#Mischief Maker || Fable

[jiubilant]

the following saints are said to have followed veloth the pilgrim during his life. they’re venerated primarily in narsis and the surrounding countryside, where the cult of veloth enjoyed surprising latitude during the reign of the living gods and an explosive resurgence after their fall

st. tiro the firebringer, also referred to as “tiro dirnamat.” a popular figure in children’s fables, st. tiro is said to have kindled the first fire as a girl, a feat that allowed veloth’s followers to confer with their dead. some stories also portray her as friend to the young fa-nuit-hen, who often goaded her into mischief (or vice versa)

st. doler of the tel, said to have spent his life in contemplation atop a tall mushroom. velothi parents and tutors often admonish daydreaming children to “come down from that cap,” an idiom that references st. doler

st. tanthelys, patron of narsis’s thriving textile trade, who is often depicted with six arms. veloth “summons” tanthelys for counsel in several recorded folktales; the ambiguous meaning of the word summon leads some to insist that st. tanthelys was a spirit or daedroth. deeds attributed to them include the taming of the first silk-spider, the invention of the spindle, and the weaving of veloth’s death-shroud (said to be their finest work, though most stories agree that tanthelys themself disclaimed it as their worst, for they “could not see for weeping as [they] wove”)

st. dels of tilammu, said to be the first mystic to leave their body and walk the world as a spirit. in many stories, st. dels soothes a family’s furious ancestors by walking through the family’s hearthfire or waiting-door into the realm of the dead

st. vara of selruhn, an obscure local saint also referred to as “ama vara” or “vara clibar” (ama meaning “mother” and clibar meaning “redbeard” in the narsisi dialect of velothis). scholars postulate that “vara” is a corruption of “varac,” and that the saint in question was a dwemeri potter whose urns—signed by their maker and often discovered in forgotten ancestral tombs—are still unearthed today by selruhni egg-miners

these saints, though recognized and revered locally, were never canonized by the tribunal temple; this being the case, tales of their miraculous deeds and exploits tend to vary dramatically from teller to teller

working from home's not so bad. i can make up velothi saints on the clock

[katiexklein]

Katie took care placing the babe in Elise's arms. That little girl was the most precious person in the world to so many. She held the promise of a world repaired, even if Katie did doubt the existence of the fabled cure that might restore the world to normalcy. If only she could gift the children the easy world that Katie grew in. "You are too sweet. He's a bit of a mischief maker." She chuckled, knowing the hijinks that Joshie got into when no one was looking.

"Oh uh, s-sure", her nerves were visible but still she held her arms out to hold the little bundle. So soft, so innocent, and so damn cute. This was certainly not helping with the fact that Kane and her had to wait for her next period to see if they were in the clear. Maybe she'd actually be sad instead of relived when it came. "Oh", the younger woman perked up. "Of course I do. He's a great kid."