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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 755652" data-attributes="member: 9045">Well, I've been following this thread closely so far, and the part I can't fathom is why;1) Eric's G'ma has been broken up into 2 seperate people, and2) Why the first incarnation keep getting "Banished"?  And, in this example, what a horrible guy this Erek is.  His grandmother becomes controlled by an evil item, and after getting rid of the item, he banishes her?It occurs to me that Eric/Erek's Grandmother should be the same person.  If we took this Erek Nohan, and presumed he was a man of some substance (this would require changing him from a barbarian, but bear with me here just for a little bit), we might find someone such as this (and, possibly even based a little more closely on Mr. Noah, who is afterall a librarian, right?):Erek Nohan, Sage and Chief Librarian of the great archives of the dukedom of Kelvin and son of the late Lord Kelvin.  News reaches Erek that a region has been discovered outside of the kingdom.  This region is untamed, but it is rumored that strange things are afoot there.  Also, he buys a small sample of an unusual form of silk that the explorers brought with them, using it wrap the beautiful (sapphires, was it?) that they found.  Erek notices immediately that this silk could be used to make a vastly superior paper (perhaps waterproof?), while his grandmother -- the Lady Kelvin -- notes that the cloth it would produce would be desired by every noble and rich merchant the lands over.  Almost as strong as the pull of these finds is the desire to discover what other secrets this land of Audvor Kost, must hold.  Erek pays the explorers for the location of this area, leaves the archives, and forms a settlement party (Erek's family, while not rich, are still well-respected and affluent enough to finance this).  The Lady Kelvin goes with her grandson, to provide him her wisdom and advice, and the band is underway.(I'm blanking at the moment on the middle part here, but something about the Lady Kelvin's strong morals and advice helping shape the way Erek governed the fledgeling town of Mor's End)After a time, Erek grows weary of the politics of overseeing the city that is springing up on the town he founded, and longs for the quiet and peace of the archives.  Erek namesd Russol Mor (the man who first discovered the Mor, and now Erek's right-hand man) as his successor, and returns to his books (returning now and again for both business, and personal reasons).  Russol Mor now oversees of Mor's End, although decisions of true weight are ultimately decided upon by Lady Kelvin.  Very few people have ever seen the Lady Kelvin, some wonder if she is only an invention, some wonder how she can still be alive.  Nearly everyone in Mor's End, however, feels a strong respect and affection towards her.  Even visitors begin feeling this after a short time in Mor's End.  Amazingly enough, noone has ever questioned this fact.Okay, I know you've done so much work, and this pretty much flies int he face of everything you've done so far (while utilizing most of the EN World-based pieces you've created), but I just thought I'd throw it out there and let y'all see what you think.  I wrote it on the fly, here, so it might fall through in a place or two, if I missed anything while typing or whatnot.  <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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