Re: Sephiris: The Price of Peace - OOC

[Digital Muse]

You're my hero, Stion!

[Kalon Ordona II]

Muse, since you didn't specify the day or location of your last post, and since we want our two parties to meet up, the best way for it to work is to say that your last post took place on the morning of DAY 2. We can say that your Caravan crossed through the same path Áirhath and his mercenaries will have done on the morning of DAY 4.

When the novel comes out, , we'd just move things around so that the posts are in the proper chronological order. xD

So... if I post in the afternoon of the 4th day, Katerina's group will have been traveling for 2 1/2 days, which would put them... say... at Oliphey! Which would be awesome. But I think I WON'T have Gado join their party yet. I WILL want to have some interaction, possibly, but not joining. It'll be more real that way, and more fun.

Is that a good plan?

[Digital Muse]

That works very well, Kalon. I can do a post of their travel and flesh out the caravan's denizens a little more. I have a few more 'regulars' and some passengers and their interaction I can play with.

[Stion Gyas]

For those of you interested in SephChat, here are some detailed instructions for you:

Join the Chat Room.
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Also, if you think of an interesting Sephiris-based infoline (Just a little greeting for when you enter the room) PM me, and I'll select my favorite, and maybe bug Kalon about it, too.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Okay, goody. ^^ I'll fill in my post with DAY 4 travel for the mercenaries, before they meet up with Katerina's group in or near Oliphey.

I imagine Katerina's route would include the other cities around the lake, so after Oliphey they'd go around to the other two cities, then south a ways, maybe even to the capital, and thence to dragon lands?
I guess I'll do a picture. Hang on. ^^



There we go.
I should do these more often! xD
You guys can do them too; all you do is copy the image from the OOC Page 1 into MS Paint and then play with it. Save as a crappy JPG to save space, and then upload at, say, imageshack.us.

Edit:
ACK, I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT!
OK, the red is still red. The middle red is green. The dark red is orange.
No wonder Digital_Muse was confused about it!

[Digital Muse]

@Kalon - OK posted....I think I got the times and locations correct. Let me know if I've gotten mixed up.

@Stion - Sorry I missed you on #sephchat....I was in the zone. lols

[Stion Gyas]

Hehe, no problem, I'm just bopping around anyways, messing with files, and the like.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Oops, I spotted a bit of something there, Muse.
I don't know if I mentioned anything like this anywhere before, but I always thought of the three races as reproductively incompatible with one another. No half-breeds.

I don't think this has ever been brought up, so it might be a good idea to bring it up.
I'm not against having half-breeds, but the way the races are set up, it might not be possible.

Humans and elves are vastly different as far as body structure and blood type. Elves are bordering hemophiliacs; they're very delicate. A female elf could never ever ever bare a half human child. Intercourse would be dangerous for her as well, unless the human male isn't very, um, large, and he'd have to be extremely gentle.
I could see it working the other way around, but a human female bearing a half elf... the child would be weak and odd-looking. He would never make it in human society and would have to live a very sheltered life--at least until he/she grew up. A female half elf might be another story, but she would also be more delicate and slightly odd, not at all prone to human work, probably sneaking off all the time to be in the woods.

As for dragons... dragon + elf would be a very delicate matter. For one thing, a dragon's normal body temperature is much higher than humans, which would make it extremely higher than elves. Again, I can maybe see a elf male x dragon female at a crazy stretch... but it would be very very very unlikely, and not pleasant for either of them.
Dragons and humans? More likely. Half dragons? Probably not. Such an offspring, if such is possible, would be completely shunned by both races.

[Stion Gyas]

Kalon, that whole thing made me laugh. Have you considered a career in Fantastic Reproductive Biology?

[Digital Muse]

I'll fix that, no problem. But Kalon was so delicate about the whole subject I just giggled.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Being delicate about it is ALWAYS waaaaay more fun that being blunt.

[Digital Muse]

By the way, guys. Critiques, stylistic suggestions and such would be welcomed as you read my posts.

You are all some of the best I've ever had the good fortune to write with and I'd be delighted to get style ideas from you!

[/shameless fishing for help]

[Kalon Ordona II]

Yaay, freedom to critique! I shall take you up on that.
Please do the same with my posts, if you would. And especially if you happen to notice any silly errors, PLEASE let me know!

I'll try to get a post in today; I'm gonna be busy, so I don't know if it'll work out, but I'll put it on the top of my online to-do list.

[Guest]

Once again, I apologize for my absence. I will be in the chat room most of tomorrow, so Stion and I can coordinate his next post. And I will be available for any questions anyone else may have.

[Stion Gyas]

No problem, Silvone.

Kalonn: I liked the post, but in the first line you put "in" instead of "inn."

[Kalon Ordona II]

Thanks for noticing!!!!!
*Edits right away*

[Stion Gyas]

No problem, Kalon. Can't wait to see what's next in this series of events.

Any word from Reffy?

[Reffy]

I'm still here.

