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[[Image:HekatefPortrait.jpg|thumb|right|border|220 px|Hekatef IV: a brewer and a patriot]]
 
[[Image:HekatefPortrait.jpg|thumb|right|border|220 px|Hekatef IV: a brewer and a patriot]]
  
Resident of [[Queen's Retreat]].
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Elder in the guild [[Guilds/Fields_of_Iaru|Fields of Iaru]].
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  '''NEW THING!'''  Find Hekatef on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Hekatef
  
Grandlegacy, Oracle of Thought.  Level 15 Student of Architecture.
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== News ==
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  [[User:Hekatef/Project_Necropolis|PROJECT: NECROPOLIS]] is underway!  Go to the page to see all the juicy details!
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(Looking for my [[User:Hekatef/Trade|Trade]] page?)
  
* Once again a Hekatef has entered the [[User:Hekatef/Beer|Beer]] business.
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* Hey, I'm a Level 6 [[Cooperage|cooper]] now!  Now selling barrels at '''8 leather''' apiece. Other trades accepted too!
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Resident of [[Queen's Retreat]] and husband of [[User:Tanafri|Tanafri]]. Elder in the guild [[Guilds/Fields_of_Iaru|Fields of Iaru]].
  
* Started my [[User:Hekatef/Culinary|Culinary]] subpage.
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Grandlegacy, Oracle of Thought. Thanks, Great-Great-Great-Great-Grampa!
  
== Trade ==
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Level 22 Journeyman of Body (Acrobat, Cicadas, Safari), Prentice of Architecture (Obelisk, Funerary Temple) and Student of Harmony (Prophet).
  
Let's make a deal!  (All prices listed below are just theoretical units for setting up an equal exchange.)
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Reliable & trustworthy producer of such useful products as:
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* [[User:Hekatef/Beer|Beer]]
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* [[User:Hekatef/Paint|Paint]]
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* Distilled [[User:Hekatef/Trade#Distilled_Spirits|spirits]]
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* Small barrels
  
'''QuickTrades''' (tm):
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Camp is in Queen's Retreat at (160, -5413).  That's about 10 minutes NW of the chariot.
  
Will sell '''small barrels''' at 8 leather apiece.
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Sometimes I write [[User:Hekatef/Stories|stories]].
  "    "    "    "      at 10 linen apiece.
 
  "    "    "    "      at 10 Earth Lights apiece.
 
  "    "    "    "      at 20 Toad Skins apiece.
 
  "    "    "    "      at 30 Dead Tongues apiece.
 
  
Will be happy to '''buy''' any of the following goods:
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<googlemap lat=160 lon=-5413 zoom=4 width=600 height=450 iconsize="32x32" iconanchor'"9x32" iconlabels="U">
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(GrH) 160, -5413, Home Camp
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</googlemap>
  
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== News ==
! Good !! Price/ea.
 
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| [[leather]] || 37.5
 
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| [[linen]] || 30
 
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| [[Toad Skin]] || 15
 
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| [[Dead Tongue]] || 10
 
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| [[Earth Light]] || 30
 
|}
 
  
Will be happy to '''sell''' the following goods, to the extent I have them in stock:
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* Passed Funerary Temple, by gum!
  
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* Finished my Enthusiast wine notebook!
! Good !! Price/ea.
 
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| [[small barrels]] || 300
 
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| [[paint]] || 10
 
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| [[canvas]] || 60
 
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| [[barley]] || 4
 
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| [[charcoal]] || 3
 
|}
 
  
Contact me to work out a deal!
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* Got my [[Acoustics Laboratory]] completely upgraded except for the '''12 silk cloth'''.  Chime research begins in earnest.
  
=== Paint ===
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* Updated my [[User:Hekatef/Paint|Paint]] page to include most colors, including all those needed for the [[Serpentarium]] and [[Raeli Mosaic]].  Contact me for a trade!
  
Oh heck yes, I mix paint.
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* Started my [[User:Hekatef/Culinary|Culinary]] subpage.
  
[[User:Hekatef/Paint|Hekatef's Paint]]
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== Trade ==
  
Terms:
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Come visit my [[User:Hekatef/Trade|Trade]] page to see what I have for sale and what I'm looking for!
* For orders up to '''50 paint''', I will provide the materials myself, and you can pay in other goods.  (Exception: when rare ingredients such as Earth Lights are required and I don't have enough in stock.)
 
* For orders '''over 50 paint''', you must bring the necessary ingredients.  I will then do the mixing for an additional fee.
 
  
 
== Vital Statistics ==
 
== Vital Statistics ==
  
Strength: 1
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* Strength: 7
Dexterity: 0
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* Dexterity: 7
Endurance: 0
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* Endurance: 0
Speed: 0
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* Speed: 8
Constitution: 0
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* Constitution: 3
Focus: 0
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* Focus: 0
Perception: 2
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* Perception: 6
  
 
== Tests ==
 
== Tests ==
  
* Tests passed: Obelisk (126 cubits).
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* Tests passed: Obelisk (126 cubits), Acrobat, Cicada, Prophet, Safari, Funerary Temple.
 
