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Durulz History
Updated 3 February 1999, Converted to html from original
Digest postings.
The First age
The Peaceful MOrning
When Yelm rose in the sky and time began, the ducks found themselves surviving
in the place that was to be called Dragon Pass, sharing the fate of the
races that fought chaos. Those were times of peace and recovering, of caring
for the dead and letting the living live.
Eventually, like all sentient beings, ducks joined the First Council.
For the next 100 years the Durulz lived undisturbed and prospered. They
avoided mixing with the neighboring peoples, sticking to their own ways.
That's why they call those days the Peaceful MOrning.
In duckish culture the Peaceful MOrning represents the equivalent of
a golden age. It's the time of a new beginning. A beginning of plenty,
fulfillment, peace, and proper tribute to death.
From the Jonstown Compendium:
"MOrning (Capital MoRNING. Also Muorning. A duck word) - Ducks don't have
separate words for 'morning' and 'mourning'. Instead, they have a single
word, mOrning. 'The Peaceful MOrning' - ducks golden age; 'My mOrning'
- the best time in a duck's life."
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