Concordance of Rivals mentions the Seal, a fragment of previous reality that survived together with Pharasma, and it seems that Pharasma used it somehow to shape the present cosmos. But it's unclear to me what the Seal became in the current reality, and what exactly is its role. Anyone can explain?
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It's also mentioned in the Book of the Damned as the thing that the first embers of what would become the gods were born from. We know nothing more than that. It's actual shape or appearance has never been detailed. What it actually is or were it came from is also a mystery. It is The Seal.
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Concordance of Rivals says quite a lot, it's just I can't quite make much sens eof it. Let me give you some quotes:
"Upon this floated the Survivor, resting upon the sole fragment that had survived her homeworld’s apocalypse: the Seal."
"The Survivor pulled upon the vortex [of quintessence], stretching it between herself and the anchor, swaddling the Seal within."
"At [the astral expanse's] calm center glowed the Seal, whose light reflected infinite possibilities yet to be realized."
"The Survivor looked back to the Seal, nestled deep in the heart of the new reality."
"Two motes floated about the Seal. Only after eons did they learn to move and dance, after which the Seal released more motes." (These motes seems to be souls, but may be specifically souls of the gods.)
"[Pharasma] cast herself from her tower toward the Maelstrom, ushering the shattered quintessence toward her, twisting it into a river that she rode toward the Seal. Few sensed her passage. The Seal had dimmed from the gods’ countless demands, so she bid the quintessence to encircle and protect it from further abuse, much as she had sealed this reality from the hunger of the Those Who Remain."
The Seal is mentioned more times, but from these we can tell that the Seal seems to be a fragment of a previous reality that Pharasma placed at the center of the current reality and somehow is able to create life/souls. I have a couple of hypoteses:
1. The Seal is an object somewhere in the Positive Energy Plane. (Argument: it is the source of life in the cosmos.)
2. The Seal is an object contained within the Pharasma's Spire. (Argument: the River of Souls seems to lead to it and swirl around it.)
I seek more arguments for one or the other, or that it's something else.
My assumption was that it was the positive energy plane itself. Or possibly even the positive and negative energy planes combined yin-yang style.
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Well it is the thing that Seal-Breakers want to break :D
That's a different seal—that's the seal that once kept Tar-Baphon broken.
Pharasma's seal is MUCH more powerful and mysterious, and it's not something we've said much more about than folks have noted in this thread.
It's not a "What killed Aroden" level secret, in that we might explore Pharasma's seal in a future product or adventure, but it's a pretty big deal and when and if we do... it'll be revealed/explored in print in a significant book or an Adventure Path. Not really a great thing to reveal in a messageboard post, alas...
I am already anticipating this product.
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Well it is the thing that Seal-Breakers want to break :DThat's a different seal—that's the seal that once kept Tar-Baphon broken.
Pharasma's seal is MUCH more powerful and mysterious, and it's not something we've said much more about than folks have noted in this thread.
It's not a "What killed Aroden" level secret, in that we might explore Pharasma's seal in a future product or adventure, but it's a pretty big deal and when and if we do... it'll be revealed/explored in print in a significant book or an Adventure Path. Not really a great thing to reveal in a messageboard post, alas...
I mean, Seal-Breaker article in Tyrant's Grasp states that they only needed to unseal TB to get access to Key of Geb. Afterwards they plan to unseal other beings and finally Rovagug as well. Their ultimate goal is to unmake reality. As their goal is to break the seals that make up the reality, that kinda sounds like Pharasma's seal is something they would like to break(at least if they knew it existed)
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Perhaps a semi-aquatic mammal with a glowing spiral above its head?
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...I'll see myself out.
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Perhaps a semi-aquatic mammal with a glowing spiral above its head?
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...I'll see myself out.
;)
I’m not above ordering art of an elephant seal crashing through a horde of lacedons and taking a bite out of one of them. Probably while Imrijka “surfs” atop its back while taking shots.
Granted, it would be nice to have good cause to do so.
I mean, can a deity have more than one sacred animal?