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ABRAXAS MODS ([personal profile] abraxasmods) wrote in [community profile] abraxasooc2021-08-29 01:35 am

WELCOME TO YOUR NEW FACTION!

TIME TO EXPLORE
Welcome to three new cities! Now that your characters have access to new places, we wanted to give you all the information you need to start shaping the world of Abraxas. Each of these pages contains a basic outline of each city's setting and important people. Some of these people will be available for NPC interaction on the IC posts for each city.

Please feel free to learn about
Solvunn / The Free Cities / Nott



YOUR NEW FACTION
We know you may have questions about what a new faction means for your characters. Don't worry — we have written a guide to help you explore your options.

We would again like to stress that this world is yours to mold! We encourage you to do things like name the shops and create the NPCs that work in them! Dream up the things held in the museums. Decide what styles of clothing and food can be found. Anything you can think of! All we ask is that you keep the general setting and attitude of each locale intact. If you find yourself truly stumped as to whether something is allowed, please ask us.


NPC INTERACTION
For each new city post, we are offering NPC interactions! The available options are

    Solvunn
    ✒︎Rowan March

    The Free Cities
    ✒︎Prime Minister Marlo Reiner

    Nott
    ✒︎Lord of Representatives Lyle Vela

    Castle Thorne
    ✒︎Jolene Sybell


At Castle Thorne, Jolene Sybell will be conducting the interrogations (with assistance from some angry guards). All characters will be interrogated, but the actual thread is optional. If your character wouldn't have much to say and isn't willing to flip on the others, they will be released without much hassle.

Due to mod availability, please take into consideration how your character would receive being interrogated before requesting an NPC thread. Handwaving is perfectly acceptable!

We will be accepting NPC threads until Friday, September 3rd at 11:59PM EST. If you have tagged the NPC thread by that time, you will receive a response! And please, remember that your mods are regular humans with full-time jobs, so while we will do everything in our power to tag expeditiously, your patience is appreciated.


THE HORIZON
And just as a note, please remember that characters cannot yet travel between cities, but they are welcome to visit each other in the Horizon! Characters who have not yet been there can be introduced to it via physical touch from a character who has been there and can take them there, and all first timers in the Horizon experience memory loss.
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[personal profile] productid4 2021-09-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Hello! Two questions:

1. What's the legal system in Solvunn? Or is it less formal than that?

2. What, if any, organized crime is there in Libertas and/or Aquila? And how possible is it for Louis to weasel his way into becoming a manager of one of their businesses (probably by tipping them off to an existing manager stealing money from them)?

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[personal profile] cryptsleeper 2021-09-01 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
To confirm: We cannot travel between cities in general, but those in the Free Cities can move about Cadens, Libertas and Aquila, correct?
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[personal profile] sanc 2021-09-01 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
If Relena tried to ask Rowan about Oliver (cause she's hella curious about her savior) would he or anyone in Solvunn be at least vaguely awares of him since they're deep in that Old Gods life or would it be a very 'I have no idea what you're babbling about' kind of convo?

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[personal profile] nightwash 2021-09-01 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
1) Would characters who have been heretofore cooperative with Thorne be treated the same as everyone else?

2) Hennessy and Ronan will be dreaming together by the time everyone gets rounded up and he would refuse to leave her side. Will he be able to persuade them to let her stay with him in his room until the interrogation process is over or will they both end up in the dungeon until they're questioned?

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[personal profile] extremethirst 2021-09-01 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Can Nero (and anyone who wants to help) do murders to pirates and steal their goods to give to the Solvunn community to resell?

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Re: QUESTIONS

[personal profile] coerthantorment 2021-09-01 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Another Solvunn question to be sure I have their attitude right:

1) Is it reasonable for characters to settle in any of the settlements/are they exempt from the "immigrants go to the tertiary settlement" rule?

2) Solvunn is described as having pretty short workdays and valuing free time culturally. Would they find it at all weird and distasteful for one of the new arrivals to put in much longer hours than everyone else? Or are they just kind of like "you do you" when it comes to that stuff?

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[personal profile] photophobic 2021-09-01 05:16 am (UTC)(link)

A couple of questions about the Thorne NPC thread:

Kylo has been working with Thornean mages as discussed here, and the mod team had offered me suggestions for involvement which appeared to have an upcoming trigger point that seems in conflict with the way all characters remaining in Thorne are being treated. Should I go ahead and tag Jolene, or is there something else in the works?

If the plan is to have these things develop from that thread, could you let me know if Jolene had already been involved in Kylo's work?

Thanks!

