#ar-amu

[mirigold-mayflowers]

Just so we all know, im picturing Ar-Amu as this thing:

Like, if there's ever anything that represents her, it's this thing.

Like, with elements that are ekkreth,

And some that are Leyya

And some that are lukka

And the rest is The Mother.

Head over to @fialleril ‘s page to check the premise out!

[sparksinthenight]

Moonwater

Depur holds the water

Depur holds the water

The Moon, understand

Oh it’s in Depur’s hands

For Depur holds the water

———

Mara stole the water

Mara stole the water

The Moon’s glowing blaze

Oh it’s in Mara’s vase

Oh Mara Stole the water

———

Mother gives the water

Mother gives the water

Mara so sly

Put the Moons in the sky

Thus Mother gives the water

———

We can find the water

We can find the water

For when we escape

To the Desert’s landscape

Then we can find the water

[nittusidhe]

Ar-Amu and Leia and how they feel rage

It’s been a widely accepted headcannon that Leia is the goddess of rage, but I feel like she’s specifically the goddess of masculine rage. Someone places chains on her and she break them immediately. She doesn’t have the luxury of waiting. She’ll never fully know what it is her little siblings deal with.

however, I think Ar-Amu is the goddess of feminine rage. It isn’t quick, it isn’t reactive. She doesn’t have the luxury of breaking her chains immediately. But when the time comes and it boils over it will be the thing that guards and protects her against what she does for her children.

the main difference I feel, is that Leia is first and foremost, a giant fuckoff dragon. Shes big, she’s powerful, she’s terrifying. Only an idiot would mess with her. She can throw her weight around and be physically threatening because she has the strength and skills to.

Ar-Amu on the other hand is a mother out in an impossible situation. He kids are trapped. Helping some might get another hurt. She can’t risk acting rashly because those actions have consequences beyond just her.

[raointean]

Amavikkan Anakin Hcs

(The one where Anakin doesn't forget where he’s from)

He keeps it on the dl in the temple and as a padawan because it's a secret culture/language and there are no other Amavikkans around

(He keeps a journal in Amatakka. It's his most prized possession)

Anakin finds out that Obi-Wan was enslaved once when he was a padawan and teaches him some of his culture

When the war starts, he quickly realizes that the clones are not there voluntarily

He asks Kix to scan the troops on a hunch and discovers about the inhibitor chips early

The entire 501st is quietly de-chipped and it's standard procedure for incoming shinies as part of their initial medical exam

Any clones that don't want to fight are safely delivered to a planet where they can start a new life for themselves, giving the 501st the highest AWOL percentage in the entire army

When Ahsoka joins, Anakin asks her not to call him "master"

He won't explain why and eventually she stops prying, diverting her efforts into creating as many nicknames for him as possible

Anakin is part of the Tatooine freedom trail. He smuggles scanners and supplies to people and, occasionally, smuggles people themselves

Amavikkans know it's safe to come to him for help because he has the sign to Ekkreth "subtly" painted on EVERYTHING

Ahsoka figures out about the freedom trail pretty quickly and wants to help

Initially, Anakin is against it because it's actually really dangerous if they get caught and she has no way of understanding what's at stake

She stubborns her way into helping anyway

Fast-forward to Zygerria, Anakin is SUPER against Ahsoka posing as the slave because, what if it goes wrong? What if she's ACTUALLY enslaved? What if they can't find her again?

(It does go wrong and she is actually enslaved, but they don't lose her)

After that mission, Anakin takes Rex and Ahsoka into the kitchen at night and teach them some of the most basic stories while making them tzai

Rex is appreciative, but not super interested in learning more, as the clones have their own secrets and traditions

Ahsoka is curious, but a little insecure as she never really thought of herself as a slave

Anakin tells her an old Amavikkan proverb, the first of many

"A chain worn for a day is still heavy, a back whipped only once is still scarred"

(Basically, it means "if you've been enslaved ever, you can be part of the Amavikkan culture)

In addition to Jedi training, he teaches her how to go unseen and how to connect to planets

(The key is to ask nicely)

He also teaches her about his religion; Ar-Amu, Ekkreth, Leia, Tena, Maru...

She doesn't believe any of it is TRUE, unlike Anakin, but she appreciates the storytelling and the morals

I don't have an ending for this. Either it ends better than it did in canon, or it ends exactly the same way but 800000000 times more tragic

[junhwe0309]

What Ekkreth Knew of Fear

Shmi once told Anahkeen the story of how Ekkreth became free, because Depur has a thousand cruelties, but Ekkreth has a hundred thousand tricks. No one can hold the Sky-walker forever, because the Sky-walker wears a thousand faces and countless forms.

In the desert, a red and black bird flew, and when it came time, a god became chained to mortal flesh, borne of no father and shed of his feathers. When Anahkeen was born, rolling thunder and chilling rain blanketed Tatooine.

