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|Name=Awenlas | |Name=Awenlas | ||
|Image=[[File:Awenlas - General 01.jpg|center|frameless]] | |Image=[[File:Awenlas - General 01.jpg|center|frameless]] | ||
|Realm=Kalpanas | |Realm=[[Kalpanas]] | ||
|Aspect=The ever-changing kaleidoscope, the artist's palette, the dreamer's mind | |Aspect=The ever-changing kaleidoscope, the artist's palette, the dreamer's mind | ||
|Osia=Awenlasia | |Osia=Awenlasia | ||
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* The Ever-Shifting Muse – A presence that moves through artists, inventors, and thinkers, gifting them with bursts of inspiration or leading them down labyrinthine paths of obsession. Some see Awenlas as a benevolent guide; others fear it as a force that demands creativity, no matter the cost. | * The Ever-Shifting Muse – A presence that moves through artists, inventors, and thinkers, gifting them with bursts of inspiration or leading them down labyrinthine paths of obsession. Some see Awenlas as a benevolent guide; others fear it as a force that demands creativity, no matter the cost. | ||
Because Awenlas is everywhere, its touch is unpredictable—one moment a source of divine inspiration, the next a descent into delusion and uncertainty. To create, one must surrender to the unknown, embracing both the marvels and the terrors that imagination brings. | Because Awenlas is everywhere, its touch is unpredictable—one moment a source of divine inspiration, the next a descent into delusion and uncertainty. To create, one must surrender to the unknown, embracing both the marvels and the terrors that imagination brings. | ||
|Realm=Kalpanas is the intangible realm where form, memory, and desire drift unshaped. It is the metaphysical current through which Awenlas, the [[primordial spirit]] of imagination, breathes and dreams. Kalpanas is not governed by time or space; it is the field of becoming, where thought precedes existence. | |Realm=Kalpanas is the intangible realm where form, memory, and desire drift unshaped. It is the metaphysical current through which Awenlas, the [[primordial spirit]] of imagination, breathes and dreams. Kalpanas is not governed by time or space; it is the field of becoming, where thought precedes existence. | ||
* Linguistic Root (in-world): Often interpreted as ''“woven imagining”'' or ''“the place of potential”'' | * Linguistic Root (in-world): Often interpreted as ''“woven imagining”'' or ''“the place of potential”'' | ||
* Mythic Role: The place where human souls were first sculpted by Awenlas, before coalescing in Awenelir. | * Mythic Role: The place where human souls were first sculpted by Awenlas, before coalescing in [[Awenelir]]. | ||
=== Relationship to Reality === | === Relationship to Reality === | ||