Ghyll:Raking - Revision history

Morbus Iff: Linkifying Pachyderms.

2005-09-09T14:06:25Z

Linkifying Pachyderms.

Jcowan: Linkifying

2005-08-12T14:18:24Z

Linkifying

Jcowan: Recategorizing

2005-03-02T03:17:53Z

Recategorizing

Morbus Iff: Bolding first mention, as per jcowan.

2005-02-14T15:26:10Z

Bolding first mention, as per jcowan.

Morbus Iff: Smoother flow for the conclusion. Just seemed to jump at ya.

2005-02-14T14:54:34Z

Smoother flow for the conclusion. Just seemed to jump at ya.

Morbus Iff: One sentence tweakery to reduce duplication.

2005-02-14T14:51:45Z

One sentence tweakery to reduce duplication.

Morbus Iff: Minor copyediting. Same old, same old Morbus junk.

2005-02-14T14:47:06Z

Minor copyediting. Same old, same old Morbus junk.

DrAckroyd: spelling

2005-02-06T00:48:46Z

spelling

DrAckroyd: First Draft

2005-02-06T00:34:42Z

First Draft

DrAckroyd: Random bits

2005-02-05T22:42:00Z

Random bits

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 At the time, Corvin Axehand of [[Stindersgrough]] had found some obscure fact about his lineage and sought to reestablish his birthright at [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] by meeting with the [[Grand Matriarch]] of the [[Carsokian]] Clan.  His discovery carried enough clout with her that he was allowed to move the stones to their new home (at great personal cost) amidst great hurrahs and celebration as a conquering hero.
-Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of pachyderm labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the [[lay public|public]].
+Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of [[pachyderm]] labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the [[lay public|public]].
 The [[Cranee Historical Society]] records the only element of information that might have precipitated such an alarmingly quick (and thorough) response:

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 This subject is a difficult one for most Ghyllians as it deals with a several terrible and uncomfortable times in our history.  This researcher has had to seek permission from the [[Hive-Lord]]s to proceed in his studies on this matter as it reveals several items of information that had been previously suppressed.
-That having been said, please do not continue to read this entry if you feel uncomfortable, nauseated, queasy or lightheaded.  Be aware that these events are portrayed here because of the need for encyclopedic completeness and accuracy, not from any need of the public to know the truth.  Feel free to return to your blissfully ignorant lives after reading this should such knowledge prove too disturbing.  Thank you. --[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] Tuesday, 8 Ikk, 0 [[EC]]
+That having been said, please do not continue to read this entry if you feel uncomfortable, nauseated, queasy or lightheaded.  Be aware that these events are portrayed here because of the need for encyclopedic completeness and accuracy, not from any need of the [[lay public|public]] to know the truth.  Feel free to return to your blissfully ignorant lives after reading this should such knowledge prove too disturbing.  Thank you. --[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] Tuesday, 8 Ikk, 0 [[EC]]
 ==Overview==
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 At the time, Corvin Axehand of [[Stindersgrough]] had found some obscure fact about his lineage and sought to reestablish his birthright at [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] by meeting with the [[Grand Matriarch]] of the [[Carsokian]] Clan.  His discovery carried enough clout with her that he was allowed to move the stones to their new home (at great personal cost) amidst great hurrahs and celebration as a conquering hero.
-Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of pachyderm labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the public.
+Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of pachyderm labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the [[lay public|public]].
 The [[Cranee Historical Society]] records the only element of information that might have precipitated such an alarmingly quick (and thorough) response:

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 The [[Hive-Lord]]s believe – rightly – that the act of learning is an awesome responsibility.  The search for knowledge is important to the survival of the Ghyllian race.  Without the constant and unending uprooting of the truth of the universe there can be no living with it.
-Occasionally, however, ugly truths creep into the communal knowledge.  These truths, while important to have uncovered, may need to be – for whatever reason – re-buried.  Burying truth can be a sensitive affair.  And so it has been the policy of the [[Hive-Lord]]s that, to completely bury a truth, one must obliterate any trail, evidence, marker, trace, or hint of its existence.  This act is called a Raking.
+Occasionally, however, ugly truths creep into the communal knowledge.  These truths, while important to have uncovered, may need to be – for whatever reason – re-buried.  Burying truth can be a sensitive affair.  And so it has been the policy of the [[Hive-Lord]]s that, to completely bury a truth, one must obliterate any trail, evidence, marker, trace, or hint of its existence.  This act is called a '''Raking'''.
 ==Rakings throughout History==

