Let's see if I can swing this back around using the info just posted.Oppenheimer wrote:A warning here that we're getting off topic. If no one has anything more to post on topic I'm going to have to lock this thread, thanks.
Now--occultism sheds another possibility onto the Shield/Sword thing.
Definition:
oc·cult (ə-kŭlt', ŏk'ŭlt') pronunciation
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural influences, agencies, or phenomena.
2. Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable.
3. Available only to the initiate; secret: occult lore. See synonyms at mysterious.
4. Hidden from view; concealed.
5.
1. Medicine. Detectable only by microscopic examination or chemical analysis, as a minute blood sample.
2. Not accompanied by readily detectable signs or symptoms: occult carcinoma.
Definition of supernatural:
su·per·nat·u·ral (sū'pər-năch'ər-əl) pronunciation
adj.
1. Of or relating to existence outside the natural world.
2. Attributed to a power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces.
3. Of or relating to a deity.
4. Of or relating to the immediate exercise of divine power; miraculous.
5. Of or relating to the miraculous.
n.
That which is supernatural.
We're not sure at what level of technology those who found the original runes were, but perhaps they discovered what they had through the Runes themselves. If I were a person from 1000 years ago, and I had a stone that was embedded in me suddenly show me things--I'd be impressed and think this was a supernatural phenomenon.
And say 26 of my friends have the same thing happen to them. We get together and start showing what those Runes can do. Of course, some would be feared, and others revered by the "common" people, but beliefs and observances would spring up, and as time would go on, and people discover what exactly these Runes were--the religious aspects would be cast aside, and instead of awe, we'd be feeling acceptance.
At this point, I think people are more awed by the fact that True Runes exist anymore....