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The stars of caution shone from the red belt of Paeus and the moons of the giant Qintarxes were aligned asymmetrically. It had not rained in three weeks and smoke drifted carelessly day and night from the distant shore to the East. The New Operatives had been gathering with the elders during all eight phases of the moon and the Revered Mother had requested that only the Waxing Born men would visit her that week. As a first born, Teon's understanding of these events was confused and frightened. But his sister Euthalia, third born and exalted chanter was a comfort to him as they walked naked in silence, collecting the buds from the Dark Flower of May and painting the sap onto their bodies and bald heads as they went. At the end of the night, they would be presented to the tribe as the night they were born. Side by side and marked with red, foretelling of the great stampede which would have destroyed the sacred font. The pair had been treated with due respect for their 168 moons and their presentation tonight would be what they had been told by their mother as a most honourable occasion, though no more information was shared. This unsettled Teon more that his limited ability to read the skies and his schooling through entrails divination combined. But Euthalia marched on, pausing every seventh step to pinch the earth and grind it into the sap bowl, seeming content and proud. Teon swallowed nervously and followed along, it may be the only night in the year that does not hold more than one birthnight celebration, he thought, but never has a 168th moon been surrounded in so much secrecy.
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The following is the information and discussion thread for what I hope will become a fun role play set in the world of the fantasy novels I am working on. Paidiá is a world divided into three continents with the majority of these having the climate and wildlife of the Mediteranian. There is no map as yet so players will have a heck of a lot of freedom with descriptions. The premise in essence is that Gods do exist in a complicated hierarchy and they have their own creations such as types of plants, bodies of water, death, dirt, and human concepts ie love. Pretty much anything you can think of, there was a god for it. Each God also made a tribe of people who were reflections of their God and had some powers over their relative God's domain. The people did not live in peace at any time, as the Gods themselves were fickle and fought with each other (basically think of any story of Egyptian or Greek pantheons) to try to assert dominance over one another. The Gods gave their people reincarnation, in which all their memories and knowledge of skills were retained after death. But this re-birth cycle was limited to 5 lives so that the people would not someday compete with the Gods. However, the Gods did not want all people from other tribes to die, because when no one remains of a tribe, the God dies with it and its power or essence or whatever is released and strengthens the remaining gods of that type. (For an example, the God of the Rhine river dies, the God and people of the neighbouring river had greater strength of control over all water then before.) This is also because the people no longer have to fight for the resource and can focus on breeding and building up their little village. The people grew smarter with the way they used their powers as weapons and over time there came to be only 9 Gods left (as yet un-named); Moon, life, animals, fire, water, minerals, air, sun, and nature. There were appointed great generals who could directly commune with the gods. In this RP there will be no ridiculously op powers such as being able to blow up a whole city but I am sticking in the novels to what seems to be Brandon's deal of set rules about the magic and if you want to be clever and be op by manipulating the world within the logical confines of the rules, go nuts. In the blowing up a city scenario, you might have control over fire in a limited range because there is as yet only a small number of people in their tribe and so the Gods' power is not as large as if two tribes worshipped him. In other words a God's power is equal to the number of people who worship it, which explains the God death. So a limited fire user could either torch some woven baskets and start a house fire, or collaborate with another tribe to discover a natural gas pool under a city and set that on fire, to blow up everything. There are alliances that can be made, and pretty much no limit to who you can play (Gods are ok, I would be interested in what you could do with that) or what powers you have, just talk about it with me first to check that it fits in world. (Voidus can also be asked, as he has heard way more about it than he probably wanted to haha) I know that is a lot of info (I'm not sure I summed it up very well) so I can answer any questions at all, as I have probably missed heaps of info. But the spirit of this thing is, I hope, a sandbox with cheats mode on - so long as you don't break the game... which is why I would appreciate a quick heads up from you first. Have Fun!!!! Also, we can all work out the time this is set before starting. Beginning at very small tribes and a squillion Gods, to 16 or so and larger towns.
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