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Ahhh this is so cool!! I love your world building and lore! The thought, time, and effort you put into it is noticeable and makes reading your writing so enjoyable
Spirit education
I will make a general post on spirits soon-ish, but strangely, spirit education comes up more in my story so far than the spirits themselves, so here’s a post on that.
Spirits can transcend the natural borders - the borders between beings, which they use to form bonds and sometimes to read minds, the borders between real and imaginary (can be used to grant wishes or bring about nightmares), some other borders of such types. To learn to do that, they have to study for quite a while.
A spirit is considered an adult after studying for 128 years. The process is called “the understanding of the world” and is divided into four segments.
The first segment, from birth to four years, is the understanding of day and night, evening and morning - how does the energy flow within nature and animals, how does the sun, the moon, the stars influence it, why the division between times of day important. After that, the spirit also understands what kind of spirit they are - a morning spirit, a day spirit, an evening spirit, or a night spirit. That defines when they’re the strongest.
The second segment, four to sixteen years, is the understanding of spring and summer, autumn and winter. After that, the spirit can communicate with the primal energy better and also understands which one they belong to,
The third segment, sixteen to sixty-four - the understanding of the elements - air, water, fire, earth. Again, level-up, understanding which one they belong to. It requires meditating in each element for twelve years. And when I say “meditating in” I really mean it. Stay in that volcano for twelve years or your understanding of fire isn’t considered complete.
The fourth segment, sixty-four to a hundred and twenty-six - the understanding of the energies of life and death, creation and destruction. With that, they understand the nature of all the primal forces of the world and know all the spirit tricks, and, of course, understand which one they are connected to.
Shimmi passed the first two stages - he “understands” the times of day and seasons and knows he’s a spirit of day and spring. That lets him become completely unnoticeable or very conspicuous by will in any setting and lighting, see in the dark and not be blinded by bright light, feel comfortable in any natural temperature/climate. However, continuing his spirit education would most likely destroy his human body, so he took a break to figure out if he’s okay with that.
This concludes my tedtalk.
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Aww I love this. I'm a sucker for domestic interactions between characters
A typical morning in the JYTFS world
I didn’t know how to sort them, so they’re in alphabetical order.
Ena - wakes up whenever the first-morning prayer reaches her, answers it, normally ignores whatever was asked of her, and tries to go back to sleep. She doesn’t really need food or sleep, but that doesn’t stop her from remaining in something of a coma most of the time unless someone or something really annoys her. Then it’s lightning-striking time.
Heshiktow - wakes up early, feeds the snake-lions and whatever injured creatures he’s taking care of at the time. Cooks breakfast for himself and Rukard - Rukard isn’t used to cooking for himself due to growing up in an environment where everything was done for him.
Mary - wakes up whenever Yahgur wakes her up, normally way too early in her own opinion. Eats whatever Yahgur cooked or ordered for breakfast - he’s the only one who knows how to cook in the whole Chosen One team, so he cooks for himself and Mary, and sometimes Shimmi, but Shimmi doesn’t always need human food.
Mourisha - wakes up whenever, but likes to wake up early and watch the sunrise, and sometimes draw it. Normally forgets to cook for himself and just heads out to continue with his journey, but after meeting Rukard he started to cook breakfasts for the two of them, naturally slipping into Heshiktow’s vacant place as Rukard’s caretaker.
Rukard - wakes up whenever and eats what Heshi (or later Mourisha) cooked for him. When Heshi is around, he likes to take showers in the morning, but when Heshi’s away he wouldn’t come in contact with big amounts of water even if his life depended on it.
Shimmi - he doesn’t really sleep. In the night, he exits his human body and wanders around as a spirit, chatting with other local spirits and finding himself some energy that he uses instead of food. He returns by sunrise and tells Mary and Yahgur all the spirit news of the region, which hardly makes any sense for humans. Puts on his make-up. Yes, he always wears bright-golden make-up, no matter the occasion. Sometimes sings in an extremely Disney-princessy way, with birds landing on his hands and everything.
Yahgur - wakes up first, cleans their camping spot if they were sleeping outside, alternatively room if they managed to find an inn. First takes care of himself, then of the bear, if necessary. Cooks breakfast or orders it if possible. Plans out the team’s travel route and course of action. Makes sure Shimmi’s body is safe and comfortable while he’s away and wakes up Mary.
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This is so coool!!!! I can't wait to see all this in play in your story. The depth, the detail, is absolutely fantastic
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I’ve been saving this guy for a while as a treat to myself. He’s one of my favourite characters, and also one that hardly ever comes up because he’s a god of a small, modest cult of a civilization that has been extinct for over 8 million years.
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