Ghyll:Grephthosthenes - Revision history

Morbus Iff: Reverted edit of Zdemfl, changed back to last version by MorbusIff

2006-02-28T05:19:44Z

Reverted edit of Zdemfl, changed back to last version by MorbusIff

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Morbus Iff: Fixing links to point to Iganefta-on-the-Sea.

2005-07-27T00:02:29Z

Fixing links to point to Iganefta-on-the-Sea.

Morbus Iff: Minor correction in the spelling of Grephthosthenes.

2005-07-06T00:48:02Z

Minor correction in the spelling of Grephthosthenes.

Morbus Iff: Correcting my own typo. Stupid buggers.

2005-07-06T00:34:15Z

Correcting my own typo. Stupid buggers.

Morbus Iff: Actually, keep date the same, but remove "one year before..."

2005-07-06T00:28:28Z

Actually, keep date the same, but remove "one year before..."

Morbus Iff: Fixing date for when the first stein was mentioned.

2005-07-06T00:27:14Z

Fixing date for when the first stein was mentioned.

Morbus Iff: Editing. It's Tuesday. I'm late.

2005-07-06T00:23:48Z

Editing. It's Tuesday. I'm late.

Jcowan: /* It is written */ Copy editing

2005-07-01T12:26:55Z

It is written: Copy editing

Ilowe: /* Scribblings on paper */

2005-06-30T06:07:08Z

Scribblings on paper

Ilowe: Update to final verse with correction from new manuscripts

2005-06-30T06:06:41Z

Update to final verse with correction from new manuscripts

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-[...] I know you have been researching the giant's life (specifically with regards to the stein that old Quezlar cooked up) and thought that the article I found in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] might interest you. Last week a team of researchers (belonging to The Society for Recovering What Used to be Yours - a group dedicated to easing the suffering of the recently departed) found a distinct depression in the countryside just north of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea. After being suitably medicated, one admitted that he had been "feeling a bit poorly" since arriving at the site "late Wednesday last". Further investigation (which you know I love since our family has always had an interest in these kinds of things) located a small crypt wherein we were pleased to find a handle that looks like it may have belonged to Grephthosthenes' stein. At your leisure, I would like to show you this artefact and have you confirm it's validity.
+[...] I know you have been researching the giant's life (specifically with regards to the stein that old Quezlar cooked up) and thought that the article I found in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] might interest you. Last week a team of researchers (belonging to The Society for Recovering What Used to be Yours - a group dedicated to easing the suffering of the recently departed) found a distinct depression in the countryside just north of [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]]. After being suitably medicated, one admitted that he had been "feeling a bit poorly" since arriving at the site "late Wednesday last". Further investigation (which you know I love since our family has always had an interest in these kinds of things) located a small crypt wherein we were pleased to find a handle that looks like it may have belonged to Grephthosthenes' stein. At your leisure, I would like to show you this artefact and have you confirm it's validity.
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-[...] I know you have been researching the giant's life (specifically with regards to the stein that old Quezlar cooked up) and thought that the article I found in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] might interest you. Last week a team of researchers (belonging to The Society for Recovering What Used to be Yours - a group dedicated to easing the suffering of the recently departed) found a distinct depression in the countryside just north of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea. After being suitably medicated, one admitted that he had been "feeling a bit poorly" since arriving at the site "late Wednesday last". Further investigation (which you know I love since our family has always had an interest in these kinds of things) located a small crypt wherein we were pleased to find a handle that looks like it may have belonged to Grephsthothenes' stein. At your leisure, I would like to show you this artefact and have you confirm it's validity.
+[...] I know you have been researching the giant's life (specifically with regards to the stein that old Quezlar cooked up) and thought that the article I found in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] might interest you. Last week a team of researchers (belonging to The Society for Recovering What Used to be Yours - a group dedicated to easing the suffering of the recently departed) found a distinct depression in the countryside just north of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea. After being suitably medicated, one admitted that he had been "feeling a bit poorly" since arriving at the site "late Wednesday last". Further investigation (which you know I love since our family has always had an interest in these kinds of things) located a small crypt wherein we were pleased to find a handle that looks like it may have belonged to Grephthosthenes' stein. At your leisure, I would like to show you this artefact and have you confirm it's validity.
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-Some intermediate lines were missing at this point and this author believes there may have been as many as 20 tp 30 of them. Fortunately, the lines continue as follows.
+Some intermediate lines were missing at this point and this author believes there may have been as many as 20 to 30 of them. Fortunately, the lines continue as follows.
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 __TOC__
-'''Grephthosthenes''' is a well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology to all those who inhabit any of the myriad lands where the shaky, scattered and sometimes downright neurotically inclined [[Quezlar family]] can be said to have made their mark. Since X R Quezlar spoke about the famous stein at the opening of the company picnic in -170 [[EC]] (one year before his son Rhajoon took over the management of [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]]'s finances) it has been referred to repeatedly in [[Fefferberry Folklore]] as well as in the numerous anthologies of fairy tales produced by Archimetres and Troy - owners of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals - who thought it was a fairy '''tail'''. Although many people question its actual existence (not to mention its importance), this author has recently uncovered new evidence that leads to the inevitable conclusion that the clinically insane might be "onto something" (as opposed to "on something" which is a well-known and un-repudiated fact).
+'''Grephthosthenes''' is a well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology to all those who inhabit any of the myriad lands where the shaky, scattered and sometimes downright neurotically inclined [[Quezlar family]] can be said to have made their mark. Since X R Quezlar spoke about the famous stein at the opening of the company picnic in -188 [[EC]], it has been referred to repeatedly in [[Fefferberry Folklore]] as well as in the numerous anthologies of fairy tales produced by Archimetres and Troy - owners of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals - who thought it was a fairy '''tail'''. Although many people question its actual existence (not to mention its importance), this author has recently uncovered new evidence that leads to the inevitable conclusion that the clinically insane might be "onto something" (as opposed to "on something" which is a well-known and un-repudiated fact).
 ==Tripartite Evidence==

