#numen records

[numenrecords]

[numenrecords]

[lady-quen]

Bringing Numen to the art party was the right call... making friends... yippee.... Icy scion guardian of the hot springs

Someone told them cringe was a synonym to happiness, might have been Kallix, but it's okay, we all long to be cringe and free

[403tarot]

KPOP READING: choi san X anonymous in bed

WARNING: explicit content ahead. for + 18 users only !

i took this reading yesterday and it got me shaking fr so of course i wouldn't be evil to keep it only for myself and my querent so i came here to share xD

content taken out of a romantic reading of anonymous & san

san is a hopeless romantic, that's why when you fuck him the sex is full of passion, touching, kissing and bitching. he has the talent of making you feel confident from the moment he looks at you as if you were the hottest woman in the world, that is when he doesn't get needy quickly and rubs his hard dick on your thighs or puts his hand on yours. top of his pants to show you that you drive him crazy, "feel what you're doing to me".

He would have an unparalleled fixation on your thighs and would always start tasting you through them, running his hands, kissing, squeezing until his knuckles were white, all while looking directly into your eyes to see your reaction. he would be addicted to you, your body, your moans, your pussy. he doesn't waste time, he wants all of you, it's like his vision is a tunnel for your pleasure, much of his focus would be to please you.

he would go thirsty to the pot, suck your tits playing with his tongue just like an appetizer and then make you ride his face in that rude way that makes him gasp because for him to drown in your pussy would be a fucking privilege. he plays with himself over his underwear as he sucks you off and thanks you for not being able to hear how much he moans like a whore masturbating while you use his face as a playground. san loves messes, gets his face all smeared and then kisses because you taste so good and he wants you to taste it too, but coming straight from his tongue.

he would kiss you passionately, running his hand all over your body and squeezing you tightly because he wants you to shiver and feel that he is strong, that he can fuck you so good and hard that it makes you go weak just by the way he touches you. a lot of kink in pregnancy and breeding kink, actually the kink is in putting you a baby, it would be like showing the world that he owns you, besides that he likes to make a mess and see the cum running out of your legs. his favorite position is when you're riding his dick because then he sees your fucked up face, and he would want you to keep your hands still without masturbating because you can only come with his dick.

he would want you to show off for him, the kind who wears really nice lacy lingerie and makes a show of taking your clothes off, he puts your panties to the side and fucks you with your lingerie on because this drives him out of his mind. san likes to be seduced and enticed, if you provoke him, he'll go thirsty... plus he might like to keep records in photos or videos if you let him. the sex in front of the mirror and the dim light is a canonical event, he wants to see what's going on but he also wants the romance mood to be maintained... and san is definitely the type to put rose petals on the bed but tell you fucks on the floor, doesn't put music on because he likes to hear you moan how good he fucks you and although he really likes noise if you moan really softly in his ear like it's a secret his brain goes 100% error 404

deck used: white numen tarot

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[foulbearobservation]

Just writing ideas down before I forget them. I actually rly like the larger implications of the whole "the zombie outbreak is actually manufactured to usher humanity to the next level" because who's to say that they hadn't been working at it for a while?

The art that Francesca draws

looks really similar to the art in the GOAT pen

which looks similar to graffiti on the street,,,

what if they had been putting shit in the water for a while and only truly kickstarted the event when they were sure at least someone would be immune? Is that why things got so bad so quickly down in the sewers? Because it was already there before the outbreak started fully.

(all caps are from @itszombietime I haven't gotten around to recording my playthrough yet)

It's worth noting that the blood vessel design that Francesca is drawing looks a lot like the overlay that happens when there's an "earthquake", and also of note, there's at least 3 or 4 "earthquakes" when we're being loaded onto the plane. the earthquakes are already sort of thematically linked with the numens, as they seem to happen most when we're near another one (i.e. when we're getting on the plane, the numens finds us in the sewers, when we're approaching subject noah, and so on).

