Satria Galuh is a fantasy novel from Indonesia about a jewel or Batu akik controller. Batu akik is a stone used by Indonesians as jewelry or talismans. This novel adopts Indonesian culture in describing its fantasy world.
Satria Galuh was written in Indonesian which was then translated into English via google translate before being published in a webnovel because the author himself did not English. Therefore, please understand if there are ambiguous sentences.
1. Word building
The fantasy world in the Satria Galuh novel is described as having five kingdoms, each of which is in charge of several city called Tanah Negeri. Each Tanah Negeri has its own culture, the name of an ethnic group from Indonesia with various descriptions of traditional houses, traditional clothes and local arts from the tribe.
2. Super power.
The concept of super power in the novel Satria Galuh comes from the sastra (literary) power that a jewel has with their Batu akik. (In ancient Indonesian culture, literature was considered to have magical and sacred powers.) Every sastra power has an increase, namely: Mantra (spell), Syair (poetry) and khodam. While Batu akik has three types, namely Batu mulia (precious stones), Batu mustika (gamstones) and Batu legenda (legend stones).
The combination of the power of sastra and batu akik produces the form of sastra elements from the five senses, namely:
a. The water element which represents the sense of taste,
b. The earth element which represents the sense of touch,
c. The air element which represents the sense of smell,
d. The element of light which represents the sense of sight,
e. And the element of sound which represents the sense of listener's senses.
In addition, there is a special ability of several jewels in the secret technique that creates sastra lyrics from the diversity of traditional letters in Indonesia. and also summon spirits from other dimensions in the form of Indonesian mythological creatures.
3. Inspiration
The novel, satria Galuh, is inspired by the prophecies of the great Indonesians who see the future of the Nusantara to be victorious by the leader of a knight who is eagerly awaited to come to change the world order.
This novel will also explore the ancient teachings that were the big secret of the civilization of the Nusantara in the past. Reading this novel will get to know more about the identity of the Indonesian people.