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dibs --[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 17:28, 8 October 2005 (EDT)

"[[Howzingery]] is, in most of Ghyll, an extremely rare occurrence - rare enough that it wouldn't normally be worth writing an encyclopedia article about since, for the most part, only a few very dedicated scholars even know or care about such things as Howzingery, and they already know everything they need to know about it. However, it has recently been discovered that Howzingery is an extremely commonplace occurrence in some isolated geological spots, such as Ungerry-Tubers, and therefore it is worth explaining for the sake of the occasional traveller visiting those places...

...The only other thing worth mentioning is that the inhabitants of those vague, isolated spots where Howzingery is common often mention that there is some connection between it and the heh-blammo balance. If there is any truth behind this statement, it has yet to be revealed."

Old hat, the phrase, is used to refer to tasks or events that one is particularly familiar with to the point at which they have become routine. For instance: "I have written and researched 13 articles for this encyclopedia already, so creating new ones has become old hat."

"Old Hat: Most people, however, are not familiar with the story behind the phrase. It began in a small town in the general vicinity of Ungerry-Tubers called Prollztqx."

"With comfortable financial resources at his disposal, Pricludious set about on a grand exploration of Ghyll. His life up till then had been spent within the great urban centers of society and their surrounding country. But now he looked toward the rest of Ghyll and for the next 30 years traveled extensively up and down the little trodden places of the world.

In time he came to the Sarfelogian Mountains and in a quiet, willow strewn valley there entered the village of Thopth. He had been casually aware of the existence of the place but had never given it much thought as it was far too difficult to reach on a regular journey and was, after all, just one of the many unvisited, uncouth, unmodern villages that dotted the slopes and valleys and river windings of the great northern mountainways...

At the heart of the community is the M.Collegium, also known as the Collegium Civitas. It is a small institution and has few of the facilities and none of the luxuries of our modern academic institutions. But its faculty is most learned and wise, and the student body eagerly delves into knowledge both known and unknown. If anyone there is aware of the vast limitations of their backward academy, they don't seem to care very much about it. And indeed, in some respects, the Collegium is arguably superior to the universities of southern Ghyll. The departments of biotoxicology (the study of living things) and taxidermatology (the study of dead things) are amazingly impressive, both in the sheer depth of the knowledge they've accumulated and in the incredible breadth of the collections they've amassed. Pricludious reported seeing stuff there that would make faculty members of Bute University or the Thoorbone Academy drool with envy. The school's library is a maze (quite literally) of shelves and books and half-hidden recesses and, though unfortunately lacking in many modern texts, has a wealth of ancient, near-ancient, and pre-ancient manuscripts that most scholars had long ago assumed lost to the depradations of time, neglect and incompetent librarians...

But it is clear from what we do know that, during the 30 years that Pricludious spent traveling the mountains and dells and meadowlands of unfrequented and unexplored Ghyll, he found many a fascinating discovery and made many a surprising observation. For instance, in one letter he sent to his sister, he mentioned an unexpected meeting with a strange race of foreigners near a particularly cold and deep glacial lake; the encounter seemed to trouble Pricludious but unfortunately he was very vague about the details. In another, it was said that he came across an ancient ruin of strange design that had peculiar similiarities with certain modern constructions like the headquarters of the Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge, the building known as The Cake, but as that letter has never been presented for public scrutiny we cannot be sure of the veracity of the account. While exactly where these and other such incidents took place is uncertain beyond a general idea of under there or over here, in some instances we do have more than just a vague conjecture as to his whereabouts. We know for a fact, as an example, that he made at least one trip to the cactus forests.

Still, the lack of a detailed record of Pricludious's journeys, along with the withholding of the bulk of his correspondence and private ruminations from his journals, is a regretable loss, not only to students of Pricludious but to the general well being of scholarship at large; one hopes it will some day be rectified...

...He wrote various philosophical treatises on the odd religiotropic cults that exist in the upper-peaks of the Sarfelogian Mountain Range (areas frequented by communities even more isolated than in middle or lower Sarfelogia) and also published his notes on the beliefs and practices of those small in-bred family-clans of fishers and sand snorklers that can be found on the less desirable edges of the Dagger Seas. His observations and subsequent comparisons with our own belief systems were surprising and, of course, quite controversial.

