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Questioning chirine ba kal - part III

Started by Greentongue, June 05, 2018, 06:48:29 AM

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chirine ba kal

Quote from: bconsidine;1051063After a lull, because life, I've resumed my game. And added a new player! In true Tekumel style, the two players and their entourage of bearers, body servants, and assorted minders have set out from the Sky Blue Water clanhouse in Usenanu to search for a nexus point somewhere in the Kurt Hills.

It's nice to be back, though central Tsolyanu is quite hot this time of year.

Blaise

Great news! Please keep us all posted, if you could... :)

chirine ba kal

Back from Alabama, as I mentioned; some fans of Tekumel invited me down to talk about Phil's world and be on some more general gaming panels. I ran two game sessions (one with 12 players, one with six) and everyone seemed to have a good time. Lots of interest in Tekumel, from what I saw, and I was able to make a few suggestions about where to get more information. Got over 1,100 hits on my blog - I handed out all the business cards I'd brought - and some e-mails as well. Signed autographs in Tsolyani, posed for pictures, and generally had a really fun time.

It was very interesting getting out and getting 'boots on the ground' with gamers in their natural habitat. I learned a lot, actually.

AsenRG

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1051167Back from Alabama, as I mentioned; some fans of Tekumel invited me down to talk about Phil's world and be on some more general gaming panels. I ran two game sessions (one with 12 players, one with six) and everyone seemed to have a good time. Lots of interest in Tekumel, from what I saw, and I was able to make a few suggestions about where to get more information. Got over 1,100 hits on my blog - I handed out all the business cards I'd brought - and some e-mails as well. Signed autographs in Tsolyani, posed for pictures, and generally had a really fun time.

It was very interesting getting out and getting 'boots on the ground' with gamers in their natural habitat. I learned a lot, actually.

Sounds great, Uncle:)! What does your autograph look like in Tsolyani?
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chirine ba kal

Quote from: AsenRG;1051187Sounds great, Uncle:)! What does your autograph look like in Tsolyani?

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It's on a neat fold-up dice tray. I made sure it was unique. :)

Hrugga

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1051192[ATTACH=CONFIG]2683[/ATTACH]

It's on a neat fold-up dice tray. I made sure it was unique. :)

Uncle,

Very cool. Glad all of you had fun!!!

H:0)

chirine ba kal

Quote from: Hrugga;1051261Uncle,

Very cool. Glad all of you had fun!!!

H:0)

Thank you! We did have a very good time, and it was a great weekend all the way around - even going through TSR was fun, as they'd never seen a dice box like mine.

Back to the Sunken City of Atlantis tomorrow; it's the first anniversary of both the Shieldmaidens group and this campaign, so a little extra effort has been called for. Between the working Maelstrom and the flamingo barware, I think we'll manage to come up with something.

Hrugga

Uncle,

I know it is written in The Book of Deeds in Avanthar(which I fear I will never be able to read), (looking both ways)but have you heard any wisperings about the origins of the Tlakotani? It is said that the north may hold answers. Such as the old resting place of the Petal Throne itself...Might Chirene the Dragon-headed, Warrior of Nlyss(your namesake have told you anything), or might the Vriddi(the ancient rivals of the Tlakotani) know? Any insight would be helpful.

Many Thanks,

H:0)

chirine ba kal

Quote from: Hrugga;1051529Uncle,

I know it is written in The Book of Deeds in Avanthar(which I fear I will never be able to read), (looking both ways)but have you heard any wisperings about the origins of the Tlakotani? It is said that the north may hold answers. Such as the old resting place of the Petal Throne itself...Might Chirene the Dragon-headed, Warrior of Nlyss(your namesake have told you anything), or might the Vriddi(the ancient rivals of the Tlakotani) know? Any insight would be helpful.

Many Thanks,

H:0)

Just back in from the battle with the Kraken and Leviathan. Near-run thing, half the party got dead before they disengaged.

