#ConlangApril 13 - Tëilachelst is VSO in the day-to-day and most speech and writing, but cases are inflected so VOS is also accepted. Technically I think other orders work as well because of how case is expressed, but no one would talk like that without deliberately trying to be obtuse.

#ConlangApril 12 - The tense system is simple and very familiar to English speakers: past, present, future. Like Arabic, Tëilachelst has several verbal forms, and for this answer we just care about Form I, the basic form. The present tense is in Form I: S-C-L => scil 'write' 🧵

#ConlangApril Tëilachelst's mophology is inspired by Arabic morphology. As I've mentioned in a few posts, most nouns, verbs, and adjectives come from tri-consonant roots and certain vowels are added in certain places to make specific words 🧵

#ConlangApril Ah! I don't have a translation for 'fog'. What I'd do to make it though is first see what 'fog' is in Arabic, because the way Arabic works is that you typically have three consonants that express a meaning, and then you add certain vowels in certain places to make specific words 🧵

#ConlangApril Catchin' up. There is a Tëilachelst script, and I tried handwriting it out, but I didn't get something I liked (let alone digitized). Since the morphology is inspired by Arabic (and Semitic languages more generally), the script would similar to Arabic, but... 🧵

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Indigo blossoms, Small, dainty flower petals: Homes for spring fairies. #poetry #haiku #micropoetry #spring #fairy #fairies #flower #flowers

#ConlangApril Although Tëilachelst phonology was inspired by Old Norse, it's most certainly not the same. I don't go full linguist, I just list out the written characters in our alphabet and the accompanying IPA sounds. Nothing hard-to-pronounce for a native English speaker

Something about the change of season into early spring sparked a new avenue of creativity for me: English language #haiku! Sure, I've stuck with the basic 5-7-5, but that's what I like and that's that 😛 Check them out, I usually post them on my website #poetry #micropoetry #spring

#ConlangApril A little bit of both: using the definitions given, Tëilachelst is *a posteriori* in that the grammar was inspired by Arabic and the phonology by Old Norse, but it's *a priori* in that the grammar isn't exactly Arabic and the phonology exactly Old Norse 🧵

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#ConlangApril I haven't given much thought to dialects of Tëilachelst, but they'd probably follow the kinds of shifts real-world dialects would have. The primary physical separation between populations of Tëilachel are the "Lands": 🧵

Thank you local public library for having the manga for me to read! This is exactly the kind of fantasy I like to see in anime. As for the manga itself, the artwork approaches the Berserk level of craftsmanship (though of course much less grim), which I think is high praise #anime #manga #fantasy

For todays #repostyourart theme of #bloom, I am bringing back this busy little postal bee and their lift-off point 🌸 #art #artyear #cuteart #bee

#ConlangApril Tëilachelst is the everyday language, but it's also used for ceremony and tutelary incantations. It serves most, but not all, their needs: on the rare occasion they want something older and foreign, like Latin, then they use a language called Thālosé 🧵

#ConlangApril Hello everyone! Tëilachelst is a fictional language in the novel(la) I'm writing, spoken by the Tëilachel. *ro-Tëilachel* is their endonym, translating to 'the Pilgrims'. They live in an interstellar ark travelling between galaxies 🧵

#MarchWorldbuilders For the fun of it! It's a great way to become more intimate with the Real World too, there's always new stuff to learn. And it (among many other creative hobbies) can really last more than a lifetime 🧵

#MarchWorldbuilders Oh goodness, I'll go the favorite mother root and briefly talk about the one of the first things that talked through my head. In my grand setting, wormholes are shortcuts through time, not through space, so I call them timetunnels instead 🧵

It felt so good today to break out my #bicylce from winter storage and hit the bike trail through town ⛅🚴

It's been an immensely satisfying Sunday afternoon learning how to make a zine/booklet. Very basic stuff using my first short story that I wrote years ago, but I'm looking forward to getting better at it! #writingcommunity

A long, lonely road-- Upon the clouds above me: Pink and lavender! #haiku #micropoetry #poetry #colors

Birthday gift for @zarahartist.bsky.social 💕

#MarchWorldbuilders Nope, cuz murder is bad. The warriors among the Tëilachel also don't kill other warriors: in wargames they might employ machine drones that can be destroyed, but bloodshed is not sanctioned 🧵

Barren trees stand guard, Green sprouts push through covered soil, Spring beckons them forth. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #spring #nature

Dappled clouds above, 🌥️ The morning birdsong anew, 🎵 Spring is coming soon. 🌸 #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #nature #spring

Basil and Sprout 💙 Simple drawing commission for @gingerschnafu.bsky.social #art #dnd

#MarchWorldbuilders That's a good question. How would organized religion work in what's basically a bunch of anarchist communes? 🤔 My gut feel of this world is that the priesthood wouldn't function as a state either 🧵

fondness. #OCSky #illustration #MyArt

#MarchWorldbuilders There is an Atlach of Priesthood, but alas, I haven't given them much thought. There are definitely theologians among them, but I'm not sure what ceremonies they might conduct 🧵

We reflect a lot on what draws people to AI as a source of historical information. It's clear that for many people, the AI 'voice' comes across as authoritative and convincing in what it conveys, even when the actual content is pretty banal, surface-level or just plain wrong.

