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Message ID: 19186
Date: Thu Jun 1 22:50:43 BST 2000
Author: Elijah Meeker
Subject: Troll Haiku


There was a poetry scene developing on Rallos Zek when I was there in the
days before faction. The RP community there had a lot of good folks in it.
One of it's stars was a Troll Bard, well, she was quite sure she was a bard,
despite that her songs had different effects than the meat pie bards, to
wit, mostly they worked like Anglich's Appalling Screech.

What follows is some historical information on the time that I just dug up
while looking through old files.

From the pen of Tsengu, Cleric of Innorruk, Rallos Zek

I went to Grobbe as an ambassador of Dark Unity and, as a side effort, to
introduce the Trolls to more refined culture, that is, Teir'Dal culture.
Both efforts met with great success, and as part of the second effort I
spent some time teaching our Troll brethren and sistren the finer arts.
Despite that it is considered the most refined of the Teir'Dal poetry forms,
it was the haiku that was greeted most enthusiastically. What follows are
poems I wrote on my missionary travels, please consider the audience for
which they were intended and that their purpose was to entice our Dark
Allies from the immediacy of their cultural interests.

A quick note, Daowin was a Human Paladin of some renown, bringing great
havoc to The Nektulos and The Innothule when he was only of third rank.He
was highly respected and feared as well as, of course, hated.


Innothule Haiku

Daowin he yap
He yap while he in da swamp
you jus bash him gud

Paladin talk loud
He try to save da frogloc
He make nice meat pie

Hint to the Shaman
Blindness found in Neriak
Third Gate, need Elf help

Oozing, gooky mud
As far as the eye can see
Who needs the patchwork?

Froglok meat is nice
works good as accessory
Flies bite it not you

Skellie he go ha
he go ha ha ha ha ha
deez chips hurt my gums


Once I returned home I continued to write, however, unfortunate events cut
my efforts short. They are included here for reference and some solace to
the pain any Teir'Dal has suffered reading the above.

White hair, Satin skin
Resting on the newbie log
Nektulos' promise

Feirce Teir'Dal fighter
He hates the Young Kodiak
He runs anyway

Tsengu