Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told

✵They/Them✵ ✦ Lore/Theorycrafting Blog for the actual play show Of Fate and Balance ✦

[fallenxfaith]

damn Grandma said oh your magic made my daughter faint? Damn, I'm just built better

[fallenxfaith]

ruthie and granny aroth bonding so that she can have a good relationship with her in-laws

[skuzzbucket1]

So what’s the deal with “blessings onto you” “and you as well” ????????? Is that just a thing people say??? No way right?!

[fallenxfaith]

"mind if I pull her for a chat rq" like it's the fucking bachelor

[lunchbunchproductions]

New episode of Of Fate and Balance releasing Saturday, March 22 at 5:00ct/6:00et. Tune in!

[hangedinthebalance]

What’s ur current theory for the situation with Ruthie’s girlfriend??? And what do you think abt the aeroth family???

I think it's hard to say anything definitive this early into season 2 and based on only the brief mention in this first episode, but I definitely have some theories.

Ruthie's girlfriend has to be some sort of divine entity, She just hasn't interacted with the material plane directly enough, even before she fell, So of course the obvious answer is Rua, but Wiley and Glow have shown that Rua and Ruthie have never had that sort of relationship, so that means it's another god.

Of the rest of the Mesavan pantheon, I think the most likely answer is Nyssa, It sounds kinda random but think about it, why would Ruthie land in Thrallia in s1e1? Rua wouldn't send them there, Rua would send them to the mainland where they could become the devil Lazaruth. But Nyssa had a shelter, a place where she could send her girlfriend to make sure she had the chance to recover.

I think that's also probably why the cult of Rua attacked Thrallia first, Rua wanted to punish Nyssa for helping her girlfriend and also then use the destruction and blame it on Lazaruth.

As for the House of Aeroth, I'll be able to do more than just speculate later in s2 when the party reaches Mirailo, but for now I think it's safe to say that the single oldest and most powerful noble house we know of, a house so powerful they shielded an entire city from being touched by the crusades, and whose members are all massively influential figures in the church and state of Mesava, are probably not quite as sunshine and rainbows as they'd like everyone to believe.

[hangedinthebalance]

I'd actually argue the opposite! Mesava is an extremely theocratic society, no debate there, but I think that's exactly why they can get away with so much, like short of the Divine of Rua themself house aeroth is arguably the most significant and powerful religious institution on the continent.

I'd wager most of the Mirailo arc this season is spent revealing exactly how much the house of Aeroth can get away with and has been getting away with since the crusades.

[sewer-sermon]

tfw you visibly base your entire identity around One Specific Character Or Thing so that whenever it gets brought up (or left out) of a conversation you look like this pointing it out

[transmechanicus]

Divine beings associated with large scale organized religions are arguably the most divorced from the needs of their worshipers. When you have the prayers of billions being offered in your name, over an extremely diverse range of sects and sub-cults, the entity is actively disincentivized from taking action that might alienate any one group. In fact, once a divinity passes a certain threshold of worshipers, generational momentum is typically sufficient to satisfy its needs with little if any effort to assist its faithful either personally or collectively. At this point the divinity has become irreversibly parasitic, and any individual looking for a healthy or balanced relationship with a higher power would be better served instantiating one personally, and cultivating it in privacy. This directly ties the divinity's worship and sustenance to the welfare and devotion of the single individual, strongly incentivizing a symbiotic relationship with active participation from both parties. In this essay I will-

[fallenxfaith]

Look I know not everything is about ofab but...

[hangedinthebalance]

wait ok so i might be a little bit in a craze rn but like what do you think about acera and arawn ?? like they both like plants and their asthetics seem super close to each other and combining them could be super cool. do you think theres any evidence to support it ? thank you !

I usually try my best to stay neutral in most of the shipping discourse so don't consider this me definitively stating my allegiance one way or another, but, here we go:

I think there is some evidence for it, not nearly as much fodder as fallenxfaith or most of the other big name ships. Mostly because of the way Rex plays Arawn, they tend to more hang on the fringes of the scene while Acera tends to be more front and center so they haven't spent too much time together one on one.

but like back in the season 1 finale in the garden, when Acera brought life back to the island, that was canonically the first time Arawn smiled, and he smiled AT Acera, plus he wove her flowers in his hair. Also he left her a note on the mast of the ship and we don't know what he said in that yet! it could be anything!

[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[zacsoyama]

[skuzzbucket1]

Spade when she revealed the missing sister to the table….

[skuzzbucket1]

Hey what does each of the gods represent??? I can’t remember and the fandom wiki is down. Can someone plz explain what each of them stands for…

[hangedinthebalance]

sure! here's a quick rundown of the Mesavan Pantheon:

Rua is the head of the Pantheon, their primary aspect is balance, but they're also the god of judgement, duty, all those sorts of things you'd expect from the leader of the gods

Nyssa is the god of rest, and also mental healing, growth, hope, and darkness.

Lisha is the god of shadows and light, night, empty spaces, thievery, and secrets.

Lev is the god of love, family, interpersonal relationships, and also war.

Kalama is the god of passion, impersonal love, and the sun.

Kyana is the god of health, fitness, and pestilence.

Kymani is the god of travel, movement, souls, and safety from unknown hazards.

Mirai is the god of children, the future, emotional protection, joy, and rebellion.

Ellowyn is the god of creation, imagination, hallucinations, and insanity.

Almos is the god of excess, wealth, food, sleep, and death.

Fola is the god of worth, competition, pride, glory, and physical appearance.

[hangedinthebalance]

What’s ur current theory for the situation with Ruthie’s girlfriend??? And what do you think abt the aeroth family???

I think it's hard to say anything definitive this early into season 2 and based on only the brief mention in this first episode, but I definitely have some theories.

Ruthie's girlfriend has to be some sort of divine entity, She just hasn't interacted with the material plane directly enough, even before she fell, So of course the obvious answer is Rua, but Wiley and Glow have shown that Rua and Ruthie have never had that sort of relationship, so that means it's another god.

Of the rest of the Mesavan pantheon, I think the most likely answer is Nyssa, It sounds kinda random but think about it, why would Ruthie land in Thrallia in s1e1? Rua wouldn't send them there, Rua would send them to the mainland where they could become the devil Lazaruth. But Nyssa had a shelter, a place where she could send her girlfriend to make sure she had the chance to recover.

I think that's also probably why the cult of Rua attacked Thrallia first, Rua wanted to punish Nyssa for helping her girlfriend and also then use the destruction and blame it on Lazaruth.

As for the House of Aeroth, I'll be able to do more than just speculate later in s2 when the party reaches Mirailo, but for now I think it's safe to say that the single oldest and most powerful noble house we know of, a house so powerful they shielded an entire city from being touched by the crusades, and whose members are all massively influential figures in the church and state of Mesava, are probably not quite as sunshine and rainbows as they'd like everyone to believe.