Jefferson wrote: > [Let me know if any changes need to be made to this story. Though this sets > up an action in 1452 it actually took place in 1450.]> In the silence which followed this offer, Parr attempted to judge the > goddess's reaction. She failed, of course. Though a goddess in her own right, > Parr was the youngest and weakest of Feroze's retinue, and no match for > Miracradsa's history or power. In her observation, however, she discovered > something else. One area in which she possessed great skill was perception of > patterns, including relationships. By this time, she thought she knew all the > families of dieties on Celandra, but Miracradsa was related to none of them. > In fact, in Parr's analysis, Miracradsa's origin was completely different from > the rest of the gods! The last sentence is, perhaps, inaccurate. This is something which Jason & I have had some discussion about. While terms like "brother" and "sister" are inaccurate as applied to the gods, Miracradsa is of the same "generation" as Coron, Cascasoevin, and the Four Elementals who make up the seven Elder Gods. The Four Elementals are, obviously, closest to each other, and the eight Younger Cedonian Gods are their children. Coron, Miracradsa, and Cascasoevin stand somewhat apart from the Four and from each other in terms of their origins, but a close examination would show an essential similarity between the three. One way of putting it might be to say that they are not so much of the same family as they are of the same race, but even that doesn't really address the nature of the relationship. Of course, Parr's conclusion is completely logical if she had never looked closely at Coron and Cascasoevin, but only the Younger Gods and the Elementals. Coron, Miracradsa, and Cascasoevin are in some ways outsiders when compared to the tight-knit family of the Elemental Lords and Ladies and the Younger Gods. In some ways, Coron, Miracradsa, and Cascasoevin are nothing more than masks for vaster, more powerful, and more alien entities . . . a fact which is completely unknown to their Celandran worshippers, and only dimly grasped by the other Gods. They represent three of the most fundamental forces of Celandra and the Dreaming: death, magic, and life. Andrew ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
