Ghyll:Loremasters - Revision history

Nikos of Ant: scholarly comment

2005-08-18T14:59:33Z

scholarly comment

Lady Aleksandra Quininery: Rather not, I should say.

2005-08-17T15:30:38Z

Rather not, I should say.

Morbus Iff: Good eveni... nevermind. It's not.

2005-08-15T23:03:37Z

Good eveni... nevermind. It's not.

Jcowan: Scholarly comment

2005-08-14T18:35:24Z

Scholarly comment

Jcowan: Misspellings

2005-08-14T17:13:00Z

Misspellings

Lady Aleksandra Quininery: /* The Occupation */ spelling!

2005-08-14T01:07:32Z

The Occupation: spelling!

Lady Aleksandra Quininery: postage!

2005-08-13T02:01:26Z

postage!

Lady Aleksandra Quininery: dibdibdib

2005-08-11T18:14:24Z

dibdibdib

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dibs! (better late than never) --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]] 14:14, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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	:My ''dear'' Mr. Cowan: I do beg to differ. What we have here is not a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], but rather a little joke ''on'' him. I have it on good authority that the "Isty Bitsy Burnfly" and even "All Around the [[Pziqq trees\|Pziqq Tree]]" were indeed passed down to us by the [[Nitenmangrey]]; the infamously gullible [[Oblibestircus]] was simply the victim of [[Grommies\|Lufford Grommie's]] mischeivious sense of humor. --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 11:30, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)		:My ''dear'' Mr. Cowan: I do beg to differ. What we have here is not a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], but rather a little joke ''on'' him. I have it on good authority that the "Isty Bitsy Burnfly" and even "All Around the [[Pziqq trees\|Pziqq Tree]]" were indeed passed down to us by the [[Nitenmangrey]]; the infamously gullible [[Oblibestircus]] was simply the victim of [[Grommies\|Lufford Grommie's]] mischeivious sense of humor. --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 11:30, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)
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		+	:Oh, the confusion! I have information, fellow scholars, that the "Isty Bitsy Burnfly" is a ''modern'' degeneration of the so-called "K'No Partial" which, though old, is nowhere near as old as the [[Nitenmangrey]]. And though I am no researcher into [[Oblibestircus]] nor his sense of humor, I would say that any ancient reference to the ''Isty Bitsy'' cannot hold up! What follows is the translation by Crocus of the ''Partial'':
		+	<blockquote> ...and lo! the rain down dropt
		+	<br />and whoa! the rain up spout'd
		+	<br />and K'No, he called and yelled and <''unreadable''>
		+	<br />but the rain, down and up
		+	<br />and it was <''untranslatable''> full...
		+	</blockquote>
		+	:--[[User:Nikos of Ant\|Nikos of Ant]] 10:59, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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	Fie, fie, Lady A! That decipherment has long since been exposed as a work of the most bogus bogosity. What we have here is just a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], an attempt to fool scholars by attributing the well known nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Burnfly" to the [[Nitenmangrey]]. --[[User:Jcowan\|John Cowan]] 14:35, 14 Aug 2005 (EDT)		Fie, fie, Lady A! That decipherment has long since been exposed as a work of the most bogus bogosity. What we have here is just a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], an attempt to fool scholars by attributing the well known nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Burnfly" to the [[Nitenmangrey]]. --[[User:Jcowan\|John Cowan]] 14:35, 14 Aug 2005 (EDT)
		+
		+	:My ''dear'' Mr. Cowan: I do beg to differ. What we have here is not a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], but rather a little joke ''on'' him. I have it on good authority that the "Isty Bitsy Burnfly" and even "All Around the [[Pziqq trees\|Pziqq Tree]]" were indeed passed down to us by the [[Nitenmangrey]]; the infamously gullible [[Oblibestircus]] was simply the victim of [[Grommies\|Lufford Grommie's]] mischeivious sense of humor. --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 11:30, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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-It is not difficult to become a '''loremaster''', and yet the occupation remains one of the least practiced in modern-day Ghyll.  Such was not always the case -- in ancient times, loremasters were among the most respected members of society, second only to the [[Hive-Lord]]s in prestige.  Alas, with the development of the wide variety of scholarly techniques and institutions the tradional loremaster is fast becoming an extinct [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy|Specious genies]].
