#SeptemberWorldbuilders In most cultures, darkness is seen as less scary than in our world, mostly because there's less of it. Archlit nights in the temperate zones are as bright as our full moon even at midnight.
Near the poles, night is truly dark—but of course there, cold is more of a concern.

Missed #SeptemberWorldbuilders yesterday, but I love it cuz of my light/dark-based magic system in the fantasy 🤣

It's little more than people throwing colors at each other like it's Holi every day.
The energy itself can cause damage, but if neutralized by contrasting colors, it becomes harmless.

Darkness is heavily used in Shadow Cursed. Kellem's magic is black and red when visible. The Realm Between is described as dark. There are other instances where darkness distorts or confuses things.

In Resist, I intentionally flipped the script on light and dark. Darkness..
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Conspiracy 🤫 and Between Magic. Everything related to Between magic is wrapped in darkness or black: Between Stones sites, the Pale Orthodoxy, and Between magic users. Between magic is still under investigation.

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In AElit darkness isn't bad/evil but it does represent a lack of holy light. The new moon, for instance, is believed to occur when Argyros (~Heaven) has closed its gates. Prayers are less likely to be answered then. Darkness is isolation, abandonment, absence.

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#septemberworldbuilders Darkness is safety, it's a secure place to hide. It's not being seen but also not needing to perform. Most of the important conversations in Archwitch happen in the dark.

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Weirdly- aside from the inciting incident where the weather on one night is a massive part of the plot. I don't use darkness like that. I do in writing films - so not sure why. Another thing to think about for the next one, obvs 😜

Meanwhile, in my head sits this....

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Darkness is usually associated with chaos and the primordial state of things. It's not evil, just chaos, and not viewed negatively, it's just a component of existence.
Though if you go into the specifics (darkness vs shadow vs chaos) you will get endless religious debates.

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The closest I can think of it’s Peter’s shadow. It mainly serves to represent his true emotions. Peter is good at hiding how he feels but his shadow reveals all. His shadow also serves to represent his childhood and childish nature
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In contrast to the Walkers' place in a Keeper's mind, [redacted] presents with a slow closing of thoughts by a darkness that [redacted].

(I know, not exactly helpful, but it's my main usage of darkness as a symbol of corruption)

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#TheDragonblood: The colour black is associated with the goddess Gnaramater. She picked it because, I don't know, she just likes that colour.

(Her accent colour is silver, btw.)

Gnaramater is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and magic.

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Darkness in my setting has 2 symbolism; malevolence & sacredness (the latter for death to the ego, humiliation, sincerity, shade/shadow protection from scorching sunlight, etc).

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In Mairth, Darkness — known as Umbra — is a Power wielded by roughly half of all Player Characters/Heroes. It is also used by those of the Order of the Peripatetics, who are both healers and lethal weapons-masters, as 🧵

#SeptemberWorldbuilders Decided to answer the last two together because the duality is important:

-Light is the fundamental force of harmony & balance

-Darkness is the absence of Light manifesting as another force of discord & imbalance

*(like cold is the absence of heat but appears as a "thing")

#SeptemberWorldbuilders ... Pure white (i.e., the whole color spectrum mixed) is associated with blankness and newness, with healing and birth, and as previously mentioned, black clothing or accessories are associated with government and law.

#SeptemberWorldbuilders ... The people of The Island trend in the bitterberry (i.e. coffee) shades: from deep caramel browns into dark browns on the average. And while darker skin is superficially seen as "profound" lighter skin is not considered to indicate vapidity or callousness...

#SeptemberWorldbuilders ... Also, darkness of skin is considered to look more pensive, profound, and wise (that is, not "smarter" per se, just "deeper") in the The Island's culture -- though "appearance is only skin deep" is still a well known axiom, even so far into the future...
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#SeptemberWorldbuilders On #Celesta, "darkness" is not thought of as menacing or evil, but as profundity, deepness. As in the physical universe, darkness is considered *larger* than light (there's far more dark, empty space than there is lit space near a star, for example).
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In Balances, darkness represents hidden things. Later, in The Sword of Heaven, it appears as an ancient, eldritch force (that has apparently taken a liking to someone in particular), so it’s fair to say the Unknown has escalated to Unknowable.
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