ry and Insight's Legacies (E6 - character creation)
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Insight
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rycanada said:
MMM.... well, I've seen a few names, and I'm aware of the general flavor of the naming of this part of your setting, so I'll come up with six. Let me know if these are keeping with the spirit and such:
Cathmat
Erdal or Irdal
Kaan
Thalin
Varul
Ystani or Estani
If these all seem OK to you, I'll pick a name from the list above.
Insight
Adventurer
Trying to decide between Cathemat, Kan, and Varul... part of me wants to know what sort of character I'm going to be playing, but in reality, people are named long before anyone knows what sort of person they will become.
So it comes down to what name I like the best, what flows best.
Kan is short and to the point, but reminds me of Kal-Kan dog food, so that's out
Varul. I like this one... hard to decide. Could pronounce VEHR-OOL or VAR-UHL, with emphasis on either syllable either way.
Cathemat, also sounds cool. More complex (three syllables as opposed to two, if I pronounce as CATH-UH-MAT).
I think I'll go with Cathemat, pronounced as above, emphasis on the first syllable.
So it comes down to what name I like the best, what flows best.
Kan is short and to the point, but reminds me of Kal-Kan dog food, so that's out
Varul. I like this one... hard to decide. Could pronounce VEHR-OOL or VAR-UHL, with emphasis on either syllable either way.
Cathemat, also sounds cool. More complex (three syllables as opposed to two, if I pronounce as CATH-UH-MAT).
I think I'll go with Cathemat, pronounced as above, emphasis on the first syllable.
Insight
Adventurer
CHARACTER SUMMARY SO FAR -
This is going to be a compilation of the questions and answers thus far, also to make sure we are on the same page going forward.
Character Name: Cathemat (not sure if he has a surname)
Role in Society: A Dalati noble, youngest son of the late Aspirant Yushia Dalat-Ma.
Game Theatre: Zeium Dalat
Time Period: Days of Madness (Civil Wars), currently Year 80
Birth & Significance: Cathemat is the youngest son of Aspirant Yushia Dalat-Ma, who nearly ascended to the throne in Year 79 of the Days. Born some 30 years before Yushia's assassination, Cathemat appears to have retained some of his mother's ageless quality, and appears to be around 18 years old.
Family & Siblings: Yushia Dalat-Ma is Cathemat's mother, but the father is unknown. Cathemat has two older sisters, Irda (age 39) and Tania (age 34), and a brother, Varul (age 36). Yushia Dalat-Ma was assassinated a year ago; the rest of the above are living.
Early Life: Cathemat grew up in his grandfather Yushim's household. He rarely saw his mother as she was off on one quest or another in her attempts to ascend to the throne. Cathemat's relationship with his sister Tania was strong; he and Tania were very close, and the elder sister acted as a surrogate mother in many cases. In terms of his brother, Varul, and his other sister, Irda, Cathemat resented the vast amount of attention they received from Yushim and other Dalati nobles. Cathemat always felt himself an afterthought, with no real chance to ascend to the Imperial throne.
This is going to be a compilation of the questions and answers thus far, also to make sure we are on the same page going forward.
Character Name: Cathemat (not sure if he has a surname)
Role in Society: A Dalati noble, youngest son of the late Aspirant Yushia Dalat-Ma.
Game Theatre: Zeium Dalat
Time Period: Days of Madness (Civil Wars), currently Year 80
Birth & Significance: Cathemat is the youngest son of Aspirant Yushia Dalat-Ma, who nearly ascended to the throne in Year 79 of the Days. Born some 30 years before Yushia's assassination, Cathemat appears to have retained some of his mother's ageless quality, and appears to be around 18 years old.
Family & Siblings: Yushia Dalat-Ma is Cathemat's mother, but the father is unknown. Cathemat has two older sisters, Irda (age 39) and Tania (age 34), and a brother, Varul (age 36). Yushia Dalat-Ma was assassinated a year ago; the rest of the above are living.
Early Life: Cathemat grew up in his grandfather Yushim's household. He rarely saw his mother as she was off on one quest or another in her attempts to ascend to the throne. Cathemat's relationship with his sister Tania was strong; he and Tania were very close, and the elder sister acted as a surrogate mother in many cases. In terms of his brother, Varul, and his other sister, Irda, Cathemat resented the vast amount of attention they received from Yushim and other Dalati nobles. Cathemat always felt himself an afterthought, with no real chance to ascend to the Imperial throne.
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Insight
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rycanada said:
Yeah, that's the obvious next step. I'm not sure, what are my options? I assume this is some kind of fantasy game, so I guess some fighting skills/abilities, sneaky type skills/abilities, spellcasting, etc are options on the table.
What are the chances that Cathemat could be skilled in more than one area? I think based on what I've read thus far that Cathemat should be skilled in magic. I think I'd like to have him have been (or still be) in the military. This would be a good option for a noble who has little chance to ascend to the Imperial throne, especially given the civil strife going on. Alternately, Cathemat could use his skills behind the scenes, perhaps even as a spy against a competing faction. Based on our own world, nobles in the third or fourth (or lower) position in terms of birth often join the clergy, so maybe that's an option as well.
I really don't have a preconceived notion of what I want to do in terms of Cathemat's abilities. Magic use is something I'd like to add to whatever else he'd be able to do. I guess that would depend on his "profession".
Ry
Explorer
Just to make the ages we've listed here work, I'm going to push Yushia's birth to 20th year of the days, and keep the rest as-is. So she was ~ 59 at the time of her death. That works to make your character 30, since Yushia returned to Hune at 29 (with your character as a newborn). This way his older siblings can stay the ages you mentioned above.
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