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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
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The [[Memes of Aspan]] were either written by or simply collected by [[Aspan]] at a time supposed predated all life on [[Otan]].  He entrusted them to [[Suu]] and depending on which account you hear, the '''memes''' were either misplaced or deliberately given to the [[human]]s in what is now [[Ontustik]]. Shortly after finding their first home in the temples at [[Anar]], the [[Memes of Aspan]] were somehow mysteriously dispersed across [[Otan]].  It is not known if this was again the work of [[Suu]] or a less divine agent.   
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The [[Memes of Aspan]] were either written by or simply collected by [[Aspan]] at a time supposed predated all life on [[Otan]].  He entrusted them to his only son [[Kun]].  There are many accounts of what happened next, but by most accounts, the '''memes''' were either misplaced or deliberately where[[human]]s would find them in what is now the [[Ontustik|Caliphate of Ontustik]].
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Shortly after finding their first homes in various ziggurats of the [[Temple of[Aspan]], the [[Memes of Aspan]] were somehow lost a second time.  This time they were mysteriously dispersed throughout the nations of [[Otan]].  It is not known if this second outrage to [[Aspan]] was the work of [[Kun]] or a less divine group was the agent of redistribution.
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Since their redistribution, the [[Flowers of Aspan]] have pledged to restore the [[Memes of Aspan]] to their rightful homes in the capitals of [[Ontustik]].  Meanwhile, other factions, hearing of the incredible power the memes are rumored to possess, seek them out as well.  It is fair to say that even the gods don't know where the memes will end up.
  
 
==Known Memes==
 
==Known Memes==
 
The [[Memes of Aspan]] were said to have all originally begun their Otani lives in [[Anar]] at the [[Temple of Aspan]].  Since then, there is evidence that the memes have been scattered to the four winds or possibly destroyed.  The first and second of the '''memes''' almost certainly remain in the hands of the Caliphate of [[Ontustik]]'s priesthood, the [[Temple of Tun]].  The [[Aspanism|Aspanist]] priesthood has not been public about what they do or do not possess, nor have they made any approximations as to the power that each '''meme''' might possess.
 
The [[Memes of Aspan]] were said to have all originally begun their Otani lives in [[Anar]] at the [[Temple of Aspan]].  Since then, there is evidence that the memes have been scattered to the four winds or possibly destroyed.  The first and second of the '''memes''' almost certainly remain in the hands of the Caliphate of [[Ontustik]]'s priesthood, the [[Temple of Tun]].  The [[Aspanism|Aspanist]] priesthood has not been public about what they do or do not possess, nor have they made any approximations as to the power that each '''meme''' might possess.
  
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===The 64 Memes===
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===The Wheel of 64 Memes===
 
There are a total of sixty-four memes, each said to deal with a different aspect of human life from royalty to the priesthood, down to how to plant corn.  The memes themselves are a luminous floating text, each contained within a jeweled box.  Many rumours surround each of the memes, with speculation that they contain powers and secrets that exceed even those of [[Aspan]] himself.   
 
There are a total of sixty-four memes, each said to deal with a different aspect of human life from royalty to the priesthood, down to how to plant corn.  The memes themselves are a luminous floating text, each contained within a jeweled box.  Many rumours surround each of the memes, with speculation that they contain powers and secrets that exceed even those of [[Aspan]] himself.   
  
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# [[On Being Human]] - Box Color: Amazonite
 
# [[On Being Human]] - Box Color: Amazonite
 
# [[On Governing Humans]] - Box Color: Amazonite
 
# [[On Governing Humans]] - Box Color: Amazonite
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# [[On Being Grendel]] - Box Color: Garnet - Suspected Location: [[Karagay]], [[Karagay Province]], [[Ortalyk]]
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# [[On Being Grendel]] - Box Color: Garnet - Suspected Location: [[Jalinbeti]], [[Jalinjeri]]
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# [[On Governing Grendel]] - Box Color: Garnet
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# [[On Governing Grendel]] - Box Color: Garnet - Suspected Location: [[Jalinbeti]], [[Jalinjeri]]
 
