I Offer This Only to the Void and the People on the Way Down

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The Relief of Faye in the West Hills

The stone relief of Faye in the hills near (????) is a clear Elfin figure, with long windswept hair. She has antlers and what appears to be the Sun behind her. A third eye is above her brow.

These are known features of Sigg further east, but the relief is known to be of Faye.

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Okay so here's a fun conception of the Faye and Fearful Worlds according to the Prototype of theory. The Hoax of X is going to appear as a prototype of X, very unfocused unless taken as a Gestalt. with its features shifting and fading to avoid any notable adjectival variation. This lack of definition is why it is hard for mortals to exist there without changing or going mad. I suppose the same could be said for any Outer World

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Wispflies have a (dangerous?) evolutionary history. It's presumed that, as no living matter really exists in the ethereal plane, small populations of flies would only largely subsist on what else stumbled in and died, or were tracked in by said creatures. Little is understood about how real beings adapt to magical environments, but we know wispflies have 2 important adaptations

When food isn't present, the swarm will evaporate into [Wist], only to reconsolidate when survival is possible

I think the second adaptation was going to be LIVE carnivorism, as opposed the usual scavenging of flies.

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The Piingnglhuslin (Piingnglhusun)

Okay trying to type that out without special characters was rough <pinginghloslin, -un

The Pinglhuslin (Piinglhusun) are a large family who live in Lower Rigly, a "fallen branch", famed for their genius in designing traps and long employed by Rigglewanklet UNTIL Rick was able to train his own trapmakers. This move coincided with the "branch breaking", fancy that.

The matriarch (lavlat?) is nearly as old as Rick, and very few are. Her name is Sahlubyet (Sahlubyit), though it was a name taken to mimic other bosses and boss-types. Her successor would be her sister's son is next-oldest [sic]. She is not an Igglehog, but very well could be with the depth of knowledge she has + imparts to her family.

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Cell 1923

The woods making up the North of Senn Akoustus + most of the Luffordry marked /Aeselia/ at the edge of the Bloor river basin + taking up the lower slope up to the Hills are home to several groups

-It would have first been peopled by stray (exiled, escaped?) W. Ernie groups and EARLY groups at that. Very few. -It is unclear the timeline of Hobgob, Guvlin, and Bugbear arrival. Such a point of contention historically that the area would host a lot of fighting at times -BUT then Hobgob groups would move NW around the river and many 2nd Bo (Speech Game) groups would scatter -Those that stayed behind called themselves Pangtgobn or Gobn-pangt or ????

There was a lot of franticness and in-fighting in the area and especially when Ernies start coming down out of the Hills, these wogon get pretty hostile

As Ewts moved up the Bloor and Hobgobs pulled Westward, it was easy for Ernies and Ewts to meet and form a wedge. Before long these woods in particular are subjects-ish of local Ernie/Ewt (Fore-Pelishon) powers on the forefront of Bigly violence.

Perhaps the woods were once much wider.

As an important land route, Le Pelishum tried its best to keep the area under its thumb. The rest of history should match up with pre-established lore. Somewhere in there is the Great Pour. When given luffordhood, was it to Archie ethlings from the coast? Kind of want to leave the details empty for now

In any case, the Gom _____ (?) are as long-standing as the Paupuroati and they aren't happy!

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Tunglebeer and the Night Sea

One may sail through Tunglebeer, upon ithes of blue, purple, and green. Easter still from Easlook, which the Archies call Thalasse, so far from Earth as to not see Her, if one may sail toward the Dawnstar, the snout of the Great Wolf(?), one may find afloat the sea a shinesome cavern with a dark mouth beyond which Naught can be seen. Upon its banks, a green moss grows that draws a bright white fowl to eat it, and when they have their fill they sing all the same galder song (galdry? galdersome?) - wordless, vast, and rolling. Within this mouth, the songs cease for a long inksome way before at last coming out to those huesome waters among the sundry stars. These waters are vast, and all who sink beneath it do not return. We ourslves did not go further, lest we lose our way.