* Passed all 7 initiations.
 
* Passed all 7 initiations.
* Finished principles for: Vigil, Prophet, Acrobat, Marriage, Cicada.
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* Finished principles for: Vigil, Acrobat, Marriage, Darkest Night, Reason, Towers.
  
 
=== Test of the Acrobat ===
 
=== Test of the Acrobat ===
  
* Move: '''Push-Ups'''
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* Acro master!
* 8 facets taught.
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* 249 facets taught.
* Perfect teachers to me: Aiko, Ay, BooBoo, BullodRoddan, Iy-Nefer, Rahu, Theridion, Wampak.
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* Perfect students to me: Ephemere, lilinou, Marlie, Steus, Theridion, VicVic.
* Perfect students to me: Kiya, Ryyssa, Theridion.
 
  
 
== Current Projects ==
 
== Current Projects ==
  
* Scour the neighborhood for iron and other metal veins I may have missed the first time.
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* Get my 7th Perception point from Gastro.
  
* Build a [[Greenhouse]] in camp.
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* Discover a method for distilling Grass Spirits.
  
* Make the paint to unlock [[Mass Production of Color]] in QR.
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* Scour the neighborhood for iron and other metal veins I may have missed the first time.
 
 
* Grow lots and lots of cabbages in preparation for beetle breeding -- enough for me to offline the stuff.
 
  
 
* Crack the multiple-yeast puzzle for beer!
 
* Crack the multiple-yeast puzzle for beer!
 
* Master viticulture.  This has not formerly been a craft that the Hekatef line was known for.  Grapevines practically wither at the touch of a Hekatef.  In this telling, that curse shall be broken.
 
  
 
* Become a Student of Seven.
 
* Become a Student of Seven.
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=== Hekatef I ===
 
=== Hekatef I ===
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[[Image:HekandD2.jpg|thumb|left|border|220 px|The surprisingly ripped Hekatef I, at his wedding to Dreasimy I]]
  
 
The founder of the family line came to prominence in the earliest days of antiquity, during Egypt's first rise to enlightenment and the challenge of the original Stranger.  Tradition holds that Hekatef I was among the first pioneers of the area now called [[Pyramid Lake]].  In those days the region was a distant and desolate place, and Hekatef, coming across it, named it the Lake of Reeds.  Other colonists followed, and in time the remote community earned fame, respect and a place among the other regions of Egypt.
 
The founder of the family line came to prominence in the earliest days of antiquity, during Egypt's first rise to enlightenment and the challenge of the original Stranger.  Tradition holds that Hekatef I was among the first pioneers of the area now called [[Pyramid Lake]].  In those days the region was a distant and desolate place, and Hekatef, coming across it, named it the Lake of Reeds.  Other colonists followed, and in time the remote community earned fame, respect and a place among the other regions of Egypt.
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Hekatef I was known for his talents in brewing beer and mixing paint, but history remembers him most for being one of the first Oracles of Thought, and the overseer of the last stage of the Great Work to that discipline.  At the very instant Hekatef placed his Oracular blessing upon the structure, the seventh Monument was finished and the challenge of the Stranger was beaten.
 
Hekatef I was known for his talents in brewing beer and mixing paint, but history remembers him most for being one of the first Oracles of Thought, and the overseer of the last stage of the Great Work to that discipline.  At the very instant Hekatef placed his Oracular blessing upon the structure, the seventh Monument was finished and the challenge of the Stranger was beaten.
  
History tells that after Egypt's victory, Hekatef I retired to his home by the Lake of Reeds and lived out the rest of his days in tranquility, drinking beer and fishing.  He had taken a wife, a woman named Dreasimy, and the couple bore a son named '''Hapu'''.
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History tells that after Egypt's victory, Hekatef I retired to his home by the Lake of Reeds and lived out the rest of his days in tranquility, drinking beer and fishing.  He had taken a wife, a woman named Dreasimy, and the couple bore a son named '''Hapu''' and a daughter, Remyt.
  
 
=== Hekatef II ===
 
=== Hekatef II ===
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=== Hekatef III ===
 
=== Hekatef III ===
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[[Image:HekatefIII.jpg|thumb|left|border|120 px|Hekatef III, in his younger action-hero days]]
  
 
Hekatef III, grandfather to our modern Hekatef and a veteran of the previous Tale, is still alive today.  Extremely elderly, he spends most of his time indoors, but he will occasionally barge into Queen's Retreat regional chat to grouse about kids today and relate unprompted stories of the olden days.
 
