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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMMo" data-source="post: 4144258" data-attributes="member: 62876">Assorted FalloutI'll keep posting, and hope that eventually someone takes interest and lends some input! If nothing else, this is a good way to organize my thoughts. A few thoughts for today:(1) Name Change: While I love the name Eydun (pronounced Aidan), I think it is probably a better character name than a place name. I'm thinking of changing the name of the islands to Ildur (pronounced "Isle-dyur"). This is in keeping with the naming conventions of the Viking-like human settlers, the Venidur. The Venidur people take their name from their ancestral homeland (also called Venidur), which in turn takes its name from a mountain chain -- the "cjarn Venidor" (the Venidor peaks). Venidur roughly translates to mountain home. Ildur roughly translates to -- you guessed it -- island home. I'll call the settlers of Ildur the Ildraoi (pronounced "Isle-dree" --the men of the isles). What do you folks think? Is Ildur in improvement over the Eydun Islands?(2) PC Races/Monastery: As I mentioned previously, I've accounted for human PCs with the Venidur settlers. I've accounted for dwarves with the descendants of slaves who remained in the islands after the giant empire collapsed. [Interesting thought on these dwarves -- they've developed for hundreds (or more) years in isolation from their mainland kin. A dwarf PC could be motivated to travel to see how dwarves live elsewhere.] I figured other races would have to be either exiles, shipwrecked, or of similar origin. But it occurs to me that the monastery I described in the last post need not have been a human monastery! I think it was established by another race, which will in turn allow for PCs of that race. I'm going to eliminate halflings and tieflings from consideration immediately -- neither seem to fit in my mind. I'll also eliminate eladrin, not a good fit and I already have something else in mind should anyone want to play an eladrin PC. That leaves elves or dragonborn. It doesn't seem quite right that elves would end up in a monastery to a monotheistic faith on a treeless island. So I'm leaning heavily toward dragonborn. Might be neat if the faith that is spreading through human lands much as Christianity did in its early years originated with another species! How does that strike you -- cool with lots of potential, or just plain weird?   (3) Adventure Location: I've already established that Ildur used to be an important stop along a route used by seafaring giants, and that these giants stocked the islands with sheep and dwarven slaves. Perhaps an important giant died on the islands, or on the voyage, or maybe just thought the islands scenic and indicated a wish to be buried there. For whatever reason, there is a giant tomb on one of the islands, carved into a mountain by dwarven slaves. The dwarves are superstitious about it. I don't know any more about the tomb, or what creatures and/or traps might occupy it at this point, but seems like a cool location. Input would be greatly appreciated.</blockquote>

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