After news of Restemish sails that took the long foot of the Big Rigly reaches Easlook, two betrothed ethlings - an Elf and an Archie - decide to fund expeditions to across its own sea based on whatever lore and wisdom they can gather. 3 ships are chartered, the plan being to leave with their whole house to some new world and escape the instability of Thriggwig. -One, set out to the Sun at its Dawn. Never returned. -Another, set out whither the High Hunter shoots their arrows. Never returned. -The aforementioned voyage to the Dawnstar at the horizon, which returned.

Winston (the Elfin ethling) and Mides (the Archie ethling), both partners by wedding The mothers of their children, an Elf (in play a rogue mastermind) and an Orkoi (in play a Cleric of undecided affiliation) Their children, an Elf (Him 14) // an Archie (Her 10, in play a warlock) // an Archie (Her, 7) // an Elf (2, in play a sorceror) Lunk, the House Warden Bugbear (in play a fighter) and 10 Hiltwolves (2 Elfs, 3 Ernie, 4 Archies, 1 Yuman) Soup (in play a bard), a Guvlin singer who found favor w/ W+M 6 pigs, 4 goats, 8 doves 2 Guvlin pig hands 2 Orkoi goatheards and their child (3) 1 Archie dove hands (in play perhaps a Druid) A whole lotta root veggies Building materials 1 Yuman Woodie and their yuman Wife

When the season arrives, this home will set out toward the Dawnstar at the end of sight. After 3 nights on the water, the singing is heard and the Boat comes upon the cavern. The dovehands asks leave to catch and keep two of these birds. Several warn against it, but W+M and the Elfwife give their leave. 2 shimmerdoves join the house Once in, some more devout Hiltwolves want to give bloot to Sun as they are used to doing before embarking on perilous journeys, but M+W say NOPE bc they're pissed at the Sun King for everything in the wake of ~Those Magic Changes~ following Starfall, Moonfall, etc. There are grumblings, but they carry on. The Archie daughter falls overboard while playing, and W+M concede to a bloot to the Sun, though they stray from the known words and instead give it in bede to a "Light to find way through the shadow" or something similar. Then they mourn. Upon exit from the cavern, the daughter is found sitting safe upon a rock, her face perpetually flickering with shadow as a sign of their pact with some unknown Thing.

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Places and Encounters on the Night Sea + An open island spotted with pools containing shining clumps of eggs and looked over by Hammerhead spirits +Scattered towers (# of stars with a visible twinkle?) from which one can find what they seek +The House of Mides, on the Aye of Mides, and here perhaps they can find Astralcrops with some benefit

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Notes Transfer - The Journey of the Guvlin Language

Okay, first let’s look reaaaal early

1) Step 1 Guvlin, or First Bo Guvlin, refers to the languages and cultures in the wetlands directly beside the Brokebacks, or is used to contrast with those that remained along its base or even inside the mountains (Reeling and Deep Reeling). Long after The First Great Flood and the flooding that followed, Guvlins from the base of the Brokebacks who had successfully adapted to life in the wetlands struck out quickly, utilizing the bo-system (an innovation that would eventually become Pan-Gobbish). We know Guvlin felt particularly safer in the wetlands than among trees, as the later Telmatic expansion “marsh-hopped” across the continent. This first Step likely halted as the land rose and trees grew close. The woods of nowadays Hobbywood would have likely been popular by Guvlin outcasts - odd social orginizations, cults, exiles, etc **it’s looking like the “goblionoid languages” (developed for large scale popular movements and efforts?) are truly Guvlin in origin. I will (duh) have to keep an eye out for native Hobgob, Bugbear, and Quaggoth words and concepts (and Reeling, etc. You’ll see)

*Common Gobbish Social feature - Packs!  Telmatic Guvlin were hunters (nge-) of different animals. Fishers - *bllsnge-. Gatherers of toads, snails, berries,  would become “gatherers”/”herders” (tonge-) as such. “Game” hunters would become domesticators - namely of rodents (donge?, tange?)

The Step 1 Guvlin saw the first *wobon, or maybe *wogobon? They coalesced under *bos-lat, local bosses. This would be while Fire Giants are just about to start their blitz from their colonies. This First Wog would *bo (spill out, pour) up to the tree’d lands (see above)

2) *Urgurslat welcomes Guvlin into the NON-PURPLE trees, in the guise of hoaxes, promising them safety and aiding in their advisement as they spread around Paupuroats. They’d likely be warned against moving North or past the Bloor. 

