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Subject: Soul Calibur: A Tale of Souls and Swords
Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:46 pm
"thou therefore rise: vanish thy weariness
by the minds effort, in each struggle form'd
to vanquish"
Chapter One: Revived
(Time of the Past)
In Germany, the oppressed peasants revolted against the Holy Roman Empire. With its forces weakened by the Italian Wars, the German peasants finally had a fighting chance. One of the champions of the people, a brave knight name Sir Frederick, met a lovely woman named Margaret while on campaign, and spent a sexy-fun night with her. When Frederick returned after
9 long months of battle, he fund that Margaret had given birth to their son, who he name Siegfried, after the famous hero.
A few years went by and Frederick spent a lot of his time teaching his son swordsmanship. He embarked upon a foreign crusade, promising his return to Margaret. However, without his father's guidance, Siegfried fell in with the wrong crowd. He soon became the leader of a band of thieves known as "Schwarzwind," which means "Black wind." The band came up with a plan. They would attack the knights who ran away from the crusades. They were bound to have lots of valuables. That
night, they ambushed a group of war-weary soldiers. They were tired, and were no match for "Schwarzwind". Siegfried killed the commander himself. He held the commander's severed head in triumph, but as the moonlight shone
upon it, Siegfried let out a blood-curdling scream...
He was holding the head of his own father! This terrible situation caused Siegfried to snap. He took off running into the forest. Siegfried hardly kept his sanity by suppressing the memory of killing his own father, if you can call what he went through "sane."As he went more and more insane, he decided that his father had been murdered by someone else. After hearing about Soul Edge, he decided that his father's killer could only be defeated by that one weapon...
He managed to find it next to the corpse of Cervantes. When he reached for it, the corpse attacked. After he had slain the corpse he took Soul Edge. He obtained Soul Edge to avenge the unavengeable. Soul Edge told Siegfried that by devouring souls, his father would be resurrected. Upon realizing that he was responsible for his fathers death, he became enslaved by the sword.
Siegfried eventually grew into Nightmare. He finally succeeded in resurrecting his father, Frederick, but it was a mere illusion of his weak soul. Siegfried accepted responsibility for his sins and tried to distance himself from society, afraid that he might kill again. However, every time he woke up, he was surrounded by the bodies of the people he had killed in his sleep.
As Nightmare plundered souls and recovered fragments of Soul Edge, the cracks in the blade began to recover slowly. His goal of recovering the evil sword edged towards completion. He returned to Ostrheinsburg Castle. His stronghold. This land that once tasted the blood of many was a fitting place to restore Soul Edge. A lone man appeared in the castle, seeking Soul Edge. He wielded a thin blade in his left hand. The two of them faced off in the ruins of the chapel, and the place became alive with flying sparks and blood. At the end of the battle, Nightmare was victorious. He stepped forward to finish the man off. Deep within his eyes shone the light of an innocent man seduced by the blade. Siegfried struggles as if trying to fight off a nightmare. The spirit of the evil sword sneered at him.
Soul Edge: "Your strikes were weak. Fragile. Pathetic. Just like human souls."
Siegfried: "Silence... I will not obey you any more. I will atone for what I have
Soul Edge: "The depth of human greed astounds me. You sill seek forgiveness, after
all you have done?"
Siegfried: "No! But one must reflect on one's sins and move onward."
Soul Edge: "...Even if the path leads only to darkness? Only death awaits you in
the end."
Siegfried: "Is it because it is finite that people cling to the joys of life?"
Soul Edge: "...Can you not hear them-the wails of the souls that were swallowed unto
the abyss by your hand?"
Siegfried: "I am eternally sorry for what I have done...but listen to me!"
Soul Edge: "...He sought death. He revered it. Death is beautiful. Your father, too,
knew it's allure."
Siegried: "Yes, if I could, I would return to that time-"
Soul Edge: "He must parish. You shall cast his body into the darkness. He shall
stagnate and rot, steeped in despair, as you squeeze the final gasp from his
Siegfried: "No! That's an illusion! I can see it... I can see the proud way he faces
his end!"
The battle being waged in Nightmare's mind cause him to stand still. Beyond him, the badly beaten body of the man trembled. Only the his pride allowed the man to move. Drawing on the last of his strength, the man unleashed a final
blow on the enemy. The strike pierced the center of Soul Edge. Nightmare let out an inhuman cry. Inside him, the crazed, wounded mind of the evil sword clawed at his consciousness. But, he stood with an iron will against the raging storm. The time had come. The eyes that had turned red with evil were restored. And the flame of sanity relit. He who had remained the host body to the evil sword for so long had regained his will. In response to the rapidly weakening evil, light poured out like the coming of the dawn.
When it was over, Siegfried thought back in a daze over what he had done. It had been like a reflexive action. A sword had appeared along with the light. As if guided by something, he grabbed the sword and thrust it into the evil eye that was the core of Soul Edge. It was the holy sword Soul Calibur, which had been trapped by the evil sword.
The blow, however, was not enough to destroy the evil sword. The evil energy of the sword had quieted, but the good sword had gone silent, too. As if it had lost it's power.
Siegfried: "This isn't enough... I will seal away Soul Edge for all eternity and
atone for my sins. This I swear!"
Forcing his brain into motion, he began to think. He threw off the detestable armour and smashed it to pieces. Then, picking up the two swords, he left that land. His bloody fate would not release him so easily, however. From time to time, the feeling of that grotesque right arm rose from his memory. The residue of the nightmare tormented him. Occasionally, those whose lives had been affected by Nightmare appeared to fight. Each time he was forced to face them, he was filled with guilt. At the same time, Siegfried did not realize that another dark omen was on the horizon.
Indeed. There was no way for him to know that the azure nightmare would soon reawaken.
(Time of the Present)
Someone was calling him, but he could not clearly hear it. He strained to see, but could see nothing. Then the voice came again, and this time he could hear every word.
???: "So, you would foresake our freindship?"
Siegfried: "Yes. no one will ever again be part of my life. Every man or woman who known me has ultimately fallen to death's touch. So, go. Leave me. Forget you ever knew me."
The voice that had replied was his own. He began to lose his consciousness, his focus wavered, and then another voice came to him from behind.
???: "I have seen what you have done. Now you devote your life to atoning for your sins and redeeming your soul. Are you not as much a victim of that sword as the others?"
Siegfried: "No, no! No matter what beguiling words you whisper, my sins cannot be forgiven. I-I slew my father with my own bloodied hands. No cursed sword forced me to do that!"
As Siegfried spoke his answer, the man who questioned him faded from his vision, to be replaced once more by the memories of that night. The wind blew the clouds from the face of the moon, and suddenly the head that he had held triumphantly aloft was brilliantly revealed. He saw the face, and there was no denying the truth. It was his father. His heart was in agony as if it had been pierced by a white-hot blade.
Siegfried jerked upright, as if yanked by a puppeteer's string. The full moon bathed his face in light. It had been a dream. He was alone.
He pressed his hand against the armor that covered his heart. A terrible scar marked him there. The maelstrom of power unleashed when Soul Calibur and Soul Edge clashed in the Lost Cathedral had torn his body apart. His long quest to destroy the cursed sword had been so nearly completed; redemption had been within his grasp, yet, in that moment, he had died,the scream of frustration at his failure silenced on his lips. Perhaps the spirit sword responded to that outpouring of emotion, for the sword whose destiny it was to destroy the cursed sword resonated with Siegfried's soul. It chose Siegfried for its master, and doing so saved his life.
Siegfried thought again of the dream he had just seen. He thought of the people who had once stood by him, and the people he had left. And the one who still followed him, despite that Siegried was none other than Nightmare.
Bathed in the moonlight, Siegfried looked up into the night sky. He knew now what he must do. He would brush aside the outstretched hands that tried to help him. Once not so long ago, he had stood up at the center of the terror that Nightmare wrought. The enemy he now faced was the cursed devourer of souls, Soul Edge. Awaiting him was the maelstrom of destruction unleashed at the cathedral.
Soul Calibur shone with a cold light in his hand. Siegfried made up his mind to become like the sword. No one would touch his heart, no man or woman would sway him from his path, until the cursed swordwas destroyed for all time. Images of his brothers-in-arms, camrades, even friends that might have been-and, of course, his father- flashed one by one through his mind. He was alone, and he had no choice but to be alone, for he would never again hurt those he loved.
Siegfried turned his gaze away from the heavens. Before him a black shadow lay heavy over the cursed city of Ostrheinsburg. His journey of repentance was coming to an end.
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Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:11 pm
"Death be proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so..."