I also wonder if our plane was shot down not just because of Robert turning mid-flight, but because there were canonically six potential numens on board. I wonder if Robert was found to be infected but still let on anyway just to test the flight. I wonder if this happened to more flights than just ours. There's also graffiti about the plane specifically going down.

I mean, look at it this way, no shoes lady (Kondstant? Konrad? icr) has a squad of two other numens with her. I'm not entirely done with the story, but I'm betting we don't see that many more numens? (I'm only like two quests away from finishing so I'm betting on there not being another 11th hour twist) So Lola-No-Shoes has two besties who evolved, she alludes to more but never rly shows them, seems very intent on waking us, specifically, up.

I just wonder if there's a connection there. If something got put into the water to get people acclimated to the acrophage and that's why we see the similarities in artwork across the city, that's why the artwork looks like what happens when there's earthquakes which looks like what flashes across our vision. I also wonder if Francesca is also a potential numen but just hasn't gotten "awakened" by no-shoes-worstie-lola.

I don't know, I haven't finished the game yet and it's been a hot minute since I've played dead island 1, so there's probably something I've looked over! I'll come back to this once I've replayed and gotten all the journals etc etc

[paranatura-verse]

✨ Welcome to the Paranaturaverse! ✨

A universe where folklore, myths, urban legends and everything inbetween is reality. Across two timelines, two planets, multiple dimensions and outside the universe, many stories from throughout history are ready to be told.

Aliens, both hostile and harmless, make their way to Earth. Humans are genetically altered to grant them unnatural abilities, a gross mimicry of naturally-existing psychics. Fantastical beings and fae lurk in the forests, strange interdimensional beings flicker in and out of reality. A woman makes a choice that will split reality in two, and gods oversee all.

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Notable races

Humans: The most common sapient race on Earth. Two subspecies include Psi-Humans, humans born with psychic abilities, and Phenomenals, humans whose already irregular genetic makeup has been scientifically enhanced.

Calcaniums: A empirical race of planet-conquering aliens from the Andromeda Galaxy. Originally from their home planet Calcania, their colonisation spreads throughout the galaxy, and they now have their sights set on the Milky Way.

Doggerlandians: Amphibious, finned humanoids who live in the North Sea. Typically asocial and wary of humans, they keep to themselves, although some sightings (and even attacks) have been reported. Often mistaken for mermaids in previous decades, recent theories hypothesise they were once humans that rapidly evolved to adapt in the now-sunken Doggerland.

Faefolk: An umbrella term for a wide variety of otherworldly creatures, such as elves, baobhan sith, changelings, irissids, and sprites. Although many reside in the human realm rather than Arcadia, they often keep out of sight from people. Some are benevolent, others malevolent.

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Notable locations

Bronze Bay: A seaside town in California, USA, named for the copper deposits that give the beaches a rich, rusty colour. Founded in the 1800s and formerly a mining town for the aforementioned copper, the town records claim giant lizards once roamed the deserts on the town outskirts.

Tag: #bronze bay

Ravenswood: A rural town in Kent, England, famous for the many supernatural rumours surrounding it. Home to an ancient forest that, if entered, you'll never leave quite the same way.

Tag: #ravenswood

Calcania: The home planet of the warmongering Calcanium race, located in the Andromeda Galaxy. The seat of the Almighty Leaders, they oversee their expanding empire, and crush all that stand in their way.

Tags: #calcaniums #calcania

Arcadia: The realm of the faefolk. At least three kingdoms are located in this realm; Rhyneris, the Seelie Court, and Unseelie Court. The prince of the Sun Elves attempts to make peace with the Moon Elves, whilst the two queens of Rhyneris attempt to co-exist with the fragmented aspects of their former god.

Tags: #rhyneris #seelie court #unseelie court

Numen Wight Laboratories: The biggest and most advanced laboratory in America, named after its founder. It has branches covering genetic engineering, robotics and curiously, paranormal studies. Rumours surround the company regarding unethical experimentations, but the current owners and employees deny any such knowledge. And anyone who goes snooping in the greenhouse never comes back out.

