Short Fiction: Mom*nkm nen's Tomb

 MOM*NKM NEN'S TOMB

"It could not be helped." Valan Fal patted the bruised and bloodied Arcanis on the shoulder before turning and walking away from the sight of the burning Tavern. "The bastards had it coming."
"Yeah." Poul coughed up blood into a hand and looked at it. "Fuck."
"So..." Valan looked over his shoulder at the Arcanist. "Where to now?"
"Some place..." Poul the Arcanist kicked over a rock on the ground noticing a rune scratched on it. "...not here?"

Poul the Arcanist felt mildly nauseated as his surroundings became liquid, before stabilizing quickly in the form of a circular chamber carved from stone similar if not identical to the rock with the rune scratched in it. It was poorly lit by an amber glow from large crystals sitting loosly in various stone bowls against the wall of the circular chamber.

"Val?" His eyes adjusting to the reality of his situation, Poul looked about the chamber. Other than the illumination crystals, it was empty of everything but him and maybe the air he bought in with him. "Shit."

Poul touched and then satisfied that he wasnt going to immediatly perish, picked up an illumination crystal and eamined the remaining crystals in the bowl. They appeared to be some kind of quartz though their quality was far higher than any he had ever seen. The bowl itself seemed to have been cobbed from stone identical to the chamber walls using another stone.
Poul explored each of the other bowls around the edge of the chamber, finding them similar, with variation in the illumination crystals.

A subterranean chamber. With limited air. Probably perpetual illumination given quartz didnt naturally glow with an amber light. It was basically a tomb. Waiting for an occupant. Poul felt his ribs. They still hurt from the Tavern brawl. He spat into his hand. There was still some blood, though the amber light of the crystal in his other hand wasnt ideal for identifying it. He wasnt in the afterlife. That was supposed to be full of globes- the souls of Arcanist's past floating in a black void. Not a carved room of stone bowls filled with quarts crystals with an illuminating amber glow.

"Hello?" Poul looked at the quartz crystal in his hand hoping for a reply. "Anyone in there?"

"Of course not you dolt." Poul dropped the crystal back in its bowl and sat with his back to the hewn wall. "You are trapped in an actual tomb."

Eventually he would just go to sleep. Poul shook off the unexpected Drowsiness. Not yet though. Valen would come looking for him. He would solve the riddle of this trap.

He needed to stand up. This was just Miner's sleep taking effect.

Poul emptied the first bowl upside down spilling its crystals. He sought the second bowl, and the third, and fourth and fifth, pulling them to the same edge of the chamber stacking them one on top of the other to form a stool high stack against the wall and sat down finding it instantly uncomfortable.

After a long while the crystals went dark revealing a bejeweled ceiling glowing in the shapes of constellations, some familiar, others not. (630)
"Wow." Poul fumbled in the dark at his feet for a nearby crystal and began engraving the unfamiliar constellations into the wall behind him, feeling the surface to replicate the symbols precise as he could.

Complete, Poul removed a bowl and returned crystals to it. They began to illuminate the room and the stars faded leaving him with a wall of unfamiliar symbols.
"Lets see..." Poul cut into his palm with a crystal point and began finger painting an unfamiliar symbol in blood. "You lined up with the Mother."
"You liked up with Death." The second symbol painted in blood, Poul applied blood to the third. "And you lined up with...what was it called?"
"The flower-bearer." The illumination crystals in the bowl flickered as he formed the whole word. "MOM*NKM NEN."



****

"Poul?" Valen Fal watched the Arcanist become a blur, the living man was replaced by a pile of ancient rags, bones, and various funerary objects. Valen looked around wondering what had just happened to his companion. There didn't seem to be anyone in sight. "Poul?"

"Poul?" Valen slowly closed the distance, weary that he would somehow share his companion's fate. "You dropped your... stuff."

"I'm..." Valeb Fal pulled a dagger and prodded the skeletal remains. The remnants of an ancient shroud, most of it rotted away with the corpse, came away as dust. "Pretty sure Poul wasnt wearing a shroud."
"Who the hell are you?" Valen stuck his dagger in the remains of an ornamental box spilling its collection of several hundred Diamonds. "Huh."
Valen Fal slowly scavenged the remains coming away with a sack of gems, an ivory bottle with a bone stopper, and a wooden staff, twisted and gnarled.
"I guess I'm rich now." The stars in the flickered and went dark and the moon began bleeding. Behind him an old skeleton struggled to its feet at the sound of his name spoken for the first time in five thousand years.

"NKM." Valan Fal died instantly at the word.