Chapter Two: A new Heir to the Throne and a new Hope for a Kingdom
Hildegard von Krone lowered her head before the cold iron bars of the cell.
Hilde: "Father, we leave today. Our kingdom shall be victorious. This i swear to you upon our family's name."
there's no answer, just an animal growl devoid of all human reason. in the closed stone chamber, not a single torch flickered. only the faithful moon, shining silver and weak through a small window set high in the wall, offered any light at all.
it was an audience beyond the public gaze. though "audience," Hilde realized, was far too grand a word for the encounter that took place in this chamber at the very top of the castle tower, the chamber in which the king of Wolfkrone was sent to live out his days. Hilde's father - the great king, the great warrior - was no more. lost in a fog of madness, he could not even recognize his own daughter when she stood before him.
Hilde had lost him on that horrible day when the of destruction had swept across the kingdom. though she was still but a child, the reins of the kingdom were thrust into her hands. gathering allies and power about her, she managed to cling to the throne and at the same time save the kingdom from grotesque hordes that were led by the Azure Knight. her youth was sacrificed to war, and she was tempered in the fires of battle.
how many times had Hilde almost given up the struggle? though she knew nothing could be changed, she could not help but dream of how things would be if her father - her strict, fair and kind-hearted father - were still king. but she pushed those thoughts form her mind. the survival of the kingdom depended on her now. weakness was not an option.
yet in those moments when Hilde was alone w/ her father, she longed to renounce everything and give in to her weakness. to once again be the meek, frightened little girl who knew that she could rely on the absolute protection of her father.
but... it was not to be. Hilde raised her head and slowly stood up.
her world was different now. Hilde was no longer the little girl whose father taught her fencing in jest. the sword she wielded was a bolt of lightning that cut down all those tainted by evil, and the lance in her hand was a symbol of her kingdom in which, when raised aloft in battle, summoned great warriors at her side. she had become strong. strong enough to rule her father's nation, but one aspect of Hilde had not changed. the nobility of a wolf, inherited form her father, still flowed in her veins, as it had in the veins of every king and queen that had ruled Wolfkrone.
with a murmured prayer and a final glance at her father, Hilde turned on her heels to leave the room that only she could enter. an inhuman shriek followed her as she passed through the door, but her face betrayed no reaction.
Hilde had to purify herself before leading her army to battle.
she bathed alone. she felt no shame in exposing the wounds that covered her body; it was the sorrowful, pitying gazes of her servants that she could not bear. as Hilde poured the ice-cold water over her skin, her mind was as chilled and cleansed as her body.
it was the moment just before dawn and the garden was as still as a grave. the moon that attended Hilde's quiet ritual would soon slip below the horizon. the night belonged to "them." When the sun set, they emerged from the ruins of Ostrheinsburg Castle, a deadly threat to the land. the people of the kingdom barricaded themselves into their homes and brave soldiers patrolled the villages, watching over them.
whenever Hilde thought of her devastated realm, sorrow gripped her heart. once upon a time, it was a rich, bountiful land, but now the hopes of her subjects rested upon her shoulders. she must restore its former glory for the men, who in times of peace tilled the soil, but now had taken up the sword to fight w/ her.
the time was at hand; the tides were changing. Hilde thought of recent events; patrols reporting bizarre sights, such as thousands of objects in the sky, shining w/ an evil light, hurtling toward the ruined castle like wasps swarming a nest. and then there was the encounter of that man...
her purification complete, Hilde left the garden and entered her chambers. immediately, her servants began to prepare her for battle in silence.
several days earlier, Hilde and her soldiers had come to the assistance of a troop of mercenaries traveling through Wolfkrone. they had been attacked by the inhabitants of the ruined castle. and many of their number were slain. among the survivors was a woman who had information that was of great interest to hilde.
according to her, a man named Siegfried had entered the cursed city alone to face the army of the Azure Knight. the woman told Hilde in a quiet voice that she tried to help him but he had refused her. she just was not strong enough, but Hilde was powerful. perhaps she could help him instead? Hilde immediately sent out patrols to find the man. she could not let one who fought for the same cause die in vain.
it was not long before Hilde found Siegfried and contrived to meet him on the outskirts of Ostrheinsburg. However, the knight clad in the cold, crystal armor would have nothing to do with her.
Siegfried: " this is my battle" he said " and i don't want anyone getting in my way. i don't need any help."
and w/ those few words, he left. Strangely, Hilde did not feel angry at his response. there was something about him....
Hilde's silver armor was forged to resemble a wolf, the guardian animal of Wolfkrone. it gleamed in the flickering candlelight as her servants secured it piece by piece to her body. each time she donned this suit, its weight reminded her of the heavy responsibility that she bore as ruler of her kingdom.
a heavy helm and armor plate are poor attire for a young lady of noble descent, but Hilde wore it with pride. for her, to bo dressed for battle felt the same as being attired in the finest silks.
there was a sense of foreboding. though she could not see the future, though she was unsure, Hilde felt instinctively that something enormous was about to happen. oh, how she longed to see into her own future in the same way that the children of Wolfkrone could read marrow's weather in the colors of the sky and the fragrance of the winds.
With a sharp metallic sound, Hilde snapped her gauntlets closed.
all she could do is believe in herself. dawn began to break. the long nightmare that Hilde thought would never end would soon be over.
Messenger: "You Highness. the royal guards and the rest of your army are assembled before the gate."
Without so much as a glance at the messenger, Hilde issued her command in a clear, confident voice.
Hilde: "good. have all units prepare to move out. we march at dawn"
Messenger: "as you command, You Highness."
Hilde could hear a tremor of excitement in the messenger's voice as he bowed and left.
only those who follow their convictions with no knowledge of their fate can build new futures. Hilde thought of that old teaching as she tucked her helm under her arm, left her bowing servants, and strode with confident, powerful steps out of the castle.
they sky in the east was tinged with color and the night mist began to lift. soon, the magnificent formations of troops arrayed before the castle gate would be bathed in the morning sunlight. among the well-ordered army, nothing disturbed the silent stillness except the occasional neighing of a horse anticipating the sun and the messengers who scurried among the ranks.
from atop her steed, Hilde surveyed the armored rows of her loyal soldiers. she breathed deeply, unable to control the tension and excitement welling up inside her. but looking over the faces of the citizens who had come out to cheer the army off, she felt her courage grow.
there was no need for grand speeches. all in Wolfkrone had long known this moment would come. not a man or woman was ignorant of what this day meant. this day marked the beginning of a sequence of events that would decide their fate.
at that moment, a woman approached Hilde's horse. it was Sarya, the surviving mercenary. she limped slowly, still not recovered form her injuries. when she reached Hilde's side, she offered a brief blessing, and then handed Hilde a small necklace.
Sarya: "give this to him..."
Hilde nodded her head in silent acknowledgment and carefully took the necklace. this woman, too, had come to place her hope in Hilde's hands. she could not ignore her plea.
Hilde lifted her head and look to the sky. a single beam of sunlight split two mountains and shone across the fields.
Hilde: "SOLDIERS, MOVE OUT!!!"
upon Hilde's order, the horns sounded and the soldiers gave a mighty roar. like on the ocean, the kingdom's army began to move across the plain. Hilde raised her lance high in answer to her soldiers' cheers. in front of the castle tower, bathed in light, the flag of Wolfkrone.
the one who held that flag high would be the one who would drive drive back the darkness and lead Wolfkrone into a new, true dawn.
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Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:49 pm
"Lo, a fell monster with a deadly sting!
Who passes mountains,breaks through fenced walls
And firm embattled spears, and with his filth
Taints all the world!"
Chapter 3:
the Recurring Nightmare
Nightmare: "who are you? who calls me?"
Reverberating with echoes that seemed to weave themselves into human speech, the entity searched its own consciousness. it could see nothing. it sought the voice that it heard. it peered into an abyss where thousands, nay, tens of thousands of souls lay. nothing, only silence. but then something spoke from within. sensing fragments of an ancient memory. it was on the verge of remembering when its consciousness was pulled suddenly pulled back, its dream shattered.
the evil had been silenced within the Embrace of Souls it shared with the spirit sword Soul Calibur, until the spell forced it awake in the Lost Cathedral. The sorcerer who cast that spell misread the dreadful of the two swords, and that power swept him up and hurled him beyond time and space. the entity settled into the hand of its vessel, the Azure Knight. in the same way, the entity's former puppet took up the spirit sword and stood in challenge. the two swordsman clashed in a battle for their very souls.