Tag: #numen wight labs

Holloway: A town in Colorado inhabited by crude copies of humans and the living dead, sealed off from the outside world. The Imitations rule the ruined town lawlessly, whilst Ghouls roam the streets seeking flesh to eat.

Tag: #dead town #holloway

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There is no set posting schedule (at least currently), mainly as posts are made as the project is developed and much as I love this universe, I have both other hobbies and work to attend to as well.

Posts that are not related to stories, timelines, art or characters will be posted under the tag "behind the scenes", this includes posts discussing the inspiration behind a character. All posts related to canon will be posted with relevant tags.

[oblivionrecords]

Fred McDowell: The farmer who emerged from the woods and made a masterpiece

I thought it might be good for newbies to Mississippi Fred McDowell –like I was when I recorded “Live in New York”– to find out about where Fred came from, recording wise. This article in the UK webzine, Far Out, lays it out pretty well. You might want to dig deeper into folklorist Alan Lomax, but more importantly, you'll get a glimpse of the ambition that drove Fred from a Mississippi farm to his well deserved worldwide acclaim. -Fred Seibert.

By Tom Taylor @tomtaylorfo Far Out Magazine   Sat 18 November 2023 22:00, UK

Some blues players can get their guitars to tell a story; Fred McDowell could get his to sing an opera akin to a southern Les Mis. “With Fred McDowell, I just love the way he articulates the notes,” fellow blues guitarist Bill Orcutt explains. “I’m hardly unique in that, but there’s just something about that that I love.” He’s not alone in that love either; everyone from Keith Richards to Bonnie Raitt have cited him as a star that they have attempted to emulate.

However, the one element nobody could ever copy was the humble backstory that brought him to the world. Long before he earned the prefix of Mississippi and became a big attraction at juke joints, got swamped backstage at folk festivals, or had his track covered by The Rolling Stones, he was just strumming away to an audience of nearby wildlife on his porch after a long day at work. Occasionally, he’d find himself in a situation where someone might toss him some loose change, but any notion of fame seemed unfamiliar.

But his skills were profound all the same, and fate would drag him towards another American numen on his travels. Alan Lomax was a roving ethnomusicologist, which is a big word for a curious fellow with a portable recording device that could capture the nation’s true folk on the move. One day, during Lomax and Shirley Collins’ great Southern Journey expedition, they rocked up in Como, Mississippi. They were intent on capturing the music at a local dance and the Young brothers’ fife and drum ensemble.

It was 1959, and McDowell was a 54-year-old wondering what his legacy would be beyond the farm he kept. So, without much fanfare and no warning, he decided to pick up his guitar, weave his way through the local woods, and rock up at Lonnie Young’s porch, where the recording was said to be taking place. Lomax and Collins lent him their ears, hit record, and old McDowell began to play.

Half a century later, if you close your eyes while listening to the masterpiece now known as The Alan Lomax Recordings, you can almost see the overalled maestro on the creaking porch ahead of you, hear the rustle of the southern breeze through the lowering tupelo trees, and smell the dancehalls buffer in the air. Of course, some of that is due to the suggestion of the cover art on the Mississippi Records pressing, but what I’m trying to convey is the dogeared sincerity that renders this authentic tape so beguiling.

Even at the time, Lomax and Collins were so flummoxed by the humility and skill of this unknown farmer that they quickly whisked their tapes off to a blues label, and in his autumn years, McDowell became an internationally renowned star, typifying what was best about the blues when the revival movement had somewhat muddied the waters — he was the new (old) find that the kids were craving.

