<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>I post<font size="2">ed this info on the Forum on the MK wiki.</font><br> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Indagare . <brenner.mike@gmail.com><br> To: mkguild <mkguild@lists.integral.org><br> Sent: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 8:29 pm<br> Subject: [Mkguild] Fan Shoar<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_432d464c-79e3-4233-95ef-af6f5cb77835"> <div class="aolReplacedBody"> <div dir="ltr">Here are some thoughts I have on Fan Shoar. Please get back to me on this: <div><br> </div> <div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fan Shoar<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fan Shoar is one of the five continents of MK's Earth. It is located in the northeast quadrant of the world map, north of Irombi and the Central Sea and east of Yamato, Khumar, and the Oriental Coastlands.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">History<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If Irombi is the cradle of human civilization, Fan Shoar is where humans first spread. How long ago this actually occurred is not known, but there are many ruins, and some are seemingly only a thousand years younger than those found in Irombi. Most creation myths involve ancestors that migrated out of some underground realm to the surface or other form of migration from somewhere dangerous.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Climate<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fan Shoar has a huge range of environments from the arctic north to the sub-tropical and tropical south. <span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Starfrost Tundra:</b> The northernmost area of Fan Shoar, this land is continuously frozen except near the coasts and south. Various structures of ice and snow exist in the forms of pillars and arches, though there are rocky outcroppings and caves are oddly common. The closer to the center one gets, the colder it gets. Some crystals form in an area where the highs never reach above 32 degrees Fahrenheit. These are known as everfrost crystals and they emit cold and a chilly, bluish light. The further in one goes, the colder it becomes and the colder the everfrost crystals are as well. Tales say there is an area where it is so cold people are frozen alive.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Balewinter Timberlands:</b> To the immediate south of the Starfrost Tundra is an area of tiaga. Tribes of nomadic wanderers calling themselves the Kupuni roam the area. They use yurts and reindeer, though in winter they occasionally build igloos. Though they chiefly hunt or fish they are more than willing to engage in trade, usually for anything fire-related. In return they are happy to provide everfrost crystals and the furs and skins of rare, northern animals.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Stormwing Forests:</b> South of the Balewinter Timberlands, this area has a temperate rainforest climate (similar to the Pacific Northwest). The Tigmest people make this place their home. They build cedar longhouses whose windows and doors end up looking like faces and which are flanked by totem poles. There are eighteen tribes and each one has a particular animal they feel a connection to and which forms the base of their totem poles. The Stormwing Forests has many rivers and lakes as well as rises and waterfalls. Salmons make a yearly run on the waterfalls. All the Tigmest tribes are matrilineal. They do occasionally war against one another, but will unite against common enemies.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Greymist Mountains:</b> Forming a long line to the southeast of the Stormwing Forests, the Greymist Mountains are fairly low but still present a reasonable challenge to climb over (about the same as the Appalachian Mountains). There are many breath-taking scenes from the mountains, though they are also home to some dangerous creatures and few people tend to live on them permanently.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Watakimari Confederacy:</b> Stretching from the Greymist Mountains to the northwest to the Yajiit Sunlands and the Okelamala Swamp, the Confederacy is a more or less unified area. There are many mounds built in the shapes of animals (though this is only obvious from above) and several sites of cities. The people of Watakimari are matriarchal and have a strong base around the many rivers that run through their lands and specifically the three great lakes near the center of it. The area as a whole has a temperate climate, though the areas closer to the Okelamala Swamp and Yajiit Sunlands are much warmer and more subtropical.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Yajiit Sunlands:</b> A more appropriate name is unlikely to be found. There are areas of prairies on the outskirts with golden yellow flowers and inside is an area known as the Rainbow Desert which resembles the US southwestern desert with its many outcroppings. There is a large canyon there as well. Within the Sunlands are the Xablan who build their homes on the sides of cliffs. Particularly impressive is the city of Taxal located on the western end of a bay. It extends from the western bay to the Skystone Mountains in the east.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Skystone Mountains:</b> Home to the Phisqantinsuyu Empire. It stretches north from the Watakimari Confederacy to south where the mountain range ends. The empire paved roads and uses stone almost exclusively in construction of buildings. The mountains themselves are beautiful and are named for the fact that there are actual flying islands around it. These areas seem to defy gravity, though the reality is they are being held up by naturally-forming crystals imbued with properties from the Elemental Plane of Air.