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Crone circled the edge, fixing one eye then the other on the strange apparition swirling above the enchanted dais. The power of the High Alchemist's sorcery was as sweet and intoxicating as the pollen of d'bayang poppies, but that which came from the demon was foul, alien – yet, the Great Raven knew, not quite as alien as it should be. Not to her and her kind, that is.
"You are bold," she said to Baruk, who stood facing the dais with hands folded. "And the reach of your power, and will, is most impressive."
"Thank you," replied the High Alchemist, squinting at the demon he had conjured and then trapped. "Our conversations have been … most enlightening. Of course, what we see here is not a true physical manifestation. A soul, I believe, disconnected from its corporeal self."
"With eyes of jade," Crone noted, beak opening in silent laughter. She hesitated, then asked, "What has it told you?" ...
....."Its flesh is very far away indeed. I was granted an image of the flesh – a human, as far as I could tell, which is in itself rather extraordinary. I was able to capture the soul due to its heightened meditative state, one in which the detachment is very nearly absolute. I doubt the original body draws breath ten times a bell. A most spiritual individual, Crone."
The Great Raven returned her attention to the apparition. Studied its jade eyes, its jagged traceries of crackling filaments, pulsing like a slowed heart. "And you know, then," she said.
"Yes. The demon is from the realm of the Fallen One. His birthplace."
"You are bold," she said to Baruk, who stood facing the dais with hands folded. "And the reach of your power, and will, is most impressive."
"Thank you," replied the High Alchemist, squinting at the demon he had conjured and then trapped. "Our conversations have been … most enlightening. Of course, what we see here is not a true physical manifestation. A soul, I believe, disconnected from its corporeal self."
"With eyes of jade," Crone noted, beak opening in silent laughter. She hesitated, then asked, "What has it told you?" ...
....."Its flesh is very far away indeed. I was granted an image of the flesh – a human, as far as I could tell, which is in itself rather extraordinary. I was able to capture the soul due to its heightened meditative state, one in which the detachment is very nearly absolute. I doubt the original body draws breath ten times a bell. A most spiritual individual, Crone."
The Great Raven returned her attention to the apparition. Studied its jade eyes, its jagged traceries of crackling filaments, pulsing like a slowed heart. "And you know, then," she said.
"Yes. The demon is from the realm of the Fallen One. His birthplace."
So, seems to be quite conclusive to me that the jade slashes / Heboric's giant jade statues = Baruk's summoned demon from the Realm of the Crippled God. Therefore, those jade slashes descending in the night sky that we hear so much about throughout TtH and especially DoD are actually beings from the Crippled God's homeworld... coming to save/free him possibly?
I'm sure somebody has mentioned this "theory" (more of an observation at this point really) before but I haven't seen it in the forums so there it is. What do you guys think?