Keep getting tied up trying to sort out my life. Going to get caught up to Eldin with the next 2 posts - which will hopefully be in the next week or so.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Reffyyyyy!!

Don't worry too much about it. We all seem to be going at a nice steady pace. ^^ Not unlike a very large rock--- boulder--- TANK that, while it rolls slowly, is also quite unstoppable.

[Stion Gyas]

I'm still here.

Keep getting tied up trying to sort out my life. Going to get caught up to Eldin with the next 2 posts - which will hopefully be in the next week or so.

Ahh! There you are! Just getting worried about you, is all. Good to know you're still with us.

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Without further ado:

Stion's Treatise on Worldly Travel

Spoiler:

[Reffy]

Hey! You're still my Elvish Buddy! And this is still the most complex RP I've been in (currently only in one other - that has been long running and moves at the same speed)

That Worldy Travel thingy is helpful Silla is probably on a Clipper - but she wouldn't know since she is not a regular sea traveler. Also, expect problems with said travel. Hehe . I've had an awesome idea about the 2 other stops ... that ya'll might enjoy and would be more Elven than you have seen me do thus far.
(The 2 towns you've seen Silla in haven't been very Elvish)

I just need to sit down for a good hour and get the story hashed out. Finding time is difficult.

[Edit: Sorry I keep using "Elvish" I just find that word hilarious for some reason ... ]
[DoubleEdit: Wha happened to mah groovy sig and avvy? Please don't tell me it got wiped with the forum changes?]
[TripleEdit: Nvm. Sig and Avvy are back ... think I'm going mad >.> ]

[Kalon Ordona II]

Ahhh, see I was thinking Silli was in more of a schooner. Clipper works too, and makes more sense. ^^

[Stion Gyas]

No problem, Reffy. It was good fun to write, anyways. Also, I apologize for not catching you in sephchat, I was struggling to figure something out avatar-wise.

I got nowhere...

[Kalon Ordona II]

Make Ryona make one similar to what she did for Silvone. ^^
And while you're at it, you might as well let her make one of those sigs she makes as well.

Edit:
I did the thing again where I did everything BUT post here in Sephiris. -_- Now my brain won't work.
I think I'll try going to sleep early for once and see how creative I am early in the morning.

[Stion Gyas]

I did another one. Boredom really gets to me. If anyone has another topic, but not the drive to do it...

Stion’s Treatise on Draconic Flight

Spoiler:

[Digital Muse]

Nice. Now the question is; do Dragons sport hollow bones such as birds to make their body weight lighter and thus provide them with greater ease in flight?

Another topic: How are criminals tried and punished in the different lands?

[Stion Gyas]

Nice. Now the question is; do Dragons sport hollow bones such as birds to make their body weight lighter and thus provide them with greater ease in flight?

Another topic: How are criminals tried and punished in the different lands?

I'd be pressed to say no. The Dragons strike me as stronger creatures, and, with their size, hollow bones would likely be... bad. Breaking, and the like. Kalon's a better person to ask on that.

I'll see what I can think of in the way of topic. I'll have to look up some more about the different periods in history the different races are "based" on. Expect me to question you some, Kalon, and you, Digi.

EDIT: Of course, I recommend others try their hands at such treatises. Kalon left a lot to be written about, and two (or more) heads are better than one.

[Kalon Ordona II]

I actually have a guide right there in the first page of the OOC.

# Play Human culture as something between Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
# Play Elven culture as something between Native America and the Feudal Orient.
# Play Dragon culture as something between Ancient India and Renaissance Spain.

I haven't thought much about the justice system.
I imagine in Elvendom the justice is pretty light; everyone does what they think is right and are loosely overseen by the white-or-silver-haired ones.
Human lands go Kings > Dukes > other overseers > people
Dragon lands have the caste system; obey elders and that's it. You take orders from the higher caste, period. Highest person to give orders would be the ruler.
I guess it's the epitome of a Might Makes Right culture.

Yeah, no hollow bones.

And yes, I've left much of the world open just so that people who are interested can help fill it in.

[Stion Gyas]

xD King > Archduke > Duke > Marquess > Earl > Viscount > Barons > Baronets > Knights? There are way a lot of ranks, but that falls under nobility and the peerage. :F

I did see how the different races are played, and have done a little research on the subject. I'm coming up with ideas at the moment.

Would you be frightened to see those titles show up in libraries at some point? xD

*Brenard's finger passed over several large, leather bound volumes. Graceful letters had been pressed into the spines of the books, several filled with gold leaf. Near the end of the shelf, he found the particular volume he sought: Stion's Treatise on Draconic Horn Styles and Variances Among Nail Polishes."

[Kalon Ordona II]

Stion's Treatise on Draconic Horn Styles and Variances Among Nail Polishes.

LOL

Yeah, that progression in rank is pretty cool, but I think it's too much.
I think actually how I have it is King > Duke > Baron > peeplz
Knights would be part of the military, I'd say, instead of in real life how they had lands and titles and things. Or actually maybe they can have manors or something.

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