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Clerical Conversations (Third Letter)

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The following communication is continued correspondence between Professor Cesario de Torium and Professor Recamundus de Gelgadongo. In the two previous letters between the rival clerics, they discussed the potential repercussions of how the subjects of their poetry are portrayed, and what effect that may have on listeners. Each of them has dismissed the other's words as a rhetorical form of saber rattling, trying to prove their superiority in the arts by confusing the meaning of their rival's work.

“Beast Brother” – Poem from the World of El Tor

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Before the clerics of Caelon became the authority of poetry in the peninsula, the now high ordered caste saw its earliest stages with traveling minstrels, similar to how the bards of the Saibhrean Isles still operate today. Earliest forms of their poetry was typically consonantal in rhyme, rather than assonantal, which became more favored as the years went on. Rhyming poetry was not typical in those days, but four lines of fourteen syllables was one of the more popular forms of poetry then. This form of poetry has fallen out of favor with the clerics of our time, but storytelling from those days is traditionally rich with this older style. An example of the style was the poem "Beast Brother" which describes a rancher from the Gorzova region of Caelon, who had a special connection with his herd.

A Sonnet from the Saibhrean Isles

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Unlike the academics in the Caelon peninsula and in Torium who are primarily confined to their respective colleges, the bards of the Saibhrean Isles north and west of Caelon play more of an active role with the politics of the islands. They are chroniclers, scribes and satirists for their lords, the great Trade Barons. Not only do they entertain, usually by praising the lords they serve and cursing those who cross them, but they are also tasked with recording the history of their houses. They are an integral part of Saibhrean society and their caste is highly regarded throughout the islands, even if that sentiment does not extend to the main land.

Clerical Conversations (Second Letter)

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The following text is continued correspondence between Professor Cesario de Torium and his counterpart in Caelon, Professor Recamundus de Gelgadongo. Both men are leading clerics in their respective academies, and their rivalry in poetry and poetic discourse lives on long after they both die as friends to a bitter end. The letter contained here is written by Prof. Cesario in response to the first letter from Prof. Recamundus concerning the heroic portrayal of the villain Ranemiro who was known for raiding wealthy caravans in his day.

Clerical Conversations (First Letter)

Andrew Michael Miller2 Comments

The following series of letters occurs between two rival clerics, Recamundus de Gelgadongo and Cesario de Torium. While there can be no question that Torium is a much larger cultural hub - it is the Torian Capital, after all - not enough can be said about the Academy in Gelgadongo, where many lords from the peninsula and trade barons from the the Saibhrean Isles send their children to receive an education.