Legend of the Crimson Lotus: Red Dragons Meeting Room

Kai: This where you punks go to talk about stuff or something.

Well, anyway, accepted players can go and hang here. So, before we really get going...worldbuilding time!

It's funny that there are two of these! I'm picking the one without a spelling error.

Question: What is fair game for worldbuilding, and what is not? Obviously there are things you've already planned out in this universe.

edited 24th Aug '14 9:07:37 PM by Insano

Damn. Phone fucks up. Again.

As for the question, everything you can think of is fair game! I still have to approve it, of course, so I can tell you if it contradicts something I have.

Questions, for either Grim to answer in his capacity as creator or the Verse, or for anyone else to answer via worldbuilding:

• Aside from Laglade and Gothal, how many countries make up the Alliance?
• Do the five countries of the Line actually form a vertical boundary between the Alliance to the East and the Empire to the West? If so, does it matter how they're arranged north-to-south (except for Belandi, which you've written as being in the north)?
• Where is the continent of the setting placed latitude-wise? For example, is it placed so that the north is near the pole and the south touches the equator, or vice versa? Does it span from pole to pole? Is it placed so that it doesn't touch either cold area on the planet?
• How big is the continent?

edited 24th Aug '14 9:29:36 PM by Insano

I can answer some of these!

The continent is as big as North and South America combined, so Belandi and the northern parts of the Empire and the Alliance are Canada-cold. And yeah, its about the same place as the Americas too.

I intentionally left the Alliance vague for you to play with.

The line kinda splits the continent in half, but its not a straight line down.

From north to south: Belandi, Eltaria, Altore, Floran, Rozel.

So both the north and the south areas of the continent reach the poles, then?

Ayuuup.

So is Eltaria neutral?

The Elflord basically said "Fuck human conflict. You're all dumb. We're staying out of this."

And that is perfectly in line with why Katze said "fuck you guys I'm leaving, this foreign policy is bullshit". Man, elves can be so predictable sometimes

Also, anyone else notice a theme with Katze's spells?

edited 25th Aug '14 5:43:19 AM by KSPAM

Celtic, I think.

...I've just realized that Atlas is effectively Thompson Contender lite.

Say, GH, do you have any map or are thinking about making one? I feel like it would make it easier for us to worldbuild.

Norse. More specifically, her four offense spells are named after the four stags which gnaw at the branches of Yggdrasil, each representing a cardinal direction. The four stags are in turn symbolic of the four dwarves which hold up the sky and control the wind. The concepts of dwarves and dark elves are used interchangeably in Norse mythology.

@ Ferg: I would if I could draw shit. I cannot. I have about as much artistic talent as a monkey with a paintbrush.

@ KSPAM: ...Huh. Well researched. Also, Malekith the Accursed.

Well, if you could give me a general shape of the continent I could try to work something out, even if it's only going to be a crude MS Paint excuse for a map. ^_^;

Cool! Thanks. I'll have to do that when I wake up.

I HAVE ARRIVED

Oh, you ham.

WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU ROM.

Please take a seat.

-Suddenly turns into Chris Hansen-

Ham? I'd say he's the whole damn pig!

And thanks for making this seem really creepy.

I'm the smoked pig.

—arrives with plates, rice, and utensils—

It appears I'm just in time for dinner! Come on, Grim, help me cut up this lechon here...

edited 25th Aug '14 7:07:37 PM by Insano

You want to eat Rom?!

Also: One hour until MC Applications close...

Hey, look at where you are in life, kuya. Are you going to pass up a free meal? Also, is it really just between myself and Solus? No one else wants to be your younger sibling?

edited 25th Aug '14 7:15:38 PM by Insano

I can't do a character based on Mah Mawn Yuri Lowell if I can't write the character's backstory.

Also barely saw people as newbies.