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Re: QUESTIONS

[personal profile] gynvael 2021-09-01 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
What is the monster/wildlife situation like in the Free Cities? Is there anything in the outskirts that might be a nuisance and/or has valuable properties that merchants/alchemists might want? Asking for a friend.

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[personal profile] antichristsplusone 2021-09-01 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
1. What sort of hospitality/board would characters receive in Solvunn?

2. Would offering to spend time teaching/babysitting be a valid form of barter? Or would we have to work our way up to such trust?

3. How far away would the Vermillion Court be from Aquilis? Given the mountain range between I'd assume it's a fairly perilous journey, but is there much word on the Feywilds in general FC gossip?

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[personal profile] rehandle 2021-09-01 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Heya!

If, until he can figure out a way to make money, Stephen starts using his powers to commit minor magical fraud ie conjuring coins occasionally when he needs them, are there likely to be many people in the Free Cities who have a means of detecting that (and if yes will they care?) or is he likely to get away with it provided he doesn't push it too far?
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[personal profile] wiedzminka 2021-09-01 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Question about the tracking from Thorne for escaped prisoners! Apologies if I missed this being covered somewhere else, but from the last escape attempt in Hayle, it was learned that Thorne has some sort of magical signal on the prisoners that can be read by other mages.

Is there any way for characters to find out if they're still marked in this way? Or does the magic fade once they're outside Thorne's borders?

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[personal profile] aquaveiled 2021-09-01 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This is definitely a personal-interest question, but since she's going to be out and seeing non-prisoners, would there be any particular reaction to Himeka's appearance by any of the residents of Solvunn? Specifically that she's got horns, scales, and a tail, I wasn't sure if she would be assumed as someone from The Nether or not, or something else entirely. I mostly want to see if that would impact her ability to make way in the commune at all (or not!)

EDIT: Oh and also asking for all the elves that are showing up in Solvunn!
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Re: QUESTIONS

[personal profile] coerthantorment 2021-09-01 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
A separate question from the other one:

Does Solvunn (or any of the other factions) have plumbing? If not, do they have magical alternatives?

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[personal profile] sanc 2021-09-01 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Quick Solvunn question!

Since Relena's 17, I'm trying to figure out if she's still in the 'school age' demographic or if she should be seeking work as a recognized adult. Mostly to just figure out what I should have her doing going forward there as she helps her little crew get established. Since it's fantasy land, I wasn't sure where she falls.

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[personal profile] antichristsplusone 2021-09-02 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
What sort of myths/fables would be typical for Solvunn, besides Abraxas-ised versions of Little Red Riding Hood and Grimm's fables and such? Martin's raiding the library to hell and back.

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Re: QUESTIONS

[personal profile] not_caroline 2021-09-03 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Just double checking: all first-time characters to Horizon get a freebie magic power? Or was that just the first round of characters?

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Re: QUESTIONS

[personal profile] unnecessaryflourishes 2021-09-04 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
1) Emet would be interested in learning more about the Old Gods! Would the library in Solvunn be a good place to start looking into the lore on that, or would he be better served by speaking to the inhabitants themselves? Related, would volunteering time at the library be an acceptable form of offering something to the community or would they be looking for something a little more concrete from new arrivals?

2) If someone were to say, create some kind of useful item (a sword, or a plow, for example) via magic, would that be looked on favorably, or would they prefer something made through more traditional methods? Also, would their opinion change if it was something created for personal use versus something intended to be sold/bartered with?
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[personal profile] extremethirst 2021-09-06 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
The question I have is, can we make up like general areas, too? Like specifically, can we say there's a hot springs area in Solvunn?
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[personal profile] rehandle 2021-09-11 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Hallo! By foot/horse/not magic, how long does it take to travel between Cadens and Aquila roughly?

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[personal profile] brittlest 2021-09-13 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hey mods! Apologies if this is me overlooking information that's available elsewhere or a failing of creativity on my part, but would it be possible to get a rough description of what the day to day is like for honored guests(and prisoners, though that's less relevant to me personally) in Thorne post-interrogation? Is there work they're expected to do, or is everyone more or less left to their own devices until events roll around? Do they remain more or less confined to the castle itself, or are they permitted to explore their surroundings?

I'm happy to come tugging your sleeve for specific questions, but am trying to avoid bogging y'all down with miscellaneous inquires/not boring you with my impulsive interpersonal plot ideas as much as is possible. Having a rough run down of what the IC expectations are for characters between events would be helpful to me.

Thank you!

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[personal profile] gynvael 2021-09-17 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, does Abraxas (and the free cities especially) have meteorite iron? Or do they possess another material that's equal in strength and quality? And would this be generally offered by smiths for forged weapons (for presumably a higher fee)?

Thank you!