in the language i am writing
your name means "gratitude,
thanks, gratefulness.
generosity, kindness, compassion."
and whenever those who speak this tongue
say thank you
it is your name
they breathe.
Enodia is the setting of an in-the-works epic fantasy series; a world separated into two halves by the Great Desert that spans the entire equator, that no being, living or dead, spirit or not, has ever crossed. Two moons sit in its night skies. Sprites move between the realms of the physical and the magical. The Deephollows sit far below the surface of the planet, filled with ancient beasts and long lost secrets.
So! In an effort to be more organized and for ease of sharing information with my friends, I've decided to share workings on Enodia and the stories that'll take place there on this blog.
What might you find here?
Worldbuilding on the southern hemisphere of Enodia; about the humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and spirits that inhabit this place
The elfaeden conlang I'm working on
Information or ideas about the story tentatively titled "What Returns"
Wild ramblings about all of the above
Tag Masterlist
#world of enodia -> basically everything about the setting & the story
#what returns -> story-related posts
#enodia geography -> stuff about, well, geography. maps, maybe
#humankind -> stuff about the human race on Enodia
#elfaeden -> stuff about the setting's elves
#dwarves -> general stuff about the setting's dwarves
#orcfolk -> stuff about the orcs of the world
#pauldrani -> stuff about the pauldrani race. (pangolinfolk of the desert)
#soulspirits -> stuff about the souls (tiny sprites) and spirits that inhabit Enodia
#magic on enodia -> magic info
#conlang -> at the moment, only Elfaeden conlang stuff; maybe more in the future
Ay more elfen language things! Influenced heavily by elvish in Dragon Age (and Fenxshiral's Project Elvhen.)
-an/-aan -> plural, akin to english '-s.'
Indicates More/Greater Intensity
-la/-ala -> many, most, best; big, large, high number
-el -> more; used mostly with adjectives or adverbs.
on = good; on'el = better / ros = pink; rosel = pinker
-en -> many, plural, multiple
-s -> plural, many; suffix borrowed from the common tongue
-is -> plural, intensity: more, forever; an uncountable number. Sometimes means infinite, sometimes doesn't; just a very high number. ex: rahn = thing; rahnis = everything; lit "things uncountable." Usually only used for things that could be counted.
-ir -> very, much, a lot of. Is a general affix as well as a word on it's own.
Creating Nouns
-athe -> creates nouns from other nouns, adverbs, or adjectives. means 'the physical manifestation of.' or 'embodies.' ex: dead (noun) from dead (adjective); fearful (noun) from fearful (adjective) or fear (noun.)
-the -> added to verbs to create a noun meaning 'the action of the verb.' ex: rejection, connection, comparison
-ast/-st -> creates nouns meaning 'the action of' for verbs that end in -th, -tha, or -the.
-os -> creates an abstract noun from an adjective or participle; denoting quality of or state. Similar to english "-ness."
-sh/-sha -> creates a physical or abstract noun meaning 'product of' or 'variation of' a verb. ex: varasha (departure) from vara (to leave, to depart)
-un -> creates a noun from a verb or adjective meaning 'physical manifestation of' or 'having the quality of.' ex: thanun (use, purpose) from thana (to use)
-ast/-st -> creates nouns meaning 'the action of' for verbs that end in -th or -tha.
-elan -> creates an agent noun from a verb (or another noun); like "-er" in english. Ex: turns dara (to go, to travel) into darelan (traveler.)
Creating Adverbs & Adjectives
-ast/-st -> created adj/adv from nouns, verbs, or other adj/adv; meaning 'characterized by' or 'inclined to.' Sort of like '-y' in english.
-ne -> creates an adj/adv from a noun, meaning 'characteristic of' or 'inclined to.' ex: niane (open, empty) from nian (opening; hole)
-or -> creates an adj/adv meaning 'of', 'after the manner of', 'belonging to', or 'like, or inclined to.' Similar to english '-ish'.
-sha/-asha -> creates adj/adv from nouns, verbs, or other adj/adv, meaning 'characterized by' or 'inclined to.'
Diminutives
-ain -> meaning a childlike version; smaller, or cute
-u -> short, singular, small; alone, isolated. ex: mis (blade) and misu (dagger); or mad (dog) and madu (puppy)
Elfaeden Greetings & Farewells
Key: "[elfen]." / [translation]; [literal translation] / F (formal) or Inf (informal)
Simple Greetings
- "Vhallas." / hello, greetings, salutations / f & inf
- "Vhal!" / hi, hey, hello; shortened from Vhallas. / inf
- "Arian." / Blessings / f & inf; more formal though
Simple Farewells
- "Dar'eth." / Goodbye; go safely / f & inf
- "On'varal." / Goodbye; good leaving. / f
- "Vedaran." / Come again; return. / inf
Greeting Phrases
- "Ethas'an'em." / welcome to my home; my home is safe. / f & inf
- "Dian i'na." / Gods/creators be with you. / f & inf; more formal
- "Na'daran alm'ahn." / Welcome to this place; the place you go is safe. / f
- "Arian sule'na." / Blessings unto you. / f
- "Lashan son'a." / Hope you are well. / f
- "Dé tel'na?" / How was the journey?; what have you left behind? / f & inf
- "Hav ea?" / How be?; how are you? / f & inf
- "Hav'a?" / How be?; how are you? shortened form / inf
- "Ev on?" / All is well?; everything good? / inf
- "Na'umal?" / How are you?; what has you? / f & inf
- "Na'ma?" / What's up?; shortened from "na'umal?" / inf
Farewell Phrases
- "Dar'eth daras." / Goodbye; go safely on your journey. / f
- "On daras." / Goodbye, go safely; good journey. / f & inf; more inf
- "Dian yasha na." / Gods protect you. / f
- "Dar'alma." / Go in peace. f
- "Sule satel'solahn." / Until we meet again; until the next meeting. / f & inf
when w. h. auden said “evil is unspectacular and always human” and ursula k. leguin said “this is the great treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain”
when toni morrison said “i just think goodness is more interesting. evil is constant. you can think of different ways to murder people, but you can do that at age five. but you have to be an adult to consciously, deliberately be good – and that’s complicated.”
when simone weil said “imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
when hannah arendt said “good can be radical; evil can never be radical, it can only be extreme, for it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension yet - and this is its horror - it can spread like a fungus over the surface of the earth and lay waste the entire world. evil comes from a failure to think. it defies thought, for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises and principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. that is the banality of evil.”
when t.s. elliot said “this is the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends, this is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper”
Lang Leav, Soul Mates / Emery Allen, Become / Dacia Maraini, Dreams of Clytemnestra / Audre Lorde, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name / Marina Tsvetaeva, “No one has taken anything away” / Dave Malloy, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
neil hilborn // miranda july // @orpheuslament // aaron o’hanlon // natalie wee “least of all” // @fridayiminlovemp3 // maria petrovykh “love me. i am pitch black” // “the seven husbands of evelyn hugo” // sylvia plath “johnny panic & the bible of dreams” // sue zhao // virginia woolf from a letter to katherine mansfield // trista mateer
the universe exists as many times as there are people who have ever lived in it. it's just. insane to think about. the world that i experience is mine and the world that you experience is yours and they're similar but never the same. all relationships, all homes, all pains and joys, everything that makes a person's existence, is unique to them.
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