Late Policy

Generally, prompts must be submitted before the date and time indicated on the active prompt. 

Late pardons (which have no cost) can only be granted by Auspice. These will generally only be made for slight lateness (up to around 5 or 10 minutes) and/or unanticipated complications such as technical difficulties. Mods can leave an entry to be pending until Auspice is available to decide whether or not to pardon the late submission. 

There is also a system of late-hours. Every three prompts you complete you get one "late-hour," which will be included on the Figment inventory spreadsheet.  If you turn in a submission late, it can be up to one hour and it expends that entire late-hour. Late-hours can be stacked and expended all at once. Mods can accept the usage of late-hours and mark usage in the "Used Late-Hours" column. 

Prompt Passes

Prompt passes can be used to complete any existing monthly prompt at any time. They are tracked in the inventory as well. Currently, you can get prompt passes from the following activities:

• completing Development Prompts.

• completing an artwork as a backup artist for an art train in the Edeia Discord Server.

• completing gift prompt entries for others.

A gift entry should focus on others' characters and not your own; if interactions with your characters are involved, they should be secondary to the recipient's characters. (Generally, art and design prompts are recommended to only feature others' characters, while writings can have minor appearances by your characters.) If you use a prompt pass to submit an entry, you will not receive another prompt pass. 

As I turned around, though, I froze in shock. Before me stood a towering creature that had appeared out of nowhere. Its presence felt vast. It felt divine. I was frozen, in awe of such a being, and I couldn't help but gasp softly as it lowered its head in a bow. 

"Kaede is resting," it said, in a voice that felt like nature itself—the whisper of leaves, the murmurs of a creek, the wash of waves on a shore, the chirping of birdsong in the morning. "Thank you for honoring him. He will be remembered a little longer." 

— Excerpt from a journal about an encounter with Kami. 

Edeia have long shaped the history of the world in overt and covert ways, with tales of their actions and influences spreading far and wide. Many myths, folktales, and urban legends originated from the actions of an Edeia, though as their tales propagated through societies, some evolved into their own kinds of cultural phenomena. What are some things your Edeia has done that shaped the development of myths and legends in mundane and reunited societies? In what ways did the stories that resulted from their actions take on a different form, shaping into a mythos that sprouted from the seed of their actions but grew by the imagination of societies as a whole? 

Please note:

• For brevity, in this prompt, "myths" will be used to refer to myths, folktales, urban legends, and related cultural phenomena. 

• The myths should be in mundane societies, united society, or relatively mundane societies in the Age of Magic. It is not a myth if the Edeia is right there; the myth must have evolved and taken on its own lore in society. 

• You cannot "claim" real history, mythology, and legends that exist in our real world. That is, you cannot say that your Edeia is the sole and absolute origin of a piece of real history. 

• You can make up your own myths. These myths can be fairly widespread but not overly impactful on society if so. They can have a significant impact on the culture of smaller societies or niches if you wish.   

• If it is reasonable, you can have your Edeia contribute to the shaping of real-life myths, though they cannot be the sole and absolute origin. For instance, the actions of both Names and Elsyne have contributed to the mythos of fae, and there have likely been influences from other Edeia as well.  

Design Prompt

Design a depiction of an Edeia related to a particular myth. Some examples of what this could look like include: 

• cave drawings and murals, e.g. of Edeia interacting with humans

• mosaic murals, e.g. depicting Edeia as gods

• paintings of cultural significance, e.g. expansive paintings in religious buildings

• statues  

• a shaky photo or video, e.g. catching sight of an Edeia during the Age of Secrecy  

Please provide some written context about the depiction. No shading is required, but the kind of depiction should be clear; e.g. if it is a cave drawing, you could depict the rough texture of the cave walls. If you have any questions about what might be allowed, please ask in the questions channel. 

Art Prompt

Depict an Edeia engaging in an activity that led to the development of a certain myth. Please provide a blurb explaining the myth and how the activity led to the development of the myth, whether it was on accident or on purpose on the part of the Edeia. 

Writing Prompt

Create writing depicting an Edeia engaging in an activity that led to the development of a certain myth, and/or depicting an external point of view of someone "interacting" with the myth. 

"Interacting" includes experience the Edeia's activity firsthand, reading stories and seeing artifacts (paintings, murals, etc.), being the artist who depicted the myth, being the person who snapped a shaky photo of an Edeia, etc. If it is not clear in the narrative, please specify the Edeia involved, the activity that led to the myth, and the myth itself. You can also consider having someone familiar with the myth encountering the Edeia involved and realizing that this Edeia contributed to that myth. 

