You seek the Runelore, the All-Father's great gifting. Seek no more!
- Tell me about Rune Casters.
Harken now to the words of Egil Erglandisson, Thane of the Hjaldikar, blood of Eglador, the greatest living Rune Caster of the Northmen. Hear you, and learn, and always remember.
"The word that is written is never forgotten,
the name that is graven in stone lives forever.
Man's name holds his wyrd: his soul, fate, and nature,
all words are but names for the things of the world.
Look at the runes: the All-Father's great gifting,
the treasure he wrought for the Northmen, his children.
word or a name is the thing that it stands for:
here is the magic -- this is the great wisdom.
Carved true by the crafter, our names are immortal.
So we live forever, the runes make us as Gods.
But listen to wisdom, you who would learn true rune making:
remember that this is the least of their power.
Ye shall find runes and signs to read, signs most mighty, signs so strong,
Which the Soothsayer colored, the All-Father made, and the Old Ones carved.
"Do ye know how they should be carved?
Do ye know how they should be read?
Do ye know how they should be colored?"
The runes are the All-Father's greatest gift to his children, and the key to the power of Making and Unmaking. Any man may write his name upon a stone or shield, but only a Rune Caster can bring forth the primal power of these ancient signs, the power to shape yourself and the world. All of the lesser magics of the weak men of the South have grown from the runes -- the sigils of the sorcerers, the formulae of the alchemists, and the terrigan marks of the shapers are all corrupted shadows of the All-Father's Runes, the signs of power. Soon, apprentice, you will learn the runes, and the secrets of talismans, redes, and shaping.
Know that only the lesser men of the South draw signs of power on paper, parchment, or vellum. Runes drawn on these will be no more than letters. Likewise, some believe that sign drawn in chalk or charcoal will hold the power of Making and Unmaking -- they are wrong. Carve your runes onto talismans that are of the earth: stone, clay, bone, wood, or even the flesh of the runecaster. A drawn sign is not enough -- the rune must be scratched, cut, ground, or chiseled into the talisman. Your will must change the substance of the talisman in order for the magic of the sign to change the substance of the world.
The carving of runes and the singing of redes is an art that can be mastered quickly by one with the knack, but there are many higher secrets known only to master shapers. Learn then, rune caster, how to make your rune castings more potent. As iron is the bane of magic, never use a tool of iron to carve a rune, save in the direst emergency. Carve with sharpened awls of bone or wood, and save an iron chisel for only the hardest stone. Also, as the All-Father carved the Weltwyrdangssaga in the night before the first dawn, runes carved by moon and starlight work truer than runes carved by sun. And just as the Serpent's wisdom came to the All-Father through the wound in his left hand, any rune caster who can learn to carve runes true and straight with their left hand only will find their craft made much more potent.
As you work your runes, you act as the All-Father himself, shaping and turning the destiny of the world. It is a high calling, and a great burden. Use the power of the runes well, and always remember -- your fate and the fate of every man and beast was carved long ago in the Weltwyrdangssaga, and it will never change. Be wise, therefore, and strong, and never be afraid.
- - How can do become a Rune Caster?
The skalds of the North still sing of how Cuthric Grimskold won the Runelore and brought it to the lands of Men. Cuthric the Clever stole the secrets of Making and Unmaking from Ymur the Old, first king of the Giants. If you would be a Runecaster, you must walk Cuthric's path -- seek ye Mimmur One-Eyed, a mighty Giant wise in the ways of power. His blood shall anoint you, and Mimmur's death shall be your rebirth.
- Train discipline: Rune Caster
- Done
全父からの貴重な賜物である、ルーン伝承を求めているのか。それ以上は求めるな。
ルーンキャスターについて話してください。
どうすればルーンキャスターになれますか。
北方のスカルドたちは、現在まで歌い続けてきた。クトリク・グリムスコルドが、どのようにルーン伝承を獲得し、ヒトの土地へもちこんだのかを。策士クトリクは、生滅の諸秘奥を、ジャイアントたちがもった最初の王である、古老ユムルから盗んだ。
ルーンキャスターになりたいのであれば、クトリクと同じ道を歩かなければならない。力の諸手段における強力なジャイアントの賢者である、ミムル・ワンアイドを探し出せ。ミムルの血をおまえに塗れば、かれの死がおまえを再生させるだろう。
分野の訓練を行う：ルーンキャスター
終了
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用語一覧
く：クトリク［策士］（Cuthric the Clever）、クトリク・グリムスコルド（Cuthric Grimskold）
し：ジャイアント（Giant）、生滅（Making and Unmaking）
す：スカルド（skald）
せ：全父（All-Father）
ひ：ヒト（Man）
ほ：北方（North）
み：ミムル・ワンアイド（Mimmur One-Eyed）
ゆ：ユムル［古老］（Ymur the Old）
る：ルーンキャスター（Rune Caster）、ルーン伝承（Runelore）