3) Desperate Hobgobs and Expressive Bugbears converge in the trees of the area between Aeselia, Eddison, Hills, and the Runst, along with the Guvlin. Perhaps at first it is truly a meeting of individuals, as all three groups would have cause to keep away from the area. All three groups had some need or fixation on language, communication and order, etc, and famously bonded for…. The Great Speech Game, or Shared Speech Game

Whatever individual meeting occurred was eventually parlayed into the First Gob(k) - a meeting of small groups of Hobgobs, Bugbears, Guvlin (Quaggoth?) to facilitate a mass language lesson. 

Use of the language spread likea trend, with even 1st Bo Guvlin sending their igglk to learn it and bring it back. Hobgobs and Bugbear toured as part of a cultic movement of [gobhood] and picked up tool making and the Guvlin’s rudimentary craft/engineering, and hosting loud [debates?] eading to the prevalence of the honorific -lin and the phrase *gob-lin. Hobgob and Bugbear waybounds got to see the Bo-system in action among the 1st Bo Guvlin, and they took it with them north to their kind

4) The Second Great Bo - The more stasble, close-by, Fore-Urgurslin Guvlin groups (who provided a large bulk of the language structure anyway) eagerly reinvigorated the bo-system to move NE w/ Bugbear fellowship and blessing. Its beginning can be reconstructed as a Wave of Psychic Events and one distinct wonder, both likely by the figure Arsh. So-attuned influential individuals were given visions and dreams across all three kinds, and Urgrrslat cast a HUGE image in the sky to affirm: The Purple Woods were off-limits, change was coming ,etc. This wonder also influenced *Trogdor in allowing the 1st wave of Ewt migrants

The Hoaxes who spoke for Urgurslat big most Guvlin come into the Woods to join Her in Paupuroats

A few groups of Guvlin would join the Hobgobs in coming together to strike out west, armed with new organization, tools, ornament, to slowly but surely gather opposition to Fire Giant activity

Bugbears and a HUGE coalition of Guvlin groups move NE together and continue marsh-hopping. The Bugbear Cult movement that brought language south continued it North to MOST Bugbear groups.  (Some pre-language game Bugbear groups in the north?)

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ALT NOTES from "Weiburn Gubbish". Doesn't seem to contradict anything.

After the retreat of Treugdeur (:)), Guvlin around the peaks slowly ventured out into the surrounding wetlands, having developed enough collective wisdom to do so effectively. ***Under what circumstances did the bo system develop +An awareness of the River and its patterns, leading to the concept of bo as a pouring over, spilling out, perhaps overfilling. +Scouts or explorers or exiles perhaps

The Falling Branch Theory. As kin system dropped 'big branches' those folk needed to go somewhere SO first big branches "fell" south into Hestaklis and out around the Big Rigly. Perhaps it was this custom that spurred some influential kin-lede to move further into the wetlands, which meant adapting to ever-changing terrain. Why not west question mark

OK, so maybe branches spilled where they could, and the 1st Bo was the first to make the choice to really travel. SO that would give us a clear split b/w Reeling langs and 1st Bo langs

Ghreg-don(g) > Hrig-doñg/t >

So far the oldest Guvlin cultural element I can "reconstruct" is how kin worked

In a family tree, when the oldest node passes the next oldest person is the top node. Any sister nodes to this lede that pass "drop" their branches beneath them. Does this work Maybe this group is the kag, if a ka is a reaching out Could make sense re: examples (somewhere) of an older construct state and the prevalence of N-kag. SO likely some big branch fell that had a very smart lede, or likely several, who took their kin out into the wetlands, into the *bog

Did Guvlin believe in a World of Water where land was poured on top based on water doing that to land lends to the [layering of valency (alternating)] <- what did that mean huh

SOOO I could have Weiburn Guvlin be a Reeling group, pushed North by emerging Ewt, rather than a 1st Bo group

