Pantheon 2.0 - Rules and Comments Thread

Post by **Vadhaka** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:46 am

Trust me, I've heard every comment that can be imagined. For some reason, it's a common phrase of mine.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Sun May 13, 2007 4:05 pm

Simjen wrote: Realizing this, he called forth his youngest son, Simjen. With a heavy heart, he informed his son that it would be his task to clear out the room so that Eiran could live. For this, he was given his birthright - Fire. And his arrival spelled the beginning of what we know as mortality.

It came to Simjen easily, did the wielding of fire. He sent great fingers of it through the dense forests. He pulled flaming gouts from the sky to hammer the plains. And he pushed his fists into the ground, driving up volanoes to spit, smoke, and explode across the sea.

No creature or creation on Eiran was safe. His brothers and sisters came angrily to him, bearing in their arms their dead children. Simjen's precious nieces and nephews. When he tried to tell them he had only done it to save Eiran, they looked at him with pity and disgust.

Only his oldest brother, the one he admired most, came to him. Putting a hand on his shoulder, he said, "Simjen, you could have found a better way. Fire is not your curse. It is a gift, but it does not define you. Surely you can do more with it than destroy."

Simjen bowed his head and thanked his brother.

His other siblings never came again to see him. The pain of their loss and the weight of their years slowly drove them away from Eiran, or perhaps drove them deeper into Eiran, considering he would occasionally see their faces in the new gods that came and went.

But his oldest brother always greeted him as he passed over Simjen, sitting on the highest mountain. It was on this mountain that Simjen vowed to be a creator. Like his father and his father's father. And he would use fire to do it. If he must follow his father's will and burn away that which threatens Eiran's stability, h would make sure something greater came of it.

::bowing head:::

m'l-rd Simjen, you're tale is well told. It gives me hope another of a similar temperment when first come to Eiran may yet embrace other ways, despite native domains...

Post by **Simjen** » Sun May 13, 2007 6:28 pm

I wasn't aware that I gave any indication otherwise.

But your hopes do not weigh much upon me, young goddess. If I have little tolerance for my own mistakes, why would I suffer those of others?

I thank you for your praise, however.

Post by **Xar** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:14 pm

Just a reminder: turns are to be turned in by Saturday 19, 10 pm GMT. The contest will also be closed by Sunday 20, 10 pm GMT, with voting set to begin immediately afterwards.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:23 pm

I wasn't planning to enter the contest, because I had no good ideas. But something has occured to me. Depends on how loose the contest guidelines are, and if I can summon up the effort (and te creativity) to get something done.

Post by **Xar** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:33 pm

Murrin wrote:I wasn't planning to enter the contest, because I had no good ideas. But something has occured to me. Depends on how loose the contest guidelines are, and if I can summon up the effort (and te creativity) to get something done.

The contest guidelines are VERY loose: as long as your creation myth explains the origins of the world according to Maeror, it can be as metaphysical and philosophical or down-to-earth as you like, there is no minimum or maximum length, it doesn't necessarily have to involve any other deity (although of course, followers would be interested in knowing where the other gods came from), and it can be written in any way you wish (Simjen wrote it as an extract from his holy book, for example). If you have any doubts, feel free to PM me and ask

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:40 pm

Well I PMed you while you were responding here, but i can be a little more specific here as well. If I were to write anything on this subject, it would be as a short story that concerns a creation myth, rather than writing a creation myth itself. I wasn't sure if that is too far removed from the stated bounds of the subject, or if it would be approaching it from too oblique an angle.

Post by **O-gon-cho** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:41 pm

Xar wrote: The contest guidelines are VERY loose: as long as your creation myth explains the origins of the world according to Maeror, it can be as metaphysical and philosophical or down-to-earth as you like, there is no minimum or maximum length, it doesn't necessarily have to involve any other deity (although of course, followers would be interested in knowing where the other gods came from), and it can be written in any way you wish (Simjen wrote it as an extract from his holy book, for example). If you have any doubts, feel free to PM me and ask

:::assuming you are saying according to whichever deity is being represented:::

Uh-oh...

AllFather...

O-gon-cho is very young. My tale I am telling is to be the tale a young Raucous heard at his Uncle's knee, who himself heard it from the last before him of a long line of draconic shamans.

I am not finished yet, but so far O-gon-cho is not mentioned at all, although I am thinking of possibly prophesizing her coming. Is this acceptable? If not, may I submit it anyway, as I think I may actually take some pride in this, and have it not be in the running?

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:45 am

It sound fine. The thesis was "How did the world come to be." Doesn't necessarilly need to include the Gods.

Mine is up too. I tried to make it a little funny, hope you guys like it.

Mon May 14, 2007 10:04 am

Albert the AllFAther!!

WONDERFUL!!!

I liked your style of sequences of stories as well ... Bravo!!

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:41 pm

Thanks!

Glad someone got a kick out of Allbert.

Post by **Xar** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:42 pm

Balon wrote:Thanks!

Glad someone got a kick out of Allbert.

Well, you DID realize that the creation myth is probably going to affect how your god's worshipers look at your god, did you?

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:44 pm

That's why I made them in the form of the beliefs of my people. Only Bil of Hob is hardly the most....err...SCHOLARLY of my followers.

Post by **Mistress Cathy** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:50 pm

I liked 'Bil of Hob' and Albert.

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:57 pm

Thanks!

One clarification to all who read my story. Before the Allfather was "Allfather" he was Allbert. With two "L"s. Just so you guys know.

Post by **Creator** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:47 pm

I have a thought about VOTING. Instead of just picking one, if we get a few more, how about selecting each person's top three. That way it might be easier to pick a winner.

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:48 pm

I concur.

Mon May 14, 2007 11:14 pm

Xar wrote:
Balon wrote:Thanks!

Glad someone got a kick out of Allbert.
Well, you DID realize that the creation myth is probably going to affect how your god's worshipers look at your god, did you?

Hmmmm ... seeing that cousin Jove's creative process starts with her CONSUMPTION and then transformation ... does that mean her followers will look for treasures .... to come from her ....

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:15 pm

Astavyastataa Kadna wrote:
Xar wrote:
Balon wrote:Thanks!

Glad someone got a kick out of Allbert.
Well, you DID realize that the creation myth is probably going to affect how your god's worshipers look at your god, did you?
Hmmmm ... seeing that cousin Jove's creative process starts with her CONSUMPTION and then transformation ... does that mean her followers will look for treasures .... to come from her ....

Post by **balon!** » Mon May 14, 2007 11:41 pm

If anyone has any last minute plans with me, nows the time to mention it. I'll be subbmiting in a bit.

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Pantheon 2.0 - Rules and Comments Thread