+It is not difficult to become a '''loremaster''', and yet the occupation remains one of the least practiced in modern-day Ghyll. Such was not always the case -- in ancient times, loremasters were among the most respected members of society, second only to the [[Hive-Lord]]s in prestige. Alas, with the development of the wide variety of scholarly techniques and institutions, the tradional loremaster is fast becoming an extinct [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy|Specious genies]].
 ==The Occupation==
-Legends.  Myths.  [[Wive's tale]]s (and recently, divorcee's tales).  For all these the loremasters are responsible. Traditionally, a tribe or town's loremaster maintains the group's collective memory.  While important events and folklore were originally passed down orally from loremaster to loremaster in the form of epic poems.  In -573 [[EC]], however, the loremasters of [[Iganefta]] began to supplement the oral tradition with written records.  Although this break with the past initially met with resistance, villages soon found it was impossible to fill vacant positions without accepting the new practice.  Today, even among the most backwords villages of [[Jorvyll]], the practice is widespread.
+Legends. Myths. [[Wive's tale]]s (and recently, divorcee's tales). For all these the loremasters are responsible. Traditionally, a tribe or town's loremaster maintains the group's collective memory. Important events and folklore were originally passed down orally from loremaster to loremaster in the form of epic poems. In -573 [[EC]], however, the loremasters of [[Iganefta]] began to supplement the oral tradition with written records. Although this break with the past initially met with resistance, villages soon found it impossible to fill vacant positions without accepting the new practice. Today, even among the most backwards villages of [[Jorvyll]], the practice is widespread.
-In addition to their record-keeping, the loremasters also have minor ceremonial roles in [[Calends Gala]] celebrations and serve as official advisors to the [[Hive-Lord|hive-lord]].  The loremasters of a village also meet bimensually in order to share information and add it to the collective memory.
+In addition to their record-keeping, the loremasters also have minor ceremonial roles in [[Calends Gala]] celebrations and serve as official advisors to the [[Hive-Lord]]s. The loremasters of a village also meet bimensually in order to share information and add it to the collective memory.
-The process of becoming a loremaster is extremely simple:  the candidate merely approaches the current loremasters at one of the official meetings and announces his candidacy.  No special qualifications are necessary.  It is merely required that the candidate show an interest in the village and its lore.  Nevertheless, the position has a high turn-over rate.  The work is mentally rather strenuous, and many candidates find that constantly taking note of everything that happens is more arduous than manual labor.  What's more, the presitige of the position has recently declined, as many view the institution to be outdated and unreliable as compared to the nascent academia.
+The process of becoming a loremaster is extremely simple: the candidate merely approaches the current loremasters at one of the official meetings and announces his candidacy. No special qualifications are necessary. It is merely required that the candidate show an interest in the village and its lore. Nevertheless, the position has a high turn-over rate. The work is mentally rather strenuous, and many candidates find that constantly taking note of everything that happens is more arduous than manual labor. What's more, the prestige of the position has recently declined, as many view the institution to be outdated and unreliable as compared to the nascent academia.
 ==Loremasters through the Ages==
-The first record of what seem to be proto-loremasters dates from the Nitenmangrey era.  Several ancient scrolls unearthed near the the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Primus]] indicate that a crucial part of every official ceremony was the recitation and recording of the event by a group of three people known as the ''imen.'' One such reference is in a fragment of an epic poem thought to be in honor of [[Theoarcheology|#47]]:
+The first record of what seem to be proto-loremasters dates from the [[Nitenmangrey]] era. Several ancient scrolls unearthed near the the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Primus]] indicate that a crucial part of every official ceremony was the recitation and recording of the event by a group of three people known as the ''imen.'' One such reference is in a fragment of an epic poem thought to be in honor of [[Theoarcheology|#47]]:
 <blockquote> ...and lo! the rain came down
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 </blockquote>
-The first explicit mention of loremasters by that name is in ''Travelling the Dagger Seas'' by [[Kebonston Lefkrane]], in which he translates the [[Nitenmangrey]] term ''imen'' to the Ancient Extremely Unorthodox Ghyllian "lörmaestro."  After this reference, the term shows up, with various spellings, in the works of [[Algothequinas]], [[Arariax]] and other prominent poets.
