In this modern age, the outmoded concept of the tacent likely requires some explanation. As a full understanding of Zoeticism is impossible lacking comprehension of this basic tenet of their beliefs, it seems time must be set aside for its … Continue reading →
–Shut up. I’ve been thinking about the Lamplighters. –Lamplighters? –They made sibeccai. –Right, right. Lamplighters. –Uh-huh. –Why? –Why was I thinking about them? –No. No. I know why you were thinking about them. Why did the Lamplighters make sibeccai? –You … Continue reading →
Notes from a Commonplace Book Truism: every conflict fought w/ diff weapons and diff (flawed) tactics. Spice Wars greatest conflict of the past generation indication wars of next “terrible beyond imagining.” (1300-1306) Named for source in territorial dispute between two … Continue reading →
There’s a story that a certain class of professional sailor tells. By “certain class” I mean a romanticized, highly fictionalized, but still ultimately extant type; by that I mean those who, after a tour of duty within the Unified Front … Continue reading →
If the Smelter of Souls were not real it would be a necessary lie. All the world is a bubble, and outside an endless storm: the cosmos beyond the fixed stars of the Celestial Firmament. Anything could come in at … Continue reading →
The rare devices called rune-cubes are a peculiar holdover from the magical populism of Old Habadad. By rites unnatural and probably dangerous, the artificer casts a spell but binds the energies raised into a glass box, sealed with rune and … Continue reading →
The painting Religion in the Mother Countries is a work of oil on stretched canvas, depicting a still life. In a dimly lit room, three metal pieces and a dead moth have been placed on a countertop. Above them hangs … Continue reading →
The Elevenfold Monument, erected 1388 on the Island of Disconsolate Communion, commemorates the accomplished Qu-Rocca, who today hangs high above the Tower of Tongues, locked in the battle which is the Five Men War. Qu-Rocca actively avoided the political … Continue reading →
If everyone is comfortable, we will begin. Ya-Banan, the glowglobes, please? Thank you. There are three kinds of criminals in the Mother Countries: the ones who don’t matter, the ones who will be forgiven, and the ones who go to … Continue reading →
The Pelagic Mysteries: a Summary I. Introduction. …..A. The history of the Mother Countries is a history of ideas. ……….1. The ideas of the giants swept away what came before. ……….2. The ideas since their Arrival have been a reaction … Continue reading →
