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 '''Citations:''' [[Blivingdel]], [[Budgerigar Master]], [[stealth-guild]].
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 ==Content of the Scrolls==
-The Ziggurat Scrolls recount a series of epic poems about the [[Budgerigar Master]] and his role in [[Nitenmangrey|Nitenmangreian]] society. The scrolls are considered unprecedented because they describe the Budgerigar Master not as the mythological figure he is generally presumed to be, but as a historical figure and founder of the long-lived Society of Traveling Budgerigars.  This was a [[stealth-guild]] supposedly prevalent among the [[Nitenmangrey]] from circa -2000 [[EC]] to the culture's extinction around -900 [[EC]]. According to the scrolls, the Budgerigar Master was the head 'scribe' in the Nitenmangrey court during the reign of the apocryphical king Oldellus -1.  He trained his budgerigars to memorize all speeches and conversations that took place in their presence, and then recite relevant fragments, in song, on command. When the speech of more than one person was relevant, each of the Master's ten budgerigars took on the role of a different participant in the conversation. In this way, it was unneccesary to keep written records of court proceedings.
+The Ziggurat Scrolls recount a series of epic poems about the [[Budgerigar Master]] and his role in [[Nitenmangrey|Nitenmangreian]] society. The scrolls are considered unprecedented because they describe the Budgerigar Master not as the mythological figure he is generally presumed to be, but as a historical figure and founder of the long-lived Society of Traveling Budgerigars.  This was a [[stealth-guild]] supposedly prevalent among the [[Nitenmangrey]] from circa -2000 [[EC]] to the culture's extinction around -900 [[EC]]. According to the scrolls, the Budgerigar Master was the head 'scribe' in the Nitenmangrey court during the reign of the apocryphical king Oldellus -1.  He trained his budgerigars to memorize all speeches and conversations that took place in their presence, and then recite relevant fragments, in song, on command. When the speech of more than one person was relevant, each of the Master's ten budgerigars took on the role of a different participant in the conversation. In this way, it was unnecessary to keep written records of court proceedings.
 The birds seemed to have unlimited memory capacity but, unfortunately, only the Budgerigar Master himself was able to communicate with them.

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 ==Current Controversy==
-The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. Some scholars continue to hold he is purely mythological, an allegorical archetype for learning, minstrelsy and bird-calls. However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explanation for the millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master. These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself. Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of [[Odgar IV]], long after [[Nitenmangrey]] culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
+The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. Some scholars continue to hold he is purely mythological, an allegorical archetype for learning, minstrelsy and bird-calls. However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explanation for the millennia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master. These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself. Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of [[Odgar IV]], long after [[Nitenmangrey]] culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
 Since few scholars can work directly with the text of the Scrolls, much of the current debate centers on the veracity of Sir Rumsfeld's account of their discovery. He has repeatedly deigned to indicate their original location on a map, or indeed to specify it any further than "somewhere in the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Segundus"]]. This has led to much suspicion and mutterings-behind-the-back from otherwise respectable scholars. Many also question the state of excellent preservation in which the Scrolls were found, as well as their unusual script. On Sir Rumsfeld's behalf, however, others have noted that the poor man was tired from the cuttlefishing expedition and couldn't very well be expected to remember all the details of compasses and maps and the like, and that, by Sir Rumsfeld's own account, the cave was exceptionally well sealed. This heated debate, as well as the exact nature of the [[Budgerigar Master]], are currently topics of investigation at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].

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 ==Current Controversy==
-The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. Some scholars continue to hold he is purely mythological, an allegorical archetype for learning, minstrelry and bird-calls. However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explanation for the millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master. These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself. Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of [[Odgar IV]], long after [[Nitenmangrey]] culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
+The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. Some scholars continue to hold he is purely mythological, an allegorical archetype for learning, minstrelsy and bird-calls. However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explanation for the millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master. These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself. Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of [[Odgar IV]], long after [[Nitenmangrey]] culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
 Since few scholars can work directly with the text of the Scrolls, much of the current debate centers on the veracity of Sir Rumsfeld's account of their discovery. He has repeatedly deigned to indicate their original location on a map, or indeed to specify it any further than "somewhere in the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Segundus"]]. This has led to much suspicion and mutterings-behind-the-back from otherwise respectable scholars. Many also question the state of excellent preservation in which the Scrolls were found, as well as their unusual script. On Sir Rumsfeld's behalf, however, others have noted that the poor man was tired from the cuttlefishing expedition and couldn't very well be expected to remember all the details of compasses and maps and the like, and that, by Sir Rumsfeld's own account, the cave was exceptionally well sealed. This heated debate, as well as the exact nature of the [[Budgerigar Master]], are currently topics of investigation at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].