He would soon rub shoulders with the next generation, teaching Raitt how to play slide guitar, touring with the likes of Big Mama Thornton and John Lee Hooker, and embracing the flattery of being covered by rockers despite declaring himself that he did not play rock ‘n’ roll. He left the farm behind and enjoyed a good 13 years of fame until his death in 1972, aged 68, but his old porch was never truly that far from his artistic thoughts, so even beyond the masterful Lomax Recordings, he’s the bluesman who can capture the earthiness of the South with more verity than anyone.

[wxnheart]

Hello, I had written a little story a while back and have decided to send in the second part.

Where our tale left off, the young servant of numen nobility, now guided by the grace of gold, had experienced a change in fate. Hands that were once cracked and bleeding from washing laundry in lye have now given a chance to heal, for the servant has been reassigned to an infirmary of sorts as an apprentice.

One fateful day, the servant was taking stock of the herbs and poultices while their teacher was away. As they worked, they soon noticed that grace was pointing towards the door, where a boy had just walked in, surrounded by, almost emanating the same golden presence that they adored so deeply.

His name was Radagon, and he had been injured in a spar against his sister's shadow. The servant would treat his injuries, bandaging every cut with care, and Radagon, for the first time in his life, felt seen as someone beyond Marika. As someone real. He started to appear often, with injuries obviously caused by excessive training, though he never admitted it. If he could not compete with Marika in divinity, then he would outshine her in every other way possible.

And thus, the to-be golden consort knew Radagon long before he appeared in historical record.

(Apologies for both length and quality, I needed to get this idea out so it would stop haunting me. I hope you have a wonderful day.)

👍

[metaleterno]

ARDE LA SANGRE

LANZA SU SEGUNDO DISCO

"PASE LO QUE PASE"

Y LO PRESENTA EN VIVO EN EL

ENTRADAS A LA VENTA

PASE LO QUE PASE

DISPONIBLE EN FORMATO DIGITAL EN TODAS LAS PLATAFORMAS A PARTIR DEL 17/10/24

LA BANDA MÁS PODEROSA DEL ROCK ARGENTINO REGRESA CON UN TRABAJO CONTUNDENTE QUE REDEFINE SU IDENTIDAD SONORA

Arde la Sangre, conocida por su fuerza y autenticidad en la escena del rock argentino, vuelve con su segundo disco titulado "Pase lo que pase". Este lanzamiento promete consolidar su lugar como una de las bandas más potentes del género, al tiempo que explora nuevas texturas musicales y líricas.

El disco ofrece una combinación poderosa de metal alternativo, distorsión y melodías épicas, adentrándose en atmósferas oscuras que dan vida a una poesía melancólica y apocalíptica. Cada tema destaca por su producción meticulosa y su capacidad de emocionar a través de interpretaciones vibrantes.

Entre los momentos más memorables del álbum, se destaca la colaboración de Cesar Andino (Cabezones) en la canción "Lo Esencial", donde se fusionan lo mejor de ambos mundos musicales. Asimismo, MINY de la banda Post 20 suma su voz en "OBDC", añadiendo un toque único al disco.

Este segundo trabajo ha sido anticipado con sencillos como "Espejo Roto", "El ojo del Huracán", y "Los unos y los otros", que han dejado expectantes a los seguidores, preparando el terreno para el impacto que generará "Pase lo que pase".

La producción del álbum estuvo a cargo de Luciano Farelli, quien logró capturar la esencia cruda y emotiva de la banda, llevándola a un nuevo nivel. Arde la Sangre sigue demostrando su capacidad para evolucionar sin perder su potencia, siempre dispuesta a explorar nuevos horizontes musicales.

El grupo está compuesto por Hernán Tery Langer en guitarra y coros,Luciano "Tano" Farelli (guitarra, sintetizadores, programación y coros), Ignacio "Nacho" Benavides (batería) y Marcelo Corvex Corvalan en bajo y voz, quienes en conjunto logran una química inigualable que se refleja en cada canción.

