Book of Ravana

{Second Translator to modern Shivanathi, Jumal Kajiri at Shivanthi

University. In this year of our city-state, 1120 YOCS.}

"Attempted
translation and transcription performed by Abdul Alhazred on behalf
of, praise be his name Emperor Khalid bin Waldia ibn Hadin ibn Alsaba
ibn of the tribe of Kushar, royal heinous of the of the Aloon Empire,
Master of Horse and Wind. The notes offered in this publication are
written with express permission of the University of Aziz, in this
Year of the Four Winds, 632 YFR."

[Author's Note: I have
done the best I can my lord to explain this text. It is written in
cypher in an ancient language and I found it exceptionally difficult
and do not believe I even remotely succeeded. I want to give you
indication of the work done so far, and I understand if you want to
discontinue funding this enterprise or find another translator. I do
not believe I am up to the task, my lord, and humbly throw myself at
your mercy for censure or an accusation of criminal trespass.]

(From
page 3 of 1779):

"The illumination looks like it
references the character of Ravana. He is depicted as having ten
heads and four hands, perhaps indication of divinity or wickedness, I
do not know. The word, "Deva" in Old Mohinderi references
the heavens but Ravana himself refers to him being an Asudra, a being
of the underworld. Perhaps he's depicted as a tragic figure? Sic."

*(From page 6 of 1779):*

"This
page I believe is discussing the spiritual components of a human in
the religion of Old Mohinder. Ravana comments, "As defined in
the ancient flesh of man, and indeed in all races whose spirits are
united under one tribe by the tongues of their mouths. But they
misunderstand the nature of life. As the dwarves represent the
Earth, the Elves the air, the Orcs the fire, and dragons the water,
so man represents all of these. They are not weak in them, they are
the fusion of all this world's primordial things run true in man's
glorious form. The gods know this but they do not communicate this
to man, they have failed man, and their servants seek us out to drive
us back. We represent man's past and it's inheritance. Those of us
who keep the faith must combat not only this ignorance but they
wickedness of the others."

"So, inscribed here in
are the methods to safeguard those who safeguard man's inheritance.
Their secrecy is paramount. Only an enlightened master should share
this master to student as it always been.

*[Author's*
note:] There are over 200 pages of transcriptions written in a
complex cypher with strange diagrams and sacred geometries. I'm
intrigued by them, my lord, but I cannot understand them. Perhaps
you should consult an occultist, or someone who has a better
understand of Mohinderi history. I am an expert on the politics,
economics, and culture, but I believe this represents what was on
fringe of their empire. I apologize again if I have failed
you.]

(From page 269 of 1779)

Authors note:]Here is a
rather complex passage written in rhyme and meter. What's strange my
lord, is when I translated the text the meter and rhyme persisted in
our tongue and I suspect would translate with the same meter and
rhyme to Rhovesian, or Elven, or Molindese. That should be
impossible, I don't understand the significance of the
poem
 Behold the Turtle of Enormous Girth

 On
his shell he holds the Earth

 *His thought is slow, but*
always kind

 He holds us all within his mind

 On
his back all vows are made

 He sees the truth but mayn't
aid

 He loves the land and loves the sea

 And even
loves a child like me.

"As you can see supplicant our
legacy is therein entailed. The source of our power is secure, and
should we every be swept from this world. Our legacy stands
vigilant. The guardians are in place, and the power of our legacy
will be one day again accessed by the righteous to carry out
destruction against those who would see mankind's natural right
destroyed. Man is an important race, man deserves to know the truth
of his capabilities, but that truth must take a step back from war.
Instead, we must be secret, secure, and careful and wait for fate and
circumstance to bring us the change we need. It will come in time,
we just must keep the faith.

*I*
will explain what I think it means my lord, but I am probably wrong.
In our culture there are ancient stories of floating islands that are
actually massive sea turtles. I suspect this poem is referencing
that mythology. In our culture the most famous example of this was
called Maat U'reen and was said to rise only for the just who proved
themselves to the four winds. I'm sure you know this story my lord,
I only bring this up to allay the potential connection. As for the
remainder of the text, again I believe Ravana was not a demon but in
fact some sort of human leader in an fringe cult of the Mohinder
Empire. They likely cast him as a demon in their politics to
discredit his writing. It's a sound if immoral tactic my lord. As
the West Wind tells us, "If a man's words can be not be beaten
by rationality or logic, then his words do not have merit and a
rightfully guided caliph should ignore them. Be careful though to
make sure that a caliph who is duly dismissive is also duly trained
so he does not dismiss in error." Again, I don't have another
explanation, and I'm sorry for that. For what it's worth I found no
record of this myth in my research on Old Mohinder.

[Author's
Note]  *I'm sure you're tiring of*
these my lord, but I don't know what else to do. My role as an
academic requires me to differentiate between that about which I am
sure and that when I am not. The next 600 pages are again these
instances of strange diagrams and weird missive written in cypher. I
don't understand them, and I've consulted all of my colleagues in
trying. I can say that one of these lengths of text were titled, "*To*
avoid the powers of the enemy" *and*
*"To access the ancient Last Hold"*

*Pages*
772-1779

[Author's Note:] These are prayers my lord, there are
a huge number of them. Most are songs, poems, etc. In particular
they very between benedictions to protect against evil citing
elemental power, and castigating wickedness of another religion
representing primordial evil. I have found no record of any of these
in any official Old Mohinder documents. I have no idea. Again, I'm
sorry my lord. As a last note in this record, I heartily recommend
speaking to Assam ibn Reihees. He's skilled in the history of
political subversion, occult activity, and cataloging the various
threats to our and other realms. I've not mentioned any of this
record to him as I was asked to keep it secret, but I though I could
do that bit of leg work for you at least.

These represent
the last of my notes. Thank you, my lord, for the opportunity to
deal with such an intriguing tome, I hope that you will look fondly
on what little I was able to produce and not hold me in contempt for
it. I await your comments and positions my lord. Praise be to the
four winds, and you my lord of North wind for this opportunity. All
praise be to the Ummah, and Al Aloon!