Linguistic Archaeology: that time we encountered Toads

 

Toad in almost every language
1. Toad
2. Padda
3. zhabë
4. todi
5. alealjum
6. Dodosh
7. Sapo
8. qurbağa
9. Apoa
10. Žaba
11. Byāṅa
12. zhaba
13. gripau
14. Bako
15. Chule
16. Chánchú
17. krastača
18. Ropucha
19. Tudse
20. MA* (dogri)
21. Pad
22. Bufo (esperanto)
23. Kärnkonn
24. Akpckplc
25. palaka
26. Rupikonna
27. Crapaud
28. gombesho
29. Kröte
30. Frýnos
31. Dēḍakō
32. krapo
33. kwaɗo
34. KRFD* (hebrew)
35. mendhak
36. tus qav kaws
37. Varangy
38. Karta
39. Kuton
40. Kodok
41. Buafal
42. Rospo
43. Hikigaeru
44. Ṭōḍ
45. Qurbaqa
46. Agasanduku
47. *D (konkani)
48. dukkeobi
49. Beq (kuranji kurdish)
50. K*TR* (sorani kurdish)
51. Baka
52. khankhak
53. Bufo (Latin)
54. Krupis
55. Rupūžė
56. Enseenene
57. Mouk
58. *A* (maithili)
59. saobakaka
60. katak
61. poovan
62. rospu
63. takakau
64. Bēḍūka
65. *N (manipuri)
66. bakh
67. Ṭōḍa
68. Padde
69. G*K (persian)
70. Ropucha
71. Ṭāḍa
72. broască râioasă
73. Tod
74. A* (sanskrit)
75. Mial-mhàgach
76. Krastača
77. Sekhooane
78. mæḍiyā
79. rah
80. bangkong
81. Chura
82. Tērai
83. KOPAL (toad)
84. Khāngkhk
85. *L (tigrinya)
86. Ximanga
87. Karakurbağası
88. MYGDK (urdu)
89. con cóc
90. llyffant
91. ixoxo



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
61 67%    17 18%   13 14%  34 37%      26 28%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
18 20%   12 13%    22 24%    3    3%       13 14%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
16 17%    1   1%     37 41%    9  10%       8      8%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
19 21%    19 21%    4    4%     26 28%     16 17%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
18 20%    3   3%      2     2%     2    2%       6     6%

Z      %
4    4%



Popularity of use
67% A: *A* (maithili), A* (sanskrit),
41% K, A:
37% O, K, A:
28% R, U, O, K, A:
24% D, R, U, O, K, A: Kodok, *D (konkani),
21% P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Padda, Apoa, Pad, Kärnkonn, krapo, *N (manipuri),
20% T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Ṭōḍa, Ṭāḍa, Tod, katak, takakau, K*TR* (sorani kurdish), Ṭōḍ, Baka, Karta, Kuton, Toad, Bako,
18% E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Bēḍūka, Padde, Kröte, Dēḍakō, Enseenene,
17% S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: rospu, bakh, saobakaka, Sekhooane, rah, Rospo, khankhak, Tudse, Dodosh, Sapo,
14% G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Krupis, G*K (persian), bangkong, Tērai, Khāngkhk, Karakurbağası, Hikigaeru, Agasanduku, todi, gripau, Rupikonna, dukkeobi,
13% C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Chura, con cóc, broască râioasă, Krastača, Ropucha, Chánchú, krastača, Ropucha, Crapaud,
10% L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: KOPAL (tatar), *L (tigrinya), Chule, Akpckplc, palaka,
8% M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Mial-mhàgach, mendhak, Mouk, MA* (dogri), gombesho,
6% Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: mæḍiyā, MYGDK (urdu), Byāṅa, llyffant,
4% F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Beq (kuranji kurdish), Rupūžė, Qurbaqa, qurbağa, Žaba, zhabë, KRFD* (hebrew), Frýnos, Buafal, Bufo (Latin), Bufo (esperanto), zhaba,
3% V, F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Varangy, poovan,
2% W, X, V, F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: Ximanga, ixoxo, kwaɗo, tus qav kaws,
1% J, W, X, V, F, Z, Q, Y, M, L, C, G, I, S, H, E, T, B, P, N, D, R, U, O, K, A: alealjum,


Conclusion: Originating in the A-K linguistic subgroup;

A-K subgroup                         Sex          %        Dev. Chain                 Band Gap
Inuit                                           M         83%     (A; K; N, Q, L, S, O)
Orville Krill                                            82%      (A; K; O; L; S, R)
Inuit                                            F          75%     (A; K; L; I; T, O, S)                U
Skull                                                       75%     (A; K; E; L)
Crow                                                      74%     (A; K; R; O; G)
To fuck                                                  72%     (A; K; E; I, T)
Toad                                                      67%     (A; K; O; R, U)
Cat                                                        63%      (A; K; T; I)

The earliest partial Toads are less than 67% with *A* (maithili) and A* (sanskrit). These are followed by a bandgap extending from 41%-28%.