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-'''Grephthosthenes''' is a well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology to all those who inhabit any of the myriad lands where the shaky, scattered and sometimes downright neurotically inclined [[Quezlar family]] can be said to have made their mark. Since X R Quezlar spoke about the famous stein at the opening of the company picnic in -188 [[EC]] (one year before his son Rhajoon took over the management of [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]]'s finances) it has been referred to repeatedly in [[Fefferberry Folklore]] as well as in the numerous anthologies of fairy tales produced by Archimetres and Troy - owners of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals - who thought it was a fairy '''tail'''. Although many people question its actual existence (not to mention its importance), this author has recently uncovered new evidence that leads to the inevitable conclusion that the clinically insane might be "onto something" (as opposed to "on something" which is a well-known and un-repudiated fact).
+'''Grephthosthenes''' is a well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology to all those who inhabit any of the myriad lands where the shaky, scattered and sometimes downright neurotically inclined [[Quezlar family]] can be said to have made their mark. Since X R Quezlar spoke about the famous stein at the opening of the company picnic in -170 [[EC]] (one year before his son Rhajoon took over the management of [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]]'s finances) it has been referred to repeatedly in [[Fefferberry Folklore]] as well as in the numerous anthologies of fairy tales produced by Archimetres and Troy - owners of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals - who thought it was a fairy '''tail'''. Although many people question its actual existence (not to mention its importance), this author has recently uncovered new evidence that leads to the inevitable conclusion that the clinically insane might be "onto something" (as opposed to "on something" which is a well-known and un-repudiated fact).
 ==Tripartite Evidence==

