[@The Angry Goat] Yay thanks for showing interest! As for your character idea, yes, that's totally viable. Actually, the group will need a character who can maintain an "aegis" for them while they're out on the  icefields and away from the protective barrier that enshrouds the continent (the one that keeps people from freezing to death). This aegis would be a mini-barrier so to speak, similar to the massive barrier protecting the Varyan homeland but much smaller, only large enough to protect a hundred people or so. Just an idea!

[@shylarah] Aw thanks for the kind words! As for your questions:

- Yes, Omestri slaves could have made the perilous journey south to Lanostre and there could be half-blood Omestrians with Lanostran parents. Though they did suffer prejudice from all the races, not *everyone* subscribed to the idea that Omestrians were heretics, so there were definitely places in all the nations where Omestrians could live freely and intermingle with the local population. These days, half-blooded Omestrian children serving in the Varyan military or priesthood isn't considered a big deal, just as long as they can pull their weight. There are also "free" Omestrians, be they pure-blooded or half-blooded, who were granted freedom by certain individuals (usually well-meaning nobles and the like).

- In the second century after Varya conquered the nations of T'sarae, Muraad and Omestris, the empire focused all its attention on building their monstrous steam city, Magnagrad, and with it, a massive army capable of surviving and conquering the deadly soldiers of Lanostre. They used the scientific acumen of the T'saraen people to modernize their armies, developing mechanized and armored weapons and vehicles to combat the comparatively primitive Lanostran warriors. Basically, their battles looked like tanks and infantry versus armored knights, only in this case the knights were so much more skilled and powerful than the infantry that they actually made a fight out of it.

- In regards to ether running out when all the other Remnants are captured... well, it actually won't run out. As long as captive populations continue to breed, then there should be enough ether to last. Ether can also be harvested from the beasts in the wild. I should mention that a slave who's ether has been harvested doesn't die immediately (as long as they are within the protective barrier that shrouds the continents from the magical cold that instantly freezes people). The process does leave them severely weakened though and they would require immediate medical attention to survive the extraction. All in all, it's pretty terrible, as you can imagine-- only living to have your blood drained time in time again, existing in a perpetual state of weakness, all while being imprisoned. Being an Omestrian ether slave sucks!

Hope that answers your questions! If you have any more, fire away! 

[@Drakey] That's fine, though I think this process will continue past the weekend, so you can take part then.