Re: Duck-Point (and much mystical speculation)

From: bethexton_at_...
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:36:14 -0000

wrote:
>
> My only quibble is that Jonstown was the northern city, Swenston
the
> east, and Wilmskirk the south. Given that Duckpoint was next to
the
> Marsh and the main center of Humakt worship in Sartar - maybe
> Duckpoint was supposed to be the "Sword".
>
Doh! I always have trouble with the names and relative locations of Swenston and Jonstown. (Wilmskirk I only remember because I worked on the Chorms river region for the gazetteer, and after checking the name about 87 times it finally stuck)

My though process on city assignment:

-Wilmskirk federation includes the Locaem, the "spear tribe," also it has a very major temple complex, by implication greater than the other cities, and I would be inclined to think of major mojo magic as a "spear" function.
- Jonstown includes the most war-like tribe, and even in Sartar's time it must have been apparent that the most likely direction of war would be north. That could be the argument to want your shield there, except that....
- Swenston is the 'shield' against the Praxians, including in its ring the Pol Joni, who were created in part to be the shield against the praxians.
- I don't see creating your "sword" last. - The Colymar have certain magical associations from being the first tribe, but for all the glories of their history aren't really the best known for their wars, but are known for their magic, something you would maybe want in your back boy.
- The durulz could make major contributions, but could not be counted on to either attack the human's foes or to work hard to shield the humans from most foes. So you don't want them as part of your sword or shield.

Now, you could argue them any different way, and it probably doesn't matter much. However you wanted them for your game, you could use....and in fact there could even be different groups in your game that view this differently!

-Bryan