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-==Introduction==
+'''Grephthosthenes''' is a well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology to all those who inhabit any of the myriad lands where the shaky, scattered and sometimes downright neurotically inclined [[Quezlar family]] can be said to have made their mark. Since X R Quezlar spoke about the famous stein at the opening of the company picnic in -188 [[EC]] (one year before his son Rhajoon took over the management of [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]]'s finances) it has been referred to repeatedly in [[Fefferberry Folklore]] as well as in the numerous anthologies of fairy tales produced by Archimetres and Troy - owners of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals - who thought it was a fairy '''tail'''. Although many people question its actual existence (not to mention its importance), this author has recently uncovered new evidence that leads to the inevitable conclusion that the clinically insane might be "onto something" (as opposed to "on something" which is a well-known and un-repudiated fact).
 ==Tripartite Evidence==
-===It is written===
+In -185 [[EC]], a little-known archeologist (i.e. grave robber) called Maxilla von Sims found several articles at one of her smaller digs (i.e. a cheap job that really should have been done by somebody else). One of the items happened to be a hat which, although disintegrated to a point where it was almost unrecognizable as such, still had the remnants of an off-green feather stuck in a narrow yellowish band along which the words "Ey wer kilt bi Grefosth" were written in a crude handwriting. This author made contact with Rubella von Sims (the only descendant of Maxilla who actually stuck around long enough to be registered as a local citizen) and recovered some scraps of the hat. Upon greater study it is possible to assert (though not confirm) that the handwriting is in fact '''not''' that of a giant. It is believed that the inscription was made by one of the giant's prisoners in an attempt to market the huge individual's unique talent: bopping somebody over the head so hard they never get up.
 Indeed, it would seem that the writer was trying to write "I was killed by Grephthosthenes" and ran out of space, time, or both before the work could be completed. In and of itself then, the hat lends only a small amount of credence to old X R's rantings.
-Further research into the archives at the [[Iganefta Recorder]] from the late 80's and early 90's shows, however, that there were two individuals communicating via a set of letters published under the names Grephthosthenes and Sock. The letters indicated a supreme displeasure with the current state of affairs in the political milieu of Ghyllian theatre. Although Sock seemed to be more measured in his letters, Grephthosthenes' letters were often filled with polemic and ruffled many feathers after publication. It is this scholar's belief that the letters included in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] were not, in fact, written by the original Grephthosthenes but that the name had been adopted by an anonymous (or more technically pseudonymous) detractor of the [[Quezlar family]].
+Further research into the archives at the [[Iganefta Recorder]] from the late 80s and early 90s shows, however, that there were two individuals communicating via a set of letters published under the names Grephthosthenes and Sock. The letters indicated a supreme displeasure with the current state of affairs in the political milieu of Ghyllian theatre. Although Sock seemed to be more measured in his letters, Grephthosthenes' letters were often filled with polemic and ruffled many feathers after publication. It is this scholar's belief that the letters included in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] were not, in fact, written by the original Grephthosthenes but that the name had been adopted by an anonymous (or more technically pseudonymous) detractor of the [[Quezlar family]].
 The letters stopped scant months after X R was sent away, which led experts to believe that there might have been a plot to de-throne the leaders of [[Quezlar's Quaff Inc.]] that had been foiled by the swift action of young Rhajoon.
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 ===Scribblings on paper===
-It was in the fall of last year that this author uncovered the following set of lines (some incomplete) that speak for themselves on the subject of the mighty Grephthosthenes. It must be said however that since the Quezlar family has many resources and many friends that, not unlike certain objects of a receptacular persuasion, these lines may have been created, commissioned or at the very least not hidden by some member of that illustrious brood.
+It was in the fall of last year that this author uncovered the following set of lines (some incomplete) that speak for themselves on the subject of the mighty Grephthosthenes. It must be said however that since the [[Quezlar family]] has many resources and many friends that, not unlike certain objects of a receptacular persuasion, these lines may have been created, commissioned or at the very least not hidden by some member of that illustrious brood.
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-Some intermediate lines were missing at this point and this author believes there may have been as many as 20-30 of them. Fortunately, the lines continue as follows.
+Some intermediate lines were missing at this point and this author believes there may have been as many as 20 tp 30 of them. Fortunately, the lines continue as follows.
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-The rest of the lines were obscured by what appeared to be the remnants of a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich no doubt left as a placeholder in the book by some long-forgotten librarian. There is however one last section of verse that runs
+The rest of the lines were obscured by what appeared to be the remnants of a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich no doubt left as a placeholder in the book by some long-forgotten librarian. There is however one last section of verse that runs:
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-From these last few lines we can see that there was definitely at least one eye-witness account of the giant's existence. Unfortunately the original author was listed as [[Kifomyria Altos]], a slightly loose (in many senses of the word) poet who was rumored to have wintered with X R in -185 [[EC]] after a small incident with a burning town in the northwest forced him to adopt a more ambulatory lifestyle. Whether X R left his mark on Altos or vice versa is unknown at this time.
+From these last few lines we can see that there was definitely at least one eye-witness account of the giant's existence. Unfortunately the original author was listed as Kifomyria Altos, a slightly loose (in many senses of the word) poet who was rumored to have wintered with X R in -185 [[EC]] after a small incident with a burning town in the northwest forced him to adopt a more ambulatory lifestyle. Whether X R left his mark on Altos or vice versa is unknown at this time.
