Uen
The Light
The Moon is the mighty goddess Naks' unfailing lantern bearer. In the ancient days, he lit her path, leading the way across the sleeping world. However, after he helped her faithfully light the way through all her creations, Naks granted him the freedom to fly as he liked.
Nearly two thousand years passed, and the Moon -- to Men it would seem without prompting -- suddenly changed his face. At Naks request, he turned his gaze elsewhere so that the creatures of Eainor may have privacy from the ever-prying eyes of the Sun and Moon. Now, he rotates his gaze, looking both upon Eainor and into the vast Beyond, and he has learned much from it.
The Dark Side
Uen is quite a peculiar spirit. Though he represents a source of soft light, healing, and peace, he possesses a darker side that most often goes unnoticed. The Moon gladly sheds his light and power over the land, yet he also Watches all beneath with unmatched scrutiny.
It is said in the light of the Moon one's very soul is opened like a book for Uen to read. Yet that is the exchange one must make in return for the Moon's power. Just as you recieve the regenerative tranquility that radiates from him, he receives a small part of you. Men waste away their lives before the Moon, not even knowing that they leave their soul to his mercy, all to experience peace.
Reborn
"By the time I was 17, I knew I was a god. I told my parents I knew what I wanted, told them not to worry, and I walked to the Upadrigal to claim my power. The priests led me to the source of uendar, and I took it. On that day, I discovered certainty."
Uen was one of the first gods to be reborn as mortal. He and Aur, the Sun god, both retained their memories so that they may fulfill their duty to guide the world. Uen is effectively the ruler of the planet in his time, a position gained through decades of personal work, yet still impossible to attain without godly worship.Divine Domains
Let's Break that Fourth Wall
I know I shouldn't be saying how much I love my own work, but I really do (the idea, not the wording because the wording can always be improved). Not only is it different and unique, I came up with it on my own from just watching the real life moon.
I absolutely love going out to look at the moon and the growing night, which is probably why I made the cultures I've made so far so moon- and night-centric. But do you ever just feel like you could look at the moon forever? and sometimes the night can be kinda creepy but you just can't draw your eyes away?
It really started with my idea for the story Perigee. I was up fairly late one night, and once I turned off all the lights, I could see the distinct line of shadow the moon's light made streaming through the widow. I stepped into the beam of grey light, and the moon blew me away. It was so bright and round, and it turned everything silver and black beneath its just slightly golden light in the dark blue sky.
A thought ran through my head. "The moon looks beautiful tonight." That voice sent chills down my spine, because I felt inside it a part of me that could stand there forever just staring. The whole world could just stand staring. Staring forever.
And the scariest part? That bone-chilling, deep thought didn't immediately scare me away from staring at it. It was just so beautiful.
I turned away a bit later, but it's unsettling to not feel the need to pull away even when all the reasons and more are there. Even just then, I backspaced on writing "scary," and that's kinda scary. That's a true kind of power to me. No chains bound me. No magical hypnotic state took ahold of me. It was that I still had all my thoughts of fear for what I was experiencing, yet I didn't choose to look away. That is so much more powerful than force. And when I looked away, it was as if the moon was letting me think that I had the choice to do what I wanted, that I chose to look away. But at the time when that choice really would have been made, I just kept staring.
Sorry that was so mega long! I'm really hopin' right now that you don't think I'm a nutzo, but that moment just kinda spoke to me, y'know? Please comment if you've ever felt something deep like that, or if you kinda get what I'm trying to convey. I lowkey need conformation that that's not insane. It really is frickin scary that this is a toned-down version of my story about a moonpocalypse, but we don't need to talk about that.
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