Well, this was an unexpected turn of events :|

Made a collab update.

Any objections to me having the deo'iel respond to Ixion's question?

On another note, I believe ASTA prefers that you timeskipped your characters before he posts?

Ah yes, of course; I'll get right on that as soon as possible.

Any objections to me having the deo'iel respond to Ixion's question?

None on my end.

No objections here either!

Have a great Midsummerday-eve, those who celebrate it!

Um, curious--but who's posting next?

Have a great Midsummerday-eve, those who celebrate it!

Summers are evil.

I understood that you wished Jack to post before you have Claw wake up from the last time we talked, no? In any case, it is either you or him on our side.
And after that (you two?) it is either I (with Aemoten) or Legion, depending on whether Legion wishes to make a separate Iridiel-post or we would just have her and Aemoten's dialogue (and possible interactions with Etakar) posted within my Aemoten-post.

(Hmm... Might want to add Domhnall to the caracter roster - his sheet was on the same page as Iridiel's.)

*thinks*
The demonspawn is who I suspected him to be, isn't he?

While waiting for replies I've found myself browsing new music once again (now that I actually have the time to do so), and decided to actually make a list of the musical themes I've assigned to various characters in the Prophecy at the moment. So... yeah. (Note: I'll only do this for my own characters and NPCs unless instructed otherwise.)



I think I'll link this on the OP and update it from time to time... Heh, it feels great to actually have time on my hands again.

Time? What's this? I should be sending something in before Monday morning the latest, and I will have full days the entire next week except for Monday itself... (And that's excluding various odds and ends.)
Then again, I can't really do much, unless we decide to skip ASTA in line and post Aemoten/Iridiel/Etakar/Domhnall (pick Iridiel and at least one more, whoever of those is actually involved) first. I could bring up some old things, though... (Believe me, I've not actually forgotten anything. It's mostly a matter of having to actually figure out where everything is, or again, relevance and priorities... If something is needed, I'll most likely have it.)
- Right now I'm just glad to at least be back in my own house, to be honest; after spending so much time with the relatives from my mother's side (and I tend to connect with this side of my family much less than the father's side) the past two weeks, I somehow began to feel that I physically didn't fit in my parents' house anymore... Even my mother herself admitted that she's a bit tired of her own relatives, which is ... something.

Since Valderoth has been mentioned, I also recalled a random thought back in the day, which in return linked to something I had read even longer while ago. Namely, an author pointing out how far removed the modern Western definition (or rather, more aptly, depiction) of "sloth" as one of the seven sins has gone quite far from the original Latin roots, and how the Latin word acedia (?) originally referred to something much closer to mental laziness. ("Acedia (also accidie or accedie, from Latin acedĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence") describes a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world." says Wiki, now that I actually try to look the word up. The seven deadly sins article matches the same word to sloth, too.)
- I've gotten the impression that there is at least some inspiration from the seven-deadly-sins-sloth in creating Valderoth, and through that it associated, especially with how Valderoth has been described (which is actually very intelligent and also putting said intelligence to use, if solely for the sake of his personal convenience ... as opposed to simply not caring enough to think, which the original Latin definition would imply). By all means, it might at least demand some manner of respect, seeing someone display that level of genius* just to get out of something that, to an entity of his particular lever of power, should be easier (or at least remarkably easy) to simply do and immediately forget about...

*If you ever see me typing "genial" instead of "genius" where the latter is supposed to be as an adjective, then it is one of those cases where I know this is wrong and I've probably not proofread what I wrote. That's yet one more of those cases where some subconscious part of my brain decides that a language shouldn't work this way, and not consulting the conscious part of me...

Whose turn is it in Zerul? Mercinus'?

(...But, Jack. That demonspawn did make a brief appearance a while ago, right? No, I'm not letting it go. I found a solution to something, and now I want to know whether it is a correct one.)

*Notices that the soundtrack of Blitzkrieg has changed owners.*
I am half-inclined to try and find soundtracks for my own characters, but that would have be an exact enough match for it to be safe enough to say that I am not likely to find one. Save for me trying to compose something myself, anyway, but that would be delving into software or instruments I have no experience with... (Never mind time to experiment with. Especially time.)

Collab update. This one was a little late, I had to study for some exams this week.

Since Valderoth has been mentioned, I also recalled a random thought back in the day, which in return linked to something I had read even longer while ago. Namely, an author pointing out how far removed the modern Western definition (or rather, more aptly, depiction) of "sloth" as one of the seven sins has gone quite far from the original Latin roots, and how the Latin word acedia (?) originally referred to something much closer to mental laziness. ("Acedia (also accidie or accedie, from Latin acedĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence") describes a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world." says Wiki, now that I actually try to look the word up. The seven deadly sins article matches the same word to sloth, too.)
- I've gotten the impression that there is at least some inspiration from the seven-deadly-sins-sloth in creating Valderoth, and through that it associated, especially with how Valderoth has been described (which is actually very intelligent and also putting said intelligence to use, if solely for the sake of his personal convenience ... as opposed to simply not caring enough to think, which the original Latin definition would imply). By all means, it might at least demand some manner of respect, seeing someone display that level of genius* just to get out of something that, to an entity of his particular lever of power, should be easier (or at least remarkably easy) to simply do and immediately forget about...

