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Myths of the Labyrinth
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- Crimson Witch
- Curses
(As for the rest, currently just pondering what could be written in this section...)
- Dark Forest (Curiosities and Weirdnesses)
- Fairy (Elf) Rings and Plants of the Meadow
- Gargoyles: Right and Left
- Gates
- Layers of Reality
- Lost Gods
- Magic: General Info
- Mermaids from the Lagoon
- Plant-Men
- Sacred Tree of Gaia and the Dryads
- Space and Time on the Island
- Witch's Cat: Former Keeper
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The Crimson Witch is known to be the former tenant of the island. She is a demiurge – a creator-god – who as lore has it created the Labyrinth on this island to exercise her magic and keep herself entertained by leading Quests and granting Wishes of adventurers and heroes. The number of heroes, who were very common back in the days, dwindled, making the Witch retire and leave the island in an unknown direction.
The Witch is ancient like all creators, but no one can really tell her true age. She has lived on the island for thousands of years. Her origins are also unknown.
"1000 years?" "So, you are from the Witch's times then." - Anne and Riin, addressing Morph.
She (or possibly he) is a creature of many faces. One of her other known personas is a vampire from the Malkavian clan, immortal being cursed with a unique kind of insanity.
One of her divine symbols is known to be a dice, representing the luck of adventurers entering her realm and the unpredictable twists of fate that awaited them. Also, due to its form a dice is symbolic for building blocks the Witch used to create her worlds.
The Witch was accompanied by her Cat – the former Keeper of the place. During her travels she sought out apprentices to continue her work, Dae being one of them. Riin became the second Keeper of modern history through her relationship to Dae.
A number of well-known characters have either been acquainted to the Witch, or have traveled to her island before.
"The Witch even introduced us (my brother, to be true) to Alice herself." - Riin explaining her relationship to the Cheshire Cat and his fellow characters to Anne.
"That Evil Queen has been bugging the Crimson Witch by calling her regularly with her magic-mirror-communicator-thingie. The lady wanted something from the Labyrinth's vault, a potion to enhance her powers, I believe. The Witch.... Well, she told her to go fu... ghm, cough... to a land far far away." - Dae telling Anne about the Snow White fairy-tale.
The Witch also was kind enough to let a number of adventurers stay on the island after completing or failing their Quests, but seemed to be short-tempered with those who displeased her.
The Witch in her stories did tell him of people who remained on the island after their Quests. Or some 'unfortunate accidents' she did not name then, and Dae had to investigate himself.
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It is well known from the history of the Labyrinth that the Crimson Witch loved toying with other people lives. And did not appreciate to be toyed with in return. Having great magical power as well as the forces of a Creator in her hands she did not hold curses of any colour and form in abomination.
One of the Characters who got to feel her wrath personally is the mischievous shape-shifter Morph. There is – depending on the point of view, of course - a positive side to his curse as his powers multiplied, yet he is not able to leave the island anymore.
"I would like to move away, but unfortunately I am bound to this place until the Crimson Witch returns." – Morph as 'Teddy' explaining his situation to Lysander.
A possibility exists that there are many more objects enchanted or cursed by the Witch on the island. Or by the place’s current inhabitants as they do not go unaffected by the magic. As well as the magic has many times proven to have a life of its own, so most likely to get cursed there one way or the other is just a piece of cake.
Another type of curses known on the island is the ones that were cast outside the island’s boundaries or the ones being of greater scale. An example of that would be Riin's inability to die since she is not accounted in this world Death's inventory lists. As a downside she is still vulnerable to any kind of injuries that might be inflicted on her.
A collection of facts about the island of the Labyrinth and the realms inside the Labyrinth. Everything, starting with different phenomena, curiosities of nature, creatures, deities and particular places etc. 'Weirdness' as Anne called it. :D Mainly everything is based on general world mythology and players' imagination.
I'll be filling this section when I have time and interest to do so (according to what has been played already or some sketches of what might be played I have in my mind - logical guessing, so to say).
Other players are also welcome to post here too, from their point of view on the world we're creating, I don't mind off-topics (which will be edited and re-posted or deleted in a while depending on their content).