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My Entries in the Lexicon of Elder Days
The Lexicon is my absolute favourite thing on ExaltedWiki. It's kind of dead now, but it had a good run. It's a CommunalProject intended to create new setting information, specifically about the First Age. I've had a lot of fun with it, I think a lot of the content is really amazing, and I fully intend to finish the whole alphabet one of these days (one to go!).
I think I like the middle / later stuff better. And while I like almost all my entries with few reservations, my favourite is probably either Dreaming Steel or Old Jin.
- back to Shataina.
The Lady Speaks
Shataina, Lady of Legends, has lent her prodigious knowledge to the compilers of the Lexicon of Elder Days.
Of this, the goddess says: "It is not my business to pass judgment, although sometimes I am known to. What I do here, I do under the aegis of my domain; and I shall not lie, but nor shall I attempt to correct any assumptions my readers and listeners may make, based upon my telling of the tale. This is the nature of stories."
Entries in Alphabetical Order
Arian, God of Cats: The Ethereal Crimson Lily tells of a mischievous but somehow heroic god.
- original citation: not applicable
Bread-Basket Uprising, the: The Servant of the Sun mentions an exiled conspirator who tried to seize control of the Deliberative.
- original citation in: Cataphractoi Insensiblis
Cascade Years: The Celestial Queen of Compassion recalls a time of peace and harmony.
- original citation in: Jubilant Willow
Dreaming Steel: She Who Knows the Fair relates what she knows of the Fair general who led the last charge against the Primordials.
- original citation in: Ashen Vengeance
Empty Mouth Brotherhood, the: The Maiden of Mercy winces as she discusses the mute, all-hearing tools of the leader of the Deliberative.
- original citation in: Jacquerie of Five Kingdoms
Flying Dismissal: A demon-imbued thread with an obsession with sorcery is recounted as a cautionary tale by the Flawless Scarlet Orchid.
- original citation in: Fire Chronicle
Green and Gold Eastern Mercantile Fund, The: The most Exquisite Desert Rose smiles over a charlatan's scam and a sorceress's ire.
- original citation in: Flawless Mirror
Horizon: The Protectress of the South sternly recollects a revelation of the folly of banishing the spirits of the land.
- original citation in: Diaries of Justicar Crystal Raven
Iridescent Decade, The: A "time" when Time itself was out of joint is noted by the Speaker for the Fair.
- original citation in: Flawless Mirror
Jade Fire Ribbon: The Flame-Red Flower mentions a mysterious artifact whose potential apparently lies untapped.
- original citation in: Cranefly School, the
Kuzari Nefhindi: An architect? A tragic lover? A crazed politician? All three are posited by the Mistress of Myth.
- original citation in: Hirruet
Len-Bo: The story of the spirit who acted against his own domain is retold by the Once-Orichalcum Tigress.
- original citation in: Grand Solar Monarchy
Miasma Poetica: The furious, poisonous last breath of a poet-sorceress -- the origins of a terrible gas are explained by the Guardian of the Southern Lands.
- original citation in: Keeper's Hand
Night Quill: Sort of like a hedgehog, so why is it so interesting to the Fair and Forgiving Maiden?
- original citation in: Keeper's Hand
Old Jin: The Blood-Red Blossom gives us a public retelling of the still-living, carven remains of a behemoth who was tamed and betrayed.
- original citation in: Grand Solar Monarchy
Purification, Mark of: A simple mark centres a web of intrigue, only touched on by the Singer of Sagas.
- original citation in: Defilement, Mark of
Quest for the Final Shadow: The Mistress of Mysteries writes of an alliance that failed before it began.
- original citation in: Kerning Stone
Seven Hymns Princess: A beautiful, embittered Solar meets her duplicate -- a Fair One. (Singer of Sagas again)
- original citation in: Bitter Flower Empire
Turginosto: Love Testament and Power: The Regent in Rumour notes some about a venerable Dragon King and the possibility that he was lost within the forces of the earth.
- original citation in: Grassblade
Udon of Andalusite: The Princess of Parables gives us a hint of how a mortal may stand against the Exalted.
- original citation in: Andalusite
Veil of Verrinuth: Who could love one of the Primordials? Perhaps the Dreamer of Drama can explain.
- original citation in: Eshertzets Chronicles
Wandering Willow: Will she truly return or is she entirely lost to her ideals? Does the Speaker of Lost Secrets even know?
- original citation in: Ourinesse
Xiao Lin Scrolls: The Maiden of Mirthful Remembrance gives us a tale of a harmless-seeming demon's daughter who tricked her way into Yu-Shan.
- original citation in: Fair Foxes
Youthful Mourning: The Chronicler of Contradictions explains a particularly thorny one involving one or two demonic daiklaves.
- original citation in: Incandescent Inveiglement Ritual
Zealot of Amethyst: She Who Sings in Symbols discusses a strange one -- a maiden (or a man) transmuted to crystal.
- original citation in: Kaskuri Rite of Essence-Bindry