# [[On Being Dweorg]] - Box Color: Amber
 
# [[On Being Dweorg]] - Box Color: Amber
 
# [[On Governing Dweorges]] - Box Color: Amber
 
# [[On Governing Dweorges]] - Box Color: Amber
 
# [[On Being Ælf]] - Box Color: Amethyst
 
# [[On Being Ælf]] - Box Color: Amethyst
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# [[On Governing Ælfes]] - Box Color: Amethyst
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# [[On Governing Ælfes]] - Box Color: Amethyst - Suspected Location: [[Jalinbeti]], [[Jalinjeri]]
 
# [[On Being Kuulik]] - Box Color: Carnelian
 
# [[On Being Kuulik]] - Box Color: Carnelian
 
# [[On Governing Kuulik]] - Box Color: Carnelian
 
# [[On Governing Kuulik]] - Box Color: Carnelian
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# [[On Being Garis]] - Box Color: Opal
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# [[On Being Aydahar]] - Box Color: Opal
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# [[On Governing Garis]] - Box Color: Opal
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# [[On Governing Aydahar]] - Box Color: Opal
 
# [[On Being Hellspawn]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Being Hellspawn]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Governing Hellspawn]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Governing Hellspawn]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Being Ungir]] - Box Color: Jadeite
 
# [[On Being Ungir]] - Box Color: Jadeite
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# [[On Governing Ungir]] - Box Color: Jadeite - Suspected Location: [[Balagash]], [[Karagay Province]], [[Ortalyk]]
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# [[On Governing Ungir]] - Box Color: Jadeite - Suspected Location: [[Jalinbeti]], [[Jalinjeri]]
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# [[On Being Swaedælf]] - Box Color: Mellite
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# [[On Being Swaerdælf]] - Box Color: Mellite
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# [[On Governing Swaedælf]] - Box Color: Mellite
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# [[On Governing Swaerdælf]] - Box Color: Mellite
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# [[On the Descent to the Nether World]] - Box Color: Obsidian
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# [[On the Descent to the Nether World]] - Box Color: Obsidian - Suspected Location: [[The Primordial Campaign]]
 
# [[On the Ascent from the Nether World]] - Box Color: Obsidian
 
# [[On the Ascent from the Nether World]] - Box Color: Obsidian
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# [[On the Descent from Heaven]] - Box Color: Moonstone
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# [[On the Descent from Heaven]] - Box Color: Moonstone - Suspected Location: [[The Primordial Campaign]]
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# [[On the Ascent to Heaven]] - Box Color: Moonstone
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# [[On the Ascent to Heaven]] - Box Color: Moonstone - Suspected Location: [[The Primordial Campaign]]
 
# [[On Truth]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Truth]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Power]] - Box Color: Opal
 
# [[On Power]] - Box Color: Opal
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# [[On Wisdom]] - Box Color: Quartz
 
# [[On Wisdom]] - Box Color: Quartz
 
# [[On Terror]] - Box Color: Azurite
 
# [[On Terror]] - Box Color: Azurite
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# [[On Strife]] - Box Color: Obsidian
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# [[On Sorrow]] - Box Color: Obsidian
 
# [[On Animal Husbandry]] - Box Color: Rose Quartz
 
# [[On Animal Husbandry]] - Box Color: Rose Quartz
 
# [[On Cultivation]] - Box Color: Rose Quartz
 
# [[On Cultivation]] - Box Color: Rose Quartz
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# [[On the Craft of the Weaver]] - Box Color: Amethyst
 
