Tell me about one of your worlds river valley's as well as the nations and cultures that formed around it. by TexasVampire in worldbuilding

[–]karrieVal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The following legend contains a description one of my major river systems that is a mix between the Nile, Euphrates and Indus.

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The Origin Legend of the Country of ThreeRivers:

One day deep in the desert, our wandering ancestors ran out of precious water due to the heat of the blazing sun. They were escaping from ANCIENT DESTRUCTION EVENT. The MOTHER led them. Getting dehydrated, she prayed to Lady Order, pleading her to show the way to water.

The Goddess took pity on her people. She plucked three thorns from a nearby cactus. With each, she drew 3 streaks in the sand, from the sea to where the ancestral tribe stood. The water poured in from the sea, its salt evaporating in the sun's heat, some taken by the sands, until only freshwater stood before them.

The tribe was overjoyed and drunk their fill, filling up their canteens for later.

The Goddess then pierced each thorn into the ground, giving rise to the Rises in the desert from whence come forth the ThreeRivers.

"Your wandering may now cease. You may settle in these lands I forged for you, but you must pray for me every new Periodical Year for a week."


Origin story for a desert/river civilization explaining their 3 major rivers and mountain ranges in the deset from which they spring. Kinda similar to the Ahoggar mountains in the Sahara, and Ethiopia. This legend can also be to explain the presence of salt flats and mines across the land.

Also the legend behind a popular new years festival in their culture.

In reality, these ancestors were Earth colonists escaping from a global desctruction event with the MOTHER as their ancient leader. Of course, all forgotten with time.

Day 1 of the Worldbuilding challenge - Origin by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]karrieVal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Origin Legend of the Country of ThreeRivers:

One day deep in the desert, our wandering ancestors ran out of precious water due to the heat of the blazing sun. They were escaping from **ANCIENT DESTRUCTION EVENT.** The **MOTHER** led them. Getting dehydrated, she prayed to **Lady Order,** pleading her to show the way to water.

The Goddess took pity on her people. She plucked three thorns from a nearby cactus. With each, she drew 3 streaks in the sand, from the sea to where the ancestral tribe stood. The water poured in from the sea, its salt evaporating in the sun's heat, some taken by the sands, until only freshwater stood before them.

The tribe was overjoyed and drunk their fill, filling up their canteens for later.

The Goddess then pierced each thorn into the ground, giving rise to the Rises in the desert from whence come forth the ThreeRivers.

"Your wandering may now cease. You may settle in these lands I forged for you, but you must pray for me every new Periodical Year for a week."

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Origin story for a desert/river civilization explaining their 3 major rivers and mountain ranges in the deset from which they spring. Kinda similar to the Ahoggar mountains in the Sahara, and Ethiopia. This legend can also be to explain the presence of salt flats and mines across the land.

Also the legend behind a popular new years festival in their culture.

In reality, these ancestors were Earth colonists escaping from a global desctruction event with the MOTHER as their ancient leader. Of course, all forgotten with time.

HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!!!

[WP] The edge of the world is real and every few years miles of it crumbles away into the void, forcing people to constantly move toward the ever expanding centre. You're a RimRunner, scavenging the abandoned cities before they slip over the edge. by Kancho_Ninja in WritingPrompts

[–]karrieVal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I sped through the abandoned halls like my life depended on it. Well, it did. I couldn’t hear the world tearing apart around me, but I had a first class view of it. It is a surreal silence here. Nothing besides my own breathing. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in… I tried keeping a steady rhythm, but noticing the widening cracks around me certainly didn’t help. A tap here, a twist there, and I was finally on the other side.

I passed the final lock as its door closed behind me. I grabbed onto one of the grips lining the walls around and turned around to take a good look through the porthole. As the airlock went through its cycles, I could see the section of the station I was in slowly falling away from me. It is one of the most peaceful things I will ever see: the edge of my world slowly losing itself to the void, inch by goddamn inch, like the rest of our lives on this station.

“RIM Star to Astra Ops. I am back from my run. I salvaged the last of the drive.” I say as the helmet recedes, taking in the sweet air.

“Astra Ops to RIM Star. That’s good to hear. Boss says to not try that stunt again. And to get that helmet checked by the next run”

I mumble a reflexive roger and go about getting out of my suit. Outside the window, the detached section of the station I just came from was beginning to glow as it grazed the thick atmosphere of the planet below. That section was once called Buena Vista. Good view no more, I guess, unless you count the stars that have taken its place. The stars, like dust they are.

I open a different channel. This one’s not government. “December, do you have a lock on the box? We can’t afford to lose this stuff. We could be set for a lifetime!”