Soul Edge and Soul Calibur had grown strong over the ages. when they were swung against each other, the power that was unleashed shook the Lost Cathedral to its foundations and sent a wave of destruction rushing out from the epicenter of the battle. altering the landscape. Neither the temporary vessel that was Nightmare nor the living human, Siegfried, could withstand the maelstrom the swords unleashed.
Soul Edge fell, together with the disintegrating Nightmare, into a warped dimension. even wounded as it was, Soul Edge sought to regain power. Nightmare had been given shape by the hatred and spirit of evil that permeated the soil of Ostrheinsburg, and so the cursed sword returned to that tainted place, and came to ground in the ruins of the castle. The azure armor lay slumped on the throne Soul Edge stretched its evil roots into the scarred , broken metal. the echoes of the wave of destruction created when the swords clashed spread across the entire world, awakening the scattered shards of the evil sword. now the entity began to call out to them, summoning them. metal fragments both large and small gathered like particles of light and fell in a dazzling rain onto Ostrheinsburg. amongs them were some that had been half turned into living creatures, as well as Soul Edge's other half, which had been destroyed. years earlier, these pieces of Soul Edge had been scattered as the Evil Seed, but now it was calling them home. the cursed blade drank it all in and after decades, Soul Edge was whole again.
but it was not satisfied yet. the cursed sword's roots stretched further into its lifeless host, continuing to strengthen the bond between Soul Edge and the revived Nightmare. Nightmare's body, originally formed from lingering hatred and tormented ghosts, was transformed into the spirit of Soul Edge itself.
Finally, drawn to the pulsing beacon of evil, Soul Edge's servants gathered in Ostrheinsburg. the azure armor was no longer enough to contain its consciousness, and Soul Edge sank its roots deep into the land that was so intimately tied to its fate. Ostrheinsburg became a cursed city, a vessel that would consume souls to further strengthen the evil sword.
the evil sword sat on the throne of Ostrheinsburg, the center of the cataclysm, and waited for the time when once again it would clash with the spirit sword, Soul Calibur.
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Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:39 pm
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter..."
Chapter 4: the Butterfly in the Night Sky
Peace had been restored to the night. With the besieging army crushed, nothing remained to disturb the silence.
Torch lights, far fewer than before, made their way down the steep ridges. It had seemed a legion of flames encircled the castle, writhing. And now, one by one, the last of them were swollowed into the darkness. Who knew how many lives were lost this day?
Countless lives had blinked out, like the faint lights of so many fireflies. But one girl, who was gazing out the window coldly, spared not a moment's thought to lament life's transcience. Her eyes darted restlessly across the mantle of darkness, as if searching for something.
Amy: (Still, no sign of him.)
He had left her, left this castle home behind. She knew he had done it for her sake, becuase he wanted her to be happy more than anything else in the world. And so he had to leave her side for a while, in search of something that would protect the bond they shared. She understood. Nonetheless she was restless. The grandest of furnishings and the most lavish of clothes could hardly replace the warmth of his hands.
Amy recalled the days before they arrived in these lands, when they had lived in the west. And she rememdered the day he had returned from a long journey. He had collapsed on the floor at once; wherever he had gone, he had incurred deep wounds. A moment's glance had told her they were not ordinary sword wounds. They were infected, and gave off a strange stench. And even after several days they had showed no signs of healing. When she tried to clean the wounds, the viscous fluid that stuck to her skin was the wrong color: a baleful shade so close to black that it only confirmed her fears.
By the time he had finally taken a turn for the better, the aberrations had spread over his whole body- as well as the girl who had stayed by his side and nursed him. The shadows that had seeped out of the darkness and immersed them had stained them the same color. That was the power of Soul Edge; this phenomenon they called "malfestation." But even without this explanation, Amy already understood that the two of them had stepped beyond the bounderies of humanity.
Remembering the sensation of her body turning into something foreign from the inside out, Amy gently slumped her shoulders. They may be forced to shun daylight and slake their mighty thirst in secret, but that was fine, so long as he was by her side.
Raphael: "Be a good girl. I'll be back in a while."
Those were his last words to her, but Amy had to ponder them for a moment. Even the most dutiful fledgling takes flight when the longing for its parents grows too strong.
Amy: "(The evil blade, Soul Edge. Did he leave so he might find it again?)"
Amy left the window and slowly, without the faintest hint of noise, cut cross the gloom-filled room. Except for a downcast glance, not a single emotion marred her face.
Amy: "(How many nights must we wander?)"
A single butterfly was being tossed about on the cold night winds, like a lonely star drifting far from heaven; like a soul freed from all its burdens.
Silently, with all her feelings neatly locked away where none could read them, Amy pushed open the door.
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Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:25 pm
"the dictates of the heart are the voices of fate."
Raphael Sorel-
Chapter 5: the Quest to Create a New World
Raphael, the young master of the Sorel family, grew up with the rapier and medicine as his playmates. His cool, unemotional demeanor created many enemies, but his quick and precise decision-making and execution skills solidified the foundation of his family amongst the nobles. Unfortunately, Raphael was cast out one day when he made a critical mistake.
Raphael hid himself in an impoverished town to escape from his pursuers. There he met a little girl named Amy, who hid the weakened Raphael from his enemies. For the little girl, helping Raphael was only a simple deed motivated out of spite for the soldiers. For Raphael, however, it marked the first time he owed his life to someone else. He felt emotions that he had never experienced before, and Amy became an irreplaceable presence in Raphael's life.
Convinced that the chaos of the war was no place to live a meaningful life. Raphael took Amy and left the poverty-stricken town. But even with the new surroundings, he could not get Amy to open her heart to the world. One day, in the library of the mansion he acquired under dark pretenses, Raphael found a letter with references to the Evil Seed. It wasn't long before he made the connection between Evil Seed and Soul Edge.
What if such a sword were thrust into the hands of the pathetic nobles? It would all be worth it if the petty, war-mongering nobles could be eliminated to secure a meaningful future for Amy. But in order to accomplish his goal, Raphael needed Soul Edge; he was determined to obtain the sword by any means necessary.
A grand, insane plan was brewing in his mind - all for the sake of a young girl.
On his quest for Soul Edge, Raphael eventually met up with Nightmare in Ostrheinsburg Castle. He faces the evil knight, but lost. His body weakened. His breath haggard. He looked up to see the giant, ghastly sword wielded the embodiment of a Nightmare.
Raphael: "A...Amy..."
For an instant, he was filled with an emotion that was neither anger, nor pride. This emotion drove him to move. He trusted his sword, which hit it's mark, piercing the centre of Soul Edge. That was all he remembered. The last thing he saw before losing consciousness was his opponent writhing in pain.
He should have been dead, but the azure knight left without finishing him off. Raphael dragged his body wounded body back to his mansion, where he spent several days on the brink of death. But, he eventually recovered.
At this time, however, he failed to notice the evil energy radiating from his wounds that he received from Soul Edge. Energy that was changing his body. The phenomenon of "malignity transformation" - He has come across this term while researching Soul Edge. By the time these words flashed into the back of his mind, it was already too late. The symptoms had even spread to Amy, who had nursed him back to health. She had likely been infected by his blood.
No symptoms indicated their minds had been affected, but their skin lost it's colour, their eyes shone with an evil glow. During the day, they felt weak and sluggish. At night, they felt a powerful thirst. They were no longer human.
The nearby villagers learned of their symptoms. Thinking it was a plague, they attempted to drive away their lords. Furious, Raphael contemplated taking revenge on the peasants, but his priority was protecting Amy. Together, they
left the south of France. It was a frustrating fate. This was the second time the evil sword had forced him to endure this kind of humiliation.
Raphael: "I shall make use of my fate. Even this!" he swore to himself.
He arrived in Eastern Europe, took advantage of the war that had spread throughout the land, and bought a ruined castle in the mountains, beginning a life apart from the outside world.
Raphael had no intention of living his life in seclusion forever, however. He had become a creature incapable of interacting with the world. So, he needed to change the world! His plan, woven from the threads of madness, proceeded in secret. Starting with the area around the castle, moving on to the nearby villages, towns, and city. Eventually, this country, this continent, this world would change! His plan had been proceeding smoothly, but one day, there was an incident in which
some people who had been transformed returned to normal. It seemed that something called the "Holy Stone," which a visitor had brought to the land was the cause. Raphael tried to touch the faintly glowing stone. but quickly drew his hand back in pain. His hand was blistered, as though burned. He destroyed the stone in a fit of rage. After calming down, he wondered if other stones, or objects with similar powers existed in the world. This was a threatening prospect. He would not allow anything that threatened Amy, or her world, to exist.
