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Any man can toil alone and assume credit for his own work, but to strive as part of a team and receive lesser recognition? Perhaps none whatsoever? No...there are men whose egos are simply indivisible.

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Eddington didn't drink the root beer: he drank the Maquis Kool-Aid. The man's rant sounds like a writer's thinly-disguised polemic.

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https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d674d3149544f78457a6333566d54/index.html

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https://outerlayer.com/products/kittens-out-of-vodka-card

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In times past, there was an group of secluded Eldathyn (Eldathyns?) specifically focused on healing the mind. Sadly, there is never a shortage of those scarred by violence and not all scars rest on the skin.

One day, a group of travel-weary Mililans in the area visited the Eldathyns for a bit of respite. After both groups had dined for the evening, the Tuneservants of the divine troupe played gentle melodies as thanks for the generous meal. The Peacemen and Peacewomen found that some of the troubled souls sitting nearby in silent observation responded well to the music played by their guests. Seeing the value in this emotional outlet, they requested that the Mililans make a return trip to instruct their more flexible priests in the ways of music. The eldest of the Mililans agreed to this request and an arrangement was made.

Both branches of their respective faiths came together with such regularity that the Mililans one day decided to permanently post a band of their most introspective members as a gesture of goodwill. Eventually, a potent magical artifact was born from the union of their various efforts: the Mist Flute.

 

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Unlike mundane examples of the instrument, this creation is formed from solidified mist. If dispelled, dispersed or otherwise disintegrated, the flute will automatically re-form (depending on the ambient moisture content, this could take anywhere from hours to weeks). Only those of pure thought are able to use the flute to its fullest capacity.

Below are just some of its powers.
 

• Calm aggressive emotions.
  
• Quench one's thirst for an entire day.
  
• Conjure an obscuring mist.
  
• Summon rain.
  
• Nullify/absorb magic or magical attacks that involve dehydration and/or heat (such as Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting) A strong enough opposing force causes the enchanted water droplets that compose the flute to fly apart; weaker forces cause a reduction in ability until the flute can fully regenerate.

Thus far, I've tentatively settled on this specimen resembling a shakuhachi; perhaps one of the Mililans is an emigrant from Wa?

 

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As I see it, there are multiple reasons why this works/isn't a bridge too far.

1. There is - to my knowledge - no history of conflict between Eldath and Milil.
2. Both Eldath and Milil are Neutral Good in Alignment; both deities and the core of their worshipers basically believe in doing what's best without bias towards either restructuring or deconstructing the world...or at least their milieu.
3. While Milil isn't explicitly devoted to pacifism the way Eldath is, he's more of a lover than a fighter (he prefers to make music and to encourage others to find their own creativity through poetry and song). Also, his avatar has the ability to make others in his presence feel at peace.
4. The artifact in question is purely defensive. Yes, a devious enough mind could no doubt find a way to pervert its intention, but it is much more difficult to misuse a creation not designed for violence or domination.

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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/barmecide

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As an elf myself, I can attest that yes, we have our own will in these matters. Your Mr. Tolkien was a man of stiff manners and narrow, dogmatic viewpoint, and he sees us and our ways strictly through that lens. If your Mr. Tolkien had his way, we would be incapable of passing gas or uttering an eructation of satisfaction after a satisfying meal of lamb or sea turtle; yes - meat. We honour all life in our food, plant or animal; and animals are no higher in our cosmology than plants - surely you know our highest values once manifested as trees? Why then would we prefer one over the other?

 

As it happens, if an elf drops a hammer on his foot, he utters an imprecation; if he is outside the local Court, he is liable to sleep in late and go about unwashed for a time; and if he is one of the many born with a same-gender attraction, he forms a household with a like-minded person and goes about his life. We are not puppets, dolls, or flat figures inscribed in ink on a mallorn leaf.

 

We are elves, and you should perceive us as we are - we exist, and not only on paper or in the limitations of a mortal man bound in webs of his own strictures.

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Tolkien never said elves were vegetarians; only the Green Elves of Ossiriand were explicitly vegans. Considering how many elves were hunters, it would make sense that most elves ate meat.

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Adventure Seed: The Fear Factory
Dreams are powerful tools, and Chimera is not above weaponizing them. Unfortunately for our heroes, the nightmare begins after they wake up. 
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