TheBrassDuke
Explorer
It looks like Sep, unlike Oronthon, has abandoned the world...
Aeon (updated 10/9/14)
- Thread starter Sepulchrave II
- Start date
remetagross
First Post
Didn't come here in four years, but that means I just got to read the 2014 updates 
come on Sep, we know you're here somewhere hearing our pleas!
come on Sep, we know you're here somewhere hearing our pleas!Hi all,
This may sound quite presumptuous and more than a little odd, especially given the relative inactivity of this thread in the past two years, so please do excuse me if I seem intrusive. Here it goes...
I haven't been following this story hour for quite as long as some of you undoubtedly have. I started reading it in the summer of 2012, following recommendation from a certain user on GiantInthePlayground, to whom I owe many thanks, for this was certainly one of the finest fantasy novels that I have read and quite probably, I suspect, that I will have read for a long, long time. Night after night, I would read about Lady Despina, Eadric, Mostin the Metagnostic, Nwm the Preceptor, and Ortwin of Jiuhu, of Rintrah, Feezu, and Graz'zt. Being a good ten years late for the story, I had a lot to catch up with, and in that summer it almost felt like these stories would never end, just the way I wanted it.
Then it did, and Wyre was, it seems, perpetually trapped in this moment of stasis, waiting for a dawn that would never come.
I don't suppose I can share exactly how much this story hour influenced me, but then again, I wouldn't need to, as I am sure that each one of us had been shaped in one way or another by Sep's sublime narratives. Suffice to say that this sage has informed much of my own style of gaming, writing, and thinking, which brings me to my point.
I originally joined ENWorld to approach Sepulchrave with a glimmer of hope that Sep would allow me to translate his works - I understand that he lacked interest in formally publishing the stories; however I truly wish that more readers of fantasy had the chance to read this story and feel as we had felt. I had hoped that he would grant me the permission to share his work in a different language (as some of you might have already gathered from my writing, English is not my first language - I'm a native Chinese speaker) and sharing it in some electronic format of Sepulchrave's choice. My plan never worked out since I was busy with my life and thought that my procrastination would do this work a disservice. It didn't help either when I kept losing my username and password (Having to retrieve your username and password pretty much every time you needed to login quickly became tedious) before I could muster the courage to even contemplate approaching Sep with this offer. Although I still lurk these boards regularly just to keep an eye on this story hour, I could never bring myself to send a PM to Sep.
Now that I'm ready to move on to the next stage of my life, I thought it'd be about the right timing to finish my long overdue message for Sep. Having re-registered my username (I think my old one might have been deleted due to long period of inactivity), I decided it would be prudent to check Sep's recent activity before sending anything. I was surprised to see that Sepulchrave was last active in late 2015 (It never really occurred to me to examine his activity until now, for some reason, even though I check his thread every other week or so). I was under the impression that Sep was still around these boards, just taking a long, well-deserved break from this story. Or perhaps the story, as well as the campaign, was put on indefinite hiatus. Either way, I intended to translate what is available (I mean, there are plenty of unfinished works that were still published - a masterpiece deserves as much). But I did not anticipate the possibility that Sep could have already left ENWorld...
Therefore, my friends, I must ask a favour. Can anyone let me know if they have means of reaching Sep beyond PMs? I intend to send a PM regardless but as this is a new account, I can't do it just yet, and I'd like to know if there are alternative means of communication if I cannot reach Sep on this site. Thank you, everyone.
This may sound quite presumptuous and more than a little odd, especially given the relative inactivity of this thread in the past two years, so please do excuse me if I seem intrusive. Here it goes...
I haven't been following this story hour for quite as long as some of you undoubtedly have. I started reading it in the summer of 2012, following recommendation from a certain user on GiantInthePlayground, to whom I owe many thanks, for this was certainly one of the finest fantasy novels that I have read and quite probably, I suspect, that I will have read for a long, long time. Night after night, I would read about Lady Despina, Eadric, Mostin the Metagnostic, Nwm the Preceptor, and Ortwin of Jiuhu, of Rintrah, Feezu, and Graz'zt. Being a good ten years late for the story, I had a lot to catch up with, and in that summer it almost felt like these stories would never end, just the way I wanted it.
Then it did, and Wyre was, it seems, perpetually trapped in this moment of stasis, waiting for a dawn that would never come.
I don't suppose I can share exactly how much this story hour influenced me, but then again, I wouldn't need to, as I am sure that each one of us had been shaped in one way or another by Sep's sublime narratives. Suffice to say that this sage has informed much of my own style of gaming, writing, and thinking, which brings me to my point.
