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{{Deity
| domain = Magic, Forbidden Knowledge, Libraries
| symbol = a yellow, slit-pupiled eye on a field of grey
| pantheon = [[Pantheon of Lornon]]
| smite = Smite
| critical = [[Slash]]
}}

{{#section:Gods of Elanthia|Fash'lo'nae}}

==Shrines, Statuary, and Holy Places==
===[[Cleric Guild]]s===
In a Prayer Room inside each Cleric Guild is a statue of Fash'lo'nae. The Prayer Rooms are considered holy shrines to multiple deities.

<pre{{log2}}>
An elderly man sits on a severe, straight-backed chair. In his lap he holds a thick tome, his place marked by a long, bony finger. The man's face is a mask of cool, scholarly detachment. His slit-pupiled eyes are focused at some spot in the distance.

>touch Fash
You reach out and touch the statue of Fash'lo'nae.

A chill runs down your spine, as if you had briefly caught Fash'lo'nae's dread attentions.
</pre>

===[[Cleric Guild (Wehnimer's Landing)|Wehnimer's Landing Cleric Guild]]===
At the entrance of the Wehnimer's Landing Cleric Guild are a pair of painted wooden statues depicting [[Lumnis]] and Fash'lo'nae. In the center of the room stand two statues, one male and one female, backs turned but still looking over their shoulders, each watching the other. They stand upon a wooden base with words carved into the surface. This area is not a holy shrine.

<pre{{log2}}>
Lumnis and Fash'lo'nae stand, back to back, watching each other warily. Each holds a book, open as if they were reading. While the Queen of Enlightenment holds a book on benevolent knowledge, the Grandfather holds a tome full of destructive learning.

In the Common language, it reads:
"Through knowledge, we bring ourselves closer to the Gods."
</pre>

One of the Halls of Lessons in the Wehnimer's Landing Cleric Guild is dedicated to Fash'lo'nae. The statue is identical to that in the other Cleric Guilds. It is considered a holy shrine.
{{RoomDescription
|roomname=Cleric Guild, Hall of Lessons
|desc=The high walls of this room are completely covered with the carved renditions of many rows of bookspines, making the surroundings resemble the shelves of some vast library. Situated in one corner is a life-sized statue of a man sitting upon a high-backed chair, looking as if the thousands of stone books were but a paltry collection to him. A grey altar sits before the man, looking very out of place amidst the scholarly surroundings.
|exits=northwest}}

<pre{{log2}}>
>look altar
Crafted of imflass dulled to a mute shade of grey, the altar's surface is dotted with many subtle whorls. Upon its face is a hammered golden eye, an incised slit running the length of it. An open book lies upon the altar, its pages yellowed and cracked.

>read book
In the Common language, it reads:
"This will be but one of many your eyes shall gaze upon should you follow the Grandfather's path."
</pre>

Located in the Antechamber of Lornon is a table inset with fist-sized seals depicting all of the Lornon arkati, including one for {{PAGENAME}}. This area is not considered a holy shrine.

<pre{{log2}}>
A yellow slit-pupiled eye on a field of gray is painted on the golden seal of Fash'lo'nae.
</pre>
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==Behind the Scenes==
Fash'lo'nae contains the word-parts "lo'nae" which is [[Iruaric]] for "spirit of the past." His [[ICE age|I.C.E. Age]] name Kesh'ta'kai may have been a play on words, at least for the purposes of GemStone III, referring to the Luor'ka'tai ("Pillar of the Gods") which was from the origin of magic in [[Shadow World]]. An obscure point regarding Kesh'ta'kai is that his "natural" form was strikingly similar to an "other standard" extra-planar entity race of [[Rolemaster]] called the [[Xaastyl]] from an [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes|interdimensional realm]] who had the most vast library of arcane knowledge in known existence. This category of entities includes the bases for most of the creatures in [[The Broken Lands]], which is implicitly about forging such entities using vast trans-planar [[Crystyl|information]]. "Luor" and "tai" were the '''''only''''' words not included in our own Iruaric glossary. One plausible interpretation of The Broken Lands is that the [[Empress Kadaena]] acquired Xaastyl knowledge of ascension. Kesh'ta'kai would be older than the other gods, which is the modern theology. The caveat is that his bestial avatar may have been insufficiently defined in the Shadow World lore of the time to posit this relationship. It was originally described only as a hideous tentacled mass.
==Resources==
*[[History of Fash'lo'nae]] (official documentation)
*[[Puzzlebox]]
*[http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Arkati%20and%20Other%20Spirits/Fash'lo'nae/view Officials folder]
*[[Fash'lo'nae's Forbidden book]]
*[[Fash'lo'nae's Gift (1750)]]
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