02-16-2010, 10:57 AM
Bears ArmedFeb 13 2010, 07:17 PM You can find some information about the 'Wizards' War' in this very section of the forum, just scroll down the list of topics until you see the 'Regional History' thread that I started and it gets discussed a bit there; the st of it I haven't actually typed-up yet...
... although my mother is in hospital (due to complications of Parkinson' Disease) in a town a few miles away and so of course I'll be spending some time during that break visiting her there rather than being here online.
As regards the 'temporal storm' idea, there's certainly precedent for something along those lines -- the main term used in the past was 'fractal reality' -- in these parts. For example, the former nation of Ceorana -- part of which, located to my south-west & your west, is now under Ursine protection -- actually had two completely separate histories (each involving colonisation from a different part of a RL-like Earth) that "somehow" merged. (That confusing back-story was actually one of the main reasons why its player let that nation die off...)
An active species of predatory shark in northern waters seems slightly unlikely to me, considering RL ecosystems, but if you want one in your nation's waters then obviously I can't stop you. I suspect that any of them who enter my nation's waters would get killed & eaten by the local Orcas, though... Is this to be a (partially, like some RL types, or even wholely) 'warm-blooded' species of shark?
Oh, and I think that we have -- at least in my waters, with it obviously being your choice as to whether they extend into your waters as well -- at least one species of Sturgeon up there too. [/quote]
OK, the Wizards War thing actually makes some sense, as a resurgence in the mystical barrier near Frontenax (probably caused by the "fractal-storm") could have made the successful invasion by the Ohn possible due to the inability of Frontenax' neighbors to come to its aid because of the resurgent barrier. This also ties into the Muircine's overall bitterness toward the non-ursine nations.
(Sorry to hear about your Mother; hope she does better!)
So, as above, perhaps they should be called "Fractal Storms"? In any case, I think these "Fractal Weather Patterns" (as well as the standard ones) are deserving of exploration here as well, as they would definitely have an effect on the regional ecology...)
Actually, the "Sea Wolf" was originally conceived as a type of barracuda, but the concept of agressive sharks that hunted in schools, or "packs", was just so cool that I changed it. That said, I envision them as partially warm blooded; in that they generate body heat be being in constant motion (in much the way most RL sharks breath) despite being otherwise cold-blooded. This also accounts for their aggressive demeanor, as they need a relatively constant food intake. Combine that with their unusual (for predatory sharks anyway) tendency to live and hunt in groups, and they could well even give an orca a run for its money...
That said, it is unlikely that their range would extend much farther north or south than the seas east of the Muircine coast, as they are rather specialized to that ecosystem and its cycles.
I see no reason why we would not share the sturgeon in common as well. Are the Salmon I mentioned before ok with you? I did envision them as conducting their breeding runs in your territories after all...
... although my mother is in hospital (due to complications of Parkinson' Disease) in a town a few miles away and so of course I'll be spending some time during that break visiting her there rather than being here online.
As regards the 'temporal storm' idea, there's certainly precedent for something along those lines -- the main term used in the past was 'fractal reality' -- in these parts. For example, the former nation of Ceorana -- part of which, located to my south-west & your west, is now under Ursine protection -- actually had two completely separate histories (each involving colonisation from a different part of a RL-like Earth) that "somehow" merged. (That confusing back-story was actually one of the main reasons why its player let that nation die off...)
An active species of predatory shark in northern waters seems slightly unlikely to me, considering RL ecosystems, but if you want one in your nation's waters then obviously I can't stop you. I suspect that any of them who enter my nation's waters would get killed & eaten by the local Orcas, though... Is this to be a (partially, like some RL types, or even wholely) 'warm-blooded' species of shark?
Oh, and I think that we have -- at least in my waters, with it obviously being your choice as to whether they extend into your waters as well -- at least one species of Sturgeon up there too. [/quote]
OK, the Wizards War thing actually makes some sense, as a resurgence in the mystical barrier near Frontenax (probably caused by the "fractal-storm") could have made the successful invasion by the Ohn possible due to the inability of Frontenax' neighbors to come to its aid because of the resurgent barrier. This also ties into the Muircine's overall bitterness toward the non-ursine nations.
(Sorry to hear about your Mother; hope she does better!)
So, as above, perhaps they should be called "Fractal Storms"? In any case, I think these "Fractal Weather Patterns" (as well as the standard ones) are deserving of exploration here as well, as they would definitely have an effect on the regional ecology...)
Actually, the "Sea Wolf" was originally conceived as a type of barracuda, but the concept of agressive sharks that hunted in schools, or "packs", was just so cool that I changed it. That said, I envision them as partially warm blooded; in that they generate body heat be being in constant motion (in much the way most RL sharks breath) despite being otherwise cold-blooded. This also accounts for their aggressive demeanor, as they need a relatively constant food intake. Combine that with their unusual (for predatory sharks anyway) tendency to live and hunt in groups, and they could well even give an orca a run for its money...
That said, it is unlikely that their range would extend much farther north or south than the seas east of the Muircine coast, as they are rather specialized to that ecosystem and its cycles.I see no reason why we would not share the sturgeon in common as well. Are the Salmon I mentioned before ok with you? I did envision them as conducting their breeding runs in your territories after all...