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 There are few Rakings that are referred to in public, much less discussed in detail.  However, the Raking of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] in -158 [[EC]] was so completely public that the surrounding press coverage of the event has made it an event unto itself.
-Corvin Axehand of [[Stindersgrough]] found some obscure fact about his lineage and sought to reestablish his birthright at [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] by meeting with the [[Grand Matriarch]] of the [[Carsokian]] Clan.  His discovery carried enough clout with her that he was allowed to move the stones to their new home (at great personal cost) amidst great hurrahs and celebration as a conquering hero.
+At the time, Corvin Axehand of [[Stindersgrough]] had found some obscure fact about his lineage and sought to reestablish his birthright at [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] by meeting with the [[Grand Matriarch]] of the [[Carsokian]] Clan.  His discovery carried enough clout with her that he was allowed to move the stones to their new home (at great personal cost) amidst great hurrahs and celebration as a conquering hero.
 Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of pachyderm labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the public.

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 Needless to say, the [[Hive-Lord]]s do not engage in direct action to accomplish a Raking.  The nature of the work requires that they use agents to accomplish the deed.  This means that only certain individuals, families, or organizations are entrusted with such duties.  It also means that such individuals are necessarily anonymous.
-I am ''advised'' to mention the fate of the second story librarian of the [[Charterhouse Collection]].  This individual was at one time entrusted with re-Raking the existence of a certain tome of formerly Raked knowledge that was subsequently un-Raked.  When he failed to perform such duties he was Raked himself and – most alarmingly – his entire family, name, and existence was Raked.
+I am ''advised'' to mention the fate of the second story librarian of the [[Charterhouse Collection]].  This individual was at one time entrusted with re-Raking the existence of a certain tome of formerly Raked knowledge that was subsequently un-Raked.  When he failed to perform such duties he was Raked himself and – most alarmingly – so too his entire family, name, and existence.
 ==''The'' Raking==