Raphael decided to go on a journey to discover the true nature of this "Holy Stone" and obliterate it from the world. Just as he made this decision, an army a appeared outside of his castle. They had noticed the abnormality of this region, and intended to attack the source. He would need to drive these fools off first.
Raphael: "Amy, I won't be back for a while. Be a good girl while I'm gone."
Raphael bid farewell to his beloved Amy and descended to the world that refused to accept them. The expression on the face of the reticent girl who watched him leave betrayed no hint of what lay hidden in her heart.
(Time of the Present)
He looked heavenward. the full moon- exceptionally bright-shown down on him alone, the chosen one. deep in the darkness of the forest, he had at last found a means of achieving his great purpose. he had sought Soul Edge once, as well as a Holy Stone with the power to banish evil, but this new force was far more formidable than either of those. the spirit sword Soul Calibur. had stemmed Soul Edge's evil countless times before; surely he could use its power to create a perfect world!
to Raphael, Amy was everything. he had even once schemed to turn the whole world evil to "malfest" it, for the sole purpose of creating a world Amy could call home. but a greater power had caused his plans to unravel; it started when some of the townspeople he had transformed began to come to their senses. Malfestation was the product of Soul Edge's power; if its effects were being undone, that could only mean there existed something stronger than the evil sword. Soul Edge was no longer adequate for seeing his plans through to fruition. he needed to find another way. and thus, after routing the fources surrounding the town, he had vanished into the darkness in search of this greater power, which he had learn was called the "Holy Stone."
As he searched for this stone, or something similar to it, Raphael kept his ears open to any information, but the local rustics were too busy with making ends meet to possibly concern themselves withe the sort of power he desired, and eventually he had washed his hands of them. He next tried approaching those who traveled from land to land, hoping for news form the outside. he had even questioned people like himself, those who had been chased from their towns and forced to live in the forest; feared and alienated for their inhuman knowledge (Paranormals). Their affinity for the dark would have made them even more susceptible to Soul Edge's effects ever the past few years; surely they must possess some useful information.
Here the shards of the cursed sword Raphael had been collecting proved helpful. Using the shards as bait, and resorting to force when necessary, he slowly closed in on those he sought, until at long last, he had found them: the descendants of an ancient tribe thought to have died out some time ago, who called themselves the "Guardians of the Spirit Sword." Ashamed that their existence had been forgotten by history, they lived meager lives even as they prayed for one day they could return to the outside world. However, they were at risk dying out, grand ideals and all; and as for the spirit sword, why, that had been lost to them long ago. They did, however, continue to be guardians of lore. They told Raphael all about Soul Calibur, the one weapon that could stand against the evil sword Soul Edge. This was the answer he was seeking!
A mad grin crossed his face then, and his sword flashed crimson. The guardians had no further reason to live;he would inherit the spirit sword's power in their place. And thus these people, how had lived in secret for so long, were relieved of their task. Raphael looked heavenward, up at the night sky and an eerily sanguine moon.
It was stunning. As Raphael savored this taste of bliss, countless lights darted across his vision. he followed their path until they vanished, and then he remembered what lay in that direction: Ostrheinsberg, where he had once confronted Soul Edge. He could sense evil from the lights weaving between the stars in the sky, and he knew exactly what it was. Soul Edge was reviving. If Soul Calibur was once again fated to stop it, then it would inevitably appear there.
Draped in moonlight, Raphael began to crackle, he would give Amy her perfect world, and none of the fools who flocked toward the sword would be able to stop him. Any star with the insolence to try to outshine the moon was fated to be extinguished!
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Sophitia was a girl who worked at her family bakery in Athens. She had always treasured her country's culture. She often prayed to the guardian of her town, Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
One day, as she bathed in a forest spring, a bright light appeared and took the shape of a man. The man told her that he was the Olympian god Hephaestus, the god of smithery. He told her about Soul Edge, and how such
an evil blade would ruin his reputation (I'm serious) and that if anybody were to find it, it would bring a lot of pain to the world (too late). Hephaestus ordered her to come to the temple and receive a weapon, so that she could destroy the evil blade. She equipped herself and left on her journey.
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My iphone 5 (Model A 1429) was submerged in freshwater for about 30 seconds. I put it in rice for about 3 days. The phone now works normally except that the display is very faint. In a dark room with no windows/light you can just make it out. I can answer calls by swiping in the appropriate place on the screen. Would a teardown and thorough cleaing help? What part may be damaged?
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I watch all kinds of TV shows, but I need to say that Bones ranks high in my personal top. Why do I like this show so much? First, because it strays from the usual, run of the mill, TV shows dealing with crime solving and law enforcement that we see today. Bones is my favorite character, as you can easily imagine, if for no other reason than the simple fact that she has not only great wits but also some superpower in her ability to identify clues by looking at the bones of the victims.
In case you have yet to see one episode of Bones, I will brief you on it, so you know what you are getting yourself into. Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, played by Emily Deschanel, is a forensic anthropologist who gets involved in solving crimes, by teaming up with Seeley Booth (played by David Boreanaz, a guy you may know from playing in Buffy the Vampire Slayer), an FBI special agent. The two are very different, and they do not always agree, which, as you may easily expect, leads to some sparks and even fireworks.
A lot of people say that the doctor and the FBI agent have great chemistry on screen, so some romantic sparks are bound to fly around. However, I feel like they are great as friends. The touch of dark humor the show is by now famous for just completes the picture, and I like seeing two professionals getting along, despite their differences, and despite being a man and a woman.
Now getting back to the one who practically lends her nickname to the show, Dr. Bones, I cannot stress how much I like her character. She is the one who practically grows from one episode to another, and she is the one who gets uncovered by the viewers. At first, she seems harsh and even cynical, only to become more sympathetic and 'human-like,' throughout the show.
I am not a particular fan of dramas, especially if they are only created for exploitation value. The central theme of the show is very dark, but I find it well balanced by the two main characters who, with their interactions and witty comments, make it much more bearable and even enjoyable to watch.
When someone says TV drama, they may not mean Bones, but that because this show brings something new to the table, and that is well-crafted humor. This is the exact thing I like about it, and I find that each episode manages to enhance itself with something new. I hope there will be many more seasons of this show and that I will get to enjoy the two investigators' superior intellect and wits for years to come.


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Baked Jam Roll
Winter being upon us in the southern half of the world, it's time for all those comfort food recipes: lots of butter, sugar and flour.
Baked jam roll is one of those old fashioned desserts our mothers and grandmothers used to use to fill up a brood of bottomless pits on the cheap. It's simple, cheap, but most of all, so, so delicious.
My Mum always said to just use a scone dough for the pastry. For my own recipe, I've taken the Golden Syrup dumplings recipe from our battered old copy of the classic Cookery the Australian Way (one day I will get around to writing an entry on cookbooks), and tweaked it a little.
What do I need?
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 1 cup of self-raising flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2-3 tbsp of milk
(maybe more, depending)
- 2-3 tbsp jam
(I prefer raspberry or blackberry jam, but plum or strawberry do fine)
- 2 cups of water
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp of butter
- 1 tbsp of golden syrup
(golden syrup is apparently not that common in the United States, where it is also known as cane syrup, often used in Cajun cooking. Corn syrup can be substituted, perhaps)
- 1 tsp of lemon juice
What do I do?
Heat the oven to a medium 180-190°C.
Rub the butter into the flour, and then add the egg and enough milk to make a soft dough.
Roll the dough roughly out so it's between one or two centimetres thick (about half an inch), and spread the jam along one edge.
Roll the dough up into a log, and pinch the edges sealed. Place it into a greased baking dish.
Put the syrup ingredients into a saucepan, stir until the sugar has dissolved, and bring it to the boil. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes.
Pour the syrup over the roll, and bake it for about half an hour. Spoon the syrup over the roll now and again to get a really nice, gooey glaze on it.
Serve it up with cream and/or ice-cream and a good, hot cup of tea, and banish the winter chill.
So many gadgets!
This is the first of an occasional series I'll be posting, dedicated to sorting the necessities from the clutter when it comes to kitchen gear.
As part of what I call the 'food porn' trend of recent years has come an obsession with cooking gear, which can make it all a bit daunting if you're setting up your own kitchen for the first time.
If you are getting started – perhaps if you're a youngster setting up in your first place, or your cooking has been pretty minimal for a while – then setting yourself up with just the basics can actually be pretty simple.
One of the first things you should get are some good knives.
Again, this can be a bit scary. Go into a kitchen place and you'll see sets of Global knives selling for hundreds of dollars. And it's not just the price tag that's scary – just what the hell do you do with all those different knives?
