The Other Immortality
A melancholic exploration of the relationships between stories, Histories, and immortalities by the symurgist Libreng Ibon.
I’m Reading…
‘Books are the memory that do not die.’ It must be then that immortals- even Hours- are memories written in the books called the Histories. The Long understand this truth best, though most deny it, for we are the stories the Hours deemed worthy of writing down. And the most memorable of stories, in our misfortune, are those wrought with sorrow and tragedy.
I’ve Read…
Westergren’s daughter, Galmier’s lover, the mortals whose names will be lost in Eternity: will they live on while we remember them? I’d like to believe so. That Enkidu still walks with Gilgamesh. So I write this: Stories are the immortality that does not kill.’ Ibon adds that Sky or Nectar aspect can be used to make stargall and yewgall, ‘to empower even the smallest stories.’ **Effect: **Memory: Solace **Mastery: **Lesson: Inks of Power
Aspects
- Mystery: Rose 6
- Subject: Inks of Power
- Codex
- Readable
- Thing
- Watchman’s Archive