The next day brought heavier snow and colder temperatures. The travelers woke late and lingered over the warm fire before breaking camp and heading down the canyon toward New Narthex Pass. As they came to the end of the canyon, there was yet another door left a jar. And it was a little bit open too.
Balthazar: This is more than a coincidence now. Every time a door is left a jar we are able to get through because the door is also slightly open. And Every time we encounter a door that hasn’t been left a jar, we are unable to pass through.
Melchior: Perhaps there is some magic in the jars?
Balthazar: Or perhaps the gods of these places require them as offerings in order to allow travellers through.
Caspar: Perhaps. But in a way this is what our whole journey is about. We are going to meet the one who is born the King of the Judeans. But as we were talking the other night, it has also to do with the Judean God, who is also somehow more than the God of the Judeans. It is this God who summons us by the star, and so this God must have power even over the gods of the passes. I will think on this some more as we travel.
By mid afternoon they had come upon Comfort Station where they had hoped to be the previous night, but they had no need for a rest now, much less a campsite, so they pressed on. The snow continued to fall and there were several inches throughout the pass that stayed with them as they descended into the Vale of Narthex. By evening the sky began to clear and the snow abated as they reached the Pool of New Birth in the center of the vale, where they made camp. It was considerably warmer near the pool, with only a dusting of snow for hundreds of yards in all directions. They ate supper and turned in for the night.
Balthazar: This is more than a coincidence now. Every time a door is left a jar we are able to get through because the door is also slightly open. And Every time we encounter a door that hasn’t been left a jar, we are unable to pass through.
Melchior: Perhaps there is some magic in the jars?
Balthazar: Or perhaps the gods of these places require them as offerings in order to allow travellers through.
Caspar: Perhaps. But in a way this is what our whole journey is about. We are going to meet the one who is born the King of the Judeans. But as we were talking the other night, it has also to do with the Judean God, who is also somehow more than the God of the Judeans. It is this God who summons us by the star, and so this God must have power even over the gods of the passes. I will think on this some more as we travel.
By mid afternoon they had come upon Comfort Station where they had hoped to be the previous night, but they had no need for a rest now, much less a campsite, so they pressed on. The snow continued to fall and there were several inches throughout the pass that stayed with them as they descended into the Vale of Narthex. By evening the sky began to clear and the snow abated as they reached the Pool of New Birth in the center of the vale, where they made camp. It was considerably warmer near the pool, with only a dusting of snow for hundreds of yards in all directions. They ate supper and turned in for the night.
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