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Of course, I'll stop talking about it.
And I CERTAINLY do not want to get into anything political. Nope.
Also, I find it ironic that you are showing me the right direction after mentioning I am thankful for people showing me the right direction on this site XD
very nice, what's the magic system?
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You are so very welcome! I have to tell you, I have a very special affinity for young people. I am a retired high school teacher, and I know how dynamic young people are, and there is nothing more satisfying than involving myself with young people reaching for their potential.
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Okay, that's interesting. So, I must ask then, why are there even humans to begin with? I know you have been working on this project for 5 years, so I mean no disrespect. However, logically, it would make more sense for ALL the humans who were forced to be in the March, to transfer their souls into machines that could NOT be hurt by the plauges. So, I just wanna know WHY there are even any humans at all? Also, can this metal be made into other objects, like tea cups and candle sticks. Are we potentially talking about souls trapped in household objects, a la Beauty and the Beast?
Um...I guess for a fantasy world, this makes sense. But in reality, it does not. For even Athens, Rome and Constantinople were hubs, but there were other kingdoms, city states, etc. That also exerted power. So, I am baffled that humanity decided to put all their eggs in one basket? Because I have never seen that done before in the course of all human history. Which leads me to ask how did this happen? HOW did everyone end up in Knuckles and how could a city sustain such a population? Were only the best of the best let in and everyone else murdered? Like, what caused this human geography?
Well, no shit, Sherlock. Everyone would panic. But cities don't tend to fall overnight unless there was already a storm brewing. Like the Goths sacking Rome, there was already conflict around the area that was set off by a bunch of other events. I am not sure psychological warfare is the word you are looking for here. I think maybe, it might be better to describe this as "the Hollow Sovereign performed a Coup and after locking the gates of the city, murdered all within aside from his supporters." Because that to me is more realistic.
Okay, these are all cool. But I MUST ask that NO ONE POST ANY MUSHROOM PICTURES, BECAUSE I HAVE A SEVERE PHOBIA. PM them to each other. I WILL LEAVE IF THERE ARE MUSHROOM PICTURES. If that's not possible, I understand and would be happy to politely bow out of the story. Because I don't want people to NOT write what they want. I just want to know if there will be Mushroom pictures, because I cannot handle them,
Okay, so no Tornadoes, etc.
These make some sense. However, I must ask why a pessimistic attitude works with hopefulness. I feel that giving up hope is part of the drudgery of this world. "Abandon all hope, ye who enter in," Canto III, Dante, Longfellow. Because these two seem in conflict with one another as one cannot believe things will always go wrong, but be hopeful that something will get better. Or maybe, I am just jaded?
Okay, so this to me is sounding like Medieval Snowpiercer? Everyone is forced to live on an ever-moving train and it gets messy?
Okay, what is a fracture and WHY is chaos a thing? What is it made of? Because I am not making sense of this 'science' logic. Also, if chaos is powering their March, then WHY would anyone want to destroy it?
I agree. It is not compelling, because it is nebulous and subjective. Also, how is he going to rule a world that is chaos? If it is anarchy he wants, then why rule? Also, this is sounding like the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse, which could be cool and fun to play with.
I think this could be a really fun story, and I hope everyone agrees about the Mushrooms. Because I think it would be fun to join. I would however, still like some more details explained, because some of it does not make sense. I think this world has a lot of atmosphere and I think it might actually do well as a Grimdark story.
Well, I'm just going to quote some of the... Well, I got a lot of documents. Easier that way than taking 2 hours of writing to explain. Still had to take time finding these though! Ctrl+F is a very useful thing to find the right stuff! LOL
On Erikon and why humanity did not become machines:
From The Codex of Ironbound Echoes, Chapter II:
“Erikon does not grant life: it preserves resonance. The metal drinks the warmth of the hand that shapes it, but only in fragments. A laugh, a fear. A habit. Those who attempt full transference do not awaken within the frame, but rather, they disperse.”
From The Marcher’s Engineering Primer:
“No living citizen shall bind their whole essence into forged Erikon. The experiments beneath Southgate proved catastrophic. The constructs retained movement but not personhood. Their speech repeated final thoughts until the power cores were silenced.”
