Hundred Heroes

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The Hundred Heroes were mighty warriors led by Finian the Brave, who fought against the [[Gwyllt]] at a time when the Gwyllt’s hold on [[Tirneach]] was all the more fearsome, a time before the First [[Réig]]. The Hundred Heroes are part of the folklore of Siabhal, and together the tales of their adventures are known as the Legend of Lobhan.

==The Smiths==
The Hundred Heroes bore weapons and wore armour which were almost as famous as the Heroes themselves. Siabhal culture has always valued skill at artifice, so the creators of these magic items were attributed great renown in the Legend of Lobhan. Some of them took the extra step of joining the fight against the Gwyllt and are numbered among the Hundred Heroes. Those Ruby Families who claim descent from Smiths are often still involved in crafting, whether as patrons or as master crafters.

===Niall, whose hammer sings===
Three versions of Niall appear throughout stories, allowing listeners of all ages to identify with him at different points.

Most common, particularly in stories for children, is the eager smith’s apprentice who hung up his apron to follow Finian on the road — whether the hero willed it or not. Filled with too many stories and too little sense, the boy’s overconfidence gets the heroes into trouble as often as his earnest honesty seems to get them out.

More plot device than character, the full-grown Niall is a journeyman smith and experimental tinkerer. He often hands the protagonist a piece of wildly specific equipment near the start of a tale that ultimately helps the hero win the day by the end.

The elder Niall is a master smith, whose speed and stamina have declined as his strength and skills have grown. The source of several legendary weapons, such as Duskbringer and Fhrisnéis, he mostly dispenses wisdom and friendly jibes to characters who echo his younger self.

Niall is almost always represented as human, though his association with fire, his notable ageing, and the characteristic foolhardiness of his youth make him a popular character among Firetouched growing up in Siabhal.

===Steelscale Conrad, Breaker of Chains===

Conrad was a Drakeblooded who suffered from an unexplained ailment that caused their scales to become malformed and absent in patches, leading them to forge scales of steel to fill the gaps – which earned them the moniker of ‘Steelscale’. They are often taciturn and aloof in the stories they appear in.

They first appear in stories as a background character, a smith providing weapons and armour to the heroes but they would eventually join the host of Finian’s company. They first came to Finian’s aid when he went to accost a Gwyllt, a foul amalgam of chain and flesh that ensnared many of the heroes and sought to drag them to their deaths, in a bog on the border of Uasa. Conrad emerged from the evening mists and set about shattering the chains that held the companions with a mighty warhammer before turning their attention to the beast itself and laying it low. Many stories after this focus on them destroying bindings, freeing captives, or breaking a key structure of the enemy.

Despite being a Drakeblooded, the prevalence of breaking chains as a positive symbol in their stories has made Conrad an icon to many young Broken Chain Vartach.

===Micheál the Reforger===
A blacksmith and builder of peerless quality, Michael was a tireless staple of Finian’s Court. It was said that even an ordinary weapon struck by his hammer was blessed with exceptional durability and longevity, a quality Michael himself was known for as he was an exceptionally long-lived Creidhe.

Though he often features in the background of stories around combat, Micheál’s most renowned stories feature not him, but other heroes wielding his specially crafted magical weapons and tools, from sturdy Bristenhammer that could raise a city in one day, to the dread Oicheneach, the Night Spear. Most of Michael’s creations were lost long ago, and many a Gallóglaigh band has been paid in the hopes of finding even one of these legendary weapons.

==The Wild Wanderers==
While the deep forests of Siabhal were the haunt of the Gwyllt, some of the bravest Siabhlaigh in ancient times fought the Gwyllt in their dens. While the Hundred Heroes are generally seen as a civilising force against the chaotic emnity of the Gwyllt, these Hundred Heroes serve as a reminder that the wild places too had to be reclaimed from the Gwyllt’s foul influence. While there are Ruby Families who claim descent from these Heroes at the forefront of civil life in Iomra and Barr, descendants of the Wild Wanderers are more likely to be found in farther flung parts of Siabhal.

===Féilim, who walked among the beasts===
Féilim came to join the hundred heroes when one of their number – usually Siún – is facing down a large pack of wild animals who can not be tamed by any magic. Fearing the beasts to be touched by the Gwyllt, they prepare to do battle, but for the arrival of a wild man clothed only in animal hide, who counsels them to lay down their arms, and show that they mean no harm. With some cajoling, they do so, and after a time the beasts lower their hackles, and eventually go on their way. Once the pack had moved on, the wild man introduces himself as Féilim, and declares that he’ll stick around to keep them out of trouble, and usually proceeds to do exactly the opposite before the end of the tale. Further appearances of Féilim are characterised by a staunch dedication to protecting the beasts of forest and field from Gwyllt and man alike.

Féilim is depicted as either a Leasair or Human, usually corresponding to whether his role in the tale is that of wisdom or exuberance

===Immovable Láimhiarainn and Sly Cruachín (lawv-eerrun, crew-uck-een)===
Two heroes who almost exclusively appear in stories together, Láimhiarrainn and Cruachín, were parent and child. The tales say that Láimhiarrainn encountered Cruachín as a feral child in the mountains of Siabhal and brought the strange youngster before Finian the Brave to declare they would be adopting the child and training them to become a great warrior. Legends which feature Cruachín as a young child usually centre around Láimhiarrainn having to track down and rescue Cruachín after they have followed their curiousity into some dangerous place or situation. As Cruachín ages they are most commonly shown tricking or outwitting their enemies and on a number of occasions must rely on their guile to rescue Láimhiarrainn from a powerful foe. Láimhiarrainn is typically described as a living mountain or an animated statue, while Cruachín is described only as having the darkest hair and the brightest eyes. Láimhiarrainn earned his nickname by single handedly holding a bridge against a horde of Gwyllt invaders while Cruachín ran ahead to warn the nearby towns of their approach.

Láimhiarrainn is traditionally identified as a rare Fathach wanderer in Siabhal while Cruachín’s species is left entirely up to the story teller.

==The Companions==
The exact composition of the Hundred Heroes seems to vary depending on who you ask, and some Heroes are known only in certain localities or to those families who claim descent from them. These Heroes most often appear as companions to Finian the Brave or other more major figures in the Legend of Lobhan. Their descendents are likely to be no less proud of their origins, after all even the least of the Hundred Heroes is still a Hero in their own right.

