Such is power that the many channel their strengths through the few, from mortal to immortal, it is within their interest to maintain power, and control, and thus the deities are within their own existence, due to the recognition from the mortals that worship them.
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Potentially, this could be the introduction to the first of the stories to be told within the over-arching narrative of ‘Fae’, perhaps the initial structure will take the form of an illustrated novella; perhaps later, as a graphic novel. I intend that the works will be multi-disciplinary pursuits, trans-media, or across a variety of media.
Regarding the use of certain nomenclature, I will develop a succinct/concise means of contextualising such terminology, within a specific section on ‘lexicon’. I have explored also, and further researched the concept of onomatology/onomastics, and the field of study that is the philosophy of language. Concerning the aforementioned topics, I sought/seek to understand capitilisation in so far as there being a consistent application of proper noun, and proper name usage; one specific example of this being the capitilisation of the word ‘Fae’. ‘Fae’, would have otherwise not required capitilisation, being a group/collection of beings, and so the word would have been considered a common noun, however, the planet/world upon which these life-forms inhabit, and from which their name is a derivation, is also known as ‘Fae’, hence the subsequent application requires capitilisation within both instances.
The divinities - A divinity can be experienced as a personified entity—assuming a form dependent upon those who witness them—and so this personification is applicable/possible if so viewed through the perspective of human beings; though such is the malleability of these deities, that the divinities maybe perceived as very different, by a multitude of differing perspectives, and do so irrespective of whether they are witnessed by a single organism, or many; meaning that this occurrence, or ‘effect’ is achieved simultaneously within a given moment; that is to ‘say’ that a collective (a group of individuals) might be experiencing a singular entity as uniquely different, though through the ‘prism’ of each of their senses, their witnessing accounts differ, and their interpretations are unique resulting.
Fae - Known also as the ‘eternals’, are a highly-complex race of immortal, supernatural beings, a direct creation of the ‘divinities’, and the progenitors of the species known as ‘elves’, or the ‘perennials’. Their name is a derivation of the world upon which they exist, a world governed by higher-order beings known as the ‘divinities’, and as mentioned prior, the Fae are the sole creations of these deities.
The ‘Fae’—or the ‘eternals’—are an advanced race of beings, that has since split in to two disparate, seemingly antithetic life-forms—each with a distinct culture—this divergence however has not resulted in speciation, as reproductive compatibility is maintained; there other distinguishing factors though that is both a point of visual interest/aesthetics, and of functionality—of morphology/anatomy, and of physiology—in so far as the means within which they operate. Resemblances exist, due in-part to their shared lineage, such as being tall in stature, long in hair, a size-able length to their ears (maybe comparable to the notion of an ‘elf’ as has existed within prior mythological tales, they are, however, not ‘elves’, though are the progenitors of the elves/perennials that do exist within this universe). The Fae are immortal entities, and represent the upper echelon or ‘top-tier’, within a hierarchical system of terrestrial beings that I am currently developing. The Fae are few in number, comparable to other sentient organisms that exist, and they reproduce very differently from other sentient life-forms; in so far as their ‘inter-course’ is often in-direct, meaning they often produced asexually through a form of fragmentation, though they are capable also of sexual reproduction. The culture of the Fae is one of complexity, sophistication, and reverence to those cognizant of, and privy to it (though this is of course subjective. Their societal structure/organisation is one of advanced eusociality. The Fae are primarily matriarchal, where females retain elevated positions within the hierarchical structure, experiencing also a degree of matrilineality, where heritability concerning ‘rank’ is conducive to female lineages; where such a social strata/construct determines/dictates social mobility within the system. The Fae have an elevated sense of self-worth.
Lieth’s daughter is known also as Lieth, or Mercei. These are both characters within the ‘Fae’ narrative.
A pentagon of meaning—or a semantic triangle—refers to the meaning(s) one applies to a given symbol (or set of symbols) of which is relative to the initial referent. An example of this being when one uses the word ‘Sun’, denoting specifically an association with the star around which the planet ‘Earth’ orbits, the aforementioned star being the ‘referent’ as applied to this example.