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Jonathan Factotum's Baphomet Mystery

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TO

Jonathan Factotum

I am happy to present to you Jonathan Factotum, a Jack-Of-All-Trades, who has informally provided many services to Dubh Sidhe's Folklore. He came to me as a gift and over the months I have come to love him dearly. Nothing has been of too much trouble, or of too much needless exertion for Jonathan. He has survived countless changes and make-overs but has not faltered under trial. He has met difficulties without weakening. Though he has, at times, bothered me with a spirit of defiance, he has beared up under discomfiture. I recently dealt him a court card, face up, which he accepted and he, too, is now an advocate of an 18-hour day, which prompted his Baphomet Mystery--a corruption of Mahomet, the imaginary idol which the Templars were accused of worshiping with licentiousnesss.

Ye have entered, with nobleness, somewhere on this side of Nowhere between Narnia and Avalon, into a land of romance, chivalry and apparitions darkly. Herein to seek the twelve moral virtues detailing the adventures of knights so bold--knights who personify justice and courtesy and who belong to the court of Gloriana. But the way is treacherous. Here be dragons and coffins of cypress. Mark carefully thy way, less the four elements consume thee.

Fortunately, the sun set on thy journey darkening the path ahead, which would have ended at the River of Lamentation. Had thou set foot in the dark waters to cross, thou would have been doomed to wander about its banks for one-hundred years. Rest thou here for the night, and I, Jonathan, will entertain thee with tales of wonder and mystery:

"Aye, I shall speak to thee, if thou wilt lend me an ear. I shan't pin my faith to any sleeve, nor should thou my good traveler slavishly believe or follow what is herein written, but rather pin to thy sleeve some token from thy lady-fair or thy knight so bold."

"Ha! Ha! I say to thee, Jonathan, is it quite possible to hide our amusement in large loose sleeves?"

"Amusement! Amusement? Is that what ye think of my efforts here, Dubh Sidhe, when I expose all of my feelings to the eyes of the world? Am I lacking in normal reserve to wear my heart exposed to the outside of my sleeve? I say, I am not what ye think me to be! Listen devoutly to what I say, but surrender not thy freedom of thought and action to the judgment of another," Jonathan wisely replied.

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