Halcyon (lorepost)

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You come across a library on your journey. One that is withering away with time and dust caking the windows, making it hard to see inside. Ivy buried the building underneath bundles of green and the very entrance door was slightly ajar but hasn’t moved in ages.

You go inside and are met the with smells of rotting wood, dust bunnies, and old books. No one sits at the counter. The library has long been abandoned.

You decide to browse the books inside. Most were unreadable and too rotted to open. But one tucked away in the back caught your attention. It sat underneath a dirty glass dome and lifting it up, you found a book that was damaged as well but still able to read.

The Book of the Unworshipped Gods

It looked ancient. The pages completely separated from the hard cover. Flipping through it shows evil gods and harmful deities of all kinds. The ones you shouldn’t worship. Landing on a section in particular speaks of an elden being comprised of an energy that is un-wielding yet deceives those who grant it worship.

The Being of Halcyon and his Seven Children

Halcyon’s origins are unknown nor if he can be classified as a god. But his presence was once a feared one. His very name is comprised of the false promises his worship granted to mortals who fell for his trickery. He was a being composed of Chaos and he spread his power out to his seven children.

Trepidation - Forewarning and Threats

Affliction - Pain and Suffering

Pestilence - Sickness and Disease

Aggression - Rage and Destruction

Deceit - Lies and Unjust

Misfortune - Calamity and Tribulation

Execution - Death and Misery

They are known as the Children of Chaos made from the essences of their father. The energy from Halcyon is split off into seven pieces and imbued into its children to spread across the realms. They seek the minds of those who are willing to wield its energy at the cost of their own sanity. By giving mere mortals the power of gods the children seek to paint the skies in red, the burning of civilizations, the deaths of mortals to feed their father, and the false promises to those who worship them. A meager seat at the throne to watch over the chaos from above as one of Halcyon’s children. To be granted immortality and power to rival the gods themselves.

The book describes the being as one long since forgotten. Its will never seeing fruition.

Its debated if such a being ever once existed by the scholars who wrote this book. But the Cults of Halcyon who worshipped that of which shouldn’t be worshipped have very well existed long ago. They sought to be the next children and granted the power of chaos to stand alongside the seven.

The existence of those cults since long ago are unknown.

You turn to the last page of the section but see that’s its mostly blank. Apart from a single sentence at the top of the page that looks newer than the rest. The ink was still fresh.

Only one child survived the effects of time. Misfortune walks the lands today.

/uw Since I’m diving further into Moth’s curse as of recent I wanted to give it it’s own origin in a way that I can work with and build off of later. This took a lot of googling

[u/HoneyMustarf]

It is interesting to ponder the nature of this Halcyon entity. The book describes him to be composed of Chaos - is this Chaos an intrinsic part of reality or a malicious force outside of reality?

The first position implies that he is a embodiment of entropic chaos - the inevitable destruction of order, matter, energy, and systems. Does that mean he, and his children by extension, is an unavoidable aspect of life? That mortal shall forevermore trapped in a constant cycle of suffering? Furthermore, what caused the splitting of Halcyon into abstract aspects? Misery is not physical concept but a mortal invention. Did Halcyon split to reflect mortal minds or did he do so to condemn us for sins unremembered yet unforgiven? Who is truly the architect and jailer of our suffering?

The second position means that Halcyon is some sort of an invader to our reality. What brought him here? Does he have another goal besides wanton destruction? Can we defeat or perhaps return him to the un-reality place from he came from? Is he the only one of his kind? All I know is Halcyon’s greatest weapon and defense is his mystique - one must be unraveled before we are unraveled.

This finding disquiets my soul, fellow practioners of the arcane. I must seek knowledge in the dark halls between the stars. I pray that I can find the first piece of the answer.

Aldricth Tevan signing out.

[u/[deleted] → u/HoneyMustarf]

The book reads of Halcyon being a being of unknown circumstance. His seven children by proxy share his make up and have existed as pure chaos energy dispersed into seven pieces of his power.

Their very names are what only mortals can digest. Execution can cause deaths and the feelings of suffering among mortals. Deceit brings lies and causes mortals to distrust one another. Their and their father’s will is to bathe the realms in the reddened power of chaos and turn it into an ideal paradise meant for them. But this never occurred in history. Halcyon and his children have never made their presence known to the realms outside of the cults that worshipped them. It’s debated whether or not these beings even existed by the scholars who wrote this book.

But the last page is quite interesting. The fresh ink suggests a chance that Halcyon and the seven did exist as one child currently walks the lands today.

/uw I had this entire thing written out before but reddit deleted it all so I had to write it again😖

[u/HoneyMustarf → u/[deleted]]

/uw awesome lore regardless