[quote]Really like the look of this, and would love to join. Problem is I'm on holiday till the weekend so won't be able to start on a CS till then. Does that still give me time? [/quote]

Plenty. As I said in an above post, I don't plan to close things until sometime next week at the earliest.

[quote]I'd also like to throw my hat into this ring, unless it's considered bad form to have missed the initial interest check.[/quote]

It's not bad form at all. Feel free to throw your hat in! You'll receive the same scrutiny and the same chance that everyone else will.

[quote]how many different languages are spoken across the kingdoms? I'm curious how useful linguistics could be. Also, do the mountains have names? Particularly the mountain within Abagon[/quote]

Linguistics was just an example skill. Remember, you're free to make up your own. But essentially, while there are technically several languages throughout the realm, the Common language is essentially a bastardization of the Aldonian tongue with a mish-mash of everything else included. Will Linguistics be useful in this story? I'd rather not reveal that.

As far as mountain names go, thus far I've left them unnamed. As I said in the first post, however: "Players are free to further define elements already on the map, such as the cities and castles, and to invent their own places as well. Players are encouraged to make up other details such as noble houses, guilds, mercenary companies, monasteries, etc. as befits their character's background." If you want to name a mountain - or potentially even a mountain range - I'm fine with that, though I may vet the name.