===Sé of the silver eye===
Séaghdha met the heroes — though which heroes vary with the telling — in a tavern. Or at a feast. Or around a campfire. Either way, there were people and music, and money changing hands.

Sé had been a travelling trader, and lost everything in the Gwyllt attack which left him with his trademark silver eye. Since then he had been winning drinks, dinner, and the odd coin in games of wits against people whose fortunes were little better.

After most of the heroes had lost coins or drinks to him in games of cards, riddles, or strategy, Finian — or sometimes another leading hero — approached him and offered him a greater purpose toward which he might employ those skills.

Shea’s role in the stories is usually to talk: He persuades a local noble to join the heroes in battle; he gathers a group of farmers to rebuild a road, or repair a fortification; he talks a bandit leader into siding with the people they’ve been robbing, against the Gwyllt.

Shay’s species is generally at the discretion of the storyteller, though he is always just on the far side of middle age for whichever species he may be.

===Lyra Blackthorn "the carer of all"===
Lyra was a field Wildling with a visage of black thorns and piercing amber eyes. Many assumed from the solitary tendencies that they were cold and uncaring, but this could not be further from the truth.

Lyra was also known as a solid defender, and it was said that once she planted her feet it was impossible to move her from that spot no matter the force or how hard she was struck. Most stories about Lyra involve her defending a bridge, mountain pass, or small village against impossible odds until the other Heroes can arrive to reinforce her and vanquish the foe.

In many of the stories the only survivors are a group of children, orphaned by the Gwyllt’s assault. These stories always end the same way, with one of the heroes asking what would happen to the children and Lyra, confused that any decision needed to be made, telling those present, ‘I will care for them, they shall have my name to show I defend them, and that they are part of the Blackthorn family.’

===Ultan of the Valley===
Few epic poems or famous songs are written about Ultan of The Valley. No one even knows which valley they hail from. However Ultan may be the hero who appears in the most works, always in a supporting role. When Saoirse slew the Gibbering Hound, it was Ultan that distracted it. When Cormac The Red and a dozen warriors held the Drywind Pass, Ultan was one of the dozen. And when Tyrone lost his duel with Keira the Many-Hearted, it was Ultan that carried the body home. Many were the heroes that called Ultan friend, though some scholars claim that Ultan was simply a common name at the time, or was added in later tellings to make The Hundred Heroes seem more united than they truly were. Of course the scholars who make that claim take great care to never voice those opinions around those who can trace their lineage back to Ultan or any of the Heroes they were said to have aided.

The majority of those who claim descent from Ultan are Human, though their own species is never explicitly stated.

===Lorcan Rua===
Lorcan Rua is a tragic figure among the hundred heroes. A young warrior, he is typically not the focus of any story but rather the victim, often willing, of a danger at hand. There are many tales depicting the grim trials or death of Lorcan. Some learned cinnirí suggest that Lorcan Rua is a name given to a host of unknown dead, lost to the vagaries of war, but the typical lay storyteller will have a favourite tale of Lorcan Rua they maintain is the truth with all others being misattributed or simply wrong. When he appears in a tale Lorcan will typically offer himself up to save a comrade, whether by holding the line to give them time to retreat or paying the ultimate price for another hero’s misdeeds. His pain or death typically spurs other heroes to further greatness but in some melancholy tales his suffering is without meaning or relief, reflecting the dark days the hundred heroes lived in. In modern tales Lorcan often prophesises the coming of the Shaper as he dies.

Lorcan Rua is often identified as a Human, good-hearted but reckless, but is also seen as a selfless Creidhe by some.

===Órfhaiche, who turned the Earth===
Órfhaiche rarely features in tales of derring do, though some storytellers credit her as saving more lives than any other hero. Her most common role is to serve as the call to action in other heroes’ stories, being the wealthy landowner or village leader who summons Finian’s companions to solve some great problem, with that other companion’s heroism being the focus of the story. She held the ball where Cathal and Barra became betrothed after a night of comic misunderstandings, she sent for Lyra when the smoking horde marched on Cheilg, and when glistening skinless Gwyllt stalked the fields she called for Conlaoch the sword eater to slay them with his bare hands.

Scholars have in recent years begun obsessing over the minor details introduced as preamble to whatever disaster needs the intervention of the other heroes, ranging from bartering with the Uasaigh tribes for the knowledge of bringing water to dry land, to being the one to first develop a three-field crop rotation system to preserve the fertility of the land.

Due to her association with agriculture and appearances in even the earliest tales, she is usually identified as a Leasiar.

==The Brash==
Against the Gwyllt, martial virtue was often the deciding factor in whether Siabhal was wiped from the face of Tirneach or not. These Hundred Heroes are among the most celebrated and ferocious of warriors, sometimes to their own detriment. Siabhlaigh who descend from them are quite commonly found among the gallóglaigh bands, eager to make their own name and live up to their ancestors’ legacy.

===Conlaoch the Sword Eater===
Also styled as the Bold or the Fearless, his origins vary from story to story, in some he was a wolf who became a Forest Wildling under the full moon, or a Field Wilding boy who rallied his friends to fight off a Gwyllt, armed with nothing but sticks. Some forgo any history and introduce him mid-battle, adorned only in the blood of his enemies.

A hulking, brutish fighter who preferred to fight bare handed, with little in common with Finian’s other companions save their hatred of the Gwyllt – while he often appears out of the blue to rescue a less martial hero from the Gwyllt, more than one tale focuses on arguments between Conlaoch and other cooler-headed Heroes, which come to blows until he can be tricked or mollified. The most notable is the day Conlaoch challenged Finian, declaring them weak and unsuited to lead the companions, leading to a duel. When Finian is about to deal the fatal blow and lop off Conlaoch’s head he catches the blade between his teeth and breaks it. This settles the matter, and stories set after this event normally show a more respectful Conlaoch, though one whose fury in battle is undimmed.

===Cathal Dearg & Barra Buí, the Spear and the Shield===
Always appearing together, these lovers travelled widely, fighting both the Gwyllt and any other threat to Siabhall. Their tales tend to fall into two categories.