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 It has been noted by many that the [[Jorvyll]] Mountains are differentiated from the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] primarily by their attitude. The Sarfelogians are a much calmer, more peaceful and helpful range of mountains than the Jorvyll. Yet while the distinction between the northern edge of the world and the mountains which abutt them is useful for some inquiries, it doesn't help a dawdle when looking only at the Sarfelogian! Within the Sarfelogian one finds numerous elevations and attitudes, as well as varied ecologies that encompass much more than quaint [[Pziqq trees]] and mountain meadows. Not all within these mountains is pure and fluff, there are many vales and faults that hold darker tuff.
-The scenic ranges of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains|Sarfelogians]] abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the [[Keglacians]]. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and travel. None of these lead to [[Old hat|Hat]], as it lies in the unfortunate gravel vale where the only view is of the sheer rock wall on which it perches and the deep river which lies many tens of [[unanit]]s below (far enough to kill a foolish Ghyllite stupid enough to fall from the many rope bridges). The only reason the place exists is its proximity to the Ungerry. To its south the attitude is quite plain and noncomittal, to the east it is downright rude, directly in the Ungerry it is quite refreshing, however, as I have already noted, the odd Sarfelogians (who cringe at being called so) refuse to build directly on the Tubers.
+The scenic ranges of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains|Sarfelogians]] abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the [[Keglacians]]. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and travel. None of these lead to [[Old hat|Hat]], as it lies in the unfortunate gravel vale where the only view is of the sheer rock wall on which it perches and the deep river which lies many tens of [[unanit]]s below (far enough to kill a foolish Ghyllite stupid enough to fall from the many rope bridges). The only reason the place exists is its proximity to the Ungerry. To its south the attitude is quite plain and noncomittal, to the east it is downright rude, directly in the Ungerry it is quite refreshing; however, as I have already noted, the odd Sarfelogians (who cringe at being called so) refuse to build directly on the Tubers.
 On a side note, it must be said that [[Old hat|Hat]], for all its backward, old-fashioned ways - including that awful form of governance named [[twin governments]] - did make one contribution to mainstream Ghyllian culture: that of [[Old hat]] (though it is my opinion that if most Ghyllites knew that "Old hat" came from a bunch of dirty [[Sarfelogian Mountains|Sarfelogians]], they'd stop using that phrase and make up a new one in a heart-beat!).
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 <br />--Dialogue from a popular [[luminous manuscript|lumic]] (-2 [[EC]])</blockquote>
-It is well-known to those in the know, which is actually quite a small number of folk (mostly men in white smocks who like to go on safari away from their wives), that [[howzingery]], which elsewhere occurs quite rarely, is quite common in the Ungerry-Tubers.
+It is well-known to those in the know, which is actually quite a small number of folk (mostly men in white smocks who like to go on safari away from their wives), that [[howzingery]], which elsewhere occurs quite rarely, is quite common in the Ungerry-Tubers.  The commonality of [[howzingery]] at the Ungerry-Tubers is one effect of wyrding, others include nearby stands of the zoological etherberrie and the presence of viable [[Squelshous Panderat|squelchous panderat]]. Why and how wyrding occurs at the Tubers is not understood. Whether it is a result of the Ungerry being part of a dead god is not proven, though probably not for most of Ghyll would then be subject to wyrding; whether it is a result, in particular, of being part of the divine ''cranial'' case is not proven either, though more suspect this to be closer to the truth.
 ==Consequential Vectors==

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 ==Cartographic Placement==
-Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced. The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that brings to mind economic marginality, isolated peoples, and distinctive folkways. For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains. Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the Goode Smellie and the Obbnixious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt. There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell. Once the traveller finds his way into [[Old hat|Hat]] (aka Prollztqx), however, it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers. You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
+Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]], the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced. The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that brings to mind economic marginality, isolated peoples, and distinctive folkways. For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains. Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the Goode Smellie and the Obbnixious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt. There is an unspoken deference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell. Once the traveller finds his way into [[Old hat|Hat]] (aka Prollztqx), however, it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers. You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
 :"''The Ungerry ist one o the lytl-troddn places of ooure world; I find that my senses are enhanced, perhaps, or ist this my owne imaginings?''" --Ser Daffid Lud (journal entry -36 [[EC]])
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 ==Denotative Poverty in Associative Phenomena==
-:"''Dessication is but a fool's quible; #47 could have or might not have died or dispersed or simply slithered away. The proof is in the puke-puddle, look at what we've got, not what we want to see.''" --Dash Humbugg (-5 [[EC]])
+:"''Dessication is but a fool's quible; #47 could have or might not have died or dispersed or simply slithered away. The proof is in the puke-puddle: look at what we've got, not what we want to see.''" --Dash Humbugg (-5 [[EC]])
 [[Oblibestircus]] and his following states the current and well-defended explanation that the old gods simply lie where they died (for whatever reason), and that their incorporation into the landscape is the result of natural processes. [[Blivingdel]]'s school, however, holds quite evocatively that we ourselves have taken the immortal remains of the gods of previous generations and have cut, split, buried, vaulted, hemmed & hawed them over. Though both theories give explanations as to how the divine remains may or may not have gotten to where they are now, they do not give any explanation as to the various phenomena associated with selected body parts of those same dead gods.

