( a ) subservience to - or faith in - a wilful self-deception or illusion offering the hope of future bliss, In other words, it requires a certain naivety or wilful self-delusion to buy into it wholly, so there's actually two opposed themes derived from it: Apsalar's telling of the story of the 'gardens of the moon' frames it as a kind of fairy story or children's tale or fantasy. The Chained God's apparent doctrine to mortals (regardless of his actual intentions) is the story of the gardens of the moon an offer of future bliss and release from their present sufferings.Ģ. This post has been edited by Knight of Darkness: 23 June 2009 - 09:48 PM Oh Crokus, it'll be wonderwul, won't it?' And we'll live in those gardens, warmed by the deep fires, and our children will swim like dolphins, and we'll be happy since there won't be any more wars, and no empires, and no swords and shields. And he'll gather his chosen and take them to his world. Grallin will come down to us, one day, to our world. The Lord of the Deep Waters living there is named Grallin. 'Look at the moon,' Apsalar breathed, from the far side of the platform.Ĭrokus shivered. For those who don't remember the conversation, here's a quote of it: I agree with Folken that the conversation between Crokus and Apsalar is probably important concerning the title.
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