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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 13 (RLFOTD #13)

The tale of Genji Monogatari and the cherry blossom leitmotif

Tied to the Buddhist themes of mortality, mindfulness and living in the present, Japanese cherry blossoms are a timeless metaphor for human existence. Blooming season is powerful, glorious and intoxicating, but tragically short-lived - a visual reminder that our lives, too, are fleeting.

In Japanese culture, sakura as the embodiment of beauty and mortality can be traced back centuries. A fallen cherry blossom or petal, it’s believed, symbolized the end of their short lives. We also see Genji losing several of the women he’s interested in. Most of them die around early April, when the cherry trees are in bloom. He seems to see the cherry blossom as some sort of a demon. He does suffer a lot seeing all those women leaving him one way or another.

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 4 (RLFOTD #4)

The Rusalki (in order of appearance: Elsenova, Ophelia, Katrahaska, Veruska) are huge, sentient war machines created long ago to guard Sudra and the Breach. Each Rusalka has a unique personality and appearance. Generally though, the Rusalki are blue-grey in color, have a machine-like body, and a humanoid face. Ophelia tells Trace that Rusalki is Elsenova's word for these beings, implying that there are other words used to describe them.

In Slavic folklore, the rusalka (plural: rusalki) is a female entity, often malicious toward mankind and frequently associated with water.

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 17 (RLFOTD #17)

The Tiste Andii were a non-human Elder Race. They were the Children of Darkness. The first of Mother Dark's children, they were her dearest, the dwellers of the land before light. They were sometimes referred to as the Souls of Starless Night. The Tiste Andii were immortal, and their actions could be difficult for mortals to comprehend. The leader and Archmage of the Tiste Andii was Anomander Rake, who ruled by strength of personality.

Before the coming of light, the Tiste Andii lived alone in Kurald Galain. The city of Kharkanas was their first city. The Tiste Andii worshipped Mother Dark. After Mother Dark turned away, the Tiste Andii fell into turmoil, leaving Kharkanas and wandering from place to place, following Anomander Rake as their Lord.

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 24 (RLFOTD #24)

Witches are an active class that manipulate their aspect or manipulate with their aspect for themselves. Their unpredictability combined with their great power can make them dangerous if they lack good morals. A good Witch is willing to do anything for her friends, while an evil Witch would stop at nothing to sabotage them. Sburb’s challenge for them is to use their powers in a moral and wise way.

Space is associated with the universe, art, creation, and life. Space players are patient, but that’s not to say they don’t lack a temper. They choose their battles, never rushing in without knowing what to do.

A Witch of Space could either shrink or grow objects, as well as changing their speed. They may also be able to teleport, but this is debatable, as the canon Witch of Space, Jade, may have gotten that power from Bec.

Witches of Space may struggle with authority or listening to leaders. This may make them difficult to work with if they refuse to comply with the leader of their session. As they, develop, they learn to coexist with leaders, perhaps accepting a position of power themselves.

A Witch of Space inverts to a Sylph of Time.

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 14 (RLFOTD #14)

Why is the crest of the Alliance a lion? It’s the symbol of Anduin Lothar, the man who almost singlehandedly cobbled the Alliance together to fight the Old Horde and then served as their supreme commander. Lions are a traditional medieval European symbol of royalty. In the middle ages, the Lion was considered an aspect of God’s favor… so it features prominently in royal and noble heraldry.

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 10 (RLFOTD #10)

The Machine God, also known as the Omnissiah or Deus Mechanicus, is the supernatural entity worshipped by the tech-priests and other servants of the Adeptus Mechanicus as the embodiment and bestower of all knowledge and technology in the universe.

For many in the Imperium of Man, this belief conflicts with the orthodox theology of the Imperial Cult where the only god of Humanity is the Emperor of Mankind.

But since the Adeptus Mechanicus is vital to the survival of the Imperium, conflict over this issue is often avoided by the Mechanicus' willing conflation in its theology of the Machine God's avatar in the physical world, the Omnissiah, with the Emperor Himself.

This compromise truly satisfies neither believers in the Cult Mechanicus or the Imperial Cult, but it keeps the peace between the two faiths and the wider Imperium functioning.

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 6 (RLFOTD #6)

Sânziană is the Romanian name for gentle fairies who play an important part in local folklore, also used to designate the Galium verum or Cruciata laevipes flowers. Under the plural form Sânziene, the word designates an annual festival in the fairies' honor. Etymologically, the name comes from the Latin Sancta Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt and moon, also celebrated in Roman Dacia (ancient Romania). Diana was known to be the virgin goddess and looked after virgins and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry.

People in the western Carpathian Mountains celebrate the Sânziene holiday annually, on June 24. This is similar to the Swedish Midsummer holiday, and is believed to be a pagan celebration of the summer solstice in June. 

The consequences of heavens opening on Sânziene are connected by some to paranormal events reported during that period of each year. According to popular beliefs, strange things, both positive and negative, may happen to a person wandering alone on Sânziene night. 

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Random Lore Fragment of the Day no. 7 (RLFOTD #7)

Rell was one of a number of children aboard the Zariman Ten Zero during the ill-fated voyage that created the Tenno. Unlike the other children, Rell found it difficult to identify emotions and would be overwhelmed by too much sensation. 

After the Orokin recovered the derelict Zariman and retrieved the Tenno children, Rell was yet again "cast out" from the rest of the Tenno, possibly due to the Orokin deeming Rell unfit for the combat duties they forced upon the other Tenno.

Denied access to Margulis' cryosleep and the Dream that preserved the other Tenno, Rell eventually and willingly sacrificed himself in a ritual the Veil believed would seal The Indifference out of the mortal plane. Rell's spirit was bound to his Warframe, Harrow, which was then chained in the Red Veil's sacred temple in an Orokin Derelict.