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Okelamala Swamp:</b> Nearly due east of the Yajiit Sunlands and on the other side of the Skystone Mountains this swampy area holds many secrets. It is named after the people living there, who build their homes among the trees and live off the bounty of the swamp. It is most like the Everglades in nature.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Katzl Empire:</b> Just south of the Yajiit Sunlands, it extends west to east from the Central Sea to the Keystone Mountains and as far south as the Tinikawar Rainforest. Centers of worship and power exist in the form of step pyramids dedicated to the sun. They have the most advanced astronomical records of anyone in the world.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Tinikawar Rainforest:</b> Taking up a majority of the southern portion of Fan Shoar, this rainforest is home to many different tribes. It is also home to a large river which links almost all of the region. It is named after the legendary Tinikawar Empire which once ruled the area but which has long-since fallen. Vine-covered ruins can be found in many places. The tribes of Tinikawar share many cultural similarities and trade with one another (and some outsiders). Major cities still exist on the coasts, though there’s no centralized government.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<b>Qwixota Plains:</b> The southernmost tip of Fan Shoar is covered by a vast prairie. The Quixota tribe roams over it on their horses. They have many settlements made out of baked clay located near watering holes, but most are not continuously settled except during the fall and winter months. Anyone wandering in is expected to care for the buildings and any crops for as long as they stay.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">People<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The humans of Fan Shoar have darkest skin that has a ruddy look to it. They are about average height. Their hair is usually strait and black with iridescent sheens of blue, purple, or red; facial hair is uncommon. <span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Much like in Irombi, Humans are the only civilized sentient race that is native to the continent, but other intelligent creatures do call the continent home. Particularly common are elementals of various sorts as well as talking animals (scholars speculate this is due to the influence of some outer plane). There are also rumors of lizardfolk, frogfolk, and birdfolk in the Okelamala Swamp and Tinikawar Rainforest though they’ve yet to be verified.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fauna<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fan Shoar is home to a wide variety of fauna which largely resembles the animals of North America and South America.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Civilization<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The people of Fan Shoar are different than their counterparts in RL Americas during the Middle Ages; being the second home to humans, much knowledge has been lost but there has also been much retained. Horses are common as are llamas. <span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Shamanistic magic is highly developed in Fan Shoar, though it is different from that of Galendor. It includes much more alchemy and the use of familiar spirits (generally small, elemental beings that take on the shape of an animal) is common. Shamans in Fan Shoar can produce a wider variety of effects than most in Galendor can accomplish because they can also detect raw magic and regularly treat with elemental spirits who are sometimes considered members of a given empire or tribe and who often align themselves in defense. Extreme care is taken when dealing with any extraplanar being, however, particularly those from the Heavens and Hells.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Most of the civilizations in Fan Shoar are matriarchal; men are given honor and respect, especially as talented crafters, artists, warriors, and shamans, but lines are traced through the mother and kinship is reckoned stronger when it is through the mother and her relatives. Similarly, men move in with their wives and must prove their worthiness as a husband before any marriage proposal is accepted.<span></span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Religion<span></span></span></b></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span></span></div> <div class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Much like in Irombi, their closeness with spirits allows the people of Fan Shoar to understand the capabilities and morals of celestials to a great degree. While they do not see Daedra worship as innately evil, they are fully aware of the dangerous nature of most of them and treat them accordingly. They far more likely to worship the Aedra and Eli (whom they call the Great Spirit), but pay due respect to Daedra when needed. Shamans, particularly, tend to be capable of sensing the Daedra at work and will offer something that, effectively, is a very polite request for them to stay away. <span></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________<br> MKGuild mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:MKGuild@lists.integral.org">MKGuild@lists.integral.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild" target="_blank">http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild</a><br> </div> </font>