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 ==Cartographic Placement==
-Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced.  The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that brings to mind economic marginality, isolated peoples, and distinctive folkways.  For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains.  Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the Goode Smellie and the Obbnixious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt.  There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell.  Once the traveller finds his way into Prollztqx, however, it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers.  You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
+Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced.  The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that brings to mind economic marginality, isolated peoples, and distinctive folkways.  For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains.  Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the Goode Smellie and the Obbnixious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt.  There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell.  Once the traveller finds his way into Hat (aka Prollztqx), however, it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers.  You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
 ::"''The Ungerry ist one o the lytl-troddn places of ooure world; I find that my senses are enhanced, perhaps, or ist this my owne imaginings''?"    --Ser Daffid Lud (journal entry -36 [[EC]])
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 It has been noted by many that the Jorvyll Mountains are differentiated from the Sarfelogian Mountains primarily by their attitude. The Sarfelogians are a much calmer, more peaceful and helpful range of mountains than the Jorvyll.  Yet while the distinction between the northern edge of the world and the mountains which abutt them is useful for some inquieries, it doesn't help a dawdle when looking only at the Sarfelogian!  Within the Sarfelogian one finds numerous elevations and attitudes, as well as varied ecologies that encompass much more than quaint Pziqq trees and mountain meadows.  Not all within these mountains is pure and fluff, there are many vales and faults that hold darker tuff.
-The scenic ranges of the Sarfelogians abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the Keglacians. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and travel.  None of these lead to Prollztqx as it lies in the unfortunate gravel vale where the only view is of the sheer rock wall on which it perches and the deep river which lies many tens of unanits below (far enough to kill a foolish Ghylite stupid enough to fall from the many rope bridges).  The only reason the place exists is its proximity to the Ungerry.  To its south the attitude is quite plain and noncomittal, to the east it is downright rude, directly in the Ungerry it is quite refreshing, however, as I have aready noted, the odd Sarfelogians (who cringe at being called so) refuse to build directly on the Tubers.
+The scenic ranges of the Sarfelogians abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the Keglacians. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and travel.  None of these lead to Hat as it lies in the unfortunate gravel vale where the only view is of the sheer rock wall on which it perches and the deep river which lies many tens of unanits below (far enough to kill a foolish Ghylite stupid enough to fall from the many rope bridges).  The only reason the place exists is its proximity to the Ungerry.  To its south the attitude is quite plain and noncomittal, to the east it is downright rude, directly in the Ungerry it is quite refreshing, however, as I have aready noted, the odd Sarfelogians (who cringe at being called so) refuse to build directly on the Tubers.
 ==Actuated Phenomena==
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 ::''"I've a friend of a friend who has an acquaintance whose second sister went wassailing one night and returned a whole month later babbling of cold mountain lakes and the magic rock that saved her from monsters.  After much coaxing and sending her to a twitch doctor I have come to beleive that the "magic" rock she holds so dear comes from the Ungerrie''" --from an article by Tue published in Wyrd Tales (-7 [[EC]])
-With all that has so far been noted, observed, and stated, can it be argued that, even as the [[Elminster Mire]] was long ago, the Tubers is a force to be reckoned with?  For the time being, no.  It is far too far from even the smallest semblance of civilized Ghyll (Prollztqx being only a rude outpost of the crudest individuals).  Even the Cranee Historical Society, which has taken the lead in maintaining standards of exploration and discovery and amassing deep historical records, has taken no interest in the Ungerry-Tubers.   Yet is it a force?  Yes.
+With all that has so far been noted, observed, and stated, can it be argued that, even as the [[Elminster Mire]] was long ago, the Tubers is a force to be reckoned with?  For the time being, no.  It is far too far from even the smallest semblance of civilized Ghyll (Hat being only a rude outpost of the crudest individuals).  Even the Cranee Historical Society, which has taken the lead in maintaining standards of exploration and discovery and amassing deep historical records, has taken no interest in the Ungerry-Tubers.   Yet is it a force?  Yes.
-Although my aides brought back no proof, the men and women of Prollztqx spoke of the Ungerry's connection to the heh-blammo balance. If there is any truth to this, the Tubers may prove a part of the concept known as the [[Grande Gray Fractional]].
+Although my aides brought back no proof, the men and women of Hat spoke of the Ungerry's connection to the heh-blammo balance. If there is any truth to this, the Tubers may prove a part of the concept known as the [[Grande Gray Fractional]].
 '''citations''': [[Grande Gray Fractional]], [[Howzingery]], [[Squelshous Panderat]]