*leplls > Ewt *leoporem/lepus *gotoñg (friend, lover) > gotoi~zh > t^hoi~zh with a singular t^hog

t^ho - be close, love

sirod > Let them not, let us not, let me not QUESTION MARK

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Note Transfer - Saucedaley Guvlin

The Saucedaley Guvlin appear at first to be direct descendants of 1st Bo groups (a Fore-Urgrslin cousin) but the history of the Kingdom Amann must be taken into account. Some Fore-Urgrs groups would have not followed Arsh and instead moved East + West, eventually running into Yuman pilgrims and then visited by Yuman expansion. I like the idea (if it doesn’t compete with anything pre-established) that there was a larger Guvlin power at some point, though it fell to the Yuman kingdom

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Playtest Team - Lorr's Waybound

Lorr's Waybound are Lorr's agents among Soulish Things, plucked from the Weird of the World typically by meeting two major conditions: 1) They would have otherwise been so physically obliterated or lost as to have lost effect on what Weird would be woven next. 2) Their soul was given in bede to Lorr, or Truth, Knowledge, some tenant of Lorr, OR they had somehow been connected to some Trothstar (whatever the fuck that is!). After Moonfall, it would become a duty of Lorr's Waybound to recruit souls upon their arrival to the Soulish Worlds.

+Valjtéñ (<Valentino?), The Wild Bluen, was one of the children of the [Blue Dragon], the youngest of the generations whose magic had been limited until said dragon blessed them with greater galder strength. As such (he?) saw the whole shift in attitude in the 2 generations that followed, their rebellion, and their destruction. Distraught, alone, Valjten lamented the quest for knowledge and its grief as he threw himself into the Sea. He awaoke to Lorr's Halls and eagerly bought into the mission statement. (WHat? Why would he??)

+(Raspberry Lip-Pop) is a Fishfolk (goldish) made LONG ago, like in the Hagglewoss Tide. BAD memory. Can understand Speech but cannot Speak. They have been sworn to Lorr's Hall the longest. In play, a Paladin of the Watchers.

+Scriggles 1 (Hush) and Scriggles 2 (Rede) were two of the earliest Scriggles of the Heavenly Hoff after the Monsbert (?) revolts, children of traitors. Raised without tongues, these two in particular were instrumental in the Scriggle revolts following. 1 even took up arms (Rune Knight) - something that would thereafter be forbidden. They brought Early Thrigwegian Handtalk to Lorr's Halls. They call themselves 'brothers', and notably 1 is Early Mensch Yuman and 2 is Hobgob. They still do not speak aloud.

+The last addition before Starfall is a recent one. (Santod?) The Satinghlat of [Riggle Wanklet?? hahaha] before the nowadays-one came into the position. She was outspoken against Rick Lubey's campaigns to tie themselves to Thriggwig and was notably against the idea of the *Wogon-wontod, or the One (Gathered) Wug. She argued that the diversity of the Wobod (?) was its strength and that no light may be bright enough that it alone shows all". The stance would become more and more unpopular as the Guvlin of Riggle Wanklet came to experience the material perks of the movements. Not too long before First Starfall, she was found fallen from the peak. An unknown assassin had thrown her from her seat and as she fell she begged out to [Mangsanjlat?] that the Truth not be fogotten.

I got as far as deciding on a level 5 boss, an assassin sent by a Silver Dragon I'm sure I was setting up as some sort of Big Bad. A Soul Knife (or would-be Soul Knife)

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Notes Transfer - Guvlin Culture in Rigluanklat @TOP

The story I was going to examine here was that of Rick Lubey’s death and how it affects the area. I was scrolling through the book prompts and chose “Fall of a leader, end of an era”, even though this happened in a player campaign.  Rick Lubey is definitely a name I’d have to change if I ever wanted to do something with any of this, but it is taken from Riglubiyet which I think was originally a play off Maglubiyet and T B H formed a huge chunk of the core vocabulary of goblinloid languages I’ve been making so...that’ll have to be handled eventually.

