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Ichaya: /* The Swords */

2015-11-18T18:53:39Z

The Swords

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	The S'hariens were, after all, "Swords of the Twilight", made in the ancient style by methods none save [[S'harien]] had been able to reconstruct, symbols of a long gone time of ferocity and splendor. So the travelers decided they would take the swords with them to remember the old Vulcan by - the energetic, angry, beautiful, whole Vulcan - all blood-green passion and joy that dared death, laughing. They took the swords though it was their enemy who gave them, and though the man who made them would have sooner ~~have~~ seen them destroyed than in [[Rihannsu]] hands, or indeed any other.		The S'hariens were, after all, "Swords of the Twilight", made in the ancient style by methods none save [[S'harien]] had been able to reconstruct, symbols of a long gone time of ferocity and splendor. So the travelers decided they would take the swords with them to remember the old Vulcan by - the energetic, angry, beautiful, whole Vulcan - all blood-green passion and joy that dared death, laughing. They took the swords though it was their enemy who gave them, and though the man who made them would have sooner seen them destroyed than in [[Rihannsu]] hands, or indeed any other.

	The sword became both the cause and the symbol of the Sundering. It was the sword that parted Vulcan. It was the sword that would eventually draw the two sundered parts together over the years, though neither side was to know that as '''Rea's Helm''' glided away into the long night.		The sword became both the cause and the symbol of the Sundering. It was the sword that parted Vulcan. It was the sword that would eventually draw the two sundered parts together over the years, though neither side was to know that as '''Rea's Helm''' glided away into the long night.

Ichaya at 18:52, 18 November 2015

2015-11-18T18:52:49Z

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	* [[Age of Expansion]]		* [[Age of Expansion]]
	* [[~~The~~ Awakening]]		* [[Time of Awakening]]


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	S'task says that Surak put the fruit down and said to him most sincerely, "I thank you very much indeed. Please leave."		S'task says that Surak put the fruit down and said to him most sincerely, "I thank you very much indeed. Please leave."

	"But why? Have I done something wrong?"		"But why? Have I done something wrong?"

Ichaya: /* The Swords */

2015-11-11T07:34:26Z

The Swords

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	=== The Swords ===		=== The Swords ===

	While small things in the greater scheme, the Swords of S'harien have had a profound influence on Rihannsu culture, and are thought by many to have become a symbol of The Sundering itself.		While small things in the greater scheme, the Swords of S'harien have had a profound influence on [[Rihannsu]] culture, and are thought by many to have become a symbol of The Sundering itself.

	As poets often are, S'task himself was a swordsman as well, and besides his wife and daughter and the clothes on his back, the only things he brought with him on the journey were three swords by the smith [[S'harien]].		As poets often are, S'task himself was a swordsman as well, and besides his wife and daughter and the clothes on his back, the only things he brought with him on the journey were three swords by the smith [[S'harien]].
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	The S'hariens were, after all, "Swords of the Twilight", made in the ancient style by methods none save [[S'harien]] had been able to reconstruct, symbols of a long gone time of ferocity and splendor. So the travelers decided they would take the swords with them to remember the old Vulcan by - the energetic, angry, beautiful, whole Vulcan - all blood-green passion that dared death, laughing. They took the swords though it was their enemy who gave them, and though the man who made them would have sooner have seen them destroyed than in [[Rihannsu]] hands, or indeed any other.		The S'hariens were, after all, "Swords of the Twilight", made in the ancient style by methods none save [[S'harien]] had been able to reconstruct, symbols of a long gone time of ferocity and splendor. So the travelers decided they would take the swords with them to remember the old Vulcan by - the energetic, angry, beautiful, whole Vulcan - all blood-green passion and joy that dared death, laughing. They took the swords though it was their enemy who gave them, and though the man who made them would have sooner have seen them destroyed than in [[Rihannsu]] hands, or indeed any other.

	The sword became both the cause and the symbol of the Sundering. It was the sword that parted Vulcan. It was the sword that would eventually draw the two sundered parts together over the years, though neither side was to know that as '''Rea's Helm''' glided away into the long night.		The sword became both the cause and the symbol of the Sundering. It was the sword that parted Vulcan. It was the sword that would eventually draw the two sundered parts together over the years, though neither side was to know that as '''Rea's Helm''' glided away into the long night.

