So I made some changes to the story recently, and I wanted to go over those in short rather than expect people to re-read my entire story just to get what a few (possibly) key words mean from this point on. So I'll try to be brief.
Most of the changes have to deal with the mythology of the "Valor" world and the setting in general, which I was hesitant to delve into too deeply before my story really took shape, as I tend to have a problem with that: I like world-building, and sometimes that actually surpasses the story for me. So even now, I still have only rough ideas about what, exactly, the Valor world is like... but I know more than I did.
Trinitarinism/The Triune: This is pretty much the name of larger "faith" that William is a cleric of, and fairly equivalent to Christianity in a lot of ways. Their God is, when not referred to simply as a "God" or "The Lord," is called "the Triune." To clarify, it IS different from the Holy Trinity in Catholicism. Actually, on that note, although Triune worship is very clearly a Christianity analog, it is not Christianity. There are many core differences, and the fact that this is a fantasy world where other gods and deities CLEARLY exist factors into that.
Places and Kings: So I gave a few names to things previous left unnamed. One is the name of the kingdom that this all takes place in, called Torem. 'Tor' like in Taurus, 'em' like in Them. Previously I had called it an empire, but no, just a kingdom. The king's name is King Peter. All cases where things were previous called Imperial are now called Royal... unless they're referring to the Elven Empire. Which, likewise, what I had previous called the first Elven Empire (now called "The Kelavastans") are now the second Elven Empire. They're the ones with certain policies that Elias refers to in Chapter 7. The first Empire hasn't really been talked about yet, and the third and current one doesn't have a name, though it's been clarified it does have an Empress. Who is currently nameless. Oh, and remember King Belgaias from the prologue? He has a city
Asarianism: The particular branch of Trinitarinism that William subscribes to and, indeed, most of Torem, is Asarianism. It's a lot like how Christianity is divided into a lot of different sects, such as Catholicism, Calvinism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and so on. I won't go into too many particulars of Asarianism, but a big part of it is that it's a lot more inclusive than many Triune churches, in that it is more accepting of converts, even non-human ones, and has reasons for that.
Language: Although I still called some languages things like Elven, Orcish, and Hobbo, I changed a couple. The "common" language of Torem has been promptly changed to Toremen, and I also changed the name of the "holy language" that basically acts as Latin in this world. Well, I didn't "change" its name so much as I GAVE it one. It's called "Achdrammen." 'Ach' like in Bach (or how a Mainer says 'Park'), 'dram' like in Drama, and 'men' like in Minute.
There's probably more little changes, but that's all I can think of that's 'important.' Chapter 8 will be up next Saturday (June 5th) at noon, and it will end Part 2! So stay tuned.
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