[OOC] Ivory Heart

[Mirage]

Additionally it should be noted the Seekers will also be getting some reworking as well. Their primary purpose is now to collect and maintain knowledge WITHIN the city. That means most seekers spend the majority of their time either out in Lhavit collecting knowledge from the citizens, editing and revising current text, repairing books or organizing and maintaining the library itself. I might add in something similar to the enterprise branch later on, but they will NOT be the hard core explorers as they are described to be right now. Magic will almost certainly not be involved in the seekers at all, and those that DO travel will do so on established trade routes such as the one that goes to Alvadas. More info coming soon.

[Sal Mander]

Would be interested to hear more about the trade route to Alvadas. I had always been under the impression that an established land route across Kalea was more or less non existent, due to the hostile wildlife and terrain.

[Mirage]

You may definitely expect to see more on the trade route next season . Lhavit's primary trade is through the sea route definitely.

EDIT: Just to be clear, there is no land route from Lhavit to Alvadas. It's impossible through the Unforgiven

[Ornea]

So, just to be sure I got this right, this is the outcome of the development of the magic system and the library. Quite many points, hope I recalled all.

• Wizards must still register; as always. (But they aren't given a tower membership.)
• Dawn tower supervises Reimancy, Flux, Shielding, Magecrafting
• Twilight tower supervises Morphing, Alchemy, Animation
• Dusk tower supervises Auristics, Spiritism, Summoning
• There's no "classes" in magic; no magic for sale
• The Shinya are the only ones who practice Projection
• Other magics can exist in the city but no tower supports them and they are unwelcome
• Magic in the streets without permission is a crime; harder punishment for those who aren't registered properly
• Magic books in Bharani are available on special conditions
• Magic books are mostly written by the tower families
• Mundane books in Bharani can be found in the open part of the library
• Only a few jobs as wizard will be availabe and there will be conditions

In order to avoid confusion if new players join in spring, it would be good if you could do just a small edit of the location descriptions for the wizard towers. Add a first line that states their kinds of magic. And just take away the parts about tutition and classes.

(I assumed you just skipped the special mage area idea and the badges idea but kept the rest of your results ? Otherwise, please clarify. )

[Mirage]

I am removing the towers direct involvement in the magic of Lhavit entirely. There is no longer any Towers supervising wizards at all. Wizards simply must register, and they cannot use magic in the streets.

EDIT: Some of this may change with plots and RP, but as it stands I am breaking it down to its simplest form. It is not a crime to say you are a wizard, or to talk about your magic. Magic as an idea is accepted, and it can sometimes be a topic of conversation like, say, when your out to lunch. Open displays of magic in the streets is not allowed. There is no system in place for any facility to teach magic in Lhavit either. The Towers are the primary magic users in the city, but they don't offer classes and as of right now they do not supervise any of the magic in the city. That falls under the Shinya who are responsible for keeping the city safe. So magic can be a common topic of talk, and acceptance of it does not go any deeper than people are not afraid to openly talk about it. What you choose to do in your own home is up to you, just don't do it in the streets.

Later I will think about magical shops and what that will entail. Right now it is safe to assume no magic is available for sale or for purchase by the non wealthy. Lhavit culture will not focus on magic any longer. A pleasant conversation over tea maybe, but magic is not a big deal in Lhavit at this time.

[Ornea]

Alright.

But the towers are still in the city and although they give no classes, there's still wizards in the towers and they are still practicing their magic. So I find it important to understand which tower does what, to get the details of the setting right.

You divided up the magics between the towers this way. Is this valid info ? Yes/No ?

• Dawn tower pratices Reimancy, Flux, Shielding, Magecrafting
• Twilight tower practices Morphing, Alchemy, Animation
• Dusk tower practices Auristics, Spiritism, Summoning
• The Shinya are the only to practice Projection

Today the location descriptions are still saying this:

• Dawn tower practices Reimancy, Shielding
• Dusk tower practices Auristics
• Twilight tower practices Morphing,Flux,Alchemy, Hypnotism, Projection
• The Shinya practices projection

Which version is correct ? I'm asking because I may want to mention the towers in my writing, just like all other setting.

[Mirage]

Go with what the descriptions say. The towers practice their primary magics. The exception is Twilight tower. I thought I had gotten it in my last wipe but apparently I missed some spots. Twilight tower only uses Morphing. Dawn is Reimancy and Shielding. Dusk Auristics and they do some work with Spiritism. Twilight is just morphing nothing else.

[Ornea]

I'd like to ask you a personal creative visionary question, Mirage.

If you would write a character of your own here in Lhavit, what would it be and which kind of stories would you want to write ? What would the threads of your dreams be about? What in the setting of the future Lhavit would inspire you personally so much that you would love to make a charater in this city and feel passionate about writing here ?

And if you would moderate a thread in Lhavit (this is just hypothetic) which NPC would you love to write as and what would the topic of that thread be?

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[Mirage]

I personally would not create a character in the city as it is currently. It's a completely headache, but I have now mapped out everything that needs to be focused on next so it makes it a little easier to focus. If I did make a character though? I would be a farmer. Why? Because Lhavit's agriculture is absolutely amazing, but no one realizes it. Did you know Lhavit has skyglass greenhouses? Their main export is tea but you almost never see that mentioned. Its got an entire peak dedicated to farming and agriculture and that is what I would thread about. That and maybe an architect and work with the skyglass because its awesome. The architects are supposed to be hugely important in the city but again I have not seen much about them in recent threads and lore.

The rest of these questions honestly don't matter right now. I wont make any character here until the edits are finished and we have a new ST in place. Until that time I cannot even think about the rest of these questions. the city is not yet ready for moderation. Its still in development faze. We will see in the future though. Ive always got plans in the works even if they can't be seen, and one day Lhavit will get to see those plans. But only after we find someone who can step up and ST here.

Sincerely,
Mirage

[Ornea]

To my dear thread partners.

I'm going to be super busy during the workdays this week and will not be able to post to anybody until the weekend. Thought I'd put in a heads up about this.

But in the weekend I'll reply to all of you.