When Ekkreth walked amongst mortals once more, he hungered. He hungered because Qui-Gon Jinn told him the Jedi were not here to free slaves. He hungered because he wanted more than anything, for Obi-Wan to listen to him, because he is Anahkeen’s father, despite how he will never acknowledge it. He hungered because he walked free but the nameless and numbered did not. He is hungry, but never starving.

He burned and seethed, the anger rolling around him like shifting sands, because Ar-Amu teaches her children anger. May anger nurture sparse roots and water harrowed leaves and remind those who carry fear to hold it close to their hearts so that they may till rebellion. The Amavikkan have no water to waste on tears.

Anahkeen rages and disobeys with gnashing teeth in ways that the Masters chafe at. He defies his superiors and breaks bends rules, both small and big. He plots a hundred thousand little acts of resistance and prays countless times to the desert gods. It is easier to let others come to their own conclusions than to tell them of your own suffering. Obi-Wan does not know and tries to impart the importance of serenity and discipline onto Anakin. Bandomeer is a place long lost to Obi-Wan.

But Anahkeen cannot forget what Shmi Sky-walker has taught him. He knows as he prays, all gods who receive homage are cruel. Ar-Amu cries no longer, but instead raises frenzied sand and howling dust to tear off the skin of the Krayts and bury both Depur and Amavikkan alike. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshiped. Shmi whispered to him under a dark sky and shifting lands that it is through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. 

Fear is the path to the oasis. Fear leads to the soil, and the soil leads to the seeds. The seeds lead to rebellion. Half gods are worshiped in food and flowers. Real gods are paid in blood.

All these things Anahkeen remembers and holds close to his heart change very little. Shmi still paints the desert red as her final moments worship the gods. Obi-Wan becomes more lost to him. Ahsoka always leaves him. All these things Anahkeen buries have yet to make a difference. But now years of blood have tilled the seeds.

He Who Brings Rain knew in his blood that the storm would rage on, and he that one day, he would father from the storms, Lukka and Lei-yah. Two children born amongst blood and suffering and destined for lives their father could not understand. For the mighty one and the desert storm, two ways and infinite manners to communicate love in a language borne from secrets and lovelessness, it is the greatest gift a father who had nothing could give.

It is with this realization of what will be that Anahkeen changes what could be. It is treason.

“Fives... I believe you.”

Dukkra ba dukkra.

[im-da-bronx]

a lot of people talk about @fialleril‘s Tatooine Slave Culture

and I’ve read some really good stories and poems and songs.

But I feel like we’re all missing a large part of any culture, that which is the foundation for all the stories and rituals and prayers of any group of people.

We’re missing the children.

what are nursery rhymes but stories told by children? what are games but rituals performed by children?

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Red Bird

Red bird, red bird, Come and play Depur’s at market for the rest of the day Take a friend to hide while we all pray Then red bird, red bird, fly away

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Its a combination of tag, hide and seek, and duck duck goose

Everyone stands in a circle (holding hands or hand clapping is optional)

One child is “depur at market” who walks inside the circle and is only allowed to look at the person in front of them, as if examining the slaves being sold

Another child is Ekkreth, the red bird, and their job is to sneak around and “steal” a child out of the circle and hide them without “Depur” noticing

If “Depur” sees “Ekkreth”, then Depur must chase Ekkreth around the outside of the circle, attempting to tag Ekkreth. If Ekkreth makes it into an empty space from one of the “escaped slaves” then they’re safe, and Depur goes back to walking the circle. 

If Depur tags Ekkreth before Ekkreth can make it back into the circle, Ekkreth must go into the middle of the circle where they are now “caged”

Once Ekkreth is caged, Depur goes around and finds as many escaped slaves as they can. Meanwhile, any escaped slaves can sneak up and “free” Ekkreth by tapping them on the head. 

If Depur can find all the escaped slaves before Ekkreth can be freed, they win and are now Ekkreth.

If Ekkreth can free all the slaves without being caught, they win.

If Ekkreth is caught, but Depur cannot find the last slave, that slave wins, and they become Ekkreth.

[roseunspindle]

Tatooine Slave Culture

The Desert Remembers

Tena

Can you bear this storm?

Unfettered

Eldest Sister

The One Who Brings the Rain

[sparksinthenight]

I Tell You this Story

I tell you this story to save your young lives

When you slave for Depur may your rage survive

When our revolution sings inside your heart

May you think of Ekkreth so you do your part

———

I tell you this story so you think of me

When we’re far apart and you are missing me

When you feel the love that’s stronger than all force

May your spirit follow in the river’s course

———

I tell you this story of how cruelty dies

So you can preserve your secrets and your lies

So you can bring all the masters to their end

So you can soothe all the burdens of your friends

———

I tell you this story you must keep with you

So you see through Depur’s lies and know what’s true

So your life can be a story in the flow

Of the Rising Mother’s story all will know