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    I'm sure that they meant to use the traditional definition of the word (i.e., new lore that explores the nature of the Twelve and how they will react to the 7th Umbral Era). It seems to me that the new white stones all over the world are a precursor to some sort of minor story thread that will come to the forefront in 1.23a and later, that will lead us into 2.0 proper.

    The people who are calling the white stones "mythos" apparently just have no idea what the word means.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Keres View Post
    I'm sure that they meant to use the traditional definition of the word (i.e., new lore that explores the nature of the Twelve and how they will react to the 7th Umbral Era). It seems to me that the new white stones all over the world are a precursor to some sort of minor story thread that will come to the forefront in 1.23a and later, that will lead us into 2.0 proper.

    The people who are calling the white stones "mythos" apparently just have no idea what the word means.
    The philologist in me wants to agree with you, but one must also admit that the use of the word in the PDF document is ambiguous. "The Twelve's mythos" or "The mythos of the Twelve" or the "Twelve mythoi" would have all been much clearer.

    I don't blame those mistaking the word, if indeed it's the one you and I seem to be familiar with, for something else, since it's far from a frequent word. After all, the use the translators of the document gave it is far from clear.

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