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-dibs    --[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 17:28, 8 October 2005 (EDT)
+You will find no advertisements for it in [[Folktown]].  It is not the ultimate challenge to any mountain climbers.  No [[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] guards have ever been stationed there.  It is not well-known nor is it often sidestepped in conversation due its eerieness. No disappearances have occurred there, alleged or otherwise.  And it isn't where ''they'', ''them'', ''those'', or ''that!'' come from.  It is simply a spot, geologic, and isolated - very isolated.  ''It''     is '''Ungerry-Tubers'''.
 It is so isolated that only a smidgen of the scholarmatic pool have even looked into it.  Those interested in biotoxicology or in taxidermatology seem to find enough work in their own backyards, the geomantics who should take interest are too busy... elsewhere.  But those few who have taken on the long trek, the hefty hike, the incongruous terrain, and the hot-cold showers that fall without warning, have found therein a realm of wyrding effects.
 ==Cartographic Placement==
-Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced.  The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that applies to parts of the region that have long been characterized by economic marginality, isolation of its people, and distinctive folkways.  For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains.  Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the High Smellie and the Obbnoxious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt.  There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell.  Once, however, the traveller finds his way into Prollztqx it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers.  You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
+Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced.  The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that brings to mind economic marginality, isolated peoples, and distinctive folkways.  For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains.  Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the Goode Smellie and the Obbnixious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt.  There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell.  Once the traveller finds his way into Prollztqx, however, it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers.  You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
 ::"''The Ungerry ist one o the lytl-troddn places of ooure world; I find that my senses are enhanced, perhaps, or ist this my owne imaginings''?"    --Ser Daffid Lud (journal entry -36 [[EC]])
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 The Ungerry has been explained briefly by Orogenezis, a student of [[Rancticirchiretic]] within the discipline of [[Theoarcheology|theoarcheology]]:
-::"''The Ungerry-Tubers is but one more proof of the postmortem rearrangement hypothesis, for whereas the whole of the Sarfelogian is obviously the parietal bone of the divine #47, this bastion of protruding unction is securely a segment of the lachryma''."
+::"''The Ungerry-Tubers is but one more proof of the post-mortem rearrangement hypothesis, for whereas the whole of the Sarfelogian is obviously the parietal bone of the divine #47, this bastion of protruding unction is securely a segment of the lachryma''."
 Rancticirchiretic, himself, never mentions the Tubers in his writings nor does [[Oblibestircus]], and when this place is mentioned in the heated debates and rebuttals between scholars, students, and members of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], it is usually a name bantered about as if it were a donut held in the hands of a constable from Bute.
-No one has ever taken the time to excavate the Tubers, indeed, with so few involved in the subject and fewer still interested in this particular location, the question of cranial dismemberment and the exact metabiological make-up of #47 has been poorly developed.  Questions such as ''did #47 suffer suspension?'', ''was he/she/it/they murdered by an assailant, deific or otherwise?'', or ''did #47 die from a pre-historic gardening accident?'' have been left for anyone with enough interest to study on their own.  Discounting the few exaggerated entries in [[Aliens Everywhere]], the most prolific writer on the Ungerry-Tubers has been Dash Humbugg of Umbo Moor.  As this article is for the scholarly community I have chosen to use only various examples of said layman's writings within this body articulate.
+No one has ever taken the time to excavate the Tubers, indeed, with so few involved in the subject and fewer still interested in this particular location, the question of cranial dismemberment and the exact metabiological make-up of #47 has been poorly developed.  Questions such as ''did #47 suffer suspension?'', ''was he/she/it/they murdered by an assailant, deific or otherwise?'', or ''did #47 die from a pre-historic gardening accident?'' have been left for anyone else to study on their own.  Discounting the few exaggerated entries in [[Aliens Everywhere]], the most prolific writer on the Ungerry-Tubers has been Dash Humbugg of Umbo Moor.
