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<!-- Add a brief description [[The Origin of the item. This can be anything as long as it 'Tast's Pack']] is relevant, but mentioning skills might be a good idea[[Lorebook]] very rarely found in random loot. You can just add the in-game description here until something else is written! -->== How to Obtain = Content ===<!-- Include any general information about obtaining the item here. If there is a single extremely standard method '''The Origin of obtaining an item, include that here. Often no information needs to be added here."Tast's Pack"'''Example:Grow from an '''By [[Onion SeedlingEladrigan]] via the Gifted, Official Scribe of [[GardeningJamurra]].'''-->===Producing with Recipes==='''(Council Annotated Edition, Sixth Printing)'''<!-- v337 --><!-- This section has ''[Most of the pages of this book have been added automatically by a bottorn out. Please contact [[User:Alleryn]] (check page history for link to user Only the last page of the story remains, along with contact info) if you believe this section is in errorcopious annotations. -->]'' None...=== Obtaining through Bartering ===<!--Right here?" asked Norala, smiling a toothy grin.Example:Barter {{Item|Fire Dust}} x1 "Of course," said Tast, licking Norala's fingers. "In order to [[Gretchen Salas]] for {{Item|Oak Wood}} x4truly trust my new general, I must know her inside and out." THE END. -->-=== Purchasing ===<!-- Add as much information as you '''Councilwoman Irasce's notes from the first printing:''' According to the elves of Verta, this travesty is the official version of the story of Tast's Pack. I have availableremoved a lengthy rape sequence and two other sexual encounters of a complex nature. Include incomplete informationAll these scenes were told in luridly salacious detail, and I for one am not amused."Making reading fun again" indeed!  Example lineWhile I've removed the most heinous sequences, I could not remove every objectionable element, for doing so reveals the truth:*[[Sammie Grimspine]] the entire story could easily be summed up in [[Serbule Hills]] for 75 councilsa few sentences! "Long ago, Norala challenged Tast to a one-on-one fight. Tast won handily, but Norala cheated and had other gods help her overcome Tast. Tast was impressed with her deviousness, and the group of them became allies." There. Requires {{Favor|Close Friends}}That's the whole story.Human scholars, you're quite welcome. -->-=== Drops ===<!-- Include items dropped '''Councilwoman Irasce's notes from monstersthe second printing:''' I have been made aware of a formal complaint lodged by the original book's author, as well as those obtained through skinningEladrigan "the gifted". It is Eladrigan's opinion that since my annotated edition consisted almost entirely of excisions, butcheringnot annotations, skull extractionthat I committed some sort of ... I don't know, etcsome elven ethical atrocity.Example sectionThis is nonsense:;[[Eltibule]]* [[Fire Rat]]I did not hide the fact that I removed the smut from Eladrigan's version, so by human standards, sometimes drops 1 [[Fire Dust]]* [[Fire Spider]]there was no error made, often drops as much as 3-5 [[Fire Dust]]and I do not at all acknowledge having made an error here.-->=== Gathering ===<!-- Include items obtained from ground spawns such as fruit treesHowever, mushroom patchesin the interest of continued good relations between our two great nations, ice blocksI have released this second printing of my annotated edition, serbule crypt urnsExample line:* Randomly from [[Kur]] ice blockswherein I have left every lewd scene intact. I am deeply sorry if this version causes any human reader psychological harm.-->===Quest Rewards===<!-- v337 --><!-- This section '''Councilwoman Irasce's notes from the third printing:''' It is now something of a joke among the literate class that my second printing has sold out, whereas my first edition has been added automatically not. I can see the humor, but the cause is quite simple: by lodging a complaint, Eladrigan drew attention to the story in a botway that would never have happened otherwise. Please contact [[User:Alleryn]] (check page history I'll note that Eladrigan has a new book for link to user page with contact info) if you believe sale, and not coincidentally this section is in errorvolume also details the further exploits of Tast and Norala. -->NoneI'll let the reader draw their own conclusions.=== Other Ways to Obtain === <!-- Add a subsection My first edition remains available for any How to Obtain info dedicated scholars who do not included abovehave time for tawdry nonsense. Some possible subsections are==== Winter Holiday Gifts ====or==== Hang Outs ====-->== Uses ==<... And I do mean nonsense!