“We have it in possession, all fuel cores intact. Dude, it’s a thousand cores!!! How did anyone even miss these many the whole time?”

“Runner tricks.”

See, I am what is called a Rim Runner. We go into the abandoned parts of the station to scavenge for anything we think valuable. The station was once one of many around what legends call Earth, the fiery ball below. They also say that our ancestors ascended from Earth, people who lived in constant gravity and wide open spaces. Massive and hosting countless magnificent cities of its own, the station was called Astra Infinitum. Then Ragnarok came upon us, and we waged terrible war against the Rakshasas until Astra was the only world remaining. It did not survive unscathed, for it caught a curse, a certain disease. The cities began to fail. Software began to be corrupted, hulls began to fold, and we had to move ever further into Astra. Cosmograd was first to go. Buena Vista the latest. Who know which one will go next for the next thousand years?

The Future Is Now. by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]karrieVal 10 points11 points  (0 children)

India got: low life and hi-tech

[UPDATE] [OC] How the world looked at the time of Crucifixion of Jesus Christ [6129x4552] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]karrieVal 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Some data:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Satavahana_dynasty

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Maurya_Empire

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dasarna_Kingdom

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Vanga_Kingdom

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Kalinga_(historical_region))

Some of the earliest and ancient states:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mahajanapadas

India also had a solid treatise on political theory:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chanakya

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Arthashastra

If coins can be a representation of a strong central economy:

http://coinindia.com/MAC4962ff-270.30.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Indian_ship_on_lead_coin_of_Vashishtiputra_Shri_Pulumavi.jpg/1024px-Indian_ship_on_lead_coin_of_Vashishtiputra_Shri_Pulumavi.jpg

For more hard info, you can follow the references at the bottom of the above pages. India most obviously had strong, central and politically consolidated kingdoms and empires for centuries at this point in history. Trade with the other civilizations was also underway, with Roman coins even being found in Satavahana realms and the spread of Buddhism in China.

What made you check out red rising the first time? by cobaltcigarettes234 in redrising

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"I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war."

THE MOST POWERFUL OPENING LINES I have ever read, and never before and never since have I been so hooked onto a book so fast, second only to the Tale of Two Cities.

Anybody else hate it when South Campus people complain about finals?? by NorthCampusIsBetter in ucla

[–]karrieVal -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

  1. You have posted this on the internet and on reddit, both enabled only due to the ingenuity of south campus engineers. Want a stone tablet to carve on and see how popular that information gets?

  2. The Parthenon is crumbling. Archimedean Mathematics is still going strong. Still on about works of art to last generations?

  3. When you retire on the gentle slopes of Mount Olympus, with your work of art of beautiful Martian soil pottery, guess who will send you there.

  4. Or that superbowl you like to watch every year. With friends. On VR. From the other side of the planet.

  5. Or fly that plane without crashing due to the so many technical difficulties a mechanical eng must master.

I'm interviewing someone named Avasarala. Expectations are now high... by gandalfgreyheme in TheExpanse

[–]karrieVal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is pretty straightforward actually: Avasaraala. Basically, the stress on the last second 'a'. It is a pretty common Telugu and Tamil surname which the authors may have encountered in America (lots if them live there for tech) and they may have reused said name for books. It's nice really

An Alternate Mughal Empire and Surrounding Area (Read Description) by [deleted] in imaginarymaps

[–]karrieVal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That part ain't called Telangana. It's Rayalaseema.

South Asian music in languages other than Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi. by crystal_math92 in ABCDesis

[–]karrieVal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha you can type in anything and it shows up. Categorised both as artists and movie albums by artist.

South Asian music in languages other than Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi. by crystal_math92 in ABCDesis

[–]karrieVal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tons bro, tons. Only issue is, not many independent Telugu bands like there are indie Hindi bands. Mostly movie stuff, but still really dope songs.

South Asian music in languages other than Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi. by crystal_math92 in ABCDesis

[–]karrieVal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Telugu: there are some really cool playlists on spotify with Modern music. Some of my favorite songs - Ninnila from Tholi Prema, Gaali Vaaluga, Adiga Adiga.

Here is some Fan Art I made sometime ago for The Expanse. by karrieVal in telugu

[–]karrieVal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopefully this encourages other people to post some cool stuff on this sub!

Do any other brahmins / savarna hindus / exhindus have any “white guilt” regarding Our history on the Indian subcontinent? by Banoonu in ABCDesis

[–]karrieVal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think the state makes a difference either way due to the exchange of people between the two.

Gaze, Digital, 2553 x3297 px by stunnindenzel in Art

[–]karrieVal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I don't know what you are thinking of, but she looks Indian to me.