The Final Whilg Visions (to date)
When the party visited the Monastery of Absolute Good in the Far West
(what folks from our neck of the woods call anything west of the
Banditlands), Ganeth had a chat with Xinthai, the resident whilg.
Xinthai suggested that G set aside and preserve a part of himself, so
that something of him would survive the challenges ahead; this sounded
suspiciously like the pact Lessania made
once upon a time and seemed to confirm our suspicion that at least
some of the whilg prophecies were intended to be self-fulfulling. He
was also up-front about viewing Ganeth as a tool; everyone does, of
course, but it's nice to hear someone being honest about it. And at
the end, there were a quick pair of visions:
Same bridge, same hooded woman, but this time she has
two hands, which are folded in prayer. Quoth Xinthai, "You
will face her, though many doubt her existence." Quoth Silvana
(inexactly), "In other words, they still want you to take her out,
even though most people don't think she's much of a factor anymore."
We later found a physical analogue of the bridge in the Veins of
Abbathor, had problems
with someone who may have been one of her operatives, and visited her
base at Mt. Kathul, but so far there's been no sign of her
directly.
Xinthai's comment: "Sometimes the fly that is consumed
poisons the spider." Yet another sign that Ganeth is going to be
maneuvered (by Plant Dude and others) into taking on Rakni, with
mutually assured destruction (in classic Red
One style) the expected outcome.
Compiled and maintained by Erich Greene; last changed 1-21-96