Difference between revisions of "Ikulu's List"

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This is the actual text of the note:

         From Ikkulu is writt
    nine are the items requ
    skin of amphisbaen
    of a pheonix, eggshell
    roc, paw of rakshas
    rukh, hair off a uni
    scales from a naga, tee
    cynocephalus, eye of
    turtle, and membrane
    wing, before Drelzna
    octopuses defeated.

Obviously, all those unfinished sentences and half-completed words are located on the other half of the sheet.

There was another note that was copied out of a book found in the Duchess Anna Ivanovna's library that illuminated us on a few things:

    (Beginning of Page)
    ...exploits cannot be trusted. The chronicler claims she
    had visited the nine perilous cities, viz. City of Night,
    City of Snakes, City of Fire, City of Silence, City of
    Children, City of Dreams, City of Webs, City of Blood,
    and City of Pain; but the cities are scattered over such
    an expanse of the world that no one could possibly
    have visited all nine of them. More likely, the
    chronicler was just enamored of lists, such as his list of
    items needed to wake Baba Iakulu's daughter,
    fanciful items such as the hair of a unicorn, the
    membrane from the wings of a gryphon, eggshell of a
    roc, etc. In all probability Baba Iakulu is a confusion
    of the real historical personage Baba Iaga, whom the
    chronicler claims his subject knew, and who is more
    famous and better attested. Nevertheless, it is beyond
    dispute that she or someone like her traveled to India
    and brought back with the sages the worship of several
    hideous gods that possessed numerous heads or faces,
    such as Sventovit, and that certain people embraced
    their worship, forgetting their native gods...
    (End of Page)

So, with these two texts, we can ascertain that the shopping list is this (those marked with a question mark (?) are those we're not sure of):

• Skin of the Amphisbaen
• Feather from a Phoenix's wing ?
• Eggshell from a Roc egg
• A paw from a Rakshasha Rukh ? (some texts consider the rukh to be the same thing as a roc, but it might just be the title for a Rakshasha)
• A hair from a Unicorn
• Scales from a Naga
• Teeth from a Cynocephalus ?
• An eye from a Shield Turtle ?
• The membrane from a Gryphon's wing

Finally, a note on the cities: they are same in number to the items on the shopping list required to wake Drelzna. These cities, obviously, should also be researched:

• City of Night
• City of Snakes
• City of Fire
• City of Silence
• City of Children
• City of Dreams
• City of Webs
• City of Blood
• City of Pain