tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post5890307421301335266..comments2023-11-10T03:46:58.196-05:00Comments on Dragging Blue Lake: Chapter 49: Amunet Sees The Ashes SurfacePenelopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-64722275724045144312009-11-11T23:46:24.693-05:002009-11-11T23:46:24.693-05:00I'll be looking forward to those chapters, the...I'll be looking forward to those chapters, then :)Maruutsuhttp://medieval-legacy.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-79266471521466055252009-11-11T20:40:33.489-05:002009-11-11T20:40:33.489-05:00Well I've had this story for over a year now, ...Well I've had this story for over a year now, Maruutsu. ;) And longer if you count the gameplay pre-story. <br /><br />The history lessons will probably abound in this story. We do have a character who was around for the Rose War and I would love to do a flashback or two of that. The photo shoot would be a total nightmare though. But if I could pull it off, it would be worth it.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-60596228257645316612009-11-11T16:04:34.722-05:002009-11-11T16:04:34.722-05:00Wow, you have all the backstory planned and everyt...Wow, you have all the backstory planned and everything! That's impressive. I don't even know the names of my clans yet.<br /><br />I want a History lesson on the Faes! Will we get more chapters like that?Maruutsuhttp://medieval-legacy.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-67526484769843004562009-11-10T19:46:08.881-05:002009-11-10T19:46:08.881-05:00Oh absolutely they have the political power becaus...Oh absolutely they have the political power because of their magic. I don't have exact dates yet (d'oh!) but the faes seized power about 500 years ago when their numbers were growing. They couldn't stay hidden any longer and they were interbreeding with humans. They had to join the rest of the world and they were not going to settle for assimilation. So they fought. The fae conquest (known as the Rose War) happened over several years and was won at the Battle of Arbormoor. I think this was during the reign of King Seriah II but I would have to verify on the family tree. And they won that war because they have magic and the other side didn't. <br /><br />Vampires are very low indeed. But most humans do not recognize the existence of vampires. This is just as well for the faes who despise vampires because their energies are tainted and they don't play well with others and it's a bureaucratic nightmare trying to keep them under wraps. <br /><br />Pleasantviewers are aware of faes and magic and all that jazz but many of them aren't so well-versed in their religious studies. For instance, before now, Elise couldn't really have told you what a Sheut was. And of course, vampires keep their nature closely guarded. <br /><br />Conversely, most humans in Veronaville <i>believe</i> in vampires. That is to say that they have no concrete evidence that vampires walk amongst them but their religious teachings tell them that vampires exist, so they believe.<br /><br />Great questions, Maruutsu! As always. And I'm glad that you like the new layout! :)Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-304898578297611172009-11-10T17:39:16.037-05:002009-11-10T17:39:16.037-05:00I forgot to comment on the new layout, but I love ...I forgot to comment on the new layout, but I love it. Now onto the chapter... I really like the faes! The fact that they live in a palace and have powers but still live in the same human civilization that the rest of the people live in intrigues me. Do the faes hold political power because of their "powers"? Vampires, on the other hand, are clearly not very well seen by society.<br /><br />But if Veronaville is so open about its otherworldly culture, why aren't the Pleasantview residents aware of it?<br /><br />(Unless people in Veronaville don't know about the faes and the vampires)Maruutsuhttp://medieval-legacy.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-60827002306025844812009-03-24T15:37:00.000-04:002009-03-24T15:37:00.000-04:00Thanks, Phoenix!Girl, you know I'm not updating un...Thanks, Phoenix!<BR/><BR/>Girl, you know I'm not updating until I leave the office tonight. :p<BR/><BR/>My projected time for Chapter 50 is between 8:00-9:00pm (but it may be earlier).Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-6924597075736074932009-03-24T14:59:00.000-04:002009-03-24T14:59:00.000-04:00Oh hey! I like the new header!!!*goes back to stal...Oh hey! I like the new header!!!<BR/><BR/>*goes back to stalking the blog in silence*Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310342796477898153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-52455956084563801142009-03-17T17:13:00.000-04:002009-03-17T17:13:00.000-04:00Thanks, Lisa. ;)Thanks, Lisa. ;)Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-33878922157460996022009-03-17T11:55:00.000-04:002009-03-17T11:55:00.000-04:00I love your ability to create your own world withi...I love your ability to create your own world within the world of Pleasantview & Veronaville.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-17677013903646194652009-03-15T16:22:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:22:00.000-04:00Oh! One more thing about this chapter-Zephyr is Pu...Oh! One more thing about this chapter-<BR/><BR/>Zephyr is Puck Summerdream and Ophelia Nigmos's daughter. Puck and Ophelia also have a son- Mistral Summerdream.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-62208524202418442392009-03-15T16:14:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:14:00.000-04:00You're right, Van! I forgot about Daphne. I'll hav...You're right, Van! I forgot about Daphne. I'll have to ponder a name for Bottom. Maybe it will also be something that starts with B. Probably Bastet. I'll poke around.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-66418006250880039412009-03-15T16:13:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:13:00.000-04:00hehehe Oh yeah, Alexei was the dude. He's normally...hehehe Oh yeah, Alexei was the dude. He's normally good about not killing his victims. Except for that one time. Someday it will become clear why he completely lost it when he killed Kelly.