The Quest of Iranon

Overview

Iranon walked into cities singing of Aira - marble, silver, fountains - claiming kingship of a place no map held. Listeners wept for beauty remembered or never known. Years passed; companions aged; Iranon remained young until Teloth's wine and a boy named Romnod forced truth.

Aira was memory or lie; Iranon was mortal after all, and the quest ended in a cot where the harbour-master covered a face at last wrinkled.

Narrative Record

Oon, Teloth, and other kingdoms hosted the minstrel; some mocked, some worshipped. Romnod, who followed, died old while Iranon still sang youth - until Teloth's drink broke the spell. Iranon admitted Aira may never have been or was lost beyond return.

The story ends in gentle death - not horror but ache. Dreamlands geography accepts Iranon as wanderer between Carter's epic and mortal fable.

Witnesses & Aftermath

No historical Iranon; Teloth is not in atlases. Readers report nostalgic grief disproportionate to length - classified as benign memetic effect.

Archive stores alongside Silver Key as Dreamlands cultural record, not hazard.

Archive Notes

Teach for emotional proportion - not every file ends in tentacles. Personnel grieving lost cities may identify with Iranon; offer counselling, not ridicule. Beauty in the mythos is bait and balm; know which this is.