to: everyone

[restingstitchface]

Everyone. There has been nothing convenient about entertaining a few of our divine friends these past months. At this point, I believe some of them meddle in our lives on purpose. But you know how these beings are. Loving, violent and above all selfish. But their conduct should never be mistaken as good or bad.

Do you want the opinion of a professional? It’s human.

Of course, when I examine our delusions about being divine, and remember my mortal origins, it motivates me to question where they come from.

Were they once human like us?

In any case, I would like to remind you that your memories will take you by surprise. Not today. Nor tomorrow. But someday you will recall more about who you were, and perhaps find you cannot stand it. And whether that happens today or tomorrow, take a seat and have a drink, and try not to take yourself too seriously.

Comments

[restingstitchface]

𝒟𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒? 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓋𝒾𝑒𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒹𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓁𝓎 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓎𝓈𝑒?

[magicalarchaeologist]

I think Umbvagher's actions imply that there is. He wanted us to know what was coming ahead. He must still remember when he became one, if he showed us what could be for our future.

I don't believe there is anything of that sort left behind, the only people who have access to gods directly are in Solvunn. The only reason I knew about the former Summoned was through historical texts in Thorne, but they lost information about what happened next when the High Mage at that time founded Solvunn and left.

[restingstitchface]

𝐼 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝒲𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓁𝑒𝒹, 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈? 𝐼𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓂𝓈 𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓊𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝑒.

𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒. 𝒦𝓂𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒, 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒.

[Are instead of could? Well, one can hope.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

When the High Mage was exiled, it was five hundred years after the Summonings began. As we know from our experience, or what the god showed us, they started becoming gods long before the five hundred years ended. My guess is they were already free of influence and left to do what they wished, or they went to Solvunn with him and were welcomed as the New Gods they are known to be now.

It is unlikely to be the exact same, but we do know in a general way where it is going.

[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀 𝒶 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀 𝒶 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓃𝑒𝓌.

𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝑒𝓌.

[magicalarchaeologist]

I think in the most positive readings of what happened, we can say that Umbvagher's actions warned people where they could end up. We now have the ability to approach the future with more caution. But I do not know if there is any way for us to get off this path. The Singularity has been changing us from the beginning. We've gained new powers and connections to the divine, some of us have physically been changed. How we react to this is up to us, but I caution people from denying it entirely.

[restingstitchface]

𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝒾𝓃 𝓅𝓈𝓎𝒸𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝓈, 𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝒾𝓈 𝒶 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝑒𝓃𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓈𝓂. 𝒯𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓃𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓅𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒.

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝒿𝑜𝒷 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒾𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑔𝑔𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃?

[magicalarchaeologist]

By telling them it was a vision and not a reality, not yet. We may not be able to fight against the end result, but we can choose how to walk the road there.

[restingstitchface]

𝒴𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃. 𝐼𝒻 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝓉 𝓊𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁.

[magicalarchaeologist]

I just don't see a way around it. The Singularity keeps supplying us with power, which seems like the inevitable road for how we got there. As we consume its energy and the magic and lifeforce of this sphere, our own power grows and warps.

[restingstitchface]

𝐿𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓋𝑜𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝒮𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁, 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓅𝑜𝓅𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒽𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝓂𝒾𝓁𝒶𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑜𝓃𝓈𝑒. 𝒲𝑒𝓁𝓁, 𝓌𝑒'𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹, 𝓌𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝓌𝑒?

[magicalarchaeologist]

It has to be the combination of our natural sphere's power and this one. We have our own form of energy that the locals would not have. That's why I think it is possibly warping us. But we will find out eventually, yes.