[Sur'Kesh] Long Lost Painting Unexpectedly Rediscovered.

[Sur'Kesh] Long Lost Painting Unexpectedly Rediscovered.

Entish. 1030 local time.

During the debris removal efforts from the K'tovash Museum of Salarian History, workers came across a startling discovery when opening one of the destroyed building's archive vaults. Forgotten in between dusty shelves of ancient pottery fragments and scrolls from the salarian homeworld, laid a old tightly sealed frame case, containing a valuable lost artifact of salarian culture, believed to be lost for centuries.

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'The Dalatrass' is thought to be amongst the first paintings created during the early Ulaz period, effectively making it one of the most ancient works of art of its kind. Painted by an unnamed artist from the city of Jorrat, 'The Dalatrass' passed through many hands in the centuries that followed. Its possession was handed over from clan to clan dozens of time, either as a trophy, a part of a contract or a gift of trust. It was presumed lost for more than a millennium after a fire that destroyed the Talat Gallery where it was last seen to be kept in. It is currently unknown how long the painting has been in K'tovash or how it got there but scientists are examining the museum's surviving archives as well as the specimen itself.

"We were just going through and examining all the artifact that we managed to save from the museum when my team came across this rather odd case. When we opened it in the lab for inspection... not one of us could believe what they were seeing!
We are pleased to say that 'The Dalatrass' is in a surprisingly good condition for its age. At this moment we are trying to determine the painting's whereabouts for the past few centuries but we haven't come any closer to an answer yet. Nevertheless, the investigation will continue!" Stated Mallon Driiks, chief scientist of the team responsible for the recovery of all the cultural artifacts stored in the now destroyed city of Entish.

Many more have stressed the importance of this discovery while, at the same time, expressing disbelief. "It is a bit baffling to discover that all this time, 'The Dalatrass' might have quite possibly be just under our horns!" Says Anlon Haagan, a celebrated archaeologist. "Nonetheless, Sur'Kesh is going through a most tragic and painful period at the moment. This fortunate finding will surely be a valuable morale booster for our people." He adds.

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It's a wonderful comfort to those who have lost entire families at Entish that their deaths have allowed a few museum men to find a bloody painting.

A painting won't bring my brother back. Seriously, is this what they're reporting on now?

I guess you've gotta seize the bright spots when they pop up.

And that painting certainly is...bright.

Looks like.

In other words, business as usual.

Apparently a painting that looks like a palette got drunk off primaries and vomited all over the canvas does not, in fact, do wonders for morale.

I hate to say it, but of the Ulaz period works I've seen in my life...


I understand the significance but...


Can't say it's my preference.

I'm not trying to make less of the deaths at Entish, but people do find morale in some of the most surprising places. A painting like this might not mean something to you, but it will mean something to other people. Maybe it will remind them of shared Salarian culture, or just the hope that even the lost can be found. Screaming about how this somehow doesn't matter really overlooks the fact that it does matter. People especially after disaster want a piece of their lives to be normal. They want to hold onto connections that they had before.

When I was with the Lifebearers there was a family on one mission that was overjoyed to find that, when they were able to return to their home (which had been mostly demolished), their bathroom sink and mirror were still intact. I really don't know why it mattered to them, but there's no way their happiness was faked.

So what I'm saying is just because you don't like the painting doesn't mean that it's not going to mean anything to anyone.

I like it. Looks trippy. Not like the boring shit people fawn over from earth.

Too many bright colors. Ew.

Maybe that's just me being a turian though

Well... I suppose I can at least appreciate the irony in such an image being uncovered by efforts to undermine the Dalatrass' rule.

You see what happens when you leave a preem-o scrapping site early? This shit. No doubt in my mind that if I had stayed a week later, I'd have that thing hanging up in my cabin.

Every survivor pulled from the rubble is a victory, even the ones that are just paintings. And that really is lovely. Like comfort expressed through colour.

I...I know it doesn't really mean much but I'm with Ms. T'Nara here. I mean it's not a huge thing to me personally I suppose but (copying again) I like what Mr. Illum said about it. It was very nice (nicer than the painting itself really).

This all meant something to someone and it was one more thing that wasn't lost in Entish.

It's a little victory there.

What puzzles me the most is how much the salarians seem to sentimentally value this discovery. Their people never struck me as the ones that would cherish their past and heritage through old trinkets and artifacts like the humans or asari do. They always seemed to be the type of species that would continuously look forward and strive for swift advances.

Nevertheless I have to agree that even a small find like this one can indeed be a valuable source of hope. All sapient beings can draw strength from anything in difficult times.

As far as the painting itself is concerned, I have to say that, aside from beautiful, it looks pretty advanced for an Ulaz period artifact. The people of the Ulaz period mostly focused on textile art and decoration of pottery, utensils and even tools. Murals were considered a higher and more spiritual form of art but the techniques and even the material used in The Dalatrass look much more advanced. Whoever created it was a genius for his time. This painting practically set a brand new standard for generations upon generations of paintings that followed. Many imitations of the painting exist but nobody has managed to capture the depth of the landscape or the emotion on the salarian figure. Truly amazing... I am impressed to see how remarkably well it has been preserved.

I apologize for waxing poetic, but to look towards the future, it is important to remember the past.

The arts and culture must be preserved if you want your species to keep its soul.

Pleasant surprise: For once, you have shown some degree of wisdom, quarian.

You are of course quite correct.

Art and culture are the only thing that give me any sort of hope for organic society.

If I were to pick out something that represented how no matter the odds your people can persevere through even the greatest tragedies




I wouldn't pick something that looked so goddamn HILARIOUS.