Celtic mythology.)
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	\|Eternal + kidney. Aivren swoop down and claw you. May be implying Prometheus. (Aivrin is also an obscure word for port.)		\|Eternal + kidney. Aivren swoop down and claw you. May be implying Prometheus and his liver endlessly torn out by eagles. (Aivrin is also an obscure word for port, and aivren is evocative of "avian" and "raven.")
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	=Messaging=		=Messaging=

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			=Creatures=
			The creatures in The Rift are largely based on words in other languages. GM Aephir confirmed he used archaic languages and comparative mythology in the Vvrael quest design.

			The following are best guesses at the root words of the Rift creatures:
			{\| class="wikitable" {{prettytable}}
			!Number \|\| Creature \|\| Language \|\| Best Guess \|\| Meaning
			\|-
			\|1
			\|seraceris
			\|Latin
			\|sera + ceris
			\|Bound wax seal. (Seraceris are two dimensional undead.)
			\|-
			\|2
			\|csetairi
			\|Latin
			\|ceteri (as in "et cetera")
			\|And so on. (Csetairi are constantly waving their hands.)
			\|-
			\|3
			\|Vvrael
			\|
			\|Vrtra + Veil?
			\|World serpent. Comparative mythology reasons.
			\|-
			\|4
			\|n'ecare
			\|Latin
			\|necare
			\|Kill
			\|-
			\|5
			\|caedera
			\|Latin
			\|caedere
			\|Cut/kill.
			\|-
			\|6
			\|vaespilon
			\|Latin
			\|vespillo
			\|Ghoul, grave robber, undertaker of paupers.
			\|-
			\|7
			\|naisirc
			\|Latin
			\|nais + iris
			\|Naisirc are green clouds forming bodies. Wrathful nymph, the "c" read as soft. Naisi is also a figure in Celtic mythology.
			\|-
			\|8
			\|aivren
			\|Latin
			\|aevum + ren
			\|Eternal + kidney. Aivren swoop down and claw you. May be implying Prometheus. (Aivrin is also an obscure word for port.)
			\|}
	=Messaging=		=Messaging=

INIQUITY: add illustration of celtic knot map pattern

2019-03-26T14:13:52Z

add illustration of celtic knot map pattern

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	Each room in Plane 4 is a unique description and many have Tarot correspondences. These are often Minor Arcana cards. When rifted on Plane 4, you end up on Plane 5, which has a smaller number of rooms. The fourth plane seems to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_knot Celtic knot] pattern if drawn the right way, where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_cross#/media/File:Ccross.svg Celtic Cross] is the layout for the Legend deck. It symbolizes the World Tree, Room #1 on other planes. There are 23 rooms on Plane 4. This number is not significant in itself. It brings the 55 rooms (not unique descriptions) on Planes 1, 2, and 3 up to 78 total. This is the total number of cards in a Tarot deck.		Each room in Plane 4 is a unique description and many have Tarot correspondences. These are often Minor Arcana cards. When rifted on Plane 4, you end up on Plane 5, which has a smaller number of rooms. The fourth plane seems to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_knot Celtic knot] pattern if drawn the right way, where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_cross#/media/File:Ccross.svg Celtic Cross] is the layout for the Legend deck. It symbolizes the World Tree, Room #1 on other planes. There are 23 rooms on Plane 4. This number is not significant in itself. It brings the 55 rooms (not unique descriptions) on Planes 1, 2, and 3 up to 78 total. This is the total number of cards in a Tarot deck.

			The Celtic knot image is a non-ideal force fit to illustrate the general idea of the shape of Plane 4. The distance of the directionals, the extent to which they stay straight, and whether or when they cross over and under each other is not pinned down. The zig-zag quality of the paths, rounded curves, and sharp inflections can easily be drawn as interlaced "knots." Unconnected rooms may be on the same tubes.
⚫	'''Ordered Map''' [[Image:Rift-Plane4-Numbered.png\|300px]]

		⚫	'''Ordered Map''' [[Image:Rift-Plane4-Numbered.png\|300px]] [[Image:Plane4-CelticKnot.png\|200px]]

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