Aetolian AMA

Meskhenet

-decides to play- Suppose this a good use for my first post as any.

Edhain

Konnorn said:

 

@Edhain: Is there anything that could happen for you to leave Dhar's order? If so, what?

 

@Everyone: You are playing a game of chess against a Divine of your chose. If you win, you will get one wish. Who would the Divine be and what would you wish for when winning?

[spoiler] Addressing the specific question: There's really only one way I can see, and that's Dhar kicking him out. Edhain is a very loyal fellow, and Dhar is his #1 loyalty prioritization. As a player, I've often wanted to leave Dhar and I still kind of do sometimes, even with this new Dhar who is so proactive and awesome and roleplayer-y. The main reasons for that are my own frustrations with the order - for instance, I used to want to induct a ton of fighters and holy war all over the place but firstly I wasn't supposed to induct on my own and secondly I wasn't supported in that endeavor by my at-the-time-fellow Arbiter. These days it's not that, because I don't play enough for that to be a feasible option for me. These days it's more a residual boredom with who my character is and an urge to change him into something else. But leaving Dhar is just something that my character would never do. Both his ideals about justice and his emotional attachment are very tied to the Underking's order, and in my more rational moments I really like that as a player anyway.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Addressing the general "everyone" question: Varian, and the wish would be to destroy creation! What a grim fellow Edhain is. [/spoiler]

@Konnorn: Is it a feasible option for Konnorn to go back to the "Dark Side"?

@Alistaire: Does Alistaire ever use those whitewashed quarters that used to be Kordun's?

@Alexina: Does she have any political or continental goals to enact with the completion of her island? (If it's secret you don't have to share. )

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

Konnorn

@Konnorn: Is it a feasible option for Konnorn to go back to the "Dark Side"?

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible.

[spoiler] That is an absolute no. Konnorn dislikes far too many Lochians to ever want to go back there. As for Spinesreach, he still doesn't trust the politics of the city, or the leadership. There is a bigger chance he would move to Duiran, or quite simply go into torpor, before even considering going back to the 'Dark side'. [/spoiler]

 

[spoiler] Konnorn is very torn when it comes to his loyalty prioritization. He is very loyal towards his family, when he feels the need to be. He used to be very loyal towards his God, until he had to choose between the two. He has a lot of priorities at all times, but when having to put one over the other, he just can't. [/spoiler]

Alistaire

Edhain said:

@Alistaire: Does Alistaire ever use those whitewashed quarters that used to be Kordun's?

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler] He lost his key, somewhere along the way. So no. The blaring white of the whole thing did have a lingering effect on him, though. His entire uniform is white.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]The Light
The Light
Enorian
The Templar
The Gods of Light
[/spoiler]

Yes, I intentionally listed one of them twice.

Periluna

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]
Family (more specifically Milian and their daughters)
The Syssin
Spinesreach
one other, that -no one- knows about
[/spoiler]

Areka

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]
* Her personal ethics and morals (integrity, duty, order, reason, and so on).
* Life
* Truth
* The needs of the larger world as dictated by the first three loyalties.
* The communities she devotes her time, energy and investment to. (they come before personal comfort, but she is not life-sworn to them when they lose their way/conflict with her personal ethics and morals)
* The people she devotes her energy and time to. (she would not follow a traitor)
* The Cousins - Trolls, Ogres and Orcs. (A duty to help them in some plight or another, to help guide and lead them out of peril, be it smuggling kin out of Ugtar's clan for lives outside of thuggery, to advocating for the refugees)
* Honouring the memories of things that were. (prior friendships, mourning, prior relationships, and allegiances - it is a priority and thing she finds important, so while not necessarily a loyalty in the sense of organization belonging, it is non-the-less something she would list. This includes doing 'right' or well by them, even after things have gone)
* The forge, her equipment, and creating - she feels a duty to honour even mundane materials, pushing quality over flash, and honouring the things these items do - war, death, hunting, the taking of life or the sparing it, all of which are carried and meditated upon in the forging process.
[/spoiler]

EDIT: Added a last one I didn't know how to phrase earlier.

