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Post by Samildanach on Apr 3, 2008 19:39:59 GMT -5
Unfortuantely for me, my geographical knowledge of Mangnamund is limited to the Northern continent, and even then its only the Lastlands and the surrounding area. Do what I did: be vague. ;D |
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Post by Izziel Darkblade on Apr 3, 2008 20:27:25 GMT -5
Hey, RotS was good...so no harm done! That's it! I'm not writing with you anymore!  But in my case it's for a good cause: "stop lame writing."  What 'lame writing' is this? Would it be the bit where....no, that was really good. Was it the bit where....no, that was really good too. How about the bit....no, 'cause that was also cool.... Hey! I know! It's the bit that's totally in your imagination and nowhere else!I mean, we can all learn and improve, but to suggest that your writing is lame!? Get thee a grip, good sir! Aye, no more self-confidence crisis on the boards for this man. Work more, complain less- i get the point Thanks for the kind words. |
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Post by Maerin on Apr 9, 2008 19:30:20 GMT -5
Beowuuf,
A bit of an expansion of the Sage section, since I don't think the current one goes quite far enough, so far as new people are concerned (especially new people not familiar with, or not particularly fond of, the old RPG class description). It is also somewhat inaccurate on a couple points.
The RPG is growing ever more obscure as time moves forward. Though it remains in print (sort of), more and more people are going to be far more familiar with the Sages as presented in the Lone Wolf books than they are the version that was presented in the RPG (which, in the WW timeline, is a century out of date).
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Sages of Lyris: The Sages have always been a loosely-organized group of scholars and teachers associated with the Halls of Learning in Varetta. In the past, Sages have advised some of the greatest heroes (such as Kai Supreme Master Lone Wolf) and have stood along the Elder Magic and the senior Masters of the Brotherhood of the Crystal Star as some of the most learned men in Magnamund.
However, their home in the Stornlands has always been an unstable one, and the Sages have experienced many historical high points and low points in their long history. One such low point occured during the conquest of Lyris by the Darklords, when the Halls fell and the Sages were forced to hide until the Freeland armies could free Lyris. The defeat and destruction of the Darklords was followed by a high point among the Sages. Their numbers regrew to the point where they could restore their traditional connections with the people and the cities of Lyris, and the Halls were rebuilt anew to return to a prominant place in Stornlander society. First under the leadership of Gwynian (now deceased) and then Tyrenis Ayyrana (who eventually ascended to the Plane of Light), it seemed that the Halls would remain as a symbol of stability and support of Good in the ever-turbulent Stornlands.
However, the sun has again set. During the leadership of Tyrenis' successors, first the cat-creature Zipp, then Jadrax, and finally Patrick of Karkaste, a hidden evil emerged in Varetta in the form of the charismatic and persuasive Baron Drakhelm. Drakhelm, playing upon the fears of the people of Varetta, managed to win the hearts and minds of the Varettian populace and achieve a position of control. The Halls of Learning were destroyed by spectacular, supernatural means, though the circumstances remain shrouded in mystery. The Sages, those that escaped assassination, formed a resistance against Drakhelm under the leadership of Patrick. However, that resistance movement subsequently disappeared without a trace. The Sages seem to have been replaced in the Kingdom of Lyris by gray-robed scholars sponsored by the King of Lyris, directed by Baron Drakhelm, and calling themselves the Order of Free Thought. Their control in the entire kingdom has grown to an overwhelming point at present, and they now begin to spread tendrils of control and influence into adjacent lands.
There are survivors. The Sages long advised many leaders and scholars in the Freelands, and those long away from their Stornlands home are beginning to realize that something is very wrong. Many who have attempted to return to the Stornlands are immediately captured by the watchful Order of Free Thought. Some are more cautious and those may eventually make it into the kingdom without being captured and lost, and may learn what has occured. There may still be elements of the resistance that started soon after the fall of the Halls of Learning, though the resistance as a whole had disappeared. What few survivors remain in the kingdom are scattered and leaderless. Finally, in the lands of Ilion in Southern Magnamund, a group of sages, calling themselves the Order of the Yellow Robes and under the leadership of a cat-creature named Zipp (though apparently not the same Zipp as previously lead the Sages) are emerging and re-establishing themselves as advisors against the powers of Evil, far from the dangers posed to them by Drakhelm.
