Relic
I'm tellin' ya, most of those things would've been better left on the sea floor.
The largest question left unanswered in Cathedris, a question that has confounded historians for as long as they've existed, is how did the gods ever come to be in the first place? Long before they became the Husks that they are now, what elevated these beings to such colossal titans full of limitless power? Exceptionally ancient, and extremely rare texts seem to mention something about the
Days of Creation, a time of upheaval and change in humanity's ancient past. It's lead some to speculate that perhaps the gods were formed by pure chance, from existing mortal beings -- but how, they have no idea. But of course, this is where the ACSA comes in, because their hyper-specific research team thinks that they might have the answer, in the form of incredibly old relics found in the furthest reaches of the world... each relic exhibits strange and disturbing powers, twisting minds and pushing people to the brink.
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Relics! Items of power. There is, of course, the obvious items to cover here -- the Gifts from the Sky. These are 7 items with terrible power, thought to have rained down to the surface of Cathedris long, long ago. This theme then is of course perfectly situated to cover these Relics -- I can do an overview article, or even specific articles on specific relics I have yet to cover (I've written the
Dreamshare Shard, the
Errant Thoughtseed, and the
Waxweep Rock -- that means there's 4 more to write about! On the other hand, this theme also frees me up to write about the history of the gods a bunch as well. What sort of ritualistic items might have been associated with the gods long ago? What meaning do people derive from these? If I need a break from the main drama of Cathedris, I can have fun delving into these flavourful side-bits of info!
Possible Articles
Gifts from the Sky overview article
Individual Gifts from the Sky
Days of Creation
Relics associated with the gods
Histories and myths predating God-husks
Lost ancient civilizations
Polina "Line" Arteev
Beautiful article, as always! *Scribbling notes furiously in my imaginary notebook about layouts.* I'm SO excited to see what you come up with this year!! I think the relics theme has excited me the most so far, so I'm curious which one has the biggest grip on you! Part of me thinks we may be in the same boat, but I could be wrong!
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Stormbril
Yay, I'm glad you like the layout! I've been sprinkling it into articles lately and have really fallen in love with it :D I think I definitely agree on Relic being the one I'm most excited for too! I desperately want to write more of the Gifts from the Sky (as I'm sure you can tell with them being possible articles for every theme xD), and it's also fun to have the ability to write other non-story related relics too :D