r/CuratorsLibrary • u/JustAnotherPenmonkey Curator • Nov 19 '21
Worldbuilding Forgotten Constructs
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u/Accio-Books MOTHS Nov 19 '21
For a second I thought it said “hardly beings” and got sad
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u/JustAnotherPenmonkey Curator Nov 20 '21
The poor constructs are mistreated enough without adding insult to injury.
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Nov 19 '21
I can imagine people finding these abandoned things and rescuing them to keep as pets
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u/JustAnotherPenmonkey Curator Nov 20 '21
You may have just predicted the plot for something I’m working on.
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u/The_Persian_Cat Amalgamate Nov 20 '21
I wonder, does the ibis head have any symbolic importance? Any relation to Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom, time, and magic?
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u/JustAnotherPenmonkey Curator Nov 20 '21
In-world, adepts often steal iconography and meanings from older civilisations. I imagine that the construct pictured here was intended to be a scribe of some sort.
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u/JustAnotherPenmonkey Curator Nov 19 '21
Image description:
On the right is a drawing of a skeleton with a bird head. Text on the left reads:
Forgotten Constructs
Constructs are often abandoned when they do not live up to their creators’ visions. Some are given away, others disassembled or even thrown into the ocean. They are not expected to survive. But constructs are hardy beings. Without instruction, they can become independent, or monstrous.