Anywho, an examination ensued of Cuvlin culture as it stands at Rigluanklat (Riggle Wanklet :) )

-The concept of the *higglk is likely Guvlin in origin, perhaps an adoption of some Bugbear sensibility or custom. Either way, the pillar of community that is the *higglk(kag) has precedent to be changed in Reeling culture -We know that Guvlin in the area have long valued art and creation -Nowadays Riggle Wanklet puts a lot of value on what they produce that neighbors want -Giving gifts of symbolic significance to Hoaxes and gods -I think behind the nowadays Urgurslin movement I had written in some concept of Pan-Guvlin reuinification or something similar. So perhaps some influential Reeling *higglk developed the concept of the *wowog or maybe *wowon, the All-Wug :) -*bibog or *bobog -> How would establishing a huge civ on the tallest mountain change leif and lore? -Rats as loving, cuddly pets - Isugbiyet -Longer, more convoluted naming conventions? -Perhaps a developed attitude toward Life and “freedom” as NO fear of predators? -The concept that upon death the soul is picked apart (as bodies are), and contributes to the Souls of other Hoaxes and such -Perhaps the concept of *krrs as a “summoned” creature is absent in Reeling Guvlin, and continues as a wild animal? -Attitudes around fruit - it’s GODLIKE! -Hrig,Srig, Rig as Mythic Founder -*ha(m)keg as creature hunted to extinction by dragons and Guvlin -Group! Magic!

Agriculture would eventually take root (:)) once the Reeling understood what and how to grow in mountain soil It was during this transitionary period that Guvlin *higglk circulated the concept of from one, many the idea that even just one successful seed would yield many if properly tended, and that this concept could be applied to all things In popular Reeling thought, this leads to the figure of *Hrig. Originally a name for the Big Rigly peak, devised in the Great Language Game and filtering over to the Reeling themselves. WHAT is the displaced word? Is it still around? After the growth of this from-one-many idea, Rig would become the First Guvlin, and perhaps the First Gob (at different times or places). 

The founding of *Rigluank-lat shows not only the start of something resembling veneration but also a lingusitc trend of dedication to Rig. Perhaps the deification would be aided by Heavenly Hoff influence. Maybe the Hoff even deified Rig officially. The trend of referring to oneself as “your lower” (ig-lu-biyet) would converge with this naming convention for a very popular pattern lasting p much until Rick Lubey arrives on the scene (as he encouraged some degree of Thrigwigization)

Is Rick’s home’s story one about deification and perversion of an image of a beloved leader? Is the Thrigwiggized name going to be Riggle Wanklet? (Looks like it) How does the rest of Easter view Big Rigly and the Mountains?

Known Hoaxes of the Rigly Guvlin

*Rig - Riyeg, Riyig, Rihlat, etc. The High Hoax of the Tallest Peak, or the First Gub

*Ngis - Ngiyes, Ngiyis, -lat, etc) The High Hoax of Hunters, and at this current moment seen as the First Hobgob

*Urgurs 

HOW did the Guvlin experience *Trogdor? Presumably she stayed deep in the Brokebacks, even as Ewtfolk and Beekers went their own ways. -Deep Reeling Guvlin would have likely run into them first, Fore-beekers or Fore-Lizarde, as they moved deeper -Deep Reeling Guvlin would not have been able to move deeper until Agriculture -Language Crossing - Fore-Beeker, Fore-Lizarde + Fore Deep Reeling?      -’talon’ > talo-n “footsteps”?

So WHAT is the organization of Guvlin society @TOP? A continuation of the BO system (bos/wog). The *bos instructs the *wog on where to move, where to live, and takes on different responsibilities at different times and places

In Riggle Wanklet, the *bos is nominated and chosen from among popular leaders upon the death of the previous, HOWEVER as Rick has p much outlived 2 generations or so, there’s been time to forget and consider something different. It is this question of how to proceed that can become the crux of change in Riggle Wanklet Also there, the Igglin were codified into a priestly class, a function that the Woxrot at HRrAB would eventually emulate. 

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The Widework in Weiborough

The Widework in Weiborough was largely devoted to adorning the borough and rewarding financeers, allowing for the swift rise of the “New Wealth” chaps and culminating in the Thinkhuddle and the “Rising Lufford. (Note: Needs further historial set-up) The Widework’s existence would be unknown to the likes of the Rye Moreen, though the effects of it would reach them in less obvious ways.

