What would you call them?

mickeyDs4 · Jan 10, 2012

In my WIP, Bianca Someday et al, the fairy world has a set of eight beings who are the personifications of Adversity, Danger, Temptation, Harm, Fate, Uncertainty, Death and Love. I don't want to call them gods but they are treated as such. For the sake of the narrative, I need to call them something when they are in the group. So far all I've come up with are "The Deities of the Fairy World."

Any suggestions would be great!

Becca C. · Jan 10, 2012

The Mystics?

I want to say The Fates, but you already have a Fate.

bickazer · Jan 10, 2012

Call them the avatars? Attributes? I'm just throwing stuff out there...but I think a group title that makes it clear that they are meant to embody certain traits would work the best.

eventidepress · Jan 10, 2012

Overlords? >.>
The Archetypes... Avatars, The Ideals... sorrytheseallsuck

mickeyDs4 · Jan 10, 2012

I like that! Thanks Becca! Each of them takes on a persona and appears in the book when the things they represent are happening.

Cyia · Jan 10, 2012

Since only one is a positive attribute, I'd call them the Seven Sisters (assuming they're female), and then have another name for the 8th.

Maybe the Vices

mickeyDs4 · Jan 10, 2012

In my head I have each casted as follows:
Adversity: Oprah
Danger: Christian Bale
Temptation: Scarlett Johannson and Chris Hemsworth
Harm: Karl Urban
Fate: Marion Cotillard
Uncertainty: Misha Collins
Death: Matt Damon
Love: Nicole Kidman

TamaraLynne · Jan 10, 2012

The whispers?

jmlee · Jan 11, 2012

I like the way Gaiman went about it and name them the collective rather than the type of character they are (the Endless).

Er... like saying "The Court" I guess? It gives them sort of an elevated status.

Taytortots · Jan 11, 2012

I like the Mystics.

mickeyDs4 · Jan 11, 2012

Torn between the Mystics and the Whispers

A. K. Fotinos-Hoyer · Jan 13, 2012

I really like the mystics .. maybe even the court of mystics

What would you call them?

mickeyDs4

Becca C.

bickazer

someday we'll shine together

eventidepress

mickeyDs4

Cyia

Rewriting My Destiny

mickeyDs4

TamaraLynne

jmlee

MIA

Taytortots

mickeyDs4

A. K. Fotinos-Hoyer

Chasing Dreams