Kiyotan

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]

1. Sibatti

2. Auresae

3. Duiran

4. Sentinels

5. dur Naya

[/spoiler]

Arbre

Kiyotan said:

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]

1. Arbre
2. Sibatti

3. Auresae

4. Duiran

5. Sentinels

6. dur Naya

[/spoiler]

ftfy

Arbre

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]1. Her wolven nature
2. Auresae
3. Aquila (including Xavin)
4. Dendara/Guardians (including Kalavar)
5. Shamans
6. Duiran[/spoiler]

I feel like there's more, but that's all I could come up with, even with Aisling's help.

Kiyotan

Arbre said:

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]1. Kiyotan
2. Kiyotan's beard
3. Other stuff who cares[/spoiler]

FTFY

Nola

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]1. The Light 2. The Daru 3. The Truth 4. Damariel 5. Rivas 6. Enorian [/spoiler]

[spoiler]-Most all of the above is linked back to her main priority.  Truth is separated from Damariel, and raised higher, only because she has been serving Truth throughout the years it has had different Divine figureheads, and even without those Divine, it would still be important to her. [/spoiler]

Spoiler tags hate me. 

Alexina

@Edhain said:

@Alexina: Does she have any political or continental goals to enact with the completion of her island? (If it's secret you don't have to share. )

[spoiler]
She does not really have any goal at all at the moment. There never really was any mastermind plan behind the island, but I'm sure it could be useful for various purposes.
[/spoiler]

Hadoryu

Haven said:

Hadoryu: Now that you've stopped playing, what was your most memorable experience in Aetolia?

Oh, well, look here. I didn't see this.

I guess the whole Elene saga would be the most memorable time I had, though it's a close call with my time in Duiran. I guess it was a big 'Aha' moment for me. It was when I realized just how important it is to give people a narrative to create excitement and to revitalize an organization. The Paladins were absolutely amazing at that point in time. Just about every day there was some new political situation I needed to get myself out of, more battles to fight on every front. It was amazing. Never once regretted dropping the 'reliable and faithful' characterization for Hado.

Emelle

I'm in.

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

[spoiler]I sat here for several minutes trying to think of a list like (almost) everyone else has and I couldn't.  Emelle is completely devoted to Omei, so much so that she doesn't know how to divorce herself and what she is from her Goddess anymore.  Everything she does -- how she perceives the world, how she interacts with people, how she decides what to do and what not to from day to day -- directly stems from her loyalty to her Goddess.[/spoiler]

Angwe

@Kiyotan Does Kite have any interest in rebuilding/expanding Dur Naya? If not, why?

Valenae

Edhain said:

@Everyone: What is your character's loyalty prioritization? List everything to which there is even the slightest characteristic loyalty, if possible. 

Val and I have similar values systems: I believe its more of a loyalty to her sense of morality and search for truth over, say, individual loyalty. 

Teani

I'm in too.

Loyalty question:

Right now Teani is in the wind, not quite knowing where to go. In general though, she's a loyal creature towards whomever she feels are part of her "pack", people who have not let her down.

Calipso

oooh this seems like much fun. AMA as well .

@Teani Teani is a good friend of Calipso, but at times I feel Teani is overtly sensitive at whatever comments are directed at her from others, and tries to calm her down afterwards. Calipso still cherishes the friendship there and feels as though she can share her more casual thoughts with Teani like a girlfriend without any judgement (like sooome people).

Teani

Calipso said:

@Teani Teani is a good friend of Calipso, but at times I feel Teani is overtly sensitive at whatever comments are directed at her from others, and tries to calm her down afterwards. Calipso still cherishes the friendship there and feels as though she can share her more casual thoughts with Teani like a girlfriend without any judgement (like sooome people).

Was there a question in there somewhere too?
As a general response to that though...

[spoiler] Teani has been under some pressure and feels strongly about her duties. The situation with Kaetriela was one such instance when she was feeling trampled on while just doing her duty. Her life is changing quite drastically lately, so she's on edge more than usual. [/spoiler]

Daingean

*brushes dust off shoulders.*

I suppose I'll start paying attention to this again, since it appears I'm actually using the forums.

Kiyotan

Angwe said:

@Kiyotan Does Kite have any interest in rebuilding/expanding Dur Naya? If not, why?

