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Alan Grant

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Scorpion opinion of the origins of Necrosia visions?
« on: 25 August 2024, 08:48:19 »
The Goliath Scorpions use Necrosia and sometimes see visions. There's a good sidebar in FM: Warden Clans that talks about what Necrosia is from a scientific perspective. On the visions front it basically says "the warriors' claims to the contrary" there's no scientific evidence that these visions are anything more than hallucinations.

That leads me to my question. What do the Scorpion warriors believe the origin of Necrosia visions is? If you were to go around and ask a few different Scorpion warriors where the visions come from, what do you think their answers would be? How would they word it?

This question is both conceptual as well as desiring to find appropriate word choice. Meaning I'm trying to understand the gist of where the Scorpions think the visions come from (even if it's vague, or even if there may be competing theories in the mix). But also how they would word it to others. How they would explain it among themselves, formally or informally, or to an outsider.

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Re: Scorpion opinion of the origins of Necrosia visions?
« Reply #1 on: 25 August 2024, 10:16:12 »

What we have here are several layers of mysticism

- Animal goliath scorpion is native to the planets where Great Father Alexander Kerensky led his people to

- Idea of following visions granted by scorpion venom came from General Ethan Moreau who in addition to having interesting life between Second Exodus and KLONDIKE was also SLDF hero and leader which by itself grants him quite a mythical reputation among Clans out of the gate

- Visions are regular fixture in many cultures across entire mankind

So it's safe to say that Scorpions would simply tell others that it is just the way of their people and important element of their culture and heritage

Not too much else would need to be said, if people want to see it strictly as superstition and hallucinations they can always refer to official Clan research which say as much but Necrosia visions were never about science anyway, they were always about something more spiritual

As for how do they exactly work and why do Seekers keep finding relics more frequently than you'd expect it's pretty simple

Imagine if you gave a dose of LSD to a random guy and professional historian and told them to write down what they saw

Historian would most likely write down something very history related (and pretty accurate)

Since Seekers don't just take necrosia randomly but they do meticulous research on stuff they are looking for beforehand we can conclude that necrosia visions simply draw upon their existing knowledge to help their minds piece together some new solutions

Like how scientists sometimes dream about solutions to problems they working on at the time



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Re: Scorpion opinion of the origins of Necrosia visions?
« Reply #2 on: 25 August 2024, 13:06:50 »
That is a helpful perspective, thank you.