Category: Sweetland Novels
Main category for Sweetland.
The Rupture
An historical rupture engineered by bringing down the Grid in 2038. The Grid undergirded the worldwide infrastructure of society, bringing down the capitalist economies and causing an abrupt and massive political change. Back to Index
The Temple of New Life
About The Temple of New Life The Temple of New Life is the Temple of the Eight Roots as manifested on Earth. Precepts of the Temple Mythology In New Life mythology Granddaddy Chaos guards the gate between the realms of Chaos and Information. The Creation Myth In the first instant, nothing existed, only the Mist. And from the Mist was born Mother Chaos, and Mother Chaos spoke, and so was created the Word. But the Word was yet an illusion, without substance. Then, in the infinite void, where Time did not yet exist, Mother Chaos slept and she dreamed. And she dreamed all things, and she put them in order, and this order she called the Grid. And the Grid was still but a dream. So upon awakening, Mother Chaos recalled the dream, and she pulled a thread from her gown. And one end of this celestial string she tied…
The Temple of New Life
The Temple of New Life has its origins on Earth as an RPG. It was concieved and designed by The Temple Of The Eight Roots, a religious group allied with the Mutualist Tendency in The Convergence. Its rites, rituals, and hierarchy mirror that of its Convergence creators. History The Temple was created to guide immigrants to Sweetland. It rapidly transformed into a gnostic-like hierarchy with orders of Brothers and Sisters and Acolytes, although it claims social equality for all. Origin story This religion began on Earth as an RPG, but quickly spread to Torzucan (Sweetland). Beliefs & Teachings: A religion of Science, consisting of a conglomeration of Myths from multiple Earth religions as interpreted through gnosticism. Truth will be revealed when the veil of ignorance and denial is lifted, and humanity will be elevated to the stars. Places of worship In Temples, both in the real world and the cyber…
The Uncertainty Principle-Book 4
The Uncertainty Principle, book 4 of The Sweetland Quartet Blurb.
The Unities
Connected by the organic technology known as the Memories, the Unities are believed by scientists to be bubble universes within the multiverse. They have garnered a complex religious mythology, as well. Mythology of the Unities According to myth, the ancient race of the Ertfiil are responsible for the creation of the Memories. Technology of the Memories Created by an ancient, forgotten civilization, the Memories are a bio-engineered rhizomatic organism with roots capable of spreading to alternate dimensions, called Unities. There are eight known Unities, seven of which have been seeded with the mutual descendants of the genus, homo. Peoples of the Eight Unities: homosapiens ysali homosapiens anjahri homosapiens qrei homosapiens tongrari homosapiens skiili homosapiens omi homosapiens humanis The Eight Unities Root People/Culture Inner Planets Outer Planets Unity 1 (Mother Root) Ertfill / Uninhabited Unknown Unknown Unity 2 (2nd Root) Ysal / Ysali Moornal, Yaanaan Vizucan, Kip Unity 3 (3rd Root)…
The Verge
The Verge, a Carlee Morgan-Hicks book
Time of Forgetting
According to myth, the diverse species of the Convergence derives from the dead origin planet, Ertfiil, although it is so far in the past, before the Time of Forgetting, that no one really knows the truth. The mythologies also tell of other diverse origins for many of the outer worlds, although, due to the assimilating technology of the Memories, the actual cultural and DNA origins of these people are shrouded in mystery. The Memories and the paths between the worlds was re-discovered 10,000 years ago after the Time of Forgetting.
Tongrari Planets
The major planets of the Tongrari universe are: Tongra and Barrash. They are located in Unity-5, or the Fifth Root, according to mythology. A very conservative people, usually allied with the Qrei and the Anjahri. Tongra One of the more conservative—some would say reactionary—worlds of The Convergence. Along with nar Anjahr, it is the origin of many Guardians. It’s people are the Tongrari. Barrash Barrash is a larger, tropical world. Heavily populated. Outer Planets of the Tongrari Outer Worlds are Knesh, Gyö. See also: Planets of the Convergence (chart)