Fantasy New Aeternum: Chapter 1 — The Anomaly [OOC]

[Elenion Aura]

If I may continue,

3+4+5. So, it can be said that New Aeternum is essentially a confederation of 19 states? Each state has it's own head (Aspect) and a governing body (Electorate), with the number of members comprising the Electorate correlating to the population of said state, while the confederation itself used to have a central authority in the face of the Emperor, Empress and their officials but, for reasons, this central authority has disbanded and has been replaced by gatherings of representatives from each Electorate?

Yes! That is a very apt description. The Aspects of the Empress and the Emperor were destroyed during a The War of Strife

7. Elected, as in, they applied for training and were eventually approved?

That's probably fair! Probably it starts when they are very young, with training and expectations above and beyond what the garden-variety Scion of The Balance might expect to undergo

8. If you need help with the generator/map, I'd be happy to help. I think the generator not only has quite a few possibilities, but it itself can also give you inspiration. You think you want a mountain somewhere, you put it and then ask yourself "Huh, I wonder how that affected everyone?" haha.

That sounds amazing! I would happily send you the map file if you're interested

9. I'm getting a creative spark here, so I'd like to delve in a bit. Would it be alright to say that the "houses of worship" of the religion, as well as the way that the "clergy" is organised, align with the essence of each Aspect? I don't know if the question makes a lot of sense, lol, so here are some examples:
- In The Balance, the places where Lord Judgement would be celebrated wouldn't be shrines, but courthouses. Regular people can study to become judges, attorneys, magistrates, etc., but there would also be those who, be it by choice or by lineage, are a part of the "clergy" (name pending). This latter group are tasked with preserving the legacy of "Judgement" by tending to the courthouses, studying the "concepts of Judgement", serving as councillors during court sessions, giving lectures to the populace and more, but not necessarily go out in battle. I'll hold back on playing with the concept and wait for your input. I will underline that I don't intend for this to be a malicious, oppressive or unpleasant organization.
- In the state of The High Priestess, you'd have a more typical focus on monasteries and shrines with sacred ponds and lunar festivities.
- In the state of The Demon, the "house of worship" could be a casino or pleasurehouse, as one of the ideas behind that tarot card is that people willingly "chain" themselves and/or don't realise that they can easily "remove their chains", if they had the will to do it.
- The state of The Sun can have a holy house that is more like a community space that offers tame pleasant activities that just gives good vibes.
- The state of Justice can have their holy house be mixed with a library.
- etc., etc., but in every state the Aspect that is not their own can still be represented with paintings in their respective type of place.

I think that's a great idea. I love the idea of Courthouses being 'places of worship' in The Balance

11. What happens when an Aeternal and a human mix?

Human and Aeternal hybrids aren't very common but they aren't really looked down upon (at least not openly). The child is considered Aeternal by law

Also I forgot to ask. I don’t know if I missed it but what are augments in this setting, or what is an example of one?

If I'm not mistaken, augments are a section in the Companion CS. Companions are empowered by old magics to help them better serve and protect their Scions. Augments could be things like improved physical abilities or other 'magical' enhancements or prostheses

Ooh! Since the Aspect’s Title itself exists as an unchanging thing separate from the Lord as an individual (even if they share memories), this makes a lot of sense!

Like you said the “essence” might have its own cultural influence and expectations, not neatly lining up with the identity of any given Lord.

Distinct structures/implementation also amplifies the geographical weirdness of New Aeternum; like if both Bastion and Dawnstrike have mountains, Bastion has it’s churches and other important buildings within mountains to defend them while, say, Dawnstrike has churches at the top of mountains so they are closer to the sun.

What about mesas? Super tall and flat, so there's not even any cliffs to block the sun from reaching you, plenty of room for multiple buildings.

I like the brainstorming!!

 

[Kaliii]

Thank you! Now time to think of an appropriate augment.

 

[Dovinique]

Do you want to pair up? I'm making companion, so lookin for arbiter dragonsfire

 

[Paperstick]

Do you want to pair up? I'm making companion, so lookin for arbiter dragonsfire

I think dragonsfire just posted an Arbiter character, you should message them!

 

[Dovinique]

I think dragonsfire just posted an Arbiter character, you should message them!

Thankies!

 

[Dovinique]

Okay sorry if I missed this from all the questions above, but do Companion literally raised in the same age with Arbiter?

 

[Kaliii]

Okay sorry if I missed this from all the questions above, but do Companion literally raised in the same age with Arbiter?

Yeah they’re taken at birth and paired with a newly born arbiter, and grow up together.

 

[Dovinique]

Whoops then my character probably will fit more with Elenion as his character is younger or I can have mine looking young but instead she is 27 already

 

[Kaliii]

I just swapped around my characters age to match the arbiter I paired with.

 

[Elenion Aura]

Hello - a few housekeeping items from me
1. If you are interested, please put up even a WIP CS in the characters thread. I've been slowly opening the discord server to those who have CSes posted (even WIPs!) which will be the preferred mode of ooc communication going forward
2. If there are any outstanding lore questions or questions that I can answer which will directly help you in fleshing out your characters, feel free to post it here, or mesage me privately here or on discord
3. I have a list of lore pages to post, including Contracts, Classes, and The War of Strife. If there are any other elements that have (or haven't) already been discussed which you believe deserve their own lore page, feel free to suggest / request them