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Post by JAGuar on Jun 23, 2004 10:19:38 GMT -5
While talking to members, I have noticed that not many of them know what I'm talking about when I mention a dermian. So, I've decided to provide an explanation on this board to help all the members out.
Okay...First of all, dermians are half human, half god. They extend from all sorts of different religions and this makes them ultra-powerful. The thing about a dermian, though is that they have different powers.
Sometimes their powers can be determined by what god they ascended from, like Keir's flame that he inherited from Cerberus.
Other times, if a dermian is patient enough, it can teach itself a power.
Of course, a dermian is just like a human being, they're not all extremely powerful. Some of them don't fight at all, they're just humans are, my story just happens to revolve around dermians who are warriors.
Well, I hope that everyone now understands what a dermian is and if you have any questions, then just ask me, and I'll be happy to tell you.
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Post by MovieManiac on Jul 20, 2004 16:07:26 GMT -5
so was hercules a dermian?
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Post by JAGuar on Jul 20, 2004 16:39:55 GMT -5
Figuratively speaking, yes. I guess you can look at it that way, even though Hercules isn't involved in my stories; he, and all other half gods, are dermian by definition.
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Post by Ahryantah on Jul 20, 2004 16:45:05 GMT -5
I have problems with the evolutionary history of dermians. In the prologue of "The Dermian Saga" you have a character say that humans are just "smart monkeys" and inferior to dermians. This also implies that dermians themselves are not descended from humans, even though here you say they are. What was the origin of the dermians? I would like to see an explanation, or even just a creation myth about how the dermians came to be.
I would also like to point out that during the Ice Age, when the prologue takes place, no religion we would recognize today existed. Religion like you're thinking of it didn't really exist until around the Bronze Age, thousands of years after the Ice Age. I know that you're saying the gods are real and everything, but can you explain why this happened so early in history? If there's a bunch of gods running around mating with humans, why weren't the religions formed earlier? You need to account for these differences and explain what happened.
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Post by JAGuar on Jul 20, 2004 16:46:56 GMT -5
Okay, one: Haven't changed the prologue since I wrote it.
Two: When I thought of it, I just thought it was a cool idea. I have been thinking about it though, and will try to make more sense.
Three: I explain where dermians come from in my explantion.
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Post by Ahryantah on Jul 20, 2004 16:50:29 GMT -5
All you said was that they were descended from humans and gods. That doesn't explain anything. Where did the gods come from? Are they the type of gods who created the world, or are they just higher beings than humans? Who was the first dermian? What were the circumstances surrounding his/her birth? Are gods still mating with humans in the present day, or did that stop? How close to god-like are present-day dermians (how much has their blood been diluted)?
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Post by JAGuar on Jul 20, 2004 16:57:05 GMT -5
Dermians are basically like humans in the sense of fighting. They're not all warriors, like I said earlier.
They are descended from Gods, because, as many people know, myths talk about "The Gods" raping humans.
The Gods aren't really gods as much as they are just powerful beings, we'll think of them as "elves". Now, a Dermian, in this sense, would be kind of like a half-elf.
Ring was the first dermian, the prologue wasn't even originally planned, and yes, I'm going to change the whole thing. Still might have the main characters, just in a different time or something, not quite sure.
Nowadays, most dermians are so diluted that they either don't have elven abilities or that you can't tell they're not human.
EXAMPLE: Keir looks a lot like a human, whereas somebody like Rer resembles a tiger.
The point behind Keir's inner strength is because he's born with the blood of Thor on his father's side, and the blood of Cerberus on his mother's side. Looking deeper into it, if I sent a family tree of Dermians far enough back, not only did Keir and Amanda originate from half-siblings, but Keir's father's side might have more "elven" blood flowing through the line.
EXAMPLE: Maybe Freyr or somebody found their way in their because his descendant got with one of Thor's descendents.
Other then that, I really don't know what I can tell you, because I feel like I've explained it.
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Post by Ahryantah on Jul 20, 2004 16:58:52 GMT -5
Thank you, that's all I was asking. You didn't go into that kind of detail in your original post.
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Post by JAGuar on Jul 20, 2004 17:00:03 GMT -5
Well, in my original post, I didn't know what to explain. I just thought that I should let everyone know exactly what a "dermian" was.
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Post by Maddik on Jul 21, 2004 15:46:27 GMT -5
Wow, I don't think that even I fully understood that until now.
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Post by KWG 14 on Jul 23, 2004 10:33:42 GMT -5
You understood it?
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Post by MovieManiac on Jul 28, 2004 10:12:43 GMT -5
y are they called dermians if derm is latin for skin? shouldnt they be called theonians?
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Post by JAGuar on Jul 28, 2004 11:08:23 GMT -5
They're called dermians because it was a word I made up off the top of my head. I didn't base it on any latin or anything, I just thought it sounded cool.
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Post by MovieManiac on Jul 28, 2004 11:13:38 GMT -5
oh. i thought dermians were actual names that fantasy buffs called half god half people. you fooled me.
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Post by JAGuar on Jul 28, 2004 11:15:14 GMT -5
Well, no. I didn't try to fool you anyway. Actually dermian is a race I made up, kind of like how the Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman made up kenders.
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