The good news is that for 90% of the stuff you do in the kitchen, you really only need a couple of good knives, and decent ones needn't be that expensive.
Of course, there's a reason why brands like Global are so expensive: they're bloody good. But to be quite honest, for most of us, it's a bit like using a Ferrari to do your shopping.
Why just stick to a cheap, reliable family car for the time being?
Scanpan make a range of knives that are surprisingly inexpensive – under $20 – and reasonably good. Not brilliant, but still great value.
So what knives do I need?
To be perfectly honest, I use about three knives for nearly everything in the kitchen: a paring knife, a santoku (or 'east-west') knife and a large chef's knife.
The paring knife is one of the Scanpan 'Spectrum' range. Use a paring knife for peeling fruits and vegetables, slicing and cutting small stuff, and basically anything that requires precise handling and delicate work. Unlike most knives, which you use on a cutting board, you can often use a paring knife with one hand while holding whatever it is you're cutting in the other.
A santoku is an all-purpose knife using a design that originated, as the name suggests, in Japan. Use them for slicing, dicing and mincing. One drawback of a santoku is that the straight blade doesn't allow for much 'rocking' when you're cutting, but to be honest, I've never found it a big problem. On the plus side, for what appears to be such a small knife, they're surprisingly versatile. Again, the one I use is a Scanpan Spectrum.
If I have one criticism of the Scanpan Spectrum knives, it's that they don't hold their edge for as long as they might, but for their price, they're still a damn good knife.
Finally, I have a big Chef's knife, which I use for bigger things that the santoku might struggle with, especially stuff like cutting up a pumpkin, etc. I've no idea what brand it is – one with a wooden handle pretty well covers it. But I've had this particular one for over 20 years, and it's still going strong.
The only other knives I use with any frequency is a bread knife, and a long, flat pastry knife that I sometimes use to lift troublesome pastry off the bench after it's been rolled out.
Chefs say that 'you'll never cut yourself on a sharp knife'. Unfortunately I've proved them wrong on a couple of occasions, but that's probably due more to my amateur knife-handling technique than anything else.
Nonetheless, it's still important to keep your knives well sharpened, otherwise you'll just find yourself hacking your way through the kitchen, turning tomatoes to mush.
In the old days, sharpening a knife meant faffing around with a whetstone, something I could never get the hang of, although my wife was a dab hand with one. Bit of a worry, really. But thankfully, today there are some really good knife sharpening tools around.
My personal favourite is the Global Minosharp. It's relatively inexpensive (about $40) and easy as anything to use.
The Minosharp has a clear, slotted plastic compartment holding two ceramic wheels.Fill the compartment with water, put the knife blade through the slots and rest it in the grooves of the wheels.
To sharpen it, just run the knife back and forth on the wheels about 20 times. Use one wheel first to do the rough work, then move on to the second one to clean the edge up nice and fine. That's it.
One thing to be careful of is not to put too much downward pressure on the wheels. Just let the knife rest on them, and run it back and forth. If you press down hard on the wheels, they could break.
So that's the low-down on kitting yourself with a basic, trusty knife set!
Tart Pastry
I originally featured a tart pastry in the recipe for Gluten-Free Lemon Tart, but I've decided to split it off into its own entry, because tart pastry crops up in a lot of recipes, such as the cauliflower and yoghurt quiche I'll be posting tomorrow.
You can also find a recipe for short crust pastry here.
One drawback of tart pastry, is that I find it difficult to work with at times. Mostly this is because I don't plan ahead enough to allow time for the pastry to sit. If you do leave the pastry to sit in the fridge for half an hour, the shortening has time to make the grains in the flour swell and burst, and the pastry becomes much more malleable.
The gluten-free recipe is even more difficult. Luckily it still presses back together easily, so when it (inevitably) falls apart, I just patch the pieces back together in the tart tin. Kind of like playing with play-dough all over again.
What do I need?
Tart Pastry
- 1 3/4 cups plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 150g (2/3 cup) unsalted butter, chilled and diced
- 1 egg yolk
- Chilled water as needed
Gluten-Free Option
- 1 cup fine rice flour
- 1/2 cup maize corn flour*
- 1/2 cup soy flour†
- 1 tsp guar or xanthan gum
- 2/3 cup butter, chilled and diced
- 1 egg yolk
- Some cold water
What do I do?
Sift the flour/s and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub it in with your fingers until the mixture has the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and mix the dough until the dough starts to come together. Add a couple of teaspoons of cold water (or more) as necessary. Bring the dough together with your hands and shape it into a ball.
Or you can be lazy and do the whole thing with a quick whiz of the food processor.
Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least 1/2 an hour. Try to allow yourself enough time for this; I always decide what I'm going to make at the last minute, so I often cheat and skip it, which makes it much harder to work the pastry.
Use the time to make whatever filling you're going to use!
Roll the pastry out into a large circle on a lightly floured surface until it's large enough to line your tart tin. Do your best to pick the pastry up (see my shortcrust recipe page for tips on how to do this); slide a palette knife or egg lift under it first, as it tends to stick to the bench.
Line the tart tin with the pastry, trimming the edge and pinching the pastry up a little to make a slightly raised border around the rim.
Heat the oven to 200°C/400°F. Rest the pastry case in the fridge again for another 10 minutes.
To bake the case blind, line it with greaseproof paper, or maybe foil, then fill it with rice, dried beans, or baking beads if you've actually bothered getting them. I have a container of rice in the pantry that's especially put aside for baking blind. God knows how long it's been there now, but it's still doing the job fine!
Bake the case blind for 10 minutes, then remove it from the oven. Reduce the temperature to 180°C/350°F. Remove the rice, beans or beads from the pastry case.
Fill the case with your filling, and finish baking!
Yes, I AM still alive!
Yes, well … sorry, folks. Once again, I find myself abjectly apologising for neglecting this blog again.
Where does the time go?
I have good and bad reasons for my wicked neglect, though: I've found myself back in full time work, and I'm also studying.
Ironically, I'm studying journalism!
Anyway, exams are here, so I'll knock those buggers off, and start writing again.
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Potato Salad
Well, it's allegedly summer here right now, although when I was moved to run the heat pump for an hour or so this morning, I strongly questioned that assumption. Anyway, it's just gone Christmas (and I hope everyone had a good one!), and in my part of the world that means that it must be summer.
One of the great things about summer is salads, and one of my favourite salads is potato salad. I've tried various permutations on the basic potato salad, and this is the recipe I've distilled from my experimentation. It's pretty simple, but with a particular twist that I like to think is my own.
I'm sure there could be endless debate about what is the best potato variety to use, but I just use Nicolas, which are pretty much the stock-in-trade here at Chez Bloke. They're a nice variety of potato that seem to be pretty much all-round useful for everything.
When it comes to the mayonnaise, bugger all that low-fat rubbish, use a good quality, whole egg mayo. Where's the fun in a potato salad without a yummy, creamy, proper mayonnaise?
I use lemon thyme in this recipe. Lemon thyme (Thymus x citriodorus – which I think sounds like the scientific name for Pepe Le Peu) is not quite as pungent as regular thyme, and also has an incredible lemon scent almost like a perfume. It's a must-have for roast chicken, and is also used in Moroccan cooking quite often.
It's not a herb I see regularly in shops, although it's quite easy to find the plant to grow. Consider yourself under orders to grow it in your herb garden or in a pot, now.
If you can, make the salad a bit ahead, so the lemon thyme has the opportunity to infuse the dressing a little.
What do I need?
- 4-6 medium to large potatoes
- 2 or 3 eggs
- 2 spring onions (scallions/green onions).
Don't use the white part, if you want to keep this recipe low FODMAP
- 3/4 cup or so of mayonnaise
Some mayos contain gluten, so check the label
- 1/4 cup Greek yoghurt
- A spring or two of lemon thyme
- Small bunch of fresh parsley
- 1 tsp or so of cracked black pepper
What do I do?
Cut the potatoes into roughly 1 inch cubes (for some strange reason, I find myself falling back into Imperial measurements at times) and place them into a saucepan of cold water, and put it on to boil. Bring it to the boil and cook the potatoes for about ten minutes, maybe a little less. Check them with a skewer or small knife to see if they're tender. Be sure not to overcook them or the whole salad will turn to mush.
When they're cooked, drain them and leave them to cool. I often run a bit of cold water over them for half a minute, to help them along.
While the potatoes are cooking, put the eggs in a small saucepan and hard-boil them. When they're boiled (and cooled!) peel the shells off, and put the eggs aside.
