Our Condolences end

Our Condolences

final letter

28th day of Lorenier, 953

To Mr. Samuel Wick

    We regret to inform you that Mrs. Angeline Wick was killed while doing a great justice to her country. The country thanks her for her sacrifice, she dies a hero and will be remembered as such as we continue our fight. We have sent along all personal effects, which may not arrive at the time of this letter. You can rest assured that she will receive a full honors burial, just send a reply of where you would like to lay her to rest and we will make sure it happens.

    Our Sincerest Condolences,

                 Offices of Elect Leader J. H. Rume

 

 

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Our Condolences

seventeenth letter

27th day of Lorenier, 953

My Dear Sammy,

    I am grateful for your unwavering hope in this troubled time. I love you and my little Albert more than words can describe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alright, Our Condolences has only two parts left. Originally I was just going to publish them about a day apart, but it makes more sense to me to publish them both at once. The next story I'm going to do it titled Two for the Show.
For those of you that are interested in the world of Our Condolences, the months come from the names of gods, and I'll share the notes I have about them:

• Samth is the goddess of the weather, time, and age.
• Tutala is goddess of chaos, war and battlefields. Which includes anyone on or dealing with them.
• Matlyth is a minor god (is a horse) over travel and correspondence. Because he is known for his speed, he is prayed to when anything needs to move or get done fast.
• Thuren is the god of life and nature. Partner of Samth, they are primordial gods that rebirth themselves every so often. So Thuren is the god of all life (including the other gods) but also the god of nature (life cycle of earth). The cycle of these two gods destroys and recreates the world and is part of the apocalypse of humanity (the apocalypse of the Parthenon deals with the destruction of these two).
• Sumin is the god of knowledge, learning, and curiosity.
• Seryn is the goddess of the wild, parties, and hunting.
• Yemth is the goddess of the night, shadows, and what dwells within them (assassins, thieves, nocturnal animals).
• Rarin is the goddess of the sea, water, and fishermen.
• Nurth is the god of the dead, and Thuren's brother. He's more like the keeper of the dead. He makes sure they move from the mortal plane to the afterlife and he's responsible for making the dead get the well wishes of the ones they left behind (The god of death, famine, and disease is Morath. Morath has a twin sister, Culora who is the goddess of deceit, cunning, and lies).
• Chael and Lorein are King and Queen of their pantheon, together they are the gods of family and marriage.
  - Chael is the goddess of children/childbirth and mothers. She is thought to be kind and warm, but when angered or threatened, she can be vicious.
  - Lorein is the god of love/lovers (which includes those who have had they love taken from them [widowers] and the heartbroken). This includes the dark/hurtful side, as well. He is considered to have two sides/selves: the one that is the romantic (Lorn) and the other that deals in vengeance (Nier).

All the months except Lorein's end in "ir", which means "month of". Lorein's month is different because he has two sides; to show respect to both, it became Lorenier. There's probably more lore as to why his is the only one that's different, but I haven't figured that out yet.