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Thanks! Illumin will be really mad at the author once he finds out. XD He hates being 'lied to'. wink

Illumin needs a cookie and a nap, personally.

Rofl, well, I'm glad at least that the world base is interesting enough that people are curious enough to explore and poke more corners of the boundaries. The more you poke, the further they'll stretch blaugh

I admit curiousity as well in such a scenario as a type one hero receiving a gem. No one seems to have bothered much in story telling themselves, or with a non-owner's mortal PC to have ventured into such themes.

Much the same as Meepfur's Seppa, I never actually defined the hosts as having to be humanoid but no one previous explored/noticed the fact, there are aspects of the world base that are created that I never guessed anyone was interested in, never wrote out on gaia, and or never thought to tell anyone because for the most part people seem uninterested except in the default gaian pet concept. Hence my continuous assertions on the old front page and in journal for people to ask me questions so that I know what people want to hear about, or want expanded. No DM can guess every eventuality the players can come up with....which is a great part of the fun.

Heroes rising in the mortal races in this stage of the game is expected. It s one of the original design concepts for Aristogeiton. Not that every hero has to become involved with the gods. But the Age of Destruction is exactly the sort of setting where barbarian kings like Conan, space superstars like Buck Rogers, and shrewd modernized lades like Miss Marple can really shine in the face of adversity and carve out their legends in the strife (just as the edel gods can carve out their own legends and names by protecting mortals and lands in such horror).

The main focus of the shop, and of players rp should always be the story of their Edels, but such a character (born mortal of 1 edel parent or natural hero mortal) being introduced as a minor NPC, and being slated for eventual gem-i-fication would be an interesting read and progression. It's good to know someone else was interested, as the consideration of releasing such a group as pets was in mind ....gosh.....a year ago? I'd dismissed it figuring people wouldn't be interested.

Others I'd considered documenting and releasing as official 'PCs' were the ageless immortals (many of whom served or antagonized the gods - unicorns, normal dragons, kami, nymphs to chase and tease Ea......), the Grigori and.....I can't remember the other three.

I hereby declare my love for this thread. It's just so interesting to see what kinds of questions the others have, and what kind of answers are given, and it's bouncing off TONS of ideas. XD

Actually I was toying with the 'hero' idea for the (*cough*very*cough*) distant future of Nerg's storyline (deity-stage I'd say) - heroes and champions venturing into the Underworld on a quest for glory, to regain their lost love or whatever else - that's a classic I'd love to delve into some time. Doesn't have to be my hero either. n_~

Hm, suddenly I really want to bring in that NPC I created for the space pirates RP for Masked's/Pana's quest. I bet he'd get along just great with Cinder. XDDD

I have a suggestion to make for the shop. :3 Seeing as there are several deities and hosts who only stay there occassionally and don't want to live there, some sort of guest rooms would be nice. At least Nergal thinks so. *points* He's not very fond of spending another night down on the couches (though he has slept in much worse places by now XD), but he doesn't want to intrude into another deity's living quarters either. n_n;;

I do plan on releasing them in some manner here in the future. Unfortunately, with 30+ edels now, unless it is on a limited bases like the aoide I don't think I'll be able to manage the workload. Chae's been indisposed for a variety of legitimate reasons, so I'm back at square one for handling art and journals. It may come down to hiring a dedicated colourist for the task of aoide and immortals, and I'll just provide lineart.




NPC as far as you own NPC's, or do you mean the shop NPC's Lucius and Harmodius?
If it's your own NPCs, yes of course. If it is the shop NPC's, you have to run the draft by me first at least.

As far as heroes, feel free to make up your own. Just like the edel gods themselves, the shop works on the idea that mortal conceptions are only partial truths and aspects of the same pairs of gods. Ra and Helios, as sun gods, were one and the same and it was the human errors or choices of the god themself in how they presented themselves that made for the differences in the mythology. And that only applying to earth. The edel gods are the True Gods, and they're influences spanned all peoples (on earth and not on earth) at the height of their power.
The same goes for heroes. Unless you're going totally by Campbellian theory on heroes, I'm sure the worms of Arrakis would have diffferent ideas of greatness then the Romulans.

They are different. Music is an aspect of sound, a lesser domain. Music influenced the mortal thought that it occurred to them to harness sounds and mix them. Music does not have control over language, the forming of sounds like the chopping of wood or the rumble of mountains, the screams of zebra or the plunking of water into pools. She can use them, working with the rhythms and notes, to weave types of music...but the voices of all the be are not hers.

Gah! Stop making my scifi fangirl go squee! I can just see Kahless and Ea having a grand old time quaffing bloodwine swapping tales... erg. Stop it brain. Stop it right now!