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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rafael Martin" data-source="post: 7839299" data-attributes="member: 6888702">Hello!  Let's get random!Random words:  singer, mayor, cycle, produce, communist, architectureRandom phrase:  Foaming At the Mouth: To be enraged and show it.Random # 1-100: 42Singer-singing is very important there.  Are they Elven?  Here they are Keiju, and I am using Finnish!  They sing very long and operatic songs that can take days to complete. Mayor-the government is set up on a mayoral system.  Maybe mayors rule large cities and there is a Lord or High Mayor.  There should be another word for Mayor, and that word is Kaiutin. Cycle-they live on cycles.  I am getting an Elven feeling here, but these are unique Elves who are architects and druids.  Each cycle is about 100 years, so that is when they perform a secret process that extends their long lives.    Produce-they farm and eat the produce.  The Elves of this world are strict vegetarians, and the eating of animals is illegal.Communist-this tells me the economy is based on communism and everyone shares everything and tries to be equal. Basically there is no money there, and it’s a barter and service economy. Architecture-there the architecture is amazing!  They have giant, elaborate and artistic buildings that have a modern and high-tech look.  Skyscrapers rise up in impossible looking curves and look like pieces of art.  Does one building even touch the clouds? [ATTACH=full]115174[/ATTACH] Name and LanguageI am thinking of a language for these Elves, and I won’t dare use Tolkein’s classic, Elven tongue.  So I used Google translate to see which language would work the best.  Finnish works well.  I decide to name the place Maaperä, and the people there refer to themselves as the Keiju.  Other non-Keiju often call them Elves or Fey. RaceThey are like the standard D&D Elves, but they can live to be 1,000 years or more.  They use a special, secret process to extend their lives that they have to undergo every 100 years.  This process is named The Elävän Mallin, and its origins date back to ancient times. The High Elves would live in the cities, and the Wood Elves would live in the forested regions.  The Dark Elves live in shadowy forests, and they are Keiju who were born with sunlight sensitivity, so they have to live in darkened woods. It has made them live separate from others, so that would naturally change the way they treat others.  They all have very pale skin due to not being in sunlight.  The largest region for dark elves is in the Hämärä Forest. The Kaveri are what are called half-elves in other places.  There is a social stigma against them, and those that live in Maaperä often face poor treatment and racism.  This is what has Keiju and Kaveri foaming at the mouth! They are both very upset over it.   [ATTACH=full]115175[/ATTACH] GovernmentThey have no capital city, because the obligations of government are handled equally among the cities.  Each city is governed by a Kaiutin, and they gather together annually at the city of Kehä to discuss important matters.  Currently, there is a council of 42 Kaiutin who govern Maaperä.  The closet thing they have to a leader is the Valvoa, who acts as a monitor of the meetings.  He or she makes sure everyone gets a chance to speak and the meetings run smoothly.  In the case of a 21-21 tie vote, they will act as the tiebreaker. Geography and ClimateIt has a temperate forest climate with warm summers and cool winters with year-round rain.  They have deciduous trees, which lose their leaves during the winter, and fertile farmland.  They are separated from Argentus by the Silmä Sea.  There is an island named Silmäterä, and only special Keiju are allowed to land on it.  It is protected by ancient and powerful spells.  The size is about 900 miles east to west and 890 miles north to south, which equals to about 801,000 square miles. ReligionThe Keiju believe that no one owns the land.  They must tend to it, but do not take ownership of it.  Their faith could be called Druidic.  They believe that when someone dies their soul is reincarnated into a new form in the next lifetime.  They believe in a great cycle of life.  They call the spirit of nature Olemus. The head of their religion in Maaperä (and the rest of the continent) is the Korkein, who all Keiju consider a holy person. Under the Korkein are the Kaari, who oversee regions of the continent, and beneath them are the Suuri, who oversee circles within the lands. [ATTACH=full]115176[/ATTACH] History and CultureThe Keiju largely ignored the (Insert Name) Empire while they claimed that they were one of their provinces.  They even had Dictators there who sent dictates from Emperor to the Valvoa, who had to keep explaining to them that Maaperä had no leader.  When imperial troops tried to invade they found themselves blocked by an invisible shield.  Individual members of the empire could enter, but armies were prevented.  They tried to send their ships across the Silmä Sea, but they crashed against the shield and were shattered. Smaller, imperial ships with imperial diplomats could cross over and were welcomed.  The Keiju are friendly to visitors, and they believe in sharing the land, but they will not accept any sort of hostility in Maaperä. I note here that their cities look like works of arts.  Their make their buildings out of rare elements that they import from other lands like Argentus, who supply them with much needed materials.  The various cities compete with each other to see who can design and build the most elaborate structures.  The Keiju use powerful and unique spells to aid them, but they also bring in expert craftsmen from other lands.  They are especially fond of Dwarves, who are experts at using various materials like stone, metallic and gems for their creations. PeopleErkki Makkonen is a 623 year old Keiju and the current Valvoa in the city of Kehä.  He has served as the Valvoa for 300 years and he personally told the former Dictator of the (Insert Name) Empire that he had to leave Maaperä.  Erkki is a very polite person, so it was difficult for him to do.  He takes the management of the annual meetings very seriously, and he makes a great effort to make sure all of the Kaiutin are heard.  He has only had to make 2 tiebreaking votes in his tenure.  Erkki is very concerned about the growing problem of the Kaveri and their unfair treatment. Jemina Soininen is an 890 year old Keiju and the Korkein of their Druidic faith.  She has gone through 8 cycles, but she is considering not going through another one in 10 years. She does love her people, and her faith, but she has grown very weary in spirit and she wants to become one with Olemus.  Jemina hates politics and will have nothing to do with the petty squabbles among the Kaiutin.  She feels that the Kaveri should leave the land if they feel mistreated, but she welcomes them in the faith. Vilhelmi Vanhatalo is a 42 year old Kaveri who lives in the Hämärä Forest with dark elves, even though he does not share their sunlight sensitivity.  There he feels welcomed by the Hämärä as they call themselves.  He feels shunned from the greater Maaperä society, but he refuses to leave.  He is leading a movement of other Kaveri to demand equal treatment, because according to him the blood of the Keiju runs through his veins.  Vilhelmi has his own farm, and he also travels the cities speaking out. Shylkaall is a 250 year old Gnomish entertainer who has become a huge hit with the Keiju. She has been traveling the cities singing her elaborate operas where she sings every role. She only sings in her own language, and does not speak Keiju, but they still love her.  They do not pay her any money, since they don’t believe in that, but they show their appreciation by bringing her freshly grown flowers.  Shylkaael really loves flowers, so she greatly appreciates their gifts. [ATTACH=full]115177[/ATTACH]All right, all right, all right!  I move on for now and I roll for a new direction.  I get a 2 and get northeast next time.</blockquote>

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