#MarchWorldbuilders The Tëilachel see three categories of godhood. The first two categories figure into their religion, while the third is more of philosophical thing they don't worship. The three categories are 1) their "deities", 2) their Preceding God, and 3) "God-as-the-universe". 🧵

A quick #sketch of a fantasy #goat with a #winter vibe -i love snow- #digitalart #artistonbluesky #animalart #nature

#MarchWorldbuilders To give one example: a Tëilach is usually in some *atlach* or another, which for our purposes can be thought of as an occupation. In an *atlach*, one joins a circle, who are the other folks in the same *atlach* in some local area. 🧵

Thanks to everyone who tuned into my live demonstration today for my class with Terracotta.art #art @bsky.art "Rainy Day, Paris" Watercolor on Baohong, 15x11 inches

Happy #pi day! The March prompt from my agent was to illustrate something starting with “pi”. I chose to draw a little pigeon mail carrier. 🖤 Pigeons have such a cool history in relation to correspondence - it’s worth understanding them a bit more. #pigeon #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist

Halmarut #art #ffxiv

One more little seascape to kick off the weekend! Tisha Mark ©2026, To Dream by the Sea No. 2601, oil on gessobord, 6"x6" Original is available with a maple frame: tishamark.com/product-cate... #art #painting #SciArt #scape

Today sure felt like spring here! Finally! 😊💚 Tisha Mark ©2026, Homeland No. 2603, oil on gessobord, 4"x4" Original is available with maple frame: tishamark.com/shop #art #painting #SciArt #bsnm #ArtSky

📚💙I've finished reading two #biographies, one on John Keats and the other on William Wordsworth. It's striking to me to read about a #poet whose life was cut short (Keats) then to read about a poet who lived a long full life (Wordsworth) & see his friends and family pass away... #RomanticPoetry

Outfit design for @darksunet.bsky.social 💜 #warcraft

The Fool — Ardenweald grovetender Tarot-style illustration for @howliteart.bsky.social 💙🦋 #warcraft

After her father dies working the fields from over-exhaustion, a young woman moves to a bustling, magic-enhanced city. Can she raise her daughter & make a better life for herself when the aristocracy grinds laborers down? #fantasy #shortstory #fiction #gildedage #historicalfantasy #WriteSky

Cartoon Saloon is back at it! Looks gorgeous, and though it's treading on a delicate subject, I hope it turns out great. After watching The Breadwinner, I bet they could pull it off. That movie was quite harrowing.

📚💙Since my fiancé enjoyed watching A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms so much, I dusted off my copy of the book and I'm re-reading it aloud to her. She's a keeper 🥰

Happy Book Birthday to 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑠ℎ! A tremendous thank-you for all of your support along the way. Check out either of the links in the comment to get your hands on a copy! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed creating it. #epicfantasy #fruitofwar #indiebooks #writesky #sff

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Although Tëilachelst society is stateless, they do self-organize into councils, some of which would regulate the economy and markets. Laborers own the means of production. 🧵

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Oh yes, there are many, many councils. Painting with broad strokes here and not using the proper in-world terms: it's like a bunch of trade unions working together, nominating and electing representatives to join various councils that do various things 🧵

#FebruaryWorldbuilders *Wrought From Silver Flames* is not a Tëilach, they are a tripartite automaton and the oldest being aboard the interstellar ark. Their titles are "Hierarch" and "Eldest". 🧵

This week from my #ShortStory vault, my WH40K ripoff 😅 After being elevated to the Cantor of a hollowed-out warhost, a former space-pirate must obey his demonic benefactor to destroy a mysterious space-station, lest the demon revokes his newfound position. #fiction #WriteSky #sff #scifi

#FebruaryWorldbuilders Tëilachelst society is stateless. That doesn't mean there aren't any organizations, but that there is very little hierarchy or centralization of powers. Basically everyone cooperates and plays nice, and they do so because they genuinely believe in it 🧵