SFC WHAT-NOTS 55: MYSTERIOUS FOLKLORE

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SFC WHAT-NOTS # 55: MYSTERIOUS FOLKLORE



“Wrong will be right when Aslan comes in sight.”  “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!”  “For the Witcher, heartless and cold…”

These and others are examples of folklore built up in one series or another: stories of an ancient or current entity that spread about an area, gaining popularity. Often there are songs written about these. They can be heroic or haunting, encouraging or a warning.

The question today is “What is some mysterious folklore in your content?”  Is it an older legend, or a recent event? Is it about a villain or a hero? Is it scary or uplifting? And of course, are there any poems or rhymes, perhaps slang, about this?

HOST’S EXAMPLE

Some folklore of my own involves my Banshee Mobian species—the Bast Sedom—surrounding a historic event called the “Refine”. This was a genocide to purge both Banshees, and another species called “Nictrela”. Banshees live in hiding throughout their home-zone Mobocan (Mobius 4149), with very few having escaped.

There’s something of a “Banshee Lullaby” that goes over the events of the Refine. It narrates warriors coming to destroy a town, and the leaders laying down their arms to let the invaders crush everything. An entity the Banshees call the Red Knight—or Firish WORes—arrives to fight for the Banshees, but is thought to be killed. The song ends with “Savior, oh please come save me”.