-- Include any general information about using After significant searching, I have located what I believe to be the item here. If there is oldest written version of this story, a single extremely standard use for an itemtranscription from the god Ir-Hetsu, include that herefrom 7000 years ago. Often no information needs to be added For reference, here.is the famous "pack leader" scene, as told by Ir-Hetsu: Example:Place : Gulagra and Remga each held one of Tast's arms, and Norala beat him mercilessly for hours, sliced him with her claws, stabbed him with her blade. But he would not die, and harvest after 1 minute as day turned to receive {{Item|Beginnernight, Norala's Arrow Shafts}}wrath eventually waned. Seeing this, Tast laughed.-->===Using in Recipes===<Yes, Tast laughed, even as he bled!-- v337 --><"You pretend to be the god of the hunt, but you cannot hunt me!One-on- This section has been added automatically by a botone, I can easily control you. Please contact [[User:Alleryn]] (check page history for link to user page with contact info) if With the aid of friends you can BRIEFLY hold me, but try as you might, you believe this section still cannot kill me! You are no hunter! Your godhood is false, and in errortime, I swear that I will destroy you. -->" None:: At hearing this, Norala smiled.===Gifting===<"Finally!-- v337 --><!-- This section has been added automatically by Let him go, friends." Gulagra and Remga released Tast, and he rose to his feet with a botmixture of anger and confusion. Please contact [[User:Alleryn]] (check page history for link Then Norala bowed down to user page with contact info) if him, and the other two followed her lead. "Tast, you believe this section is in errorwill lead us. --"</indent>{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}:: Tast beckoned at the heavens and a column on dark power blasted down upon him, healing him completely. "Lead you? No, I will destroy you all! NPC !! Location !! Preferences"|- style="background:#9EF24A;"| [[Preta]] || The Fairy Tree in [[Sun Vale]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Scroll|Scrolls]])|}=== Bartering Uses ===<!--ExampleNorala shook her head. "You ask how I can be the god of the hunt? I don't need to be the strongest hunter:Give 3-4x {{Item|Brain Bug Lobe}}, along with 2-3x {{Item|Brain}} I simply need to [[Zeratak]] have the strongest hunter '''in exchange for my pack'''. You are the only god fit to lead our pack. And you need us. You need ME! You finally admitted that you were easily waylaid by a choice god FAR weaker than you. I cannot kill you, but had I truly meant you harm, I would have asked Gulagra to carry you into the sun again. No, I am your ally, Tast, and you need my guidance before one of equipmentyour true enemies outmaneuvers you and takes your power. So you will lead our pack, and we shall be your eyes and ears, your fists and blades.Together, we shall defy Lo-->Maj and rule all the gods!"=== Selling ===<The scene continues for a while, but this is enough to illustrate my point: note how many sexual references have intruded so far? None!In fact, Ir-- Include information for npcs who buy this item at full value Hetsu's version contains only a single sex act, told somewhat tastefully, and with sufficient favorsome effort made to suggest that both parties were consenting. Do not list general vendors; instead include Although given the line {{General Buyers}} at situation, the bottom validity of that consent is perhaps dubious... but the listpoint is that the entire story contains a single erotic scene, leaving more room for important details.Example:Purchased at full value by:* [[Sir Coth]]{{General Buyers}}Ir-->===Consumption=======Direct Consumption====<!-- Include this section Hetsu is an elven god, and if an item he can be consumedlimit his story to only one lewd act, and document I expect better from the effects providing as much information as possible"Official Scribe of Jamurra" than this sorry nonsense.Example:Drinking a Healing Potion instantly restores 75 health and consumes 25 metabolismBut as I have said before, I mean no ill will toward the great nation of Verta.-->====Ability Consumption====<!-- v337 --><!-- This section has been '''Councilwoman Irasce's notes from the fourth printing:''' The third printing sold out even faster than the second. There are many reasons why this could be, but I believe the main reason is simple: the previous edition added automatically by a botvaluable annotations, so it was the most complete and useful version. Please contact [[User:Alleryn]] (check page history for link I am grateful to my readers, and I wish to user page with contact info) if you believe make this section is new printing the most successful yet! Here are additional important details that were not made clear in errorthe original text.  -->NoneAlthough we refer to Tast's allies as "Tast's Pack", Tast himself never uses this term. He often calls them his "Generals."===Quest Fulfillment===<- Which gods are in Tast's Pack? That depends on the particular myth. Norala, Gulagra, and Remga are usually included. In stories that take place after the God War, the Pack usually includes Tuvillus as well. Melkar is sometimes also a member of the "pack." Tales that feature Melkar usually contend that he is Tast's illegitimate son, as if gods would care about something like mortal marital legitimacy!-- v337 --><!-- This section has been added automatically Although Gulagra is by a botfar the most powerful of Tast's "generals", Norala actually features more often in stories about him. Please contact [[User:Alleryn]] (check page history for link to user page with contact info) if you believe this section She is supposedly the inventor of "guerilla warfare", and she also appears in errormany stories as a spy or provocateur for Tast.  -Gulagra becomes more important in later stories. By the time of the God War, Gulagra is as powerful as Tast, and the two are seen as equals. Norala was Tast's right->Nonehand in the God War, but she was clearly not his equal in power.=== Other Uses ===<!-- Add a subsection for any uses that donRemga shows up often in Tast't fit s myths but is usually just an ancillary character, as he is in this story. However, one notable myth has Remga inventing "war brides"; another has him taking center stage in above sectionsan epic sea battle. As with most stories involving the god of rape, the details are not for the squeamish.====Example Subsection Heading====Example subsectionLastly, I want to address the issue of sexuality head-on.Yes, it's clear that Tast and Norala's avatars have had sexual relations at some time in the past -->== Lore ==<!-- Add quotes or any other we can confirm this from several unbiased historical texts. But it's important to notice the form these gods take: they are both orcish gods. This story took place in-game lore a time before the human race came to prominence, a time when orcs and elves vied for control of vast continents. So you might argue that mentions the itemthey are orcish gods "by default". But gods can change their avatars over time if they choose, yet even today both remain orcs. This is important because orcs are a primitive version of humans.Example:{{Quote|source=[[Velkort]]|Ah yes. The secretions Orcish physiology is technically capable of fire elementals experiencing love (unlike elves), but most orcs cannot muster such a grand emotion, and other fiery beasts. Quite valuable. I will part with some instead feel a sort of mine if you complete sexual urgency, a few favors for meviolent lust like an animal. Beyond thatBy taking the form of orcs, you can obtain it by seeking out creatures I posit that Tast and Norala are naturally on firesignaling that their relationship is more a partnership of warriors than a romance for the ages. For instance --- '''Councilwoman Irasce's notes from the fifth printing:''' I have once again received a complaint from Eladrigan, look just in time for fire spiders in the Eltibule regionrelease of his new novel.}}Eladrigan claims that my previous edition made racially inaccurate remarks. Eladrigan may be a capable writer of smut, but a scientist he is not!{{Quote|source=[[Work Order for Fire Dust]]|Rumor has It's important to understand that I used the scientific definition of love, and elves simply cannot experience this emotion: it 's a phrenological fact that Fire Dust can be found all over elven skulls lack the place in Serbule and EltibuleLove Area. You Thus they are very lucky! It incapable of love. Orcs have this brain area, although for most specimens it is not so common here in Vertaquite small and undeveloped.}}--><!Elves no doubt experience other sensations of fondness for one another --Category tags I do not suggest elves are added automatically by incapable of kindness, in their way. But the ITEM infoboxterm "love" refers to a primarily human emotion! ---> '''Councilwoman Irasce declined to include any notes for the sixth printing, except to once again reaffirm her dedication to harmony with the great nation of Verta.'''== Related Lore ==*[[Tast]]*[[Councilwoman Irasce]][[Category:Lorebook]][[Category:Register of Lore]]