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Post by Horsie on Mar 4, 2015 23:46:56 GMT
So, what are the major cultural differences between Varangians and regular Gotetra (aside from being unwashed and rude)?
I expect that they'd adopt Brorg-Dao names, and it's obvious that they adopt Brorg-Dao weapons and fighting style, but what else is there?
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Post by Harkovast on Mar 5, 2015 0:21:42 GMT
The Varangians are basically culturally Brorg-Dao Huscarls.
They are often sent to the Brorg-Dao homelands or have Brorg-Dao come over to train them and teach them the ways of the Brorg-Dao.
They fight, take insults really seriously, demand apologies for wrongs, look for omens, all that Brorg-Dao stuff.
Some of them actually are Brorg-Dao and the Brorg-Dao themselves view them with respect, as its rare to find true warriors amongst the fur skins.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 5, 2015 0:33:14 GMT
These guys do sound neat.
How does Gotetra lightning magic work for ranged attacks? Like Brorg-Dao? I think I recall roaring lightning at people when playing as Baldamson, that would be boss.
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Post by Harkovast on Mar 5, 2015 1:46:08 GMT
Oh I forgot to mention!
Since the Varangians have totally adapted to a Brorg-Dao way of life and mind set, they have also adapted their magic.
They having lightning and water as their elements and use Brorg-Dao style magic.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 5, 2015 2:15:45 GMT
That works well, I couldn't see a warrior having to fuck around with fancy technology like some kind of furskin.
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 8, 2015 0:45:23 GMT
Something I've been curious about for a bit now.
Is there any resistance to The West left in Xalkara? Because you've said a few things that seem to suggest that.
The most prominent is that not all of the Evils were keen on the idea of attacking Vellastrom because they wanted to finish securing their position in Xalkara, which suggests that there was still, at least at the time, form of resistance. Not large nations, clearly, but something.
Now with the Milshock talking about blades hungering for Nameless. It makes me wonder. There are only two places where Nameless would be well known. Vellastrom and the former Xalkara.
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Post by Harkovast on Mar 8, 2015 1:20:12 GMT
Few people know exactly what is out there in the West.
Not many people go there and ever come back.
Do you think the KITW would tolerate active resistance on his own home turf?
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 8, 2015 1:23:21 GMT
He'd not tolerate active resistance.
Passively surviving away from Him would be considered resistance enough on its own. So I suppose that would suggest that the Milshock aren't from there.
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Post by Horsie on Mar 8, 2015 1:23:48 GMT
No, he wouldn't, but just because he wouldn't like it doesn't mean it isn't there.
Also, I imagine that there are some groups of people who haven't been enslaved, people who've managed to hide from forces loyal to the KitW since he took over. Probably not many of them though.
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Post by Harkovast on Mar 8, 2015 1:24:23 GMT
The KITW considers it an intolerable insult that there is anything in Harkovast at all that he doesn't actively control.
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Post by Canuovea on Mar 8, 2015 1:25:55 GMT
This guy should go have tea and cookies with Morgoth.
But to be fair, that doesn't necessarily answer the question.
And we do know we will be seeing Levengroust, at least, in the comic in the future.
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Post by Harkovast on Mar 8, 2015 1:49:40 GMT
We do?
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Post by Horsie on Mar 8, 2015 1:51:42 GMT
You mentioned that they might make an appearance in the comic at some point, although I think you said if they did it would be in a flashback or something like that.
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Post by Harkovast on Mar 8, 2015 2:08:40 GMT
Okay, just checking. I say a lot of stuff and I don't remember half of it!
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Post by Horsie on Mar 8, 2015 2:09:57 GMT
I seem to recall you mentioning that the mustelids of Harkovast would unite under a single banner and every nation would submit to their benevolent rule.
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