Toads return at 24% with Kodok (indonesian) and the partial *D (konkani), peaking repeatedly at 20%, 14%, and 4%. Before declining down by 1%

Linguistic Archaeology: 5000BCE Cataclysm (pdf)

 

5000BCE Cataclysm

Star Wars: Blows this Party Does

Yoda called it. Apparently Disney are looking to offload Star Wars they dont know how to sustainably profit from it.

Going Extinct: Things come to an end all the time

A Supernova doesnt need to boil your oceans and cook your atmosphere. It just has to fill the sky with light. Looking at the Sun causes eye damage and eventual blindness if you look at it long enough, but a Supernova can be big enough to just fill the sky with light for a couple of months so that just looking at the sky during that time causes blindness.

The Wildlife (anything with eyes), Herd Animals, and human population who live their lives outside in that light cannot help but be exposed. And once animals are blind they can no longer move about without injury, search for food, or live their lives with safety. So simple blindness could push ninety percent of those groups to extinction.

Betelgeuse is expected to go Supernova soon. If it does pose that level of global harm we will need to build a vast sunshade ahead of time just to protect ourselves from its blinding light. 

We might shelter from the light in a windowless room for a those few months, but the ecosystem we are a part of and are dependent on are pretty much screwed.

Linguistic Archaeology: The Lombards

 

The Lombards

A. Female Lombard Names
1. Alpsuinda
2. Aurona
3. Austrigusa
4. Brunihilde
5. Flutsuinda
6. Frea
7. Gambara
8. Gundiperga
9. Guntrut
10. Ranicuinda
11. Ratperga
12. Rodelinda
13. Rosemund
14. Rumestruda
15. Salinga
16. Theuderata
17. Walderada
18. Wigilinda
19. Winiperga
20. Wisegarda


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
17 85%    11 55%   11 55%  3   15%      11 55%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
2  10%      1   5%     12 60%    2 10%       9   45%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
2   10%    0   0%      0    0%     7  35%       3   15%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
12 60%    4 20%      0    0%     16 80%     7   35%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
6  30%     0   0%      4   20%     0    0%       0     0%

Z      %
0    0%


Popularity of use
85% A:
80% R, A:
60% N, D, R, A:
55% U, I, E, N, D, R, A:
45% G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A:
35% S, L, G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A: Salinga,
30% T, S, L, G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A: Austrigusa, Guntrut,
20% W, P, T, S, L, G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A: Walderada, Wigilinda, Winiperga, Wisegarda, Gundiperga, Ratperga, Alpsuinda,
15% M, O, W, P, T, S, L, G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A: Rodelinda, Rosemund, Rumestruda, Aurona,
10% H, F, B, M, O, W, P, T, S, L, G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A: Brunihilde, Flutsuinda, Frea, Gambara, Theuderata,
5% C, H, F, B, M, O, W, P, T, S, L, G, U, I, E, N, D, R, A: Ranicuinda,
0% V, X, Y, Z, Q, K, J

Conclusion: Lombard Female culture originates in the A-R linguistic Subgroup. Appearing at 35%, and rising to a cultural peak at 20% before declining down to 5%.



B. Male Lombard Names
1. Agelmund
2. Aldoin
3. Alichis
4. Claffo
5. Cleph
6. Euin
7. Giselpert
8. Gisulf
9. Gudeoc
10. Hilmaegis
11. Hildeoc
12. Ibor
13. Lamissio
14. Rodolf
15. Rodonus
16. Rothari
17. Waccho
18. Walcari
19. Wechtari
20. Zabsn


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
11 55%    8 40%     12 60%   10 50%     5   25%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
2  10%     8 40%      6  30%     3  15%      5   25%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
7   35%    0   0%      0    0%     12 60%     3    15%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
5   25%     2 10%     0    0%     7  35%       7   35%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
2  10%     0   0%      3   15%     0    0%       0    0%

Z      %
1    5%


Popularity of use
60% L, I:
55% A, L, I:
50% O, A, L, I:
40% C, E, O, A, L, I:
35% R, S, H, C, E, O, A, L, I: Alichis,
30% D, R, S, H, C, E, O, A, L, I: Hildeoc,
25% N, G, U, D, R, S, H, C, E, O, A, L, I: Euin, Aldoin, Gudeoc, Rodonus,
15% W, M, F, N, G, U, D, R, S, H, C, E, O, A, L, I: Waccho, Walcari, Lamissio, Rodolf, Gisulf, Hilmaegis, Agelmund, Claffo,
10% T, P, B, W, M, F, N, G, U, D, R, S, H, C, E, O, A, L, I: Rothari, Wechtari, Cleph, Giselpert, Ibor,
5% B, Z, T, P, B, W, M, F, N, G, U, D, R, S, H, C, E, O, A, L, I: Zabsn,
0% V, Q, J, K, X, Y

Conclusion: The Lombard Male linguistic origins are indiscernable as bot L and I are at 60%. They show at 35% with Alichis, rise to a cultural peak at 15% and decline down by 5%.

