Ibrahim wrote: >Along this line - what about the unnamed archipelago the the east of >Qaiyore? Certainly there seems to be no reference to it on the website. > >Is it something along the lines of Easter Island, or one of the >pre-European Caribbean or Pacific islands? Or a more developed culture >like pre-European Malaya-Indonesia or Japan? (I'd wager it would be more >primitive, if inhabited, since it isn't part of the Qaiyorean trade >network) > >Ibrahim > > > >Um. Odds are that at one time the Ancient Avaerans settled there, as the Avaerans' big claim to fame was being the first sailors on Celandra. While the islands may not be trading with the continent, they're probably visited by the Celpalari, who don't have much contact with the MidSea. Culturally, if not necessarily geographically, that archipelago is linked to the Avaeran Islands. IIRC, Golaren and Celpalar are the southwestern end of the chain; Receylan, Dagorthoria, and the Bitter Isles in Elyria are the northeastern end of the chain; and the central island of Avaerand was destroyed in the incident that created Annaeyana, devastating the central region of the island chain and cutting the safest sea route between Qaiyore and Elyria. Come to think of it, there probably might be some very interesting ruins on the island of Golaren. On an unrelated note, there seems to have been some calender slippage. The last turn of the Elyria game recorded was 2844, which, according to the old Qaiyore website, converts to the Qaiyorean year 1622. Our current game year of 1446, works out to the Elyrian year 2667. Any thoughts on this? It's important, because the last turn of the Elyria game referenced events which took place 15-20 game years ago in Qaiyore. Andrew ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
