Purely on totems.

Belgariad Minis by Antigone68104 on 2011-08-02 17:57:00 UTC Reply

I'm working on my second mission, a Belgariad/Malloreon badfic. There's a couple misspelled character names, and there's no mention of an established mini type for this world on the wiki. Has this been discussed elsewhere?

If naming rights are open, I have a couple ideas for them.

1) A miniature version of the appropriate god's totem. For example, if the mini is a misspelled Alorn name, it would be a tiny bear (Belar, god of the Alorns, has a bear totem). There's just two problems with this; first, I can't find a totem for UL, and I don't think there's one for the god who shows up at the end of "The Seeress of Kell". (Name omitted as a spoiler.) So any mini-Ulgos, or mini-Angaraks post-Seeress of Kell wouldn't have an established form. Second, there are several races that don't have a god. It's implied that the new God of Angarak will accept those races, but that just brings us back to the "no totem animal" problem.

2) A mini-Orb of Aldur. (Malloreon-era Angarak minis could be a mini-Sardion.) This would require a MASSIVE power downgrade to be remotely safe for Agents to adopt. Seriously, if Garion wanted to he could use the (original) Orb to rearrange constellations.

Any opinions/links to an established mini type?

Purely on totems. by Huinesoron on 2011-08-04 19:17:00 UTC Reply

Since there's an OFU and all...

I'm pretty sure the Rivan Codex lists totems for all the gods, including UL and the spoiler - although these are described as not being exactly totems. I remember the latter as a horse (for certain obvious reasons), but I don't know about UL... according to Wikipedia, the albatross is a good bet.

All this is irrelevant, since the OFU exists, but I mostly wanted to get my Belgariad-love on the thread ;).

hS

You're probably right ... by Antigone68104 on 2011-08-04 23:32:00 UTC Reply

... but I didn't bring my copy of the Rivan Codex along for catsitting, and I haven't had time to run back to the apartment. (One of the kitties needs twice a day meds, and we're already tinkering with his schedule due to my work schedule.)

Since there's an OFU with established minis, it's a moot point.

Re: Belgariad Minis by Astral Void on 2011-08-03 08:37:00 UTC Reply

Yay, another Eddings fan~!

Anyway, on to your question. Originally I thought maybe a mini-Hrulgin, but then I read the OFU for the Belgariad/Malloreon, and they've got mini Eldrakyn. Here's a link to the story. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1889470/3/TheAnnalsofBelMalTech

Thanks! by Antigone68104 on 2011-08-03 12:38:00 UTC Reply

:: bookmarks the OFU ::

Interested in beta-reading once I get this done? Which will probably be a couple weeks, I'm catsitting for friends while they're on their honeymoon.

Ooh, another Eddingsfan! by Cassie Cameron-Young on 2011-08-03 14:50:00 UTC Reply

I was gonna link to that OFU when I found it, but I got beaten to it. :P

I look forward to seeing this mission - I think it'll be the first Bel/Mal mission I've ever seen. :D
Re: Thanks! by Astral Void on 2011-08-03 12:52:00 UTC Reply

I might be. I've never betaed before, just warning you; but it does kind of sound like fun.