[spoiler]Very much so. It is, in fact, Kiyotan's primary goal - to be fruitful and multiply and be able to pass on his legacy to his kin (my favorite RP, after all, is when I get to show Kiyotan's paternal side). But with Sibatti gone, it's a bit difficult to produce new Dur Naya. A recent opportunity has presented itself though, courtesy of Lin's little gift, so we'll see how that pans out.[/spoiler]

Emelle

@Angwe Why do I seem to be the only person who hasn't experienced Angwe's a-hole side? :P

Lin

Kiyotan said:

Angwe said:

@Kiyotan Does Kite have any interest in rebuilding/expanding Dur Naya? If not, why?

[spoiler]Very much so. It is, in fact, Kiyotan's primary goal - to be fruitful and multiply and be able to pass on his legacy to his kin (my favorite RP, after all, is when I get to show Kiyotan's paternal side). But with Sibatti gone, it's a bit difficult to produce new Dur Naya. A recent opportunity has presented itself though, courtesy of Lin's little gift, so we'll see how that pans out.[/spoiler]

YOU'RE GOING TO BANG LIN'S DAUGHTER!?

Hadoryu

Lin said:

Kiyotan said:

Angwe said:

@Kiyotan Does Kite have any interest in rebuilding/expanding Dur Naya? If not, why?

[spoiler]Very much so. It is, in fact, Kiyotan's primary goal - to be fruitful and multiply and be able to pass on his legacy to his kin (my favorite RP, after all, is when I get to show Kiyotan's paternal side). But with Sibatti gone, it's a bit difficult to produce new Dur Naya. A recent opportunity has presented itself though, courtesy of Lin's little gift, so we'll see how that pans out.[/spoiler]

YOU'RE GOING TO BANG LIN'S DAUGHTER!?

I THINK HE IS. I THINK HE IS GOING TO BANG LIN'S DAUGHTER, GUYS!

Daskalos

Lin said:

Kiyotan said:

Angwe said:

@Kiyotan Does Kite have any interest in rebuilding/expanding Dur Naya? If not, why?

[spoiler]Very much so. It is, in fact, Kiyotan's primary goal - to be fruitful and multiply and be able to pass on his legacy to his kin (my favorite RP, after all, is when I get to show Kiyotan's paternal side). But with Sibatti gone, it's a bit difficult to produce new Dur Naya. A recent opportunity has presented itself though, courtesy of Lin's little gift, so we'll see how that pans out.[/spoiler]

YOU'RE GOING TO BANG LIN'S DAUGHTER!?

Is she female? Then yes, he's probably going to try.

Haven

Daskalos said:

Lin said:

Kiyotan said:

Angwe said:

@Kiyotan Does Kite have any interest in rebuilding/expanding Dur Naya? If not, why?

[spoiler]Very much so. It is, in fact, Kiyotan's primary goal - to be fruitful and multiply and be able to pass on his legacy to his kin (my favorite RP, after all, is when I get to show Kiyotan's paternal side). But with Sibatti gone, it's a bit difficult to produce new Dur Naya. A recent opportunity has presented itself though, courtesy of Lin's little gift, so we'll see how that pans out.[/spoiler]

YOU'RE GOING TO BANG LIN'S DAUGHTER!?

Is she female? Then yes, he's probably going to try.

@Daskalos: Lol at try.

Kiyotan

Kira may be everyone's player, but Kiyo is everyone's daddy.

Angwe

@Emelle, Honestly, that's a hard question to answer. Angwe pretty much treats every(living)body the same, but you never know how someone is going to react. Though he does have his more puckish side, he's rarely a deliberate asshole. Maybe some people just have soft skins?

Seir

Alright, since I'm coming back, I'll participate as well.

@Everyone: If there was a second Divine for your character to serve, who would it be and why?

@Arbre: Arbre is engaged. What caused her to change and ultimately become monogamous?

@Emelle: With Omei gone, has her loyalties to the Order changed at all?

Xavin

Seir said:

Alright, since I'm coming back, I'll participate as well.

@Everyone: If there was a second Divine for your character to serve, who would it be and why?

Likely Dhar. Several of his tenets appeal to Xavin, though it is nothing that is particularly easy to define.

Also, snickering at your question to Arbre.