It will never take place in the Tablelands so it wont interfear with what athas.org is working on. The story will be submited to Athas.org to be published in the FICTION page.
My dream would be to see my work becoming an official one but for now I just want to right
Please stick to the thread if you want to post. This is very important for me.
Originally posted by GFORCE99
I would read it as well. please let us know where you are with it.
It's all in my head for now so you'll have to be patient
. I want to right the first chapter before I submit it to Athas.orgAnd thanks this is encouraging posts since I was wondering if there were fans of the Rhul-Thaun out there or just passionat readers of the basic DS setting
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Yes, but do you want to read about them?
Originally posted by GFORCE99
There are both. As long as there are no space halflings, hamsters or dolphins in your story.
It is said in the first box set that spelljaming is not possible around Athas and I think that the authors ment no space travel. So I dont beleive in lynn Abbey's story about a possible SPace-ship of Halfling. specialy the planet killer type since we all know that Rhulisti venerated life.
Hamster is out of the question :heehee
Concerning Dolphins, if you remember the content from The Mind Lords of the last Sea you will read that back in the Blue age Dolphins ahd Rhulisti would "team-up" for the construction of underwater cities. But now history being what it is, I dont think the Dolphins of today would welcome Rhul-Thaun with open flippers :D unless they themselves beleive the Brown tide to be an accident and even then, I doubt the Dolphins would risk a second "mistake" ( in Athas Dolphins have average inteligence: as humans do)
Not only that but, I, as the wrighter would have to elaborate a darn good reason why a Rhul-Thaun would venture beyond the Gardians of The Last Sea to reach the last Dolphin's abbode.(which they surely dont know the existance) So at least for now you dont have to worry about the Dolphins.
I'm not sayin they'll never meet do. ( even just for a mere confrontation of any kind)
The dolphins of the Last Sea were in telepathic contact with the other dolphins of Athas and were forced to listen to them all dying off one by one as the seas dried up. If you have other seas on Athas, I guess you could have other dolphins.
Or you could just rule that tuna was immensely popular during the Cleansing Wars and all the other dolphins ended up getting caught in tuna fishing nets by accident or something.
The story sounds like a cool idea. One of my thri kreen players has been getting ideas about heading to the kreen empire and I was planning a descent of the Jagged Cliffs into the swamp - interested to see your take on the area...
Actually, I'm rather eager to read a little DS fan fiction myself.
I moved out to DS setting hoping never to see those monsters again...... (screaming and tearing off my own hair)...
Originally posted by FabrÃcio Madruga Lopes
any news on the story?
I'm not dead yet
so hope is not lost. It's just longer then I thought.I decided to post you what I've done to date though. Since a few months now(not 24/7 mind you) I've been collecting/gathering/taking notes (from books but most importantly from posters like you ) all sorts of information/ideas/and such. I'm about ready to start writing but first i have some questions which i admit some may seem bare stupid for some of you. aAnyway, here goes...
1-- I assume the sun is up from beyond the crimson savannah and sets beyond the curilean storm. If I'm wrong, please tell me.
2--Since most of you feel that the map scales should be 4 time what it is, should I write the story accordingly?? I say yes This would mean that the Koshak mtns and the Keno swamp are 4 time biggers whitch is good for my story.
3--You all know where Thamasku is situated and that there's a lake at its door step. How would you see the lake's sources; from under or above ground?? I say both. one major under and on the surface, several would take the form of natural(or not) water channels.
4--Althought Rhul-thaun are not what they use to, do you think them capable of remembering(accidentally, by questing for them or merely by sheer determination) thought-lost life-shaped creatures/graft/tools/other?? I like to think they can and will.
That's all i can remember for now but there will be more in this post(reedited) in the near future.
Please respond if you have something to say. Your thoughts are important since you'll be the critics of my story. and I'd like you to enjoy it at least as much as I have(will) writing it.
Originally posted by Gr8Scott
I love the Idea, I have a Character that is from a Rhul Thaun Lifeshaper and a Feral Halfling Air Cleric/ Psionist tryst. Adds something to it wouldn't you say?
My Rhul-thaun char. (althought not a life-shaper) will eventually come into contact with a female halfling water cleric from the Ringing mountains.
Oh! And by the way, You haven't answered the questions in my last post!!
1-- I assume the sun is up from beyond the crimson savannah and sets beyond the curilean storm. If I'm wrong, please tell me
I had always assumed that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. A recent post mentions that the Silt Sea was once called the Sunrise Sea, which would confirm this.
2--Since most of you feel that the map scales should be 4 time what it is, should I write the story accordingly?? I say yes This would mean that the Koshak mtns and the Keno swamp are 4 time biggers whitch is good for my story.
I'd say, go with whatever works best for your story. Being vague about things like distances works much better in a story than overly detailed descriptions of things like time and distance. Too many numbers tends to lead to a dryer type of narrative. You also have less to worry about when your vague
; with precision, you have to be careful of inaccuracies. Even the best authors tend to fall into this trap (Tolkien has a few minor issues with his travel times vs distances; Weiss and Hickman did as well in the Chronicles series).3--You all know where Thamasku is situated and that there's a lake at its door step. How would you see the lake's sources; from under or above ground?? I say both. one major under and on the surface, several would take the form of natural(or not) water channels
Not too sure about this one (I'll check on it later after a few more cups of coffee). Since there were no mountains or rivers nearby, I would imagine it was fed by underground aquifers. If one were to drill a few tunnels through the cliffside, it would probably be possible to drain the entire lake.
4--Althought Rhul-thaun are not what they use to, do you think them capable of remembering(accidentally, by questing for them or merely by sheer determination) thought-lost life-shaped creatures/graft/tools/other?? I like to think they can and will
I would say that no, they're no more likely to 'remember' their past than we are. Racial memory I would leave to the kreen. Of course, there's nothing to say that they wouldn't stumble across evidence of such lost knowledge in the form of writings, ancient life shaped artifacts, etc. If such were possible, they would learn eventually that most of their rituals for life-shaping are useless. They can still create life-shapes, but they've long since lost the understanding of what the process really is. The analogy is rather like someone being able to piece together a computer easily enough from scavenged parts, but not knowing anything concrete about the inner workings of the proccessor, hard drive, etc.
[/b]I agree with Mach exactly sunrise sea et al
As for the Thamasku lake's water sources I just thought there should be streams originating from the surrounding forests(they may be Rhul-Thaun madesince their ancesters were water-lovers. You know!!
I may caution you on spellchecking however;)
Originally posted by megamania
On EN World I've been writing "Under A Darksun" now for about one year. Go for it!
I may caution you on spellchecking however;)
I have microsoft wordXP just for that course
and thanks for the encouragement.