Green mist clouded everything. I walked and walked, and seemed to get anywhere.— Spine 1
Summary:
He first traveled solo by the outside land through
Farmland and passing through Patanal. He stopped for a couple of months before continuing on his journey.
He eventually arrived at the port of Thaumiel where it says he met two notable beings who would further fuel the fires of his travelers' desires. One of them was said to have interpreted the meaning of one of Maddox's dreams, confirming that he was meant to be a dimensional traveler. The other was believed to have predicted his destiny as a traveler as well. Even telling him, when he headed for Aragon to convey his greetings to his family. He actually did some exploring around the
anatta area then headed off for Terakon where he remained for a month.
Terakon, Rasatal
At some point, he met another who warned him that he would only be able to arrive in Aaragon if he traveled through Duat. Upon leaving Terakon, which was the capital of the Dino Zeitgeist, Blackford continued his adventure though remained stymied within the dino territories for awhile.
Mandelbrotian Mountains, Diarchy of Taw
Next, hoping to continue on toward Duat, he traveled up a mountain range that turned in on itself and eventually to the port of Meanomore. Through he showed up at the wrong time and was forced to turn back to Thaumiel after running into a local revolt. But, recalling the message relayed to him by the mysterious beings, he rerouted to Duat; stopping near Path, Adro and the
ghost tower along the way.
Duat Dessert
The timeline of the journey's next leg is slightly disputed. Maddox actually made his way back to Perron Barren at an earlier time and likely stayed, chronologically, for 2 years.
Mayhaps, over the next year or so, he found himself at the ports of Jetta from which he journeyed along 'Nostrum' until he crossed over into Maharlok. Next exploring some of its closest cities and even meeting the ruler of the Sixain.
— spine 32
Summary:
Once sandwiched in Duat, he decided to stay for the entirety of a celebratory festival before moving along to other important sites. Days later, he finally made his way to Aaragon.
Fabula, Aaragon
As one particularly torrent wave sent through its course, he elected to join a caravan of fellow pilgrims on a trip elsewhere. They first passed through White Voice, where the mausoleum of holly. From there, he decided to part ways with the caravan and turned to In Sen. He next voyaged to Fabula, then along Yō to reach Byrsa.
At some point, he departed from another caravan until he reached Tremolo. He would soon become the guest of yet another prominent figure: one of the four Kampoi of the Tetrarchy. From there Maddox left for Cadence at Modal, then Synth before heading back to Syuzhet to once more join another caravan.
Eventually, into En where he stopped at the town of Elediac. From there, he reached Sul and eventually did end up in Byrsa.
It was not until he arrived in In Sen; did Blackford meet an important person: Comet Saeed, the time mage, and decided to accompany him on his journey.
— notes from a Mouseion curator
Duat Dessert
After this I can either sign up or add it to my ship and travel deeper or back to Gagaku. After a week in the former, I kept guard of some inscrutable beings and stayed an additional seven days, chronologically. I would have arrived in a nameless place where I stayed for a bit, before making a return voyage to my home dimension.
I then traveled to Maharlok, back to Aaragon, then followed by the straits of our moons and yet again back to Duat.— opinions on a festival in Amiagama
The next stretch took him across Amiagama to the other side of Duat. From which he journeyed to an underground civilization and from there picked up another ship. Then by land to another one where he spent that year's storm. After its end, there's a period of his travels that are a bit tricky to understand. Possibly, told out of order, according to the man himself: he backtracked to our familiar territories, then made his way to Fabula again; eventually ending up in Sunyata.
In this seems a bit jumbled and out of order, but it is the path he says he took.
Golden Range
He somehow convinced the custodian, who he had been living under all this time, to allow him to accompany a pregnant gavian princess back to Byrsa.
There she would give birth.
Over the next leg of his journey, he visited some unidentified portals in
Portal Alley, that he named Knee, Bursa, Ephesus, Izmir and Valakas Here.
Finally, departing the range through the scope, Blackford saw to the golden range and eventually the port of Penga. From there, he made his way to measure the many glittering mounts of Mesh Tao, Bogart, and eventually Astra Honda.
