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Bakhtuh
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Couldn't this just be an instance of conflicting mythologies? So you have:
1) The Light version where Idar is a noble, enduring soul who flung himself into a volcano after years of being tortured by Chakrasul. Chak decides he shouldn't die an e… -
I imagine it may have to also do with a kind of slang, derogatory reference to the Indorani empire on the part of the Ankyreans. From what I have read in the histories on the wiki, the rise of the Indorani empire happened at a time when the Ankyrean…
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(Quote) Too late to change that now.Unless I decide to go batbear
"Bahkatu…It's kind of a fine line between doing things with skills and doing too much. The chair, in my opinion, was fine.If the mage in question conjured up a whole winter wonderland with ice elementals and...snow clowns spewing out i…I think I got the name Bakhtuh off google, while doing a random search for names. It is the Farsi word for "thunder". Had a nice onomatopoeic feel to it.(Quote)I would be the absolute opposite of this kind of God (no offense!) I would be a God who gave up the heavens, the high-and-mighty, who looked at all his brethren and sistren getting all powerful from their followers an…There's the IRE GMCP doc - http://www.ironrealms.com/gmcp-doc12 hour work days, a throat infection, and creepy fever dreams every night have pretty much left me completely incapable of building up my epic fantasy idea. Maybe I'll take it up later.For now, I'm thinking of starting from s…I haven't written anything longer than 3000 words but I'm going to give it a shot this year. This is me: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/sautiThanks for the info. It doesn't infringe on Bakhtuh's background a lot but it would be interesting to incorporate the holy order and the caste system in Grecht rp.And maybe we'll see more grecht around now that they have an em…With the Grect event and all, I've been wondering about the grecht in mainland Sapience, the grecht adventurers. Did they all come from the Dehkay plateau? Were they part of some exodus from the Imperium? And would they continue to follow the nel-te…Last time I took a test like this, I was an INTP. This time I got an ENFP, though the 'E' is very weak:Extravert(1%) iNtuitive(25%) Feeling(62%) Perceiving(67)%You have marginal or no preference of Extraversion o…From what I remember from my novice days, hammer bash is far far better for bashing than pole hack. Hammers however need to be purchased from a shop unlike the soul cleaver which can be summoned. The halberd/bardiche/cleaver only becomes a viable b…So sad I missed this. Considering how complex and uncertain IG numerology is (at least to me, it is), you did a great job at breaking it down. It looked like quite a lively discussion. Totally loved the audience participation bits. More such lecture…(Quote) It's good to have this clarified, thanks!(Quote) I've always seen it as the possibility of adventurers to absorb essence from other creatures they slay in the form of experience. We also get this from quests, which I interpret to be absorbing sapient essence for setting the wo…- I originally intended Bakhtuh to be a brawler; a hard-drinking, warhammer-swinging barbarian bat-person. This changed over time, due to events and interactions with folks, to make him a solemn, introspective, hesitant, dull-witted science-gu…Lots of love to the @Carnifex. To name the few I have interacted with over the months: in LOVE Comment by Bakhtuh July 2013Carnifex has been the most fun I've had in any IRE game so far. I don't really have the head to PK actively so it was surprising how seamlessly Bakhtuh got involved in foci and lesser combat. A lot of the credit for that must go to the guild an…(Quote) I've read it! I recommend it during novice intros too so it may see some reading action...maybe.Rage: My body seems to be in vampire mode . Work all day, tired as hell, come home, but can't sleep. I read, …Absolutely love the horkval with his soul-stealing eyes and the mean-grinning xoran! Thanks for the Grecht image, I'll be using it as reference to re-work Bakhtuh's description.(Quote) For the past month, I've consistently spent 2 days a week without sleep (various reasons: work, NaPoWriMo, people calling at stupid hours, barking dogs, etc). Then, making up for the sleep deficit by sleeping more than 18 hours …