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TorchbearerGLOOMY LANDSCAPE. You enter a bleak and darkterrain and encounter a man holding a torch. The ancientGreeks were well aware that without fire <strong>the</strong>y would beforced to huddle in darkness. In mythology, <strong>the</strong> Titan (TYEtun)Prome<strong>the</strong>us (proh-MEE-<strong>the</strong>e-us) was considered to behumankind’s great benefactor because he stole fire from <strong>the</strong>gods and gave it to mortals. (The Titan carried it away fromMount Olympus in a fennel stalk—a method <strong>of</strong> transportingfire that was used down into historic times.) In daily life,however, <strong>the</strong> immortals could not be relied upon to provide<strong>the</strong> essential flame. Therefore it was common practice tokeep a fire burning—or its embers glowing—at all times. Ifit went out, <strong>the</strong> household hearth could be rekindled froma neighbor’s. But if <strong>the</strong> neighbor’s had gone out as well, itbecame a matter <strong>of</strong> rubbing two sticks toge<strong>the</strong>r or strikinga spark from flint. In some ceremonies, a sacred flame wascarried from altar to altar by relays <strong>of</strong> torches.You talk to <strong>the</strong> Torchbearer.TORCHBEARERDark is <strong>the</strong> wrath <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> undying gods,Blundering, <strong>the</strong> mortal who would face <strong>the</strong>irplagues.(pause)I’ll <strong>guide</strong> you for a gem, but beware… The Hydralurks ahead.On subsequent encounters:23

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