[PC Plotnotes] Dust

[Dust]

index of plotnotes

• Overarching Ambitions
• Seasonal Goals

• Religion
• Dust's Travels

• Job Threads Log

[Dust]

ambitions

My ambitions for Dust are currently in redevelopment, as the prior plans are outdated both due to time passing (simple change) and because the opening of Syka has thrown a (very exciting) wrench into previously planned works.

Basic principles still stand, however. The theme of her story has become exploration, and certainly Syka is an excellent place to pursue that. I still want to develop her cartography skills and pursue a career in mapmaking. Those are the simple, mundane goals. I want her to speak to the ghost in the library. Dust could easily spend days there, listening to stories. I have a thought that she might enjoy helping restore and maintain the building, though that could clash with exploration, if exploration becomes a matter of longer travels. In any case -- pencil that in as a first step.

[Dust]

religion

It occurs to me that when I created Dust, I didn't give much thought to her religion. She is young, has traveled a great deal, and has never bonded; truth be told, I didn't feel like she had great attachment to anything, even an intangible like faith. But after growing into the character for a while, I've come to think this aspect of her character very much needs to be addressed. For one, Dust grew up in the Spires, which is a center of reverence towards Caiyha. She could not grow up there and not be surrounded by faith, as it were, whether or not she took it on for her own. (For that matter, I've neglected what Dust has taken away from the Spires in general, but that's something to address separately.)

Dust worships. But I think her expressions of faith have little to do with prayer or any kind of ceremony. Rather, I see her religion manifesting in awareness and appreciation. Not 'thank you Syna, for this beautiful dawn' but 'wow, what a pretty sunrise! Syna must be happy today.' Dust isn't humble enough to thank the gods for everything, and she gets too caught up in the moment besides. Nor is she apt to carry on a (one-sided) conversation with a god (i.e. a more narrative prayer) unless one deigns to interact with her first. (...though if one did ever show interest in her, they might wind up with their ear talked off!) But there are plenty of things she can do in everyday events which would better portray her version of reverence. I'll have to get on that.

Eywaat
prayer thread

Because she is a bird, and feels a particular affinity for non-Kelvic birds besides. In an honestly complete coincidence, Eywaat's traits -- cheer, curiosity, enjoyment of stories -- also wound up being integral to Dust. I shall have to have her set a place for him at the table routinely.

Caiyha
prayer thread

This is the faith Dust would primarily have been exposed to in her childhood, and it is also a natural fit. Her reverence for Caiyha is less central, however; Dust likes the wilderness, but she loves people and cities. She is not a budding Phylonurist, for sure.

Syna
prayer thread

Because Dust is a cheerful daylight bird, literally and figuratively.

[Dust]

pre-creation
timeline still a work in progress

location	duration	start date	end date
Syliras	1.5 seasons	Fall 35, 508	Sp 1, 509
Syliras --> Zeltiva	40 days	Sp 1, 509	Sp 40, 509
Zeltiva	1.5 seasons	Sp 40, 509	Fall 1, 509
Zeltiva --> Syliras	40 days	Fall 1, 509	Fall 40, 509
Syliras	1.5 seasons	Fall 40, 510	Sp 1, 510
Syliras --> Kenash	40 days	Sp 1, 510	Sp 40, 510
Kenash	24 days	Sp 40, 510	Sp 64, 510
Kenash --> Endrykas	27 days	Sp 64, 510	Su 1, 510
Endrykas	0.5 season	Su 1, 510	Su 45, 510
Endrykas --> Syliras	43 days	Su 45, 510	Fall 1, 510
Syliras	2 seasons	Fall 1, 510	Sp 1, 511
Syliras --> Zeltiva	40 days	Sp 1, 511	Sp 40, 511
Zeltiva	2 seasons	Sp 40, 511	F 41, 511
Zeltiva --> Ahnatep	50 days	F 41, 511	W 1, 511
Ahnatep	1 season	Su 1, 512	Fall 1, 512
Ahnatep --> Riverfall	40 days	Fall 1, 512	Fall 40, 512

post-creation

location	duration	start date	end date
Riverfall	4.5 seasons	Fall 40, 512	Fall 91, 513
Riverfall --> Lhavit	92 days	Winter 1, 513	Winter 92, 513
Lhavit	???	Spring 1, 514	???

[Dust]

Job Thread Log

Fall 516

Cartographer or Hunter, pending ST approval

• Practical Matters (hiring thread)
• Practical Matters II
• Practical Matters III

wage: not yet claimed
seasonal xp: n/a

[Dust]

Winter 516

House Construction

- plot selection (grandfathered, solo)
- house design (grandfathered, solo)
- materials sourcing (grandfathered, solo)
- felling trees
- stripping logs
- shaping posts
- setting supports
- building steps
- splitting bamboo
- deck flooring
- tethering roof supports
- thatching roof
- hanging mats and moving in

Plot Points and Events

- pending calendar

Skill Goals

- competent Cartography (p, p, p, p)
- competent Construction
- Wilderness Survival
- Swimming (p)

x - Winter thread, u - gf unfinished, p - gf placeholdered