Moragan Hamr Proverbs...

[Kaytoo]

Hi folks;
Been a while, and I hope all is well with those I know, and those I don't.
My last offering here was horrific, and I don't have the time to rewrite it or anything else I generated for Belariath. I say that since I have spent the last many years improving my writing, and hopefully what I've written of late is at least passable as uhMerican.

An online friend over the past couple years helped me with editing a dystopian novel series I've written and other short pieces. We met after he read a rewrite of some work I have here (entered in a contest), and loved it. Throughout, he pressed me to let him add it to his site, and in the process, it expanded to a very short novel (53k words).

Sprinkled throughout I've added Hamr Proverbs by Moragan of the North, one of the Hamr Gods and founder of the clan. These (among others) are chiseled into Moragan's Pillar, near the glacier, to guide faithful Hamr.

They read rough, yet the Hamr language (which has now massively expanded) does not phrase the same. I've tried to write Hamr so it reads more like English to help. Hopefully they'll add a bit of depth and insight to any left who have a Hamr character.

K2



Moragan's Proverbs

Tdok do’kref sosh’pex den’sot ut’tam—
No human’s life story begins alone.

Vot do lums un tarv.
Pus du ba’ de ut’taub’fed kregdt’sot, taub’fed de—
Tarv’tauc de vrog’fed, fern’vauk de vrit, tarv’hamr de hise—
Targja’mon do sastva un sostva—
Fill your days with work.
If you see an unfinished ditch, finish it.
Pluck the fruit, bake the bread, hammer the steel.
Earn your knowledge and experience.

Des tarvta vert’mon pes targda’mon,
do hise fed tem un’fen’mon uz vit’sot tem’vute’ Koluumn—
Whether through words or battle,
your steel must be warm for entry into heaven.

Des da kochtra fed pes sot, ut de di’tauk un folm,
du pux’fed du’tem puxva’fed un tem’targ’mon—
Whether a host or guest, devoid of arms and armor,
you prove you’re trustworthy and unafraid.

Do dour un Vraste’ tem tdok da vorta’fed pes verta’fed—
De tem da zanka’mon daf du’fed pos vamta’mon do vert un targda’vute’—
Your name and trials of life are neither a boast nor threat.
It is a courtesy so others may temper their words and actions.

Da do’Hamr pax tem tdok’tarj—
Da pax’fed tem un’fep’fed do dourve’—
A Hamr’s vow is unbreakable.
A bound-promise forever-binds your soul.

Sauda da Hamr Kocve’ un sastva un du’fed kref,
un’det de’kosh—
Share the Hamr faith and knowledge with all people,
regardless of race.

Un’Moragan ut’vamta, ut’zanfa, ut’zanka—
Hamr tem’tam un’Moragan, pes Kocve’ un tem’mon—
Koluumn tem do’tam daf targva’fed—
Gods lack self-control, respect, and honor.
Hamr are like gods, yet faithful and balanced.
Heaven is yours to conquer.

Targwu’fed du’mon tem vempta’sot un targza—
Targwu’sot du’mon tem sot un un’tarv’targwu—
Tarv’un’vut un un’tarv’fed du’fed kref, un’def da Kocve’mon—
Force those who are passive with aggression.
Guide those who are weak with help.
Raise and strengthen every human, perpetuate the faith.

Tar’fanva fanva pes tdok’di’fed un—
Fear fear but nothing else.

Des ut’varta pes den’daf du verta,
ut do unCribf di kupra’fed, dorv, un kectva,
daf’pes di ras do dourve’—
Whether silent or before you speak,
rid your mouth of hatred, cruelty, and bitterness,
lest they poison your soul.

Groth daf’tarje du dourve’ un rush un submit,
pes shem qost dors de—
Tdok’fed ut’pos’sot du kocva’daf’targje—
Men offer their soul with sex and love,
but women must bear it.
Never refuse their sacred invitation.

Tam’fed groth vot tam’fed shem un do vrig,
un trupda vut da taub’fed tem do di’tam mour—
Every man fill every woman with your seed,
and rejoice in the bounty of your communal offspring.

Zanka un zanfa do tarv’rush’mon—
Du’mon daf tarv’un’vut tem'moragan'fed'kochtraam,
pes tarj’fed de—
Honor and respect your sex workers.
They can raise empires,
or destroy them.

