Paradigm Concepts

[Nierite]

To start this off, does anybody know anything about the City of Golems?
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[PCIHenry]

Hello Cody,

I do, but I'm not telling.

Seriously, the City of Golems was put on the map due to a storyline I had in mind to tell, but never got around to do so in the old LA Campaign.

I do hope I'll be able to tell that story in the future.

Best,
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Henry Lopez
President
Paradigm Concepts, Inc.

[Archangel]

[PCIHenry]

Hello,

Actually No.

No one alive is even aware of its existence given its location. Since players can't take Ssethregoran or Malfelan Elorii as Characters, there's no one who is even aware that such an area exists, let alone who inhabits it.

Nice try, though.

Best,
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Henry Lopez
President
Paradigm Concepts, Inc.

[Nierite]

1) Did humanity once reside in what is now called "Dar Zhan Vor"? If memory serves that is where the city of Chendo used to be, and the lands given to the Emman over the Virdan, but I cannot remember?

2) What is up with the new version of the Troglodytes, known as the Salamankas? Is this basically the 'true' version of just the Trogs, and maybe the Kobolds, or does this include races like the Hylis?

3) This is possibly a more generic question for creation than in-story, but the selections of 'real-world' nations to represent places in-universe seems odd to me. Most of Coryan represents European Mediterranian cultures, with the Germanics (Milandir) and Slavics (Nier's Spine) further north. However, right beside the Latins are the Finns of Valentia. In real life, Finnish is almost a language isolate, so where did this come from? Random selection, or do the Valentians represent a completely different branch of humanity which happens to live next to the Romance/Greek/Slavic/etc of the rest of the former Coryani Empire? Furthermore, I assume that the choice of Persian and Indian for the Nerothians and Sarishans of Canceri represent something to do with their being effectively 'banished' from the First Imperium and forced to relocate en masse. Is this so?
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[Nierite]

4) Did the Sea of Lanterns have such insane tides prior to the introduction of the Dark Moon?

5) I recall an Invisible King adventure showing a "Kio Skyship" which seemed to be remarkably similar to the Altheran ships. Was this ever fully explained?
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[PCIHenry]

Hello Cody,

You don't really expect me to answer all these questions, do you?

I'll reply to those that aren't Campaign Secrets...

[Nierite]

[Nierite]

[Milandir]

Hungarian is a Uralic language (like Finnish). Romanian is a Romance language. Bulgarian is a Slavic Language. There are reasons why there are pockets of language mixed almost arbitrarily - the solid block of Western Romance languages can easily make us overlook the hodgepodge of Slavic, Turkmen, Romance, Greek, Uralic, Semetic and Indo-Aryan languages found in areas with less cultural continuity.

There is a reason why we have mixed languages (as Henry indicated) and your best clue is that Arcanis is the World of Shattered Empires.
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Eric Wiener
Paradigm Concepts, Inc.

[Nierite]

Another question: How exactly was Belisarda found? The stories of the Ssethregore book and the Codex deviate. The Codex says she was trapped in the Orb of Ancar, which was found by the Ssethrics and presented to the Elemental Lords. Ssethregore says she was found by Ssethric heroes in the lavender way and bound within a dead Troglodyte/Salamankas. Which is true? Is neither true?
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[Nierite]

It was said that the Issori used Psionic powers, and that the Ssethrics used their teachings to produce Metaminds. However, the Ssethrics also apparently did not notice Psionics until MUCH after the Issori War when they encountered the Sansho. Did they just not notice the difference between Eldritch and Psionics at the time of the Issori War?
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Cody Bergman

aka = Haakon Marcus val'Virdan, Priest of Nier (Divine 1.
aka = Dyabe val'Abebi, Templar of Althares (Divine 1.4)
aka = Jorma Ostoman, Battlemage of the Coryani Empire (Arcane 1.2)

[Deviknyte]

Were the infernal on Onara before the humans showed up? Were the Ssethrogorans and Elorii battling them? Are their ancient secret arts to fight demons and devils? Yig Sorcerer-Priestesses?

Reason I thought of this was because of a mod I hope is going to be at Origins or GenCon. Why were those Malfeans in Jappa? Elorii (Malfean or not) won't gain any benefit in the infernals taking over the human's part of the continent.
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-Devin Redd, Detroit Harvester
"The Elorii shall rise again!"
Current- Vaerdos kyr'Taliis, Ardakene Elorii Chanter of the Rebirth and the Bright People
Retired- Elysian, Ardakene Elorii Hierophant of Belisarda

[Njal Val'Assante]

[Dead.Zone]