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Crafting Culture

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 If you have been a good little fan than you have already joined our Facebook page . If you haven't already joined than you must sit in the corner and contemplate your total lack of commitment to our movement here. We don't ask a lot of you and joining a Facebook group takes all of what, two minutes? Provided you don't spiral out of clicking control and fall down the distraction vortex.  If you have already joined our Facebook group please take the time to snicker at the folks in the corner. Yes, we did just shame you non-facebook fans. Shame shame. Now we know your name and your are familiar with our game. So let's get serious shall we? This quarter was focused on developing the Elven people in Epimetheus. There were seven separate areas where we accomplished this. Well, if researching the RL lore behind elves is to weigh in, than eight areas. Stumbling back to the topic: there were seven areas of Elves that saw attention this quarter: Armory, Maps, Wildlife, Types,...

February Flopped

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Hey there, my fine fellows and females. Director Producer Nathan here to give you this month’s post. Our president has just finished his “State of the Union Address”, Ukraine has been attacked by the imperial forces of Russia, Canadian overlord Trudeau is pulling a Senator Palpatine routine and COVID mandates are receding. It really has been a month to record. On a personal note I have recently lost the most important person in my life. This loss has had me in a daze for the last three weeks. My daughter was everything to me. Without her I have nothing left. So it has been very difficult to find motivation and focus. Nonetheless, there have been a few advancements in the Elven folder. Notably in maps, my least favorite task to tackle. As we have mentioned before: maps are done by starting from the continent map, zooming in and adding detail as we do so. This allows the terrain to stay consistent and somewhat realistic. In addition, it offers a sort of guide on what is available to th...

Germanic Elves?

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Bizzen Last December we did a survey on Facebook to uncover which race on Aborlon our followers would like to see worked on first this year. The goal has been to expand on the histories, cultures, holidays, characters of note, and religions of each race. We are going to spend an entire quarter doing just that. As a result of that poll this first quarter has been focused on the Elven race. Did you know that the origins of the Elven lore are the Germanic people? It wasn't until later that surrounding cultures began to adapt and change details of this lore. Originally the Elf were believed to be either benevolent or malevolent. Meaning sometimes they would do good deeds whilst other times they would do bad ones. But they would always avoid being spotted by their larger human neighbors. It was interesting to follow the evolution of the mythology. Their height, personalities, and even their appearances changed as time progressed. Usually, these changes reflected some sort of social ...