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Rill 
Postmaster General   Player Council - Geographer Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 6903 |
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 Quote Reply  Topic: Geographer Needs Help!Posted: 01 Oct 2014 at 06:59 |
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I am currently serving as geographer on the player council. One of my jobs is to gather information and lore related to the physical features of our great world.
Since I am but one person and honestly tend to get lost a lot (especially around Kem), I could use help from the community.
Specifically, I would appreciate it if people would identify significant geographic features such as rivers, mountain ranges, lakes, oceans, volcanos, etc., in their areas, both in Broken Lands and Elgea.
Also, if you are aware of any local myths or legends regarding the formation of the features, or of discoveries by your own scientific expeditions, please post that information here. If you have empirical evidence to support your claim, all the better, but oral tradition and speculation is also acceptable.
In appreciation for your efforts, I will identify the 10 best responses and send 5000 cows to the players who posted them.
Thanks much in advance!
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| Llannedd
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Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2014 at 07:20 |
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Probably the major geographic feature in Broken Lands is the huge expanse of lava and volcanic terrain in Calumnex, roughly centred at 538|-2936 at the faction hub called Omen, faction name The Tower. Kind of a cross between Lord of the Rings and Stephen King's Dark Tower. Lots of obsidian mines in the area, and some brave souls who have settled in the occasional fertile nook or cranny. But I wouldn't want to be around when things heat up ...
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| Ruthor
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Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2014 at 17:35 |
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Dear Rill I hope this helps
Mayor Geographical feature: (1) The body of water dividing BL in "two" where Glanhad and the pirate isle are in. Minor Geographical feature:(2) The Lapou Lua sea (west of lapou Lua. (3) In Newlands in the west there is an peninsula.(4) There are in Glanhad Surrounding square -162/-1696 a lot of large hill's. Possibly a plateau? Also surrounding square -129 -1691 in Glanhad there is a peninsula (5) an west of it is a bay (6) with an island in it.I wonder if -203/-1595 is a strait (7). (8)I've noticed that in Glanhad there are 7 islands (if u click on water in strategic map) and the Argiri the faction on Glanhad with a city called seven blessings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait Sincerly Ruthor |
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| jordigui
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Quote Reply Posted: 01 Oct 2014 at 23:51 |
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I would say that one of the major "formations" is the rift ... but who knows better than you ;)
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| Epidemic
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Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 01:18 |
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A little known geographical fact on Elgea is that 1/3 of the continent is actually an island. No clue on if it has a name, but since I saw it first I hereby name it 'Epidemica' or 'Island of Gone Siegin'.
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| hrandjt
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Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 05:11 |
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Does this mean that our alliance gets to name the island we claimed?
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| Rill
Postmaster General Player Council - Geographer Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 6903 |
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Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 05:38 |
That is something you would need to talk to the developers about. What I am trying to do is document the notable geographic features in Illy and collect stories or scientific observations about how they came into being.
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| Brandmeister
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Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 06:04 |
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Are you asking people to write fanfic?
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| Rill
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Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 07:13 |
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I guess some of this could fall in the category of fanfic. It could just be a description of a feature, or it could be part of a narrative or origin myth that describes how the feature came into being.
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| GM Rikoo
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Quote Reply Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 13:38 |
Rill is doing a fantastic job on the council and this is a great chance to help her with a project. "Fanfic" is fine as we will need to fill in some gaps in the lore. What better way to do it than ask the players?
Thanks Rill!
GM Rikoo
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