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
Recipes
’Interesting -’
talk.visitor.intercept.libreng.theotherimmortality
Requirements: Libreng Ibon, t.theotherimmortality
Start Description: ‘I wouldn’t expect something so sentimental here… but the Haustorium has always favored speaking of the Dead. If you could, may I take a moment to reminisce?’ [Libreng will examine the book and return it to you. He won’t leave until his other business is concluded.]
Description: ‘Yes, there are mortals I remember as well. Many of them. And not even a century into immortality have these memories started to fade. Even so, I clutch them tight, even as they fade in eternity’s light. Sometimes I wonder whether I was taken beneath the wrong Hour’s wing… ah, forgive my rambling. Let me make it up to you with a lesson.’
Effects: x.inks.power