Ichaya: /* The Last Song */

2015-11-11T06:57:43Z

The Last Song

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	== The Last Song ==		== The Last Song ==

	'''Rea's Helm''' was the first to leave [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]], some fifty years after the '''Statement of Intention of Flight'''. Behind her, in twos and threes, came the names still preserved in the Rihannsu fleets, both merchant and military, and never allowed to lay idle:		'''Rea's Helm''' was the first to leave [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]], some fifty years after the '''Statement of Intention of Flight'''. Behind her, in twos and threes, came the names still preserved in the [[Rihannsu]] fleets, both merchant and military, and never allowed to lay idle:

	'''Warbird, Farseeker, Starcatcher, T'Hie, Pennon, Bloodwing''' and '''Corona, Lance''' and '''Gorget, Sunheart, Forge''' and '''Lost Road''' and '''Blacklight, Firestorm''' and '''Vengeance''' and '''Memory''' and '''Shield'''.		'''Warbird, Farseeker, Starcatcher, T'Hie, Pennon, Bloodwing''' and '''Corona, Lance''' and '''Gorget, Sunheart, Forge''' and '''Lost Road''' and '''Blacklight, Firestorm''' and '''Vengeance''' and '''Memory''' and '''Shield'''.

Ichaya at 06:03, 11 November 2015

2015-11-11T06:03:20Z

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	'''Sadahshaya''' (The Sundering) refers to the exodus of S'task and his followers from [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]].		'''Sadahshaya''' (The Sundering) refers to the exodus of S'task and his followers from [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]].

	'''Sadahshsu~~'la~~''' - (The Sundered) refers to The Eighty Thousand leaving the planet.		'''Sadahshsu''' - (The Sundered) refers to The Eighty Thousand leaving the planet.

	'''Seheikk'he''' - (The Declared) name S'task and his followers chose for themselves, eventually becoming [[Rihannsu]]		'''Seheikk'he''' - (The Declared) name S'task and his followers chose for themselves, eventually becoming [[Rihannsu]]

Ichaya at 06:59, 9 November 2015

2015-11-09T06:59:50Z

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	'''Seheikk'he''' - (The Declared) name S'task and his followers chose for themselves, eventually becoming [[Rihannsu]]		'''Seheikk'he''' - (The Declared) name S'task and his followers chose for themselves, eventually becoming [[Rihannsu]]


			See also:

			* [[Age of Expansion]]
			* [[The Awakening]]


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	[[Category:Events]]		[[Category:Events]]

			[[Category: Vulcan (Planet)]]

Ichaya: /* The Duthulhiv Pirates */

2015-10-30T21:00:59Z

The Duthulhiv Pirates

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	== The Duthulhiv Pirates ==		== The Duthulhiv Pirates ==

	By the time of Surak, the first landing on Vulcan's sister planet [[T'Khut]] was already centuries in the past and mining expeditions to the inner worlds of 40 Eridani were becoming, if not commonplace, at least not unusual.		By the time of [[Surak]], the first landing on Vulcan's sister planet [[T'Khut]] was already centuries in the past and mining expeditions to the inner worlds of 40 Eridani were becoming, if not commonplace, at least not unusual.

	By and large the Vulcans regarded the rest of the universe with interest and expected to find - or be found by - other intelligent life at some point. As a result of Vulcan culture in which the threat is usually your neighbor, but the stranger is offered hospitality, they expected to treat fairly and courteously with any outworlders, though always from a position of strength.		By and large the Vulcans regarded the rest of the universe with interest and expected to find - or be found by - other intelligent life at some point. As a result of Vulcan culture in which the threat is usually your neighbor, but the stranger is offered hospitality, they expected to treat fairly and courteously with any outworlders, though always from a position of strength.
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	What is still called "The War" by the Vulcans, thus demoting all others before to the rank of mere tribal feuds, swiftly took battle to the Duthulhiv Pirates. Although Vulcan never had thought to arm their starships, their chief psi-talents and technicians quickly taught the pirates that weapons aren't everything. Metal came unraveled in ship's hulls,; pilots calmly locked their ships into suicidal courses, unheeding of the screams of the crews.		What is still called "The War" by the Vulcans, thus demoting all others before to the rank of mere tribal feuds, swiftly took battle to the Duthulhiv Pirates. Although Vulcan never had thought to arm their starships, their chief psi-talents and technicians quickly taught the pirates that weapons aren't everything. Metal came unraveled in ship's hulls,; pilots calmly locked their ships into suicidal courses, unheeding of the screams of the crews.

