Shadow Gaera
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:58 pmIt's been theorized by mages for generations: A universe like our own, but one where everything is...different. Nothing is quite like it is in our Gaera. Things we know as good seem a mockery of their former selves. People are altered, either in very small ways or radically, but even someone whose nature is unchanged will be altered by the difference in their environments.
We did a CI in Shadow Doma! Here's what we know so far. Much of this has not been run past the creators of the original entities in Gaera Main (but note that Cha was, in fact, there, so the stuff on Doma is kosher):
Doma is ruled by Charles' father, the despotic King Franklyn. After a failed but heroic coup, Prince Charles has been imprisoned and made the broken tool of his father. Franklyn rules with an iron fist. The Guard of Doma, far from being the lawful supporters of justice they are in Gaera Main, are only slightly better than many of the criminals they put behind bars, and far worse than the rest. Speaking out against the crown is, of course, illegal, as is any religion. Nonhumans are persecuted by the government and the people themselves, hated and feared for being different. The borders of Doma are sealed; the government claims this is to keep dangerous foreigners out, and this is true, but its main purpose is to keep Domans in.
(Not confirmed:) Theice and Barius are great places to live, with just and benevolent leadership, as is the country analogous to Riva (known as the Dragon States).
The Theice-Barius Supporters of Revolution (TBSR) are a secret organization of nonhumans within Doma City, seeking to support the interests of nonhumans within the country. Operatives can help nonhumans pass for human and even attempt to smuggle them out of the country. Two very high-ranking members are the vampire Selendrile (Cha's character, in Gaera Main the vampire who sired Jazz Tymisonn) and Vleian Sunstrider, a powerful wood elven druid exiled from his native Ka'thalar (some of you may remember his Gaera Main incarnation as being the commander of my forces in the Wargame).
Ake Tanner's father died when he was twelve. The loss of the family's breadwinner forced the already lower-class Tanners into dire straits; rather than being sent to a school for architects as he was in Gaera Main, an uneducated Ake wound up in a street gang. The opportunity to discover and fall in love with organized martial arts never came, but Ake's fighting spirit came out anyway, and now, as "Steelfist" Tanner, Ake practices extortion, muggery, and petty theft and has built a reputation as a fierce streetfighter.
The being analogous to Seryntas, however, is almost unrecognizable. Rather than the imposing 270-pound mass of greatsword-swinging, beer-guzzling, bounty hunting muscle possessed of a heart of gold and deep-seated emotional problems that he is in Gaera Main, he stalks the streets of Doma as the legendary assassin known as the Topaz Dragon, as cold and ruthless as he is skilled and clever. He has different deep-seated emotional problems than Main Seryntas, but they're there.
I really want Shini to flesh out Shadow Barius so I can figure out Shadow Boris.
Anyway. Anyone else want to contribute how their characters, countries, establishments, etc. are different in Shadow Gaera? <p>-_-___-___-___-_-
"The universe is all in the mind that perceives it, and sensation is the first and only reality. If a tree falls in the forest with no creature to hear it, then there is no tree."
-Dungeons and Dragons: Complete Arcane, page 167
Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>
We did a CI in Shadow Doma! Here's what we know so far. Much of this has not been run past the creators of the original entities in Gaera Main (but note that Cha was, in fact, there, so the stuff on Doma is kosher):
Doma is ruled by Charles' father, the despotic King Franklyn. After a failed but heroic coup, Prince Charles has been imprisoned and made the broken tool of his father. Franklyn rules with an iron fist. The Guard of Doma, far from being the lawful supporters of justice they are in Gaera Main, are only slightly better than many of the criminals they put behind bars, and far worse than the rest. Speaking out against the crown is, of course, illegal, as is any religion. Nonhumans are persecuted by the government and the people themselves, hated and feared for being different. The borders of Doma are sealed; the government claims this is to keep dangerous foreigners out, and this is true, but its main purpose is to keep Domans in.
(Not confirmed:) Theice and Barius are great places to live, with just and benevolent leadership, as is the country analogous to Riva (known as the Dragon States).
The Theice-Barius Supporters of Revolution (TBSR) are a secret organization of nonhumans within Doma City, seeking to support the interests of nonhumans within the country. Operatives can help nonhumans pass for human and even attempt to smuggle them out of the country. Two very high-ranking members are the vampire Selendrile (Cha's character, in Gaera Main the vampire who sired Jazz Tymisonn) and Vleian Sunstrider, a powerful wood elven druid exiled from his native Ka'thalar (some of you may remember his Gaera Main incarnation as being the commander of my forces in the Wargame).
Ake Tanner's father died when he was twelve. The loss of the family's breadwinner forced the already lower-class Tanners into dire straits; rather than being sent to a school for architects as he was in Gaera Main, an uneducated Ake wound up in a street gang. The opportunity to discover and fall in love with organized martial arts never came, but Ake's fighting spirit came out anyway, and now, as "Steelfist" Tanner, Ake practices extortion, muggery, and petty theft and has built a reputation as a fierce streetfighter.
The being analogous to Seryntas, however, is almost unrecognizable. Rather than the imposing 270-pound mass of greatsword-swinging, beer-guzzling, bounty hunting muscle possessed of a heart of gold and deep-seated emotional problems that he is in Gaera Main, he stalks the streets of Doma as the legendary assassin known as the Topaz Dragon, as cold and ruthless as he is skilled and clever. He has different deep-seated emotional problems than Main Seryntas, but they're there.
I really want Shini to flesh out Shadow Barius so I can figure out Shadow Boris.
Anyway. Anyone else want to contribute how their characters, countries, establishments, etc. are different in Shadow Gaera? <p>-_-___-___-___-_-
"The universe is all in the mind that perceives it, and sensation is the first and only reality. If a tree falls in the forest with no creature to hear it, then there is no tree."
-Dungeons and Dragons: Complete Arcane, page 167
Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>
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