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	==Revisions==		==Revisions==
	Some publishers found the end of Shawni's story 'too sad to be read', and supplied an extemporaneous end of their own; these may have varied, but most of them describe 'Zeph' as having thanked her friends for the visit to the Marcon site, and returned with them alive, only to forget her previous incarnation entirely in later years, as she resumed a 'normal' life. This last was to explain Shawni's lifelong search for her origins, in so far as it makes him anxious to know the truth, but unable to extract it from her or any of their comrades.		Some publishers found the end of Shawni's story 'too sad to be read', and supplied an extemporaneous end of their own; these may have varied, but most of them describe 'Zeph' as having thanked her friends for the visit to the Marcon site, and returned with them alive, only to forget her previous incarnation entirely in later years, as she resumed a 'normal' life. This last was to explain Shawni's lifelong search for her origins, in so far as it makes him anxious to know the truth, but unable to extract it from her or any of their comrades.

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The Truth about Zeph

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	''Zeph was, it should be obvious, connected somehow to the [[Marcon Alliance]]. With this as my starting point, I began my research there. Precious little survives of that most hated enemy of the [[Mage Wars]], and so little of it discusses or describes the individual people. Few accounts, scant descriptions, and even less of actual names. Some cultures since then have even actively and willingly destroyed records, in the belief that by erasing the names, they could erase the people.''		''Zeph was, it should be obvious, connected somehow to the [[Marcon Alliance]]. With this as my starting point, I began my research there. Precious little survives of that most hated enemy of the [[Mage Wars]], and so little of it discusses or describes the individual people. Few accounts, scant descriptions, and even less of actual names. Some cultures since then have even actively and willingly destroyed records, in the belief that by erasing the names, they could erase the people.''

	''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as [[Akeron Kaido]], a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lord of Chaos\|Lords of Chaos]] he ~~held~~ the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''		''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as [[Akeron Kaido]], a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lord of Chaos\|Lords of Chaos]] he wore the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''

	''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.		''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.

CourseDirector: /* The Truth about Zeph */

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The Truth about Zeph

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	''In the late Golden Age, Zeph appears again, this time off-world (by my best information, the first time she is born onto another world). As [[Venta Fani]], she became a charismatic cult leader, claiming to be a god and using her considerable magic to sell the act. The world she lived on for that life had no mages, and contemporary critics passed off her abilities as illusions, simple parlor tricks; and she was happy to let them believe. She had her followers and whatever pleasures she desired.''		''In the late Golden Age, Zeph appears again, this time off-world (by my best information, the first time she is born onto another world). As [[Venta Fani]], she became a charismatic cult leader, claiming to be a god and using her considerable magic to sell the act. The world she lived on for that life had no mages, and contemporary critics passed off her abilities as illusions, simple parlor tricks; and she was happy to let them believe. She had her followers and whatever pleasures she desired.''

	''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, the ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,		''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, the ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time, how each of them was born of a different reincarnation line.''

			''For Zeph, I look for other details. She is typically happy, often playful. Her lives are characterized by strong friendships; and while I believe she was once a great evil, I know find that she seeks only closeness.''

			''I do not believe that Zeph will again walk among the living in my time; but I hope that, if she does live again, she finds new friends that will love her as much as I did.''

	==Revisions==		==Revisions==
	Some publishers found the end of Shawni's story 'too sad to be read', and supplied an extemporaneous end of their own; these may have varied, but most of them describe 'Zeph' as having thanked her friends for the visit to the Marcon site, and returned with them alive, only to forget her previous incarnation entirely in later years, as she resumed a 'normal' life. This last was to explain Shawni's lifelong search for her origins, in so far as it makes him anxious to know the truth, but unable to extract it from her or any of their comrades.		Some publishers found the end of Shawni's story 'too sad to be read', and supplied an extemporaneous end of their own; these may have varied, but most of them describe 'Zeph' as having thanked her friends for the visit to the Marcon site, and returned with them alive, only to forget her previous incarnation entirely in later years, as she resumed a 'normal' life. This last was to explain Shawni's lifelong search for her origins, in so far as it makes him anxious to know the truth, but unable to extract it from her or any of their comrades.