# [[On the Craft of the Weaver]] - Box Color: Amethyst
  
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===Known Copies===
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==Speculation and Rumour==
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At this time there are no known copies of any of the [[Memes of Aspan]].
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There more rumours about the [[Memes of Aspan]] than there are memes.  The most credible of the speculators, however, maintain that the memes do not only contain instructions for humans, but at a deeper level, contain the instructions for how to make the instructions.  In other words, it might be possible to edit a meme or use a meme to create new memes.
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Other speculators maintain that the memes give the possessor the powers of the gods, which range from immortality to infinite will to precognition and beyond.
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Further speculation holds that if the memes are brought together, that combinations of the memes will yield new and never before seen instructions to mankind.  This wild speculation progresses to what might happen if all the memes are brought to one place.  In this ultimate speculation the possessor of all the memes might become a god, create a new world, bring an end to this world, and a number of even wilder specuations.
  
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==Player's Notes==
 
  
 
{{Copyright notice}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:34, 31 May 2023

Memes of Aspan
MemesofAspan.png
One of the Memes of Aspan in Use
Author Aspan
Language Old Otani
Genre Religion
Known Copies Only Fragments
Format Loose tablets
Year Written Before Erasure
Magical Extremely
Religion Aspanism
Pages/Scrolls 64 Memes

There are said to be sixty-four Memes of Aspan which were mistakenly shared with the Otani people by Suu. Each meme is thought to be of an extremely magical nature, bearing the blueprints of the universe. These come in the form of simple instructions for life on Otan from how to be a god, to how to soothe a troubled heart.

Origin[edit]

The Memes of Aspan were either written by or simply collected by Aspan at a time supposed predated all life on Otan. He entrusted them to his only son Kun. There are many accounts of what happened next, but by most accounts, the memes were either misplaced or deliberately wherehumans would find them in what is now the Caliphate of Ontustik.

Shortly after finding their first homes in various ziggurats of the [[Temple of[Aspan]], the Memes of Aspan were somehow lost a second time. This time they were mysteriously dispersed throughout the nations of Otan. It is not known if this second outrage to Aspan was the work of Kun or a less divine group was the agent of redistribution.

Since their redistribution, the Flowers of Aspan have pledged to restore the Memes of Aspan to their rightful homes in the capitals of Ontustik. Meanwhile, other factions, hearing of the incredible power the memes are rumored to possess, seek them out as well. It is fair to say that even the gods don't know where the memes will end up.

Known Memes[edit]

The Memes of Aspan were said to have all originally begun their Otani lives in Anar at the Temple of Aspan. Since then, there is evidence that the memes have been scattered to the four winds or possibly destroyed. The first and second of the memes almost certainly remain in the hands of the Caliphate of Ontustik's priesthood, the Temple of Tun. The Aspanist priesthood has not been public about what they do or do not possess, nor have they made any approximations as to the power that each meme might possess.

The Wheel of 64 Memes[edit]

There are a total of sixty-four memes, each said to deal with a different aspect of human life from royalty to the priesthood, down to how to plant corn. The memes themselves are a luminous floating text, each contained within a jeweled box. Many rumours surround each of the memes, with speculation that they contain powers and secrets that exceed even those of Aspan himself.

The memes are listed as follows:

