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Muylari was the overseer of the ill-fated mining operation in Silver Valley. He was using amnesia sorcery to make the village of Velaskar forget they were a tourist town, no longer having any memory of the valley or its horses. The tour guide Jaron Galarn regained his memories and tried to free the enslaved horses, who were being used to haul the mining carts. Muylari ordered his men to bury Jaron Galarn alive, but then the ground cracked and released a great evil "wyrm" entity of darkness. Muylari survived while his mining crew mostly or entirely perished. Muylari shifted the valley into another existence with magic, and was cursed with immortality.

Muylari was an NPC who appeared around Wehnimer's Landing at some point in 1995 or maybe 1996. He sounded sad and was seeking his life's end. There is a log of this appearance, though some elements are De-I.C.E. anomalies. His master is said to have been a dark rider who saved him and his new wife from giants. This rider was a Faendryl on a black stallion, though this might only be De-I.C.E. terminology for an older log.

Behind the Scenes

"Muylari" is probably supposed to mean something in Iruaric or less likely Erlini, given its stark similarity to the word Iylari which are the High Elves. Research:Shadow Valley analyzes the story and Shadow Valley itself for its possible deeper meanings. The reason the Secluded Valley is found near The Graveyard (implicitly a "mana portal") may have had more explanation in story events around its release but it is not recorded now. Notably, there is no log for Muylari traveling to the valley, which may be when Shadow Valley was first released. However, that is briefly described in writing appended to a log of the Dark Pasture release event, with the wyrm demon.

