"We're going East," he said. "And in exactly three months and four days the gods will wake. It will be gradual--the first to wake will be Haelar."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“… that’s good.” She nodded, even as anxiety curled around her gut. Three months and four days. That was time. Jerica would be glad to know. “He’s a good one to start with.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Indeed he is. Fjori will be next, predictably; he has already chosen a herald."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Again he paused. "You don't know her. She's Orthoan--a girl named Manne. She doesn't know yet; this isn't her god."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“… is she still there? Or is she up here somewhere? Are they drawing people from all over?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"There are a great many--all with Northern blood, however small that percentage may be. But from all over the world. Orthos, the Eastern Realm, the Southern Realm, the Northern tribes."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"For you it's the connection to your adoptive father," he said. "And Haelar's unconvention."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“Ah… wait, many, though? Does each god have multiple?”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"No, but we have over a dozen gods. So there are many people being chosen."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
“That’s fair…” she thought for a moment. “Wait, do my real-birth parents have connection to the North somehow?” She glanced over at him. “Cause Jerica got picked too…”
(I’m fine with the answer being yes if you want. In canon their mother wasn’t noble so she could be a distant immigrant)
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(All up to you. I let Gaius leave that open-ended because I didn't want to godmod.)
"It's extremely distant, but yes." He nodded. "The connection goes back maybe three hundred years or more."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(Perf ^^ I probably won’t develop much more than that tbh it’s not canon so no real need to develop yet)
“… it must be my mother’s family then.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
He thought about nodding, then settled for a shrug. No need to sound like a know-it-all.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
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