The first stresses their teamwork in battle. Cathal fought with no thought whatsoever for defence, tearing wildly through foe after foe and shattering spear after spear upon their armour. Barra acted as his protector and spear-carrier, using his tactical instincts and Creidhe gifts to keep his reckless human lover alive and armed. Every single strike pierced three foes and shattered the weapon besides. It is said that Barra could mend a weapon simply by twirling it around his fingers, and throw it to Cathal as fast, while his own shield was unbreakable.

The second is comedic, playing up the common stereotypes of humans and Creidhe. These tales are never of battle, but instead feature an endless variety of domestic and social situations where their wildly different personalities would lead to hilarity: meeting the other’s foster parents, both being asked to protect a ball against intrigue, and one rescuing another from a misunderstanding are common themes.

In every tale, the lovers are completely inseparable, and both frustrated and deeply delighted by their partner’s perspective on life.

===Siún, Who Lept the Flaming Wall (Shoon)===
Said to have known Finian the Brave since childhood, Siún is best known for her brash, impetuous nature. Legends about Siún tend to fall into one of two patterns: in the first, Siún is the source of the conflict and other members of the Hundred Heroes must step in to rescue her or restore order after some rash action goes awry. In the second kind, Siún saves the day, stepping up to cut straight to the heart of the crisis and end the threat when the other Heroes were too cautious or circumspect to do so. Siún’s most famous deed happened in a town (usually one local to the storyteller) that fell under siege from Caorthainigh Gwyllt. All hope seemed lost as their defences burned and the Gwyllt soldiers massed outside, ready to enter the town and begin the slaughter. No longer willing to sit and wait for the enemy, Siún is said to have lept not only over the town’s burning walls but over 15 ranks of Gwyllt beyond to land face to face with the Caorthainigh Queen and strike her down.

Siún is traditionally identified as a Field Wildling but some mutter that her feats were far too bold for a “tameling”.

===Alarig Gorm, also known as Alarig the Relentless (Alarig Gur-um)===
The stories say that following a terrible storm, Alarig Gorm was found washed up on the Northern shore of Siabhal by seaweed gatherers who brought him before Finian the Brave. When Alarig heard of the Hundred Heroes’ ongoing campaign to preserve Siabhal from the Gwyllt, he pledged to join them in their battles. Alarig is said to have had tusks which grew to terrifying size when he exerted himself in battle and which were strong enough to turn away an axe-blow. Famed for his extraordinary resilience, many of his legends revolve around him beating overwhelming odds through feats of endurance. In his most famous tale, Alarig was amongst a group of warriors who were ambushed by the Gwyllt. Following the initial attack the creatures left Alarig for dead and carried off the others for some foul, unknown purpose. Upon awakening, Alarig pursued the Gwyllt for six days and six nights without rest, food, or drink. When he finally ran down his quarry, he freed the prisoners and led them in destroying their Gwyllt captures.

Alarig Gorm is usually identified as an early Krieger arrival in Tirneach though a few voices insist he must have been a Wilding.

==The Counsellors==
Although the Hundred Heroes were united in fighting against the Gwyllt, they didn’t always agree in the best way to rid themselves of their vile influence. Those Hundred Heroes known as the Counsellors sometimes stood in opposition to the others, particularly Finian the Brave, and were known for their wisdom. Today, their descendants are as prestigious as other Ruby Families, and many of them have a reputation for straight talk and wise counsel. Sometimes it’s even earned.

===Aran "The Knight of the Loaves"===
The tales of Aran “The Knight of the Loaves” generally fall into two categories, those intended for children and those intended for adults.

The tales aimed at children involve frequent and on the nose puns to keep their interest, about a local hero rising to the occasion and using his loaf to save the day, and joining the upper crust of society.

The tales intended for adults are normally more grounded, and mostly start with Aran already being a member of the Hundred Heroes, and during the course of the tale reveal he was once merely a wealthy and respected baker from the village or town their adventure is taking place, and saves the day with either some obscure piece of local knowledge or an old relationship with a member of the community that provides them with crucial aid or information.

The stories always feature a different village as his hometown, making Leasiar the most common species for Aran to be portrayed as.

===Luachra the Longarmed===
Luachra is said to have been a wanderer, known across much of Siabhal during Finian’s time, where she was known for involving herself in other’s business uninvited. She often appeared to accompany Finian in times of need, wielding a longspear with unsurpassed skill, dancing beyond the reach of their foes despite her shorter stature. In some cases, Finian or another of the heroes had to come to her aid, after finding herself in a greater danger than she could face alone. A sometimes-divisive figure, Luachra is said to have been brash and outspoken – some say to the point of being unmannerly – while others focus on Luachra’s open-hearted and compassionate nature. She often appears in stories to chastise other heroes for letting their ambition or greed to get the better of them, or to counsel them in times of grief or despair. She is said to have met her end fighting to protect a stricken comrade, though which Hero she was protecting, and the reason why, are often left to the storyteller’s imagination.

Luachra is usually identified as a Forest Wildling, though a few depictions claim she was a Human made fierce and resolute by life in the wild.

===Fiona, Who Slew the Red Prince===
Fiona first appears in the tales of the Hundred Heroes as an enemy of Finian and his followers. She is said to have considered him simply another would-be warlord, with no loyalty to Siabhal but simply out for his own petty gains. The filí argue over the details of the story but it is agreed that it was some desperate act of self-sacrifice by Finian that finally won her to his cause and that Finian would not have survived the ordeal without her intervention. Even after joining the cause Fiona is often cast in the role of an accuser in the stories of other heroes, calling out their misdeeds and exhorting them to live up to their duty to Siabhal. Fiona’s most acclaimed deed comes in the tales of the Red Prince, which recount the tragedy of Finian’s son, returned from the grave as a terrible undead abomination. When Finian was unable to bring himself to destroy the thing that was once his son, Fiona took on the burden and slew the creature in single combat.

Fiona is traditionally identified as a Leasiar.

==The Masters of the Arcane==
With all the force of arms possessed by the Hundred Heroes, it also took great skill at magic to keep the Gwyllt from tearing the throat from the people of Siabhal for so many centuries. These Hundred Heroes were known to possess great power, and the Siabhlaigh would claim they even surpassed the Saoí of Draíod in their depth of knowledge. Many of the greatest practitioners of magic today in Siabhal can trace their ancestry back to one of the Heroes, though sometimes that power comes with a strange legacy.

