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| ====== AH.com Eternals : Autobiography of Subject 1 (" | ====== AH.com Eternals : Autobiography of Subject 1 (" | ||
| - | === Session 1 === | + | This file has been approved by the leadership of [[The Trust]] for Eternal and Ephemeral staff members visiting the databases of TETRA. |
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| I was born in the year 14,100 BCE.... | I was born in the year 14,100 BCE.... | ||
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| About ninety of us were born before Christ.... | About ninety of us were born before Christ.... | ||
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| - | Fenwick: Alrghit quick show of hands, who here has not seen Jesus ? | + | __[[Fenwick |
| - | G’Len: I missed him entirely. He was rather obscure at the time, unless you were actually in Palestine. And from what I heard, even then there were so many religious would-be prophets, that it was easy to miss the gold in the dross. | + | __G’Len:__ I missed him entirely. He was rather obscure at the time, unless you were actually in Palestine. And from what I heard, even then there were so many religious would-be prophets, that it was easy to miss the gold in the dross. |
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| Gregorios: By the way, what are your favourite languages that you've learned to speak over the years? And what " | Gregorios: By the way, what are your favourite languages that you've learned to speak over the years? And what " | ||
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| G’Len: I did enjoy the spate of manufactured languages in the beginning of the 20th century, but I never specifically learned any of them, though Ido is pretty easy for me given my background. I actually was rather amused by Tolkien' | G’Len: I did enjoy the spate of manufactured languages in the beginning of the 20th century, but I never specifically learned any of them, though Ido is pretty easy for me given my background. I actually was rather amused by Tolkien' | ||
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| For countless generations after leaving the people, I wandered the world, living off the land. Sometimes I would encounter other peoples and stay with them for a time, teaching them my knowledge of the hunt and of the shamans of my former people, but I never stayed longer than a generation. The world slowly changed before my eyes. The great icelands seemed further away every generation. Lakes appeared and disappeared, | For countless generations after leaving the people, I wandered the world, living off the land. Sometimes I would encounter other peoples and stay with them for a time, teaching them my knowledge of the hunt and of the shamans of my former people, but I never stayed longer than a generation. The world slowly changed before my eyes. The great icelands seemed further away every generation. Lakes appeared and disappeared, | ||
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| - | [[Fenwick]]: | + | __[[fenwick of uruk|Fenwick]]:__ Man, I miss the 60s... |
| - | G’Len: Well, there' | + | __G’Len:__ Well, there' |
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| - | === Session 10 === | + | ==== Session 10 ==== |
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| - | G’Len: Not Enkidu. In fact, I inspired a story much older than Gilgamesh, and some of the echoes can be found in the character of Utnapishtim, | + | __G’Len:__ Not Enkidu. In fact, I inspired a story much older than Gilgamesh, and some of the echoes can be found in the character of Utnapishtim, |
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| - | G’Len: Heh, you called it Byzantium...of course, it was Constantinople by then. Constantine knew how to make an impression, that's for certain...though no one can hold a torch to Alexander for sheer name dropping....you said early 470s? The Western Empire was breathing its last death rattle. I tended to do a lot of trading back then, but I was in and out of Constantinople at that time. I didn't have a regular family that decade, but there were women from time to time. No children that I am aware of, I'm sorry to say.... | + | __G’Len:__ Heh, you called it Byzantium...of course, it was Constantinople by then. Constantine knew how to make an impression, that's for certain...though no one can hold a torch to Alexander for sheer name dropping....you said early 470s? The Western Empire was breathing its last death rattle. I tended to do a lot of trading back then, but I was in and out of Constantinople at that time. I didn't have a regular family that decade, but there were women from time to time. No children that I am aware of, I'm sorry to say.... |
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| - | G’Len: At that time, most people took me for a Greek, given that I spoke that language more like a native, though they never could peg me to where. I had been going for several, several centuries by the name Galen.... As for being the father of all of us, who knows? Though there are one or two others who might be as old as I, and certainly are older than almost all the others.... | + | __G’Len:__ At that time, most people took me for a Greek, given that I spoke that language more like a native, though they never could peg me to where. I had been going for several, several centuries by the name Galen.... As for being the father of all of us, who knows? Though there are one or two others who might be as old as I, and certainly are older than almost all the others.... |
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| - | [[Gregorios]]:__ (//talking about his adventures after leaving Muscovy//) | + | |
| - | G’Len: Bad business, that.... | + | __[[Gregorios]]:__ (//talking about his adventures after leaving Muscovy//) |
| - | Gregorios: Indeed it was. I sank into a deep depression. I still consider the 15th century my lost century. Just dominated by wandering around Europe. I only ever settled in Constantinople, | + | __G’Len:__ Bad business, that.... |
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| - | 47: I wore something like this, attached to the outside of a conical, brimmed cloth headress, as a symbol of my office of priest-king. Here's an artist impression of a European Bronze Age priest-king. | + | [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/ |
| - | G’Len: Ha ! I remember those. Up there among the more ridiculous trends in regalia mankind has mustered. | + | __[[47]]:__ I wore something like this, attached to the outside of a conical, brimmed cloth headress, as a symbol of my office of priest-king. Here's an artist impression of a European Bronze Age priest-king. |