Pase lo que Pase fue grabado en estudios MCL Records, Garra y Oceania

Records por Luciano Farelli. Asistente de grabación en MCL: Diego Trigo Asistente de grabación Garra: Pablo Peyrano Drum Dr MCL: Nico Polo Drum Dr Garra: Bolsa Gonzales Mezclado por Luciano Farelli en Oceanía Records. Masterizado por Diego Warrior, excepto temas 3, 6, 9 y 11 por Luciano Farelli. Producido por Luciano Farelli y Hernan Langer. Publicado por Numen Música Distribución digital por Altafonte para todo el mundo

+ SOBRE ARDE LA SANGRE

Arde La Sangre comenzó́ su carrera en pleno 2020, componiendo y dándole vida a su primer disco “La Cura”, lanzado en 2021, con el cual la banda inició su primera gira, presentándolo en vivo por toda Argentina, con un debut impresionante en el Teatro Opera de Buenos Aires, sorprendiendo tanto al público como a la crítica, obteniendo el mejor reconocimiento al ganar el rubro “Rock Pesado punk” al mejor disco en los prestigiosos Premios Gardel.

En 2022 continuaron los shows destacando la participación junto a las bandas “KISS” y “SLIPKNOT” en Bs As. Ese mismo año lanzaron un EP de cuatro canciones llamado “Rompiendo Silencios”, demostrando una evolución en la composición y el sonido, donde se destacaron las canciones “Aguantar” y “El Reino maldito” con sus respectivos videoclips (Penumbrart). Además de continuar su gira nacional de presentación, concretaron su primera visita a Chile junto a la banda Alectrofobia recorriendo 5 ciudades.

En 2023, la banda presentó dos nuevos sencillos “OBDC” con la participación de la cantante “Miny” cantante de la banda “Post20” de San Juan y “ESPEJO ROTO” donde siguen sorprendiendo con su constante evolución en su sonido y destacándose como una de las bandas más novedosas y originales de la escena rockera latinoamericana en este último tiempo.

Estas dos canciones son el adelanto de su próximo disco que saldrá a mediados del 2024.

También, como destacado en el 2023, la banda participó en el show de “Evanescence” que tuvo lugar en el Movistar Arena, un cierre de año propio en el Teatro Vorterix y la participación en el Festival Floufest en la ciudad de Asunción (Paraguay).

Cabe destacar que Marcelo “Corvata” Corvalan fue miembro fundador de A.N.I.M.A.L y junto a Hernan “Tery” Langer de CARAJO, dos de las bandas mas importantes e influyentes de la escena heavy metal de Latinoamérica.

REDES DE ARDE LA SANGRE

INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ardelasangre/?hl=es

FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/ardelasangreoficia

[numenrecords]

[lesdeuxmuses]

Xeper - Ad Numen Satanae (Soulseller Records, 2021)

[capsulas]

(vía Elegance Elated [Numen Records])

[13melekradyo]

Güncel modern kompozisyon kayıtlarından bir seçki // A selection of recent modern composition recordings. Download.

01 – A Winged Victory For The Sullen – All Our Friends Are Vampires 02 – Sergio Díaz De Rojas – El Gato Escondido Entre Las Plantas 03 – Vetle Nærø – Little Dreamer 04 – Hanakiv – Home II 05 – Ole-Bjørn Talstad – Motbakke 06 – Linda Rum – Mond 07 – Nat Bartsch – Breanna 08 – Francesca Guccione – Parallel Echoes 09 – Onur Tarçın – Réfraction 10 – Bruno Sanfilippo – Numen 11 – Penguin Cafe – Second Variety 12 – Tomo-Nakaguchi – Twilight Glow Of The Sky 13 – Poltrock – Bray Dunes

[paranatura-verse]

Name: The Traveller Age: ??? Birthdate: Presumably sometime before 1963 Gender: ??? Pronouns: They/Them Species: ??? Place of Origin: Numen Wight Labs

The result of Numen Wight Laboratories' most unethical and horrific experiment. In 1963, an anonymous tester was subjected to an experiment in trans-dimensional travel, funded by the United States Government. Whilst technically a success, it came at the cost of this test subject's identity and humanity. All known records of this person were deemed classified and destroyed, as if they had never existed. Drifting aimlessly between dimensions, appearing in many different time periods and timelines with no control over where they visit, anything human that once resided inside the spacesuit has long since withered away. Only this poor traveller's soul remains, trapped in a paradoxical existence wandering without memory or purpose.