===Bróna Derarca Diavall of the Last Sight===
A Leasiar who appears in stories often in a minor role, emphasising her intelligence, sense of justice, and legendary compassion of both living and dead.Often she appears at the very end of a story, eulogising another companion of Finian the Brave who fell in battle, summarising their legacy and lighting the funeral pyre herself.

There is a small subsection of tales where the Gwyllt storm her ancestral home, Tor Brónach, laying low every other companion of Finian the Brave in a lengthy battle. But on the final night Bróna called for the heroes, both those lying on the field of battle and those resting in urns as ash, to rise once more not as undead, but fully revived and at the peak of their power, to slay ten hundred or ten thousand or a hundred thousand Gwyllt with moonlit glowing blades. The fate of those risen varies, but in all tales all that remained of Brona was the echo of her voice, she and her great book of spells had vanished in the melee never to be seen again but always to be heard, a keening voice celebrating every hero’s life when the winds around Tor Brónach pick up.

===Cathbad, the Resplendent Thunder===
A proud and graceful warrior, Cathbad was a wizard of great renown. Not content with a life of quiet learning and contemplation he walked the path of battle magic. His spells wreaked havoc on many a Gwyllt host and his skills were sought the length and breadth of Siabhal. In short order he became known as one of the finest wizards the realm had seen and Cathbad is described as famously prideful to the point of arrogance. Stories involving Cathbad tend to feature him prominently but they are not always kind; in many stories it is Cathbad who single-handedly turns the tide of a battle or outwits a cunning Gwyllt, but in just as many it is his arrogance that causes terrible danger to fall on him and his fellows in the first place. No matter the cause Cathbad succeeds in all of his adventures, including his famous death tale where he is forced to become the storm itself to break apart an army of Gwyllt and save the kingdom. He is destroyed by the effort.

Cathbad is nearly universally identified as a Drakeblooded, though some storytellers portray them as a Human or Vartach who stole thunder from the dragons.

===Meirliún Gall, also known as Meirliún the Marked===
Meirliún is described as having entered Finian’s service as payment for a great debt. Her stories focus on her secret knowledge and powerful skill with the arcane. Meirliún is said to have turned away packs of Gwyllt with a word and to have granted Finian insight into the nature of the enemy that turned the tide of battles. Meirliún is commonly credited with uncovering and defeating hidden or secret enemies such as Gwyllt impostors or creatures who lurked unseen and spread subtle corruptions. Meirliún’s most famous story involves an extended duel with a powerful Gwyllt that pursued her from her homeland. In the tale, Meirliún must discern and satisfy conditions of time, place, and preparedness before she can harm the creature. There are tales that paint Meirliún’s uncanny knowledge of the Gwyllt in a sinister light and repeating them is sure to earn the ire of those who claim her as their ancestor.

Meirliún is traditionally identified as a Vartach. In earlier stories her brand is described rather than named, in vague enough terms to be identified as Sunspear, Clashing Sword, Broken Chain and rarely a Linebreaker, depending on what best suits the themes of the story.

Hundred Heroes

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The Siege of Lobhan

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Every Siabhlach with noble blood claims descent from one of the [[Hundred Heroes]]. The central legend of [[Siabhal]] is the Legend of Lobhan. Lobhan was, until recently, a mid-sized town in northern Siabhal. The Legend speaks of Finian the Brave, the Hundred Heroes and their great victory over the Gwyllt which made Siabhal a comparative haven for mortal people in the centuries before the arrival of the first [[Réig]]. Lobhan no longer exists.

In the declining years of Réig Airt Ua Chonchobhair’s reign, starting in the late Autumn of 787, the leading family of Lobhan, named House Mac Éanans, proclaimed that they were some of the most prominent Hundred Heroes reborn. They produced the famed relics of the Heroes, many of which had been thought lost. They spoke and acted as if they were the Heroes of the Legend and even reproduced some of their great feats, for example the daughter of House Mac Éanan who claimed to be Siún Who Leapt the Flaming Wall was able to vault over houses and the town walls.

Claiming to be figures from legend and magical feats are one thing, but the Mac Éanans and their followers did not stop at that. Soon they began to speak of restoring the glory of Siabhal, with them as the natural leaders of the restored Kingdom of Siabhal of course. Even in the wayward years of Réig Airt’s rule this treachery could not stand.

The gallóglaigh bands were mustered and marched on Lobhan. When they arrived, the gallóglaigh found the town gates sealed, and the populace madly in support of the Hundred Heroes Reborn, as they were called. More and more of the Mac Éanans and their associated relatives took on the roles of the Heroes, until the whole band out of the Legend were represented.

It was weeks before the siege formally began. Gallóglaigh thanes first called on the town to surrender, but whenever they would negotiate with the town’s leadership, they would first become sympathetic and inevitably would enter the town and not return. A month had passed before the danger was recognised for what it was and the order went out that only written communication was allowed to pass between the gallóglaigh bands and the besieged. Even then every night the gallóglaigh camp would find that more of their number had deserted.

Details of what happened inside Lobhan are sketchy, but from survivors’ accounts it seems the Hundred Heroes Reborn were dedicated to recreating their famous battle out of legend, with the gallóglaigh bands outside cast in the role of the Gwyllt. A few skirmishes took place, with horrible casualties on both sides, but the ranks of the besieged were soon replenished. Despite the best efforts of the besiegers, countryfolk were still deserting their farms and gallóglaigh abandoning their posts, daring to enter the town of Lobhan and act out the strange play within.

As 787 lumbered into 788, morale was low among the gallóglaigh bands. The Thanes had even begun to discuss whether some accommodation could be reached with the Mac Éanans and their fanatic followers. Things changed when the Golden Knives arrived at Lobhan. Led by the Réig’s niece Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair, this band had won great fame in fighting in the deepest tunnels of Draíod against the strangest and most fearsome of foes. It was said that every gallóglach in the band had walked the Way of Wisdom, fighting every step of the way.

Maeláine called a council of the thanes, claiming that her uncle the blessed Réig had dispatched her band specially to end the siege and bring peace to northern Siabhal. The other thanes scoffed privately at this, as it was common knowledge that Réig Airt was suspicious of his niece and her ambitions, and had refused to grant her an audience for many years. They began to listen however as Maeláine outlined her plan: sending gallóglaigh into Lobhan to take it from within.

