Halfway done with the dialogue. I have fun with the imagery that how many hours it takes the Prime Minister and the Emperor to converse what equals only several or so sentences in our language.
Halfway done with the dialogue. I have fun with the imagery that how many hours it takes the Prime Minister and the Emperor to converse what equals only several or so sentences in our language.
I reserve imagery almost exclusively to describing mundane things, like how warm the air feels or how exotic the strange Tinite man looks. Just to paint a pretty picture, force the readers to tread through tons of flowery descriptions, and make me feel like I'm somehow compensating for my poor skill at writing dialogue.
It would be acceptable to have an embassy for both Kzechverin and Eisenkreis itself in your nation if you felt it necessary. Vice-versa as well.
Okay, sounds good!
To everybody that's making ambassadors for Tin, you could write descriptions of them in your important characters section of the sheets now if you like. Or just introduce them IC.
I personally will be doing the latter and introducing them later as needed, because I currently have a lot going on with finishing the sheet and all the stuff that needs responding right now.
I'll probably have to delay my next post until my day off on Thursday. Until then, others are free to interact with Eisenkreis/Kzechverin and I'll queue up responses.
With almost two hours of delay (not counting the few days prior) but I finally made my post with Yllendthyr. As I said, there'll be a good reason why the leadership may also suspect internal battles behind the bombings. You now see why.
@thegreenleafeI originally planned to mention our talks about trade and technology exchange but then I already had a lot on my plate by introducing Yllendthyr. I'll do that in my following post.
With almost two hours of delay (not counting the few days prior) but I finally made my post with Yllendthyr. As I said, there'll be a good reason why the leadership may also suspect internal battles behind the bombings. You now see why.
@thegreenleafeI originally planned to mention our talks about trade and technology exchange but then I already had a lot on my plate by introducing Yllendthyr. I'll do that in my following post.
Your first post was rather interesting to read, but I think it made me want to punch the elves in the face.
One other thing... time. I propose five pages be equivalent to a month.
I somewhat disagree.
I believe time should be a less planned-out thing. Instead, let's just allow as much time to pass in each post as makes since. So long as someone doesn't say a year or something went by in their writing, it should flow smoothly enough.
I believe time should be a less planned-out thing. Instead, let's just allow as much time to pass in each post as makes since. So long as someone doesn't say a year or something went by in their writing, it should flow smoothly enough.
I feel that that is an idealistic approach which sounds good in theory but will probably result in conflicts and problems if put into practice.
Your first post was rather interesting to read, but I think it made me want to punch the elves in the face.
ALL OF THE ELVES
Well, mission accomplished.
Actually, I planned him to eat a "salad" made from the same exotic flowers as what you find in the Holy Garden (since elves can eat plants like a herbivore) just to reinforce that picture. I may still include this in the emperor's short bio, though. He's basically living on strict flower diet for a few decades now, eating exotic flowers which would cost for others their entire fortune. THREE TIMES A DAY.
But seriously, the elite could be a bunch of snobbish plutocratic douchebags but they tend to control themselves when seen by anyone outside their circle. Non-noble elves are also pretty much alright. They can be quite patriotic and some have a sense of superiority but they are pretty much like any other person.
@HaelHey, don't be punching my elves up in the North.
@Willy VerebUbileel would ask the Emperor to speak common tongue if they ever spoke, or else he'd probably die before they finished the conversation.
It goes without saying that Yllendthyr conducts any but the most ceremonious talks on Modern Elvish or even the language of the nation they are speaking to. So you pretty much dodged the bullet here. Like I said, just don't attend any religious events with Yllendthyr. You'd die of brain hemorrhage somewhere during halfway.
@Willy Vereb Gotcha. Also, What is the physiology of half-elves like, and what would be the elf equivalent of 36-42, as that's the age range Celese, Silus, and possibly Navaea would be in.
@Willy Vereb Gotcha. Also, What is the physiology of half-elves like, and what would be the elf equivalent of 36-42, as that's the age range Celese, Silus, and possibly Navaea would be in.
Well, half-elves don't quite have an official physiology because it can differ per person. Basically any combination of human and elven features are a game. Techncally the success of human/elven pairings is just the matter of pure luck because it depends on genetical compatibility. Not all elves can sire offspring with any human. Similarly some human genetic makeups are better fit for interbreeding. Also while it isn't a general rule, a considerable portion of half-elves are born sterile. Although an even larger portion of them aren't which is why Yllendthyr is growing more accepting to them. They need them, otherwise the elven population would become a tiny minority in the swarms of humans.
Anyways, back to topic, half-elves are either just barely different from elves or they're humans with elven features. This is for example a half-elven military commander:
He looks much more bulky than what elves ever could be. In a different era he may have been shunned and treated like the rest of the human slaves while being hated by his peers. Nowadays this guy changed his name from the human-sounding Marzio to the elvish Meneliad and by sheer effort he became reclassified as elf and even gained a noble title. Because as you know the Yllendthyr government officially doesn't recognize half-elves. So they are considered either humans or elves.
As for the lifespan of half-elves, it's kind of unpredictable. Some live less than humans while other can almost live as long a elves. The average is somewhere around twice of the human age. So a 60-year old half-elf looks kinda like a 30-years old human. As for what counts as 36-42 for elves. I say around the age of 120. 100 could be said have the same meaning for elves as 30 does for humans. If you aren't even 50 then you're really young in their eyes. Think of that as "collage age". For reference the "age of maturity" is at the age of 30, which for pure blooded elves equal 13 years old in development. And the equivalent of 18 years is at 42 for the elves.
