Lore Question

Submitted by Josh C. on Wed, 6/26/2013 at 4:30pm

Hello fellow ornstars. I might be asking a few questions over the next few weeks. For those of you who don't know, I have made a deal with Thad regarding my health, and my nasty addiction to cancer sticks. The deal is as follows. Every 3 weeks I go without a cigarette Thad will Add or Update any Lore article or page I choose. If I smoke, the deal is broken. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars. I am 4 week, 4 days, and 6 hours without a cigarette.
My First Choice for a Lore Article was Jastrey History and can be found Here.
My Second Choice I'm going to let be picked by popular Vote again. I would like everyone to *Resubmit* a top 5 again for me, and we'll see what ends up happening.

  • History Page to include timeline (Include key events in orn history that everyone would know about.)
  • Jastrey Lore Page
  • The Nether Page
  • Maelstorm Page
  • Immortals Page to Include Hursisa reflect the reappearance of Brodix and Anstansia
  • Mortal Page for Nox
  • Mortal Page for Various Followers of Immortal Pages (nothing super long, even just a list of named ones)
  • Mortal Page for notable Villians in Jastrey
  • Monster Page for Werewolves
  • Monster Page for Mongrels
  • Monster Page for Fiends (Include Hierarchy)
  • RENAME ESPRICE
  • Magic Lore for Theurgy, Shamanism, Druidism, Sorcery.
  • Add more Artifacts (Horn of Deepingwood?)
  • Mortal Page: Wild Hunt (I'll Write)
  • Watchers/Beyond Page (Talk to Morzoth)

As my deal is with Thad and not Nick, Maps cannot be included in this deal, although we all know they would be nice to see ;P.
 

Add more artifacts :D especially horn of deeping wood. Since I haven't read much of the lore and I know of someone who is deeply interested in the horn of deeping wood o .o

JASTREY LORE PAGE! we neeeeeed it

I'd be happy to help with drawing maps. I consider myself quite good at them ;) 
A map of the shard divisions would be nice. And a writen out clearer explanation of how the shards and spans work (I know it, but many others still don't!). 

GAH MORE ARTIFACTS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE PLERDFSFDFTSGDFGDG GAHHH
You can do this Jop!!!!!! I support you 1,000,000,000,000,000%!!!!!!!!

In case it's helpful, here are some planned articles from my notes. Also, yes, this is legit. If you see Jop with a cigarette, smite him for all the lore-loving players of Orn. :P

  • Geography / Angor
  • Geography / Elysia
  • Geography / Glesmyr
  • Geography / Lower Metsar
  • Geography / Nastal
  • Geography / Rastemier
  • Geography / Rica
  • Geography / Sardia
  • Geography / Sirison
  • Geography / Tarkalsys
  • Geography / Upper Metsar
  • Geography / Varalon
  • History / Dawning
  • History / Age of Wonders
  • History / Age of Ascension
  • History / Vedrischtal
  • History / Twilight
  • History / Shattering
  • Immortals / Brodix
  • Immortals / Espidrel
  • Immortals / Etejeril
  • Immortals / Ferithisia
  • Immortals / Githal
  • Immortals / Hexadus
  • Immortals / Hursisa
  • Immortals / Imphalios
  • Immortals / Ivelis
  • Immortals / Mynra
  • Immortals / Tenaebrus
  • Immortals / Thirsife
  • Magic / Artifacts / Emotidilium
  • Magic / Artifacts / Fiendfrayer
  • Magic / Artifacts / Rathousalah's Text
  • Magic / Sorcery (includes Dragon Magic)
  • Magic / Theurgy (separate articles for each denomination)
  • Monsters / Elementals
  • Mortals / Fraternity of Alchemists
  • Mortals / Knights of the Crystal Fist
  • Mortals / Order of the Ascendant Step
  • Mortals / Red Marauders
  • Mortals / Silver Trade
  • Realms / Beyond
  • Realms / Maelstrom
  • Realms / Mortal Realm
  • Realms / Nether
  • Realms / Prime

History Pre/Post Shattering, please and thank you.

Sorry maps can not be part of this.

Duly Noted, thanks for the clarifications.

I think we may need an article on the existence of slavery in Orn in general. I can think of 3 different slaving groups off the top of my head, so maybe it deserves a mention.

From Jop's list, I vote followers of Immortals, to include past and present. From Thad's, it would be Magic - Sorcerey.

Nox... YEEESSS
I am also able to help with that part :)

Ivelis and denominations of Theurgy...yes please...