Surely this was madness, as everyone who entered the town fell under the spell and began to act out the Legend of Lobhan? To counter their protests, Maeláine introduced Solatas, her cinnire-at-arms and a famed ritualist. Solatas told the assembly that he had studied the reports of the siege and had created a ritual that would shield a small group from the influence that had struck all within the town. With this protection and other boons bestowed by the Shaper, the gallóglaigh would be able to steal within Lobhan, open the gates, and put an end to the whole affair.

Although they were dubious, the thanes agreed to this plan when Maeláine said it would be her own Golden Knives that would make the attempt. Solatas led the rituals along with the cinnirí-at-arms of the other bands, bestowing the blessings of the Shaper upon the ten gallóglaigh who had volunteered to break the siege. When the ritual was ended, they ventured forth into the night.

Hours passed, and nothing was heard from the town. No attacks harried the gallóglaigh lines, but the gates did not open. The bands had begun to murmur amongst themselves that the attempt had failed, when a terrible cry rose up from the town, as if thousands of people were suffering a fate worse than death and had full knowledge of it before it befell them. Afterwards there was dead silence, and not even the birds sang as dawn began to break.

Finally, a lone figure appeared atop the walls of the town, and clambered down to the outside. Her livery was torn and she was battered and bloodied, but a cry soon went up from the Golden Knives as they recognised Maoithneasa the gallóglach. She began to walk back to the besieging bands’ lines, but fell to her knees before she could make it all the way. Maeláine was among the first to reach her, and many heard what Maoithneasa said to her: “Burn it to the ground. Leave nothing standing.”

Straight away, Maeláine directed her gallóglaigh to begin the preparations for the burning of Lobhan. The other thanes challenged her, and demanded a council, and Maoithneasa was brought before them. Only those who were at that council know what she said, but within an hour the orders had gone out that all assembled bands were to find anything that would burn in the nearby countryside and bring it to the town walls.

As the fire was set and it began to spread within the town walls, the gallóglaigh did not hear the cries of fear they had been dreading, nor did the smell of burned flesh reach their noses. It was as if every living thing in the town had already disappeared. Rumours flew about what Maoithneasa had seen, and what the terrible cry had been, but Maoithneasa and the thanes refused to speak of it.

When the great fire had died down, the walls were broken and the stones themselves hauled to the Endless Sea where they were tumbled off the Cliffs of Ísliú into the Endless Sea. Nothing remained of Lobhan except the Legend itself, and many of those gallóglaigh who took part in the Siege of Lobhan, even those who were themselves Siabhlaigh, could no longer bear to hear it recited in their presence.

The Siege of Lobhan

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Every Siabhlach with noble blood claims descent from one of the Hundred Heroes. The central legend of Siabhal is the Legend of Lobhan. Lobhan was, until recently, a mid-sized town in northern Siabhal. The Legend speaks of Finian the Brave, the Hundred Heroes and their great victory over the Gwyllt which made Siabhal a comparative haven for mortal people in the centuries before the arrival of the first Réig. Lobhan no longer exists.

In the declining years of Réig Airt Ua Chonchobhair’s reign, starting in the late Autumn of 787, the leading family of Lobhan, named House Mac Éanans, proclaimed that they were some of the most prominent Hundred Heroes reborn. They produced the famed relics of the Heroes, many of which had been thought lost. They spoke and acted as if they were the Heroes of the Legend and even reproduced some of their great feats, for example the daughter of House Mac Éanan who claimed to be Siún Who Leapt the Flaming Wall was able to vault over houses and the town walls.

Claiming to be figures from legend and magical feats are one thing, but the Mac Éanans and their followers did not stop at that. Soon they began to speak of restoring the glory of Siabhal, with them as the natural leaders of the restored Kingdom of Siabhal of course. Even in the wayward years of Réig Airt’s rule this treachery could not stand.

The gallóglaigh bands were mustered and marched on Lobhan. When they arrived, the gallóglaigh found the town gates sealed, and the populace madly in support of the Hundred Heroes Reborn, as they were called. More and more of the Mac Éanans and their associated relatives took on the roles of the Heroes, until the whole band out of the Legend were represented.

It was weeks before the siege formally began. Gallóglaigh thanes first called on the town to surrender, but whenever they would negotiate with the town’s leadership, they would first become sympathetic and inevitably would enter the town and not return. A month had passed before the danger was recognised for what it was and the order went out that only written communication was allowed to pass between the gallóglaigh bands and the besieged. Even then every night the gallóglaigh camp would find that more of their number had deserted.

Details of what happened inside Lobhan are sketchy, but from survivors’ accounts it seems the Hundred Heroes Reborn were dedicated to recreating their famous battle out of legend, with the gallóglaigh bands outside cast in the role of the Gwyllt. A few skirmishes took place, with horrible casualties on both sides, but the ranks of the besieged were soon replenished. Despite the best efforts of the besiegers, countryfolk were still deserting their farms and gallóglaigh abandoning their posts, daring to enter the town of Lobhan and act out the strange play within.

As 787 lumbered into 788, morale was low among the gallóglaigh bands. The Thanes had even begun to discuss whether some accommodation could be reached with the Mac Éanans and their fanatic followers. Things changed when the Golden Knives arrived at Lobhan. Led by the Réig’s niece Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair, this band had won great fame in fighting in the deepest tunnels of Draíod against the strangest and most fearsome of foes. It was said that every gallóglach in the band had walked the Way of Wisdom, fighting every step of the way.

Maeláine called a council of the thanes, claiming that her uncle the blessed Réig had dispatched her band specially to end the siege and bring peace to northern Siabhal. The other thanes scoffed privately at this, as it was common knowledge that Réig Airt was suspicious of his niece and her ambitions, and had refused to grant her an audience for many years. They began to listen however as Maeláine outlined her plan: sending gallóglaigh into Lobhan to take it from within.

Surely this was madness, as everyone who entered the town fell under the spell and began to act out the Legend of Lobhan? To counter their protests, Maeláine introduced Solatas, her cinnire-at-arms and a famed ritualist. Solatas told the assembly that he had studied the reports of the siege and had created a ritual that would shield a small group from the influence that had struck all within the town. With this protection and other boons bestowed by the Shaper, the gallóglaigh would be able to steal within Lobhan, open the gates, and put an end to the whole affair.

