[Mkguild] Metamor Mapping Project

[C. Matthias]

>I apologize for the delays, and the silence, but I've been dead to the world
>(fairly literally) with a bad flu/cold the last couple of days.  Thus, I'll
>just group all my responses here...  :)

I hope you are feling better soon!

>Mathias: The link you gave has the Killing Zone as (roughly) 900'x380'.  The
>large black box shows those dimensions.  I've pushed it up to about
>400'x450'.  To make it any larger, I'm going to have to redo much of Metamor
>Town to make the walls make sense.

I posted those pictures as points of discussion, since they were but 
recommendations from Kamau who has a hobby with all things 
medieval.  Mostly I wanted to make sure that the Killing Zones were 
large enough to accomodate everything that has happened within them 
already.  I think both Kamau and I were operating under th 
eimpression that Metamor itself was much bigger than folks have been saying.

>Or, being a lazy 'corn, I do have to ask, how critical is the 900x380
>dimension?  Is what I have on the map reasonable?

Your current map is much better about that.  I might argue for it 
being slightly bigger, but this is probably fine.

>Matthias: I just want to ensure you that I started this NOT to cause
>trouble.  Literally, I just wanted to have an idea what Yvarra saw when she
>looked out the window.  :)  It his proven that this needs to be done, and
>hopefully we can all reach an acceptable compromise.

I know.  It is good to discuss these things.  Honestly, I had no idea 
that so much had been put on the wiki which flatly contradicted 
existing stories.  As I've said, I can be a bit overzealous when it 
comes to Metamor Keep.

>Caravans/Merchants: We have two competing theories.  Since, there is more
>than one merchant, we can have both be true.  Larger caravans, which would
>be slower, or that has more fearful merchants, tends to stay in Euper,
>swallow the loses, so that they can keep their visit as short as possible
>and avoid the curse.  Some larger caravans would go up, of course, it
>depends on how worried they are about said curse.  Most of the travel "up
>the mountain" would be local merchants to get the better deal, or smaller
>wagons, etc. from the caravans just due to time.  Does this work as a
>reasonable compromise?

People are people, and they are going to go where they think it 
serves them best.  A lot of merchants only go as far as Euper, which 
helps keeps Euper a viable economic entity, while many merchants make 
the trip into Metamor itself for the better prices, which also keeps 
commerce moving inside the walls.  I don't think we really need to 
over-analyze it other than this.

>Euper Waste: Yes, I know that medieval communities just dumped it in the
>river.  Sadly, Metamor has no river so another solution is necessary.  :)
>Does anybody know how some of the crusader fortresses in the holy land did
>it?  As I recall, a lot of them weren't near bodies of water.

Metamor has a river on the western edge of the ridge.  It's on the 
valley map Okane made.  I know for a fact that this is the case, 
because I specifically used it in my story 'Jormugand' and I've also 
stated that the timber crews float their logs down the river to Metamor.

May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,

Charles Matthias