House of the Serpents
May 16, 2009
Enchanteur is waiting at the House of the Serpents. She is with Selene in the grove where the Listening Trees reside.
Make sure to visit this Grove while you are at the House.
The House of the Serpents is a welcome resting place for travellers on the Serpentine Road. It lies in a valley at the foothills of the Kerith Volcano.
Fate is smiling upon you all. It so happens that we have arrived here at the House of the Serpent in time for special festivities, beginning with the Day of the Serpents.
The Day of the Serpents is the day when serpents come from the forest to the house. On this day the people who live here shake the apple trees in the orchard so that they will be bear more fruit and wake the bees from their winter sleep. The awakening of the snakes corresponds with the awakening of nature, the beginning of life, the awakening of creativity and general creative regeneration. Honored as deities the snakes are invited to eat with us. Crawling out from their slumber they lie on the banquet table and make themselves comfortable. After tasting a little from every dish they return to their holes. This year you are invited to participate. You watch fascinated as the snakes emerge to join us at the filled banquet table, sample the food and then slither back to their holes. Once the snakes leave you sit down and enjoy the banquet, chatting with everyone, meeting the local resident seated beside you. The resident tells you how it is now predestined that everyone who eats from the table will enjoy creative fertility and you marvel at the concept. Custom demands that in return for this gift, in return for being blessed by the snakes, you must perform for the veiled Gorgon who sits on a throne made of red coral.
The residents points to the Pandora’s dressing room which is full to overflowing with wigs, hats, costumes, masks and props and tells you that performers whose voice is authentic not only witness the Gorgon remove one of her masks but are given a piece of wisdom. Be wary Shane! No man has ever lifted the veil that covers her ‘real’ self
Task
Explore all that is to be found at the House of the Serpents. Make sure to visit the Grove where the Listening Trees have wisdom to share. Dip into Pandora’s Box and engage in the Festival of the Serpents. Prepare a presentation for the Gorgon.
