Request: Siflige time-line/Lore

[OpticNerve]

Okay this section of the topic is pretty empty, but I have a big request of all of you. Especially the ones heavily involved in the back-story of Siflige and/or the current Isla.

We need a written-down version of Siflige 1's lore as well as how it got from there to where the current NWN2 module is at.

We need misc. things such as what exactly the Genius Loci
was and what some of it's actions were during the time in SIflige.

We need things like what some of the more important events in Siflige were, such as Crawlius and the Quietus.

We need an explaination as to why Siflige ended and what forced most of it's inhabitants to leave it to seek out the new lands.

Basically what I or someone else (if they volunteer) will do is to create either a time-line or even a small book/journal of all the events that happened from then till now. This is urgently needed because some of the newbies in the new NWN2 module don't know the back history of Siflige and were we came from. I'm not sure if we can put dates to this because it's hard to really give a date to the stuff that happened in Siflige, but the events will try to be in order of what happened first to last.

It doesn't have to be detailed or anything, just simple facts of events will do. I'll update this post with a list of events as people reply and give input.

Please keep this on topic.

[Mr. Crawls]

Most basic transition concept :

Siflige abandoned - apocalyptic catastrophe, boredom, unrest - leaving options wide open.

After days/months/years (?) of searching, Rawor may or may not have successfully scouted an extensive chain of island landmasses with enough trade and settlements to either allow the fleet to resupply, or find an uninhabited island and colonize it. It's Rawor's decision, as it's his character, but it would certainly be helpful for continuity.

Most basic and immediate lore :

Isla settlers discover that

- near-blinding light cloaks and bathes the entire island on and at particular days/times [technical problems leading to plot devices...]

- that while various fires and blazes are lit at the time of arrival, there is no apparent culture or group inhabiting the island or areas in which there is evidence for such a people

- immediate resurrection and rejuvenation of the deceased
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[Leon Nightshade]

[OpticNerve]

I do agree that there shouldn't be too many details and that most of the unimportant facts should be skimmed over or forgotten, but having some sort of background is always good to have, even if you're a new player.

Besides, in our case, I don't think that recording some of the big events in Siflige would limit new players much, if at all. Isla/NWN2 is a new chapter to start fresh at, for everyone. There's a history with some characters that might be based on some events that might have happened in Siflige, but I don't think it'll hinder anything. Plus in a RP-sense, someone would have recorded or wrote down the events/rumors that happened in Siflige. After all, having a catastrphic event that forces people to evacuate a land isn't something that should be forgotten so quickly.

Mostly I think it's just more material for new and old players to use if they wish to do so. If they don't want to, then by all means, it's not going to limit them. For the most part, the characters still alive from Siflige are survivors, and having some sort of lore to fall back to could give them new ideas to work off of as a survivor from Siflige.

It'd be silly to have someone say "Well I was at Siflige the other day, but it was pretty empty, so I took a ship and found you guys here."

That wouldn't work if Siflige no longer existed as an area due to the "catastrophic event."

I think as of right now, the most important fact is to figure out "what" caused the old Siflige people to evacuate their former home to a new land. I for one would like to know so that Rand's reasonings don't crosswire over the "real" reason why it happened. Also finding a reason why there's new people that the former Sifligians don't know on the island would be great.
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[Songbearer]

If we can get enough details, I'll see about whipping up a graphical one in flash. Yum.
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[Matthew]

Now that's a great idea...but I didn't know Siflige was actually a community or a place where people lived.
I see it more as the place where people used to vent their need for blood.
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[Chimera]

[OpticNerve]

[Eredar Rathisk]

I wrote a few volumes of Siflige's history, but I'm not exactly happy with it. I wrote it from a purely objective point-of-view (something historical annals should attain to) from a relative stranger, but it comes out as a rather dry work. Thus, I'm going to see if I can't revise it and make it written from Eredar's point-of-view (why? No reason, other than the fact he's the eldest of my characters and has been a part of Siflige the longest).

I'll also tack on a few volumes covering the events between Siflige I and II as done on the forum.
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[OpticNerve]

[OpticNerve]

Fuck it, I'm not going to bother. Topic closed.
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