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 ==Current Controversy==
-The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. Some scholars continue to hold he is purely mythological, an allegorical archetype for learning, minstrelry and bird-calls. However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explanation for the millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master. These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself. Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of Odgar IV in -239 [[EC]], long after [[Nitenmangrey]] culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
+The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. Some scholars continue to hold he is purely mythological, an allegorical archetype for learning, minstrelry and bird-calls. However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explanation for the millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master. These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself. Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of [[Odgar IV]], long after [[Nitenmangrey]] culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
 Since few scholars can work directly with the text of the Scrolls, much of the current debate centers on the veracity of Sir Rumsfeld's account of their discovery. He has repeatedly deigned to indicate their original location on a map, or indeed to specify it any further than "somewhere in the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Segundus"]]. This has led to much suspicion and mutterings-behind-the-back from otherwise respectable scholars. Many also question the state of excellent preservation in which the Scrolls were found, as well as their unusual script. On Sir Rumsfeld's behalf, however, others have noted that the poor man was tired from the cuttlefishing expedition and couldn't very well be expected to remember all the details of compasses and maps and the like, and that, by Sir Rumsfeld's own account, the cave was exceptionally well sealed. This heated debate, as well as the exact nature of the [[Budgerigar Master]], are currently topics of investigation at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].

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-The Ziggurat Scrolls were written in a variation of Ternary script known as 2.5ary script.  This script, which appears to be a degenerate form of the ternary script adopted by lazy scribes who refused to count "all the way up to three?! You've got to be [[splak|splakking!"]], is considered to be midway between Ternary and Duadic script.  It was first interpreted into core script by the scholar and current president of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] [[Blivingdel]], and to this day, he and Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort are the only Ghyllians able to read it.
+The Ziggurat Scrolls were written in a variation of ternary script known as 2.5ary script.  This script, which appears to be a degenerate form of the ternary script adopted by lazy scribes who refused to count "all the way up to three?! You've got to be [[splak|splakking!"]], is considered to be midway between ternary and duadic script.  It was first interpreted into core script by the scholar and current president of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] [[Blivingdel]], and to this day, he and Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort are the only Ghyllians able to read it.
 The first interpretation of the Ziggurat Scrolls was published by Sir Rumsfeld himself in -6 [[EC]] and sparked a Ghyll-wide controversy over the true identity of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. [[Blivingdel]] published a much revised interpretation two years later.  Since then, many other scholars have examined the Scrolls, but as none are familiar with 2.5ary script, their publications have been less than enlightening.
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 == Finding of the Scrolls ==
-Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort claims to have discovered the Ziggurat Scrolls while on a cuttlefishing expedition to the Dagger Sea Segundus.  He was pulled out of the boat as he wrestled to land a particularly strong cuttlefish, and eventually washed up on a small island shaped like a ziggurat.  On the highest level of the ziggurat, he discovered the mouth of a cave that had been sealed with seabird guano.  Inside, he found the 23 rolls of parchment that were the scrolls.  These he removed and wrapped in an acid-free plastic bag, which he just happened to have with him, and then, carrying his precious cargo on his head, swam to the mainland.  Sir Rumsfeld has since refused to pinpoint the location of the ziggurat island, claiming that "that's for me to know and you to find out."  However, their are some who doubt Sir Rumsfeld's knowledge of the island's whereabouts as well as their own.
+Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort claims to have discovered the Ziggurat Scrolls while on a cuttlefishing expedition to the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Segundus]].  He was pulled out of the boat as he wrestled to land a particularly strong cuttlefish, and eventually washed up on a small island shaped like a ziggurat.  On the highest level of the ziggurat, he discovered the mouth of a cave that had been sealed with seabird guano.  Inside, he found the 23 rolls of parchment that were the scrolls.  These he removed and wrapped in an acid-free plastic bag, which he just happened to have with him, and then, carrying his precious cargo on his head, swam to the mainland.  Sir Rumsfeld has since refused to pinpoint the location of the ziggurat island, claiming that "that's for me to know and you to find out."  However, there are some who doubt Sir Rumsfeld's knowledge of the island's whereabouts, as well as their own.