Combine the mayonnaise, the yoghurt, chopped spring onions, the pepper, chopped parsley, and leaves stripped off the lemon thyme. If the lemon thyme is flowering, make sure to include those as well. The small, pink flowers make a nice visual touch.
When the potatoes and eggs are cooled, cut the eggs into quarters and put them in a large bowl with the potatoes, tip in the mayonnaise mixture and gently toss to combine. Don't get too enthusiastic with the tossing, or you'll start breaking up the potatoes, and it all gets a bit mushy.
Great with a summer barbecue and a refreshing, chilled white.
Jamaican Jerked Chicken
Apparently this is Jamaican, although to be honest, I wouldn't know Jamaican food if I fell over it. It reminds me very much of Moroccan food, with its blend of spiciness and sweet tang.
You can use chicken pieces for this, but lately I've found myself preferring to buy a whole chicken and cut it up myself. A good pair of kitchen scissors comes in handy for this.
For some reason, I forgot to take a photo of this, so let your imagination run wild!
What do I need?
- Whole chicken, or 1 to 1 ½ kilos of chicken pieces
- A good dash of olive oil
- 4 crushed garlic cloves
- 1 large red or purple onion
- 2 chillis
- A handful of chopped, fresh parsley
- ¼ cup of cider or red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup (packed) of brown sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- Generous pinch of ground cloves
- 1 ½ tsp ground allspice
- ¼ cup of lime juice
- ½ cup fresh or tinned pineapple pieces
- ½ sweet potato, peeled and cut into long slices (like chips, basically)
What do I do?
Cut up the chicken, or just take the chicken pieces, and put them in a large bowl, or preferably a marinating container (Tupperware make a good one).
Combine the rest of the ingredients, except the sweet potato and pineapple, and process lightly, then pour over the chicken and marinate for between 2 and 6 hours.
Put the marinated chicken, the pineapple and sweet potato in a baking dish and cook for an hour to an hour and a half. If you've got a clay pot, like one of the old Romertopfs, or even a tagine or suchlike, this recipe cooks beautifully in one of those. Allow a little longer cooking time with a clay pot.
Serve with some rice – try stirring a knob of butter and a sprinkle of saffron through the rice, to give it some colour and flavour.
To give it even more of a Moroccan feel, try adding a good sized teaspoon or two of coriander to the marinade, and serve it with couscous instead of rice.
Gluten-Free Lemon Tart
Tarte au Citron, or Lemon tart to us plebs, is a French classic that's surprisingly easy to make, yet definitely hard to beat.
A note on Tart Pastry:
I find tart pastry difficult to handle at the best of times; this gluten-free recipe isn't any easier. The good news is that tart pastry is highly malleable and presses back together easily, so if it falls apart on you (almost bound to happen), just patch the pieces back together in the tart tin. It's kind of like playing with play-dough all over again!
**Update** I've corrected a couple of errors in the pastry recipe, sorry: slight change to the amount of butter, plus I neglected to specify to use only the egg yolk. I hope I haven't contributed to too many kitchen disasters!
What do I need?
Tart Pastry
- 1 cup fine rice flour
- 1/2 cup maize corn flour*
- 1/2 cup soy flour†
- 1 tsp guar or xanthan gum
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- 2/3 cup butter, chilled and diced
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- Some cold water
- 1/4 cup of ground almonds makes an interesting variation
Lemon Curd Filling
- 6 eggs
- 3/4 cup caster sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- Grated rind and juice of four lemons
- Icing sugar for dusting††
What do I do?
Tart Pastry
Sift the flours and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub it in with your fingers until the mixture has the texture of breadcrumbs. Stir in the icing sugar, and the ground almond if you're using it. Then add the egg yolk, vanilla essence, and a couple of teaspoons of cold water and mix the dough until the dough starts to come together. Bring the dough together with your hands and shape it into a ball.
Or you can be lazy and do the whole thing with a quick whiz of the food processor.
Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for at least 1/2 an hour. Use the time to make the lemon filling!
Roll the pastry out into a large circle on a lightly floured surface until it's large enough to line your tart tin. Do your best to pick the pastry up (see my shortcrust recipe page for tips on how to do this); slide a palette knife or egg lift under it first, as it tends to stick to the bench.
Line the tart tin with the pastry, trimming the edge and pinching the pastry up a little to make a slightly raised border around the rim.
Heat the oven to 200°C/400°F. Rest the pastry case in the fridge again for another 10 minutes.
To bake the case blind, line it with greaseproof paper, or maybe foil, then fill it with rice, dried beans, or baking beads if you've actually bothered getting them. I have a container of rice in the pantry that's especially put aside for baking blind. God knows how long it's been there now, but it's still doing the job fine!
Bake the case blind for 10 minutes, then remove it from the oven. Reduce the temperature to 180°C/350°F. Remove the rice, beans or beads from the pastry case.
Lemon Curd Filling
Beat the eggs, and put them in a pan with the sugar and butter. Stir continuously over low heat until the sugar has dissolved completely. Add the lemon juice and rind, and continue to heat the mixture over low heat. Keep stirring the mixture continuously, until the lemon curd has thickened slightly.
Pour the lemon curd into the blind baked pastry case, and bake for another 20 minutes, until the curd has just set.
Transfer the tart to a wire rack to cool.
Dust it with the icing sugar just before serving. Serve with whipped cream, creme fraiche, or even better, some incredible King Island Vanilla Bean yoghurt (seriously – this stuff is amazing! It's more like whipped cream than yoghurt).
* Make sure it is proper maize cornflour, not "cornflour" that is actually finely ground wheat flour – check the ingredients.
† Remember that unless you buy debittered soy flour, it's going to taste pretty nasty until it's baked – No licking the spoon!
†† Make sure it's pure icing sure, not an icing sugar/flour mix.


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Mexicali Pinwheels
Finely chop pepper and olives. Lightly sprinkle cornmeal on cutting board. Unroll dough into 8 rectangles, press to seal perforations. Spread 2 TBS. bean dip onto rectangles.
Top with 2 TBS. cheese and vegetable mixture. Starting with shortest side, roll up, pinch edges to seal. Cut each into 4 1" slices. Place cut sides down on a baking stone.
Bake 24-26 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm with sour cream and salsa.
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- Research article
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Organogenesis during budding and lophophoral morphology of Hislopia malayensis Annandale, 1916 (Bryozoa, Ctenostomata)
- Thomas Schwaha1Email author and
- Timothy S Wood2
© Schwaha and Wood; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
- Received: 17 December 2010
- Accepted: 18 April 2011
- Published: 18 April 2011
Bryozoans represent a large lophotrochozoan phylum with controversially discussed phylogenetic position and in group relationships. Developmental processes during the budding of bryozoans are in need for revision. Just recently a study on a phylactolaemate bryozoan gave a comprehensive basis for further comparisons among bryozoans. The aim of this study is to gain more insight into developmental patterns during polypide formation in the budding process of bryozoans. Particular focus is laid upon the lophophore, also its condition in adults. For this purpose we studied organogenesis during budding and lophophoral morphology of the ctenostome bryozoan Hislopia malayensis.
Polypide buds develop on the frontal side of the developing cystid as proliferation of the epidermal and peritoneal layer. Early buds develop a lumen bordered by the inner budding layer resulting in the shape of a two-layered sac or vesicle. The hind- and midgut anlagen are first to develop as outpocketing of the prospective anal area. These grow towards the prospective mouth area where a comparatively small invagination marks the formation of the foregut. In between the prospective mouth and anus the ganglion develops as an invagination protruding in between the developing gut loop. Lophophore development starts with two lateral ridges which form tentacles very early. At the lophophoral base, intertentacular pits, previously unknown for ctenostomes, develop. The ganglion develops a circum-oral nerve ring from which the tentacle nerves branch off in adult zooids. Tentacles are innervated by medio-frontal nerves arising directly from the nerve ring, and medio-frontal and abfrontal nerves which originate both from an intertentacular fork.
We are able to show distinct similarities among bryozoans in the formation of the different organ systems: a two-layered vesicle-like early bud, the ganglion forming as an invagination of the epidermal layer in between the prospective mouth and anal area, the digestive tract mainly forming as an outpocketing of the prospective anal area, and the lophophore forming from two lateral anlagen that first fuse on the oral and afterwards on the anal side. Future studies will concentrate on cyclostome budding to complement our knowledge on developmental patterns of bryozoans.