Although they were dubious, the thanes agreed to this plan when Maeláine said it would be her own Golden Knives that would make the attempt. Solatas led the rituals along with the cinnirí-at-arms of the other bands, bestowing the blessings of the Shaper upon the ten gallóglaigh who had volunteered to break the siege. When the ritual was ended, they ventured forth into the night.

Hours passed, and nothing was heard from the town. No attacks harried the gallóglaigh lines, but the gates did not open. The bands had begun to murmur amongst themselves that the attempt had failed, when a terrible cry rose up from the town, as if thousands of people were suffering a fate worse than death and had full knowledge of it before it befell them. Afterwards there was dead silence, and not even the birds sang as dawn began to break.

Finally, a lone figure appeared atop the walls of the town, and clambered down to the outside. Her livery was torn and she was battered and bloodied, but a cry soon went up from the Golden Knives as they recognised Maoithneasa the gallóglach. She began to walk back to the besieging bands’ lines, but fell to her knees before she could make it all the way. Maeláine was among the first to reach her, and many heard what Maoithneasa said to her: “Burn it to the ground. Leave nothing standing.”

Straight away, Maeláine directed her gallóglaigh to begin the preparations for the burning of Lobhan. The other thanes challenged her, and demanded a council, and Maoithneasa was brought before them. Only those who were at that council know what she said, but within an hour the orders had gone out that all assembled bands were to find anything that would burn in the nearby countryside and bring it to the town walls.

As the fire was set and it began to spread within the town walls, the gallóglaigh did not hear the cries of fear they had been dreading, nor did the smell of burned flesh reach their noses. It was as if every living thing in the town had already disappeared. Rumours flew about what Maoithneasa had seen, and what the terrible cry had been, but Maoithneasa and the thanes refused to speak of it.

When the great fire had died down, the walls were broken and the stones themselves hauled to the Endless Sea where they were tumbled off the Cliffs of Ísliú into the Endless Sea. Nothing remained of Lobhan except the Legend itself, and many of those gallóglaigh who took part in the Siege of Lobhan, even those who were themselves Siabhlaigh, could no longer bear to hear it recited in their presence.

The Battle of Traitor's Tears

2022-07-27T10:28:02Z

OpticalSage:

Probably the most seismic battle in Tirneach’s recent history took place in [[Baol]]. It was the culmination of a plot that had gone on from the reign of the previous [[Réig]] and erupted in the early years of Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair’s accession to the crown, in the year 792. What had been an internecine affair of skirmishes, assassinations and raids became full-scale warfare, with [[gallóglaigh]] bands taking one side or the other, not for coin but for promises of wealth and power.

The Iarla of Baol, Gearóidín Nic Ardal, had joined the other Iarlas in a sense of growing discontent during the reign of Airt Ua Chonchobhair. Her towns were under constant harassment by the highlander Clanns, the Réig’s courtiers imposed higher and higher tariffs on trade through her Realm, and Kriegerish privateers flying the flag of Bruid were constantly harrying ships along her coast. Out of desperation she even challenged the Réig to a duel, using a technicality of her oaths that even the hoariest scholars had to scratch their heads about, but no answer was forthcoming. In the end she took the law into her own hands.

The Baolach trade guilds have always maintained armed guards for their caravans and chapter houses, but now the Iarla issued a charter demanding that each supply a standing militia for the use of the Realm, to restore order and peace during a period of emergency. Some were only to happy to oblige, and they were intrigued by the demand for secrecy. No word of this mobilisation was to leave Baol.

Of course it did, and rapidly. The Réig’s courtiers were alarmed, but in the declining years of Airt’s reign little could be done, with so many crises around the Five Realms shouldn’t they be grateful one Iarla was taking control? The trade guild militias held back the Clanns for a raiding season and normalcy was restored. Réig Airt died in 790, and Réig Maeláine rose to the throne. Gearóidín Nic Ardal travelled to Corroch and spoke the oaths with the other Iarlas, and the problem seemed to have gone.

Still operating as an open secret, Iarla Gearóidín was expanding her trade guild militias and looking beyond her borders to the north and south. She was encouraged in this by the Happy Harvest Trade Guild, friends of her family for many decades, and the Guild with the largest and most widespread militias. The Iarla and the Happy Harvest hatched a plan together: declare Baol to be a sovereign Realm, leave the other four Realms to their benighted Ua Chonchobhair dynasty, seize whatever territory they could in the ensuing chaos, and reap the rewards.

It was an ambitious plan, and one that very nearly worked. Iarla Gearóidín had fought as a gallóglach herself, and was widely known and respected. Her agents approached several thanes and whispered in their ears. Those thanes who refused to break their oaths were dealt with, leaving their bands in disarray. The bands that turned traitor swiftly mobilised and made their way to Baol, joining the trade guild militias in the Green Marches and Lakelands to stand against the rest of the Realms.

To the surprise of the whole of Tirneach, when the news came of Baol’s rebellion, it was the Réig who stood up and took action. She rallied those bands that were still loyal, and rode to the borderlands with Baol herself at the head of a column of mounted Drakeblooded, loyal guards of House Roaring Thunder. She was met there by six bands of loyal gallóglaigh, and they faced the numerically superior traitor army on the high ground above Loch Cleamh, with a steep drop to the north.

Many hundreds lost their lives in what was swiftly afterwards called the Battle of Traitor’s Tears, as the skies opened and the rain tore the foothills into a muddy and treacherous marsh. Things looked grim for a time for the Réig’s army, until two things turned the tide. First, a surprise assault came from a band led by the human highlander thane Gríosla Mac Niamha, who scaled the cliffs by the side of Loch Cleamh and attacked the rebel army from behind, allowing the Réig’s forces to regroup from the first assault. Second, the Réig herself called in a voice like thunder, using the power of the Shaper to overpower the storm itself, to condemn the traitors and proclaim they had broken their oaths.

The traitor gallóglaigh had already been fighting below their full strength, the First Oath broken as soon as they took the field against the Réig herself. Now they were completely undone, the power that the Five Oaths granted had abandoned them. They were now no match for the loyal gallóglaigh bands, who had already outclassed the trade guild militias and now rounded on their former comrades-in-arms. The Creidhe thane Tríona Nic Eibhlín fought fiercest of all, standing alongside the Réig, and slayed the traitor thane of the Red Wolf band.