[classystarfishdreamer]

E'uscito "Destiny Ride", il nuovo singolo di Mozez

E’uscito “Destiny Ride”, il nuovo singolo di Mozez

Al ritmo serrato di un basso ostinato, si apre la profonda riflessione sulla vita del nuovo singolo di Mozez ( Mozez Wright) intitolato Destiny Ride. Ritorna il desiderio di unità cosmica, ricongiungendo uomo e Universo, superando i confini della Terra, immaginando un futuro oltre le galassie dove eternità e immortalità sembrano essere la missione rivoluzionaria della nuova Umanità. Da una parte…

[bestworstcase]

#wait is it possible to know what the Wolf-Word is? (@moth-short)

it is – or to make an educated guess, at least.

we begin with what we know about it:

When the Forge is cold and the Glory is dark and the Wood is dust, perhaps the Wolf Divided will rest, but only until it can devour itself. This word almost expresses the Divided One's hatred.

discounting research projects, there’s only one source from which the cultist can learn the wolf-word, and that is ‘the scar in the sky’:

Nyn wrote this, and came to regret it. Each page of this book contains one word only, but as each page is turned, a knowledge creeps in. The final page is crowded. Each reader of the book records the same word. Now it is my turn.

‘the scar and the sky’ is written in fucine, and from the study text we may conclude that this single word written on the final page is the wolf-word, and therefore that the wolf-word is fucine. fucine is not a real language—but we know it to be associated with the region of lake fucino, in italy, and the cultist needs to know latin as a foundation in order to learn it; so it’s a latinate language, and we can therefore guess that the wolf-word (if it’s ever written out) will be derived from latin.

next! – lemon mentioned nina lagasse (painter and friend of solomon husher) because she’s ninegala of lagash (this is confirmed in er… the generic winter ending using numen: a final understanding, iirc, but i’m citing that from memory so take with a grain of salt), and ninegala of lagash is the ‘howling woman’ the cultist encounters in one of their nightmares:

In the land of the two rivers, in the days of Rimush and of Naram-Sin, there were stories told of a howling woman who devoured the children of other mothers. Last night there was a howling in my dreams.

(note that this ‘land of the two rivers’ description is used for a handful of different locations – e.g. the mother of ants, who came from ecbatana – but in this case the reference to rimush and naram-sin identifies this location as lagash under akkadian rule.)

so the howling woman is – most likely – ninegala, and the howling in combination with the dread inflicted by this nightmare suggest a connection to the wolf-divided. (dread leading to despair, “the wolf which devours thought,” also trist: despairing, “melancholy is the mist on the soul’s waters, despair is the wolf that prowls the water’s edge”)

ninegala wrote ‘in the mountains as upon the plain there may not be a path where none has passed’ (which is of only tangential relevance here) and ‘observations on the peacock door,’ which connects her (loosely) to chione, who is a name of the nowhere-hour snow:

'Speech, as the initiates of Chione would have it, is a wound. I fear that through that wound, the blood of the Mansus flows even now, and that one day Speech will be an end to Dream. I fear that; but I fear the alternative far more.'

nina lagasse is also circumstantially associated with snow: in writing his ‘towards a fundamental aesthetic’, julian coseley received “inspiration or even assistance” from snow, and he wrote his extensively-revised second edition after having some kind of epiphany in response to three of nina lagasse’s paintings. (most likely rose, sky, & winter.)