 ===The last straw===
-The final piece of evidence came two months ago in a letter from a trusted source an excerpt of which is published here:
+The final piece of evidence came two months ago in a letter from a trusted source, an excerpt of which is published here:
 <blockquote>
-[...] I know you have been researching the giant's life (specifically with regards to the stein that old Quezlar cooked up) and thought that the article I found in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] might interest you. Last week a team of researchers (belonging to [[The Society for Recovering What Used to be Yours]] - a group dedicated to easing the suffering of the recently departed) found a distinct depression in the countryside just north of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea. After being suitably medicated, one admitted that he had been "feeling a bit poorly" since arriving at the site "late Wednesday last". Further investigation (which you know I love since our family has always had an interest in these kinds of things) located a small crypt wherein we were pleased to find a handle that looks like it may have belonged to Grephsthothenes' stein. At your leisure, I would like to show you this artefact and have you confirm it's validity.
+[...] I know you have been researching the giant's life (specifically with regards to the stein that old Quezlar cooked up) and thought that the article I found in the [[Iganefta Recorder]] might interest you. Last week a team of researchers (belonging to The Society for Recovering What Used to be Yours - a group dedicated to easing the suffering of the recently departed) found a distinct depression in the countryside just north of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea. After being suitably medicated, one admitted that he had been "feeling a bit poorly" since arriving at the site "late Wednesday last". Further investigation (which you know I love since our family has always had an interest in these kinds of things) located a small crypt wherein we were pleased to find a handle that looks like it may have belonged to Grephsthothenes' stein. At your leisure, I would like to show you this artefact and have you confirm it's validity.
 </blockquote>
-And so on and so forth. Upon examination, the handle proved to be from about the same period (around -183 [[EC]] or so) and may actually have been transported some not inconsiderable distance by chariot (since several markings in the handle indicate it was pressed up against a weapon made by [name withheld] for some time). It would appear (if this author's dating procedures were not tampered with) that the creation of the stein from which this handle was pulled coincided very neatly with the acquisition and subsequent closing of [[Hallerman's Chaws & Straws]] (a small family business that had produced chewing tobacco and drinking straws for years) by the [[Quezlar family]] empire just prior to X R's taking over.
+And so on and so forth. Upon examination, the handle proved to be from about the same period (around -183 [[EC]] or so) and may actually have been transported some not inconsiderable distance by chariot (since several markings in the handle indicate it was pressed up against a weapon made by [name withheld] for some time). It would appear (if this author's dating procedures were not tampered with) that the creation of the stein from which this handle was pulled coincided very neatly with the acquisition and subsequent closing of Hallerman's Chaws & Straws (a small family business that had produced chewing tobacco and drinking straws for years) by the [[Quezlar family]] empire just prior to X R's taking over.
-==Conclusion & Further research==
+==Conclusion & further research==
-Although it may be difficult to say whether or not this mythical creature ever existed a few things can be said for certain: first, that X R may have been loony but he was not alone in the bin. Second, that a stein not unlike the one uncovered by our source was built by Rhajoon Quezlar in an attempt to give weight to the words of a madman. Third, that the [[Quezlar family]] and Grephthosthenes' legend are well and truly intertwined; so much so, in fact, that Rhajoon mentions the giant not once, nor twice but three times in certain versions of [[Fefferberry Folklore]] (although more modern versions have changed the third reference to "an unforgettable event by an unwanted child").
+Although it may be difficult to say whether or not this mythical creature ever existed, a few things can be said for certain: first, that X R may have been loony but he was not alone in the bin. Second, that a stein not unlike the one uncovered by our source was built by Rhajoon Quezlar in an attempt to give weight to the words of a madman. Third, that the [[Quezlar family]] and Grephthosthenes' legend are well and truly intertwined; so much so, in fact, that Rhajoon mentions the giant not once, nor twice but three times in certain versions of [[Fefferberry Folklore]] (although more modern versions have changed the third reference to "an unforgettable event by an unwanted child").
 Further research is needed into whether or not the original stein ''was'' in existence at the time that Altos and X R claim to have known about it. It is also incumbent on the astute archivist or journalist to ascertain whether there is an ongoing plot on the part of the Quezlars to modify the collective memory of the citizens of Ghyll through works of fact and fiction. The idea that the stein may have been fashioned, broken and buried for later retrieval is not one that should be put past the masterminds at the head of what may be one of the greater families of our time (and many others). Indeed, it should be conceivable at this point that many artefacts have in fact been planted and that the absolute influence of the Quezlars on the artistic, musical and theatrical may have begun to corrupt absolutely.
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 Finally, it is important to note that the research we have done seems to indicate that, on the whole, giants are of a sweet and gentle temperament; and that excepting the hat (whose creator may or may not have had any direct contact with Grephthosthenes) the evidence does not support the theory that there was a huge battle between X R and Grephthosthenes. So, at best the whole thing may have been a case of mistaken hyperbole and at worst an out and out lie.
-'''Citations''': [[Quezlar family]], [[Iganefta Recorder]], [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]]
+'''Citations''': [[Iganefta Recorder]], [[Quezlar family]], [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]].
 --[[User:Ilowe|Iain Lowe]] 18:26, 28 Jun 2005 (EDT)

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 <br />Left him to play in the night and cool breeze
 <br />How could any small man try to shoulder the mantle
-<br />Of the being that I found inside Grephthosthenes
+<br />Of the being I found inside Grephthosthenes
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