The loyal army won the day and forced the rebels to surrender. The traitor gallóglaigh bands were disbanded, their oaths already broken. The Happy Harvest Trade Guild had their charter revoked and their assets sold to their rivals. Iarla Gearóidín Nic Ardal was stripped of her title and sent into exile, while in her place for the first time in living memory a highlander was sworn in as Iarla, one Dalles of Clann Niamha, the famous Drakeblooded warrior. The thanes of the loyal gallóglaigh bands were richly rewarded with Ridings and political power, and Réig Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair had struck the first blow in dispelling the legacy of her uncle.

The Battle of Traitor's Tears

2022-07-27T10:24:50Z

OpticalSage: Created page with "Probably the most seismic battle in Tirneach’s recent history took place in Baol. It was the culmination of a plot that had gone on from the reign of the previous Réig and erupted in the early years of Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair’s accession to the crown, in the year 792. What had been an internecine affair of skirmishes, assassinations and raids became full-scale warfare, with gallóglaigh bands taking one side or the other, not for coin but for promises of wealth a..."

Probably the most seismic battle in Tirneach’s recent history took place in Baol. It was the culmination of a plot that had gone on from the reign of the previous Réig and erupted in the early years of Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair’s accession to the crown, in the year 792. What had been an internecine affair of skirmishes, assassinations and raids became full-scale warfare, with gallóglaigh bands taking one side or the other, not for coin but for promises of wealth and power.

The Iarla of Baol, Gearóidín Nic Ardal, had joined the other Iarlas in a sense of growing discontent during the reign of Airt Ua Chonchobhair. Her towns were under constant harassment by the highlander Clanns, the Réig’s courtiers imposed higher and higher tariffs on trade through her Realm, and Kriegerish privateers flying the flag of Bruid were constantly harrying ships along her coast. Out of desperation she even challenged the Réig to a duel, using a technicality of her oaths that even the hoariest scholars had to scratch their heads about, but no answer was forthcoming. In the end she took the law into her own hands.

The Baolach trade guilds have always maintained armed guards for their caravans and chapter houses, but now the Iarla issued a charter demanding that each supply a standing militia for the use of the Realm, to restore order and peace during a period of emergency. Some were only to happy to oblige, and they were intrigued by the demand for secrecy. No word of this mobilisation was to leave Baol.

Of course it did, and rapidly. The Réig’s courtiers were alarmed, but in the declining years of Airt’s reign little could be done, with so many crises around the Five Realms shouldn’t they be grateful one Iarla was taking control? The trade guild militias held back the Clanns for a raiding season and normalcy was restored. Réig Airt died in 790, and Réig Maeláine rose to the throne. Gearóidín Nic Ardal travelled to Corroch and spoke the oaths with the other Iarlas, and the problem seemed to have gone.

Still operating as an open secret, Iarla Gearóidín was expanding her trade guild militias and looking beyond her borders to the north and south. She was encouraged in this by the Happy Harvest Trade Guild, friends of her family for many decades, and the Guild with the largest and most widespread militias. The Iarla and the Happy Harvest hatched a plan together: declare Baol to be a sovereign Realm, leave the other four Realms to their benighted Ua Chonchobhair dynasty, seize whatever territory they could in the ensuing chaos, and reap the rewards.

It was an ambitious plan, and one that very nearly worked. Iarla Gearóidín had fought as a gallóglach herself, and was widely known and respected. Her agents approached several thanes and whispered in their ears. Those thanes who refused to break their oaths were dealt with, leaving their bands in disarray. The bands that turned traitor swiftly mobilised and made their way to Baol, joining the trade guild militias in the Green Marches and Lakelands to stand against the rest of the Realms.

To the surprise of the whole of Tirneach, when the news came of Baol’s rebellion, it was the Réig who stood up and took action. She rallied those bands that were still loyal, and rode to the borderlands with Baol herself at the head of a column of mounted Drakeblooded, loyal guards of House Roaring Thunder. She was met there by six bands of loyal gallóglaigh, and they faced the numerically superior traitor army on the high ground above Loch Cleamh, with a steep drop to the north.

Many hundreds lost their lives in what was swiftly afterwards called the Battle of Traitor’s Tears, as the skies opened and the rain tore the foothills into a muddy and treacherous marsh. Things looked grim for a time for the Réig’s army, until two things turned the tide. First, a surprise assault came from a band led by the human highlander thane Gríosla Mac Niamha, who scaled the cliffs by the side of Loch Cleamh and attacked the rebel army from behind, allowing the Réig’s forces to regroup from the first assault. Second, the Réig herself called in a voice like thunder, using the power of the Shaper to overpower the storm itself, to condemn the traitors and proclaim they had broken their oaths.

The traitor gallóglaigh had already been fighting below their full strength, the First Oath broken as soon as they took the field against the Réig herself. Now they were completely undone, the power that the Five Oaths granted had abandoned them. They were now no match for the loyal gallóglaigh bands, who had already outclassed the trade guild militias and now rounded on their former comrades-in-arms. The Creidhe thane Tríona Nic Eibhlín fought fiercest of all, standing alongside the Réig, and slayed the traitor thane of the Red Wolf band.

The loyal army won the day and forced the rebels to surrender. The traitor gallóglaigh bands were disbanded, their oaths already broken. The Happy Harvest Trade Guild had their charter revoked and their assets sold to their rivals. Iarla Gearóidín Nic Ardal was stripped of her title and sent into exile, while in her place for the first time in living memory a highlander was sworn in as Iarla, one Dalles of Clann Niamha, the famous Drakeblooded warrior. The thanes of the loyal gallóglaigh bands were richly rewarded with Ridings and political power, and Réig Maeláine Uí Chonchobhair had struck the first blow in dispelling the legacy of her uncle.

Battles of Note

2022-07-27T10:24:25Z

OpticalSage: Creating page for battles of note

==Significant Battles==
*[[The Battle of Traitor's Tears]]
*[[The Siege of Lobhan]]
==Minor Battles==
*[[Macha's Folly]]

Main Page

2022-07-27T10:22:23Z

OpticalSage: /* Setting Information */

Welcome to the currently rather bare-bones and definitely unofficial wiki for the Five Oaths Live Action Roleplaying Game.

