Daedalus

Did the Sliths & the Vahnatai ever war in Lower Avernum? You'd think so given they have throughout the Avernum series shown to be... somewhat violent.

I don't have a lot of, erm, expertise to offer at this point in the project (it's interesting though ), so just let me know when the writing bit starts.

I think we should split this thing into sections so that it's easier to write, and easier to refer to when (if ) it's finished. Here is my suggestion for a broad outline:

 

Section I - Rise of the Empire

Section II - The Discovery of Vantanas and Pralgad

Section III - The Discovery of Valorim and The Anama War

Section IV - The Contemporary Empire

 

I know these names are a bit unwieldy but I just did them quickly to describe what I meant. Obviously these more general 'chunks' would be separated into subsections, but a general idea of the order of things is a good start.

 

Also, what kind of length are we looking at here? How much are people prepared to write?

Sounds good to me.

 

Who's up for it then? (Only those with good grammar and spelling need apply )

While it would be great, I think Drakey's right....we're getting carried away a bit. Jeff is a busy man, what with Spiderweb and Irony Central and a child and God knows what else...

If you root around a bit on the Avernum 3 section of the site, you will find instructions on how to do this (written in reverse, I believe). I'm unsure of the exact page, but I'll post it here if I can find it.

 

Edit: I found it . Scroll to the bottom of this page.

Well I want to steer away from 'boring'. I also want to steer away from 'cliched', so I suppose the native inhabitants perspective is the only real possibility.

I'd kind of like to do a scenario about the first years of the Empire....i.e. how it rose to power and conquered Aizo. What do people think?

Where might I obtain these entertaining works of literature?

Hmmm....but that's the point. Because there's no written history of Ermarian by Jeff/anyone else, how do we know what the Empire used to be like? Perhaps at one stage it was a golden kingdom of fluffy bunnies and abundant riches for all. Or perhaps it was always a despotic, explotative empire up to the time of Hawthorne (Prazac was a bit better, I think you'll agree). Without history we don't know.

And finally, remember: those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

Edit: Also, as has been said on the American Conflict Avatars (or whatever it's called) board, empires and countries go through good times and bad times. I suspect that the Ermarian Empire would be the same.

Same here... I wonder if he actually would...now that would be cool.

But that is what RP is.....getting immersed in the worlds so that they become more real.

Yes.....BoA unarguably needs the 'something' that you speak of. What would be great is scenarios that encourage us, the consumers, to think, and then develop those scenario ideas into our own scenarios.....or something. You get the idea.

Wow. Funny guy.

 

Really.