CourseDirector: /* The Truth about Zeph */

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The Truth about Zeph

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	''Zeph was, it should be obvious, connected somehow to the [[Marcon Alliance]]. With this as my starting point, I began my research there. Precious little survives of that most hated enemy of the [[Mage Wars]], and so little of it discusses or describes the individual people. Few accounts, scant descriptions, and even less of actual names. Some cultures since then have even actively and willingly destroyed records, in the belief that by erasing the names, they could erase the people.''		''Zeph was, it should be obvious, connected somehow to the [[Marcon Alliance]]. With this as my starting point, I began my research there. Precious little survives of that most hated enemy of the [[Mage Wars]], and so little of it discusses or describes the individual people. Few accounts, scant descriptions, and even less of actual names. Some cultures since then have even actively and willingly destroyed records, in the belief that by erasing the names, they could erase the people.''

	''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as Akeron Kaido, a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lord of Chaos\|Lords of Chaos]] he held the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''		''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as [[Akeron Kaido]], a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lord of Chaos\|Lords of Chaos]] he held the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''

	''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.		''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.

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	''Zeph was, it should be obvious, connected somehow to the [[Marcon Alliance]]. With this as my starting point, I began my research there. Precious little survives of that most hated enemy of the [[Mage Wars]], and so little of it discusses or describes the individual people. Few accounts, scant descriptions, and even less of actual names. Some cultures since then have even actively and willingly destroyed records, in the belief that by erasing the names, they could erase the people.''		''Zeph was, it should be obvious, connected somehow to the [[Marcon Alliance]]. With this as my starting point, I began my research there. Precious little survives of that most hated enemy of the [[Mage Wars]], and so little of it discusses or describes the individual people. Few accounts, scant descriptions, and even less of actual names. Some cultures since then have even actively and willingly destroyed records, in the belief that by erasing the names, they could erase the people.''

	''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as Akeron Kaido, a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lords of Chaos]] he held the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''		''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as Akeron Kaido, a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lord of Chaos\|Lords of Chaos]] he held the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''

	''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.		''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.

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	''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, the ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,		''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, the ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,

			==Revisions==
			Some publishers found the end of Shawni's story 'too sad to be read', and supplied an extemporaneous end of their own; these may have varied, but most of them describe 'Zeph' as having thanked her friends for the visit to the Marcon site, and returned with them alive, only to forget her previous incarnation entirely in later years, as she resumed a 'normal' life. This last was to explain Shawni's lifelong search for her origins, in so far as it makes him anxious to know the truth, but unable to extract it from her or any of their comrades.

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The Journey Begins

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	''Let me diverge for a moment to tell you a bit more about Zeph. She was a very intense child, and not the way one normally characterizes overly-dramatic youth. She was strong-willed and possessed a fortitude of spirit unmatched in anyone I have as yet seen. I have now lived these past thirty-two years in [[Arindell]], walking the streets alongside [[Slayer Dragons]], and for what I have seen, none of them has the sheer will I saw in Zeph.''		''Let me diverge for a moment to tell you a bit more about Zeph. She was a very intense child, and not the way one normally characterizes overly-dramatic youth. She was strong-willed and possessed a fortitude of spirit unmatched in anyone I have as yet seen. I have now lived these past thirty-two years in [[Arindell]], walking the streets alongside [[Slayer Dragons]], and for what I have seen, none of them has the sheer will I saw in Zeph.''

	''I remember, once, when we were perhaps twelve. We visited a museum on the outskirts of Zathra, which sat on the edge of the Nara. While the other students milled about, admiring scultpures and being kids, she stood, along the river, facing up stream and staring into the distant mountains. As I stood behind her(admiring her, for I had these feelings of romance), I heard her speak.''		''I remember, once, when we were perhaps twelve. We visited a museum on the outskirts of Zathra, which sat on the edge of the Nara. While the other students milled about, admiring scultpures and being kids, she stood, along the river, facing up stream and staring into the distant mountains. As I stood behind her (admiring her, for I had these feelings of romance), I heard her speak.''

	''"I want to walk those roads again..." was all she said, and to no one. She had not seen me standing behind her. She'd often been prone to flights of fancy, of course, so at the time I dismissed it.''		''"I want to walk those roads again..." was all she said, and to no one. She had not seen me standing behind her. She'd often been prone to flights of fancy, of course, so at the time I dismissed it.''

