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VANDOO · 26th September 2006, 03:43 AM

AS WITH ALL STORYS THE LEGENDS GROW AND ONE SOURCE WILL MENTION SOME EVENT WHICH ANOTHER SOURCE DOSEN'T MENTION THE BLENDING OF FACT AND FICTION USUALLY OCCURS.
THE WAY I REMBER IT THE YOUNG MEN WERE CALLED TO THE CASTLE BY THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN AND GIVEN DRUGED DRINK AND HASHISH TO SMOKE AND THEN CARRIED INTO THE CANYON BEHIND THE CASTLE WHERE THEY AWOKE IN PARADISE WITH ALL ITS PROMISES. THEY THEN WERE DRUGGED AGAIN AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE OLD MAN AND GIVEN THEIR ORDERS. HAVING BEEN IN PARADISE FOR A EVENING THEY WERE EAGER TO SUCESSFULLY CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION AND DIE AND RETURN TO PARADISE.
ONE STORY I READ WAS THAT AN ENVOY WAS SENT TO ONE OF THE RULERS WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN. AFTER LISTENING TO THE DEMANDS OF THE ENVOY THE RULER SAID I WILL NOT OBEY AS MY PROTECTION IS PERFECT AND I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. THE ENVOY SAID I WILL PROVE THAT I HOLD YOUR LIFE IN MY HANDS HE THEN TOLD THE RULERS TWO TRUSTED PERSONEL BODYGAURDS WHO HAD GROWN UP WITH HIM AS CHILDREN TO DRAW THEIR SWORDS AND KILL EACH OTHER. ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION WAS THAT ANOTHER RULER WOKE UP IN HIS WELL GAURDED BEDROOM WITH A DAGGER STICKING IN THE BED BY HIS HEAD. WHATS TRUE AND WHATS FALSE

BUT IT DOES MAKE A INTERESTING STORY. I AM NOT QUOTING WHAT I READ AS I DON'T REMEMBER HOW OR WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN.

PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN PROVIDE SOME PICTURES OF DAGGERS USED IN THAT AREA DURING THAT TIME. I ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CURVED JAMBAYA FORM.

26th September 2006, 03:43 AM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	AS WITH ALL STORYS THE LEGENDS GROW AND ONE SOURCE WILL MENTION SOME EVENT WHICH ANOTHER SOURCE DOSEN'T MENTION THE BLENDING OF FACT AND FICTION USUALLY OCCURS. THE WAY I REMBER IT THE YOUNG MEN WERE CALLED TO THE CASTLE BY THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN AND GIVEN DRUGED DRINK AND HASHISH TO SMOKE AND THEN CARRIED INTO THE CANYON BEHIND THE CASTLE WHERE THEY AWOKE IN PARADISE WITH ALL ITS PROMISES. THEY THEN WERE DRUGGED AGAIN AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE OLD MAN AND GIVEN THEIR ORDERS. HAVING BEEN IN PARADISE FOR A EVENING THEY WERE EAGER TO SUCESSFULLY CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION AND DIE AND RETURN TO PARADISE. ONE STORY I READ WAS THAT AN ENVOY WAS SENT TO ONE OF THE RULERS WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN. AFTER LISTENING TO THE DEMANDS OF THE ENVOY THE RULER SAID I WILL NOT OBEY AS MY PROTECTION IS PERFECT AND I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. THE ENVOY SAID I WILL PROVE THAT I HOLD YOUR LIFE IN MY HANDS HE THEN TOLD THE RULERS TWO TRUSTED PERSONEL BODYGAURDS WHO HAD GROWN UP WITH HIM AS CHILDREN TO DRAW THEIR SWORDS AND KILL EACH OTHER. ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION WAS THAT ANOTHER RULER WOKE UP IN HIS WELL GAURDED BEDROOM WITH A DAGGER STICKING IN THE BED BY HIS HEAD. WHATS TRUE AND WHATS FALSE BUT IT DOES MAKE A INTERESTING STORY. I AM NOT QUOTING WHAT I READ AS I DON'T REMEMBER HOW OR WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN. PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN PROVIDE SOME PICTURES OF DAGGERS USED IN THAT AREA DURING THAT TIME. I ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CURVED JAMBAYA FORM.