8. Population – Total: 5839
2000
1800
1600
1400
Population
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Maunt
Children Adults Jaun Taum Jorj
Stiv
Male 1745 1160 48 555 786 1523
Female 1758 1176 54 565 796 1512
9. Values and Taboos
Values Taboos
Childhood Violence
Humility Greed
Education/Work Idleness
Good Evil
10. Time Period
Halversuni Time Common Time
Arrived in yier 1 Arrived in year 491 BCE
Came on a boat that got lost
The great Halvi created them
at sea
It is now yier 2009 It is now year 1500 ACE
11. Average Life of a Halversun
• Good or evil?
Adult • 40 years wed
• 15 yiers • Go to Eksayel
• Graduation signifies
• Go to school adulthood • Live eternally with
Josaiya
• Find mate
• Move to suitable area
Childhood Retirement
13. Halvi
The first goddess, the
first of anything
Entirely good
Omniscient and
omnipotent
Split off into 3 parts to
be more than she could
as one
14. Jelien
The first of the 3 parts
to emerge
Goddess of
life, creation, love and
adulthood
Created original life in
the great waterfall
15. Jes
Goddess of
inspiration, childhood,
the arts and mischief
Eternal Child
Can be bossy and
bratty
Most treasured
goddess
16. Josaiya
God of Death and
Afterlife
Rules over Kresten and
Kro
Judges between good
and evil in the living
Has a servant, Jol
17. Jol
The servant of the god
Josaiya
Hero of Halvayel
After punishment he
became the eternal
flame of Eksayel
Judges between good
and evil of the dead
18. Well. Now you know.
Your
knowledge
Your to come
knowledge
now
Your
knowledge
before
Editor's Notes
Jojo- Gather friends and ye shall hear……. OUR MYTHOLOGY PROJECT!Jillian – This afternoon we’ll take you on an adventure to a land created by the Great Goddess HalviJess- Now, some of you might say that referencing Mrs Halverson is butt kissing, but we’d like to refer to it as grade accelerationJojo – And we’re just getting started…….
Jillian – The land of Halvayel is a very interesting place. Lets explore!Jo jo- Please keep all hands and feet inside the desk at all times. That means you, Mrs Halverson. The exits are located…Jess-Ok ok I think they’ve got it……
Jillian- MauntStiv is the central trading post for all of Halvayel.Jess- It is also where graduation is heldJojo- kinda like whatsgonna happen in 23 days……Jess- but we’ll talk about *THEIR* graduation later. The monarchy also lives up there.Jillian- Yeah, they don’t have much power though.Jojo- Like wonderwoman? *hit jojo* …..‘s arch nemesis?Jess- Nice save. The monarchy only has the ability to keep peace and oversee any public disputes
Jojo- Now for…….. juan!Jillian – no, its John. Jojo- Anyway, Jaun is the barren land. They do stuff there…. Like…. Uh….Jess- Like mining?Jojo-Yeah! And….Jess- Iron forging?Jojo-right.Jess- And they live underground….Jojo- And poo in a hole!!Jess&jillian- *look at josiah*Jojo- well they do…..
Jillian- moving on to Taum.Jess- Josiah, why don’t you let us handle this one?Jojo-aw c’mon I need to practice my Halvish!Jillian- why don’t you sit?Jojo-*sit*Jess- alright, back to Taum. Taum is the prairie land that provides much of the live stock for the island.Jojo- *mooooo*Jillian- They also provide a lot of the grains and textile since its mainly fields.Jess- and they live in houses that are built right into the hill sidesJojo-Like hobbit houses?Jillian-Josia… wait, you said something productive!Jojo- Yippie!
Jojo- *gets up and points to the screen* I think we have a typo….Jillian- No, Jorj is spelled that way.Jess- I thought you were working on your Halvish!!!!Jillian- anyway, Jorj is the rain forest of halvayel. It provides much of the fruits and veggie for the island.Jess- Everyone lives in these really neat tree houses that are all connected by bridges.Jojo- like ewoks and oompaloompas? Seriously, are all the movies based off halvayel?
Jojo- Alright, I’ll be good…… Can I talk about Eksayel??Jillian- Fine, but you have to be serious.Jojo- Ok. So Eksayel is the illuminated island off the north shore of Halvayel. When people retire they go here, as do the criminals, but they go to separate sides of the island. The retirees live happily until death and then are judged by the fires of Jol (we’ll tell you who that is later). The criminals stay in a prison until they die, and are sent to jol.Jess- Wow josiah, that was great! Except that you only told one side of the story.Jojo- Huh?Jess- That’s what the halversunz believe, but not what acutally happens.Jillian- What actually happens is anyone that is sent to eksayel is instantly killed upon arrival on the island. They are then cremated in the flames of jol. The workers on the island are the children of the monarchy who were not first in line to inherit the throne.
Jess- Alright, back to Halvayel as a whole. Though Halvayel is a relatively small country….Jojo-Like Bachslavia?!Jillian- No, Halvayel is about the size of NH.Jess-At-hem! As I was saying…. Halvayel has a population of about 5839 halversuns.