<BR/><BR/>Amunet wants to tell Kvornan about what happened when he gets back. From her description, I'm pretty sure that Kvornan would assume that it was Alexei. It's highly unlikely that there's another vampire in Veronaville crazy enough to attack faes and even less likely that that vampire would have hair the color of ashes.<BR/><BR/>I kind of wonder what Kvornan will do when he finds out. Part of me thinks that he'll just laugh it off with Alexei later like, "You did what?!?" Another part of me thinks that he'll be very pissed. <BR/><BR/>I'm having so much fun with the fae costuming. I recently made a sim for Imina Brylowe (the woman who had the affair with Amunet's brother) and I think that was my most successful costuming yet. Fun times.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-31959899522853655322009-03-15T14:49:00.000-04:002009-03-15T14:49:00.000-04:00Hmmm... maybe if you want you could rename Bottom ...Hmmm... maybe if you want you could rename Bottom like you renamed Lucy/Daphne, just in case you ever need her for some background stuff at the castle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-27035049365275333892009-03-15T14:37:00.000-04:002009-03-15T14:37:00.000-04:00You did a really awesome job with the background h...You did a really awesome job with the background here. Your set is too cool. <BR/><BR/>And wait wait wait wait wait. Hair the color of ashes? Is Amunet remembering Alexei?! Was SHE the one he went all batshit on? And she survived??? Oh trouble.<BR/><BR/>Excuse me while I go back a few chapters and stare. I really thought he had killed her.<BR/><BR/>OH! Is she going to tell Kvornan?! Is Kvornan going to kick ass?! Oh. I'm excited. <BR/><BR/>Random thought: I love Tara in her royalty garb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-74869745558978535252009-03-15T09:06:00.000-04:002009-03-15T09:06:00.000-04:00Thanks, Phoenix! This is another one of those sets...Thanks, Phoenix! This is another one of those sets where you didn't really get to see much because I like to zoom in on my characters. :( But Princess Bottom was in the bathing room too, sitting in the corner dressed and ready. Part of the reason why I don't show her is, well honestly, because I can convince myself to call anyone <I>Bottom</I>. WTF, EAxis? There were so many other characters in that play you could have named that poor girl after!<BR/><BR/>Alexei is in trouble. And what fascinates me the most about this (and what will probably fascinate Kvornan later) is the fact that he would go through with it full-knowing that it would probably not bode well for him. Why did he give in to her request and not close the wounds??? (I'm asking but of course, I know why. :P)<BR/><BR/>In shooting this chapter, I realized that Devi is prettier than Tara in a conventional sense as well as in a fae standard of beauty sense (I know, hard for you guys to see Devi scowling so far away in the first shot). But I wonder if that has had any impact on their personalities because I imagine that Devi has probably been praised for her beauty her entire life whereas Tara has never been praised for her beauty by anyone outside of her Papa and her consort. <BR/><BR/>But yeah, I think that many people think they were born in the wrong order. Tara could have been a great ruler. She's kind and compassionate but she has another, decidedly harder side too. Woe betide you if you get to see that side. By the way, we will get to see that side. <BR/><BR/>WWWOooooOOoooo, new RG!Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-52055591184909590722009-03-15T03:24:00.000-04:002009-03-15T03:24:00.000-04:00Wow, your set was brilliant! Silly Alexei! What ha...Wow, your set was brilliant! <BR/><BR/>Silly Alexei! What have you gotten yourself into? The ramifications of this are going to be long reaching I think?! <BR/><BR/>Tara look sooo...different in her temple clothes. And I agree with Van! It does sound like they were born in the wrong order. <BR/><BR/>*scurries back to finish proofreading*Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310342796477898153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-54967254357614188452009-03-15T01:44:00.000-04:002009-03-15T01:44:00.000-04:00Sounds to me like they were born in the wrong orde...Sounds to me like they were born in the wrong order. I wonder if their parents realize this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-70237903107535491912009-03-15T01:26:00.000-04:002009-03-15T01:26:00.000-04:00Whoah, that was fast!And yes indeed, Amunet was th...Whoah, that was fast!<BR/><BR/>And yes indeed, Amunet was the fae that Alexei attacked. He really knows how to pick them too- Amunet is both a close friend of the royal family and the sister of a Magus. Not someone that you really want to mess with. <BR/><BR/>Devi was brought up very differently from Tara. In fact, Devi didn't have much of a childhood, really. She was subjected to a lot of studying and traveling. She accompanies her father everywhere. It is essential that she knows as much as possible about policy-making, diplomacy, current affairs, economics, the military and dozens of other subjects that do nothing but make her yawn.<BR/><BR/>Tara was raised much the same way as other fae girls. She knows how to dance and play the harp, make pretty laces and conduct tea ceremonies. If she could have her druthers though, she would be the one sitting in on governmental meetings.Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-18685737566069834342009-03-15T01:13:00.000-04:002009-03-15T01:13:00.000-04:00Pen, your attention to detail amazes me :)So Amune...Pen, your attention to detail amazes me :)<BR/><BR/>So Amunet was the fae that Alexei attacked? Also, Devi seems quite different from Tara; this contrast intrigues me. Was Devi brought up somewhat differently, seeing as she is the heir to the throne?Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09325395792013382406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6140199280786281854.post-2590163795142553222009-03-15T01:02:00.000-04:002009-03-15T01:02:00.000-04:00Just in case anyone missed the BBL post and the co...Just in case anyone missed the BBL post and the context clues were not enough, Mahadeva=Kvornan. "Mahadeva" is an honorative term given to Proximus Deus. <BR/><BR/>Also, due to my stellar photo-editing skills (*cough*) that slip of paper really does say, "As per your request".Penelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697841178807127327noreply@blogger.com