+The first explicit mention of loremasters by that name is in ''Travelling the Dagger Seas'' by [[Kebonston Lefkrane]], in which he translates the [[Nitenmangrey]] term ''imen'' to the Ancient Extremely Unorthodox Ghyllian "lörmaestro." After this reference, the term shows up, with various spellings, in the works of [[Algothequinas]], [[Arariax]] and other prominent poets.
-Although it appears that with the arrival of the [[Budgerigar Master]] in limited the need for loremasters in the later decades of the [[Nitenmangrey]] era, at least in the high court, most towns did not have ready access to a [[Ziggurat Scrolls|Traveling Budgerigar]].  While the competition eroded some of the prestige of the profession, loremasters continued to be the key source of collective memory for Ghyllians the [[Orthogonality]] over.
+Although it appears that the arrival of the [[Budgerigar Master]] limited the need for loremasters in the later decades of the [[Nitenmangrey]] era, at least in the high court, most towns did not have ready access to a [[Ziggurat Scrolls|Traveling Budgerigar]]. While the competition eroded some of the prestige of the profession, loremasters continued to be the key source of collective memory for Ghyllians the [[orthogonality]] over.
-In the last several centuries, however, the number of practicing loremasters in Ghyll has sharply declined.  Scholars attribute this drop off too the rise of their own craft.  The rising literacy rate and the concurrent establishment of organizations designed to preserve the knowledge in the written form -- witness the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], the [[Odlucian Library]], and even the [[Cranee Historical Society]]. Ironically enough, the vanishing of this ancient craft has lately been subject of a heated polemic in [[Quester and Phorrus]], during the course of which at least one scholar (who shall remain nameless) even attributed the phenomenon to "the feckless factmongering of the sacreligious so-called "scholars" behind the Ghyllian Encyclopedia."  Needless to say, the planned entry on the work of said scholar was immediately stricken from the book.
+In the last several centuries, however, the number of practicing loremasters in Ghyll has sharply declined. Scholars attribute this drop off to the rise of their own craft, as well as the rising literacy rate and the concurrent establishment of organizations designed to preserve the knowledge in the written form -- witness the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], the [[Odlucian Library]], and even the [[Cranee Historical Society]]. Ironically enough, the vanishing of this ancient craft has lately been subject of a heated polemic in [[Quester and Phorrus]], during the course of which at least one scholar (who shall remain nameless) even attributed the phenomenon to "the feckless factmongering of the sacreligious so-called "scholars" behind the Ghyll Encyclopedia." Needless to say, the planned entry on the work of said scholar was immediately stricken from the book.
-Citations: [[Algothequinas]], [[Hive-Lord]], [[Wive's Tale]]
+'''Citations''': [[Algothequinas]], [[Hive-Lord]], [[Wive's tale]].
-[[Category: People]]
+--[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]] 22:01, 12 Aug 2005 (EDT)
---[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]] 22:01, 12 Aug 2005 (EDT)
+[[Category:People]]
 ----
-Fie, fie, Lady A!  That decipherment has long since been exposed as a work of the most bogus bogosity.  What we have here is just a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], an attempt to fool scholars by attributing the well known nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Burnfly" to the Nitenmangrey.  --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 14:35, 14 Aug 2005 (EDT)
+Fie, fie, Lady A!  That decipherment has long since been exposed as a work of the most bogus bogosity.  What we have here is just a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], an attempt to fool scholars by attributing the well known nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Burnfly" to the [[Nitenmangrey]].  --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 14:35, 14 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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	--[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 22:01, 12 Aug 2005 (EDT)		--[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 22:01, 12 Aug 2005 (EDT)
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		+	----
		+
		+	Fie, fie, Lady A! That decipherment has long since been exposed as a work of the most bogus bogosity. What we have here is just a little joke by [[Oblibestircus]], an attempt to fool scholars by attributing the well known nursery rhyme "Itsy Bitsy Burnfly" to the Nitenmangrey. --[[User:Jcowan\|John Cowan]] 14:35, 14 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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 ==The Occupation==
