#noodle lore

(Tagging @scales-and-spirals for a Cairn mention lol)

Orpheus: “Oh, yes, celestial events are big occasions for most of the pantheon, because they can affect so many powers and parts of the world! Many times the celebrations involve feasts held within the elemental capital, where the council that rules the pantheon reside. During times of war, these events have also led to temporary truces, as the impact of heavenly bodies on magic affected all parties. Nowadays, unfortunately, much of that honor system has been lost outside of the pantheon, but those within who break them are punished severely. Getting back to the idea of holidays, though, lunar and solar eclipses, especially, often lead to a great number of offerings made to both my family and the family of the solar deities. Solstices and equinoxes tend to involve harvests and feasts, primarily, but these can also be seen as fortuitous times for marriages, childbirth, and major milestones in one’s life should they fall on the same day. I, for example, had my first shed during an eclipse; it was seen as a good omen, the new scales symbolizing the returned light of the moon after.” -beams proudly-

Atheer: “The lifespan of a naga is strange compared to the short and fleeting lives of mortals. Orpheus was born when Eden and I were in our mid-two-hundreds. Adolescence usually spans from a naga’s first decade until they reach their first century. They remain in their prime for several centuries, health and resources taken into consideration, and begin to wane once they come closer towards one thousand years of age. Not many live long after. Some surrender their souls to the cosmos, others find ways to bind themselves to the mortal plane, as my mother had. We are not truly immortal, as nothing can live forever; we merely last longer than other beings, and return to the earth when our time comes.”