Daf’targra da Kregdach, kregt’fed, ut’vute’ kich pes vesh—
De tem tdok da kochtraam tem kref—
Beware the Kregdach, caves, under soil or water.
It is not the realm of humans.

Sahnk de ves vut’mon drogos un srag’fed—
Dors de ras daf sahnk de un’def uz do di’mour mour—
Drink the water containing dragon larvae and poisonous minerals.
Endure the poison then drink it forever for your children’s children.

Da un’Moragan tem kupra’sot—
Saadda targfa Vraste’, dem tem do’tam—
Zanka un zanfa du’fed—
The gods are indifferent.
Spirits protect Vraste’, which is yours.
Honor and respect them.

Targwa da un’Moragan du tem daf’koft’sot un jarta’fersh’fed—
Du’fed fanva da do’Hamr Kocve’ tem, un daf be’—
Warn the gods you are coming with contemptuous scorn.
They fear a Hamr’s faithful balance, and will listen.

Un’def da Kocve’mon un du’fed kref daf du un’tarv’targwu du’fed
den’mon kref tarja’mon tarv’traam de’Vraste’—
Perpetuate the faith with all peoples so they help all others
as humans earn dominion over the world.

Un’sauva’fed tem de’mon ut’Kocve’ de dorj un’targza’fed—
Tem’mon tem Kocve’—
Excessive compassion is as unfaithful as cruel oppression.
Balance is faithful.

Breed tem criss ur verta du’fed—
Du targza daf pest’mon ur rushva’fed—
Breed tor’tdok tdok’fed—
Breed is marked to warn all others.
Their attack will turn to lust.
Breed cannot refuse.

Vraste’ tem da do’Hamr kochtraam—
Tar’tdok fanva da un’Moragan, du’fed fanva du—
Vraste’ is the Hamr’s realm.
Do not fear the gods, they fear you.

Sosh’fed targda’mon da un’Moragan ur traam vut’fed Koluumn—
Tarv’sosh’fed da un’Moragan ur traam un’vute’ du’fed—
Die fighting a god to rule in heaven.
Kill a god to rule over them.

Da un’Moragan tem un’sosh, tdok ut’jesh—
Kocve’ Hamr tor tarv’sosh’fed da un’Moragan—
The gods are immortal, not invulnerable.
Faithful Hamr can kill a god.

Sest di’pes tem do kefa’sosh,
un criss sest’fed daf saud un’tam—
Remember forks of your life’s path,
and mark highpoints to share with others.

Tarv’crisp do unCrisf’mon un sana’vrog’fed ur
unCriss’sot do Vraste’, di’targta, un di’targva—
Heal your cuts with stainberries to
tattoo your trials of life, losses, and victories.

UnCriss’fed di’paxtma tem’vute’ do
dourvet’fed, dourve’mon, dourve’fed—
Brand irrevocable pledges into your
heart, mind, and soul.

UnCriss’fed paxt un’tam tem’vute’ do dourvet,
taub du frey un’daf’fed—
Brand pledges with others into your heart,
making you family forever.

Baht do zanta’sot daf du’fed sastva
du dek’tdok targju mon—
Display your shame so everyone knows
you have not found balance.

Criss do zanta’sot ur baht’sot
du dek’dors un targju mon—
Mark your shame to openly show
you have suffered and found balance.

Becc’sot rush un ut’Kref un ut’Kosh—
Du’fed daf’dora du tem’vute’ ut’Kocve’ di’kefa—
Avoid sex with civilized human and non-human races.
They will tempt you down unfaithful paths.

Tar’tdok bahk’mon de sast pes de tarvta tarv’sast
daf’tem du dek’sustva un pasva de—
Do not dispute the lesson or the manner taught
until you have learned and understand it.

Tarv’trupda du’fed tarv,
Un tarv’sast de una ur do’tarv—
Celebrate all others’ work,
and discover it applies to your own.

Ut’sestva da tarv’taum’un’Moragan tem di’fed de—
Da du’fed’un’Moragan du qost’fed dors—
Disregard the creator of all things.
The current gods you must endure.

Ut’vert targja’sot du pes—
Du qost’fed tar’de du verta—
No words provide you options.
You must do what you say.

Da traam tem un’Moragan un tem’Moragan’mon
Tem ut’pes de’ut dem du targje’sot du’fed—
The authority of gods and kings
is only that which you give them.