I originally joined ENWorld to approach Sepulchrave with a glimmer of hope that Sep would allow me to translate his works - I understand that he lacked interest in formally publishing the stories; however I truly wish that more readers of fantasy had the chance to read this story and feel as we had felt. I had hoped that he would grant me the permission to share his work in a different language (as some of you might have already gathered from my writing, English is not my first language - I'm a native Chinese speaker) and sharing it in some electronic format of Sepulchrave's choice. My plan never worked out since I was busy with my life and thought that my procrastination would do this work a disservice. It didn't help either when I kept losing my username and password (Having to retrieve your username and password pretty much every time you needed to login quickly became tedious) before I could muster the courage to even contemplate approaching Sep with this offer. Although I still lurk these boards regularly just to keep an eye on this story hour, I could never bring myself to send a PM to Sep.
Now that I'm ready to move on to the next stage of my life, I thought it'd be about the right timing to finish my long overdue message for Sep. Having re-registered my username (I think my old one might have been deleted due to long period of inactivity), I decided it would be prudent to check Sep's recent activity before sending anything. I was surprised to see that Sepulchrave was last active in late 2015 (It never really occurred to me to examine his activity until now, for some reason, even though I check his thread every other week or so). I was under the impression that Sep was still around these boards, just taking a long, well-deserved break from this story. Or perhaps the story, as well as the campaign, was put on indefinite hiatus. Either way, I intended to translate what is available (I mean, there are plenty of unfinished works that were still published - a masterpiece deserves as much). But I did not anticipate the possibility that Sep could have already left ENWorld...
Therefore, my friends, I must ask a favour. Can anyone let me know if they have means of reaching Sep beyond PMs? I intend to send a PM regardless but as this is a new account, I can't do it just yet, and I'd like to know if there are alternative means of communication if I cannot reach Sep on this site. Thank you, everyone.
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grodog
Hero
I had Sep's email and phone c. 2002-3-ish, but I don't believe I have his current contact information. Perhaps [MENTION=141]Cheiromancer[/MENTION] may?
Allan.
May I ask if there is any reason to believe that his old e-mail is no longer in use? I know I am grasping at straws here, but really, any possible means of communication with even a faint possibility of reaching him is appreciated.
In fact, while we are at it, if anyone knows of Sep's contact info, but are unsure about sharing it due to privacy concerns, would you mind relaying my message above to Sep? Thanks a lot.
Cheiromancer
Explorer
I have a gmail address from 2006. I'll send him a note.
Knightfall
World of Kulan DM
I have an old hotmail email address for him. Would that even be relevant now?
Oh, hey! I hope that was me. I would be blessed to know I was able to share this jewel with even one other person.
Anyway, I'm sorry for those of you with email alerts. I think we can safely say Sep has moved on. What we do have is still here, and that is treasure enough. I'm not sure how many more years I'll remember my Enworld password, but to those of you whose names bring me joy and memories; grodog, cheiromancer, Tleilaxu And the rest, thank you, and bless you.
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I haven't been active in the past few weeks, nor have I sent out my PM draft to Sep since I was busy getting ready to graduate... I will probably still do so, despite what Siuis had said (even though I do believe that Siuis is correct in that Sep has probably moved on from Wyre), because well, who knows. Even if we never get to see an update on Wyre again, I may one day get the consent from Sep to translate what we have.
Thank you everyone for your effort and time, and thank you Siuis for the beautiful note. Do stay hopeful, and perhaps one day we will meet again.
Edit: I just sent the PM to Sep. I know that I'll probably have to wait a long time to get a reply, if I were to get one at all, but that's okay - Wyre is worth all the waiting
P.S. Siuis, I tried looking up the thread on GITP where I was introduced to Wyre, I couldn't find it. Did you reply to an OP who was asking for good campaign journals or something along the line?
Thank you everyone for your effort and time, and thank you Siuis for the beautiful note. Do stay hopeful, and perhaps one day we will meet again
.Edit: I just sent the PM to Sep. I know that I'll probably have to wait a long time to get a reply, if I were to get one at all, but that's okay - Wyre is worth all the waiting
P.S. Siuis, I tried looking up the thread on GITP where I was introduced to Wyre, I couldn't find it. Did you reply to an OP who was asking for good campaign journals or something along the line?
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TheBrassDuke
Explorer
Is anyone still printing this thing? I'd pay for the compilation, lol.
TheBrassDuke
Explorer
Also, if anyone has anything related to the most comprehensive information relating to Mulissu, Iua and Ulao--I would love to see it. Mulissu is my absolute favorite character in ToW, with Iua coming pretty close in the top ten, and I'm also interested in learning more about Ulao.
Mulissu was an inspiration for a character of mine:
Commissions for me by Maria Jang aka Soda222 (on DeviantArt). Please do not use these images for any reason; they were expensive.
