Tech, Bureaucrats, emailconfirmed, Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki), Curators (Semantic MediaWiki), Suppressors, Administrators, threadmoderator
116,879
edits
Time Shade: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
→Possible identifications
(Continued expansion) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
== Possible identifications == | == Possible identifications == | ||
=== The '' | === The ''loa'' === | ||
The [[Gallifrey]]an sect known as [[Faction Paradox]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}) noted for their [[shadow-weapon|manipulation]] of their own shadows, would call down and channel "[[spirit]]s of Time" known as ''[[ | The [[Gallifrey]]an sect known as [[Faction Paradox]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Alien Bodies (novel)}}) noted for their [[shadow-weapon|manipulation]] of their own shadows, would call down and channel "[[spirit]]s of Time" known as ''[[loa]]'', who helped them protect the [[Eleven-Day Empire]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) until its fall to [[Lolita]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Shadow Play (audio story)}}) | ||
The Faction viewed these ''loa'' or spirits as emergent processes within the [[Web of Time|structure]] of [[time]] itself, who were in some sense alive, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) as contrasted with the [[Great House]]s' conventional view that the laws and processes of time were mere [[mathematics|mathematical]] [[equation]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ancestor Cell (novel)}}, {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}, {{cs|Weapons Grade Snake Oil (novel)}}) | |||
They were also involved in [[ritual]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) This name was chosen because they were "a presence which walks on a plane alongside [[humankind]] rather than above it", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) and not in a different world altogether. They were described as follows: ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}}) | They were also involved in [[ritual]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) This name was chosen because they were "a presence which walks on a plane alongside [[humankind]] rather than above it", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Book of the War (novel)|namedep=Loa}}) and not in a different world altogether. They were described as follows: ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Interference - Book One (novel)}}) | ||
{{quote|[They] aren't your average bunch of gods-from-above, that's what I'm saying. They're not untouchable, and they're not infallible. They get [[inebriation|drunk]] and they get [[anger|angry]] and they have good days and they have bad [[day]]s, same as the rest of us. They're real, but they're not-quite-real. They're here, but they're not-quite-here. Ready to get involved at a moment's notice, if you know how to get in touch with them. [...] You don't worship them, not like you worship [[god]]s. You talk to them. Like [[friend]]s. Like companions. And they talk back.|([[PROSE]]: [[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]])}} | {{quote|[They] aren't your average bunch of gods-from-above, that's what I'm saying. They're not untouchable, and they're not infallible. They get [[inebriation|drunk]] and they get [[anger|angry]] and they have good days and they have bad [[day]]s, same as the rest of us. They're real, but they're not-quite-real. They're here, but they're not-quite-here. Ready to get involved at a moment's notice, if you know how to get in touch with them. [...] You don't worship them, not like you worship [[god]]s. You talk to them. Like [[friend]]s. Like companions. And they talk back.|([[PROSE]]: [[Interference - Book One (novel)|Interference - Book One]])}} | ||
During Narvin's one-on-one encounter with the [[Shade of Portent]] — who had lured him in, | During Narvin's one-on-one encounter with the [[Shade of Portent]] — who had lured him in, in order to nudge him, to ensure Narvin's [[origins of the Last Great Time War|place]] for [[Gallifrey]]'s [[future]] [[timeline]] — he noted how the Time Shade seemed to be there, but also not-there, completely absorbing all [[light]] and [[shadow]], an "[[apparition]]" with what might be described as a "[[black hole]]" for a head. | ||
Nonetheless, they engaged one another in [[conversation]], and Narvin tried not to let on his instinctive feeling of [[reverence]] for this being. He also noted that the Shade of Portent was very [[sarcasm|sarcastic]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) | Nonetheless, they engaged one another in [[conversation]], and Narvin tried not to let on his instinctive feeling of [[reverence]] for this being. He also noted that the Shade of Portent was very [[sarcasm|sarcastic]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Damned If You Do (audio story)}}) | ||