Some questions to consider: 

• In the Age of Reunion, did it become known that a particular Edeia was involved in the origin of a particular myth? 

• How widely known is the myth? What is its cultural impact? Is it a fable that tells of moral lessons, a tale of salvation, a threat of punishment for evildoing, or a story of a cryptid that fascinates a niche but devoted crowd? 

• How involved is the Edeia in the myth? Were they aware of its formation? Did they purposely shape the development of the myth, or did they perhaps simply observe how it evolved in society? Do they continue the activities that led to the myth in present day? 

INT: "So, we hear you have a Næmon. Is that right?"
EGO: *laughs* "It is. They've been with me for... a while now, I don't really remember."
INT: "What species are they? And what's their name, if you don't mind me asking?"

Ego shifts back on the couch, and with a faint shimmer of light, a black cat appears and curls up on their lap. Ego smiles as they settle a hand on that cat's back.

INT: "Oh, a cat?"
EGO: "Is it such a surprise? We do as we please. And I don't mind you asking. Their name is Me."
INT: "Oh, what an... interesting name." 

Ego laughs brightly. 

— Ego in a video series of interviews with Edeia in the Age of Reunion. 

Since the release of His Dark Materials in 1995, the concept of dæmons, animal manifestations of a soul, has slowly infused popular culture. In many circumstances, some might find themselves asking or being asked the question: what animal are you? However, this is not the only case of animals being linked to identity, and this phenomenon sparkled the interest (and whimsy, perhaps), of several Edeia. 

Around year 900, Names formed a collaboration with Elsyne to develop magical talismans that could be used to manifest an animal form for their soul. The process requires a ritual, which was additionally imbued with magic by Ritual, which a holder learns of once they own one of these talismans. The holder must put the talisman somewhere on their body, enter an introspective and/or meditative state to feel their soul, and then speak the name that comes to them. This name has power; it is written on the talisman with magic, the talisman is absorbed into the holder's body, and the name will give an animal form to the holder's soul. These forms can be called spirit animals, spirit guides, dæmons, Næmons, or whatever else is suitable.  These beings: 

• Must be a real animal on Earth perceivable by the naked human eye, but can be nonspecific (e.g. "owl" rather than "barn owl").  

• Can have unusual eye colors and other subtle magic characteristics.  

• Can change species; it tends to fluctuate in the first few weeks to months, with further changes being rare. 

• Are not truly independent from the host, being a manifestation of the host's will. However, the host does not generally control them directly besides manifesting or dismissing them, and they might reveal the host's hidden emotions. 

• Can have a personality and bond with the host, potentially showing affection or being distant depending on the host's relationship with their "inner self;" interacting with the spirit can be a way to understand and explore themselves. 

• Can be corporeal or incorporeal, and can return to the host (dismissal) instead of manifesting. When corporeal, they can experience pain, which will transfer to the host. They can also take on the host's pain if the host is injured. They cannot be killed, though. 

• Can share senses with their host. 

Note: The names of the spirits are not "true Names" per Names' magic, and their names can shift over time. Names does not hold any more power over these spirits than any other, but if they subsequently receive a true Name from Names, that is another matter.

For this prompt, you can follow this lore or depict your character in more of a "what-if"/AU/non-canon scenario. The characters focused on can be an Edeia or Ideation character. If the Ideation character is not a previous form, ideated character, or of an ideogenic species, please ask first in the questions channel; the character should have a bit of background/lore on a profile that involves the Ideation universe. 

Design Prompt

Design a spirit animal for an Edeia or Ideation character, depicting both the character and the spirit animal. If you are up for it, please include a name for them! 

If you are unsure of what animal to pick, you can try taking this quiz (or a different one) for your character. 

Art Prompt

Depict an Edeia/Ideation character with their spirit animal, for instance depicting them:

• interacting with each other 

• interacting with others

• working on a task 

Writing Prompt

Create writing depicting an Edeia/Ideation character with their spirit animal. You might explore: 

• Their process of meeting their spirit animal. Why did they want to manifest one? What was their experience meeting for the first time? 

• What is their relationship with their spirit animal, and therefore their relationship with their inner self? Is there affection there, or perhaps denial and distance? 

• How do they and their spirit animal interact with the world and others?