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-'''Muylari''' ''([[Erlini]]: "The Watcher (Of All)")'' is a man who was cursed with immortality after he and his wife were saved from being eaten by a dark rider, who was quite likely the dark elven warlord [[Lorgalis|Lorgalis the White]] by implication. He owed his life to his new master. When Muylari's wife passed away, he returned to pay his debt. He was forced to oversee the plundering of silver mines in the Seolfar Strake ([[Lysierian Hills]]), far to the north-west near Claedesbrim Bay ([[Darkstone Bay]]), near the edge of northern [[Jaiman]]. He used [[sorcery]] in the form of "forget" and other mind destruction spells to make the locals fail to understand what was happening to them.
+'''Muylari''' was the overseer of the ill-fated mining operation in Silver Valley. He was using amnesia sorcery to make the village of Velaskar forget they were a tourist town, no longer having any memory of the valley or its horses. The tour guide [[Jaron Galarn]] regained his memories and tried to free the enslaved horses, who were being used to haul the mining carts. Muylari ordered his men to bury Jaron Galarn alive, but then the ground cracked and released a great evil "wyrm" entity of darkness. Muylari survived while his mining crew mostly or entirely perished. Muylari shifted the valley into another existence with magic, and was cursed with immortality.
-Unfortunately, while mining in what was once known as [[Shadow Valley|Silver Valley]], they [[A Popular History of Shadow Valley|awakened]] a powerful extra-planar entity that was dormant deep underground. The [[Shadow steed|equines]] of the valley had long been rumored to have kept the thing at bay, but now enslaved, were unable to stop it from breaking free and conquering the valley. They were all cursed with [[undead|undeath]], and Muylari fled, only to suffer for thousands of years.
+Muylari was an NPC who appeared around [[Wehnimer's Landing]] at some point in 1995 or maybe 1996. He sounded sad and was seeking his life's end. There is [[Muylari backstory (log)|a log]] of this appearance, though some elements are De-I.C.E. anomalies. His master is said to have been a dark rider who saved him and his new wife from giants. This rider was a Faendryl on a black stallion, though this might only be De-I.C.E. terminology for an older log.
-==Behind The Scenes==
-While the valley was still present in its cursed state when [[Navigators|Selias Jodame]] visited in the early 6000s [[Second Era]], it would become [[Isles of transfer|unstable]] and shifted between time and space until it anchored under the [[The Graveyard|necropolis]] of [[Bandur Etrevion]] a few hundred miles to the south-west. Muylari returned to tell his story, and was never seen or heard from again. [[Player character|Adventurers]] followed a talking wolf to the valley and witnessed the equines fly up and battle the monstrosity, in spite of their undeath, which resembled a flying serpent with arms and wings. These Terrorite demons frequently served as lieutenants of [[Ordainers]], and were almost identical in appearance to the [[avatar]] of Klysus ([[Luukos]]). These facts are both relevant to the [[Purgatory#The Graveyard|symbolism]] of that specific area within The Graveyard.
+==Behind the Scenes==
-Terrorites were known for tearing into other realities unexpectedly, knocking out whoever they ensnared with their [[501|sleep]] poison. It would have resembled a massive [[abyran'ra]] demon in appearance, but there is no actual relationship between the two, as they are from different epochs of [[GemStone]]. The Shadow Valley has a sleep theme in general, whether [[night mare|night mares]] or sleep-immune [[night hound|night hounds]]. It is related to the more subtle sleep theme of The Graveyard, which includes: a society task of "where death sleeps cold", its [[Purgatory#Archaeology|Lovecraft allusions]] regarding [[Pales|Old Ones]], the [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion|nightmares]] of [[Bandur Etrevion]] fueled by otherworldly powers, the [[demonic|dream state]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaper_Man Oblivion], the sleeping [[Absolution Pure|nature]] of the [[Gates of Oblivion|Staff of Doom]] and Eissa's [[Ronan|brother]], the dormant [[Ordainer]] symbolism, the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes|sleeping death]] and "resurrection" of the [[Lords of Essaence]], the [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes|Dante]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_mythology#The_journey_of_the_sun Egyptian] night journeys to the dawn, hell as where "the sun in [https://books.google.com/books?id=03vvUFOgGh0C&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=%22the+sun+in+silence+rests%22&source=bl&ots=d6rPngMGwl&sig=bZFfVoH-fYMOQr-xeUqaQF-ZEqY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPt8uTv8zKAhVHmx4KHd2wC7UQ6AEIKjAF#v=onepage&q=%22the%20sun%20in%20silence%20rests%22&f=false silence rests]", the Orgiana and Morgu stanzas in [[The Temple of Darkness Poem]], and [[Black Hel|the poems]] on the seal of the Helm of [[Kadaena]] ("The Shadow") and her false sarcophagus in southwest [[Jaiman]] calling her the "sleeping queen" who "spurns death" (hence the frieze inscription "defies [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(Discworld) Death] itself.")
+"Muylari" is probably supposed to mean something in [[Iruaric]] or less likely [[Erlini]], given its stark similarity to the word [[Iylari]] which are the High Elves. [[Research:Shadow Valley]] analyzes the story and Shadow Valley itself for its possible deeper meanings. The reason the Secluded Valley is found near [[The Graveyard]] (implicitly a "mana portal") may have had more explanation in story events around its release but it is not recorded now. Notably, there is no log for Muylari traveling to the valley, which may be when Shadow Valley was first released. However, that is briefly described in writing appended to a log of the Dark Pasture release event, with the wyrm demon.
-In particular, the way out of Shadow Valley involves plummeting through sheer blackness over a span of hard RT, which spits you out back under The Graveyard through a rift. This is probably an allusion to the end of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"] by H.P. Lovecraft, which is alluded to in [[Purgatory]], as well as extensively in [[The Broken Lands]] where [[Uthex Kathiasas]] may be a portmanteau of [[Kadaena|Utha Kadaena]] and Kadath. The quest seeker had just encountered the [[Purgatory#The Graveyard|pharaoh]] demonic [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/og.aspx Other God] in the abandoned castle on Kadath, who tells him the marvelous place he is seeking is his own world from his childhood memories, and sends him back through the black void to return the "Great One" gods of earth to where they belong. The Dark Gods were waging war on [[Kulthea]] in the [[Wars of Dominion]] rather than residing on their moon, and only arrived in our world by accident from other planes of existence. They were banished to the moon or the [[Black Hel]] at the end of the Wars.
 ===See Also===
+* [[Muylari backstory (log)]] (1996)
+* [[Research:Shadow Valley]]
+* [[Tale of Silver Valley]] (official De-ICE'd version)
+* [[Dark pasture release event (log)]] (1996)
 * [http://www.gemstone.net/etimes/et1/index.html Elanthian Times - Volume I Issue I] (slightly inaccurate depiction of the "wyrm")
+* [[Jaron Galarn]]
+* [[Selias Jodame]]
+* [[Isles of transfer]]
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