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Post by Agrarvyn on Apr 16, 2008 19:37:22 GMT -5
I do believe the good Sage's name was actually Tyrenis Amarrya, but good summary nonetheless!  |
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Post by Maerin on Apr 16, 2008 21:06:21 GMT -5
I do believe the good Sage's name was actually Tyrenis Amarrya, but good summary nonetheless! Blame the succession of scribes that got ahold of Tyrenis' tale...oh, and probably also my tendency to cut-and-paste someone else's writing.... |
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Post by Beowuuf on Apr 16, 2008 23:55:48 GMT -5
Duly corrected whoever's fault it was! *Runs incase it's mine*
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Post by zipp on Apr 17, 2008 13:50:26 GMT -5
Just a correction... I don't believe Slavemaster was leader of the Ceners at any point. I think he was just a high ranking member.
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Post by Agrarvyn on Apr 17, 2008 14:26:56 GMT -5
Slavey was definitely high-ranking. Who led the Ceners after Roark became Raker?
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Post by Swiftstrike on Apr 17, 2008 15:01:38 GMT -5
Just a correction... I don't believe Slavemaster was leader of the Ceners at any point. I think he was just a high ranking member. Slavemaster was definetely installed as leader of our (Cener) board until he disappeared, leaving us leader less for a long time. but I didn't get involved in the west watch at that time so do not know if that was reflected there. |
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Post by zipp on Apr 17, 2008 15:22:27 GMT -5
Just a correction... I don't believe Slavemaster was leader of the Ceners at any point. I think he was just a high ranking member. Slavemaster was definetely installed as leader of our (Cener) board until he disappeared, leaving us leader less for a long time. but I didn't get involved in the west watch at that time so do not know if that was reflected there. Well, certainly you would know better than I would. I happen to know he was also one of the thieves, along with myself and Alyss ^_^ |
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Post by Beowuuf on Apr 17, 2008 15:29:14 GMT -5
I happen to know that too, one of the benefits of admin power! I even had the tentative start to a new order for the thieves / assassins and how they could work in a fun way, combined with the RPG shop. Ah well, we shall see!
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Post by Agrarvyn on Apr 17, 2008 16:45:31 GMT -5
Thieves - hiss!
Seriously, it was one of the better ideas for the economy. Usually the stock market lost over and over again, but when it won, it won massively! I remember when one of the shares hit 233,000 per share, which was an all-time high for months until the madness of shares each worth millions...
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Post by zipp on Apr 17, 2008 17:58:22 GMT -5
Thieves - hiss! Seriously, it was one of the better ideas for the economy. Usually the stock market lost over and over again, but when it won, it won massively! I remember when one of the shares hit 233,000 per share, which was an all-time high for months until the madness of shares each worth millions... But it was also a very clunky system. There was an insane amount of (unnecesary) book keeping involved in stealing and a huge number of restrictions which made it more work than fun to be a thief. I kept trying to come up with a fair way for people to guess who the thieves were, but it was tough, because there was little chance of us recruiting new thieves. |
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Post by Agrarvyn on Apr 17, 2008 18:19:51 GMT -5
83 million crowns (before the madness that created many billionaires) was a good amount of money. You were welcome to try with me |
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Post by zipp on Apr 17, 2008 18:37:06 GMT -5
83 million crowns (before the madness that created many billionaires) was a good amount of money. You were welcome to try with me yeah, except like I said, we were vastly restricted in who we could steal from (and how much), and then we had to keep track of things like that person's level. rank, class, and which forum and when we stole from them. It was dizzying. Would've been better to just say something like: I stole 30 million from Tyrenis today. |
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