Linguistic Archaeology: The Merovingians

 The Merovingians

A. Merovingian Female Names
1. Audovera
2. Austrechild
3. Basina
4. Berthegund
5. Chlodosind
6. Clotild
7. Fedegund
8. Galswinth
9. Guntheuc
10. Ingoberg
11. Ingund
12. Leuba
13. Macatrude
14. Markovefa
15. Meroflede
16. Radegund
17. Regonthe
18. Theodohilda
19. Ultrogotha
20. Veneranda


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
11 55%    14 70%   8 40%     9  45%      10 50%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
4  20%     5 25%     12 60%    3  15%       9   45%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
8  40%     0   0%      1    5%     8  40%       3    15%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
11 55%    0   0%      0     0%    11 55%      4   20%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
9  45%     3 15%      1     5%     0    0%       0     0%

Z      %
0    0%


Popularity of use
70% E:
60% D, E:
55% R, N, A, D, E:
50% U, R, N, A, D, E:
45% T, G, O, U, R, N, A, D, E: Radegund,
40% L, H, I, T, G, O, U, R, N, A, D, E: Regonthe, Theodohilda, Ultrogotha, Ingund,
25% C, L, H, I, T, G, O, U, R, N, A, D, E: Clotild, Guntheuc,
20% S, B, C, L, H, I, T, G, O, U, R, N, A, D, E: Ingoberg, Leuba, Basina, Berthegund, Chlodosind, Austrechild,
15% V, M, F, S, B, C, L, H, I, T, G, O, U, R, N, A, D, E: Macatrude, Meroflede, Veneranda, Fedegund, Audovera,
5% W, K, V, M, F, S, B, C, L, H, I, T, G, O, U, R, N, A, D, E: Galswinth, Markovefa,
0% Z, X, Y, P, Q, J


Conclusion: Originating in the E linguistic group, they begin around 45% rising to a peak at about 40% before declining down by 25%, before culturally peaking at 20% before declining down to 5%.


B. Merovingian Male Names
1. Ansovald
2. Bertefred
3. Chilperic
4. Chlodobert
5. Dagobert
6. Dragolen
7. Derulf
8. Guntram
9. lngomer
10. Leudast
11. Lothar
12. Malulf
13. Marovech
14. Pharamond
15. Rikulf
16. Sigibert
17. Syrivald
18. Theodebert
19. Thorismund
20. Trudulf


Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
10 50%    11 55%   6 30%     10 50%     7   35%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
5  25%     3 15%     12 60%    5  25%       5   25%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
7   35%    0   0%      0    0%     11 55%     6    30%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
6  30%     2  10%     0    0%     15 75%      5   25%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
10 50%    3 15%     0     0%     0    0%        1     5%

Z      %
0    0%


Popularity of use
75% R:
60% D, R:
55% L, E, D, R:
50% T, O, A, L, E, D, R:
35% H, U, T, O, A, L, E, D, R: Lothar,
30% N, M, I, H, U, T, O, A, L, E, D, R:
25% S, F, G, B, N, M, I, H, U, T, O, A, L, E, D, R: Malulf, Rikulf, Sigibert, Theodebert, Thorismund, Trudulf, Bertefred, Dagobert, Dragolen, Derulf, Guntram, lngomer, Leudast,
15% V, C, S, F, G, B, N, M, I, H, U, T, O, A, L, E, D, R: Chlodobert, Marovech, Ansovald,
10% P, V, C, S, F, G, B, N, M, I, H, U, T, O, A, L, E, D, R: Chilperic, Pharamond,
5% Y, P, V, C, S, F, G, B, N, M, I, H, U, T, O, A, L, E, D, R: Syrivald,
0% Z, W, X, J, K, Q

Conclusion: Originating in the R linguistic Group;

The earliest possible is at 35% with Lothar (likely a Norse). He is followed by a bandgap at 30% before the Merovingians undergo a cultural peak at 25%. Lots of Viking sounding names in there as they go into decline down to 5%.