Talk:Notes on the Legacy of Zalmoxis' Bloodstone

Noah: Ok, so -- Sennecherib loses his army and gains a bloodstone, we presume. He returns to Nineveh, where, much later, his sons kill him (with the sword, not merely a sword) and flee north. Why do they kill him? Who knows. The stone remains in the temple to Nisroch until the temple is relocated to Egypt some time before Assyria falls.

Gebeleze-izis, who we believe is an elf, and a student, most likely, it seems, of Pythagoras, and probably a bard, to boot, hears rumors of treasure in Egypt and hacks the temple, taking with him the stone. He takes the stone to Thrace, changes his name to Zalmoxis or Zamolxis, and rules the Dacians for 400 years. The Romans finally put them down, possibly killing Z. in the process, and the stone is taken to Kogaeon (a mountain), or possibly Tomi (a city by the Danube). And placed under the skull of K. (Who might that be? [K]assander? [K]ukuth?).

Wherever the bloodstone ended up, it seems to have a localized effect of draining life or spreading evil ('Its maximum r[ange]?') and is stopped only by the sea (meaning it must be pretty close to the sea, maybe).

Incidentally, the City of Blood is one of the cities on Ikulu's List. Maybe not the same one, though... How many cities of blood could there be?

Chris: Pythagorean? Oh, if only you didn't send out Abner to...wherever. Nora's Fortress?

Noah: Hmmm... good point. I wonder...

r. == radius