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0s in my youth I was a traveler my plan was
4s to visit the entire a foundation but a
7s dramatic injury put a stop to that a few
9s years ago one of my more memorable
12s adventures from my youth involves an
14s enterprising Terraria by their name of
15s emka who I met one Kip in pin she was
19s trading various traditional trinkets
21s from her homeland many of them depicted
23s a dark figure with long indistinctly
26s limbs
27s it was the car he as a period of six
31s weeks during kif where the Sun doesn't
33s rise in the frozen north of Terraria it
36s is a period of festivity in celebration
38s but also of solemnity and reverence it
42s is said that the dark weeks and when the
43s spirit world passes closest to
45s Foundation and it is at this time that
47s the car he comes to prowl the story goes
52s that the car he will take children
54s specifically children who do not listen
56s to their elders and drag them to the
58s spirit world never to be seen again
61s Unger and I talked a long time about the
64s car he and the sacred tarry ceremony
66s meant in part toward the spirit off I
69s concluded that I simply had to see it
71s for myself
72s and invited myself to stay with them Kai
74s and her family during kiff I was simply
77s trying to fully understand an important
78s cultural event it had nothing to do with
81s the fact that uncle was and still is
83s quite beautiful upon my eye my arrival
87s in Terraria I was struck by a few things
89s firstly I'd never felt such cold in all
92s my life I was very glad for the first
94s uncle brought with her to greet me at
96s that port secondly I soon found out that
99s my limited toe area wouldn't get me very
100s far however it would improve over the
103s season but every conversation was a
105s challenge finally own curse words had
108s done nothing to prepare me for the
110s depths of the darkness it felt somehow
112s darker than night there's something more
115s imposing about it almost like it tugged
116s to the edges of your vision soon we
119s arrived at the settlement however and
120s the lamps that hung from every available
122s hook rope or corner help to keep the
125s darkness at bay
126s the lamps were astounding the locals use
130s simple dyes and special powders to color
132s the lighting elements so the entire
134s settlement was bathed in a multicolored
135s glow boom Khaled me to a gathering of
138s people around a bonfire and we sat and
140s watched the proceedings together I
143s assumed that Herrera used the myth of
145s the car key as a way of scaring the
147s children into behaving but the entire
149s community engages in the rituals meant
151s to keep it away with an almost
152s frightening earnestness even the oldest
155s and wisest members of the community seem
157s to believe that the car he is a real
159s threat that doesn't mean the car he
162s ceremony is an entirely stoic of that
164s however we sat in a circle around the
166s elders and listened to tall tales of
168s spirits and men there was an exchange of
170s handmade gifts and our works as a way of
172s showing appreciation for loved ones many
175s of the adults in the group were wearing
177s whimsical hats fashioned from the spoils
179s of a long kiff hunting trips and singing
182s songs one man wearing a giant set of
185s antlers sang a beautiful haunting song
187s about a type of creature known as 'not
189s ich natty car apparently creatures so
192s ferocious and dangerous that they are
194s the only things capable of killing the
197s kind it was at this point that the
202s lights began to dim I saw a shape
205s approaching from the darkness the
207s stories and songs began to fade away I
210s looked at UM kur for reassurance but she
212s had bowed her head and was whispering
214s something under her breath I have to
217s admit this whole thing was starting to
218s get everyone around me was bowing
221s towards the shape and whispering I
223s decided to follow suit and duck down I
225s began to see some features of the shape
228s as it approached the bonfire
229s it seemed humanoid in composition but
231s had great big red eyes imposing horns
236s and a gaping more it's slunk and
239s naturally towards us not making a sound
243s my fear soon gave way to shame though as
246s I realized the shape was in fact a man
249s in a suit furry thick and with a
252s terrifying mask but a suit too
254s nonetheless
255s umka looked up at my face which had gone
257s quite pale and stifled a giggle
260s at this point the rest of the group
262s raised their heads and arms and began
264s chanting something I couldn't understand
266s the man in the suit danced around the
268s fire with strange jerking motions the
271s ceremonial suit is a representation of
273s an ax teak the idea is that 'no teak
275s terrify the kahi so hopefully the suit
277s will trick it into leaving the village
278s alone the light shone with fresh
281s brightness and the chants got louder and
282s more fervent a carafe was passed around
285s containing strong wine and don't
287s remember a great deal after that point
290s the next morning I woke in home cos
292s family hut under staff er of blank and
294s fur and blankets the warmth made it
297s difficult to emerge from under it but a
299s powerful first which overpowered my
301s comfort when I walked into the central
304s room her mother and father and Nola and
306s our nak were sitting by the fire staring
308s a part of something that smelled amazing
310s they turned to me with warm smiles not
313s fir'd me a mug of warm tea and a box
315s wrapped in colourful paper I took a sip
318s of delicious tea thanked her for the
320s gift and opened it it was a beautiful
322s hand-carved bone knife made by enola
325s herself the craftsmanship was
327s exceptional and the blade was amongst
329s the sharpest I'd seen I still keep in a
332s drawer by my pet surely after EMKE
336s herself came in from the cold trailing
337s snow and mud on the rug she was dragging
340s a knapsack full to bursting with herbs
342s and plants
344s it seems she'd been out to the local
346s store house for some essentials she
348s accepted a bowl of stew from her parents
350s and we settled him to enjoy breakfast
351s together much of the rest of my time in
354s Terraria past like this we would spend
356s our time relaxing in the warmth of the
358s family Hut for the day then at regular
360s intervals we would venture out to the
361s bonfire to sing dance and drink wine the
365s strange thing about having no sunlight
366s is that there's no way to tell when one
369s day ends and another begins
370s time begins to lose meaning and it's
372s easy to become disorientated
375s after some period of time could have
378s been week maybe two my perception of
381s things started to warp the darkness
383s started to feel more immense and
386s oppressive the lights felt like there
388s was somehow less effective and how best
391s to describe it but the sky seemed to
394s throb and swell in the corner of my eye
395s it was during this period where stranger
399s things started to happen we received
402s word that some of the children in a
404s nearby community had gone missing