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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce Heard" data-source="post: 6212724" data-attributes="member: 6746560"><p><strong>Bye-Bye Princess Ark. . . Hello Calidar</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #660000"><strong>Dear Readers,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Now that the project is well under way, I believe time has come to say more about the <em>World of Calidar</em> and who is part of the creative team.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As I'd pointed out earlier, this fantasy setting is entirely new and does not rely on any specific game system. Calidar emphasizes skyship adventures. The final product is intended to include a gazetteer and a poster map. Written materials should amount to about 80,000 words, of which 60% will be a story unveiling the adventures of the <em>Star Phoenix</em> and her crew under <em>Captain Isledemer d'Alberran</em>'s command. The latter are inspired from the <em>Princess Ark</em> episodes published in <em>Dragon Magazine</em> twenty years ago. Though the ship, her crew, and their strange new world are different from those of the original series, the analogy remains intact in style and spirit. The booklet (color) will be available both as an e-product and in print. Because of print-on-demand limitations, the poster map will be offered separately and in print only.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #660000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>A Few <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Words About Calidar</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The vast majority of its population came from three lunar empires—the humans from Manaan, the elves from Alorea, and the dwarves as well as their gnomish cousins from Kragdûr. The fellfolk, a race of small but fierce people, are the planet's original inhabitants. Calidar is </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> imbued with a feral magic hostile to the expansion of civilization, </span>a dangerous world only partially settled by the three outer world empires. A central region called the <em>Great Caldera</em>, a three-thousand-mile-large crater partially filled with an inner sea and ringed with towering mountains, serves as the cradle of civilization. There, the empires overcame nature’s ferocity and established sprawling colonies. But over time, they rebelled and, after a long period of conflict known as the <em>Sky Wars</em>, the new realms earned their independence from the overlords. A fragile truce now remains between the three empires and their former colonies. Beyond the <em>Great Caldera</em> </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">lies what is known as the <em>Dread Lands</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The truth is that two lunar empires are overpopulated and exceeding their natural resources. The other, more attuned to nature, now stagnates, unwilling to further harm its own world. It was the reason for the rush to establish colonies on Calidar. There was, and still is, another reason. Traveling </span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">the immense distances between Calidar and its moons, and reaching other worlds gravitating around the Great Soltan </span>is only possible with a certain type of magic. At the heart of imperial rivalries lies a strange substance called <em>Seitha</em>, which enables skyships to become incorporeal and travel at fantastic speeds. Though it can be found on the moons, the existence of the precious <em>Seitha</em> has been declining there since its discovery. The <em>Dread Lands</em> now remain its principal source and the origin of many conflicts to obtain it.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>***</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em>The remainder of this article goes on to describe the various types of skyships commonly found in this strange new world. It also introduces the artists contributing to the project, and unveils key details about the upcoming Kickstarter campaign scheduled for December 2013, along with surveys to help better tailor funding efforts. Your interest and feedback are highly welcome to ensure the best possible success for this new venture!</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Look for the full article <strong><em>"Bye-Bye Princess Ark. . . Hello Calidar"</em></strong> on Bruce-Heard.Blogspot.com</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span>Thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce Heard, post: 6212724, member: 6746560"] [b]Bye-Bye Princess Ark. . . Hello Calidar[/b] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#660000][B]Dear Readers,[/B][/COLOR] Now that the project is well under way, I believe time has come to say more about the [I]World of Calidar[/I] and who is part of the creative team. As I'd pointed out earlier, this fantasy setting is entirely new and does not rely on any specific game system. Calidar emphasizes skyship adventures. The final product is intended to include a gazetteer and a poster map. Written materials should amount to about 80,000 words, of which 60% will be a story unveiling the adventures of the [I]Star Phoenix[/I] and her crew under [I]Captain Isledemer d'Alberran[/I]'s command. The latter are inspired from the [I]Princess Ark[/I] episodes published in [I]Dragon Magazine[/I] twenty years ago. Though the ship, her crew, and their strange new world are different from those of the original series, the analogy remains intact in style and spirit. The booklet (color) will be available both as an e-product and in print. Because of print-on-demand limitations, the poster map will be offered separately and in print only.[/FONT] [COLOR=#660000][FONT=Verdana][B]A Few [FONT=Verdana]Words About Calidar[/FONT][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The vast majority of its population came from three lunar empires—the humans from Manaan, the elves from Alorea, and the dwarves as well as their gnomish cousins from Kragdûr. The fellfolk, a race of small but fierce people, are the planet's original inhabitants. Calidar is [/FONT][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana] imbued with a feral magic hostile to the expansion of civilization, [/FONT]a dangerous world only partially settled by the three outer world empires. A central region called the [I]Great Caldera[/I], a three-thousand-mile-large crater partially filled with an inner sea and ringed with towering mountains, serves as the cradle of civilization. There, the empires overcame nature’s ferocity and established sprawling colonies. But over time, they rebelled and, after a long period of conflict known as the [I]Sky Wars[/I], the new realms earned their independence from the overlords. A fragile truce now remains between the three empires and their former colonies. Beyond the [I]Great Caldera[/I] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]lies what is known as the [I]Dread Lands[/I]. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana] [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]The truth is that two lunar empires are overpopulated and exceeding their natural resources. The other, more attuned to nature, now stagnates, unwilling to further harm its own world. It was the reason for the rush to establish colonies on Calidar. There was, and still is, another reason. Traveling [/FONT][FONT=Verdana][FONT=Verdana]the immense distances between Calidar and its moons, and reaching other worlds gravitating around the Great Soltan [/FONT]is only possible with a certain type of magic. At the heart of imperial rivalries lies a strange substance called [I]Seitha[/I], which enables skyships to become incorporeal and travel at fantastic speeds. Though it can be found on the moons, the existence of the precious [I]Seitha[/I] has been declining there since its discovery. The [I]Dread Lands[/I] now remain its principal source and the origin of many conflicts to obtain it.[/FONT] [CENTER][B]***[/B] [/CENTER] [FONT=Verdana][I] The remainder of this article goes on to describe the various types of skyships commonly found in this strange new world. It also introduces the artists contributing to the project, and unveils key details about the upcoming Kickstarter campaign scheduled for December 2013, along with surveys to help better tailor funding efforts. Your interest and feedback are highly welcome to ensure the best possible success for this new venture![/I] Look for the full article [B][I]"Bye-Bye Princess Ark. . . Hello Calidar"[/I][/B] on Bruce-Heard.Blogspot.com [/FONT]Thank you! [/QUOTE]
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