[OOC] The Order: Awakening the Dragon

[DruSM157]

Blurgh, I hate bein' sick D:

[Taka]

Do we need to congregate into a certain area of Dun or...?

[Gowi]

Dunric will be the central mold of major events (or chain of events), But if any of you have a thought alternatively we'll see what we can work with.

[DruSM157]

Gowi said
Dunric will be the central mold of major events (or chain of events), But if any of you have a thought alternatively we'll see what we can work with.

At least for the first little bit. Then maybe we can go world adventurin!

[Noel]

Sooo, shes been trying to think of something to post but shes super stumped and what to actually do. /sucks at first posts

[DruSM157]

Noel said
Sooo, shes been trying to think of something to post but shes super stumped and what to actually do.

Perhaps there's a reason why your character needs to visit Dunric? Maybe she's found something that could be a lead on what happened to her mother?

[Noel]

Yeah, but shes getting hung up on what to have her...actually do. Whats the city like, like what kind of stuffs in it? Might help knowing whats around.

[DruSM157]

Noel said
Yeah, but shes getting hung up on what to have her...actually do. Whats the city like, like what kind of stuffs in it? Might help knowing whats around.

I like to describe Dun as Belgium in the swamp, because Gowi's pulled lots of French and German ideas for architecture and culture, with some spice from Louisiana and the Mississippi Basin for flavor. The other major inspiration point comes from two cities in the game Elder Scrolls Oblivion, the cities Bravil and Leyawinn were both big inspirations for the country.

For Dunric itself, the city is quite large, and is built on an island. Only way to get to the city is by bridge or ferry. The streets are still made of stone, and most houses have a stone first story with wooden second and third stories. Arched roofs, chimney tops, etc.

There's a large shipping port on the eastern side of Dunric, as the east side of the city faces the bay (which leads into the sea). The eastern side and outer areas are also more of poor districts, houses are shoddier made, and the taverns, bars, shops and such are slightly seedier. This is still sort of a frontier country and people are less proper and more surly than the richer, more developed countries. The further center to town the better the architecture gets, the richer the blood gets, and you find places like the Overseer's office (which is basically a governor's office with several smaller offices for city officials).

You'll also find the Chapel of Infinity, the most popular deity in the area. It's probably still in the midst of being rebuilt since it was burnt the previous summer.

To be honest, Dunric is the city where you'll find anything you're looking for. Illegal items, posions, weapons you'll find in the lowtown, fancy clothes, new technology imported from the colonies will probably be in the upper town. There's probably a railway station somewhere as well, but I don't think Gowi and I have discussed which bridge is the railbridge into the city.

Lemme break it down easier:

North, South and West: Bridges into the city. One bridge is for rail, the other two bridges are for on foot travel or for carts.

Eastern side is the port.

Outer rim of the city is the poorer quarter, some traveler's inns, bars, etc. The worst/surliest areas would be on the eastern port side, due to the nature of sailors.

Inner part of the city is fancier places, offices of government, etc.

Architecture is a marriage of French and German architecture. Gowi has a pretty good ref picture in his opening post on what most streets look like.

Hope I was sorta helpful!

*edit:
An idea I had was that the North and South bridges are both rail bridges and that the train runs through the city, but i'll have to talk to ol' Gowi about that when he gets on/when I get back from a theater production.

[GravityFlux]

Three thousand and twenty words, leaving off at a cliffhanger.
Wrote it just now, and left it at that because I thought a post was needed quick
Tell me if its bad.

[DruSM157]

GravityFlux said
Three thousand and twenty words, leaving off at a cliffhanger.Wrote it just now, and left it at that because I thought a post was needed quickTell me if its bad.

Your post was fine.

It's fine!

[GravityFlux]

DruSM157 said
Your post was fine. It's fine!

Awesome
Also, I sent you a friend request on Steam

[GravityFlux]

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[DruSM157]

GravityFlux said
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Excellent

[Noel]

Shes just gonna say... no one wait for her to post, please. Shes writers blocking so hard she might as well be mashing her face against the keyboard every time she tries to write something. Getting rather irritated with her inability to write anything halfway decent now.

And everyones first posts have been so well done, sigh... Find something good and her head doesn't wanna co-operate.

[DruSM157]

Noel said
Shes just gonna say... no one wait for her to post, please. Shes writers blocking so hard she might as well be mashing her face against the keyboard every time she tries to write something. Getting rather irritated with her inability to write anything halfway decent now.

Take your time. I promise we're not going to prod you to post. If you wanna wait, we can continue on and let you intro into events at your leisure. No stress! I promise

[Taka]

All those things that Noel said are what I was going to say. Lolz

[DruSM157]

*kicks the topic back up to the front page* I hope everyone's week is going good!

[GravityFlux]

DruSM157 said
*kicks the topic back up to the front page* I hope everyone's week is going good!

Well, mine hasn't been slightly busy, but its still ok

[DruSM157]

Hmm...I might have to make another post soon if everything remains quiet. Dangs.

[DruSM157]

So uh...everyone still alive? Everyone still interested in this?