Upon their arrival, Blackford was able to meet with a third Kampoi before visiting the bubble and opting to stay in the city for a full month. Once he was ready to leave, he set his sights on Nostrum followed by Satyalok and Anandlok where he would meet yet another alien ruler in the latter before heading off, for Gyanlok along his way to Taplok.
Obstinati, Aagragon
Aaragon would hold a significant adventure. As he met the remarkably wealthy Sultan Clock who quickly took a liking to him. Being a seasoned explorer, he was given the job judging in Obstinati. While this was a great honour, it was difficult to enforce law due to the general opinions outside of Fabula. Eventually, the adventurer would continue his journey into the rest of Syuzhet.
It appeared that this position in Obstinati wouldn't help him much outside this slice of Aaragon. At some point, he was kidnapped by a group of Quintal rebels and robbed. Luckily, he would eventually be freed to return to his travels, at which point he made way to the unchanging Ponitcello and visited the shrine of Baba Fareed. At some point he found his way to temporal hunting across the normal seas and lands.
Phylactery, Cloche Station
After completing the exploration of
earth's past, the traveler wanted to leave for another pilgrimage to Duat. But he was roped into another bureaucratic position. It wasn't until
(-1345) chronologically that he would be allowed to leave via the skeleton embassy that was hoping to rebuild
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During which time, he was once again kidnapped and robbed. Through separated, nevertheless experienced no less than two weeks separation. From which point, they would make their way to Pyrolysis in Cloche where he would yet again become the guest of a local
Ethereals.
Once he was ready to leave, Blackford faced particularly bad luck as his ship had been impounded by the court of eyes. While another was stolen by some of his embassy companions without him on board. At this point, he was determined not to return to Obstinati, so sought amnesty with the sfera, but was rebuffed. Blackford was then deported back, but Sultan's empire ultimately collapsed the traveler now had to leave Obstinati altogether.
Dirigible, Aagragon
Eventually, Maddox himself on the Dirigible islands for the next couple of chronological months. He spent a time as their chief judge, being appointed by the local leadership, before resigning due to political tension caused by his actions. He left the islands soon after.
is once again not in his favor his own ship was nearly totaled and another vessel trying to rescue him was overcome by pirates through all of this still hoping to reach China has had originally planned to do when released by the Sultan of Delhi but he next had to take some detours first to the matter I kicked him
then to the Maldives and finally to the port of Chittagong. He subsequently made his way to seal hat where he became a guest of shahjalal in 1345 their journey continued sultanate the local ruler
Mixolydia, Aagragon
Some days later, a bus called the
'Kari' finally landed in Mixolydia; arriving somehow in another
(-1345). He was given a curious welcome from other humans he didn't know. He enjoyed his stay by exploring the area and visiting some tourist traps. After wrapping up his trip, he continued his clockwise journey through Aaragon.
Ostinato, Aagragon
Now reaching Ostinato, he stayed for a couple of weeks before moving in with a new friend and travel companion: Bouchrieh who would join him on his visit to Hang Chau. It was one of the largest cities had ever stepped foot in. After then attending a banquet for a nearby leader, he introduced himself as one of the long lost ambassadors of Obstinati to Cloche. This earned him yet again more invitations from local authorities.
He then backtracked until he reached quantum once more then left for
Perron Barren and his return home to the stranded Pathfinder.
Now homeward bound, the way back to Eurydice was paused due to the rapid spread of some mind-controlling disease all around him.
Once he was able to travel again, he went back to Duat for a pilgrimage the to Penga and finally answering a signal from Eurydice that his mother and father had passed away.
Only a few days after returning, he left again. He made his way deeper into the green with the intention of finding his family's origin point.
He kept going deeper and deeper. Well beyond what the rest of the crew had dared to explored. Finding mostly nothing along the way.— summarization of spine 45.
Creepy concept! Really well done!
Thanks so much. Was there any point in the journey that particularly stood out to you?
Probably travelling with the pregnant princess. There is just so much that it all seems to blur together for me... but I'm recovering from COVID and having trouble tracking things right now.
That might not be entirely the reader's fault. There's a component of temporal distortion hinted at in the text that changes the chronology of the events that happened. Does knowing that, add or take-away from the experience. Hope you feel better.
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I think it does add to the experience. It is a unique read that I enjoyed.