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06-08-2014, 08:06 AM #1
Banners of the Ancient Gods
What would the banner of the ancient gods be?
I'm toying with the idea of having my own little Game of Thrones in Cerilia, and I thought I would have 7 Great Families, each one tied to a bloodline, contending for the Iron Throne
I based myself on the colours of the Bloodstones for the field, and the totem animal of each god.
For example:
Line of...
Anduiras - Golden Lion on Red Field
Azrai - Green Serpent on Black Field
Basaia - White Eagle on Yellow Field
Brenna - Black Cat on Orange Field
Masela - Silver Dolphin on Blue Field
Reynir - Grey Wolf on Green Field
Vorynn - (Black? or Purple?) Owl on White Field
Next would be to come out with a Family Motto for each line...
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06-08-2014, 09:18 PM #2
The other obvious source would be the colours and symbols of the current gods - I suspect that they simply re-labelled all the old rituals and accoutrements of worship rather than re-inventing them all after Diesmaar.
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06-09-2014, 06:36 PM #3
Yes, I kept an eye on the colours of the "living" gods, that's why I'm undecided about Vorynn's owl colour... I might go with Purple in honour of Ruornil.
Anyone knows a source where I can find the "family" name of the True bloodlines of each ancient god?
I'm supposing the house of Roele is the "true" Anduiras bloodline, but what about the others?
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06-09-2014, 08:25 PM #4
Azrai has several true bloodlines, one of which is also a Roele of course.
Al-Arrasi may have had a true bloodline of Basaia - I can't think of another candidate.
I had Wulf Danig for Brenna in PS Danigau, and (to show I have no imagination), Ragnar the Bold for Erik in PS Dhoesone.
I wonder about Uvna Farzeb for Vorynn.
I suspect that none of the survivors had a true bloodline, except perhaps Roele, but that Roele may have strengthened his bloodline significantly by conquering the known world to become true even if he started as great.
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06-10-2014, 06:27 PM #5
I ran into the same problem trying to indentify the "True" bloodlines. Unfortunately, they don't really identify the bloodlines except for the Awnsheglian in Blood Enemies.
- Rhoubhe Manslayer is True (Elf)
- The Serpent is True (a Masetian)
- The Gorgon is True (Pre-Roele, he's not actually a Roele, that was his half-brother).
The Roele's descendents are most likely a True line since his brother ascended as a god and Roele himself, absorbed a lot of the essence of Anduiras.
I agree with Andrew's assessment regarding the Danig's.
I don't think El-Arrassi was present a Deismaar. One of his ancestors might have been.d'estre bons et leaulx amis et vrais ensemble et de servir l'un 'autre envers et contre tous
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06-10-2014, 07:14 PM #6
whups, I'd make some quack attempt to try to describe the family name change from Andu to Roele as a mere re-labeling but honesty forces me to admit that I just got that one wrong
Sigh, I missed Maseta, I'm clearly going senile. I suspect that her champion was killed by one of the great beasts or Aduria raiders before the fleet even reached Deismaar, but given the catastrophic losses I suspect that there is no Masetan true bloodline - although it does beg the question of where her essence went without a champion to empower (beyond Nesirie anyway).
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06-10-2014, 11:48 PM #7
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06-13-2014, 09:42 AM #8
What real life culture are the Masetians based on?
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06-13-2014, 05:34 PM #9
Take your pick - Graeco-Egyptian, Phoenician, Persian or other exotic, lost and/or maritime culture.
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