-What can be said is that the top-most cranium piece of a god is what makes up the majority of this mountain chain, along with a grand mixture of sand, rock, dirt and clay.  Upon this one specific area of the mountain chain there has been added a fore-peice of the god's skull face, the lachrymal bone, along with yet more earth, mud and rock.  Lastly there is upon the lachryma a deposit-growth of shenanigan, that crustal body of minerals found in rare areas of Ghyll (and whose origin is itself shrouded in ignorance, hence the denotation of deposit-growth).
+What can be said is that the top-most cranium piece of a god is what makes up the majority of this mountain chain, along with a grand mixture of sand, rock, dirt and clay.  Upon this one specific area of the mountains there has been added a fore-peice of the god's skull face, the lachrymal bone, along with yet more earth, mud and rock, this is the Ungerry-Tubers.
 ==Denotative Poverty in re Associative Phenomena==
 ::"''Dessication is but a fool's quible; #47 could have or might not have died or dispersed or simply slithered away.  The proof is in the puke-puddle, look at what we've got, not what we want to see''." -- Dash Humbugg (-5 [[EC]])
-Oblibestircus and his following states the current and well-defended explanation that the old gods simply lie where they died (for whatever reason), and that their incorporation into the landscape is the result of natural processes.  Blivingdel's school, however, holds quite evocatively that we ourselves have taken the immortal remains of the gods of previous generations and have cut, split, buried, vaulted, hemmed & hawed them over the course of our small time on Ghyll.  Though both theories give explanations as to how the divine remains may or may not have gotten to where they are now, they do not give any explanation as to the various phenomena associated with selected body parts of those same dead gods.
+Oblibestircus and his following states the current and well-defended explanation that the old gods simply lie where they died (for whatever reason), and that their incorporation into the landscape is the result of natural processes.  Blivingdel's school, however, holds quite evocatively that we ourselves have taken the immortal remains of the gods of previous generations and have cut, split, buried, vaulted, hemmed & hawed them over.  Though both theories give explanations as to how the divine remains may or may not have gotten to where they are now, they do not give any explanation as to the various phenomena associated with selected body parts of those same dead gods.
-A third theory re the formation of the Sarfelogian Mountains is that they are a result of the dirt, rocks, boulders, sand and mud of this northern area of the mainland heaving, undulating, and being folded over itself and then some.  Though this is a favorite idea of the geomanticists and the masonrics, it is still but a theory.  The Sarfelogian does indeed appear like unto a marbled crumbe-cake with its swirls of light and dark, and the geodizers state confidently that the folded bands are the remains of silt and sediment pushed up over time.  Even if this is true, however, the majority of this group concedes that it was probably #47 who did the heaving, pushing, and folding... a secondary group believes that this was the work of a second god, the one who perhaps murdered #47 and then used the silt, sand, rocks, and earth to cover up his/her/its diabolical deed.
+A third theory re the formation of the Sarfelogian Mountains is that they are a result of the dirt, rocks, boulders, sand and mud of this northern area heaving, undulating, and being folded over itself and then some.  Though this is a favorite idea of the geomanticists and the masonrics, it is still but a theory.  The Sarfelogian does indeed appear like unto a marbled crumbe-cake with its swirls of light and dark, and the geodizers state confidently that the folded bands are the remains of silt and sediment pushed up over time.  Even if this is true, however, the majority of this group concedes that it was probably #47 who did the heaving, pushing, and folding... a secondary group believes that this was the work of a second god, the one who perhaps murdered #47 and then used the silt, sand, rocks, and earth to cover up his/her/its diabolical deed.
 When did the death of #47 occur?  No one knows, but what is known is that the Sarfelogian is the oldest mountain chain on our world.
 ==Attitudinal Observations==
-It has been noted by many that the Jorvyll Mountains are differentiated from the Sarfelogian Mountains primarily by their attitude. The Sarfelogians are a much calmer, more peaceful and helpful range of mountains, while the Jorvyll are rough, nasty and brutish.  Yet while the distinction between the northern edge of the world and the mountains which abutt them is useful for some inquieries, it doesn't help a dawdle when looking only at the Sarfelogian!  Within the Sarfelogian one finds numerous elevations and attitudes, as well as varied ecologies that encompass much more than quaint Pziqq trees and mountain meadows.  Not all within these mountains is pure and fluff, there are many vales and faults that hold darker tuff.