==What is Five Oaths==
Five Oaths is a Live-Action Roleplaying game. This means it is a collaborative storytelling and adventure game in which the players portray their characters and interact with the game world presented by the Event Team. Unlike tabletop roleplaying games, players portray their character at Five Oaths events by putting on a costume and doing and saying whatever their character does or says.

In the game, you will be both audience and author of your character’s story and the stories of the characters around you. Combat makes up a significant portion of the adventure aspect of the game as Player Characters
face off against menacing ne’er-do-wells and dangerous monsters of all sorts. Combat in Five Oaths is resolved with the use of (carefully safety-checked) foam and latex replicas of swords, axes, and other assorted
weaponry. There is also, usually, camping as the events take place over the course of a weekend.

The world of Five Oaths takes inspiration from medieval Ireland, though no knowledge of this period is required to enjoy the game. All player characters in the game live in the Five Realms of Tirneach (tear-knock) and are members of an elite class of warriors known as the Gallóglaigh (gallow-glee). These warriors swear Five Oaths to serve their god, their ruler, their nation, and each other. From then on they are specially empowered mercenaries, wandering the Five Realms looking to make a name for themselves, and earn some money along the way.

==How do I play Five Oaths==

The game takes place in person, usually in a large outdoor space with a mixture of fields and woodland. You will act as your character during the game. Your character can be as similar or dissimilar to you in personality and appearance as you like but any differences in appearance should be represented by costuming where possible. During the game you will be “in character” and expected to respond to the world and other players as your character would. Much of the game time is spent in this improvised roleplay with other characters, who may be other players or non-player-characters created by the event team.

Combat is carried out in real-time using foam weapons and roleplayed [[effect]]s. If you want to defeat a monster you’ll have to go over there and thwack them until they fall over. All characters and monsters have a certain number of body hits, which they can potentially protect with armour. If you strike another character with a weapon they’ll lose hit points or armour, eventually becoming incapacited or dead. While you do actually strike other players during combat, it’s important to note that your blows should always be pulled. If your blows cause actual pain to another player, you are hitting them too hard.

Special effects, such as magic, are handled using a system of keywords. A character who has the [[feat]]s necessary to cast magic will take a moment to prepare and then call out the effect and the target or could, together with others, engage in a longer ‘ritual’ to create a more powerful effect.

The mechanics for the game are outlined in the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlyxjk4EuTs4wAh3yy_HYJWXB70kQX65/view Rulebook]

== Quick Links ==

A quick index to find your way around

[[Tirneach]] - The Land of Five Oaths

[[Beyond Tirneach]] - The Lands beyond the shores of Tirneach, where characters may hail from.

[[The Band]] - The "Heroes" of Cumhacht Na Reig

[[The Five Oaths]] - The oaths sworn by The Band

[[Species]] - The playable species of Tírneach

== Index of Topics ==

===Setting Information===
*[[Tirneach]]
**[[Baol]]
**[[Bruid]]
**[[Draíod]]
**[[Siabhal]]
**[[Uasa]]
*[[Battles of Note]]
*[[Currency in the Five Realms]]
*[[Gallóglaigh]] and information on Gallóglaigh [[Band]]s
*[[Gwyllt]]
*[[Nobility in the Five Realms]]
*[[Occupations in the Five Realms]]
*[[Orohogar]]
*[[Schlachtfeld]]
*[[Trade and Commerce in the Five Realms]]
*The [[Réig]]
*The [[Shaper]]
*The [[Church of the Shaper]] and the [[Cinnire]]
*[[Undead]]

[[Q&A]] with the Event Team

===Character Information===
*[[Species]]
**[[Creidhe]]
**[[Drakeblooded]]
**[[Fathach]]
**[[Firetouched]]
**[[Humans]]
**[[Krieger]]
**[[Leasiar]]
**[[Vartach]]
**[[Wildling]]
*[[Peacesworn]]
*[[Weeping]]

===Game Mechanics===
*[[Audible level]]
*[[Concentration]]
*Crafting [[Recipe]]s
*[[Effect]]s
*[[Feat]]s
*[[Spellcasting]]

===Events===
*[[Season of Loyalty]] - Summer 2019 Event
*[[Season of Seeking]] - Autumn 2019 Event
*[[Season of Scrutiny]] - Spring 2020 Event (Cancelled)
*[[Seasons of Uncertainty]] - 2022 Downtime Event

== Editing the Wiki ==

=== Creating a page ===
You can create a page that doesn't already exist by searching for it and clicking on the link to create it.

=== Formatting Wikki text ===
Here is a guide to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting formatting wiki text], and here you can find instructions on [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links linking to pages]

=== Making a page for your character ===
If you're making a page for your character, please include this short template at the start of the page. Remember to change the details to match your character! It'll add your character to a bunch of the relevant categories. It'll also include a little info box, but I'll probably update that to something nicer at some point.

<pre>
{{Character
|name = Doran
|species = Leasiar
|realm = Siabhal
}}
[[Category: Player Band]]
</pre>

Hundred Heroes

2022-07-27T10:16:56Z

OpticalSage: Updating the list of the hundred heroes to reflect the submissions accepted by the Event team.

The Band

2022-07-19T13:12:19Z

OpticalSage:

The [[band]] of [[Gallóglaigh]] known as Cumhacht na Réig (The Power of the [[Réig]]) first assembled at [[Corroch]] in [[Uasa]] during the year 797 during the [[Season of Loyalty]] and were responsible for defending it from [[Gwyllt]] attacks. As recognition for their efforts they were Blessed by the [[Shaper]].

Cumhacht na Réig is also responsible for defending the Great Cattle Mart of [[Baol]] during the [[Season of Seeking]].
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==Officers==
The current officers of the Band are as follows:
*'''Thane's Lieutenant''' - [[Alejandro_Montalbán_O%27Reilly]]
*'''Deputy Lieutenant''' – [[Sorrel Airiúgladh]]
*'''Watch Officer''' – [[Cathasaigh MacTire]]
*'''Master of the Camp''' – [[Ambrosio de Costana]]
*'''Quartermaster''' – [[Doran]]
*'''Cinnire-at-arms''' – [[Briste]]
*'''Wizard-at-arms''' – [[Valeria Llamerada]]
*'''Reconnaissance Officer''' – [[Rumann MacUltan]]

== Active Membership ==
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