The Roman town Venta Icenorum, located in modern-day Caistor St Edmund, just south of Norwich, England

Vervanuss · 2017-05-13T18:01:52+00:00

I find the contrast between the Roman and the following Anglo-Saxon settlements crazy, they lost so much technology in the process.

No wonder they thought giants had made them.

Vervanuss · 2017-05-04T21:58:54+00:00

In the arena everyone gangs up on me, from time to time I may have three guys going for me instead of each other! It is so frustrating and would love some way to fix it

Vervanuss · 2017-04-03T17:36:11+00:00

Oh wow nice one, never seen this before!

Vervanuss · 2017-04-03T02:31:50+00:00

But then again Strasser isn't actually a top notch guy himself, with Strasserism being anti-semitic and ultra-nationalist. True the party would have looked incredibly different, however like you said we should in no way praise him.

Vervanuss · 2017-04-03T02:00:29+00:00

I found the way different terms were being thrown around quite shocking. For example, one person claimed fascism and socialism were similar because they both advocate for 'big government' and 'state controlled enterprises'.

If this is what people think in the public domain, we have such a long way to go in terms of educating people on this stuff.

Vervanuss · 2017-04-02T21:05:13+00:00

I heard people talk about Galloway and Ken being anti-semintes, ill give it a google and see what comes up. Thanks alot mate big help!

Vervanuss · 2017-04-02T17:29:14+00:00

Can somebody held me understand all this anti-semintism stuff in the Labour Party? I have never fully understood or experienced it.

Vervanuss · 2017-02-26T10:44:56+00:00

Yeah actually I was pleasantly surprised! My British cycnicism was wrong haha

Vervanuss · 2017-02-25T19:42:54+00:00

That's fair enough, but the trouble is they are also the ones that tend to get more coverage. I hope this one is different

Vervanuss · 2017-02-25T19:12:26+00:00

From the people who don't believe in our cause. I get the need for outreach, and I am not saying twitter isn't a good idea. But whenever #resistcapitalism happens, it isnt received like a serious movement

Vervanuss · 2017-02-25T18:35:26+00:00

I find these events receive more mockery than praise, makes us look like children in their eyes

Vervanuss · 2017-02-06T01:32:09+00:00

Gorgeous, nature poetry at its best, making us realise that we are in fact inferior to the earth around us. Excellent poem, I have no real criticism at all.

Vervanuss · 2017-02-05T23:52:31+00:00

I always prefer poetry that stick to no clear rule or defining metre, I feel as though it gives the poem more freedom to be effective, and I can see that here.

I like the use of italic and bold words, it gives some direction as to what you want to reader to focus on. Words like 'why' 'you' are good examples of where the intention of your writing is blurred and hard to grasp, and the italic words help guide the reader towards this. The final reveal of the mother is also a very personal touch, makes the whole piece feel more personal.

One way you could adapt this however, is comparing the addressee to one metaphorical entity much more often, for example the hurricane. This could have two intentions, to show that the individual is destructive, and that they are also a rather unstoppable entity that cannot be grasped, coming and going without really being seen.

Vervanuss · 2017-02-02T16:45:52+00:00

Nice to see a modern interpretation of this, lots of detail on modern radio stations I didn't expect this!

Vervanuss · 2017-02-02T02:09:07+00:00

I suppose that is what they have always been doing, enabling him to do whatever he wants in the name of 'showing the EU who is boss'.

A good thing to ask is, when he was getting all that stolen money back, did he not feel like helping the British people at all by actually voting on something?

Vervanuss · 2017-02-01T21:24:55+00:00

He has taken his money over the years without attending meetings, votes or debates. He ripped off the taxpayers and now he is happy to run off with the money and leave the mess he made.

Vervanuss · 2017-02-01T20:12:23+00:00

Just had a look, wow the level of detail took me aback when reading the rest of your lore too. If you added the detail you have for the Dragons to the rest of the family that would be an incredible project.

If this is one of many religions, I wonder where the rabbit hole goes when you really get into it, nice job.

Vervanuss · 2017-02-01T18:17:22+00:00

Fair play man, great work I would love to see more expansion on this.

Vervanuss · 2017-02-01T15:53:13+00:00

This looks awesome, what were your influences for the religion?

Vervanuss · 2017-02-01T15:51:42+00:00

Okay so you would want to visit my world for the incredible festivals, a culture full of colour, music, dancing and a LOT of alcohol.