Lufford Southnebb takes # stone of each “delivery” and gives it to their own Hoff, stores some as ethling Elfs often do, and gives fee to Sun, Dwillem, and Irmane (A SUPER early move! Very impactful)

# stone is split among Sheriffs, to do with as they will

# stone is given directly to ethling supporters, according to their assistnce with the Front

In (Hobham?) the wealth is divvied out among farming families in order to solidify their power and defense, being vulnerable as they are outside the walls. This creates a first generation of Hobhammish “little ethlings”, some of whom want to play with the bigger players...

Perhaps it is in the wake of the Widework that the Thinkhuddle is formed - a collaborative effort by a younger Herman Wolth to match the power of the Rising Lufford (to-be) Nuweth.

Funds are put toward a “wedding”? Lufford Southnebb is wed to Nuweth’s sister, to be his “husband Lefty” but will in actuality send her Out in his stead, acting himself as “husband” and lending to his nickname: The Sitting Lufford

Large sum of the Widework is given to Hiltwolves for their continued bulwark

The (Godstide)? - a one-time festival dedicatred to all gods. Held in the Eyeswhite, wherein Irmane’s prominence is cemented

Much of the wealth held by the Thinkhuddle is tied up in Reeling Guvlin deals, while Nuweth sticks his hands south and pisses off Hari. Rick Lubey’s wealth-power increases vastly

The First Dwilbert protests? Increase in the name Dwilbert

The Fam’ly D’Boyz uses the power of their connection to the Lefty to contribute to Ethlinghood

[Sothshire] Sheriffship is passed to Hiltwiser near Brokebacks

The Runewives, who had already largely shrunk in local number, focus their attentions to [Starhome] and become p much just a jumping-off point for pilgrims Death of a Lede Runewife? Was it a murder??? (Intro to History-Touch spell)

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notes transfer: Felit’s stay at Weibry

Felit had followed far from Magitilom, stalking slow south through La Gilot and into the lands called Blorut. The length of it was longsome, and lonesome, he aboard a small (???) as his prey laxed themselves aboard a much kinder noose, both drifting into Thrigwegian lands. From there then on down to Blue Rue, and across land to Weibry to where the chaps they were hitched to were bound. Felit found fellowship among the borough’s lowly and addling, if he could call it that. He spake not the tongue, played not the games. Twice it seemed he lost with no good cause, and twice two Elfin lettlies -

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Note Transfer- Shossle

Saxwik, the One who is Glad in Fire, is a Hoax said to possess Gobs when they live up to his name. Truly it could be translated “pyromaniac” as the word is applied to “Saxwik-possessed” Jeimon. Saxwik is seen as the reflection of fire in someone’s eyes, and despite its origins is counted by many among Shossles rather than Hoaxes. 

Saxwik’s Xokonx is in any burning structure or Wood, and it is a door into the World of Fire, wherein Saxwik has his home. Many Souls are lost to Saxwik when he strikes, and these souls become Soulish Fire, sworn to him. 

As far as fiends go, Saxwik is very ambitious and power-thirsty. If he is ever made aware of the possibility of godhood, he will chase it more than anything else.

Saxwik - Firefiend, Ashbeer. A warlock of Saxwik could probs treat him as a Fiend or a Genie. 

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Saxwik spake with soot. “You see now why I am here.” Bern could not give answer, could not croak forth rage.  “Everything you’ve said loud on the chappings place,” said the Shossle, “every oath you swore before others! What did it mean if here you did not take on the deed?” Bern stood at the foot of the Sun, and nothing yet burned. The Fourflat stood high above them, hiding them from that False King Soul. The greatness of this god, their power, it was all Untrue. Bern could show all who see light or feel heat or smell smoke. He could do it now. “You could do it now.” Ashtongue reached for his hand. It burned him, but he could not scream. “Did you believe that I would steal your body? Did you believe that I would burn as I would and leave you without blame? I must be needed. I must be believed in.” Bern eyed the torchlight of the nearby road, lit now to honor Sun in their slumber... “Go on, my child of fire,” said Smokebreath. “Let us reach out as one.”

