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The '''Gyre''' is a phenomenon affecting Qud, described as a series of seven plagues and commonly regarded as a curse laid on Qud as punishment for some ancient wrong. It is first recorded in the days of [[Resheph]], whose annals deal with his efforts to stop it, and has recently begun again. The seven plagues are:

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The name of the Gyre is derived from William Butler Yeats's poem ''The Second Coming'', which opens with the line "Turning and turning in the widening gyre". The description of the Nephilim in Resheph's annals references the famous ending lines: "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,/Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"

The seven plagues of the Gyre are inspired by the ten plagues of Egypt ~~in the story of Moses~~:

The seven plagues of the Gyre are inspired by the Biblical ten plagues of Egypt:

# ''Dam'' - Water turning to blood

# ''~~Tsfardeia~~'' - Frogs

# ''Tzefarde'a'' - Frogs

# ''Kinim'' - Lice or gnats

# ''Arov'' - Wild animals or flies

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# ''Barad'' - Storm of hail and fire

# ''Arbeh'' - Locusts devouring crops

# ''~~Choshech~~'' - Three days of darkness

# ''Choshekh'' - Three days of darkness

# ''Makat ~~B’chorot~~'' - Death of the firstborn

# ''Makat Bechorot'' - Death of the firstborn

Water turning to blood parallels water turning to salt, the svardym are frogs (and their name is ~~likely~~ derived from "~~tsfardeia~~"), glotrot and ironshank parallel the diseases, girshlings parallel the various insects but especially the locusts, vantablooms parallel the three days of darkness, and the Nephilim eating the young of Qud parallels the death of the firstborn.

Water turning to blood parallels water turning to salt, the svardym are frogs (and their name is directly derived from "tzefarde'im", the plural of "tzefarde'a"), glotrot and ironshank parallel the diseases, girshlings parallel the various insects but especially the locusts, vantablooms parallel the three days of darkness, and the Nephilim eating the young of Qud parallels the death of the firstborn.

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 The '''Gyre''' is a phenomenon affecting Qud, described as a series of seven plagues and commonly regarded as a curse laid on Qud as punishment for some ancient wrong. It is first recorded in the days of [[Resheph]], whose annals deal with his efforts to stop it, and has recently begun again. The seven plagues are:
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 The name of the Gyre is derived from William Butler Yeats's poem ''The Second Coming'', which opens with the line "Turning and turning in the widening gyre". The description of the Nephilim in Resheph's annals references the famous ending lines: "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,/Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
-The seven plagues of the Gyre are inspired by the ten plagues of Egypt in the story of Moses:
+The seven plagues of the Gyre are inspired by the Biblical ten plagues of Egypt:
 # ''Dam'' - Water turning to blood
-# ''Tsfardeia'' - Frogs
+# ''Tzefarde'a'' - Frogs
 # ''Kinim'' - Lice or gnats
 # ''Arov'' - Wild animals or flies
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 # ''Barad'' - Storm of hail and fire
 # ''Arbeh'' - Locusts devouring crops
-# ''Choshech'' - Three days of darkness
+# ''Choshekh'' - Three days of darkness
-# ''Makat B’chorot'' - Death of the firstborn
+# ''Makat Bechorot'' - Death of the firstborn
-Water turning to blood parallels water turning to salt, the svardym are frogs (and their name is likely derived from "tsfardeia"), glotrot and ironshank parallel the diseases, girshlings parallel the various insects but especially the locusts, vantablooms parallel the three days of darkness, and the Nephilim eating the young of Qud parallels the death of the firstborn.
+Water turning to blood parallels water turning to salt, the svardym are frogs (and their name is directly derived from "tzefarde'im", the plural of "tzefarde'a"), glotrot and ironshank parallel the diseases, girshlings parallel the various insects but especially the locusts, vantablooms parallel the three days of darkness, and the Nephilim eating the young of Qud parallels the death of the firstborn.
 [[Category: Narrative Entities]]