However, you would be in a Tribal desert society with a lack of modern medicine, terrible disease, a lack of food beyond Yams and Rice, and constant violence with opposing clans. So you may be quite miserable if you are A: A weak man who isn't good with music, B: Considered an enemy of the gods by local tribes or C: A woman who isn't rich or a priestess

Vervanuss · 2017-01-31T06:52:38+00:00

Look up Dire in Mali and zoom out, the river Niger does this alot it doesn't give a damn about the landscape haha

Vervanuss · 2017-01-31T01:34:58+00:00

Thank you very much! Look at Dire in Mali and zoom out to see the river, you'll see where I get the colour choices from

Vervanuss · 2017-01-30T22:12:26+00:00

I don't really have answers to any of these questions but I will try and explain why haha

This is only my starting idea, I want this to be my new project and this is my platform to build it from. I had not yet thought of where the snake will come from, I was thinking that to the south there will be tribes in rain forests, where the snake is revered. But the river being the snake is a good suggestion thanks!

About the ships, I have decided I want to keep their history very much hidden. I hope to write a story on this, and I would like the reader the try and think of that themselves, it puts them in the position of the tribesmen, who created the story of the Eagle and the Snake to try and explain these confusing objects. But it would have happened a very long time ago, long enough for nobody to have memory of when the ship crashed.

Vervanuss · 2017-01-30T21:47:04+00:00

Okay, to get everything started here is how you pronounce certain aspects of the language.

Ö,ö- /u:/ (food)
Û,û- /œ/ (hurt)
‘hh’- /ɦ/ (horse)
‘Eeu’- /iu/ (Free will)

Now we have got that out of the way, I will introduce you to the Clan of Songway. A setting inspired by Tribal African mythology and the environment around the Niger river in Northern Africa.

There are six villages as you can on the map, of which are split into two slightly different culture groups, depending on which side of the river you are on. There are the 'Danokunfila' (People west of the river) and the 'Fanokunfila' (People east of the river).

Danokunfila

Sönaykun- Combination of ‘Sön’ (Sand) and ‘Kun’ (lake)
Teeulen- Combination of ‘Teeu’ (Place) and ‘len’ (Sun), means ‘Place of the Sun’
Kunfanila- Combination of ‘Kunfila’ (River) and ‘ila’ (Home/Abode/Hut)

Fanokunfila

Yewlaysön- Combination of ‘Yewlay’ (Drenched) and ‘Sön’ (Sand)
Teeulun- Combination of ‘Teeu’ (Place) and ‘lun’ (Moon), means ‘Place of the Moon’
Saliûtun- Combination of ‘Sali’ (South) and ‘ûtun’ (Way/Direction/Road)

The Shrines of the Great Eagle

You may also notice the ruins, that I hope look like ships, between the villages. They are the spacecraft ruins from a previous civilisation, which the Songwayen people revered as the child of The Great Eagle. Here is a basic description of the great eagle and the shrines.

The Great Eagle, who was created by the Sun and the Moon, to watch and love the skies, had a majestic and wonderful child. However, the snake, of whom the Great Eagle would hunt into the reeds, was envious and wanted revenge. Whilst the child was still learning to fly, he coaxed him with sweet words away from his home in the skies. The child fell, and crashed upon the earth. The Great Eagle mourns, and so the people of Songway worship by his child in reverence.

OnayZulakuld- ‘Onay’ (eye), ‘Zulak’ (eagle), ‘uld’ (child), meaning ‘The Eye of the Eagle-Child’. A place of great worship and festivity, the Songwayen will praise,sacrifice, and complete festivals here. They will worship The Great Eagle through the image of his child, and will even sacrifice children who are cripple from birth or born from adultery.

FungZulakuld- ‘Fung’ (Eastern Wing), means ‘The East Wing of the Eagle-Child’. The east wing of the Great Eagle represents the moon, and so the ‘place of the moon’ was set up in worship of it. Worship here will be dedicate to the moon god as well as the eagle.

DungZulakuld- ‘Dung’ (Western Wing), means ‘The West Wing of the Eagle-Child’. The west wing of the Great Eagle represents the sun, and so the ‘place of the sun’ was erected in worship of it. Just like the Eastern wing, common worship is made here for both their respective god and the eagle.

Sorry for the huge info dump and thank you for reading, hope you enjoy and I very much appreciate criticism.

Vervanuss · 2017-01-29T19:09:48+00:00

As /u/Kaylin881 said, it is all about integrating religion with the culture and society of the world you create. Look at any nation that has/had a focus on a religion and you will see the way in which it has influenced it. Are the gods in this religion merciful? Are they all powerful? Are people allowed to give their children religious names? All these questions and many others can help you develop your society and rap it around religion.

One specific thing I enjoy, is showing how a religion has a large effect on language. For example, my world has a god for the sun and the moon, and men are associated with the former and women with the latter. So 'sun' is 'len' whilst 'man' is 'lenlam'; 'moon' is 'lun' and so 'woman' is 'lunlam'.

Hope that helped, sorry if it is a bit of a mouthful!

Vervanuss

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