The Zeboriad

These are the dangers that haunt the unwary. Travelers and fire-fuel fetchers must know of dangerous animals, bandits, and natural hazards. Further, the titular Calendar details whispered prophecy of evil as revealed to the first among shadows. First. Beware the creatures of the wild, both Kelvar and Olvar who consume prey, for ye may be but a morsel or yet a feast.   Second. Beware the cankerous bandits, far worse than regular knaves due to their powerful and unstable growths.   Third. Beware the hazards of the land itself, for avalanche of rock and mud and overexposure under Phoenix’s beam are ever present threats when evil spurs nature to its bidding.   And Last. Beware where knowledge lacks is danger present, therefore look to trusted prophecy to guide thee.   Geodes. Read among the earth for warning against threats otherwise invisible to good folk.   Oracle. Supplicate thyself and listen of the Twilight Nymph’s, known as Hesperide and named Katsika, Aiga, and Aix for they know well the mind of Avaloros and what future they intend.   Othersooth. There is truth also in the Outer Planes and Inner Planes. Lose not hope among the words of the Zeboriad, for hope remains among that which is unsaid.                   The Calendar of Zaborav   These consecrated bronze plates carry the unholy words of The Old Voice, as heard by the unworthy one Anuk. Though they be meant for the great ears of the first digit of shadow, Moira, spare thy most devoted servant in their retelling, for those who may yet understand the rede within will be thy greatest tools.             ACCOUNT I   1:1 The Old Voice from Beyond the Deep Ethereal said unto Moira: The barrier is riven, now enter ye unto the Material Plane and be my first Herald of Shadow. 1:2 Under billowed ash-clouds thrown high and thunderous sky cracked by fire raise the dark mount, 1:3 And ere the revered stone of the earth was scattered to dark seas above, 1:4 Then shall the pink gem of Moira be arrayed in the raiment of the innocent rat. 1:5 And so the shadow of evil shall join with the mystery of the Material Plane, and thus will ending begin.   ACCOUNT II   ~ Plate Lost ~   ACCOUNT III   3:1 The Old Voice from Beyond the Deep Ethereal said unto Moira: 3:2 I gift thee a pestilence to spread among thy enemies that their effort is wasted. 3:3 At the conjunction of long-dead kingdoms where once was strength found and now where calm waters cover festering wound, 3:4 Soot-rain shall fall as a torrent and so shield the beams of Phoenix for five flights-round, 3:5 And thereafter a vein of shadow will run through the heart of life, and a canker will grow among plants, and animals, and folk of all kind. 3:6 And the five digits of my fist shall steward this cankerous shadow in the living things of the Material Plane.   ACCOUNT IV - VI   ~ Plates Lost ~   ACCOUNT VII   7:1 The Old Voice from Beyond the Deep Ethereal said unto Moira: 7:2 When thy work is complete, the final praise must be spoken aloud, and then shall ye again be returned to me and reward shared. 7:3 All praise the Old Voice, Yetsabu-Zabor, 7:4 The Astral nightmare, from beyond the Deep, 7:5 The black disk which has swallowed the light! 7:6 All praise the sable fire which burns all! 7:7 And the darkness shall swallow the darkness.