Yes. Which is why Malchairan is so important to Phil's version of Tekumel. The 1950's 'Petal Throne' story takes place much earlier, but there's some very good hints in it. And yes, the Vriddi do know a lot, which is why they consider the Tlakotani clan to be a bunch of jumped-up low-status people who should have stayed on their farms. (My namesake is also from much earlier, too.) The Vriddi - the Ebbridda, back in the day - thought that Fasiltum was the center of the world, and the First Tlakotani thought differently and set himself up in Avanthar. With a few little goodies that he'd picked up on his adventures back in the day, like: the Petal Throne, the Jade Screen now in the Hall of the Petal Throne, and the Kolumel itself. I also have a feeling that they had a little hand in the demise of the Priestkings, as the work for the Seal is the same as for Sovereign in Engsvanyali.

Basically, without dropping too many spoilers, the First Tlakotani was the one who got there 'firstest with the mostest', and filled the power vacuum with raw force. See also "Deeds", which has a lot of scattered details in the text that you have to pry out.

It's kind of an open-ended question; is there something specific needed?

Hrugga

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Quote from: chirine ba kal;1051723Just back in from the battle with the Kraken and Leviathan. Near-run thing, half the party got dead before they disengaged.

Yes. Which is why Malchairan is so important to Phil's version of Tekumel. The 1950's 'Petal Throne' story takes place much earlier, but there's some very good hints in it. And yes, the Vriddi do know a lot, which is why they consider the Tlakotani clan to be a bunch of jumped-up low-status people who should have stayed on their farms. (My namesake is also from much earlier, too.) The Vriddi - the Ebbridda, back in the day - thought that Fasiltum was the center of the world, and the First Tlakotani thought differently and set himself up in Avanthar. With a few little goodies that he'd picked up on his adventures back in the day, like: the Petal Throne, the Jade Screen now in the Hall of the Petal Throne, and the Kolumel itself. I also have a feeling that they had a little hand in the demise of the Priestkings, as the work for the Seal is the same as for Sovereign in Engsvanyali.

Basically, without dropping too many spoilers, the First Tlakotani was the one who got there 'firstest with the mostest', and filled the power vacuum with raw force. See also "Deeds", which has a lot of scattered details in the text that you have to pry out.

It's kind of an open-ended question; is there something specific needed?

Uncle,

Many thanks. Any more insight into the first Tlakotani's aquisition of the Imperial Regalia would be helpful. Such as who he was? Who gave him a helping hand? Where in the Empire did he hail from(Bey Su)?

I have some reading to do. If any of my questions have answers in any of the published materials please let me know. It is easy to plague you with questions and not seek them out ones self. One the other hand, what are Uncle's for...?

H;0)

Shemek hiTankolel

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1051723Yes. Which is why Malchairan is so important to Phil's version of Tekumel. The 1950's 'Petal Throne' story takes place much earlier, but there's some very good hints in it. And yes, the Vriddi do know a lot, which is why they consider the Tlakotani clan to be a bunch of jumped-up low-status people who should have stayed on their farms. (My namesake is also from much earlier, too.) The Vriddi - the Ebbridda, back in the day - thought that Fasiltum was the center of the world, and the First Tlakotani thought differently and set himself up in Avanthar. With a few little goodies that he'd picked up on his adventures back in the day, like: the Petal Throne, the Jade Screen now in the Hall of the Petal Throne, and the Kolumel itself. I also have a feeling that they had a little hand in the demise of the Priestkings, as the work for the Seal is the same as for Sovereign in Engsvanyali.

Basically, without dropping too many spoilers, the First Tlakotani was the one who got there 'firstest with the mostest', and filled the power vacuum with raw force. See also "Deeds", which has a lot of scattered details in the text that you have to pry out.

It's kind of an open-ended question; is there something specific needed?

This is kind of what I suspected, and what I believe Phil alluded to in a post on the Blue Room. It also explains the Vriddi animosity (contempt?) towards the Tlakotani. Excellent, and thank you for the clarification!

Shemek.
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Baron

Can anyone help an old gamer with a failing memory? Where on Tekumel.com can I find the adventure where you wake up in an installation under the loving care of an AI who's just transferred your awareness into some unwilling host bodies? Thanks in advance!

chirine ba kal

Quote from: Hrugga;1051795Uncle,

Many thanks. Any more insight into the first Tlakotani's aquisition of the Imperial Regalia would be helpful. Such as who he was? Who gave him a helping hand? Where in the Empire did he hail from(Bey Su)?