-Legends.  Myths.  [[Wive's tale]]s (and recently, divorcee's tales).  For all these the loremasters are responsible. Traditionally, a tribe or town's loremaster maintains the group's collective memory.  While important events and folklore were originally passed down orally from loremaster to loremaster in the form of epic poems.  In -573 [[EC]], however, the loremasters of [[Iganefta]] began to supplement the oral tradition with written records.  Although this break with the past initially met with resistence, villages soon found it was impossible to fill vacant positions without accepting the new practice.  Today, even among the most backwords villages of [[Jorvyll]], the practice is widespread.
+Legends.  Myths.  [[Wive's tale]]s (and recently, divorcee's tales).  For all these the loremasters are responsible. Traditionally, a tribe or town's loremaster maintains the group's collective memory.  While important events and folklore were originally passed down orally from loremaster to loremaster in the form of epic poems.  In -573 [[EC]], however, the loremasters of [[Iganefta]] began to supplement the oral tradition with written records.  Although this break with the past initially met with resistance, villages soon found it was impossible to fill vacant positions without accepting the new practice.  Today, even among the most backwords villages of [[Jorvyll]], the practice is widespread.
 In addition to their record-keeping, the loremasters also have minor ceremonial roles in [[Calends Gala]] celebrations and serve as official advisors to the [[Hive-Lord|hive-lord]].  The loremasters of a village also meet bimensually in order to share information and add it to the collective memory.
-The process of becoming a loremaster is extremely simple:  the candidate merely approaches the current loremasters at one of the offical meetings and announces his candidacy.  No special qualifications are necessary.  It is merely required that the candidate show an interest in the village and its lore.  Nevertheless, the position has a high turn-over rate.  The work is mentally rather strenuous, and many candidates find that constantly taking note of everything that happens is more arduous than manual labor.  What's more, the presitige of the position has recently declined, as many view the institution to be outdated and unreliable as compared to the nascent academia.
+The process of becoming a loremaster is extremely simple:  the candidate merely approaches the current loremasters at one of the official meetings and announces his candidacy.  No special qualifications are necessary.  It is merely required that the candidate show an interest in the village and its lore.  Nevertheless, the position has a high turn-over rate.  The work is mentally rather strenuous, and many candidates find that constantly taking note of everything that happens is more arduous than manual labor.  What's more, the presitige of the position has recently declined, as many view the institution to be outdated and unreliable as compared to the nascent academia.
 ==Loremasters through the Ages==
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 The first explicit mention of loremasters by that name is in ''Travelling the Dagger Seas'' by [[Kebonston Lefkrane]], in which he translates the [[Nitenmangrey]] term ''imen'' to the Ancient Extremely Unorthodox Ghyllian "lörmaestro."  After this reference, the term shows up, with various spellings, in the works of [[Algothequinas]], [[Arariax]] and other prominent poets.
-Although it appears that with the arrival of the [[Budgerigar Master]] in limited the need for loremasters in the later decades of the [[Nitenmangrey]] era, at least in the high court, most towns did not have ready access to a [[Ziggurat Scrolls|Traveling Budgerigar]].  While the competition eroded some of the prestige of the profession, loremasters continued to be the key source of collective memory for Ghyllians the [[Orthagonality]] over.
+Although it appears that with the arrival of the [[Budgerigar Master]] in limited the need for loremasters in the later decades of the [[Nitenmangrey]] era, at least in the high court, most towns did not have ready access to a [[Ziggurat Scrolls|Traveling Budgerigar]].  While the competition eroded some of the prestige of the profession, loremasters continued to be the key source of collective memory for Ghyllians the [[Orthogonality]] over.
 In the last several centuries, however, the number of practicing loremasters in Ghyll has sharply declined.  Scholars attribute this drop off too the rise of their own craft.  The rising literacy rate and the concurrent establishment of organizations designed to preserve the knowledge in the written form -- witness the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], the [[Odlucian Library]], and even the [[Cranee Historical Society]]. Ironically enough, the vanishing of this ancient craft has lately been subject of a heated polemic in [[Quester and Phorrus]], during the course of which at least one scholar (who shall remain nameless) even attributed the phenomenon to "the feckless factmongering of the sacreligious so-called "scholars" behind the Ghyllian Encyclopedia."  Needless to say, the planned entry on the work of said scholar was immediately stricken from the book.