On Knuckle’s centralization:
From Annals of the Last Bastion, Volume I:
“When the Shattering Night split the horizon, the lesser kingdoms fell silent one by one. Couriers vanished between cities. Trade caravans did not return. Only Knuckle endured, for the bedrock beneath it dampened the tremors of reality. Refugees gathered first by hundreds, then by thousands.”
From Sermons Before the Fall:
“We did not choose to place all hope in Knuckle. Hope ran there on bleeding feet.”
On the fall of Knuckle as more than simple panic:
From The Sealed Gates Chronicle:
“The Day of Reasoning was convened to settle disputes between the High Generals and the Temple of Ash. Before the third bell, the outer gates were barred from within. By dusk, command towers no longer answered signal fire. The purge began."
From Testimony of Captain Elra Venn:
“We were not overrun. We were undone.”
On Fractures and the nature of chaos:
From Observations of the Veil, Scholar Arcthene:
“A Fracture is but a wound in continuity. Time folds within them. Distance distorts. A man may walk ten paces and return to the place he began without knowing he has moved.”
From Treatise on Arcane Generation:
“Chaos isn't evil. It is unstructured potential. Left alone, it unravels, harnessed through calibrated conduits, powering heat grids and legged caravans. The March confines chaos. It doesn't worship it.”
On why the Hollow Sovereign can rule through chaos:
From The Black Edicts:
“Total disorder is useless. Fear must be shaped. Cities broken by uncertainty turn toward the strongest voice that promises direction. Thus chaos clears the field; authority plants the banner.”
On solemn and hopeful as compatible tenets:
From The Three Tenets of the March:
“Remain solemn, for joy unguarded blinds the eye. Remain hopeful, for despair unmoving kills the step."
On Erikon and why humanity did not become machines:
From The Codex of Ironbound Echoes, Chapter II:
“Erikon does not grant life: it preserves resonance. The metal drinks the warmth of the hand that shapes it, but only in fragments. A laugh, a fear. A habit. Those who attempt full transference do not awaken within the frame, but rather, they disperse.”
From The Marcher’s Engineering Primer:
“No living citizen shall bind their whole essence into forged Erikon. The experiments beneath Southgate proved catastrophic. The constructs retained movement but not personhood. Their speech repeated final thoughts until the power cores were silenced.”
On Knuckle’s centralization:
From Annals of the Last Bastion, Volume I:
“When the Shattering Night split the horizon, the lesser kingdoms fell silent one by one. Couriers vanished between cities. Trade caravans did not return. Only Knuckle endured, for the bedrock beneath it dampened the tremors of reality. Refugees gathered first by hundreds, then by thousands.”
From Sermons Before the Fall:
“We did not choose to place all hope in Knuckle. Hope ran there on bleeding feet.”
On the fall of Knuckle as more than simple panic:
From The Sealed Gates Chronicle:
“The Day of Reasoning was convened to settle disputes between the High Generals and the Temple of Ash. Before the third bell, the outer gates were barred from within. By dusk, command towers no longer answered signal fire. The purge began."
From Testimony of Captain Elra Venn:
“We were not overrun. We were undone.”
On Fractures and the nature of chaos:
From Observations of the Veil, Scholar Arcthene:
“A Fracture is but a wound in continuity. Time folds within them. Distance distorts. A man may walk ten paces and return to the place he began without knowing he has moved.”
From Treatise on Arcane Generation:
“Chaos isn't evil. It is unstructured potential. Left alone, it unravels, harnessed through calibrated conduits, powering heat grids and legged caravans. The March confines chaos. It doesn't worship it.”
On why the Hollow Sovereign can rule through chaos:
From The Black Edicts:
“Total disorder is useless. Fear must be shaped. Cities broken by uncertainty turn toward the strongest voice that promises direction. Thus chaos clears the field; authority plants the banner.”
On solemn and hopeful as compatible tenets:
From The Three Tenets of the March:
“Remain solemn, for joy unguarded blinds the eye. Remain hopeful, for despair unmoving kills the step."
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