People talk about the ocean being beautiful, and they go there and play in the waves like it’s just random, ordinary part of their world. But I’m here like “Yes, it’s beautiful, the same way a dying star is beautiful. Or the way a meteor wiping out all humanity would be beautiful. The ocean is great and terrible and monstrous in its beauty. The ( Read more... )

My brain gave me a funny image just now, an image I will have to pre-explain a bit before I reveal it ( Read more... )

I was thinking about Gosgolot, the main religion of the Duenicallo of Traipah, again. Specifically about their terror of their sun, which they call The Howler Into The Void, among other titles. And I had this sudden vision of another sect of Gosgolot, a potentially heretical sect, that - while they still fear The Orphanmaker, they believe that the ( Read more... )

I just had a thought about a possible word in Dvencoilii, the history of which would be interesting. So one of the Gosgolot religion's names for their sun god is The Howler Into The Void. So it occurred to me that the transliteration of their word for using a solar sail in space might be "surfing the Howl" or "solar-scream surfing ( Read more... )

"Poem of No-Praise For The Orphan-Maker ( Read more... )

Gosgolot Deities

Entry #1

Name: Pofoshiintus
Name meaning: Merciless Star Lord
Class: VaHK-tuma
Sub-class: Shiintu-Bahn (Star People, as in a living star; all stars are alive to the Gosgolot POV)
Represents: Pofoshiintus IS the sun of the Traipah system.
Personality: As a VaHK-tuma, is immensely old and powerful. Either does not notice mortals or ( Read more... )

I originally started work on the Gosgolot religion with the hopes of coming up with a solar deity to transplant to Yahgahn. But it seems that's not going to happen. I know now why Shao'Kehn and Ahndahn work in both religions, and why Pofoshiintus will not work in Yahgahn; because they are different types of deities. Even though Djao'Hkein and ( Read more... )

“I Am As A Star ( Read more... )

“Gods are not always great ( Read more... )

Important notes about the Duenicallo ( Read more... )