I have some reading to do. If any of my questions have answers in any of the published materials please let me know. It is easy to plague you with questions and not seek them out ones self. One the other hand, what are Uncle's for...?

H;0)

All we know for sure comes from "Deeds", S&G I, and Phil's Blue room comments. He was, as usual, pretty reluctant to get pinned down; basically, what I got from him was that the First Tlakotani was a successful warlord from the Bey Su area, where his clan was a local power - rural, yes, but strong enough to get and keep power locally. And once Bey Su was in hand, things started to fall into place given the habit of central control being pretty popular amongst most folks. Bey Su was never a power base from the Dragon Lords, who were mostly in the western area with the Ebbridda / Vriddi relatively isolated in their desert stronghold - as we found out all too many times, getting an army across a desert was a pain in the butt and pretty difficult.

We don;t have any really good information on what happened to the Petal Throne during the lost years between that distant conquest of Malchairan and the thing showing up in Avanthar with the Tlakotani dynasty. Heck, for that matter we don't know how they got their mitts onto the mountain in the first place; when records start up again after the fall, the Tlakotani are in place and on their way to ruling an empire.

So, I'd look at "Deeds", S&G I, and what you can find on the Blue Room. It's about all he left us on the subject, as near as I can tell.

Hrugga

Quote from: chirine ba kal;1052029All we know for sure comes from "Deeds", S&G I, and Phil's Blue room comments. He was, as usual, pretty reluctant to get pinned down; basically, what I got from him was that the First Tlakotani was a successful warlord from the Bey Su area, where his clan was a local power - rural, yes, but strong enough to get and keep power locally. And once Bey Su was in hand, things started to fall into place given the habit of central control being pretty popular amongst most folks. Bey Su was never a power base from the Dragon Lords, who were mostly in the western area with the Ebbridda / Vriddi relatively isolated in their desert stronghold - as we found out all too many times, getting an army across a desert was a pain in the butt and pretty difficult.

We don;t have any really good information on what happened to the Petal Throne during the lost years between that distant conquest of Malchairan and the thing showing up in Avanthar with the Tlakotani dynasty. Heck, for that matter we don't know how they got their mitts onto the mountain in the first place; when records start up again after the fall, the Tlakotani are in place and on their way to ruling an empire.

So, I'd look at "Deeds", S&G I, and what you can find on the Blue Room. It's about all he left us on the subject, as near as I can tell.

Uncle,

Thanks. I read the OAL entry and the List of Emperors from Deeds. Not much in detail, but a lot for inspiration. Interesting how the OAL went from military powerhouse to its present form. Thanks again.

H:0)

chirine ba kal

Quote from: Hrugga;1052039Uncle,

Thanks. I read the OAL entry and the List of Emperors from Deeds. Not much in detail, but a lot for inspiration. Interesting how the OAL went from military powerhouse to its present form. Thanks again.

H:0)

Great! You're welcome! :)

chirine ba kal

After much thought and consideration - as well as the recent fracas over on another RPG forum that I was caught up in - I have established my own forum  to discuss the kind of gaming that I do and that I enjoy. I also feel that the departure of the Glorious General from this corner of the Internet has also taken some of the wind out of our collective sails, and I'm hoping to lure him back with a more focused and concise venue. I also need a venue for the players in my forthcoming Tekumel campaign, where they can ask questions outside of the game sessions about Phil's astounding creation and the adventures we'll be having.

Now, I do want to say that I have enjoyed this series of 'Questioning Chirine ba Kal" threads, and all of your questions and comments. I do not feel, however, that I am really part of the community that foregathers here; I come from a different time and place, with some very different gaming styles and customs, and I think it's time to withdraw from here as I have from other places on the web. I will continue to monitor this thread, through the e-mail notifications that I get about it. Otherwise, please feel free to join me over at: http://chirinebakal.proboards.com/

And Pundit, you've been a very patient host to all of us; thank you again.

- chirine