Muttonhawk

Call of the Hunt [EliteCommander and Muttonhawk]

Sure thing. I had half a post done last night but I was pretty tired by that point. I'll get some breakfast and finish it in a little while.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

<Snipped quote by Muttonhawk>

For the longest time I accepted that pronunciation, but in recent years I have grown rather disenchanted with it - largely due to the fact that the letter 'H' is not pronounced as clearly as it is written. I believe a more appropriate pronunciation would go something like this:

KIN-EYE-JJJJJJ-HHHHHH-IT

(You know you're saying it right when you're feeling like you're about to have a heart attack.)

@Kho

That's the whole idea.

They're French. They can't handle sounding the letter h.

(I might have also heard an old old old English pronunciation that went 'ki-NEET,' but I can't remember where.)

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

...Much easier than saying knight how it is spelt.

@Kho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBHPmYIxaiI&t=11

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Huh, I always thought the hain got Jaan because their lips aren't as wormy as other races are, so Jvan might end up sounding like 'Juh-thahn' or 'Juh-fahn' or something.

I guess those two are yet more to add to the list.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Cheers. Thankfully, I used the mystery as inspiration for a section in my next post, so prepare yourselves for diacritics, boys and girls!

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Hey @Cyclone, how do you pronounce Xos? Does it rhyme with moss, morse, or comatose?

Call of the Hunt [EliteCommander and Muttonhawk]

"Ah, yes, the Aetherium," Karl said. He glanced up from his potato peeling every now and then. "As far as we can tell, in spite of the abundance of soul gem geodes and metal veins in this place, the Aetherium was the only thing we could find that the Dwemer were actually digging out. The reason that this cavern appears to have been so expanded is because the Dwemer cities skirting the entrances were working together -- or competing -- to mine and process as much as they could for a time. They were using it to make their more powerful enchantments, we believe, though the exact method remains a mystery. We have also seen signs that there was conflict over the Aetherium eventually...or perhaps over the means of exploiting it. But the conflict stopped rather suddenly. There are many lacunas in the few records we have found." He shrugged. "The only hint we have of how to work it is a specialised forge located somewhere, but it is not in anywhere in the cavern that we can find. In fact, we have seen signs that it may be in a separate Dwemer settlement somewhere to the south-east. Unfortunately, other priorities have precluded searching for it outside Blackreach. That has been the state of things for a few months now."

"It all sounds ominous," Sabine observed between slicing onions. "They mined it, they fought over it, and then they stopped. But we do not know why."

---

Exact expressions were mixed around the table. Oswall was high-chinned and had his arms crossed. Vera was sitting straight but appeared slightly pale. Janius was leaning his lips on his weaved fingers and his elbows on the table. Darahil was the same as always.

Fendros seated himself, placed one hand over the other flat on the table, and resumed slowly. "So, we have had a time to think. Does anyone have any further suggestions?"

Oswall cleared his throat. "My only thought was flying chauruses. But I do not know if they are so carefully trained."

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Lauder Have you got a shortlist? Do you have particular antics you want to get into? Do you have a picture in your head of what your character is going to be like?

Call of the Hunt [EliteCommander and Muttonhawk]

Lunise's expression went dour. "I can only call it an atrocity. To lose your history, your identity, even your very nature to become scrabbling savages. It is disgusting and pitiful whenever I hear of the Falmer." She clasped her hands behind her back. "Though, if the Snow Elves were too weak and defeated to maintain such things, perhaps it was an inevitable destiny."

Karl let out the rest of his breath rather than speak on.

Coincidental timing had Sabine hand Karl a knife and a small bag of potatoes. "Would you mind peeling these for me?"

"Of course," Karl quietly said. He put his cane aside and took the items. He bent his elbows to watch the first potato closely as he peeled it. He made up for his eyesight with dexterity, at least.

---

Fendros sucked in his lips and looked down. "Alright." He looked to Ahnasha. "We shall feel our way through it. But, as we go through the planning, just speak up if you aren't confident that the arrangements will work. You're one of the two going in. Don't think we have to make this work if it clearly cannot."

Tilting his head and giving a thin smile, Fendros reached down and squeezed Ahnasha's hand encouragingly. "I think it's time we headed in," he said.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@BBeast Even opening the links to look at the images while reading that post, the last bar of the music you added finished on the last line of the post. You must be a wizard.

Good post, though. I'm looking forward to Clockdog being the only denizen of that fortress that has its eternal favour. Also, you know, people occupying it and making history. And the whole Rosetta Stone collection you made in there.

I imagine the refugee hain from the ogre conquests to the east may find their sore eyes well rewarded. I would write that story myself if I didn't already have Yorum to deal with.