+It has been noted by many that the Jorvyll Mountains are differentiated from the Sarfelogian Mountains primarily by their attitude. The Sarfelogians are a much calmer, more peaceful and helpful range of mountains than the Jorvyll.  Yet while the distinction between the northern edge of the world and the mountains which abutt them is useful for some inquieries, it doesn't help a dawdle when looking only at the Sarfelogian!  Within the Sarfelogian one finds numerous elevations and attitudes, as well as varied ecologies that encompass much more than quaint Pziqq trees and mountain meadows.  Not all within these mountains is pure and fluff, there are many vales and faults that hold darker tuff.
-The scenic ranges of the Sarfelogians abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the Keglacians. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and recreational travel.  None of these lead to Prollztqx as it lies in the unfortunate gravel vale where the only view is of the sheer rock wall on which it perches and the deep river which lies many tens of unanits below (far enough to kill a foolish Ghylite stupid enough to fall from the many rope bridges).  The only reason the place exists is its proximity to the Ungerry.  to its south the attitude is quite plain and noncomittal, to the east it is downright rude, directly in the Ungerry it is quite refreshing, however, as I have aready noted, the odd Sarfelogians (who cringe at being called so) refuse to build directly on the Tubers.
+The scenic ranges of the Sarfelogians abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the Keglacians. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and travel.  None of these lead to Prollztqx as it lies in the unfortunate gravel vale where the only view is of the sheer rock wall on which it perches and the deep river which lies many tens of unanits below (far enough to kill a foolish Ghylite stupid enough to fall from the many rope bridges).  The only reason the place exists is its proximity to the Ungerry.  To its south the attitude is quite plain and noncomittal, to the east it is downright rude, directly in the Ungerry it is quite refreshing, however, as I have aready noted, the odd Sarfelogians (who cringe at being called so) refuse to build directly on the Tubers.
 ==Actuated Phenomena==
-It is well-known to those in the know, which is actually quite a small number of folk (mostly men in white smocks who like to go on safari away from their wives), that [[Howzingery|howzingery]] which elsewhere occurs quite rarely is quite common in the Ungerry-Tubers.  For most, howzingery is equated with Hat, [[Old hat|Old Hat]], Prollztqx - the names of the small town where it most closely occurs.
+::''"That is not a crab-cake, that's my wife!''"
-The commonality of howzingery at the Ungerry-Tubers is one effect of wyrding.  Why and how wyrding occurs at the Tubers is not understood.  Whether it is a result of the Ungerry being part of a dead god is not proven, though speculated; whether it is a result, in particular, of being part of the divine ''cranial'' case is not proven as well.  Whether it is due the fact that upon said godly cranial case there has come to be a growth-deposit of shenanigan is also not known.
+The commonality of howzingery at the Ungerry-Tubers is one effect of wyrding, others include nearby stands of the zoological etherberrie and the presence of viable [[Squelshous Panderat|squelchous panderat]].  Why and how wyrding occurs at the Tubers is not understood.  Whether it is a result of the Ungerry being part of a dead god is not proven, though probably not for most of Ghyll would then be subject to wyrding; whether it is a result, in particular, of being part of the divine ''cranial'' case is not proven as well, though more suspect this to be closer to the truth.
 ==Consequential Vectors==
-With all that has so far been noted, observed, and stated, can it be argued that, even as the [[Elminster Mire]] was long ago, the Tubers is a force to be reckoned with?  For the time being, no.  It is far too far from even the smallest of civilized Ghyllians (Prollztqx being only a rude outpost of the crudest individuals).  Even the Cranee Historical Society, which has taken the lead in maintaining their standards of exploration and discovery and amassing their own deep historical records, has taken no interest in the Ungerry-Tubers.   Yet is it a force?  Yes.
+::''"I've a friend of a friend who has an acquaintance whose second sister went wassailing one night and returned a whole month later babbling of cold mountain lakes and the magic rock that saved her from monsters.  After much coaxing and sending her to a twitch doctor I have come to beleive that the "magic" rock she holds so dear comes from the Ungerrie''" --from an article by Tue published in Wyrd Tales (-7 [[EC]])
-Although my aides brought back no proof, the men and women of Prollztqx spoke of the Ungerry's connection to the heh-blammo balance. If there is any truth to this, the Tubers may prove a part of the Grande Gray Fractional, that theory which states that the world's existence is balanced between these two forces and that not enough of either expains its continued existence, leading said proponents to conclude that there must be unknown expanses of both - which they have named the ''Grande Gray''.
+--[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 19:10, 10 October 2005 (EDT)

