Translated by Ray Kremer
The great sage Ray Kremer dwelt long in the Realm of the discussion groups, but it was not always so. In time long forgotten, Ray Kremer did aquire for the first time a ship that could surf the Sea of Webb, and during his voyages he came upon the Realm of the discussion groups and found there many apprentices in great need of guidance. And the great sage Ray Kremer, who had read the ancient tome of Manual, was able to preach sermons to the apprentices that set them on the right path. But new apprentices who had not heard the sermons were constantly arriving in the Realm, and Ray Kremer did often repeat his sermons for their benefit. One of the most popular was the sermon of the cord of Graff Lynk, but it is a very long sermon, and Ray Kremer did grow weary of reciting it.
Then the great sage said to himself, "Would it not be easier for me to write the sermons upon scrolls, and then when an apprentice comes who is in need of the wisdom of the sermons, he can read the scrolls, and I can save my voice." And so he did this, and set many of his sermons to page, and he built a library in which to house them, and this was the Library of Fak. And the sage Ray Kremer did delight much in directing the apprentices to go to the library and read the scroll which held the knowledge they did seek. Over the years, the library grew much, and it eventually held many times the scrolls that it had begun with. And the other sages of the Realm did praise the Library of Fak and the great sage Ray Kremer who had built it and filled it with scrolls.
Some time later, the great sage Doug Burkett found that he very much enjoyed the sermons given by the other sages, but he was saddened because many of the sermons were given but once, and they quickly faded from memory. And so Doug Burkett also began to set the sermons to page, his own and those of the other sages also. At first he stored his scrolls in an annex of the Library of Fak, which the great sage Ray Kremer was happy to provide. Later he took on an assistant, who built a separate library in which to keep the scrolls, and this was the Library of TypLyst. And this library too was praised by the other sages of the Realm, and they supported it by often bringing the great sage Doug Burkett to hear sermons that deserved entry into his library.
Thus the two libraries stood throughout the ages, and they became known as two of the great stores of knowledge of the known world.
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