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I'm fine either way.

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I am interested in this. I'll try to have a CS made before this starts but everyone else is ready don't wait for me, I'll catch up.
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@BurningCold Collecting a bit of a rebellious group here! Accepted!
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@Ceta de Cloyes Thank ye kindly. How many players are we shooting for before starting this? And will the RP be running a parallel storyline to the books, or will they end up intertwining? Also, do you intend on introducing new villains or something of the sort if we end up squaring off against the forces of Galbatorix at some point? I ask because one rider and a bunch of scattered rebels vs the Empire is sort of an uphill battle, but throw in x amount of players as riders too and then things get thrown off balance just a bit. Or maybe I'm totally wrong about all of this, but I'm still curious.
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@BurningCold I'm fine with any number, the ones who've shown interest are certainly enough for me to start, but I'm fine with more additions.

The sudden appearance of more dragon riders is going to attract the attention from all the people that eragon attracted, so we're going to be intertwining with them quite heavily. If anyone wants to play one of those people (Murtagh, Eragon, Thorn, Saphira, Arya, Nasuada, Islanzadi, Brom, others..) then please pm me a short audition for the role. Just a short paragraph or two to prove a grasp of the character's reactions, traits, and motivations. If no one wants to play them I can fill the role myself, though that is a bit of a hefty load if people start splitting up.

Gallywix- I mean Galbatorix- is one badass OP SOB, but even he would be overwhelmed by so many new riders if they're allowed to grow. I have plans in place to even the odds however, both new additions to the enemies' ranks and Galbatorix himself. The king may have piddled about unconcerned with news of one lowly untrained rider parading about and gathering his enemies in one place where he can slaughter them all in one go, but with so many? Expect him to make a personal appearance instead of plotting in his palace.
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@Ceta de Cloyes You're getting me hyped. Will this RP be spanning multiple years like the series?
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Of course! There's a lot to learn and a lot of story to cover, expect timeskips as necessary.
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Gallywix- I mean Galbatorix- is one badass OP SOB, but even he would be overwhelmed by so many new riders if they're allowed to grow.


Eeeeeeh, not really. Galbatorix was ludicrously OP. Like, actual omnipotent god-tier. With the "name of the ancient language" he could literally stop everyone from doing anything with a word. Magic just plain didn't work if he didn't want it to. I kind of think we should just quietly retcon that out. Make him uber powerful on a more normal level.
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No, magic controlled by the ancient language didn't work. We now have possibly a small unit of dragons that could still turn him into diamond if he pissed them off enough, and one could still attempt to use spirits, non-verbal manipulation etc. =P
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Can you guys elaborate on that, Gisk is saying nerf Gally and Forsythe is saying leave him as is?
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No, magic controlled by the ancient language didn't work. We now have possibly a small unit of dragons that could still turn him into diamond if he pissed them off enough, and one could still attempt to use spirits, non-verbal manipulation etc. =P


Yeah, but nonverbal isn't a known form of magic yet. IIRC Eragon discovers it throughout the course of his adventures(which is why Galby didn't know about it before). I suppose we could discover it first, and go about it that way buuuut I've always thought that was a bullshit kind of cop out anyway.

And even if there are ways around it(as there obviously were in the book for Eragon to win, oh, but he didn't even win the fight, he used the power of compassion and shit to make Galbatorix regret his actions), he can still use the name of names to disable our normal magic, and then use his own normal verbal magic to destroy us before we have a chance to use them. He's powerful enough without his god word, including it in forces us to deus ex machina our way to victory. Hell, that's what the author even had to do. He wrote himself into a corner with how unstoppable his villain was. A handful of green riders aren't going to be much more of a threat than a cadre of Elvish sorcerers. Probably less of one, to be honest.

I think the best thing to do is to say that his distraction with our new riders' presence keeps him from his research where he would otherwise eventually discover the name of names.
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Nope, Oromis at the very least knew about it as fat as this says. But yeah I agree canon Galbatorix is too OP for this and his canon defeat did leave something to be desired on it's own :/
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Alright, I got you. Galbatorix will have some interesting surprises in store, but the whole name of magic or whatever, that's out.
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@Forsythe Wow, a lot of people seemed to have used it, kind of weird that it somehow escaped Galbatorix's knowledge, actually.
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He missed that his head-mounting wall was missing Oromis and Glaedr, apparently he wasn't omniscient =D I'd say that it might have been for the same reason why he left Surda alone - he didn't consider them a threat.
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I feel like I need to read the entire series again so I'm as freshly read as you guys XD
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The wiki is a better idea because I'm learning things I never knew were even there O_o Side effect of reading long into the night I guess, and it has been some 7 years at least since I read it last. Stuff gets omitted xD
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Oh yeah, I read Brisingr years ago, and only recently finished off the series. But Inheritence I did in audiobook, so there's very likely things I just didn't catch when my attention lapsed.

It's also going to be the reason I may misspell some things.
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@Awesomoman64 Accepted!

I'll start on an opening post today and post it tomorrow. We've got a good number already, so I'm not going to make you guys wait too much longer! Those who don't have characters done don't worry, you've still got time!
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