It was been my intention to really make Altaea feel like it's in the Late Middle Ages, but I've realized that it's got a Middle Renaissance - Early Modern period vibe. I've also realize that there must be room for more interaction and so far, I don't intend for the story-direction to be linear or one-dimensional. I wanted to keep the story confined to certain section within Voltas, the former Valanian capital so as to keep all the characters together and allow for more interaction and growth, but I'd like to know all your two cents about all this. This next episode will allow for huge opportunities and several major plot developments that may possibly change the future for centuries to come.

@ Peik - I have an idea of how that could probably work out well and in the present in the future. Due ot the circumstances, it's going to very difficult, but not impossible for every character to pursue their own own agenda given how the Lord Regent Conqvist was able to mass invite all the high profile targets into one area and somehow cause great harm against them in one epic fell swoop. The Lord Regent has his own plans and his cleverly orchestrated scheming was instrumental in efficiently stealing Korkud's horses and possessions.

This is where collaborating scheming with the other writers would probably make for some interesting developments and preparations against such dangerous opponents like Conqvist or Emperor Aryanpour, who have many assets, ambitions, and resources at their disposal. Such schemes with the other writers would also certainly complicate and in some cases, completely derail the certain conspiracies in the characters' favor and completely reverse some outcomes that would normally greatly favor the antagonistic characters.

As such it's not a bad idea to separate than to stay together in one massive group! I do advocate and encourage that for this current episode, the characters remain in Voltas until an appropriate time. I promise that this episode will go by a lot more quickly than the last one and that we'll be reaching Episode 3 before you all know it!

@ Fern - What sort of colors other than white work better on grey? I feel like light gold or a lighter color like light blue might be the sweet spot, hehe.

Also, I'll admit that I've been working on including a bigger role for both Ash and Cori. We know that Cori is an armorer and shifting towards a genius inventor role. She's the one that crafted Uriel's armor, hence why he's called the armored man in the Iron Mask!

As for Ash, I did have a post written

Here are my bullet points

-yay for a link to all pads
-happy to have a list of factions/nations, etc
-having a short list of player and character for easy reference would be a good idea, perhaps in the same location with the pad links so people can quickly reference who is where/doing what
-short posts with more character interaction rather than bogged down with overly descriptive paragraphs are preferable to me. I want to read about the place, the smell, etc but my main draw is the characters and what is going on for them.
-looking forward to seeing where the next part takes us and letting Ona figure out this world a bit more as well as finding a place in it. For now she has simply been with Lucius and trying to understand what is going on in a time that is not her own. Now, she has a use to him and others so that gives me more to write/interact more

Onatha-Al Mayrin seer from another time. Found by Lucius in the remnants of an old building.

• Can you tell me more about the sororitas? I have an idea but I need to know more about them first.
• I'm still lost with all the factions. Is there a list of all the factions with their allies, enemies, and goals?