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 You will find no advertisements for it in [[Folktown]].  It is not the ultimate challenge to any mountain climbers.  No [[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] guards have ever been stationed there.  It is not well-known nor is it often sidestepped in conversation due its eerieness. No disappearances have occurred there, alleged or otherwise.  And it isn't where ''they'', ''them'', ''those'', or ''that!'' come from.  It is simply a spot, geologic, and isolated - very isolated.  ''It'' is '''Ungerry-Tubers'''.
-It is so isolated that only a smidgen of the scholarmatic pool have even looked into it.  Those interested in biotoxicology or in taxidermatology seem to find enough work in their own backyards, the geomantics who should take interest are too busy... elsewhere.  But those few who have taken on the long trek, the hefty hike, the incongruous terrain, and the hot-cold showers that fall without warning, have found a realm of wyrd effects.
+It is so isolated that only a smidgen of the scholarmatic pool have even looked into it.  Those interested in biotoxicology or in taxidermatology seem to find enough work in their own backyards, the geomantics who should take interest are too busy... elsewhere.  But those few who have taken on the long trek, the hefty hike, the incongruous terrain, and the hot-cold showers that fall without warning, have found therein a realm of wyrding effects.
 ==Cartographic Placement==
-Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced.  The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that applies to parts of the region that have long been characterized by marginal economy, isolation of its people from the Ghyll mainstream, and distinctive folkways.  For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains.  Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the High Smellie and the Obbnoxious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt.  There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell.  Once, however, the traveller finds his way into Prollztqx it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers.  You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
+Located within the vastness of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] the Ungerry-Tubers is quite easily misplaced.  The whole undulating scape of slopes, valleys, and rivers is filled with both friendly and unfriendly locales, most of them unvisited.  One must not forget that the term ''Sarfelogia'' is a name that applies to parts of the region that have long been characterized by economic marginality, isolation of its people, and distinctive folkways.  For this reason, it is necessary to get a guide in some parts of the journey, odd guides from within the odder townships that one finds in those most odd parts of the mountains.  Yet to speak of the Ungerry-Tubers is to speak nonsense to these people, rather they speak of the High Smellie and the Obbnoxious Foots, others give the name Mztlplik or Zingry Karzt.  There is an unspoken defference to the Ungerry, or to something therein, by the folk who live close enough to it; whether they see it as being magicked, hexed, or pyxied is hard to tell.  Once, however, the traveller finds his way into Prollztqx it is quite easy to feel the formation of the Tubers.  You see, the ''attitude'' changes.
 ::"''The Ungerry ist one o the lytl-troddn places of ooure world; I find that my senses are enhanced, perhaps, or ist this my owne imaginings''?"    --Ser Daffid Lud (journal entry -36 [[EC]])
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 No one has ever taken the time to excavate the Tubers, indeed, with so few involved in the subject and fewer still interested in this particular location, the question of cranial dismemberment and the exact metabiological make-up of #47 has been poorly developed.  Questions such as ''did #47 suffer suspension?'', ''was he/she/it/they murdered by an assailant, deific or otherwise?'', or ''did #47 die from a pre-historic gardening accident?'' have been left for anyone with enough interest to study on their own.  Discounting the few exaggerated entries in [[Aliens Everywhere]], the most prolific writer on the Ungerry-Tubers has been Dash Humbugg of Umbo Moor.  As this article is for the scholarly community I have chosen to use only various examples of said layman's writings within this body articulate.
 ==Denotative Poverty in re Associative Phenomena==
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 ==Attitudinal Observations==
-It has been noted by many that the Jorvyll Mountains are differentiated from the Sarfelogian Mountains primarily by their attitude. The Sarfelogians are a much calmer, more peaceful and helpful range of mountains, while the Jorvyll are rough, nasty and brutish.  Yet while the distinction between the northern edge of the world and the mountains which abutt them is useful for some inquieries, it doesn't help a dawdle when looking only at the Sarfelogian!  Within the Sarfelogian one finds numerous elevations and attitudes, as well as varied ecologies that encompass much more than quaint Pziqq trees and mountain meadows.
+It has been noted by many that the Jorvyll Mountains are differentiated from the Sarfelogian Mountains primarily by their attitude. The Sarfelogians are a much calmer, more peaceful and helpful range of mountains, while the Jorvyll are rough, nasty and brutish.  Yet while the distinction between the northern edge of the world and the mountains which abutt them is useful for some inquieries, it doesn't help a dawdle when looking only at the Sarfelogian!  Within the Sarfelogian one finds numerous elevations and attitudes, as well as varied ecologies that encompass much more than quaint Pziqq trees and mountain meadows.  Not all within these mountains is pure and fluff, there are many vales and faults that hold darker tuff.
 ==Actuated Phenomena==
 It is well-known to those in the know, which is actually quite a small number of folk (mostly men in white smocks who like to go on safari away from their wives), that [[Howzingery|howzingery]] which elsewhere occurs quite rarely is quite common in the Ungerry-Tubers.  For most, howzingery is equated with Hat, [[Old hat|Old Hat]], Prollztqx - the names of the small town where it most closely occurs.
 ==Consequential Vectors==
-With all that has so far been noted, observed, and stated, can it be argued that, even as the [[Elminster Mire]] was long ago, the Tubers is a dangerous force to be reckoned with?
+With all that has so far been noted, observed, and stated, can it be argued that, even as the [[Elminster Mire]] was long ago, the Tubers is a force to be reckoned with?  For the time being, no.  It is far too far from even the smallest of civilized Ghyllians (Prollztqx being only a rude outpost of the crudest individuals).  Even the Cranee Historical Society, which has taken the lead in maintaining their standards of exploration and discovery and amassing their own deep historical records, has taken no interest in the Ungerry-Tubers.   Yet is it a force?  Yes.
-The scenic ranges also abound in trails, paths, passes and crude roads built by the Keglacians over the centuries. Many of these routes feature breathtaking vistas and are popular spots for camping and recreational travel. Roads leading to Nesting caves are constantly well-maintained and were it not for the relative safety of travel on the well-constructed highways, the practice of "Natural Nesting" might well have gone the way of autocannibalism as a viable practice.
+Although my aides brought back no proof, the men and women of Prollztqx spoke of the Ungerry's connection to the heh-blammo balance. If there is any truth to this, the Tubers may prove a part of the Grande Gray Fractional, that theory which states that the world's existence is balanced between these two forces and that not enough of either expains its continued existence, leading said proponents to conclude that there must be unknown expanses of both - which they have named the ''Grande Gray''.

