[OOC] Dungeon Keepers

[KabenSaal]

Cyclone said
Meh, she could have mustered the adrenaline to run. Or tried groveling. But anywaysl, being stuck in Kokytos puts you in an interesting narrative position. Escaping and surviving would both be difficult, though with help from some demons this might be an opportunity to turn your rogue being into a Keeper.

Neither would really have worked for Emily. But, I guess that could work, some of the demons might not like the cold and venerate her ability to summon fire at will. Or is scared of it, being mostly frost.

[Cyclone]

Kokytos is just one region of the underworld, at least as I've envisioned it for when Shaige eventually goes there looking for allies. The demons of the other realms certainly would hate the cold. The other realms are Styx, Ahkeron, Lethe, and Phlegethon. I was only really going to have Shaige interact with Ahkeron and maybe Lethe.

[Kangutso]

Sounds like you're about to add a large chunk of lore to the story.

[KabenSaal]

So, Emily could take control of Kokytos and have her own cult of Ice Demons. Would be funny when the portal opened and the summoner expected Kokytos Demons, and a quaint little girl comes though instead.

[Cyclone]

Kangutso said
Sounds like you're about to add a large chunk of lore to the story.

In my eyes it's not much more than I added with the spirit realm. For all intents and purposes I'm basically just making more NPC groups. The underworld itself might be getting fleshed out, but since nobody else seemed to be going that route with their Keepers I figured doing as much wouldn't cause any contradictions.

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

Speaking of adding huge chunks of lore, is anyone doing/has done anything with the volcanic island to the North-West of the tundra?

[Cyclone]

Not that I know of.

[KabenSaal]

Cyclone said
In my eyes it's not much more than I added with the spirit realm. For all intents and purposes I'm basically just making more NPC groups. The underworld itself might be getting fleshed out, but since nobody else seemed to be going that route with their Keepers I figured doing as much wouldn't cause any contradictions.

Would it be possible for Emily to, over time, become a Keeper in the Underworld? And then be the Under-Keeper?

[The 42nd Gecko]

*clap, clap, clap.*

[KabenSaal]

You know, I stared at Lugubrious' post for quite a while in confusion before realizing that he wasn't the guy I was rping with xD

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

As I brainstorm endless possibilities for my next few posts with Viktor, I'm wondering if, since Viktor has had no relations or interactions with the other Keepers, he could be assumed to be years, or possibly centuries before the others? Of course this would simply further the complications of the massive upcoming battle, but also give it that extra 'ooomph'. Also, this would make the Ripper meteor obsolete, but that would be easy enough to edit out, as I have also refrained from interacting too much with that, and I can add it in when my Keeper reaches current times, after about a thousand plot twists and turns that bring us to the current times.

I'd prefer to keep direct reasoning a secret until posted in the epic poem in the works, but should further information be a deal breaker, I could personally PM one of you.

[The 42nd Gecko]

How strong is Fangir, btw, as because the ice is spreading from his gauntlet, in order to yank the Champion up and over, he'd have to break the Champion's ice where it's strongest.

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Interesting choice, Viktor. :P

The only reason I think it is a poor move is because, while you are isolated, this would isolate you MORE. No one who wanted to interact with you, if anyone did, could for however long it would take you.

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

I figure that while Viktor is in his epic battle, there won't be much chance for anyone else to interact anyways. After all, who in their right mind would venture out into a useless, empty tundra, and set up a base... Hm...

[Lugubrious]

The problem is this. The creator of Elysium died a set amount of time ago, well within the last decade. His death caused the rift that opened Elysium for the Keepers to enter. Prior to Sophist's death, this world was almost idyllic, preserved from outsider influence. I don't think that setting yourself way in the past is a practical idea. A creative one, but not feasible.

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

Alright. That can be worked with.

[Kangutso]

Viktor would, it is what he did, technically.

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

Touché

[Lugubrious]

A few notes, when I said idyllic, that was from the attention of other dimensions only. There were and obviously still are big flaws in Sophist's 'perfect world'. The only exception to the outsider-influence thing is the Apocrypha, which you by now know are the three horsemen (or women, rather) banished here.

[DR_TRAPEZOID]

It occurs to me now that there might be a wrench or two accidentally thrown into my plan. Kaben, do you have an idea of a theme for Emily as a Keeper? Will you keep a fiery theme?

[BBeast]

DR_TRAPEZOID said
Speaking of adding huge chunks of lore, is anyone doing/has done anything with the volcanic island to the North-West of the tundra?

That island is currently a blank slate. Write with it as you please (with-in reason, of course).

Cyclone said
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In any case, being so close to each other, I think it's getting to be about time that Calvartem and Shaige learn of one another's existence. Perhaps some of Shaige's minions chase a warband of Klug deserters out of the forest and into Calvartem's lands?

It is indeed time that something along those lines happened. I'm not sure how responsive Calvartem would be to a bunch of fleeing tribesmen (considering that he generally has a policy of kill first and don't bother asking questions at all when it comes to humans), but Conquest might be a different matter. We'll figure something out some way or another.

KabenSaal said
Would it be possible for Emily to, over time, become a Keeper in the Underworld? And then be the Under-Keeper?

That would be a terribly dreary place to be a Keeper, especially since Emily lacks the magic to leave the Underworld herself.

DR_TRAPEZOID said
As I brainstorm endless possibilities for my next few posts with Viktor, I'm wondering if, since Viktor has had no relations or interactions with the other Keepers, he could be assumed to be years, or possibly centuries before the others? ...

As Lugubrious explained, no. The Keepers all arrived in a single event, set in the recent past (from now. It was the present at the start of this RP).

@Lugubrious, that's how to make an entrance. I guessed Avak might show up.