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-==Preface==
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 This subject is a difficult one for most Ghyllians as it deals with a several terrible and uncomfortable times in our history.  This researcher has had to seek permission from the [[Hive-Lord]]s to proceed in his studies on this matter as it reveals several items of information that had been previously suppressed.
-That having been said, please do not continue to read this entry in the Encyclopedia if you feel uncomfortable, nauseated, queasy or lightheaded.  Be aware that these events are portrayed here because of the need for completeness and accuracy in the Encyclopedia not from any need of the public to know the truth.  Feel free to return to your blissfully ignorant lives after reading this should such knowledge prove too disturbing.  Thank you. --[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] Tuesday, 8 Ikk, 0 [[EC]]
+That having been said, please do not continue to read this entry if you feel uncomfortable, nauseated, queasy or lightheaded.  Be aware that these events are portrayed here because of the need for encyclopedic completeness and accuracy, not from any need of the public to know the truth.  Feel free to return to your blissfully ignorant lives after reading this should such knowledge prove too disturbing.  Thank you. --[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] Tuesday, 8 Ikk, 0 [[EC]]
 ==Overview==
 The [[Hive-Lord]]s believe – rightly – that the act of learning is an awesome responsibility.  The search for knowledge is important to the survival of the Ghyllian race.  Without the constant and unending uprooting of the truth of the universe there can be no living with it.
-Occasionally, however, ugly truths creep into the communal knowledge.  These truths, while important to have uncovered, may need to be – for whatever reason – re-buried.  Burying truth can be a sensitive affair.  And so it has been the policy of the [[Hive-Lord]]s that to completely bury a truth one must obliterate any trail, evidence, marker, trace, or hint of its existence.  This act is called a Raking.
+Occasionally, however, ugly truths creep into the communal knowledge.  These truths, while important to have uncovered, may need to be – for whatever reason – re-buried.  Burying truth can be a sensitive affair.  And so it has been the policy of the [[Hive-Lord]]s that, to completely bury a truth, one must obliterate any trail, evidence, marker, trace, or hint of its existence.  This act is called a Raking.
 ==Rakings throughout History==
-It is difficult to mark specific Rakings because by their very nature, they are not discussed, recorded, or even noted in publicly available records.  Perhaps in the depths of the The [[Council for Quezlarian Research]] Knowledge Cache there are records but that is pure speculation (of a dangerous sort).
+It is difficult to mark specific Rakings because, by their very nature, they are not discussed, recorded, or even noted in publicly available records.  Perhaps in the depths of the the [[Council for Quezlarian Research]] Knowledge Cache, but that is pure speculation (of a dangerous sort). It is known that there have been Rakings of the details of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] and the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]].  Rakings prior to the formation of the [[Cranee Historical Society]] cannot be verified; facts prior to -200 [[EC]] are difficult to regard as truth.
 ==Unraking==
-Occasionally knowledge is [[Bureau of Regained Knowledge|regained]] from a Raking.  At that time, [[Hive-Lord]]s weigh the suitability of such knowledge for the age.  Most often it is allowed to stand, but occasionally, some knowledge is simply too disruptive to be allowed to exist and is subsequently Raked.
+Occasionally, knowledge is [[Bureau of Regained Knowledge|regained]] from a Raking.  At that time, [[Hive-Lord]]s weigh the suitability of such knowledge for the age.  Most often it is allowed to stand, but occasionally, some knowledge is simply too disruptive to be allowed to exist and is subsequently Raked again. This researcher is not at liberty to divulge (or to speculate in) the specifics of such re-Rakings; it is enough to inform the reader that such things can and do happen.
 ==Raking Operatives==
 Needless to say, the [[Hive-Lord]]s do not engage in direct action to accomplish a Raking.  The nature of the work requires that they use agents to accomplish the deed.  This means that only certain individuals, families, or organizations are entrusted with such duties.  It also means that such individuals are necessarily anonymous.
-I am ''advised'' to mention the fate of the second story librarian of the [[Charterhouse Collection]].  This individual was at one time entrusted with re-Raking the existence of a certain tome of formerly Raked knowledge that was subsequently un-Raked.  When he failed to perform such duties he was raked himself and – most alarmingly – his entire family, name, and existence was Raked.
+I am ''advised'' to mention the fate of the second story librarian of the [[Charterhouse Collection]].  This individual was at one time entrusted with re-Raking the existence of a certain tome of formerly Raked knowledge that was subsequently un-Raked.  When he failed to perform such duties he was Raked himself and – most alarmingly – his entire family, name, and existence was Raked.
 ==''The'' Raking==
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 Corvin Axehand of [[Stindersgrough]] found some obscure fact about his lineage and sought to reestablish his birthright at [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] by meeting with the [[Grand Matriarch]] of the [[Carsokian]] Clan.  His discovery carried enough clout with her that he was allowed to move the stones to their new home (at great personal cost) amidst great hurrahs and celebration as a conquering hero.
-Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of Pachyderm labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the public.
+Then, enigmatically, all mention of the event disappeared.  Corvin Axehand was never heard from again. The Stones are now treated as if they have always been situated in the borough of [[Stindersgrough]] and the original location of the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] has been flattened by use of pachyderm labor.  It was clearly a Raking performed within clear view of the public.
 The [[Cranee Historical Society]] records the only element of information that might have precipitated such an alarmingly quick (and thorough) response:
 ''[My copy ends here in the middle of a sentence, is that all there is? --Burgengute]''
-'''Citiations''': [[Hive-Lord]], [[Grand Matriarch]], [[Stindersgrough]]
+'''Citations''': [[Grand Matriarch]], [[Hive-Lord]], [[Stindersgrough]].
 --[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] 19:34, 5 Feb 2005 (EST)
-[[Category:Other]][[Category:Events]]
+[[Category:Events]]

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	That having been said, please do not continue to read this entry in the Encyclopedia if you feel uncomfortable, nausiated, queezy or lightheaded. Be aware that these events are portrayed here becasue of the need for completeness and accuracy in the Encyclopedia not from any need of the public to know the truth. Feel free to return to your blissfully ignorant lives after reading this should such knowledge prove too disturbing. Thank you. --[[User:DrAckroyd\|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] Tuesday, 8 Ikk, 0 [[EC]]		That having been said, please do not continue to read this entry in the Encyclopedia if you feel uncomfortable, nausiated, queezy or lightheaded. Be aware that these events are portrayed here becasue of the need for completeness and accuracy in the Encyclopedia not from any need of the public to know the truth. Feel free to return to your blissfully ignorant lives after reading this should such knowledge prove too disturbing. Thank you. --[[User:DrAckroyd\|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]] Tuesday, 8 Ikk, 0 [[EC]]
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		+	==Random Bits==
		+	While the Raking has destroyed almost all of the cultural remains (of the [[Looliers]]), a few items held in personal collections or stolen by other cultures remain.
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		+	Since the removal of the Stones to Stindersgrough by Corvin Axehand in –158 EC, and the subsequent iconoclastic Raking, the precise location of the Battle has been contested, yet the story is told in every nursery on Ghyll.
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		+	Scholars disagree about whether the Raking can properly be considered part of the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening\|Conflict]]. However, there is no question that some of its consequences deeply affected later participants in the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening\|Conflict]], to the point where it must certainly be accounted a secondary cause of the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening\|Conflict]]'s later phases.