I'll just go ahead and ask the obvious question. Who is Nox? I'm not sure who told you guys he/she/it was part of Orn's lore, but you were misinformed.

Thad, think of Nox a litle like the Wild Hunt, but for a different groups backstory. It's not part of Orn Lore, it's part of character backstory. It's a slaver group / assassin's guild based in Sirison.

Hello people. Just an update. I know it's still early, but it seems to me that everyone is recommending different articles. So let's try this.
Give me a Top 5 new/updated articles that you'd like to see. I'll cross reference the top 5 and see what comes out the most. Again, don't feel like you need to pick from either List. Just give me 5 Articles.

1) Better elaborated Article on how Shards, the viel, and spans work. 
2) Updated Geography lore. I don't care which one...but all of them eventually. 
3) Jastreian Lore page. 
4) Villains/ a Timeline of major events that have happened since the Larp's beginning to present. 
5) Updated Immortal lore. See #2 for comment. 

  • Magic / Theurgy (separate articles for each denomination)
  • Immortals / Ivelis
  • Geography / Sirison
  • Realms / Prime
  • History / Age of Ascension

-notable cities on major shards, and what they are all about
-jastrey lore page
-updated Immortals (Specifically Istensia)
-history of Orn lore Slavery 
-theurgy

also, Thad, what if other people took up Jop's cause? smoke free orn 2013 GO

Much as I'd like to, Danny, I'm not superman. There are limits to my time and energy. That being said, I strongly encourage anybody who is smoking to quit. What I'm providing for Jop here is really very trivial compared to the money he'll be saving or the years he'll be adding to his life.

  • Jastrey lore
  • Realms/ Pit
  • Geography/ Sirison
  • Immortals/ Hexadus
  • History/ Age of Ascension 

-          History/ Dawning
-          History/ Jastrey
-          Geography/ Sardia
-          Geography/ Varalon (Specifically Jerascht)
-          Magic/ Druidism

-  The Beyond
-  Shattering
-  Age of Wonders
-  Age of Ascension
-  Artifacts (any and all)
 

I dug up some old notes on languages that folks seemed interested in. I'm sure I could make a lore article out of it.

  • Cirth - The language of Rica and the "common" or "trade" tongue spoken by most of the world due to the influence of Rican trade routes.
  • Drakeric - The language taught to wizards by Kreilos. Often featured in old tomes, spells, and inscribed on magic items in runes, though rarely spoken in modern times.
  • Durnamn - A language shared by dwarves, gnomes, and other races who dwell beneath the earth.
  • Gor'ek - The language of Angori and the angori. Guttural like Klingon.
  • Naastrine - The language of Nastal.
  • Opunin - The language of Sirison. Similar to arabic. This would be the native tongue of the ixifar homeland, though many no longer speak it due to their nomadic nature.
  • Steric - The language of Sardia.
  • Takral - The language of Tarkalsys. Similar to Romanian. Uordeq originated here and continue to use it as their native tongue, although many also speak durnamn.
  • Tceril - The language of Upper and Lower Mestar. Similar to Gaelic.
  • Velysh - A tongue shared by elves, fairies, druids, and woodland creatures such as nymphs and treants. Similar to Tolkien elvish. It is also the chief language of Rastemier, which is predominantly untamed wilderness.

My Second Choice I'm going to let be picked by popular Vote again. I would like everyone to *Resubmit* a top 5 again for me, and we'll see what ends up happening

1. Mynra
2. Prime
3. Knights of the Crystal Fist
4. Shattering
5. Dawning

  • Magic / Theurgy (separate articles for each denomination)
  • Immortals / Ivelis
  • Geography / Sirison
  • Realms / Prime
  • History / Age of Ascension

-          History/ Dawning
-          History/ Jastrey
-          Artifacts/ Any and all  
-          Realms/ The Prime
-          Magic/ Druidism

Immortals / Hexadus

Immortals / Hursisa

History / Slavery

Geography / Sirison

History / Twilight

 

Mortals/ Crimson Corsairs
Realms/ Pit
Geography/ Sirison
Immortals/ Hexadus
History/ Age of Ascension 

History / Jastrey  
History / dawning
History / shattering
Villains of Jastrey.
Why the hell things keep attacking our town (aside from the fact that we'd be bored if it were peaceful)
 
 

Magic/ Dark Arts: Umbral Spire *cough cough*
Immortals/ Etejeril
Immortals/ Hexadus
Geography/ Sirison
Immortals/ Tenaebrus