Vannax wrote:I want to translate the Hyskosa´s scroll to my language. Can you help me to understand better the verses of the prophecy? May you rewrite each verse in common words as faithfully as possible?
well, I can try, but the hexad isn't that clear, even in English, to a native speaker. Prophecies are often like that, but this one is one of the worst offenders.
“The night of evil shall descend on the land
When this hexad of signs is near at hand.”
The easiest part: when these six signs come to pass, bad things will happen. that is: the Grand Conjunction.
“In the house of Daegon the sorcerer born,
Though life, unlife, unliving shall scorn.”
this one's not even grammatically correct. It refers to the events of Feast of Goblyns, which include the unearthing of Daglan Daegon's Crown of Souls, previously hidden by his descendent Radaga. Then the domain of Daglan forms around Radaga, and is briefly taken over by Daglan himself after being freed from the crown, before the domain dissolves.
In the house of Daegon can refer to the family of Daegon, as one would refer to a "noble house". The sorceror born is Daglan himself (or possibly Radaga, but she's a priestess, not a sorcerer) The best guess I can give at the last part is: Radaga is alive at first, then unliving. Daglan is trapped in "unlife" in the crown. All together in all these forms, they scorn (hate) everything. My least favorite of the verse.
“The lifeless child of stern mother found
Heralds a time, night of evil unbound.”
This refers to the child ghost in ship of Horror. It is sort of a pun, and poorly done one. The word stern means forceful, rigid, strict. But it's also the surname of one of the ghosts in the adventure. (Madeline Stern). She is a mother, but her child is niether lifeless nor found. There is a lifeless child named Charlotte, whose body is found, but her surname isn't Stern. I think several DM's have switched the surnames of these ghosts to make the prophecy fit. IF Charlotte was named Charlotte Stern, the verse would mean:
The dead body of the child Charlotte Stern is recovered, which is another sign of this great evil that's coming (the Grand Conjunction)
“Seventh time the son of suns doth rise
To send the knave to an eternity of cries.”
This one is more straightforward. Anhktepot, the mummy is the son of suns and arises from his grave for the seventh time in the adventure Touch of Death, in order to deal the usurper Senmet ("the knave") who wants to rule Har'Akir instead of Anhktepot. The end of the adventure implies that Anhktepot fights Senmet and either kills him, or tortures him (an eternity of cries) To translate best into easy words:
For the seventh time, the son of suns rises,
to make his rival be in pain forever
“The light of the sky shining over the dead
shall gutter and fail, turning all to red.”
This one is talking about the eclipse at the end of Night of the Walking Dead, when the moon turns red during a fight with undead. In simple words:
The moonlight shining on the dead
will go away, leaving only red light.
“The bodiless shall journey to the time before
Where happiness to hate creates land and lore.”
This refers to From the Shadows where Azalin sends the headless PC's back in time to the wedding of Sergei Von Zarovich and Tatyana.
The spirits of those who lost their heads will travel back in time
to a happy event (the wedding) that turned hateful (Strahd's rampage) which created the land of ravenloft, and the magic surrounding it.
“Inajira will make his fortunes reverse
Dooming all to live with the dreaded curse.”
This refers to Inajira the daemon in Roots of Evil trying to get his revenge on strahd and reclaim his book of keeping.
Inajira will make his bad luck turn around,
which brings about that great evil I've been talking about: The Grand Conjunction.
“Know thee now that the circle is complete,
What lust hath made, history shall repeat.”
This is just a closing line...
Now you should understand that the prophecy will come true
Ravenloft will be destroyed in the place and time that it was originally created.
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