[OOC] The Coming Tide of War

[Wubwub]

@Heat
I understand and I'll make sure to tone him down from here on out (no more force choking). Would you like me to edit my intro post?

[Skythikon]

Did a quick post 'cause I didn't think I did too good a job the last time at getting Seothrunn involved.

[Kierkegaard]

I want Seothrunn's sister to be my best friend.

[MelonHead]

I like how our group is mostly incredibly awkward, in my relatively short period alive on this earth I've noticed any new group of people tends to suffer through an early teething period of intense discomfort which I feel like we're acting out fairly well.

[Pirouette]

Did a quick post 'cause I didn't think I did too good a job the last time at getting Seothrunn involved.

@Skythikon

I do believe Seothrunn and Vala come from the same area approximately. I thought of the Northwestern part of Ecen, too.

[Kierkegaard]

This is unspecified in my CS, but does anyone have a problem if Klaus has a vague ability to tell when people are magical, even if he can't pinpoint the extent or type of magical ability? He'd be a pretty poor professor of magic if he didn't recognize it sitting in front of him, and I think given his background it's reasonable that he's more finely attuned to magical presence than most, but I want to check that this isn't power playing.

[Skythikon]

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I do believe Seothrunn and Vala come from the same area approximately. I thought of the Northwestern part of Ecen, too.

@Pirouette

Yeah, same approximate area, but I have Seothrunn coming from the island chain further north. I guess it should not really matter unless the journey takes them back home, but thought I'd clear things up.

[Pirouette]

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Yeah, same approximate area, but I have Seothrunn coming from the island chain further north. I guess it should not really matter unless the journey takes them back home, but thought I'd clear things up.

@Skythikon

Ah, I understand.

[Skythikon]

Just a note, I made up the language on the fly with not much thought put into it other than my conlang resources and a google translate set to Icelandic and Irish. ._. So it might not make sense some all most of the time.

[Pirouette]

Just a note, I made up the language on the fly with not much thought put into it other than my conlang resources and a google translate set to Icelandic and Irish. ._. So it might not make sense some all most of the time.

@Skythikon

I was just about to ask. I'm using a mixture of Word Reference for Danish and a site which boasts terms an older Nordic. I was a bit worried you knew the language well enough so that I'd have to keep up.

Anyway, I'm liking the dynamic here. Northern Raider meets Southern Farmaðr.

[Skythikon]

As long as the dynamic doesn't lead to, well, death. XD

I did a bit of research on Old Norse (And it's evolution into the modern day Scandinavian languages) once, mainly to explore the idea of William the Bastard losing the battle of Hastings and the English language continuing to evolve based on it's Nordic and Germanic roots. Riveting stuff, but ultimately I chose Icelandic for my base since it's the closest we have to Old Norse in present times.

[Pirouette]

As long as the dynamic doesn't lead to, well, death. XD

I did a bit of research on Old Norse (And it's evolution into the modern day Scandinavian languages) once, mainly to explore the idea of William the Bastard losing the battle of Hastings and the English language continuing to evolve based on it's Nordic and Germanic roots. Riveting stuff, but ultimately I chose Icelandic for my base since it's the closest we have to Old Norse in present times.

@Skythikon

As the only other Northern there and under a Southern Roof, Seothrunn will be fine.

I will probably go the same route then and use Icelandic. I know that they would probably have different dialects but that'll probably just happen naturally as we use different methods of it. It'll probably be safe to assume, though, that they can understand each other despite using different wording.

[Skythikon]

Yeah, the dialect thing was what I was going to use to explain away differences, actually.

[Heat]

@Kierkegaard It's fine if it's RPer characters.

[Pirouette]

Yeah, the dialect thing was what I was going to use to explain away differences, actually.

@Skythikon

Hey, I went back and read your character a bit more. I'd imagine a reputation would follow Seothrunn. The Man who Winds Favor or something like that. If he is a prince (which I'm not sure?) then surely there might rumors and stories about him. Stuff that Vala would hear.

[Skythikon]

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Hey, I went back and read your character a bit more. I'd imagine a reputation would follow Seothrunn. The Man who Winds Favor or something like that. If he is a prince (which I'm not sure?) then surely there might rumors and stories about him. Stuff that Vala would hear.

@Pirouette

I guess a reputation would follow him, but nothing too grand. Perhaps he's just known for getting his ship through bad conditions or something like that. As for his heritage...I may have made it a bit too complicated. Basically he's heir to his clan/tribe/whatever you call it's leadership, but he has to earn that position first. As it stands, he's still just another captain in their fleet and warrior in their army, albeit one who is well-respected.

[Pirouette]

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I guess a reputation would follow him, but nothing too grand. Perhaps he's just known for getting his ship through bad conditions or something like that. As for his heritage...I may have made it a bit too complicated. Basically he's heir to his clan/tribe/whatever you call it's leadership, but he has to earn that position first. As it stands, he's still just another captain in their fleet and warrior in their army, albeit one who is well-respected.

@Skythikon

Hm. Alright. Was the vessel that he had taken a military longship? If so, then that would be pretty noteworthy. Enough for some mention.

[Skythikon]

Not really military. All of his people's ships can raid, but the one he took was built more for speed, and if it does conduct a raid, it can only target the smallest settlements.

[Pirouette]

Not really military. All of his people's ships can raid, but the one he took was built more for speed, and if it does conduct a raid, it can only target the smallest settlements.

@Skythikon

Thanks! That's really all I needed to post but erm... I might wait for Heat to post.

[Skythikon]

You're welcome!

Doesn't seem like Heat's going to post anytime soon, though, and both Kierkegaard and I got two posts in, so I don't see why you shouldn't.