  1. On the Establishment of a Faith - Box Color: Moonstone - Suspected Location: Temple of Tun, Anar, Ontustik
  2. On Being a God - Box Color: Moonstone - Suspected Location: Temple of Tun, Anar, Ontustik
  3. On the Establishment of Rulership - Box Color: Lapis Lazuli
  4. On Being a Male Ruler - Box Color: Lapis Lazuli
  5. On Being a Female Ruler - Box Color: Lapis Lazuli
  6. On the Royal Scepter - Box Color: Lapis Lazuli
  7. On the Royal Insignia - Box Color: Lapis Lazuli
  8. On the Exalted Temple - Box Color: Moonstone
  9. On Being a Priest - Box Color: Moonstone
  10. On Being a Priestess - Box Color: Moonstone
  11. On Being an Itinerant Priest - Box Color: Moonstone
  12. On Being an Itinerant Priestess - Box Color: Moonstone
  13. On Being Human - Box Color: Amazonite
  14. On Governing Humans - Box Color: Amazonite
  15. On Being Grendel - Box Color: Garnet - Suspected Location: Jalinbeti, Jalinjeri
  16. On Governing Grendel - Box Color: Garnet - Suspected Location: Jalinbeti, Jalinjeri
  17. On Being Dweorg - Box Color: Amber
  18. On Governing Dweorges - Box Color: Amber
  19. On Being Ælf - Box Color: Amethyst
  20. On Governing Ælfes - Box Color: Amethyst - Suspected Location: Jalinbeti, Jalinjeri
  21. On Being Kuulik - Box Color: Carnelian
  22. On Governing Kuulik - Box Color: Carnelian
  23. On Being Aydahar - Box Color: Opal
  24. On Governing Aydahar - Box Color: Opal
  25. On Being Hellspawn - Box Color: Azurite
  26. On Governing Hellspawn - Box Color: Azurite
  27. On Being Ungir - Box Color: Jadeite
  28. On Governing Ungir - Box Color: Jadeite - Suspected Location: Jalinbeti, Jalinjeri
  29. On Being Swaerdælf - Box Color: Mellite
  30. On Governing Swaerdælf - Box Color: Mellite
  31. On the Descent to the Nether World - Box Color: Obsidian - Suspected Location: The Primordial Campaign
  32. On the Ascent from the Nether World - Box Color: Obsidian
  33. On the Descent from Heaven - Box Color: Moonstone - Suspected Location: The Primordial Campaign
  34. On the Ascent to Heaven - Box Color: Moonstone - Suspected Location: The Primordial Campaign
  35. On Truth - Box Color: Azurite
  36. On Power - Box Color: Opal
  37. On Art - Box Color: Amethyst
  38. On Music - Box Color: Amethyst
  39. On Law - Box Color: Carnelian
  40. On Libel - Box Color: Carnelian
  41. On Sexual Intercourse - Box Color: Amazonite
  42. On Prostitution - Box Color: Amazonite
  43. On Androgyny - Box Color: Amazonite
  44. On War - Box Color: Garnet
  45. On Weapons - Box Color: Garnet
  46. On Strategy - Box Color: Azurite
  47. On Victory - Box Color: Tiger's Eye
  48. On Peace - Box Color: Opal
  49. On Council - Box Color: Amethyst
  50. On Judgement - Box Color: Quartz
  51. On Wisdom - Box Color: Quartz
  52. On Terror - Box Color: Azurite
  53. On Sorrow - Box Color: Obsidian
  54. On Animal Husbandry - Box Color: Rose Quartz
  55. On Cultivation - Box Color: Rose Quartz
  56. On Food Preparation - Box Color: Mellite
  57. On the Craft of the Smith - Box Color: Tiger's Eye
  58. On the Craft of the Leatherworker - Box Color: Tiger's Eye
  59. On the Craft of the Builder - Box Color: Tiger's Eye
  60. On the Craft of the Healer - Box Color: Rose Quartz
  61. On the Craft of the Scribe - Box Color: Tiger's Eye
  62. On the Craft of the Boatswain - Box Color: Opal
  63. On the Craft of the Miner - Box Color: Amber
  64. On the Craft of the Weaver - Box Color: Amethyst

Speculation and Rumour[edit]

There more rumours about the Memes of Aspan than there are memes. The most credible of the speculators, however, maintain that the memes do not only contain instructions for humans, but at a deeper level, contain the instructions for how to make the instructions. In other words, it might be possible to edit a meme or use a meme to create new memes.

Other speculators maintain that the memes give the possessor the powers of the gods, which range from immortality to infinite will to precognition and beyond.

Further speculation holds that if the memes are brought together, that combinations of the memes will yield new and never before seen instructions to mankind. This wild speculation progresses to what might happen if all the memes are brought to one place. In this ultimate speculation the possessor of all the memes might become a god, create a new world, bring an end to this world, and a number of even wilder specuations.



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