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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 1941672" data-attributes="member: 8944">Donnaf,  Not all of the characters who are given "perspective" in the Story Hour are PCs - only the characters who recieved specific attention in the prologue (except Jeranna, who is/was a special case) were actually played. The rest are NPCs, some of whom may appear in the story only once or twice.  I use the multiple perspective model because I don't really like writing in the third person omniscient, but there's generally enough happening at any given time that a single perspective is not sufficient to communicate everything that I'd like to. So, I use the "camera shift" model to try to fill you in on what's happening without resorting to a book-report kind of style.  As to the lack of exposition...sorry. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I could launch a long tirade about the world around the characters at any given time (I think Xath has posted a link toward the beginning of the thread that has some more information about the world) but I prefer not to. Information dump almost guarantees that the details will be lost in the shuffle...and as the players can tell you - this story is all about the details.  But what (really) do we know so far?  The world is called Aeres, and the sun is called Aon. There are two moons - Homaenes and Tamaeres.  There's at least one major body of water - The Placid Sea. It's salty, which we know from the first couple of paragraphs. The adventure is happening in a place called "The Kingdom of the Falcon" or, alternatively, "The Falcon Kingdom" which is ruled (conveniently) by a King.  The Falcon Kingdom has a navy, as well as a military organization of some sort called the Talons - probably elite soldiers of one kind or another.  There is a bad guy known as the Bluestar who - though defeated in the past - is still feared in the present. Necromancy is clearly part of his portfolio.  Monsters, of any sort, are not commonly encountered.  There are guns and cannon, called Steeldrakes - and they are highly regulated by both a church (The Apectan Order) and the government.  There are at least two major faiths - the Fellowship of the Amastacia (a temple to this being is mentioned in one of the more recent entries) and the Apectan Order (probably founded by the Apecto mentioned in the Chapter 1 Header).  There's a lot more hidden in between the chest heaving, but those are the things that should be obvious (so far). Nonetheless, I don't want to seem like I'm arguing with a critic - there is a value in exposition, and as the tale unfurls, I'll do my best to tell you more about the places our intrepid band encounters. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Above all, welcome to the story hour, and welcome to Enworld - it's a great community, and we're glad to have you in it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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