Developing the Races of Tonan (plus Gods and Geography)

[Kaz]

Endless is in the process of making threads to help us come up with a decent description for each of them (and each troop type). This ought to make it a little easier for prospective newcomers to create characters in our roleplay world.

This post will be used to index the various threads relating to the process of developing a sort of beastiary of the Monarchy races.

Feel free to use this thread as a central location to discuss things that span races, or just don't seem to fit in 'one' race thread. This thread could also be used to summarise points about multiple races, that can then be worked into larger descriptions in the individual threads.

The other threads might seem to already be 'finished' from the first post, but - as we found when putting together the overstory - more opinions and more sources to draw on when putting together final drafts, means something that works better over all. The more people ignore the first post and post their own 'complete' descriptive idea of the race, the better the final draft will be.

It is impossible to please everybody. While we will do our best to use ideas from as many sources as possible, some ideas will always be too specific. In order to allow for a player to decide what makes thier character 'tick', these descriptions need to be generic. We are also not looking to re-invent the past with this process.

List of threads

Description of Races, Gods and Storyline Phases for Concepts

This thread relates to 'physical' descriptions of the races and gods. It also includes ideas for some key scenes from the storyline. The main purpose of the thread is to provide context for some art work. A process which has already started. Comments and opinions are still very much wanted.
____________

Sidhe

This thread is about establishing ideas for troop types that better reflect the role-played idea of the Sidhe race. Ideas are still welcome, although we are currently assuming that the basic decision is made
____________

A Discussion on Human
A Discussion on Elven
A Discussion on Goblin
A Discussion on Droben
A Discussion on Vampire
A Discussion of Elemental
A Discussion on Sidhe
A Discussion on Centaur
A Discussion on Dwarven
A Discussion on Fae

These threads are aimed to establish a written description that newcomers to the boards can read and get an idea of each race and also learn a bit about the troop types (from a role-play context). If a thread has not yet been created for the race you wish to discuss, feel free to open it, and we will edit this post to link to it.
____________

Geography of Tonan (Tismad, Maxim, Mo-Pri)

This thread is to establish ideas for some primary places within the 3 main continents of Tonan (Tismad, Maxim, Mo-Pri). Initially we are working on the eastern part of Tismad containing The Empire, Istan and the Free Cities.
____________

A storyline decision that needs to be made

This thread is aimed to make decisions regarding which race(s) Angelique, Barnabas and Leto were reincarnated as. Discussion is still welcome up until the point where the artwork project gets to the page containing images of the mortal kings. Current assumptions are: Angelique:Elven, Barnabas:Human, Leto:Human/Elven Half-Breed