now – i can’t definitively prove that ninegala was also nyn, the witch who wrote ‘the scar in the sky.’ however, ninegala verifiably did live until at least 1895 (the alleged date of nina lagasse’s death); the phonetic similarity between ninegala, nyn, and nina needs no explanation; and the concerns ninegala articulates in ‘observations on the peacock door’ align with the warnings given in ‘nyn’s cages’ (quoting the avignon text here):

Nyn's stated aim was to 'keep beyond the Walls of Sleep that business which should not trouble the world'. This includes fever, madness and delirium, as well as spirits identified as 'Devourers' and 'Deceivers'.

why is this relevant: because the nowhere-hour snow and the wolf are conjunct. the most direct hint here is, obviously, wolf-snow, which the cultist can find interred in the mausoleum of wolves and which, well –

Far too cold ever to melt in anything but the hottest noonday sun. It will, very gradually, consume human flesh.

it’s snow that consumes flesh. snow, wolf.

and the other really significant hint is in ‘a child’s treasury of golden afternoons’:

'Here is your paint,' whispered the Wolf to the Pale Girl. 'Here is your knife-for-scraping. And here is your face.'

the elegiast isn’t the only winter-hour interested in painting – snow is, too; see nina lagasse and solomon husher. snow is also generally attested as female and chione, who seems to be specifically a name-emanation, is described thus in the priest’s nine year vision:

Wait in the white on the walls. Watch the sun slow. Chione walks the streets in silence. Her skirts are the wind. So white her surface. See what ceases in the storm.

pale girl – chione. and the wolf. in the interest of brevity i won’t belabor the point but this is the tip of a very large iceberg.

but what i’m coming to is:

‘nix abolix.’

A grim treatise on 'those feasts that occur, those feasts that are not to be witnessed.' The alukites, who feasted on their children and became monsters. The dragon-kinds among the Carapace Cross, who feasted on Hour-flesh and became monsters. The khalvites, who drank of Echidna's bounty, and became monsters… 'Marinette, the Ligeian: so young, so hungry. All her children cannot slake her thirst. When Moth rose, another held the Flaying Key, but at the Grail's bidding did Marinette consume that she.'

the librarian learns lessons in wolf stories from reading this book – it’s one of only three texts in book of hours that teach wolf stories, the other two being ‘the viennese conundra’ (which concerns the ligeians) and ‘black nephrite’ (which is apologia for the nowhere-hours). and the archaeologist learns wolf stories from their journal because they’re haunted by a wolf-splinter :)

ANYWAY – for the purpose of this question, what interests us is the book’s title. ‘nix abolix’ is written in fucine, which as you’ll recall is a latinate language.

nix is the latin word for ‘snow.’

abolix is not a latin word, but aboleo is – it’s a verb meaning ‘to destroy’ or ‘to stop the growth of’ or ‘to die’ or ‘to abolish’ (and you can see the etymological root in that last one). a lot of latinate languages retain this word in some form, and so, evidently, does fucine. the closest real word to ‘abolix’ is catalan aboleix, either the third-person singular present indicative or the second-person present imperative conjugation of the verb (i.e., “she abolishes” as a factual statement or “abolish!” stated as a command).

so we can extrapolate that the meaning of this title, in fucine, might translate to something along the lines of “snow destroys,” or “snow abolishes,” or perhaps – given the book’s subject matter – “snow devours.”

or… if we take the conjunction between snow and the wolf into account… snow unmaketh?

question mark. the names of the wolf:

'Three natures hath the Wolf Divided; he unmaketh; he unmaketh; at the last, he unmaketh.' You don't have to like an Hour to learn from it.

riddles tend to expand, puzzles to resolve (as teresa puts it) – the wolf-word is abolix, or a verb of which that is a conjugation (probably something like abolir).

and it means ‘unmake’ in fucine.

it’s actually very simple you just twist your brain into seven knots figuring out how the watchman ascended to hourhood and then turn about face and answer the vagabond’s riddle.