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Mormacil
Herma-Mora the Woodland Man

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Mormacils Brainstorm

Ok today I was waiting for a train when I started thinking about High Rock. Note before I procede, I did not read any lore abouyt HR specifcally nor your forum Tongue

But well these are just some ideas I had:

Ok How I view HR, I see the landscape mostly as Scotland mixed with Romenia. Lots of hills, rain, and grass. I imaging lots of sheeps in meadows in the lower parts of HR. Much more then you see in CD. I think horses are also very common in the lowlands, in the mountains you mostly just encounter rogues and bandits with use the caves as hideouts.

HR is devided in citystates right? Well I know quite a bit about the ancient greek citystate/goverment systems, so I dug around a bit with what I could come up with. I created 5 different govermentforms, could be used by the 5 biggest cities.

5 aristrocratic families, work together in a counsil
2 royal families of which one king is elected each 10 years.
A small counsil (15 men) in which you can only acquire a place by having enough property and wealth (theocracy)
A council of the wise, mostly old mages.
1 royal family with a king supported by 5 councilors choosen from 5 noblefamilies. One from each familiy.

Ok besides Breton we got Orcs in HR. the best information we have about the origin of the orcs is taht Boethia ones punished an army of Altmer and cursed them to become the first Orcs. But Bretons are very font of Ayleids, they helped them fight the Nord invasion taht was send to free the enslaved men(Breton). So I figure they can't see that Elfs are the origin of Orcs. And after numerous wars I think they still hate the orcs as much as the Dunmer hate the Imperials. So I figure they don't life together either, but in seperate towns and communities. The Orcs have a more indutrialised community. They're smiths after all, but a large group of them still life by the old ways of tribal and war.

Ok most of my ideas are related to war an battles etc. So since the Bretons are very good mages I think you'll find lots of Paladins, maybe also lots of Orders of Knights? Just an idea. But war, well I see the Bretons using a lot of Forts, build near the orcs, in the south near Hammerfell and North(east) towards Skyrim. I think Bretons have, considering the citystates lots of fortified towns, villages and cities.

Weapons: weapons favoured by the Bretons I think 1 handed axes, maces and swords, in combination of a shield.
Armor: I see Bretons as early to mid Dark ages. As armor they use lots of mail and some pieces of platearmor. Only high guards, royal garde etc use full platearmor.

Magic: I imaging a lot of use of magic in combat, so lots of battlemages, and the paladins Tongue

That's all for now, I know it's a bit chaotic Wink

Mormacil,

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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Mormacil: 2007.01.16 01:18.

2007.01.15 17:03

WhiteWizard
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Wow, thats allot to take in. Most of the lore I don't know, but I do know there will be knight orders. I like the ideas for different governments, but we will have to check with lore. *Yawns* sorry, I'm tired, my sister kept me up last night.

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2007.01.15 22:52

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Mormacil
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I mentioned it before, but I think HR can become different from your ordinairy fantasy medieval setting if we dig into their history with the Ayleids Wink

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2007.01.16 01:20

KuKulzA
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perhaps devling into Dirennei, Ayleids, and Orcish culture might bring some exotic flavor into the otherwise "knight/noble/peasant/mae/paladin"-style of High Rock you mean?

2007.01.16 01:29

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Mormacil
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2007.01.16 07:43

WhiteWizard
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Ok, I'm less tired now, so I can think. Tongue

If I remeber corectly every city-state thing will have a knightly order. Shield

With those Alied structures you mentioned in the other thread, maybe we can make it to fit in lore like they were just recently discovered and maybe have a side quest line to them. That should work. Hmmm.... Orcish culture.... I think that falls under KuKulzA's category Wink

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2007.01.17 23:50

Mormacil
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Well I got no idea who the HR team is Tongue

And that's all you got to say about my idea's? Frown

2007.01.18 00:26

WhiteWizard
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Sorry, not really other than I agree.

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2007.01.18 00:34

Mormacil
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Btw I just remembered I think in HR there many, many MG's but there not strong. Since so many Breton are wizards etc they do lots of freelancing. The MG can't control it Wink

I say MG is more a place the nobles, less for the commoners, the witches and medicinmens etc Tongue

2007.01.18 00:41

WhiteWizard
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quote:

Originally posted by Mormacil
Btw I just remembered I think in HR there many, many MG's but there not strong. Since so many Breton are wizards etc they do lots of freelancing. The MG can't control it Wink

I say MG is more a place the nobles, less for the commoners, the witches and medicinmens etc Tongue

Very true. We can have mages running around in the wilderness hunting deer! Tongue

Maybe if you want to join the mages guild there you have to prove nobility or wealth. Or just be very strong.

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2007.01.18 00:50

Mormacil
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Ok this is straigth from my head:
Storyline for the MG in HR. SInce you got an uncertain past with no know parents you can't prove your heritage Wink

So technically not able to really join the MG. But if you got a nice persuasion(spells etc works too Tongue

) you can join as a servant/errantboy. You'll start doing all kind of nasty things like hunting for herbs Tongue

To really climb up the ranks you got to prove you're incredible skill in magic

Aling the way you'll fight several duels (special arena/courtyard at the MG?) These folks don't like a "peasant" going up the ranks Wink

In the end you just become guildmaster.
So short:
servant/errantboy (most players/all non magic players stay at this rank)
slowly ranking up by showing lots of skill
backstabbing you by jealous other students
duels with other mages (don't agree with your ranking up)
assasination attempt
track and kill the count/king/e.g. responsable
become head of the mage guild (the current head loves you as a son, and gives you the rank at the end)
This is just an idea, but I like it

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2007.01.18 00:57

WhiteWizard
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Hmm.... I like it.... I like it alot! We will need to work on that more (of coarse) but that is really good. Here is a link to the current Mage's Guild thread. Assassination, I think that would be fun

, But we can maybe have it so if you are a member of the Dark Brotherhood, it could be some other group (maybe also joinable?).

quote:

track and kill the count/king/e.g. responsable

Maybe not a count doing it, but a high up member, maybe the leader himself! That way you won't have the count thinking of you as a son/daughter, and adds a little unique twist.

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2007.01.18 01:07

Mormacil
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Well I say it's a nobleman who doens't like a filthy peasant getting this important. So he hires some DB assasins to kill you Wink

He could be the father of a high ranking memeber you just passed.

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2007.01.18 01:11

WhiteWizard
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Maybe. But, if you are in the DB, make it whatever faction it is that tries to kill that guy in the DB quest line. The quest where you have to bring him back to life.

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2007.01.18 01:19

Mormacil
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what

reread it 4 times, still not getting it, sorry

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2007.01.18 01:27

WhiteWizard
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Sorry, my fault. I just reread it and I don't understand either. What I was saying was that if you are in the DB you won't get assassinated by them. I was thinking that in the quest from DB where you have to fake the murder and later bring him back to life, maybe the faction that wanted the guy dead would be the one hired to assassinate you.

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2007.01.18 01:34

Mormacil
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Or not, it's dangerous to let different questlines intervine with eachotehr and besides the DB does kills members for cash Tongue

But I'm goihng to bed, so I'll reply in 6-7 hours Wink

2007.01.18 01:41

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