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 dibs    --[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 17:28, 8 October 2005 (EDT)
 ...The only other thing worth mentioning is that the inhabitants of those vague, isolated spots where Howzingery is common often mention that there is some connection between it and the heh-blammo balance. If there is any truth behind this statement, it has yet to be revealed."
-"With comfortable financial resources at his disposal, Pricludious set about on a grand exploration of Ghyll. His life up till then had been spent within the great urban centers of society and their surrounding country. But now he looked toward the rest of Ghyll and for the next 30 years traveled extensively up and down the little trodden places of the world.
+The Elminster Mire is a "frowned upon" focal point for interlopers, busybodies, blackmailers, and gossipers. Located east of the Evesque Valley and northwest of the Andelphracian River Valley, the Mire didn't always have such a disreputable position: back in the days of Quezlar 6, it was a veritable and dangeous force to be reckoned with (making his subsequent crossing all that more remarkable).
-In time he came to the Sarfelogian Mountains and in a quiet, willow strewn valley there entered the village of Thopth. He had been casually aware of the existence of the place but had never given it much thought as it was far too difficult to reach on a regular journey and was, after all, just one of the many unvisited, uncouth, unmodern villages that dotted the slopes and valleys and river windings of the great northern mountainways...
+Umbo Moor is most famous, however, as the place of a Battle from Tarkherk Corps history: the Battle of Umbo Moor. On the 2nd of Gomin -58 EC, Mox Elder, the Mildly Impressive Commandant of the troops stationed there encountered his famous "beautiful" White Lady. It was this incident that led to his court-martial in -56 EC, where Commandant Elder claimed that the Lady saved him and "reinvigorated his belief in the sanctity of life." Suffice it to say, no woman was ever found that matched his description. It is a popular belief that this "vision" was, in fact, a hallucination brought on by the early experiments with Ball Lightning Liqueur which, in part, earned the Corps their reputation. Indeed, many a young Tarkherk has gone off to Umbo Moor in search of their own visions induced by that most famous of explosive beverages only to wind up cold, wet and alone.
-Still, the lack of a detailed record of Pricludious's journeys, along with the withholding of the bulk of his correspondence and private ruminations from his journals, is a regretable loss, not only to students of Pricludious but to the general well being of scholarship at large; one hopes it will some day be rectified...
+The Arandellion Moors are a series of High Lands to the north of the Jorvyll. They seem to be fairly useless, and despite their large size, only a few groups of hardy Ghyllians seem to live among them. This might be due to the fact that the land, for the most part, smells of rotting fefferberries.
-...He wrote various philosophical treatises on the odd religiotropic cults that exist in the upper-peaks of the Sarfelogian Mountain Range (areas frequented by communities even more isolated than in middle or lower Sarfelogia) and also published his notes on the beliefs and practices of those small in-bred family-clans of fishers and sand snorklers that can be found on the less desirable edges of the Dagger Seas. His observations and subsequent comparisons with our own belief systems were surprising and, of course, quite controversial.
+The most common plant in the Moors is the widespread fefferberry. Unfortunately for the inhabitants, the most common species is also one of the least economically viable. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of the area have taken to brewing an alcoholic beverage out of them, useful only because it blots out the smell of the rot. The inhabitants consider going blind an excellent trade for getting rid of the awful stench, and almost never go outside their homes without taking a good stiff drink of the brew.