General Q and A

McKindle wrote:

Do giant predators have surnames? Would a predator was brought up in a society based around a more traditional family unit have one (like an Aloes elf?)

This question was on my mind as well and I was leaning towards giving my giant predator characters surnames. I don't see why some couldn't or shouldn't have them. The only tricky part (for me) is determining what the surname should be based off of. I tossed around the idea of using the mother's given name as a surname and I've also considered using the tribe/flock name as a surname. The father's given name could be used too but for some reason I doubt that idea would be very popular.

Oh, I almost forgot. In a traditional family unit I'm certain one of the parents surnames would be carried over.

I think surnames would appear where needed - i.e., in a large society, where not everyone knows everyone else and where different people may have the same given name. The first surnames would probably be either parent names (i.e. "X son of Y", or simply "X Y", where "Y" is the name of one of the parents), or a description ("X Carpenter"), especially where trades are a family affair and children traditionally follow in their parents' footsteps.

Does Balfrezagg have a neko population, at least a small one?

If it's connected to Felarya, I might assume that if there's no native nekos, there might be imported ones there, for a multitude of reasons...

As far as I know there isn't a requests / lost & found thread or anywhere else better to ask, so:
I read a story back during the "write about a guardian protecting some kind of treasure" contest that was about someone climbing a mountain during a snowstorm and about to freeze to death when she found an entrance to a warm cave where a naga lived guarding some treasure, which was in a deep hole such that nobody could retrieve it anyway. They were both trapped inside due to the harsh conditions on the mountain outside, so they lived there ever after.
Anyone else remember reading this and possibly who wrote it and where it is? I searched all over the Felarya group gallery and in DA's search function but turned up nothing.

parameciumkid wrote:

As far as I know there isn't a requests / lost & found thread or anywhere else better to ask, so:
I read a story back during the "write about a guardian protecting some kind of treasure" contest that was about someone climbing a mountain during a snowstorm and about to freeze to death when she found an entrance to a warm cave where a naga lived guarding some treasure, which was in a deep hole such that nobody could retrieve it anyway. They were both trapped inside due to the harsh conditions on the mountain outside, so they lived there ever after.
Anyone else remember reading this and possibly who wrote it and where it is? I searched all over the Felarya group gallery and in DA's search function but turned up nothing.

Hmm. I thought it was by NSFW-Studios, but I can't find it either.

Does anyone have any idea how the Rosic Neko village might work, and how they might react to certain things? Anyone with experience using them? As you probably know Silent-Eric seems to be difficult to get ahold of nowadays. DX

Assuming an exploration or adventurer's party came from Negav, how would they cross the Shard river, seeing as the nearest known bridge is located at the Ur-Sagol ruins, which forces whoever who wishes to cross it to go through the Fairy Pond?

Shady Knight wrote:

Assuming an exploration or adventurer's party came from Negav, how would they cross the Shard river, seeing as the nearest known bridge is located at the Ur-Sagol ruins, which forces whoever who wishes to cross it to go through the Fairy Pond?

There are likely many other potential crossing points. Bridges, fallen trees, and more.

The map does not and cannot show all landmarks.

I noticed on the wiki that elementals are described as being unorganized in terms of civilization, with lava elementals being an exception. However, I also noticed under chronology that there was an earth elemental princess (who died) known as Malyra. Wouldn't this imply that there is an earth elemental civilization somewhere near that of the lava elementals (as they are described as neighbors)?

On a similar note, how can Malyra be a princess? Given that elementals cannot breed and simply "come into being" and take a shape, how does she have that royalty signature?

^ That is a very good question. I have no idea at all.
And I have one of my own: is it plausible for an RP to end up canonized, at least in a vague form? If something that happens in the RP is so awesome and world-influencing that it bears worthiness of note in the wiki? I'm curious since it'd be pretty awesome if that happened to an RP in which I'd participated.

parameciumkid, I'd say no.
Very, very few stories are canonized.
Even stories that have canon characters are not necessarily canon.

Nyaha wrote:

Does anyone have any idea how the Rosic Neko village might work, and how they might react to certain things? Anyone with experience using them? As you probably know Silent-Eric seems to be difficult to get ahold of nowadays. DX

I'll try to get a hold of him for you.