Hekatef III, grandfather to our modern Hekatef and a veteran of the previous Tale, is still alive today.  Extremely elderly, he spends most of his time indoors, but he will occasionally barge into Queen's Retreat regional chat to grouse about kids today and relate unprompted stories of the olden days.
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If asked, he will gladly tell stories about how he followed in the honorable sandalprints of Hekatef I and returned to the family ancestral home by Pyramid Lake (then called '''Tanis''').  There he met a woman named '''KettaMow''', beloved of Bast, and married her.  During this time he also passed some tests.

Latest revision as of 01:24, 14 February 2012

Hekatef IV: a brewer and a patriot

 NEW THING!  Find Hekatef on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Hekatef

 PROJECT: NECROPOLIS is underway!  Go to the page to see all the juicy details!

(Looking for my Trade page?)

Resident of Queen's Retreat and husband of Tanafri. Elder in the guild Fields of Iaru.

Grandlegacy, Oracle of Thought. Thanks, Great-Great-Great-Great-Grampa!

Level 22 Journeyman of Body (Acrobat, Cicadas, Safari), Prentice of Architecture (Obelisk, Funerary Temple) and Student of Harmony (Prophet).

Reliable & trustworthy producer of such useful products as:

Camp is in Queen's Retreat at (160, -5413). That's about 10 minutes NW of the chariot.

Sometimes I write stories.


News

  • Passed Funerary Temple, by gum!
  • Finished my Enthusiast wine notebook!
  • Got my Acoustics Laboratory completely upgraded except for the 12 silk cloth. Chime research begins in earnest.

Trade

Come visit my Trade page to see what I have for sale and what I'm looking for!

Vital Statistics

  • Strength: 7
  • Dexterity: 7
  • Endurance: 0
  • Speed: 8
  • Constitution: 3
  • Focus: 0
  • Perception: 6

Tests

  • Tests passed: Obelisk (126 cubits), Acrobat, Cicada, Prophet, Safari, Funerary Temple.
  • Passed all 7 initiations.
  • Finished principles for: Vigil, Acrobat, Marriage, Darkest Night, Reason, Towers.

Test of the Acrobat

  • Acro master!
  • 249 facets taught.
  • Perfect students to me: Ephemere, lilinou, Marlie, Steus, Theridion, VicVic.

Current Projects

  • Get my 7th Perception point from Gastro.
  • Discover a method for distilling Grass Spirits.
  • Scour the neighborhood for iron and other metal veins I may have missed the first time.
  • Crack the multiple-yeast puzzle for beer!
  • Become a Student of Seven.

Family History

Hekatef I

The surprisingly ripped Hekatef I, at his wedding to Dreasimy I

The founder of the family line came to prominence in the earliest days of antiquity, during Egypt's first rise to enlightenment and the challenge of the original Stranger. Tradition holds that Hekatef I was among the first pioneers of the area now called Pyramid Lake. In those days the region was a distant and desolate place, and Hekatef, coming across it, named it the Lake of Reeds. Other colonists followed, and in time the remote community earned fame, respect and a place among the other regions of Egypt.

Hekatef I was known for his talents in brewing beer and mixing paint, but history remembers him most for being one of the first Oracles of Thought, and the overseer of the last stage of the Great Work to that discipline. At the very instant Hekatef placed his Oracular blessing upon the structure, the seventh Monument was finished and the challenge of the Stranger was beaten.

History tells that after Egypt's victory, Hekatef I retired to his home by the Lake of Reeds and lived out the rest of his days in tranquility, drinking beer and fishing. He had taken a wife, a woman named Dreasimy, and the couple bore a son named Hapu and a daughter, Remyt.

Hekatef II

Unlike his parents, Hapu was restless and possessed a great appetite for journeys. Reaching adulthood, he became a traveling merchant in foreign lands, rarely lingering in Egypt even in the midst of its golden age. Perhaps he prospered, and in his own way became well-renowned in far countries, but in the records of Egypt the name of Hapu quickly vanished into obscurity.

Personality often skips a generation, however, and after Egypt's glory days had passed and a second Stranger arose to test it anew, so too did a Hekatef return to the land. Hekatef II, son of Hapu and an unrecorded foreign wife, grew up in distant countries but returned to Egypt to labor for its renewal.

Hekatef II did not approach the fame of his illustrious grandfather. Records show that he dwelt by the Nile, perhaps near modern-day Saqqarah, but his achievements were few. One or two of the Monuments of the time bear his cartouche, and he seemed to have gained some reputation as a maker of musical instruments.

Hekatef III

Hekatef III, in his younger action-hero days

Hekatef III, grandfather to our modern Hekatef and a veteran of the previous Tale, is still alive today. Extremely elderly, he spends most of his time indoors, but he will occasionally barge into Queen's Retreat regional chat to grouse about kids today and relate unprompted stories of the olden days.

If asked, he will gladly tell stories about how he followed in the honorable sandalprints of Hekatef I and returned to the family ancestral home by Pyramid Lake (then called Tanis). There he met a woman named KettaMow, beloved of Bast, and married her. During this time he also passed some tests.