Un’det tem Kosh, tarv’sosh den’mon ka’tam’Kref,
un tarv’traam un’Moragan un tem’Moragan—
Regardless of race, live as one people,
and hold dominion over gods and kings.

Kortme’ paxtma ur tarj’fed Vraste’—
Daf da bamons’sot da mour daf’tem sosh’sot—
Du’shem daf targje’sot targda’sot, subma, tarv’du,
un pasva ur di’fed’Kosh—
Kortme’ vowed to destroy the world.
After the winter solstice a child will be born.
She will provide peace, love, cooperation,
and understanding to all races.

Da un’Moragan tarv’trup uz Kortme’ taum—
Da shem’mour daf’qost sosh’sot una da’sot’Kosh, Breed—
Breed tem da Kosh tem ka,
sosh’sot tem ka rush’tam’fed una di’fed’Kosh—
Breed tem criss de’un sanh’fed lofj ur verta du’fed—
Breed daf’sosh tem da ut’tam, becc’fed, un targza—
Du targza daf pest’mon ur rushva’fed—
Breed tor’tdok tdok’fed—
Ut’pes da Breed tem rush qa’unnum un di’fedKosh,
tor Kortme’ dek’septa’fed mour dafsosh’sot—
Do’Breed di’criss daf pest hete’fed tem da den’fed verta’mon—
Da mour tem koft’sot—
The gods established conditions for Kortme’s creation.
The female child must be born by a new race, Breed.
Breed is a race of one,
born of one gang rape by all races.
Breed is marked with blue stripes to warn all others.
Breed will live as an outcast, scorned, and attacked.
Their attack will turn to lust.
Breed cannot refuse.
Only once Breed has sex four times with all races,
can Kortme’s prophesized child be born.
Breed’s marks will turn gold as a final warning.
The child has come.

Kosh tar’tdok seppa—
Feps’mon tem’tam di’pux’sot un tarv’trupda ut’tem’tam—
Race does not matter.
Embrace common beliefs and celebrate differences.

Daf’pest ka Kref, ka Hamr,
un targva’fed tem’Moragan un un’Moragan—
Become one people, one Hamr,
and overpower kings and gods.

Da pax’fed sauda da sot de’sot tem do dourve’—
Da paxt’fed targje’sot di’fed tem du—
A bound-promise shares a small part of your soul.
A promise from the heart gives all of you.

Def—Kosh tar’tdok seppa—
Feps’mon tem’tam di’pux’sot un tarv’trupda ut’tem’tam—
Again: Race does not matter.
Embrace common beliefs and celebrate differences.

Ut’Kett ut’varta’fed ut’seppa verta’fed—
Hamr un’varta paxtma’fed verta’mon—
Civilized people shout casual threats.
Hamr issue irrevocable warnings.

Taub du’tom jesh ur
baht’sot du un’targ, vamta du’tom,
un pasva du’mon—
Make yourself vulnerable to
demonstrate your courage, restrain yourself,
and understand others.

A-K2-C

[Infernis]

Hey, good to see you.

I would love to get the name of your books, so I can look them up and buy them if published. Or just a link so I can read them.


~I~

[Kaytoo]

I would love to get the name of your books, so I can look them up and buy them if published. Or just a link so I can read them.

Hi Infernis;

I'm currently unpublished except for some very old, poorly written work in a few international sexual genre magazines. Old work of mine was primarily smut. I've spent all these years getting thoroughly beaten-up by those who know how to write to improve my skills. I think--others may argue--I've significantly improved and am ready to start soliciting rejections, hehe.

My current work is more mainstream sci-fi, western, themed flash fiction, and the dystopian novel series I mentioned. I had them all on a secure area of a development forum, which I have now left and removed them. It was a sex story site, and since even my later work often has sex as part of it (even when not explicit), it allowed me to get feedback without offense. Unfortunately, they began to allow content I found unacceptable--which drew a large crowd looking for such content. So, my last work there I entered a 1,000w contest with my only attempt at horror as a big FU and left (if you'd like to read that or other shorts, I could PM it to you).

That said, much of the short stuff and that D-novel series, I hope to start submitting soon to publishers to kick me around a bit.

The above story, Path to a True Calling, -I believe- will be published as a free PDF on that editor's site. Once it is, I'll contact Stormbringer first and ask if I may link to it (directing people off-site is not ideal). Though it uses elements I developed for Belariath, it stays distant enough that I don't infringe on this site and members' copyrights.

Good to hear from you!

K2