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	Written by [[Skolla Shawni]] and published in [[A.Y.]] 5751, the Diary is a rather chilling first-hand account of his life and adventures with a young woman he calls only "Zeph" ([[Zephanie Gahliardi]]) with whom he grew up and later went on a lengthy adventure~~. The diary then covers~~ the later parts of his life as he struggled to deal with the events he witnessed, and ~~how he~~ eventually resigned himself to a life of poverty in order to understand the depth of what happened to him, and who-and-what Zeph really was. To the scholar, it is one of the most striking illustrations of how big [[Arindell]] really is.		Written by [[Skolla Shawni]] and published in [[A.Y.]] 5751, the Diary is a rather chilling first-hand account of his life and adventures with a young woman he calls only "Zeph" ([[Zephanie Gahliardi]]) with whom he grew up and later went on a lengthy adventure; and thereafter of the later parts of his life as he struggled to deal with the events he witnessed, and eventually resigned himself to a life of poverty in order to understand the depth of what happened to him, and who-and-what Zeph really was. To the scholar, it is one of the most striking illustrations of how big [[Arindell]] really is.

	==Contents==		==Contents==

Siddharth1: /* The Truth about Zeph */

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The Truth about Zeph

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	''In the late Golden Age, Zeph appears again, this time off-world (by my best information, the first time she is born onto another world). As [[Venta Fani]], she became a charismatic cult leader, claiming to be a god and using her considerable magic to sell the act. The world she lived on for that life had no mages, and contemporary critics passed off her abilities as illusions, simple parlor tricks; and she was happy to let them believe. She had her followers and whatever pleasures she desired.''		''In the late Golden Age, Zeph appears again, this time off-world (by my best information, the first time she is born onto another world). As [[Venta Fani]], she became a charismatic cult leader, claiming to be a god and using her considerable magic to sell the act. The world she lived on for that life had no mages, and contemporary critics passed off her abilities as illusions, simple parlor tricks; and she was happy to let them believe. She had her followers and whatever pleasures she desired.''

	''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, he ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,		''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, the ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,

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The Truth about Zeph

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	''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as Akeron Kaido, a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lords of Chaos]] he held the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''		''But the Marcons were a tenacious lot, and found way to avoid this. [[Reincarnation]], allowing themselves to die and be reborn into new bodies, conceived and raised, yet retaining all the knowledge and powers they once had. Zeph is among these ranks. She began her life as Akeron Kaido, a powerful warrior-mage who rose to prominence during the height of the Marcon Alliance. As a member of the [[Lords of Chaos]] he held the Mantle of The Inevitable, and became very powerful and highly placed within the Marconian power-structure.''

	''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman(the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still ~~wrong~~ when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.		''It is no surprise, then, that he commanded the necessary resources to reincarnate, and under then Marcon tradition he retained all of his political powers. 'He' lived seven successive lives as a high-ranking Marcon officer; four as a man and three as a woman (the only way women could hold power under Marconian rule). The Marcon Alliance was still strong when, at his seventh death, he failed to return, and would not be born again for dozens of generations, emerging during the [[Mage Wars\|Second Chaotic Period]] to lead what was left of the Marcons.

	''Zeph next appeared in the mid [[Ages#The Golden Age\|Golden Age]] where she led an uprising and fought the [[Slayer Dragons]], earning the honor of being killed by [[Genghis Sater]] himself. The people of that era did not know she was a reincarnated Marconian sorcerer.''		''Zeph next appeared in the mid [[Ages#The Golden Age\|Golden Age]] where she led an uprising and fought the [[Slayer Dragons]], earning the honor of being killed by [[Genghis Sater]] himself. The people of that era did not know she was a reincarnated Marconian sorcerer.''

	''In the late Golden Age, Zeph appears again, this time off-world(by my best information, the first time she is born onto another world). As [[Venta Fani]], she became a charismatic cult leader, claiming to be a god and using her considerable magic to sell the act. The world she lived on for that life had no mages, and contemporary critics passed off her abilities as illusions, simple parlor tricks; and she was happy to let them believe. She had her followers and whatever pleasures she desired.''		''In the late Golden Age, Zeph appears again, this time off-world (by my best information, the first time she is born onto another world). As [[Venta Fani]], she became a charismatic cult leader, claiming to be a god and using her considerable magic to sell the act. The world she lived on for that life had no mages, and contemporary critics passed off her abilities as illusions, simple parlor tricks; and she was happy to let them believe. She had her followers and whatever pleasures she desired.''

	''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, he ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,		''I find references to her, now and again, in the Second and Third Ages. I believe with each successive reincarnation, he ability to retain her considerably skill as a sorcerer dwindled. Perhaps some artifact of the reincarnation process gone awry. There are bits and pieces, I see her in many historical figures, usually as a business mogul or a leader, though of many of her lives I can never be sure. The one distinct factor is when I find in these people a great yearning to walk the streets of the Marcon capitol. It is mentioned, often in their diaries, and when I made my initial list, there were far too many names that held that one fact alone. I will explain, in time,