| - | 47: Agreed. Crowns are much more sensible. Still it was nice to wear a fortune on one's person without fear of being robbed. And I do like gold. | + | __G’Len:__ Ha ! I remember those. Up there among the more ridiculous trends in regalia mankind has mustered. |
| + | __[[47]]:__ Agreed. Crowns are much more sensible. Still it was nice to wear a fortune on one's person without fear of being robbed. And I do like gold. | ||
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| - | Gregorios: By the way, just a little tidbit, but I always train my animals to respond only to commands in Byzantine Greek. Do any of the rest of you do that? (Well, with other languages...) | + | [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/ |
| - | G’Len: Nothing like that. I do use old languages other than Byzantine Greek, though. Byzantine Greek is too recent, too well recalled, too similar to modern Greek for that matter. Up until recently, using dead and forgotten | + | __[[Gregorios]]:__ By the way, just a little tidbit, but I always train my animals to respond only to commands in Byzantine Greek. |
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| A few stream of consciousness thoughts.... | A few stream of consciousness thoughts.... | ||
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| G’Len: I truly miss the Minoans. There was a grace in their culture as few before or since possessed. Damned volcanoes! | G’Len: I truly miss the Minoans. There was a grace in their culture as few before or since possessed. Damned volcanoes! | ||
| - | 47: Ya, I miss them too, especially the bare-breasted women. | + | __[[47]]:__ Ya, I miss them too, especially the bare-breasted women. |
| - | G’Len: I hate volcanoes, hate them, hate them, hate them! Thera was bad enough, at least we evacuated the island in time, even though my ship was swamped in the tsunami that followed. I was caught visiting friends in Herculaneum when Vesuvius blew. We were close to getting everyone out, but then that damned Pyroclastic flow hit, crisping everyone around me and giving me one hell of a burn. Took me a long time to dig out afterwards, too. I hate volcanoes! | + | __G’Len:__ I hate volcanoes, hate them, hate them, hate them! Thera was bad enough, at least we evacuated the island in time, even though my ship was swamped in the tsunami that followed. I was caught visiting friends in Herculaneum when Vesuvius blew. We were close to getting everyone out, but then that damned Pyroclastic flow hit, crisping everyone around me and giving me one hell of a burn. Took me a long time to dig out afterwards, too. I hate volcanoes! |
| - | Gregorios: Yeah, I'm not a big fan of them either. Remember the Mt. Etna eruption just a few years ago in 2005? I was there, working on Revenge of the Sith. I was the one who suggested to George that the eruption would be a good backdrop for the Mustafar scenes. We were in Italy at the time filming a couple of the Naboo scenes. | + | __[[Gregorios]]:__ Yeah, I'm not a big fan of them either. Remember the Mt. Etna eruption just a few years ago in 2005? I was there, working on Revenge of the Sith. I was the one who suggested to George that the eruption would be a good backdrop for the Mustafar scenes. We were in Italy at the time filming a couple of the Naboo scenes. |
| - | 47 (to G’Len): Ouch. Sorry man. What are your feelings on earthquakes? | + | __[[47]]__ (//to G’Len//): Ouch. Sorry man. What are your feelings on earthquakes? |
| - | G’Len: Earthquakes are okay, I suppose. | + | __G’Len:__ Earthquakes are okay, I suppose. |
| - | E. T. B.: There' | + | __[[E. T. B.]]:__ There' |
| - | 47: Enough talk of death and destruction, | + | __[[47]]:__ Enough talk of death and destruction, |
| - | G’Len: I didn't really get interested in astronomy until the Gallileo showed there were worlds up there, and not just points of light. Before that, I did wonder about the moon, though. Ever since the advent of civilization, | + | __G’Len:__ I didn't really get interested in astronomy until the Gallileo showed there were worlds up there, and not just points of light. Before that, I did wonder about the moon, though. Ever since the advent of civilization, |
| - | Gregorios: Were you on that first voyage (to Vinland) ? Because I was. Maybe we knew each other. | + | __[[Gregorios]]:__ Were you on that first voyage (to Vinland) ? Because I was. Maybe we knew each other. |
| - | G’Len: No, I wasn't on the very first exploration. I heard about a new land from traders and then made my way up to Scandinavia to find out. | + | __G’Len:__ No, I wasn't on the very first exploration. I heard about a new land from traders and then made my way up to Scandinavia to find out. |
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| The first cities and farmers at first disgusted me. Squalid compared to the free living peoples of the world, children died more often than not, and always the smell of people. | The first cities and farmers at first disgusted me. Squalid compared to the free living peoples of the world, children died more often than not, and always the smell of people. | ||
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| Someday I shall tell of my times under the name of Galen.... | Someday I shall tell of my times under the name of Galen.... | ||
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| - | Dear Fellow | + | Dear Fellow |
| I hope this letter finds you all well. I have been following with great interest the revelations our existence to the world at large has been playing in society. I was impressed with your organ donor efforts, and am attaching to this letter some earlier research I performed on growing organs from immortal grafts. I hope this will aide in your efforts. | I hope this letter finds you all well. I have been following with great interest the revelations our existence to the world at large has been playing in society. I was impressed with your organ donor efforts, and am attaching to this letter some earlier research I performed on growing organs from immortal grafts. I hope this will aide in your efforts. | ||
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| + | ==== Personal information ==== | ||
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| + | **Birth Name:** G' | ||
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| + | **Relation to other Eternals:** \\ | ||
| + | **Current Pseudonym: | ||
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| + | **Current Home:** \\ | ||
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| ==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||
| - | **[[Autobiographies of Eternals|Eternal Autobiography Interviews | + | **[[The Trust]]** |
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