I was wondering, does Felarya have a calendar system ? I mean the wiki doesn't have anything to say about this issue. all I know is that time does not flow like other worlds in Felarya and the sun is borrowed. can certain people celebrate certain dates they find special to them ? like a birthdays or whatnot ?

AzureJass wrote:

I was wondering, does Felarya have a calendar system ? I mean the wiki doesn't have anything to say about this issue. all I know is that time does not flow like other worlds in Felarya and the sun is borrowed. can certain people celebrate certain dates they find special to them ? like a birthdays or whatnot ?

Given the general isolation of most places, any calender systems would be unique to the people who made it.

rcs619 wrote:

AzureJass wrote:

I was wondering, does Felarya have a calendar system ? I mean the wiki doesn't have anything to say about this issue. all I know is that time does not flow like other worlds in Felarya and the sun is borrowed. can certain people celebrate certain dates they find special to them ? like a birthdays or whatnot ?

Given the general isolation of most places, any calender systems would be unique to the people who made it.

So the calendar in Negav city can be different then the calendar in say Chioita city, I see now.

AzureJass wrote:

rcs619 wrote:

AzureJass wrote:

I was wondering, does Felarya have a calendar system ? I mean the wiki doesn't have anything to say about this issue. all I know is that time does not flow like other worlds in Felarya and the sun is borrowed. can certain people celebrate certain dates they find special to them ? like a birthdays or whatnot ?

Given the general isolation of most places, any calender systems would be unique to the people who made it.

So the calendar in Negav city can be different then the calendar in say Chioita city, I see now.

Yep. I don't see how it could be the same. Two different cultures who have never once met. The days may be the same length for both, but I imagine the organization of their calenders would be quite different.

Personally, I always felt Negav would adopt a simple, utilitarian calender system that all offworlders and Negavians could easily pick up and keep track of. An organized and usable calender would be vital for business and trade.

Chiotia's... I don't know, maybe based around tidal cycles, the spawning of fish (which is an important part of their survival), or even crop cycles and such. It would be something personal to them, since they are the only ones who would need to use it.

Ilceren wrote:

That thing reminds me, there are no seasons in Felarya, right? I've only seen a reference to spring in a bio, but just that. The impression I got from the Physics page is that Felarya is in an eternal summer. If that's so, then inland calendars would mostly reflect the crop growth and harvest cycle, which is what would mark the passage of years.

I'm not completely sure how variable the weather in Felarya is really.

Some regions certainly see, to be locked in a certain climate... but I don't know. Whether or not there's regular weather patterns or "seasons" so to speak, would probably be up to Karo. The weird, pocket-dimension of Felarya does seem to like to mimic a true planet as best as possible at times.

rcs619 wrote:

would probably be up to Karo.

"The weather today is sunny"

But yeah Felarya is divided into multiple biomes, it's really hard to determine seasons, especially since the majority of known Felarya is jungle, which is generally a warm climate, so this will need Karbo's say on it... and not corn syrup's

Do we really need Karbo's say on this? I think The Corn Syrup has made a pretty good arguement on the subject.

Felarya's seasons, or lack thereof have been discussed before.
Edit: The text above is a link to the thread.

As long as it is relevant and takes into account the discussion so far; sure, I see no problem.
As for that Flash, wherever it was hosted doesn't have it anymore and I'm pretty sure I didn't back it up. It wasn't anything too complex anyway.

Do the Followers of Lataran have any sort of religious building in Negav, like a church?

Nyaha wrote:

Does anyone have any idea how the Rosic Neko village might work, and how they might react to certain things? Anyone with experience using them? As you probably know Silent-Eric seems to be difficult to get ahold of nowadays. DX

Oh ye of little faith. Ask and ye shall receive. To bear my blessing of knowledge, you need only face the setting sun and recite the arcane scriptures of Tule Azurak after playing a short refrain of your choice on a flute or other wind instrument. As our good friend AJ has done.


Ahem. All silliness aside, any specific queiries? Such as what they might be reacting to? And when? Is this the entire village or a typical villager? Their first time seeing it presumably?

There are a ton of things I need to know. Have you seen the note and the PM I sent you yet? ^^;

Among the things included are how the setting of the village would be described, how they would react collectively and individually to certain things, ie an 'electric guitar', a member returning without a souvenir from their 'quest', etc., all while making sure it's coherent 40 years in the past.