Reporting on the art in progress for the last couple of weeks. I didn’t report last Monday, but there is, in fact, progress 🙂 The city hall exterior is very nearly done: There may be some changes required once I figure out the interior layout though, which is what I’m…
The tenth month of the year is called the Dusk-month in Halqueme. It is the time to be aware of the lerale of Earth — of rock and stone and of all solid matter that isn’t alive. The lerale of Earth is one of the three eldest leralath. In many…
The ninth month of the year on Halqueme, the one that ends with the Day of the Autumn Sun on the autumnal equinox, is called Harvest-month. Being the time when the summer of hard work finally starts to pay off (or not), it’s associated with the lerale of Justice. There…
Monthly meditation on the 15th of the Pasture-month: fire, and courage. The Lore The eighth month of the year on Halqueme, the Pasture-month, belongs to the lerale of fire. The lerale of fire — which could, perhaps more accurately, be described as the lerale of heat — is the most…
Monthly meditations, continued =) The sixth month of the year on Halqueme is generally called the Grass-month. For most agricultural regions of the continent, is the time when all crops are planted and it’s becoming more and more predictable whether they will survive. It is also the time to make…
Monthly meditations, continued =) The fifth month of the year on Halqueme is generally called the Flower-month, or the Blossom-month, and is associated with the lerale of… …it’s a tricky one. His name is commonly given as Olnem—sometimes as Olhest or Olnes. Some say he is the lerale of sleep…
Continuing the monthly meditations by the way of worldbuilding =) The fourth month of the year, on Halqueme, is called the River-month. In the north is associated with the spring thaw, and in the south with the seasonal flooding. It is also associated with the lerale of Water, and with the…
I missed the last monthly meditation. It should have been on the lerale of Memory, and on love of learning, which is oddly symbolic. But this month we’re getting back on track. The lerale to be aware of during the Storm-month, the third month of the year, is the spirit…
The first month of the year, the one that follows the solstice and sees the increase in daylight, is generally called the Sun-Month. The lerale to be aware of in this month is Fate. Her symbol—which doubles as a symbol of the sun—is a wheel. There are two main ways…
In keeping with the traditions of Halqueme, the 15th is the day to reflect on a given topic. ~*~*~*~ After the playful eleventh month—the Mist-Month, the time of games and the lerale of Chaos—comes the twelfth month. It’s the last month of the year, the one which ends with the…