THE PLANET OF PROGKP
by   R E P T I E L
Sine (Such a Weird Star)

Hobbitozz...A Land That Never Was, The Planet of Progkp's predecessor, ends with the hero Forest Boy sacrificing the Druid of the Wood in a ceremonial blood ritual which forced the Druid's soul to enter the body of Forest Boy, so that Forest Boy could become the Druid of the Wood and restore life to the dying world of Hobbitozz. Forest Boy now has two spirits (or perhaps more if this has happened to the Druid before) and assumes the role of the Druid of the Wood. As such, he receives a new name, "Sine," and then is ushered away by the Spirit Usher to the Planet of Progkp. *Who* gives Sine his true name or *how* he receives it is not known. It is almost as though the universe itself has bestowed the name upon him.

Visual representation by Billy Janes of the song Sine, Such a Weird Star
"Sine (Such a Weird Star)" artwork by Billy Janes
The Spirit Usher

The Spirit Usher is a very powerful entity who is able to usher spirits from one world to another. Now that Forest Boy has become Sine and is responsible for all eternity to provide life to the planet of Hobbitozz as the Druid of the Wood, the Spirit Usher comes to him. The way that the Druid's mind is kept fortified is that the Spirit Usher takes his spirit to different worlds, planets and dimensions and subjects him to various trials and tribulations. As the Druid, now Sine, lays on his bed of light in his sacred grove on Hobbitozz and his spirit experiences these challenging ordeals, he is able to provide life and sustenance to all living things on the planet, unless, of course, he somehow fails one of the Spirit Usher’s tests.

Visual representation by Jorge Heredia of the song Spirit Usher
"The Spirit Usher" artwork by Jorge Heredia
Relativity/Deranged

It is unknown to Sine where the Spirit Usher is taking him, but along the way, through space and time, the laws of physics and the principle of relativity seem to have become deranged.

Visual representation by Anselm Yew of the song Relativity/Deranged
"Relativity/Deranged" artwork by Anselm Yew
Shadow People

The Spirit Usher warns Sine about Shadow People who inhabit the dark matter of space, and whose existence defies understanding, contemplation of which could destroy one's mind.

Visual representation by Daniela Yew of the song Shadow People
"Shadow People" artwork by Daniela Yew
It's a World

The Spirit User and Sine arrive at their destination, the planet of Progkp, and it's a world unlike any other where shadows reign and the sun has set forever.

Visual representation by Brian Weaver of the song It's a World
"It's a World" artwork by Brian Weaver
See Level

In the first of three tests, the Spirit Usher takes Sine down to sea level and challenges him to see level.

Visual representation by Phil Watkins of the song See Level
"See Level" artwork by Phil Watkins


Visual representation by Brian Weaver of the song See Level
"See Level" (2) artwork by Brian Weaver


Visual representation by Brian Weaver of the song See Level
"See Level" (3) artwork by Brian Weaver
Clarity, Clarity

For the second test, the Spirit Usher attempts to persuade Sine to think like her, be like her, see like her and live like her in order to acquire clarity.

Visual representation by Avionic of the song Clarity, Clarity
"Clarity, Clarity" artwork by Avionic
Longing

Sine, in a moment of weakness, begins longing for his life on Hobbitozz, when his mother and father were still alive, before the burden of saving his planet was placed on him.

Visual representation by Tom Kovach of the song Longing
"Longing" artwork by Tom Kovach
The Man Who Played the Sound Waves

The Man Who Played the Sound Waves": In an effort to pull Sine out of his nostalgic funk, the Spirit Usher introduces him to the Man Who Played the Sound Waves, who explains how he turns sound waves into light waves inside his mind allowing him to travel through space and time. Sine learned about the Man Who Played the Sound Waves when he climbed the Tree Of Life on Hobbitozz. He is the only other person aside from Sine and the Spirit Usher who can approach the Tree Of Life without being torn apart by its vibrations. The Man Who Played the Sound Waves must occasionally travel to Hobbitozz to tune the Tree (to the key of D). This is only necessary every few thousand years. However, it had become a more frequent necessity as the previous Druid became increasingly unable to sustain life on Hobbitozz and the tree would go out of tune more often.

Visual representation by Anselm Yew of the song The Man Who Played the Sound Waves
"The Man Who Played the Sound Waves" artwork by Anselm Yew
Feel the Atoms

The Man Who Played the Sound Waves encourages Sine to feel the atoms, which vibrate in the key of D in perpetuity.

Visual representation by Daniela Yew of the song Feel the Atoms
"Feel the Atoms" artwork by Daniela Yew
There's a Star in Your Mind

The Man Who Played the Sound Waves informs Sine that there is a star in his mind and a world in his hands, and that his heart intermediates between the two.

Visual representation by Roger Carvey of the song There's a Star in Your Mind
"There's a Star in Your Mind" artwork by Roger Carvey
The Cosmos of Your Mind Is Expanding

After delving deep into his psyche to feel the atoms and then exploring the triad of mind, hands and heart, Sine senses the cosmos of his mind expanding.

Visual representation by Rani Goel of the song The Cosmos of Your Mind Is Expanding
"The Cosmos of Your Mind Is Expanding" artwork by Rani Goel
The Hallowed Bones of the Alien Elven Souls (Temple of the Avian Aliens)

Sine arrives at a structure constructed from the Hallowed Bones of the Alien Elven Souls (The Temple of the Avian Aliens). It is a temple the ancient Progkpians built to honor the beings they thought were gods who landed on their planet and then died shortly thereafter, but not before providing the Progkpians with knowledge of how to survive their dying planet (which as we will find out in Down Below World was to burrow into the planet itself.)

Visual representation by Anselm Yew of the song The Hallowed Bones of the Alien Elven Souls (Temple of the Avian Aliens)
"The Hallowed Bones of the Alien Elven Souls (Temple of the Avian Aliens)" artwork by Anselm Yew


Visual representation by Tom Kovach of the song The Hallowed Bones of the Alien Elven Souls (Temple of the Avian Aliens)
"The Hallowed Bones of the Alien Elven Souls (Temple of the Avian Aliens)" (2) artwork by Tom Kovach
Aleph Adept

Sine enters the temple and undergoes his third and final test: an initiation, conducted by the Alien Elven Souls, in which Sine becomes Aleph Adept.

Visual representation by Doug Welch of the song Aleph Adept
"Aleph Adept" artwork by Doug Welch
Progkp

Sine has completed his first series of tests that the Spirit Usher subjected him to here on the planet of Progkp, thus fortifying his mind so that he can restore and sustain life on Hobbitozz via the body of the Druid of the Wood. He is now Aleph Adept, but the Spirit Usher is about to escort Sine to his next series of trials, this time inside the planet of Progkp, a place the inhabitants call Down Below World.

Visual representation by Cye Tornatzky of the song Progkp
"Progkp" artwork by Cye Tornatzky


Visual representation by John Izzard of the song Progkp
"Progkp" (2) artwork by John Izzard