Hey everyone! If you hadn’t caught last week’s edition to the “Glossary to the Gods,” welcome! If you are a return reader and are eager for more information on the gods of my little fantasy world, welcome back! Following in suit of my previous post, allow me this bit of introduction.
I am an author who is currently hard at work on a trilogy known as Gods Adrift, and as such I have a whole lot of in-lore knowledge of a fantasy world crammed into my head. Luckily for you, I love sharing this fictional universe! If that piques your interest then come on in, the water is fine. 🙂
As part of the preparation for the release of book two in the Gods Adrift series, I have drafted a sort of glossary to the gods of Telaea. This is part two of a series in which I will mention roughly three gods with each iteration. This little world-building venture is being told from an individual that is only ever referenced as a historical figure within the books. I think what I have is pretty nifty; so, without further ado, enjoy!
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Glossary to the Gods
By: Grand Keeper Erica
I must commend my fellow keepers. Your stalwart efforts to seek out the truth and parse out the mysteries of the supernatural are unparalleled! Why, just the other day I heard that one of our esteemed colleagues (I will not name names, but you know who you are), said that the first edition to our glossary is up for debate. That the interpretations held within are just ‘best guesses’ and that the truth lie somewhere away from us. Truly, I applaud your scholarly approach to such an endeavour; nothing like having the baker or the miller or the fisherman tell me what Olkanestus does in their spare time!
Now, maybe it is true. Maybe we are just the ones with the ‘best guesses,’ but it is our job to steer the people towards that more wholesome truth! So, no I don’t want to hear that Melleas is secretly in love with Epidus and that is why he makes the sea rage so. And no, I don’t want to hear about the time Mosyneta forgot a name and the sun was blackened from the sky.
I want to hear what is written within this glossary, and if you need more detail lean on the truths we have all learned together. I DO NOT want to hear old wives tales or fisherman’s fables. Ember’s breath! We have all discussed this before; we all know the words within this glossary to be a succinct version of our most accurate truths. So, let’s work towards that narrative.
I know that it is a struggle, I know that many of our peoples still hold rather sacrilegious believes but we will prevail. Together we can push out the old beliefs and replace them with the correct and proper mode of thought. Together we can build a land here on this Holliserian Fringe that is ruled by logic and common sense. So, without further ado, see below for the next set of gods.
Please disperse this information liberally!
Melleas: God of the sea and inhabitant of the Seastone. This is a difficult god to understand, and Melleas’s apparent mood shifts cause its usage to be near random. I have noticed that those who do use Seastone tend to be exceptionally aligned with the sea and struggle to use any of the other godstones. Seastone can produce shards of ice or sudden freezes of small areas as well as torrents of water. In some cases, it has been used to becalm a small pond or river ford in windy weather. Melleas holds the sea, travel, and the irascible nature of water in high regard.
Minollo: Inhabitant of the Artstone. For many years, Keepers wrote this god off as no more than bacchanal celebrant. Recent revelations have shown that Minollo is capable of so much more. A few Keepers have managed to ‘see the truth’ as it were and visualize objects and people over great distances and through walls just within their minds. Minollo has also been shown to hide certain truths from people but every foray into this deceit has ended with some form of dramatic reveal to the truth. This is one god that I, and my colleagues, are keeping an eye on. Much like the art they represent, Minollo holds truths for everyone that looks. Minollo holds art, creativity, truth, and beauty in the utmost regard.
Olkanestus: Inhabitant of the Forgestone. If any god holds the honor of patron to our new city, Augustia, it must be Olkanestus. In my years overseeing the construction of our new home I have been visited by this god on many occasions. Firelight vigils in which I query the supernatural with the problems of construction. True to their name, for they hold no obvious gender, Olkanestus is able to devise the most illustrious and efficient of solutions to engineering problems and more. Olkanestus is a curt, almost grumpy, voice that speaks in a way that each word matters. This god holds building, engineering, and innovation in high regard.
Thank you all for reading! Stay tuned next week for another round of this glossary, and, in the future, for updates on my writing journey.
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