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−	~~dibs~~! (better ~~late~~ than ~~never~~) --[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 14:14, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT)	+	It is not difficult to become a '''loremaster''', and yet the occupation remains one of the least practiced in modern-day Ghyll. Such was not always the case -- in ancient times, loremasters were among the most respected members of society, second only to the [[Hive-Lord]]s in prestige. Alas, with the development of the wide variety of scholarly techniques and institutions the tradional loremaster is fast becoming an extinct [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy\|Specious genies]].
		+
		+	==The Occupation==
		+	Legends. Myths. [[Wive's tale]]s (and recently, divorcee's tales). For all these the loremasters are responsible. Traditionally, a tribe or town's loremaster maintains the group's collective memory. While important events and folklore were originally passed down orally from loremaster to loremaster in the form of epic poems. In -573 [[EC]], however, the loremasters of [[Iganefta]] began to supplement the oral tradition with written records. Although this break with the past initially met with resistence, villages soon found it was impossible to fill vacant positions without accepting the new practice. Today, even among the most backwords villages of [[Jorvyll]], the practice is widespread.
		+
		+	In addition to their record-keeping, the loremasters also have minor ceremonial roles in [[Calends Gala]] celebrations and serve as official advisors to the [[Hive-Lord\|hive-lord]]. The loremasters of a village also meet bimensually in order to share information and add it to the collective memory.
		+
		+	The process of becoming a loremaster is extremely simple: the candidate merely approaches the current loremasters at one of the offical meetings and announces his candidacy. No special qualifications are necessary. It is merely required that the candidate show an interest in the village and its lore. Nevertheless, the position has a high turn-over rate. The work is mentally rather strenuous, and many candidates find that constantly taking note of everything that happens is more arduous than manual labor. What's more, the presitige of the position has recently declined, as many view the insitution to be outdated and unreliable as compared to the nascent academia.
		+
		+	==Loremasters through the Ages==
		+	The first record of what seem to be proto-loremasters dates from the Nitenmangrey era. Several ancient scrolls unearthed near the the [[Dagger Seas\|Dagger Sea Primus]] indicate that a crucial part of every official ceremony was the recitation and recording of the event by a group of three people known as the ''imen.'' One such reference is in a fragment of an epic poem thought to be in honor of [[Theoarcheology\|#47]]:
		+
		+	<blockquote> ...and lo! the rain came down
		+	<br />and lo! the imen looked up
		+	<br />and lo! the imen sung their praises up
		+	<br />and down the rain
		+	<br />and it was at-least-moderately-tolerable-and-perhaps-better-than-most-days
		+	</blockquote>
		+
		+	The first explicit mention of loremasters by that name is in ''Travelling the Dagger Seas'' by [[Kebonston Lefkrane]], in which he translates the [[Nitenmangrey]] term ''imen'' to the Ancient Extremely Unorthodox Ghyllian "lörmaestro." After this reference, the term shows up, with various spellings, in the works of [[Algothequinas]], [[Arariax]] and other prominent poets.
		+
		+	Although it appears that with the arrival of the [[Budgerigar Master]] in limited the need for loremasters in the later decades of the [[Nitenmangrey]] era, at least in the high court, most towns did not have ready access to a [[Ziggurat Scrolls\|Traveling Budgerigar]]. While the competition eroded some of the prestige of the profession, loremasters continued to be the key source of collective memory for Ghyllians the [[Orthagonality]] over.
		+
		+	In the last several centuries, however, the number of practicing loremasters in Ghyll has sharply declined. Scholars attribute this drop off too the rise of their own craft. The rising literacy rate and the concurrent establishment of organizations designed to preserve the knowledge in the written form -- witness the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], the [[Odlucian Library]], and even the [[Cranee Historical Society]]. Ironically enough, the vanishing of this ancient craft has lately been subject of a heated polemic in [[Quester and Phorrus]], during the course of which at least one scholar (who shall remain nameless) even attributed the phenomenon to "the feckless factmongering of the sacreligious so-called "scholars" behind the Ghyllian Encyclopedia." Needless to say, the planned entry on the work of said scholar was immediately stricken from the book.
		+
		+	Citations: [[Algothequinas]], [[Hive-Lord]], [[Wive's Tale]]
		+
		+	[[Category: People]]
		+
		+	--[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery\|Lady Aleksandra]] 22:01, 12 Aug 2005 (EDT)