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Such Haukes, Such Hounds

@Raptorman: While, we've already managed a bit of talk about Sir and Lin'Lise, I suppose I never really mentioned much beyond a few vague points. Sir would probably see Lin'Lise as a figure of authority, but more importantly, her appearance would make her something curious and closer to present, she'd be a mother, a very important role in his eyes, as well as someone who knows just where he likes to be scratched. During the first few years, he probably would have treated her as an older sibling. Not necessarily someone with a greater authority than him, but definitely someone who has more experience. But after Vel'Lis was born, he'd have treated her with much greater deference and a calmer attitude altogether.

@Chromane: Roderick + tree = climbing, new fact learned lol I see your point there. He would be rather less impressive whilst being dragged out of a tree as a youngster.

Such Haukes, Such Hounds

That answer is perfect, thanks Lexicon. I meant it in both ways, for permanent and intermittent visits. I figured it'd be useful to everyone to have a set timeline to work off of without having to read through the bios(again) for the references. I mean, none of them are overly hard to find, but it's always handy to have a cheat sheet. And just make sure everyone's on the same page.

And, speaking of pages... Considering Riven and Sir have a roughly similar role in court, albeit Sir's is much simplified, how d'you think they've gotten on in the past? Sir would have been there during her mother's time, but he would have been introduced as a secondary measure, maybe for security purposes when the Royal Protectors leave the castle, since they can't be there all the time. I'm just wondering if maybe Riven, or Galene, might have thought him unnecessary or frivolous or appreciated having a little extra security? Or if she doesn't think of him as anything more than a really big dog? Her reaction to him would temper his reaction to her, as I think the only thing he'd consider interesting about her beyond that she stayed near Erasmus a lot was the chymistry smell about her.

Such Haukes, Such Hounds

Since I suppose the interest part is done, I'll just post here. Totally wasn't stalking the threads... Nopenopenope.

Sorry to hear you're not feeling too great, Maxwell. Hopefully those painkillers do the trick, and do not run out, at all. Because it sucks to run out of painkillers before you run out of pain. No rush if you need to just leave off for a bit, seriously, I'm sure we all know what it feels like to be out of sorts. We can wait.

Also, whoohooo! I am so excited! This is, I believe, going to be great. I really do hope so. It has certainly had a promising start. And I agree with you on Sir being weak. It's kinda funny to see a six foot beast that way, but he probably is the weakest of the bunch. If you think he needs additions, we can talk about that, or he might just wind up being the weak link, or dying... That's life. Especially when life consists of a large force invading your home with powerful magic and lots of soldiers.

Umm, now, I was wondering, for the sake of keeping intersecting histories clear, do I have the numbers right here for how many years individual characters have been at the Court? Some of them seemed like they might have been involved to a lesser extent early on, so I added brackets, but I think I got the timeline sort of right. Maybe..

Roderick - 20 (30)
Taula - 20
Lin’Lise – 19
Nykerius – 17
Sir - 11
Riven – 7 (25)

Coven: Shattered

Heh, I was thinking, if she's the mother, then him being the Lord rather than her would either A) be because she did the equivalent of abdicating, and therefore gave up her rights and probably wouldn't be getting them back, B) had no original claim because it wasn't as hereditary as the titles are in our world, or C) be because she was dead. But I wasn't sure about his age, so I figured I'd ask. On the off chance she might still be alive. I'm not entirely against playing someone near death's door, but I'll have to think on it. Probably won't, for those reasons you mentioned.

However, point B brings up the question of why the majority of the witches in this coven would be worried about the power vacuum more than I wonder who will become Lord and Lady next? If it's a hereditary title, then there would seem to be some acceptance of who has the right to take such a position, and if there are nobles, then anyone without a title would have a far far far lower natural right to such a position than even the lowest ranking noble among them.

So, who would our characters be watching or paying attention to or toadying up to or making problems for? Do we have names?

And should any character with the goal of having the leadership role within their grasp be of noble heritage, or, at the very least, have a noble in their pocket?

Coven: Shattered

Also, Ichthys, would the mother of Lord Bayard be a person I should not consider as an option for a character?

EDIT: Another limit that might be had to this seeing magic thing, is the very simple fact that the more magic is used, the thicker it is liable to be in that area. If there are a lot of spells happening around Atlas, they are likely to blend together and create some level of difficulty for him to differentiate between a person, spell or wall if he has to move quickly and can't give this sense his full attention.

Coven: Shattered

If you want to include the colours, Milieu, while I quite like the monochrome idea of Schradinger, actually, that whole concept is nice. If you like the colours, it'd be a pretty simple step to go from monchromatic to giving each magical presence a shade of colour.

If I'm reading things rightly, the haze of magic is kind of like a mist/light/sensation, however Atlas would be sensing it. And mist and light can be quite colourful. It'd probably be a more subtle thing, and kind of an only out of the corner of his eye(or at the edge of his awareness, fleeting and gone if he focuses on it). So it could make perfect sense to sneak colour in that way, and have him slowly working his way towards learning how to 'see' the colours and understand them, from what started out as monochromatic.

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Lol, I totally have.

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Raptorman, your breath now smells like worms. :P

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All of the excitement.

Magic-Centered, GOT-like Cool RP idea

Well, the first manned air balloons didn't exist until the late 18th century, but the whole heat can make light things float was known well before that. So I could see it being feasible that a group of people with a possibly dangerous route connecting them to the rest of civilization might try experimenting on the matter more than most, and, having magic might help speed the process along in the case of not needing to develop the same technology, though they would need to get the spells right. They'd probably be far more confident loading things into these airships than people. And would likely still be far more ready to transport expensive things the oldfashioned way, in case of a spell going wrong or the wind deciding to carry something away or it being too heavy. Likely they'd still need at least one witch on the ground following along as a sort of, magic tether to keep the ship going the way they want it to. Or to pull it quickly down to the ground should the weather act up and be a buffer against rough landings.

EDIT: Totally just wikiing this... But there's also an interesting theory that they were used to help make those ground figures in Peru. Not sure about that one, but it would put manned air balloons as possible 5th century creations. Though not in a European culture...