Re: The Souljammer, Part One

Kool! Sounds like a great idea for a adventure . Id like to hear more

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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 23:43:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: gantr@???.edu
Subject: [SPELLJAMMER] - The Souljammer, Part One
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[Warning.  This is an "in-character" post.  If this bothers you, go
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Most people, whether Prime or Planar, have heard of the Spelljammer.  A
great, manta-winged ship that haunts the crystal spheres and rainbow
oceans of the Prime Material Plane.  Nobody seems to know what it is,
where it came from, or what it is for.  Some see it as an agent of the
gods, others as a harbinger of destruction.  The only thing anyone knows
for certain is that it is unique.

Or is it?

Travelers in the Astral Plane have seen something similar to the
legendary
Spelljammer, hunting the Silver Void.  Mariners of the Stellar Main have
heard rumors of a great ship, like a dark mirror of the Spelljammer
itself, appearing and vanishing again within the spheres.  Rrakkma bands
and Gith corsairs mutter darkly of the "Spider of the Spiritweb" and
make
signs to ward off danger.  Some few even claim to have seen Smalljammers
attacked and destroyed by *something*, although whether that something
was
vessels of unknown origin or an as yet undiscovered type of creature
remains to be learned.

There may, indeed, be another Spelljammer.  And yet, the Spelljammer
remains unique.

My interest in this came from a man I found floating in a nameless
sphere,
on one of my journeys in the Prime.  He was raving, and nearly dead from
exposure.  I cared for him as best as I could, but I am no priest to
restore life and health with a touch.  But, before he died, he told me
this.  It may be nothing more than the fevered dreams of a dying man.
It
may be the ravings of a man driven mad by the psychic winds of the
Silver
Void.  It may even be true.

It is his tale of how the Souljammer came to be.

"[Cough] Aye...I crewed it, I did.  I did.  I was there...there...there
at
the beginning...gods...I was there...

"The captain...we'd...we'd found something...something...[cough].  A
Helm,
he said it was.  A Helm, the Helm...the Ultimate Helm...power.  It, with
the ship...ship...Ship...Spell - NO!  NO!  IT HATES US!  IT HATES US!

"[Gasp]Smalljammer.  Smalljammer.  Smalljammer and the Helm.
Smalljammer
and the Ultimate Helm.  Give us power, he said.  Power.  Power over the
Spelljamme - NOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOO!  HATE!  HATE!  IT HATES US!  IT HATES
US!
IT HATES US IT HATES US IT HATES US IT HATES!

"[gasp][cough]Power.  Captain's Helm.  Ultimate Helm.  Take us there.
But
they attacked.  Attacked.  HATES US!  It attacked.  The Spelljammer
ATTACKED!  The Gith attacked.  SPELLJAMMER ATTACKED!  GITH ATTACKED!

"We ran, but it killed us.  No.  No.  It moved us.  Moved us.
Somewhere.
A void.  A silver void, filled with...with...with...

" A void.  Filled with webs filled with columns filled with silver
filled
with islands filled with cords filled with...

"We landed on an island.  An island...it had to be an island...it
couldn't
be what it told us...it couldn't be what it showed us...it couldn't be a
god be a power be dead be still alive be...we were hungry.  Don't you
see?
We were hungry the ship was hungry the captain was hungry the ship was
hungry...we had to.  It couldn't be what it showed us...it was just an
island...just an island..just an island made of flesh with arms with
legs
with hands with a face it was just an island!  JUST AN ISLAND!

"We ate of it...we ate the island...it was just an island but we ate of
it...it couldn't be what it showed us...it couldn't be a god...it
couldn't
be dead...it was an island...it was a god it was an island it was a god
it
was an island it was a dead god it was an island...

"The captain ate of it...the ship ate of it...the Smalljammer ate of
it...the captain ate and the Smalljammer ate...Smalljammers don't eat
but
it ate it ate it ate it ate it ate...it ate...it was just an island it
couldn't be a god it couldn't be dead it was just an island...

"The ship grew...it grew...it grew I could see it grow...it grew and it
ate and it grew and it ate and it grew and the captain ate and the ship
ate and the captain ate and the ship ate and the captain ate and the
ship
ate the captain...no, it didn't eat the captain...it became the
captain...the captain became the ship became the captain became the god
became the ship became the god became the captain became the god...

"It was just an island...but the ship became the captain became the
god...

"It took us...made us part of the ship part of the captain part of the
god...it hated...it hated...it hated the Spell - NOOOOO!  NOOO!
DESTROY!
DESTROY IT!  DESTROY IT!  ONLY ONE!  ONLY ONE!  DESTROY IT!

"It took a name...Bhaal...Bhaal...a ship...not a ship...The Ship...not
The
Ship...Bhaal...Ship of the Void...Bhaal's Ship...Void Ship...Taker of
Souls...Bhaal...Souls...Ship...Souljammer...Bhaal...

"It has to be stopped...it's a god it's not a god it's dead it's not
dead
it's Bhaal it's not Bhaal it's The Ship it's not The Ship...it
hates...it
hates...it hates The Ship...it hates the Spelljammer...stop it...stop
Bhaal...stop the Souljammer...

"It wants death...Spelljammer's death...revenge...revenge for
Bhall...unique...only one..only one...unique...destroy all...destroy
Spelljammer...destroy all...be all...destroy all...be all

"Stop it...somehow...

That is what he told me.

Delinor Toghte,
Planeswalker and occasional Spelljammer

[In character mode off.]

More information will follow, if this seems interesting enough to
everyone.  Be warned that I will take silence for interest, so I'll keep
posting if there is no response.  :)

Richard Gant
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