- Nerve Ring
- Anal Side
- Lateral Ridge
- Peritoneal Lining
- Peritoneal Layer
The Bryozoa represent a large lophotrochozoan phylum consisting of sessile filter-feeders comprising over 6000 extant species. The phylum consists of three large clades: The Phylactolaemata, the Stenolaemata and the Gymnolaemata (Ctenostomata and Cheilostomata) [1]. The relationship in between the different clades and also to other phyla remains controversially discussed [2]. The Phylactolaemata represent a small group of freshwater inhabiting species. From a phylogenetic perspective they are interesting, since they are often regarded as the most basal bryozoans and show several morphological characters that distinguish them from all remaining bryozoans, such as an epistome and body wall musculature [1, 3]. In particular their sexual development, however, is heavily altered, probably as an adaptation to freshwater habitats, and therefore impedes comparisons to other phyla and bryozoans. Within the Gymnolaemata, the Ctenostomata are a group of uncalcified, comparatively simple species that are currently regarded as paraphyletic with the species-richest bryozoan group Cheilostomata as well as Cyclostomata being ingroups [4–7]. Consequently, they represent an important clade for addressing phylogenetic questions of bryozoans.
As previously mentioned by Nielsen [8], budding in bryozoans, in particular organogenesis, is only poorly known. Schwaha et al. [9] recently studied the organogenesis in the budding process of the phylactolaemate Cristatella mucedo and established a first comprehensive study for further comparative purposes. Detailed investigations on the polypide development during the budding process of ctenostome bryozoans were only carried out by Davenport [10] for Paludicella articulata. Soule [11] studied several species, but only gave generalized and short descriptions with poor documentation. Accordingly, ctenostome budding requires new data to gain more insight into general trends and patterns in bryozoan budding. This study focuses on the organogenesis in the budding process of the ctenostome Hislopia malayensis, a species occurring in freshwater habitats of South East Asia [12]. Since it shows many ancestral traits among ctenostomes [13], it represents a suitable species for the current study. With the lophophoral base being the most complex organ of the polypide, we laid special focus on its formation and differentiation, but also on its condition in adults.
Specimens of Hislopia malayensis Annandale, 1916 were collected from the pond of the Faculty of Fisheries of the Kasetsart University in Bangkok (see [13]). Colony pieces were fixed in 1.5 % glutaraldehyde in 0.01 M sodium cacodylate buffer (pH 7.4) for about 1 hour. Specimens were afterwards rinsed three times for 20 minutes in the buffer. Until further preparation in Vienna, specimens were stored in the buffer. Postfixation was conducted with 1% Osmium tetroxide solution in distilled water for 1-2 hours, followed by rinsing in distilled water for about 1 hour. Specimens were afterwards dehydrated with a graded alcohol series prior to embedding the samples into Agar Low-viscosity resin using acetone as intermedium. Eight colony pieces each containing 1-2 buds and several adult zooids were taken for sectioning. Ribbons of serial semi-sections (1 μm thickness) were conducted as described by Ruthensteiner [14]. Sections were stained with toluidine blue and afterwards analysed and photographed with a Nikon DS5M-U1 digital camera mounted on a Nikon Eclipse E800 light microscope. Image stacks from the serial section micrographs were enhanced in contrast, converted to greyscales and imported with an image size of 1024 × 768 into the 3D reconstruction software Amira 4.1 (Mercury Computer Systems, Chelmsford, MA, USA). Alignment of the image stacks was conducted with the AlignSlice tool of Amira. Segmentation of different structures was conducted manually with a brush. A surface for each structure was generated followed by iterated steps of triangle reduction and smoothing (see [14]). Snapshots were taken with the Amira software.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Condition of the lophophoral base in adult zooids
Origin of the budding layers
Like in all other bryozoans, the polypide in H. malayensis develops from two budding layers; the inner budding layer originates from the epidermis and the outer budding layer from the peritoneum [15]. Some previous investigations described the outer budding layer to form from proliferating epidermal cells [11, 16]. More recent observations [17, 18] found both layers of the body wall directly involved in the formation of buds. Although this study did not focus on the early bud formation, we never found any peritoneal cells derive from the epidermal layer. In addition, it should be mentioned that the peritoneal layer of the body wall in H. malayensis is always inconspicuously thin, even in adult zooids. As a consequence, it is more reasonable to assume the sole thin peritoneal layer to form the outer budding layer. Whether coelomocytes liberated from the peritoneal layer, as observed in the current study in early buds, participate in the formation of the outer budding layer remains unanswered. Different kinds of coelomocytes within the body cavity have been reported in representatives of all bryozoan clades. In adult zooids, they possibly act in phagocytosis of excretory substances [1]. Their role during budding could be similar in accumulation of metabolic waste created during budding. On the other hand, coelomocytes may be involved in the formation of peritoneally derived tissues, such as muscles. A similar function has been indicated for phylactolaemate coelomocytes [9].
Formation of the lophophore
The initial lophophore anlage develops as two lateral ridges in H. malayensis. A similar formation has been described for all other bryozoan clades (Cyclostomata: [19], Cheilostomata: e.g. [18, 20], Ctenostomata: [10, 11], Phylactolaemata: [9]). In Paludicella articulata the lateral ridges first unite at the oral side, while the tentacles on the anal side are the last to form [10]. In the current study on H. malayensis, a stage showing a U-shaped arrangement of the developing tentacles was not encountered. However, in our budding stage 3 of H. malayensis, the lophophoral ridges bulge slightly inward on the oral side, whereas they abruptly end on the anal side as described in P. articulata. A similar formation of the lophophore is described for the cheilostome Membranipora membranacea [20] and the phylactolaemate Cristatella mucedo [9]. The Phylactolaemata, however, show some differences regarding the formation of the lophophore which are also reflected in their adult condition. The lateral lophophoral ridges or more precisely bulges form the large lophophoral arms giving this clade the typical horse-shoe shaped lophophore. At first these do not carry tentacles in phylactolaemates [9] as seen in members of the Ctenostomata [10] and the Cheilostomata [18, 20]. In contrast to the remaining, pre-dominantly marine clades, the oral tentacles are the first to be formed in the Phylactolaemata [9, 21, 22]. However, these differences are again reflected in the condition of the coelomic compartments of the adults. In the Phylactolaemata the ring-canal on the oral side of the lophophore base is comparatively short supplying only few tentacles [9], whereas the ring canal in the Ctenostomata (H. malayensis, this study) and Cheilostomata (Cryptosula pallasiana, [23]) encompasses almost the entire lophophoral base. Accordingly, two major patterns in the development of the lophophore can be recognized from the currently available data: 1. it starts with paired lateral anlagen that first close on the oral side and later also on the anal side and 2. the first tentacles arise on the area of the prospective ring canal with the most medial ones on the oral side to appear last.
Intertentacular pits of the lophophoral base
As stated by Gordon [23], the lophophoral base represents the most complex structure of the bryozoan polypide. Surprisingly, his detailed study of the organization in the cheilostome Cryptosula pallasiana currently remains the only study for bryozoans. In H. malayensis we describe intertentacular pits at the lophophoral base for the first time in a ctenostome. A similar, most probably homologous structure is present in C. pallasiana. In the latter they are called ciliated pits and measure 25 - 30 μm in length [1]. In adult specimens of H. malayensis they are approximately two times longer than in C. pallasiana and consequently much more noticeable. In C. pallasiana the pits are covered by a cuticle and the lining cells possess cilia projecting into the lumen of the pit. In H. malayensis a thin acellular layer, most likely cuticle, lines the intertentacular pits as well, but the confirmation of the presence of cilia would require electron microscopic examination. Conspicuous intertentacular pits also occur in several other ctenostome bryozoans (Schwaha, unpublished data). Consequently, it seems likely to expect them in more cheilostomes as well and thus might be a synapomorphy for these two clades. As in C. pallasiana [23], we currently can give no indication about the function of the intertentacular pits.
Formation of the central nervous system and adult condition
In H. malayensis the central nervous system forms by an invagination of the inner budding layer (epidermal layer) in between the prospective mouth and anus, thus being identical to all other bryozoan classes in this respect [8, 9]. However, in contrast to the Phylactolaemata, the ganglion in H. malayensis never contains a lumen and thus is compact in late budding stages (stage 5) and adults.
