[OOC] The Tree of Astra (LadyAnnaLee and Blackfridayrule)

[Blackfridayrule]

Perfect! I’ll do that!

[LadyAnnaLee]

I hope you don't mind me uploading Ridahne to my onedrive. (I Love her by the way. She is freaking amazing!) I figured it would be best to have all the pictures in one place.

Darin
Ridahne
Astra

Also I added a few rivers and a few barriers. They can be changed. The green is a forest, the blue is a deep ocean, and the brown is a desert. They can be changed. I also gave the Sirens more space and created a pass in the mountains. the purple spot is The Tree; the one that's dying. I did like your map. It was great. I just made a few changes and they can be undone.

Finally. I really want to share what I've come up for the Sirens. Is that okay.

[Blackfridayrule]

Only a couple little mods to the map: Azurei IS desert, though some areas are more barren than others. It’s northern section is the Dust Sea, where it borders the mountains. There are settlements in the mountains themselves or at the foothills but then as soon as you cross them it’s the Dust Sea which is just empty sand dunes. The borders it doesn’t share with the other nations are coastal.

Other than that, looks great! I have been curious as to what your thoughts on the sirens were! What were you thinking?

Also yay, drawings! Ridahne’s link gave me Darin’s pic, which is great by the way. Did you draw that yourself? Nicely done.

[LadyAnnaLee]

I will make the changes to the map then. I will fix the links too. I did not draw Darin. It was a doll maker. Did you draw Ridahne.

I was thinking of three types of sirens, like you have three types of elfs. The children of the waves the children of the deep and the children of the fresh.

If that last border is coastal it might make sense to just make Astra an island. Would that be alright.

[Blackfridayrule]

Yeah island works for me.

Yeah I drew her! Traced a pattern from the internet, changed some things and filled in details and then colored it in on my iPad lol.

Sweet! I’m excited to meet some sirens!

[LadyAnnaLee]

I'm sorry it's so short. I didn't want it to drag.

[LadyAnnaLee]

Hello. Me again. I'm sorry I keep bothering you. The reason why Darin was able to sense Mark's evil so strongly was because it was so strong. I don't think Ridahne was evil and I don't want to know what she did until she tells Darin (That's half the fun of role playing) bit the closer Darin gets to The Tree the stronger her powers will get. On a scale of like Jack, the farmer, being 1 and Mark being ten how "evil" was what Ridahne did? Did that make sense?

[Blackfridayrule]

It’s ambiguous. She did a bad thing but did it for good reasons and to benefit more than just herself. Maximum is 5, maybe like a 3 more realistically. More good than evil for sure. She’s a good person at her core but is absolutely not a paragon. She’s gonna struggle a bit at the tree just because she’s not a pure innocent person.

[LadyAnnaLee]

How bad does Ridahne think it is? If you don't mind me asking?

[Blackfridayrule]

She knows it’s wrong. She’s not proud of it but doesn’t regret it. I think she’s honest with herself about how bad it is. Though I think she goes through moments of “I should have done it sooner” and “omg I’m the worst person ever”.

[LadyAnnaLee]

Got it. Thank you!

[LadyAnnaLee]

Okay. I would like to clarify a few things. The ojih are Ridahne's face tattoos? And they basically tell her life story correct?

[Blackfridayrule]

More or less, yeah. Pronounced almost oh-juh, they are actually part of the Azurian religion and a large part of her culture. Their purpose is not ultra common knowledge in the human/siren lands, though it's not really a secret either. Most Azurei, when asked, are not forthcoming about them and will usually divert the subject. They serve both a religious purpose and a social one--ojih can be read by those who know the marks (almost exclusively Azurei, as they don't really teach the marks to others). This is important because Ridahne bears a mark that more or less explains what she's done and so now everyone from her country knows just by looking at her.

Ridahne did point out that mark to Darin and explained at one point that it marked her as an exile, so Darin would possibly have some guess as to what the tats are for.

[LadyAnnaLee]

Thank you! You rock!

[Blackfridayrule]

Sorry for the delay in posting! My wrist has been kinda banged up from strain and has been in a brace which makes it hard to type, but I got one out!

[Blackfridayrule]

Sorry again bad tendinitis my body is a wreck. Haven’t abandoned u just can’t use a comp

[LadyAnnaLee]

Thank you for letting me know. I am not in any rush. Pleaae take car3 of yourself.

[Blackfridayrule]

Might be able to this weekend tho since I’ve been off it and it’s omproving.

[LadyAnnaLee]

Take care of yourself. I promise it's okay.

[LadyAnnaLee]

I would like to use my next post to finally try my hand at writing a flashback scene. Since this is the first time I'm doing one of those this role-play I would like to give in my full attention. So, I may not get to it until this weekend sometime. I hope that is okay.