ukingsken
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Well I am currently running an adventure in the KoJ, and have been talking to Don Incognito whose next adventures heavily features a character from there. As such obviously some detail is getting added there to a place i nthe transitive isles that is currently more vague then most.
During the process I spoke with some of the judges, and specifically Graf who had a lot to do with concepting the kingdom. A lot of what we've used is stuff from some of Graf's old posts that were never added to the wiki.
I'd like to kind of talk over some of that stuff, as well as some of mine and Don's stuff and then hopefully put some more meat into the Wiki.
This first quote is some stuff that Graf fired off to me in a message, and I found it clarified a lot of what was in the Wiki.
Graf's Discussion Thread Post RE: KOJ
Beyond that there are two characters with histories involving the KOJ, my own linked in the bottom of this post and Cross.
The only other existing information thus far is stuff I have cooked up for my adventure and a character featuring strongly in Don's adventure.
A couple things worth noting from my own thus far are that I have introduced several prominent figures Including:
1) Lao Teshlyn who is a court magus of some sort (whether singular or part of a group was left open). She is a water Genasi wizard, and a member of one of the only ruling noble families to not dissent with the rule of the Dragonborn.
2) Hedorai Litora is a personal aide to the Iron General (the current shogun). He is a powerfully built Dragonborn with many scars, but his abilities are unclear.
3) The Iron General is the leader of the dragonborn military (The Iron Legion) and the only development that I have done beyond what Graf gave me was to give him several interchangeable titles including "The Platinum Shogun", "Wielder of the Thousand Edge Blade", & "5th Savior of the Kingdom of Jade.
Beyond that I have created a town near the edge of contested territory between the Kingdom of Jade and the Oni, suggesting the Oni do have some sort of physical holding, but have done little to define the shape or location of this town.
Anyway that's what I've got for now. If nothing else I'd like to see a lot of what Graf wrote up, and the few persons of interest added to the wiki. Thoughts?
During the process I spoke with some of the judges, and specifically Graf who had a lot to do with concepting the kingdom. A lot of what we've used is stuff from some of Graf's old posts that were never added to the wiki.
I'd like to kind of talk over some of that stuff, as well as some of mine and Don's stuff and then hopefully put some more meat into the Wiki.
This first quote is some stuff that Graf fired off to me in a message, and I found it clarified a lot of what was in the Wiki.
Graf said:The genasi were orginally a nobal caste in the kingdom of jade. The ruler of Jade, the emperor, was served by a corps of dragonborn as his loyal warriors, and each of the noble houses ascended in order to the empereroriship. Each was associated with an elemental dragon.
The coming shadow destablized the emperor and the dragonborn military claimed power as shogun and supported ostennsibly by the Iron dragon. While some of the genasi refuse to bow to the iron emperor many of them, landless minor nobles, have embraced the new authority projected by the Iron Shogun. The third iron shogun presided over a cultural Renaissance of sorts, albeit a very constrained, minimalistic one. It embraced (zen-like) art and culture as a way to resist the influence of the shadow and maintain their civilization during a state of near perpetual war. The current shogun, the fifth, is attempting a similar Renaissance.
Jade means purity and was associated with the emperor. Eventually jade is pure but vulnerable. The new philosophy of the empire emphasizes strength and devotion to a great cause; destruction of self to a certain degree Its called the way of iron.
Graf's Discussion Thread Post RE: KOJ
Beyond that there are two characters with histories involving the KOJ, my own linked in the bottom of this post and Cross.
The only other existing information thus far is stuff I have cooked up for my adventure and a character featuring strongly in Don's adventure.
A couple things worth noting from my own thus far are that I have introduced several prominent figures Including:
1) Lao Teshlyn who is a court magus of some sort (whether singular or part of a group was left open). She is a water Genasi wizard, and a member of one of the only ruling noble families to not dissent with the rule of the Dragonborn.
2) Hedorai Litora is a personal aide to the Iron General (the current shogun). He is a powerfully built Dragonborn with many scars, but his abilities are unclear.
3) The Iron General is the leader of the dragonborn military (The Iron Legion) and the only development that I have done beyond what Graf gave me was to give him several interchangeable titles including "The Platinum Shogun", "Wielder of the Thousand Edge Blade", & "5th Savior of the Kingdom of Jade.
Beyond that I have created a town near the edge of contested territory between the Kingdom of Jade and the Oni, suggesting the Oni do have some sort of physical holding, but have done little to define the shape or location of this town.
Anyway that's what I've got for now. If nothing else I'd like to see a lot of what Graf wrote up, and the few persons of interest added to the wiki. Thoughts?
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