Kletian the Sorcerer
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/CainePorter/IMG_3289_zpsqmjwbvnx.png
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/CainePorter/IMG_3288_zpsjbqyqx1z.png
Edit: (and yes, Kletian's outfit is a recolor/design version of the robes worn by the Geometer, from Complete Arcane.)
And to Cheiromancer and Grodog: you two have been following since the beginning, and seem to know the most about this. Would you like to connect via Facebook? If so, PM me the details! Let's chat!
Mulissu was an inspiration for a character of mine:
Commissions for me by Maria Jang aka Soda222 (on DeviantArt). Please do not use these images for any reason; they were expensive.
Kletian the Sorcerer
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/CainePorter/IMG_3289_zpsqmjwbvnx.png
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/CainePorter/IMG_3288_zpsjbqyqx1z.png
Edit: (and yes, Kletian's outfit is a recolor/design version of the robes worn by the Geometer, from Complete Arcane.)
And to Cheiromancer and Grodog: you two have been following since the beginning, and seem to know the most about this. Would you like to connect via Facebook? If so, PM me the details! Let's chat!
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Yes, actually, but several times! Also brought up Sagiro's storyhour, most times.
Regardless, glad to have you around, friend. The more the merrier. I just wish Sep was a touch less amazing so we could try and guess the ending, but I guess enjoying the riches we already have will have to do
grodog
Hero
Guys,
guys,
guys.
I don't know if you can feel it through my writing but I am almost hyperventilating right now.
I just received a message from Sepulchrave, who just kindly granted me the permission to translate the Wyre Saga!
(I quite literally had to paused a few minutes by this point just to calm myself down for a bit.)
Now that I've taken my deep breaths, I need to ask a few more favours - while I'm still trying to work out the technicalities of this project, I'd like to ask some of the readers who have put in significant efforts in the past to put together a collection of Wyre Saga (by [MENTION=141]Cheiromancer[/MENTION]) and a Wyrish glossary (by [MENTION=1289]tleilaxu[/MENTION]) - would the two of you mind if I translate or otherwise make use of these resources to make this project easier? I've never tagged anyone on ENWorld, so if I'm not doing this correctly, can someone tag them for me? Thanks.
guys,
guys.
I don't know if you can feel it through my writing but I am almost hyperventilating right now.
I just received a message from Sepulchrave, who just kindly granted me the permission to translate the Wyre Saga!
(I quite literally had to paused a few minutes by this point just to calm myself down for a bit.)
Now that I've taken my deep breaths, I need to ask a few more favours - while I'm still trying to work out the technicalities of this project, I'd like to ask some of the readers who have put in significant efforts in the past to put together a collection of Wyre Saga (by [MENTION=141]Cheiromancer[/MENTION]) and a Wyrish glossary (by [MENTION=1289]tleilaxu[/MENTION]) - would the two of you mind if I translate or otherwise make use of these resources to make this project easier? I've never tagged anyone on ENWorld, so if I'm not doing this correctly, can someone tag them for me? Thanks.
Cheiromancer
Explorer
I don't mind at all. I would have to be pretty arrogant to assert a right to be considered, given as all I did was cut and paste.
I don't envy you the task of translating some of this recondite vocabulary. If the target language has a good translation of Jack Vance you might find some good pointers, though. What language are you translating it in to?
I don't envy you the task of translating some of this recondite vocabulary. If the target language has a good translation of Jack Vance you might find some good pointers, though. What language are you translating it in to?
Thank you both kindly!
@Cheiromancer I will be translating it into Mandarin Chinese, possibly with help from a (few) friend(s) of mine. I do realize that it would be quite a challenging project, and hope that the outcome would still capture a fraction of the charm in Sep's writings. There is, in fact, a translation of Jack Vance's anthology in Chinese, which I've read a couple of years back; however, having never read the original writings of Jack Vance, I am afraid that I cannot comment on the quality of the translation. Nevertheless, I might use it as a reference from time to time.
@tleilaxu it should still be a good starting point - I will likely modify it as the story progresses. For now, it should be more than enough to help the prospective readers remember the characters from Lady Despina's virtue.
@Cheiromancer I will be translating it into Mandarin Chinese, possibly with help from a (few) friend(s) of mine. I do realize that it would be quite a challenging project, and hope that the outcome would still capture a fraction of the charm in Sep's writings. There is, in fact, a translation of Jack Vance's anthology in Chinese, which I've read a couple of years back; however, having never read the original writings of Jack Vance, I am afraid that I cannot comment on the quality of the translation. Nevertheless, I might use it as a reference from time to time.
@tleilaxu it should still be a good starting point - I will likely modify it as the story progresses. For now, it should be more than enough to help the prospective readers remember the characters from Lady Despina's virtue.
