> To Juuso/Other GMs, > > A question has come up about who has the largest or most developed > sources of knowledge. I have heard claims of extensive libraries or > such from several sources. I was wondering how the following or any > others you might name rate. Please feel free to answer for Elyria, > Qaiyoure or both Just a comment from a player.... :) I have thought about this a little, and (as long as we are considering written resources) the order would probably go as follows: > Mir These guys have been around a long time, and have had access to an amazing amount of sources and also ways of getting to those sources. This information would be legendary when it comes to magical knowledge, and pretty impressive in other areas. But you have to think about focus here - why would they keep info on methods of farming, when they have info on how to "summon crops" or other such things. > Hur'Mel Catching up and possible soon to overtake the Fae. These guys have been around for a very long time as well, but have been limited to non magical means of getting information (until recently) What they lack in time they make up because their cause is to catalogue and record information. They are pretty much the mirror image of the Mir - mundane info is legendary, but magical is lacking... > Fae - Fortress of Knowledge in the Dreaming Similar to Mir - also probably have a lot of the same materials. Mundanities would be non-existent.. (come on! they live in the dreaming!) > Reyclean - the Vaults of the Wizards (almost all of these are > sealed and out of reach (per Walter) but I choose to include them anyway.) If they have been sealed, that means that a lot is out of date.. and also note the inherent magical focus > Blackburg - what is left of their libraries > Helix - most of what they had was probably in Blackburg, I believe These would have been comparable to the others, but would have been HUGELY damaged during the war. Now only scraps would remain - only the most important survived - what people thought worth risking their lives for... > Confederacy (if I remember we downgraded these a bit from the original > claims but I included them anyway for the potential future > reference of others) I have no idea about this.... Something to add would be the Imperial records of the Tyrean Empire. It would be pretty big, but also damaged due to many wars/civil wars over the years. Its major value would be it's difference from the western Elyria records... much of the older materials would exist in the Hur'Mel library. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
