03-07-2006, 11:18 AM
Alright, Vrenir has a week off (sort of like Spring Break), which means (oh yes) another random brainstorming binge. This time, it's about pre-release tie-ins and particularly about what our new mainland Hlallu port could be. KuKuklzA, if you've got anything more specific about what you plan to do with that port, please post it now as it would save a lot of trimming/redoing that could be bypassed.
So far, I'm thinking a coastal island at the mouth of the large central river (sort of where Old Ebonheart is on the TR maps). It would be in Hlallu territory (according to TR maps), but I thought that perhaps the central coast is the sub-area that we could locate House Mora in as well, so that the city is sort of an old House Mora place with newer Hlallu-style improvements. I'm also thinking of incorporating one of those massive Hlallu towers as a government building, which leads me to the name suggestion of Tel Maris (tower of the sea) It's sort of a neat amalgam of Dunmer and Imperial/Latin symbolic of the Westernized Hlallu society. Tel Maris could be an old Mora port and trading post that also happens to be the ancestoral holding of Helseth's family. With his royal power, Helseth has invested heavily in Tel Maris, expanding the city to cover almost the entire little island, adding the massive plaza with tower (probably replaced an old Mora tower and gave the city it's Imperialized name), and built himself an expanded palace off the plaza. The plaza area would obviously be the most ornate and striking feature, but the rest of the town would also be luxurious, at least far more than anything we have on Vvardenfell (think the whole upper and lower levels thing). I'll try to get some nice sketches done in the next day or so, plus a really basic jpg blueprint of my idea.
So far, I'm thinking a coastal island at the mouth of the large central river (sort of where Old Ebonheart is on the TR maps). It would be in Hlallu territory (according to TR maps), but I thought that perhaps the central coast is the sub-area that we could locate House Mora in as well, so that the city is sort of an old House Mora place with newer Hlallu-style improvements. I'm also thinking of incorporating one of those massive Hlallu towers as a government building, which leads me to the name suggestion of Tel Maris (tower of the sea) It's sort of a neat amalgam of Dunmer and Imperial/Latin symbolic of the Westernized Hlallu society. Tel Maris could be an old Mora port and trading post that also happens to be the ancestoral holding of Helseth's family. With his royal power, Helseth has invested heavily in Tel Maris, expanding the city to cover almost the entire little island, adding the massive plaza with tower (probably replaced an old Mora tower and gave the city it's Imperialized name), and built himself an expanded palace off the plaza. The plaza area would obviously be the most ornate and striking feature, but the rest of the town would also be luxurious, at least far more than anything we have on Vvardenfell (think the whole upper and lower levels thing). I'll try to get some nice sketches done in the next day or so, plus a really basic jpg blueprint of my idea.