The nervous system, in particular at the lophophoral base and the tentacle innervation, has been subject of several studies in phylactolaemates and gymnolaemates [1, 23–31]. So far, the central nervous system in cyclostome bryozoans remains unstudied. Tentacle innervation, however, is briefly mentioned by Nielsen & Riisgard [32]. All studied bryozoans possess a circum-oral/pharyngeal nerve ring. Tentacles are innervated by 4-6 nerves. Four of these tentacle nerves (the abfrontal, frontal and the paired latero-frontal nerves) are located subepidermally, while the remaining two are located subperitoneally. Only the phylactolaemate Asajirella gelatinosa shows a slightly different configuration of the subepidermal nerves [1]. In the current study on H. malayensis, we were only able to locate the four subepidermal nerves and not the paired subperitoneal ones. Only in the cheilostome Cryptosula pallasiana, the full set of six tentacle nerves was detected [23]. In the cyclostome Crisia eburnea [32] and the cheilostome Electra pilosa [33] the four subepidermal nerves were confirmed, whereas only the two subperitoneal and the latero-frontal tentacle nerves were found in Flustrellidra hispida, Membranipora membranacea [28], Farrella repens and Alcyonidium sp. [29]. In phylactolaemate bryozoans radial nerves extend from the nerve ring in between the tentacles, in the intertentacular membrane. Towards the tentacles, the radial nerves bifurcate within the intertentacular membrane and branch off the tentacles nerves [1, 27]. This intertentacular origin of the tentacles nerves resembles the abfrontal and latero-frontal tentacle nerves of H. malayensis. However, the medio-frontal tentacle nerves branch off directly from the circum-oral nerve ring in H. malayensis. In the ctenostomes Flustrellidra hispida [28], Alcyonidium sp., Farrella repens [29] and the cheilostomes Membranipora membranacea [28] and Electra pilosa [33] only one pair of tentacle nerves were found to originate from an intertentacular origin, i.e. the latero-frontal nerves. In E. pilosa the abfrontal nerve extends directly from the circum-oral nerve ring, whereas it was not detected at all in the other aforementioned species - most likely a result of methodological problems of vital staining of nervous tissue. Nonetheless, summing up the little information available the following trend seems to be present in bryozoans: In the Phylactolaemata all tentacle nerves are of intertentacular origin, while gymnolaemates subsequently branch off tentacle nerves directly from the nerve ring, first the medio-frontal nerve (Ctenostomata: H. malayensis, this study) and then the abfrontal nerve as well (Cheilostomata: E. pilosa [33]). This trend coincides with current opinions of bryozoan phylogeny, with the Phylactolaemata as most basal branch and the Ctenostomata being paraphyletic as ancestors of the Cheilostomata. However, a broader range of taxa (including the neglected Cyclostomata) need to be studied to confirm this trend. Additionally, the basic number of tentacle nerves needs to be clarified. In several Phylactolaemata [1, 34] and the cheilostome E. pilosa [33], 'subperitoneal' or 'enclosed' peritoneal cells that are topologically identical to the position of the subperitoneal nerves described for C. pallasiana [23] and several ctenostomes [28, 29] were described. Consequently, it seems probable that these cells represent nerves and that they can be expected in most if not all bryozoans, also in H. malayensis, but their detection requires detailed electron microscopic or state-of-the-art immunocytochemical studies.
Formation of the gut and the esophagus-cardia length
The mid- and hindgut in H. malayensis form as anal outpocketing as described for the ctenostomes Flustrellidra hispida [35], Paludicella articulata [10] and Pottsiella erecta [36]. As recently summarized by Schwaha et al. [9], diverging descriptions of gut formation have been provided. Some authors claim an oral outpocketing to give rise to these parts of the digestive tract [11, 37]. Considering the similarities in the formation of all other organ systems during budding of bryozoans, it appears more probable that the mid- and hindgut of bryzoans generally develop from an anal outpocketing. Ultimately, reinvestigating and increasing the number of species in all clades needs to be conducted to confirm this suggestion.
As mentioned by Rogick [38], the gut terminology of bryozoans is in a 'nice state of confusion'. Only Silen [39] attempted to give a general terminology to the various parts of the digestive tract by considering all bryozoan classes. Two valve-like constrictions, one at the end of the foregut and a second before the intestine (or rectum), are important criteria for assigning terms for specific gut regions [39]. The valve at the end of the foregut is commonly termed cardiac valve or esophageal valve and represents the border between the esophagus and the cardia. As seen in the current study on H. malayensis, previous studies on the Phylactolaemata [9] as well as the Cyclostomata [19] this valve develops at the border of the two anlagen assembling the gut during budding. In the Phylactolaemata and the Stenolaemata the digestive tract from the caecum to the mouth opening is short, while it is usually elongated in gymnolaemates. Based on the distal position of the cardiac valve in the latter, this elongated tube was considered to be a result of the elongation of the cardia. Consequently, an esophagus was stated to be absent in gymnolaemates, because no proper differentiation towards the pharynx is given [39]. While this might be true for several cheilostome species (e.g. Membranipora: [39]; Bugula: [16]; Cryptosula: [16, 40]; Electra: [16]; Hippothoa: [41]; Lageneschara: [42], also see [1, 43]), ctenostome bryozoans show a larger variation concerning this feature of the gut. Our results on H. malayensis show that the cardiac valve is situated far proximally and most of the tube-like elongation develops and consists of the foregut, the esophagus. Only a comparatively small part of the tube is composed of the cardia distally of the muscular proventriculus. An identical arrangement is present in the hislopiids H. corderoi [44] and Echinella placoides [45]. In contrast, in the only ctenostome superfamily showing similar flattened box-shaped zooids, the Alcyonidioidea, the esophagus is negligibly small and the cardiac tube elongated [46, 47]. An elongated esophagus is generally considered to be present in 'stoloniferan' ctenostomes [48] in which the polypide bud becomes dislocated into an elongated peristome that later is separated from the remaining 'stolon' [49, 50]. However, in other ctenostomes with elongated peristomes but lacking true stolons, like the Victorellidae, the esophagus and cardia are both present as almost equally long tubes. In addition, the relative size, particularly of the cardiac tube, is affected by the state of its contraction [51]. It seems worthwhile to investigate whether the differences in the morphology of the gut prove to be valuable for drawing phylogenetic inferences. Comparative data is currently sparse, because the location of the cardiac valve is only given for very few species. Since the cardiac valve hinders reflux of food particles from the cardiac stomach, it seems more reasonable that the anatomy of the gut is influenced by the diet and the mode of digestion.
Compared with the recent study of the phylactolaemate Cristatella mucedo [9] and older studies, we are able to show that the development of the polypide shows distinct similarities in the formation of the different organ systems. These include the early polypide bud formation as a proliferation of epidermal cells bulging towards the peritoneal layer of the bud, a two-layered vesicle-like early bud, the central nervous system or ganglion forming as an invagination of the epidermal layer in between the prospective mouth and anal area, the digestive tract mainly forming from an outpocketing of the prospective anal area that grows towards a comparatively small anlage of the foregut (pharynx and esophagus), and the lophophore forming from two lateral anlagen that first fuse on the oral and afterwards on the anal side. These similarities found between phylactolaemates and ctenostomes thus support the monophyly of Bryozoa.
The site where the anlage of the mid/hind-gut and the foregut meet is represented in adult zooids by the cardiac valve. A comparison of different bryozoan species and superfamilies shows that its location is not identical in gymnolaemates which always possess an elongated tube-shaped gut connecting the pharynx with the caecum. With the current paucity of comparative data, it is more appropriate to consider the diet and the mode of digestion to be decisive on the variable location of the cardiac valve.
At the complex lophophoral base of adult zooids intertentacular pits of unknown function are described for the first time in a ctenostome. Similar structures were only reported in the cheilostome C. pallasiana [23]. It is likely that they are present in more if not all gymnolaemate species, but have escaped the attention of previous investigators. Along with structures of the nervous system at the lophophoral base and the tentacle innervation, these characters appear promising for further analysis for comparative phylogenetic purposes on bryozoans.
With the polypide development of the Phylactolaemata [9] and Ctenostomata (this study) studied in more detail with modern visualisation techniques, the Cyclostomata remain an essential taxon for further study. Organogenesis in the budding process of the later was only studied by Borg [19] and Nielsen [37], but is only poorly documented. In cyclostome bryozoans the polypide is formed first and the cystid later. This formation of buds is also found in the basal Phylactolaemata, in contrast to budding of the Cteno- and Cheilostomata where the cystid is formed first and the polypide later. Accordingly, future studies should concentrate on cyclostome budding to complement our knowledge on developmental patterns of bryozoans.
We would like to thank the staff of the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Kasetsart University of Bangkok and especially Jukkrit Mahujchariyawong, Patana Anurakpongsatorn, and Ratcha Chaichana, for their support. TS trip to Thailand was supported by the KWA-scholarship of the University of Vienna. TS is currently supported by FWF project P 22696-B17 granted to Andrey Ostrovsky (University of Vienna).
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