I am in the midst of writing a mythology that will consist of nineteen stories. Nineteen has no significant meaning, but here is why there are nineteen:
- A trilogy (The Chosen One of Allivar) with the brief history of creation of ten heavenly worlds and through the first six ages of Allivar, prior to the introduction of the seventh age and my main character, Arimar. (3)
- A chronicles series of nine stories that explore the fall of nine of ten heavenly worlds. (9)
- A chronicles series of seven stories that represent all that took place in the six ages before the messenger and what was taking place that the messenger was unaware of as the seven races gathered and united to arrive on the final day of battle. (7)
And that is how I arrive at nineteen stories. But let’s explore the number seven a little deeper.
Seven is a very unique number in mythology and religion. Seven represents perfect completion as in the number of days of the creation of earth (whether you believe or not). There are seven deadly vices and seven virtues. If one masters the virtues, they are said to be perfect. I have been fascinated with this concept in an Epic Fantasy setting.
Seven is a number found in many of our most popular stories, such as Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings and the Songs of Fire and Ice. In The Silmarillion, there are seven Lords and Ladies of the Valar. Feanor has seven sons. In my trilogy, Arimar is the seventh son, of the seventh line of the prophets. My mythical creator creates seven races as a test of racial harmony, and creates 686 total beings (7 races times 7 males and 7 females) = 343 times 2 = 686. I did this so that each race had seven couples from which procreation could take place without any inference to incest.
Arimar befriends the seventh son of the seventh father of each race. He has six captains that follow him they position themselves at seven points of the Wall of Masara, to combat Haggarfuse, the leader of the seven fallen Charafuse (angels).
In the final battle the Unseen, three of his loyal Charafuse and four Seramen come to battle (seven) and the armies of light, comprising the spirits of all the seven races who died not only on the nine fallen worlds, but in the seven ages of Allvar.
In the last chronicles series, you will be greeted by other references to seven, such as the seven swords, the seven underworlds, the seven hidden cities of gold, and the seven staffs of the prophets. Who knows what I will add next, I’m only on book number five. Come join me in this journey. You will have a lot of fun along the way.
If you are intrigued by the number seven and how you can use it in a story of your own, here’s a wikipedia link