I've been trying to figure out whether I was actually supposed to reply to this passage and, if so, spot where the question was in it... or if it was just an observation. Regardless, Valderoth is... well, on one hand he's very simple in that he doesn't really care about anything, is enthusiastic about nothing and, given the choice, would spend eternity passively watching history go its course. On another, his very being is unusually complicated for a demon lord. How can I put this without making it too clear... sloth is part of what he is, but not all of him; it defines who he is, but not what he is.
As to doing a lot of work to get out of a seemingly smaller amount of work... Valderoth has his own reasons, part of those being that he didn't ultimately have much of a choice. There was really no way he could stay out of the power-struggle of the demon lords, being the second most powerful immortal in the Underworld, lesser only than Kreshtaat himself. It was ultimately a matter of Valderoth joining Kreshtaat and working for him, or of Valderoth being considered a rival - and the greatest threat in the Underworld - for Kreshtaat to work against. Truth be told Valderoth probably sees his immense power as a burden more than anything, because it makes others notice him and expect things of him.
In the end, I guess the reason Valderoth does the work he does is that he would rather fight everyone in all the planes than be considered an enemy by Kreshtaat.

(...But, Jack. That demonspawn did make a brief appearance a while ago, right? No, I'm not letting it go. I found a solution to something, and now I want to know whether it is a correct one.)

Aw, but I tried so hard to ignore the question so not to make it overly obvious... But yes, Gaath did make a brief appearance in a standalone post once. He was meant to serve as a worthy opponent against brian's comparatively powerful character (and that character's ally), and true to my personal rule in terms of consistency, I don't undo things that have been done. Or, well... Gaath was in Reniam already, don't get me wrong; but he started hunting brian's character, and that did not change just because brian quit.
I figure I might as well say that much, since it's probably pretty obvious which demonspawn he might have taken the ability to perfectly conceal his demonic nature from...

@Veridis Quo: Hmm... I'm slightly confused. How did Kaedan stop the sword slashing against his shoulder? Unless I'm mistaken, the legionnaire's left arm remains unrestrained and in possession of his second sword. I don't see a way to immobilize that arm without letting go of the legionnaire's waist.

They were already really close when it happened, I recall that their chests were inches away from each other. Sword hit his shoulder-armor as you described, and then he pretty much hugged the guy (you did say my grab was a success from the previous post). If the blade didn't fall, it's probably stuck in between them, most likely on its flat side now.

Ah, now I think I see what has me confused. My problem is that the dimensions of Kaedan versus those of the legionnaire don't match up well enough for that to actually be possible. Not only is Kaedan - if my estimate is not wrong, with it having been emphasized how big a man Kaedan is - quite a bit taller than the legionnaire, but also quite a bit wider across the shoulders and chest. In other words, there's no part of the legionnaire actually sticking out far enough to trap the blade against.

I'd really like to join this RP. However, I'm going to need a lot of time. This compendium is splendidly full of information... and I need more.

@Loud Angry Dead: Greetings, and let me welcome you!
Reading the entirety of the Compendium isn't a necessity ('tis more of a world encyclopaedia for you to look up things than mandatory reading material), though if you're just enjoying the content, feel free to read it all. (I know Jack's always impressed by people who go through *all* of it.) I believe Jack also intended to write a newcomers' guide to information you probably would need to know before creating a character...

@Jack - Which reminds me - since I've a free day tomorr- er, today, I might actually finally tackle that bizarre login-issue you have. (For me, for any device I have, the sessions are next to immortal. Both the one on my cell and the one on my laptop survived my several weeks of Austria, for instance, and when I came back the ones on my PCs were still there, too...) Until then, you could write out the introduction page (which has been been missing for a while) and if I can't get a working solution for logins today, I'll just run it up myself (as I can do with any other article you might have written up in between)...

Aw, but I tried so hard to ignore the question so not to make it overly obvious...

Well, to be fair, it was intended as a yes/no question... Thank you for the reply, though; my brain can admittedly be a bit annoying when it doesn't know how things work ... and even more so when it thinks it has figured out how things are, but wants to be certain.
(I do wonder whether said ally's dead now, though, or was this prevented; wondered before, too, but didn't want to make everyone else's - at least speaking of those who've been here for a while - quesswork too easy.)

And indeed, the Valderoth/sloth bit wasn't specifically a question as much as it was simply an observation and perhaps a generally interesting thing. (Though I admit, I was interested in your thoughts on the matter. A bit of discussion never hurts.)
Hmm, might also finally write up the bit about (my) gods I intended, though this'd be after I've handled the Compendium... Right now I may actually sleep, though.

@yoshua171, @Rhaevnn Xeno : Does either of you wish to post on Zerul side, or is it Merc's turn again? I asked him over Skype, and he wasn't even certain whose turn is it... Just might be one of those cases where everyone is mildly certain it's someone else's turn.

Well, I could go if Rhae doesn't want to. I probably should considering I'on hasn't done anything in a bit.