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= Gospel versus Tomb Inscriptions = | = Gospel versus Tomb Inscriptions = | ||
Most of the sultan histories that the player will learn about during the course of the game are of the "gospel" variety. However, in the {{favilink|Tomb of the Eaters}}, the player can also discover tomb inscriptions that recount the same events in each sultan's history. Each event in the sultan histories will have both a gospel account and a corresponding tomb inscription. Tomb inscriptions typically use a different tone to describe the event. For example, the tomb inscriptions often appear to elevate praise for the sultan to a higher or more miraculous level than the corresponding gospel account, and sometimes omit certain shortcomings or moral problems with the sultan's behavior. A tomb inscription can also sometimes vary slightly in the specific details recounted in the event. | Most of the sultan histories that the player will learn about during the course of the game are of the "gospel" variety. However, in the {{favilink|Tomb of the Eaters}}, the player can also discover tomb inscriptions that recount the same events in each sultan's history, recorded on [[sultan murals]]. Each event in the sultan histories will have both a gospel account and a corresponding tomb inscription. Tomb inscriptions typically use a different tone to describe the event. For example, the tomb inscriptions often appear to elevate praise for the sultan to a higher or more miraculous level than the corresponding gospel account, and sometimes omit certain shortcomings or moral problems with the sultan's behavior. A tomb inscription can also sometimes vary slightly in the specific details recounted in the event. | ||
=== Example Event in Sultan History, with Corresponding Tomb Inscription === | === Example Event in Sultan History, with Corresponding Tomb Inscription === | ||
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&wAnguish to the Shrine at Bibappir of Ekappur! It was there that Oyuram lost his prized Radiantucus Flowersboon during the ritual of the Empyrean Vault.|noindent=true}} | &wAnguish to the Shrine at Bibappir of Ekappur! It was there that Oyuram lost his prized Radiantucus Flowersboon during the ritual of the Empyrean Vault.|noindent=true}} | ||
= Eras = | |||
The sultanate is divided into "Early" and "Late" periods, which have different sets of phrases that can appear in the histories. The first two sultans are early, the third sultan uses a 50:50 mix of early and late, and the fourth and fifth sultans are late. The following table shows the differences between the two; shared entries are not included. | |||
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!Options | |||
!Notes | |||
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|Early adjectives | |||
|star, space, time, temporal, spatial, cosmic, empyrean, ether, algebraic, astral, luminous, stellary, high | |||
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|Late adjectives | |||
|sand, salt, dust, terra, fish, glass, low, slag, sea, cinder | |||
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|Early locations | |||
|<3D shape>, <2D shape>, vault, crypt, temple, shrine, sanctum, reactor, core | |||
|Shapes include circle, apeirogon, lune, torus, ellipsoid, etc. | |||
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|Late locations | |||
|<hearth>, <shire>, <body of water>, <city-state>, <guildhall>, <farm>, <shrine> | |||
|roost, furrow, cistern, the autarchy of <location>, tract, altar, etc. | |||
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|Early vehicles | |||
|<3D shape>, star blimp, star ship, star craft, star ark, star haul, star barge | |||
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|Late vehicles | |||
|(sand, salt, turf, loam, ground, soil) <3D shape>, <geometric pattern> (wagon, cab, buggy, chariot) | |||
|loam prism, salt pyramid, soil hyperboloid, knot wagon, quincunx chariot, ankh buggy | |||
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|Early "object found" | |||
|<rescued> from a crysteel blast furnace, pried free by emerald tongs, trawled from the slipstream, cooled on the voidpeaks of the early universe | |||
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|Late "object found" | |||
|<rescued> by orefishers from the trash sea, <wrapped> in uuflax, wrested from the liminal tiers of a shale-toppled spire, <rescued> from a perch fish aquarium, polished on a municipal lathe, <wrapped> in ur-filament, <rescued> from the steeple fires | |||
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|Early celebration | |||
|climbed the crysteel blast furnaces, swam the slipstream, touched the <adjective> <location>, climbed the <adjective> <location> | |||
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|Late celebration | |||
|climbed the burning belfries, threw a <object> into the trash sea, wrested from the liminal tiers of a shale-toppled spire, smashed the perch fish aquaria, wrapped themselves with ur-filament, lit the steeple fires | |||
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|Early civilization activity | |||
|proving obscure theorems, reversing the course of the slipstream | |||
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|Late civilization activity | |||
|trawling the trash sea, wresting loot from shale-toppled spires, lighting the steeple fires | |||
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= Individual Events = | = Individual Events = | ||
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&CTomb Inscription: | &CTomb Inscription: | ||
&wSomewhere in Trash Autarchy of Mineshan, Ushid II had a dream that he was rolling six-sided dice. For the rest of Ushid II's life, he was obsessed with nine-sided dice. <ref>This type of event | &wSomewhere in Trash Autarchy of Mineshan, Ushid II had a dream that he was rolling six-sided dice. For the rest of Ushid II's life, he was obsessed with nine-sided dice. <ref>This type of event does not have a unique tomb inscription format - it is always identical to the gospel event text.</ref> | ||
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