Post by Sur Realis on Mar 25, 2008 16:48:30 GMT -6
A/N A bit of fighting with myself, I decided to post it in sections rather than all at once. This is simply an introduction, nothing more - it is very short. There is basically nothing in it, basically no imagination used to create it. If you came into this thread hoping for some interesting theories involving actual Darlownian history, feel free to leave and come back when I have posted again. Currently I have most of the second part finished, it spans about a page, and will be fine-tuned these next few days. Expect it... 3/28, I suppose. Also, as a side note, all there is as reference to Darlownian history is basically www.freewebtown.com/ffthg/FourKingdoms.html. Please post any comments here: ffhg.proboards33.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Tales&thread=1206485526
As a historian, I myself can empathize with how easy it is to be completely enveloped in a single subject or topic; especially when it comes to the Hunting Grounds. Each truth to be found of the Hunting Grounds only opens six or seven more questions. It seems to all come down to the topic of Nexus itself, where it appears to me each step is an arduous leap. I spent ten years of my life on the matter everyone else was concerned, and having gained little ground I dropped out of the race and directed myself to more subtle matters, things that seem normal when compared to what is happening now – such as the fabled clock of the Fallen Town of Dainaria.
My attention was brought to the topic of the clock by mere luck, I suppose. Maybe it was kismet that I fell into the subject; a short trip to Dainan led me to have this sudden question asked of me from a newer Investigator, preparing for a trip to the Fallen Cathedral: what is the origin of the clock of the Fallen Town of Dainaria? I promptly brought myself to search many textbooks over the question of the clock. Indeed I found a few rumors recorded, and I found a fairy tale that concerned something that could be connected to the clock.
Out of books as a main resource, I soon began asking the Daines of anything they knew. I achieved little success, but still enough to record all and create some of my own theories. Some people did not even know such a clock existed. Those that did only knew that it somehow allowed access in the Fallen Cathedral of Dainaria, which in turn no one knew much about. Only a rare few could submit anything useful in my documentation. In the end, I have ruled out three fables that could very well possibly be true, but no one knows that for sure.
As a historian, I myself can empathize with how easy it is to be completely enveloped in a single subject or topic; especially when it comes to the Hunting Grounds. Each truth to be found of the Hunting Grounds only opens six or seven more questions. It seems to all come down to the topic of Nexus itself, where it appears to me each step is an arduous leap. I spent ten years of my life on the matter everyone else was concerned, and having gained little ground I dropped out of the race and directed myself to more subtle matters, things that seem normal when compared to what is happening now – such as the fabled clock of the Fallen Town of Dainaria.
My attention was brought to the topic of the clock by mere luck, I suppose. Maybe it was kismet that I fell into the subject; a short trip to Dainan led me to have this sudden question asked of me from a newer Investigator, preparing for a trip to the Fallen Cathedral: what is the origin of the clock of the Fallen Town of Dainaria? I promptly brought myself to search many textbooks over the question of the clock. Indeed I found a few rumors recorded, and I found a fairy tale that concerned something that could be connected to the clock.
Out of books as a main resource, I soon began asking the Daines of anything they knew. I achieved little success, but still enough to record all and create some of my own theories. Some people did not even know such a clock existed. Those that did only knew that it somehow allowed access in the Fallen Cathedral of Dainaria, which in turn no one knew much about. Only a rare few could submit anything useful in my documentation. In the end, I have ruled out three fables that could very well possibly be true, but no one knows that for sure.