Jillian- There are a few key things that the Halversunz valueJojo- And Hate!Jess- Like they value childhood, humility, education, careers and goodnessJillian- And they consider violence, greed, idleness and evil taboos.Jojo- so they’d love our political systemJess- let’s not go there
Jess- Like Eksayel, the time period is also believed to be slightly different than reality. We will now take you back to the year 1500, which was the height of the halversuni culture.Jillian-They arrived in the year 491 BCE on…Jojo-NO! They arrived in yier 1!Jillian- ….On a boat that was lost at sea…Jojo-No! The great Halvi created us, er, Them!Jillian- And it is now the year 1500 ACE.Jojo- No! No! NO! It’s yier 2009!!!!Jess- STOP! Both of you are correct. The halversunz believe one thing and the rest of the world believes another. Josiah, you are consistant with halversuni beliefs. Jillian, you are stating what the rest of the world believes.Jojo&Jillian- BUT I’M RIGHT!
Jess- *sigh* Lets go to something LESS controversial, like the average life of a Halversun. At birth, the child is inspected for evil defects.Jojo- Wow, that doesn’t sound exactly like 300…Jess-*rolls eyes* if the child is perceived as evil, it is sent to Eksayel. If the child is good, it spends 15 yiers in a treasured childhood where he or she learns basic life skills. After those initial 15 yiers, it is time for school.Jillian- In the summer of the 5thyier of school, a graduation ceremony is held on MauntStiv.Jojo- *pomp and circumstance*Jess-….And apparently this year’s musical performance will NOT be Josiah…..Jillian- Good call. Any way, at this week long graduation the youth become adults, choose a career and must find a mate. There is a rule that states that one cannot marry from the same county.Jojo-To prevent incest!Jillian-Moving on. When they come down the mountain together…Jojo- They’ll be coming down the mountain when they love….Jess-Wow. That was necessary. Do you seriously burst into song every chance you get?Jojo- It’s a gift…. And a curse….Jillian-As to not get interrupted again…. *cover Jojo’s mouth* Coming down the mountain signifies marital bonds. From there they move to the county that best suits their jobs.Jess- After the couple has been wed for 40 yiers, the couple retiresJojo- I wanna tell them!!!!! Jess- Fine. Don’t suck.Jojo- So they retire to Eksayel to live on eternally with some God we’ll tell you about later.Jillian- Ya, but that’s not what really happens…Jojo- Yeah!Jillian- No!Jess-moving on…
Jess- as you can see, the 3 gods form together into one goddess, HalviJojo-Or a martini glass…Jess-Its just a diagram.Jojo-and as you can see, Josaiya is the last olive, making him the greatestJillian- as you can see, that doesn’t make any sense, and Jelien is on the top, making her the greatest.Jess-Seriously? All the circles are the same size, so AS YOU CAN SEE… they are all of equal importance.
Jojo- *angelic tone* Jess- Nice try.Jillian- Any way, lets talk about the great almighty prevailing omniscient influential powerful…Jess-I think that’s enough….Jojo- …incredible awesome extraordinary good amazing crazy-awesome…Jillian&Jess- ENOUGH! Jess- *to audience* you get the point. Halvi was the first and greatest goddess, entirely goodJillian- But she wanted to do more for the world, so she split into three new deities.Jojo- US! Er… well…. They have the same names as we do……
Jojo- *to Jillian* Hey that’s you!Jillian- No she is just ironically named the same name.Jess- Well why don’t you ironically tell us all about her?Jillian- Perhaps I shall.
Jess- *Stare at jojo*Jojo- Insert something here.Jillian- Why don’t you tell us about Jes, Jess?Jess- Sure. Jess is the goddess of inspiration [inspire!!!]Jess-blah blah blah….. And is THE MOST treasured Goddess.Jojo- Arguably.
Jojo- Now that the princess has shut up, we’ll talk about the one…. The only…. Jess- the creepiest.Jojo- Josaiya!!! *josaiya* He is the god of death *death* and afterlife *afterlife*. He rules over the afterlives Kresten *for good!* and uh Kro *for eeeevil* and he the righteous and unrighteous. *oooooooooo* You guys are creeping me out.Jillian- Oh it must be awful being interrupted all the time.Jess- *sticks tongue out*Jojo- And Josaiya also has a servant Jol.
Jess- So Jol is an eternal flame that resides on Eksayel. He cremates the dead.[disco inferno]Jess- He was once the hero of Halvayel, aiding in the riddance of evil from the islandJojo- But then I made him my servant! Now he is an eternal flame that uh…. separates good from evilJillian&jess- *odd look at jojo*Jess- Come back from the dark side.
Jojo-wait, I just realised something!Jillian-What’s that?Jojo- We’re done!Jess- Wow, we are.Jillian- so now the world knows our secretsJojo- crap. Now we can’t go there to hide on weekends and stuff.Jess- but we never told them where it is…Jojo- still… they know about our gods and our customs and our landscapes and our WORLD!!!Jillian- yes, but they also know something else, something very important. Something we have officially achieved!Jess- meeting with the goddess?Jojo- atonement with the father?Jillian- no, we have reunited with halvi and thus we await her grace.All- [turn creepily and smile]
