Suvan Sea Development - Ideas and Requests

[Gossamer]

Welcome to the Suvan Sea Development and Discussion Thread! If anyone has any ideas or wants to submit a writeup or NPC for one of the locations on the maps I have posted for the Suvan, please let me know. This is a great place to post these ideas or hold a discussion. I've broken the Suvan, which was a huge area, into a three part area with different climates and geography for ease of development. .

[Jason Alexander]

I will work on a ruin location for the middle sea area, if you would let me know what all it needs to include and such. I would love to help, in other areas if you need it also.

[Cheshire]

I will brainstorm about the Taldera-ish locations for the Suvan Sea. I was thinking of working on Lake Levar first. I'm sure Secret and Aspen will want to jump on the Taldera stuff too so I won't hog it all

[Gossamer]

Jason, when developing an area, look at other city area locations for an example.. they should have an image, a description, any npcs present, and presented as a whole package. You can make the ruins be anything at all you want them to be.

Thanks Cheshire.

[Jason Alexander]

Very well.

[Crest Moontide]

I like the idea of doing Asli Island, in the Southern Suvan and an NPC for the Island, just clue me in on what needs to be done.

[Gossamer]

Just like I've told everyone else, write up the location and npc, post it here, and we'll go over it, make any needed corrections, beautify it if necessary, and we'll post it up in the Suvan Forum when its ready.

Thanks for volunteering everyone!

[Gossamer]

I like the idea of this centralized area being such a group project. We might even be able to attract a Storyteller Team out of this if people find they like this kind of development.

[Onyx Maelstrom]

Description: The Svefra sing a song about Senda Cove… Oh, say, wuz ye ever down Senda Cove? 'Way for Senda! It's there that the river flows down by a treasure trove! An' we're bound for the Senda Cove, Then away, bullies, away! Away for Senda! Sing fare-ye-well, me Svefra gels, An' we're bound for the Senda Cove! So heave up the anchor, let's get it aweigh, 'Way for Senda! It's got a good grip, so heave, bullies, 'way-ay! Oh, where are yiz bound to, my bully boys all? 'Way for Senda! An' where are yiz bound for to make yer landfall? We're bound to the south'ard, me bully boys all, 'Way for Senda! Bound out to the Jungle Wild, me bully boys all. An' what'll ye do there, me bully boys all? 'Way for Senda! What job will ye do there, me bully boys all? We'll dig for red gold, oh, me bully boys all, 'Way for Senda! We'll dig for a fortune, me bully boys all. Or die o' the fever, me bully boys all, 'Way for Senda! Or die o' the fever, me bully boys all. Heave with a will boys, oh, heave long an' strong, 'Way for Senda! Sing a good chorus, for 'tis a good song. Like all Svefra folk song its partially based in history and culture of the people. Senda Cove was once a hiding place for a pirate name Captain Magra of the Slitted Throat, she was half Myrian and with her pirate crew she sailed the Suvan Sea killing and sacrificing crew of the raided ship to the gods. Once her dark devotion was done, she went about collecting goods and riches to bring back to her people. One night Captain Magra, spied a fast sleek vessel going through the Basu Shallows and heading to the Faleyk Gulf. Calling her crew to action, she ran down the vessel and killed the crew allowing their blood to be given to Myri. As they went below deck they found chest upon chest of books and pre-valterrian artifacts. As they began to lift up the booty and take it aboard their ship, a iron golem arose with bladed arms. Captain Magra and her crew fought the savage thing to the main deck, by the time a yard arm swung and threw the thing over board Captain Magra had lost almost all of her crew. They loaded up the booty and set sail for Senda Cove. The treasure had been cargo destine for Sahova, the nuit had bought several artifacts in various cities. Deciding it better to take a long voyage then braving the overland journey, the nuit had chartered a sleek skipper to do so believing the iron war golem would be enough protection. During the fight the nuit pretended to be dead and watch as the crew stole Sahova’s treasure. Going into another body, the nuit made landfall and eventually made his way back to Sahova to tell his story. Yet that wasn’t the end of it, forty years later, a young Myrian girl was rescued by a Svefra pod. She was grateful to the pod for all their help and told them that she had been sent on a mission to retrieve buried treasure of a famous hero. She was to take it back to Taloba, showing them a map the pod decided to risk a few of its members by sending them to find this lost treasure. They made copies of the map, and sent them out into the Falyundar wilderness. A day later the girl began to break out in a horrible rash that oozed green pus. The girl began to scream that the illness that killed her hunting party was now killing her. The pod in desperate shape flung the flag of disease and kept the plague from spreading to the rest of the pod. As they burned the ship, one lone Casinor returned from the treasure party. He told a tale of a dangerous trek through the jungle, following the river that exited out in the cove. As they went further inland, they hear the crashing sound of an iron beast, while feeling the sting of mosquitoes on their skin. He had somehow not been bit by the bugs, and they had made their way to treasure spot. Surrounding it were 8 skeletons with shovels, showing signs of large cuts that swept through bone. The team had dug up the treasure and were about to carry it off when a rusted iron war golem began hacking and hewing the Svefra. The boy escaped and as proof of his tale, he brought back a handful of pre-Valterrian red gold coins and a map back to its location. The Svefra named the cove Senda, after the young Myrian girl who led them to it. The map since then has been copied and forged so many times that no one is sure of the real location. In fact, it’s a favorite scam to sell maps to the treasure on the streets of any port town. On top of the dangers recorded in the story, the Myrians have realized that trapping treasure seekers for their sacrifices is very efficient, so there is always a scout or two in the jungle around the cove. Yet with all the danger, the so-called treasure trove of Captain Magra attracts the stupid and greedy like flies to honey.

[Crest Moontide]

Asli Island is a deceptive island, first time you see it, you will think that it’s just a normal tropical island, uninhabited and probably not a place worth landing, but any Svefra cook worth his salt knows better. This little island has no particularly large fauna, nothing larger than a couple of small monkeys, and some rats. But the real secret to this island is the single human living there and his particular hobby. The man’s name is Telren, never telling anyone his last name. His hobby that makes him so useful to Sailors is that he is a farmer, Spending all his day’s tending to the orchard that lies behind the screen of typical tropical plants and a raised barrier to prevent the salt water from getting in, If you know to stop here, and if you’re willing to sit and talk for a while sharing a story or two, you’ll leave with at least a sack of fruit. Once you get through the screen. You will be walking through orchards of Cocoa, Coffee, Oranges, Bananas, Lemons, Papayas, and Mangos. Something is almost always ripe here, the weather is always warm, so thing’s will ripen quickly and often. It’s no wonder that Telren stays here, despite the many offers from different people to ferry him back to the mainland.

Telren is a thirty something year old man. Lucky in life he tells anyone who asks that he is living his dream right now, he has blue eyes, dark brown hair, and tanned skin. But that may just be the consequence of living a tropical life. A good conversationalist, but always seems a little lost on his island.

Gnosis Marks
Cultivation 2 marks
Raindancing 1 mark

Skills
Agriculture 70
Cooking 30
Dance 50
Philosophy 25