Wednesday, October 13

Antagonism

Hey everyone!
Blah blah, conlang's coming, blah blah, I'm adding Yggdrasil, problem:
The way the story is coming together right now, I don't have a bad guy. I'm not sure if that's a problem or not. I mean, there is a conflict (namely, the destruction of the entire multiverse) but there isn't a character they have to fight. I'm not too sure if I can even pull it off. We'll see.
I'm really excited to get this story written! Things just keep coming together! Okay, so story time. I was building the conlang and I wanted to create the months. So I create these months based on important natural events (like the first snowfall or the solstices). I had wanted to build a pantheon too, and I realized it would make a lot of sense to make the gods match up to the seasons. So I created these four gods (who have romanized names as Snowstar, Blossom, The Great Sun, and Autumna) that would preside over the seasons. That was kind of that, until I started drawing the map of Elseworld (the non-Earth dimension). I made a forest, a river, and an outdoor stage-thing, among other places. Suddenly, I decided to name those places after the gods. So the forest became Autumna's Forest, the river became Blossom's River, and the altar became Snowstar's Audience. I decided that The Great Sun (Wesywo, his name doesn't really translate, so they just call him the Great Sun) would have dominion over whereever the sun shines. Suddenly, that led to a realization. Elseworld has some access to magic, and I discovered that this magic is tied to places. In a sense, magic in Elseworld is kind of like a cleric in D&D; they petition the gods for spells. These spells are only available at the god's domain (i.e. the river or the forest). This created a sort of hierarchy based on their magical power. Blossom's is the easiest to use, since she's just a nature god. However, she can only be petitioned by the river. By contrast, Wesywo can be petitioned anywhere, but his magic is so powerful that it's dangerous for only the most skilled petitioners to attempt to use. It does create a lot of structure for the magic system I wanted to design. Of course, the gods can only be petitioned in their native tongue (i.e. my conlang). They won't respond to English. (Yes, I'll have footnotes for the things in the conlang). It's amazing how everything can help design each other.
Anyways, that's all I've got for today, I think. I'll keep you posted. Stay tuned!

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