	By a twist of fate Surak had been delayed at the port facility of ta'Valsh, but S'task was at the meeting; and one of those taken hostage. After uttering the famous ''"I am Vulcan, bred to peace"'' it was S'task who proceeded to break his torturer's back, organize the in-ship rebellion that cost many slavers' lives, broke into the database and - after safely releasing the other hostages - crashed the luckless vessel into the pirate mothership.		By a twist of fate [[Surak]] had been delayed at the port facility of ta'Valsh, but S'task was at the meeting; and one of those taken hostage. After uttering the famous ''"I am Vulcan, bred to peace"'' it was S'task who proceeded to break his torturer's back, organize the in-ship rebellion that cost many slavers' lives, broke into the database and - after safely releasing the other hostages - crashed the luckless vessel into the pirate mothership.

	He was picked up weeks later, after much anguished searching, in a lifepod in an L5 orbit; half dead of dehydration but clinging to life through sheer rage. They brought him home, and Surak hurried to his couch-side - to rebuke him. The words "I have lost my best student to madness" are the beginning of the Sundering of the Vulcan species.		He was picked up weeks later, after much anguished searching, in a lifepod in an L5 orbit; half dead of dehydration but clinging to life through sheer rage. They brought him home, and Surak hurried to his couch-side - to rebuke him. The words "I have lost my best student to madness" are the beginning of the Sundering of the Vulcan species.

Ichaya: /* The Last Song */

2015-10-30T09:18:58Z

The Last Song

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	In their absence, under Surak's tutelage, [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]] became one. The irony has been much commented on, that the aliens who presented the threat that almost destroyed Vulcan were eventually the instrument of its unification, and the world which has never been ''not'' at war became the exemplar of peace.		In their absence, under Surak's tutelage, [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]] became one. The irony has been much commented on, that the aliens who presented the threat that almost destroyed Vulcan were eventually the instrument of its unification, and the world which has never been ''not'' at war became the exemplar of peace.

	Surak spent his life, and eventually gave his life, for an idea whose time had come - ~~and~~ idea the accomplishment of which would fill other planets, in future times, with envy or longing. But the other side of the idea, the lost side, the incomplete, the failed side, was never out of his mind, or Vulcan's.		Surak spent his life, and eventually gave his life, for an idea whose time had come - an idea the accomplishment of which would fill other planets, in future times, with envy or longing. But the other side of the idea, the lost side, the incomplete, the failed side, was never out of his mind, or Vulcan's.

	Among his writings after he died was found this stave:		Among his writings after he died was found this stave:

Ichaya: /* The Last Song */

2015-10-30T09:17:02Z

The Last Song

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	'''Rea's Helm''' was the first to leave [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]], some fifty years after the '''Statement of Intention of Flight'''. Behind her, in twos and threes, came the names still preserved in the Rihannsu fleets, both merchant and military, and never allowed to lay idle:		'''Rea's Helm''' was the first to leave [[Vulcan (Planet)\|Vulcan]], some fifty years after the '''Statement of Intention of Flight'''. Behind her, in twos and threes, came the names still preserved in the Rihannsu fleets, both merchant and military, and never allowed to lay idle:

	'''Warbird, Starcatcher, T'Hie, Pennon, Bloodwing''' and '''Corona, Lance''' and '''Gorget, Sunheart, Forge''' and '''Lost Road''' and '''Blacklight, Firestorm''' and '''Vengeance''' and '''Memory''' and '''Shield'''.		'''Warbird, Farseeker, Starcatcher, T'Hie, Pennon, Bloodwing''' and '''Corona, Lance''' and '''Gorget, Sunheart, Forge''' and '''Lost Road''' and '''Blacklight, Firestorm''' and '''Vengeance''' and '''Memory''' and '''Shield'''.

Ichaya: /* Surak and S'task */

2015-10-27T21:17:09Z

Surak and S'task

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	Surak looked up from his writing as the young man came in and put down the fruit he was eating. "Who are you?" he said.		[[Surak]] looked up from his writing as the young man came in and put down the fruit he was eating. "Who are you?" he said.

	"S'task," he said.		"S'task," he said.