 == Script and Translation ==
-The Ziggurat Scrolls were written in a variation of Ternary script known as 2.5ary script.  This script, which appears to be a degenerate form of the ternary script adopted by lazy scribes who refused to count "all the way up to three?! You've got to be splakking!", is considered to be midway between Ternary and Duadic script.  It was first interpreted into core script by the scholar and current president of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] [[Blivingdel]], and to this day, he and Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort are the only Ghyllians able to read it.
+The Ziggurat Scrolls were written in a variation of Ternary script known as 2.5ary script.  This script, which appears to be a degenerate form of the ternary script adopted by lazy scribes who refused to count "all the way up to three?! You've got to be [[splak|splakking!"]], is considered to be midway between Ternary and Duadic script.  It was first interpreted into core script by the scholar and current president of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] [[Blivingdel]], and to this day, he and Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort are the only Ghyllians able to read it.
-The first interpretation of the Ziggurat Scrolls was published by Sir Rumsfeld himself in -6 [[EC]] and sparked a Ghyll-wide controversy over the true identity of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. [[Blivingdel]] published a much revised interpretation two year later.  Since then, many other scholars have examined the Scrolls, but as none are familiar 2.5ary script, their publications have been less than enlightening.
+The first interpretation of the Ziggurat Scrolls was published by Sir Rumsfeld himself in -6 [[EC]] and sparked a Ghyll-wide controversy over the true identity of the [[Budgerigar Master]]. [[Blivingdel]] published a much revised interpretation two years later.  Since then, many other scholars have examined the Scrolls, but as none are familiar with 2.5ary script, their publications have been less than enlightening.
 == Current Controversy ==
-The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]].  Some scholars continue to hold that he is purely mythological, an allegorical archtype for learning, bardary and bird-calls.  However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explaination for millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master.  These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than the Master himself.  Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of Odgar IV in -238 [[EC]], long after Nitenmangrey culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
+The first publication of the Ziggurat Scrolls inspired a fury of scholarship around the previously disregarded figure of the [[Budgerigar Master]].  Some scholars continue to hold that he is purely mythological, an allegorical archtype for learning, minstrelry and bird-calls.  However, other embrace the newly unearthed scrolls as providing explaination for the millenia that separate the various recorded appearances of the Master.  These scholars, among them the aforementioned [[Blivingdel]], surmise that the later mentions of the Budgerigar Master simply refer to members of the Society of Traveling Budgerigars, rather than to the Master himself.  Nevertheless, this does not explain the appearance of the Master in the court of Odgar IV in -238 [[EC]], long after Nitenmangrey culture and the Society of Traveling Budgerigars had come to an end.
-Since few scholars can work directly with the text of the Scrolls, much of the current debate centers on the veracity of Sir Rumsfeld account of their discovery.  He has repeatedly deigned to indicate their original location on a map, or indeed to specific it any further than somewhere in the Segundus Dagger Sea.  This has led to much suspiscion and mutterings-behind-the-back from otherwise respectable scholars.  Many also question the state of excellent preservation in which the Scrolls were found, as well as their unusual script.  On Sir Rumsfeld's behalf, however, others have noted that the poor man was tired from the fishing sxpedition and couldn't very well be expected to remember all the details of compasses and maps and the like, and that, by Sir Rumsfeld's own account, the cave was exceptionally well sealed. This heated debate, as well as the exact nature of the [[Budgerigar Master]], are currently topics of investigation at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].
+Since few scholars can work directly with the text of the Scrolls, much of the current debate centers on the veracity of Sir Rumsfeld's account of their discovery.  He has repeatedly deigned to indicate their original location on a map, or indeed to specify it any further than "somewhere in the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea Segundus"]].  This has led to much suspicion and mutterings-behind-the-back from otherwise respectable scholars.  Many also question the state of excellent preservation in which the Scrolls were found, as well as their unusual script.  On Sir Rumsfeld's behalf, however, others have noted that the poor man was tired from the cuttlefishing expedition and couldn't very well be expected to remember all the details of compasses and maps and the like, and that, by Sir Rumsfeld's own account, the cave was exceptionally well sealed. This heated debate, as well as the exact nature of the [[Budgerigar Master]], are currently topics of investigation at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].
 '''Citations:'''[[Budgerigar Master]], [[stealth-guild]], [[Blivingdel]]
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