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The Beginner of Worlds 2

“Where can I escape the madness within me?”  She replied with no knowledge of the girl’s intent. “We can only escape from a place we are in. It must be impossible to escape from without. My sorries for this.” Her sorries, her sorrows.  But perhaps she had been given more than sorries.  “Quite so.” 

And so deeper inside herself she went, so deep as to hear from her cells themselves how she was killing them, so deep as to watch her atoms slowly start to pack their things for their next in a long string of homes. Only here, shrunk so far from her world, from herself, could she have quiet of being, no reminders of the daily tax of staying alive. Living was free here. Free as air, and just as thoughtless to consume. Time was not taut at all hours, but lax and free to tangle without shame.

But she knew she could not return. To do so would mean to say goodbye to her pieces, to face the cries of each block that built her as they crumbled. 

No, here was better.

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Notes Transfer: Old Ookenas and N Hargus lore

In our Worldy, /okeanos/ is the jealous First King of the Waters, who by war and sorcery seeks to take (make?) a throne among the Stars. Perhaps with some variation.

Obvs the biggest story here is The Flood. It’s uncertain how much contact the Hargus had with Bigs, Drakes(?), or Hagglewoss, so it’s unclear what info about its cause, if any, they were privvy to.

Commonalities of the North Hargus Flood myth are -Okeanos either causes, devises, or commands the Flood -Some traitorous Kind is involved -Many new Stars appear -Rivers are “born” -Rebellions, coups, fallen kingdoms, perished heroes -Destruction of some common foe, reconstructed (<gwegwov) -Death of a god, perhaps represented by a sunken city

The Figures of *Okeanos may share these commonalities -The head of some sea creature, usually the largest locally -Seaweed or tentacles for hands or in hand -Old, feeble, or battleworn -Fits of rage; negative disposition toward Land -Wed, or otherwise bound, to ????? (Earth? Wind? I forget) -Enemies with (<*poseidon), god made from water and earth -He is a god (Titan?) and he is huge

The cosmology of the N Hargus should be greatly shrunk down compared to its source material and should see possible influence from -[Hill Bigs], Frogolk, Jabberwock Draconic, Gwegwov -Guvlin, Strm Ernie?, Bugbear?, Beeker, etc

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Notes Transfer: Ewt Goddess of Crossroads

An Ewtfolk godess, perhaps once an epithet for the Mother Herself. For a long time she was confounded with cognate Thriggwig (Trivie) and many Ewt groups saw this coalescing people as worshipping Her. Thus, in few kith groups, we see the Sun become the Goddess of Crossroads. Makes sense. 

Big exceptions would be: -The Lizards, whose original “crossroads” referent is more earthy -??? If the Lizard’s referent is the older one of *trivia, then... -Imagery of Time/Fate as tunnels we have chosen to go down -Goddess of Crossroads = Goddess of “Fate”/Time (ie the one who visits you to let you know what path to take) -Presides over Trade and Treaty (popular shrines; associated rituals)

A common cultural phenomenon is seeing Beekers/Ewts invoke Sun for all deals/public decisions. NOT Lizards, though. -Lizard image of following a path that is beneath the Earth? OR an Earth-form walking this path, trying to direct your feet? -Image of Sun at crossroads/chap sites. (makes sense anyway!) -Thg Trivvy (see below) -Outlander chaps who take on Sun mark find more favor in Thriggwig Praxis -”Do not deal at night” (not abided by everyone) -Show wares/goods/shat to the Sun to ensure the deal is fair. The idea is, I suppose, that if isn’t it’ll RAIN or something -Trivvy-fee, an expected ‘tithe’ to Sun at crossroads -(Lizards) Marking the ground tread by notable figures -Ewtfolk officials will invoke Sun to “shine on their choice of step” when making impactful decisions or passing judgement

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The Whale Tale :)

This was based on an image I saw of a whale emerging from the ocean into the sky and I liked it a lot

There was a bird that grew too big for its wings its wings grew but too slow, too slow and into the sea it fell, crying out to its sisters in Sky for their help but  it grew too big, and sank beneath the ithes, far from the reach of their beaks. But as it grew it thrashed and fought and learned to swim by need and up and up and up it swam until like a mighty peak it rose, over and over and still to this day hopes it will leap and never fall back down