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From the Lyorn Records of the Dragaeran Empire
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[edit] Adrilankha Gift Shop Link
Great addition. Normally I wouldn't be a fan of a commercial link on the site, especially on the main page, but since the proceeds are going to Steve, I'm firmly in favor of this. (Also, check out the swell "Paths of the Dead" T-shirt design. Since I managed to get the wiki reverse linked, I feel even better about this.)
The "New" can probably go away after a month or two, but it's not obnoxious right now. --Majikjon 02:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
- I wouldn't want it there if it were just commercial, either, but every penny of profit goes to SKZB, and we know he can use the cash. Besides, the designs themselves are rather a fan-driven effort. :) (I'm sort of wishing I had a discussion board people could use to suggest new designs, actually-- I hate to keep swamping the list with that sort of thing. Maybe I'll set one up somewhere.) Nekokami 15:24, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dzur Spoiler Warning on Main Page
This has been on the main page for almost a year now, and I'm starting to think seriously about removing it. Soon enough we're going to need a Jhegaala warning. Any comments? How long should such a thing stay in place? --Majikjon 00:08, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- I figure until sometime after the release of the MMPB edition of the book. Which Amazon says is Oct 30, 2007. Maybe a week after that? --Davdi 06:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, it's been a week since the paperback release of Dzur, but really, at this point the site now has information about Jhegaala, and even Iorich that might be considered spoilers. So, rather than removing the Dzur warning, I simply reworded it to be more general. --Majikjon 01:29, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Brainstorming for Site Ideas
We seem to have petered out of creative juices, with very few updates over the last few weeks.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for new projects on the site that could be implemented, or had noticed any areas where pages were especially incomplete or in need of expansion or editing.
This might be a good place to compile a "to-do" list to stimulate improvement. While I think the site is pretty useful as is, I also feel there's always room for more. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
--Majikjon 17:29, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
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Something that I have had in mind is an "Art" page (which would mostly be about Kathana's painting, and maybe some mentions of paintings, psiprints, and various others), and a Meta:Art page, which would include Kathy Grantham's house animals, and the various cover artists (Stephen Hickman et al), and finally, links to various fan art.
Also, I had the notion that the Dramatis Personae could be modified so as to include the first appearance or mention of the character, perhaps using a table format.
There's plenty of "Meta" stuff that I just need to actually write. But work is feh, and there's a deadline looming at the end of the quarter.
--Davdi 06:49, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
On the subject of the art pages, I'd like to upload some sketches of the House animals that I've been adapting from clipart and public domain content, based on descriptions available here and elsewhere. I'd like to place these images as Creative Commons Non-Commercial, expressly allowing people to re-use them, improve upon them, etc., but it doesn't seem appropriate to allow commercial use as they're effectively based on SKZB's intellectual property. Any thoughts? Nekokami 01:29, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not a lawyer, but fan-art qualifies as "fair use", does it not? As far as commerical use goes, this type of license seems appropriate. Really, I'd love to have more art on the site, as it is rather barren, save for my meager photoshop skills on display on the main page, and a precious few of the supplemental pages. If you'd like to post art, especially for the House pages, I'm all in favor. --Majikjon 05:32, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
- Is the existing Lyorn image meant to be CCNC? If we mark it that way, people could make their own shirt, mug etc designs and have them printed for personal use at CafePress.
Nekokami 16:11, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
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I got nothing, alas. When I start my regular re-reading I might have some inspiration, but that is probably a way off. (Well, after Dzur probably.) - Attjen
[edit] World
Dragaera is a planet, but it is also a fictional "world" in the sense "universe" or "setting". Wherever the gods dwell, the Paths of the Dead are not on the planet Dragaera, and the "world" of the Jenoine is definitely something else.
- How many "worlds" have we seen in the Dragaera works?
- If the Paths of the Dead/Halls of Judgment count as a separate "world" from the rest of Dragaera, does the East count as a separate "world" also? And since Deathgate Falls reside on the same planet as Dragaera, isn't it possible that the Halls/Paths are indeed on the same planet, but not on the same "world"? (Do the Paths/Halls perhaps exist on the head of a pin somewhere physically "on" the same planet, but removed from it in a metaphysical sense?)
- We've seen the Jenoine's Place, clearly a separate "world" in both a planetary and a story sense, and there is the implication that The Necromancer is from a separate world/planet. Sethra the Younger was also banished to what can be assumed to be a separate world/planet for her role in the Yendi Conspiracy. Verra's Halls are clearly their own "world", but again, may coexist with the Halls/Paths, and could share the same "planet" of Dragaera with the same metaphysical separation.
- It is implied that the "Old Ones" from the "Small Invisible Lights" of which The Last Cough from a Man with Juiner's Lung speaks in Dragon are colonists from another world/planet (presumably Terra, but never overtly stated as such). Teldra mentions in Issola that there have been two previous occasions during which Morrolan was "off the world", through his window. Lastly, there is the mention by the gods of another world on which Tri'nagore still has followers.
- There may be other examples of "otherworldly" behavior in the books, (Vlad's encounter with an "Old Fool who paid me money to tell him stories", for example) but it is difficult to find the real distinction between "world" and "planet" in all cases.
--Majikjon 20:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- "Stars", said Lady Teldra
- "I know them", I said. "They have them in the East, too."
- "I know", she said. "I remember."
- "I don't know exactly what they are; some say the homes of the gods."
- "Some say each is a world", said Teldra. "That when we go through a necromantic gate, we are stepping onto one of those points of light, from which we could look back and see our own world as a point of light. I think I like that notion." [Issola p115]
- --Steve the Younger
