Shreddies
Troubadour
Summary time!!
So, the (G)Nomes in my world are earth spirits that are short, bearded, and covered in fur (with the exception of their palms, soles, noses, and a little around the eyes). They wear jackets, pants, and pointy hats (think: 'lawn gnome'), but no shoes. And they decorate their beards with metal beads and braids.
They reproduce by forming ornate stone eggs (as big as they are) out of solid stone. Which they then decorate with inlays of copper, silver, and a few other metals. They polish the eggs to a luster, embed them with semi-precious gemstones, and so on. And after a bit of waiting, a fully formed Nome hatches from it, complete with hat, jacket and pants.
Anyways. Every Nomeish clan feel compelled to have a king, and without one they sort of just disperse. They make a new king by forming a giant stone egg (giant for them, meaning about the size of a human) and decorating it with all their finest metals and gemstones. And then they embed this special [Stone or Metal thing] in it as a centerpiece. The big Nome that hatches from it will be their king (despite not looking much like a Nome at all).
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So! I can't think of a decent name for this [Stone or Metal thing]. I figure it is treated with reverence. It has been passed down since time immemorial. It's a very strange material, unlike what they find in the ground. Each clan has its own [Stone or Metal thing], and therefore its own line of King. It is obviously crafted or formed, possibly with marks or writing on it. They don't really know where it came from or how to make more (they have stories about its origin, but they can't prove those, and I haven't worked them out yet ). And . . . that's all I have at the moment.
I thought maybe something like the Stone of Scone (or the Scone of Stone ala Discworld), or something plain like 'King's Stone', but I can't come up with anything good.
Any suggestions?
So, the (G)Nomes in my world are earth spirits that are short, bearded, and covered in fur (with the exception of their palms, soles, noses, and a little around the eyes). They wear jackets, pants, and pointy hats (think: 'lawn gnome'), but no shoes. And they decorate their beards with metal beads and braids.
They reproduce by forming ornate stone eggs (as big as they are) out of solid stone. Which they then decorate with inlays of copper, silver, and a few other metals. They polish the eggs to a luster, embed them with semi-precious gemstones, and so on. And after a bit of waiting, a fully formed Nome hatches from it, complete with hat, jacket and pants.
Anyways. Every Nomeish clan feel compelled to have a king, and without one they sort of just disperse. They make a new king by forming a giant stone egg (giant for them, meaning about the size of a human) and decorating it with all their finest metals and gemstones. And then they embed this special [Stone or Metal thing] in it as a centerpiece. The big Nome that hatches from it will be their king (despite not looking much like a Nome at all).
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So! I can't think of a decent name for this [Stone or Metal thing]. I figure it is treated with reverence. It has been passed down since time immemorial. It's a very strange material, unlike what they find in the ground. Each clan has its own [Stone or Metal thing], and therefore its own line of King. It is obviously crafted or formed, possibly with marks or writing on it. They don't really know where it came from or how to make more (they have stories about its origin, but they can't prove those, and I haven't worked them out yet ). And . . . that's all I have at the moment.
I thought maybe something like the Stone of Scone (or the Scone of Stone ala Discworld), or something plain like 'King's Stone', but I can't come up with anything good.
Any suggestions?