Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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- Location
- At the end of the world
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
[X] Toward the stairs, where she could feel Cai Renxiang
[X] Toward the stairs, where she could feel Cai Renxiang
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
[X] Toward the barracks to find Xia Lin
[X] Toward the barracks to find Xia Lin
Cecylene
Eternal Idea Engine
- Location
- Massachusetts
- Pronouns
- He/They
As something of a point of order, there was an entire salt-filled arc that explained that "Justice" was a mortal concept that only recently was being foisted onto the Bloody Moon and not actually something that she represented innately.
- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
Who else just imagined this mountain of a man wearing a fluffy flirly dress and (trying to) act all demurely?
- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
CRX has dibbs on Gan and there seems to be something between them, even if maybe they've never acted on it.
Nah man, GanxSu Ling ftw
Embodiment of Life and renewal takes a glimpse at Final Ending and is extremely uncomfortable.
A minor trial huh. A test, one without this much pride could not be a proper Emissary
Oh hey, this is the first thing Hanyi decided she want to be like thats not her mother
Expression without purpose, only for the sake of expression probably irks this being something fierce
Blood, wine, lots of liquid options.
What does Sudica take anyway? Funny I don't think we actually found out for the one we look into.
So in their interpretation:
-Sudica - Guiding. The one who leads, who shows the way, and teaches. Also elements of the Reflecting, Mother and Dreaming Moons, but not complete because those are Manly concepts here.
-Fryja - Bloody and Grinning. This is living in the moment, both in terms of violence and in terms of resourcefulness. A Grinning Moon that is a frontier girl rather than a city girl would be more of a scout, one good at obtaining the tools and resouces needed from her environment, where a city girl would take it from someone else who has it.
-Crone(not named presumably to avoid drawing her attention) - Hidden Moon. Mystery and the final unknown. More deathly than the Imperial take I think?
The polar gate sounds a lot like an inflamed wound in the Earth.
Curious, to have such an intense source of heat where winter reigns.
The prosthetic is neat, but I think this is a parallel to our domain vision quest? She's halfway there, but its not yet complete. Partial Green equivalent, though if crafting your own replacements is common, just about everyone has to be a pretty good crafter...or she might be ambitious and went with a fatal if failed option while others pick something they don't need much finesse to replace, like fingernails?
Early Winter being Sudica, where the first frosts have come, but you still have a little time to prepare.
Mid Winter being Fryja then? Where the snow have come and the wolves and raiders come to seize what they don't have.
And the Crone being the Winter's Heart, the coldest and darkest times where theres nothing for it but hide and endure.
I think we're hearing an Insight coming.
Also hah, I think Gui noticed Hanyi is basically eating ALL the time when she's parked on his back. He just never actually mentioned it XD
Perceptive guy.
So he's facing social expectations here and thats very stressful.
[] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
Collate information. Acquire unchaperoned single man to chaperone before some incident arises.
[] Toward the barracks to find Xia Lin
Brings unmarried man to a barracks full of soldiers. Feed him to the sharks.
[] Toward the stairs, where she could feel Cai Renxiang
Renxiang and her two retainers, a moment to themselves to discuss. Not much new information without Meng's input, but good chance for interpersonals.
Also huh, did her conversation partner ghost her?
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
Aranfan
Team Plasma Grunt
We probably would have gotten more out of The Crone in retrospect, yeah. Especially given what we learned from Sveta.
- Location
- Spain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
Hmm. This is all very interesting. I have a WMG theory that the Daniar and New tribes were the original Sun users, and originated at the North Pole; Sudica and the ice people were already here, and according to the wall image it wasn't until the Ice and Sun joined forces that they started using metal and otherwise making real headway against their enemies.
Maybe the North Pole is/was on the opposite extreme to the south, in the "summer" mode of IRL poles, where the sun never actually sets? You'd think that being constantly guarded by the sun would lead to them being totally safe from the Stars or whatever else the Outer Night might be, so it's strange that they would have come and settled in the South Pole instead of the ice people trying to go back north where it's safe.
Maybe it was the result of rampant infighting? Could be the origin of it being taboo for the Sun dudes to act violently towards other people. On a different note, that prohibition combined with their Sage Emperor equivalent advocating for peace and alliance with the New Tribes could explain how parliamentary rule could be widely functional in a xianxia world: if it's literally immoral and/or a threat to your soul to use force or violence to settle matters, there really isn't another option other than to gather everyone together to argue and negotiate.
Maybe the North Pole is/was on the opposite extreme to the south, in the "summer" mode of IRL poles, where the sun never actually sets? You'd think that being constantly guarded by the sun would lead to them being totally safe from the Stars or whatever else the Outer Night might be, so it's strange that they would have come and settled in the South Pole instead of the ice people trying to go back north where it's safe.
Maybe it was the result of rampant infighting? Could be the origin of it being taboo for the Sun dudes to act violently towards other people. On a different note, that prohibition combined with their Sage Emperor equivalent advocating for peace and alliance with the New Tribes could explain how parliamentary rule could be widely functional in a xianxia world: if it's literally immoral and/or a threat to your soul to use force or violence to settle matters, there really isn't another option other than to gather everyone together to argue and negotiate.
Grinning is apparently considered masculine-ish here and Men are forbidden from engaging in violence. Could it be that there is some tradition of men being tricksters/thieves? I'm not sure where that would fit. Maybe Crowfather?
- Location
- Athens, Greece
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] To the dining hall, to find Meng Dan
[X] Toward the stairs, where she could feel Cai Renxiang
[X] Toward the stairs, where she could feel Cai Renxiang
[X] Toward the stairs, where she could feel Cai Renxiang
Probably, but I doubt it would be in a one-to-one sense, otherwise the Hidden Moon would have been likened to the "mysterious" Crowfather as well, instead of there being some kinship with the Crone.
I was thinking more in terms of gender roles. Ling Qi seemingly talked about how one of her patrons supports thieves and conmen and Sveta responded with "that sounds very masculine" despite none of the male figures we've heard of so far here exhibiting those traits.
There might not be a god associated with that version of masculinity but its clearly considered stereotypical behavior for men.
