56. The Prodigials | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

56. The Prodigials

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr 

I have spoken in bits and pieces about my people during our time together, and now I will introduce you to them- sorry, us in full- but first, a clarification. Yes, I am 10 feet tall or 3.04 metres in your metric units (Respect the decimals!), but I am an exception for reasons we will get into... later.

The average height for my kind is, in your imperial measurements, well over 7 feet (2.14 metres), with a lifespan that should be little over 100 years; the absolute elite reaching 150 years of age and over 9 feet (2.74 metres) in height. Given our nature, most would never see the age of 60, to give a generous figure.

55. The Fatal Paradise | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

55. The Fatal Paradise

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

We are fast approaching the moment that... I have been waiting for my Acolytes. The birth of my people, the Ta'iwa'u (Prodigials), so named for our great size and strength. You must not let my voice fool you, humans. By your imperial measurements, I am roughly 10 feet tall. Though I will keep my weight to myself, thank you very much.

You might be wondering why. There were several reasons, the first of which was necessity. 

54. Incarnates | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

54. Incarnates

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

The Titaness, Fari Hasira, now scattered across space like ashes, would live an untold number of mortal lifetimes; sometimes two or three at the same time on the same world.

Most of these were short and violent, often ending with the would-be Jarwan worlds that failed. Those pieces of her were lost forever. The ones that remained were no less turbulent. Very rarely would an incarnation, what we who know call a Farharaat, meet the standards of old age, on any world.

As a mortal, she was more vulnerable than ever before. For the Paadlan, who had so feared her as she was, are a vengeful and spiteful lot, and they plagued the Farharaats wherever and whenever they were born.

53. Judgement | Beyond the Firmament: Tales From the Cosmos

Beyond The Firmament

Tales From The Cosmos

53. Judgement

- Written by Gift C Enyadike Jr

Fari Hasira, her form wounded, brought the diminished form of Diohlatas before the throne of Da Vaada, with Da Suun, once again, sitting at the right hand. They both knelt, though the Arbiter had to be forced. The Archangels, the Jarwa and all the hosts gathered in rings and layers, a tide of light that shielded the lesser things from the sight of the Highest. 

As he had always done, Da Vaada asked, "What have you to say?"