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Name: Ni'aurrl ( or "Neril") Race: Nephilim (2nd column from right, 3rd row from bottom, the "mage" nephilim picture) Occupation: Sage in service to the Nephilim, training to serve the Wise Hunter Background: Ask too many questions, get sent to the sages. Ask too many questions of the Sages, and they just may keep you. Ni'aurrl fit the saying, and has been rigorously trained since she was a kit. When the Nephilim diplomats heard of the joint venture to the Surface, they jumped at the opportunity to see Home again; they sent word to the Sages, and the Sages sent her - barely an adult, calmed down enough to hunt without sound, but still a flurry of questions. The Sages have drilled her relentlessly on their surface territories, and she is keen to scout, see what has become of them, if new grounds can be acquired for their people. Neril is eager to see, to learn, and to bring word back to her people. Prone to bursting out with questions, talking too much (too quickly), asking rapid fire questions, but has enough hunter's sense to know when to be quiet and stealthy - even if the prey is knowledge, not a living creature. She is trained to observe, to deduce and learn; these are shared by both mages and hunters, and she is a blooded huntress (rite of passage to adulthood) as well as an up-and-coming mage for the Nephilim. Skills: Mage, primary. Priest as secondary far down the line would be most appropriate, but could go towards edged or thrown or scout as secondary. Leaving point allotment, skills, advantages/disadvantages up to you, I'm not familiar enough with the mechanics to suggest a build. That said, probably has Lore. She's well-read, knows some of Art's doings (what was available to public and Nephilim sources), and oh the questions she has. Not quite hero-worship, but definitely respect and excitement to get at all Art's history - especially as Art's connections to the Surface and Empire start becoming evident. And she will (re)invent sunglasses upon seeing the Surface at high noon, because ouch that's bright. (Or wear a broad-brimmed hat, but that's less exciting.) - - - - - Very excited you are continuing, berryjon! I don't think I've read anything in your first two threads about Nephilim religion. Please disregard if this doesn't fit the game or your views. Going for the easy conversion, saying Bast and Sekhmet are likely goddesses for the Nephilim, and possibly they are a maternally organized society. Here, I am using a loose version of Bast for the Wise Hunter, and Sekhmet for the goddess of War. A devotee of the Wise Hunter makes more sense for Unspecified Services and scouting, and a Sage is a fitting devotee even if they are not a priestess. Sage loosely being both the magical scholar (mage), and the general historian/natural historian/scientist. And of course, ferreting out secrets is a grand tradition for cats, thus Neril's devotion to finding out Art's past, once her ties to the surface are revealed.
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Please excuse my lack of photo-shopping abilities. I saw I need to get the head portrait to 28x36, and hopefully this image can be edited to the right dimensions? Not sure there's enough contrast, please feel free to do whatever with it, if you select her. Thanks!
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Mar 8, 2016 06:29
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Ni'aurrl +4 Bronwyn +3 (can't wait to see her and Art clash) Mattias +2 John +1 Nista -1
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Mar 12, 2016 06:06
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Very much enjoying the write-ups! The people of Krizsan seem very tolerant of Exiles. And pretending to not notice what must be obvious, given most of them seem to recognize the party being Exiles. (Which, in all honesty, with a Slith and Nephil, should be pretty obvious.) Couple of typo/missing words: Delilah, initial fight with the slimes: “That that one just use magic?” Ni'aurrl: facepalm, “Could not advertise that particular fact? We're all politely ignoring it.”
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Mar 24, 2016 05:14
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Berryjon, I loved the dialog and general team interactions. I laughed, and laughed harder at “I HATE THIS PLACE AND I NEED WATER TO CLEAN MYSELF!” I was in Ashland, OR, when multiple major forest fires were raging, ash was hanging in the air, and I was somewhere between discovering allergies and flipping out - and this was almost exactly what I was thinking, including all caps. (There might have been more swearing and lashing out at family, to my chagrin.) Signs someone is Not Okay: quote:“Don't worry. When I get my precious, we'll do that.” And I thought this exchange was hilarious: quote:“Well, if the Tower was any indication, all we need to do is mention that someone named Linda is on the other side and Art will rip the doors down through sheer rage.” A typo, if you want to correct: quote:“Huh, he doesn't see us.” Should be "Or hear us." Thank you - I am hugely enjoying this, and I love this team.
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May 2, 2016 04:23
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Last question proved Art is more than happy to break out the formal logic, so I'll take a stab at it; it's fun to see which cases match. Anecdotal evidence; "it was true for me this time, so it will hold true in all cases." Just because they got away with not using magic this time says nothing about some other catastrophe that could only be solved with magic. They are also using the Noble Effort, "we worked really hard on this, so it must have value/be right." Then there's what has already been pointed out, the "we live in the best of all possible worlds" - refusing to consider that magic could have made the process easier and safer, and they would be better off than they are now if had used it. All that said, they have a point about how one can do great deeds without magic, but the jump to "therefore magic isn't needed" is wrong.
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May 14, 2016 20:38
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Cerebral Bore posted:As mentioned, the end goal of the Anama is probably to be left alone to do their thing rather than take over the world. This the sort of problem that crops up, however - a bit down the line, and someone is taking this philosophy and trying to impose it on the world as a whole. The same sort of thing happens even with theologies that are teaching tolerance. The Anama are preaching intolerance - they are playing with fire. Possibly quickfire. Hilariously, this is a version of "this is why we train our mages carefully!" argument, except tuned to "this is why we moderate our speech and do not incite hatred."
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May 25, 2016 04:38
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Kurtz quote:“Reason I like in a port town. Not doing a job?” Should probably be "Reason I live in a port town." As to the Anama being like the Amish - I don't know enough about the Amish as to whether they call technology the "dark arts" but when you start throwing around the language the Anama have, doesn't taken long for someone to decide "gee, if it is evil and the dark art, we should purge that!" --Possibly I'm taking this too seriously due to demagoguery being slung about recently in national politics, but yeah, rather uneasy about this sort of language.
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May 26, 2016 04:39
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Oh no! Matthias! They're sticking him in the mind shard, I hope? He seemed to have radiation sickness - or was that the implication of the tower's miasma being radioactive, and he had some other long term illness?
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Apr 16, 2017 05:22
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:While we're talking about stuff to the face, I'll go ahead and link Boot to the Head, Phoenix Wright-style. This made my day. Thank you so much for sharing. 
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May 8, 2017 21:22
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I got a bit lost between the cut where the game decided to crash horribly on you, and where we picked up. Is that something that will be obvious in the archive? If not, do you mind putting in some quick explanation of how the team knows where to go, either IC or OOC? Very much looking forward to the conclusion!
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Jun 14, 2017 02:21
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Thanks so much for putting in all the effort - I love your writing, and I loved Art. Still hurts that one of the originals was actually a spy for Empire and was killed. I loved Karnass and how he became the effective next in line ruler for Exile, too. Really, I love how you've portrayed all the characters the threads gave you. I was thrilled with Ni'aurl; she was exactly what I was hoping for. You mentioned at the beginning when we were voting on characters that you would reserve one spot for a character of your choice. For Exile 2, that was Arth-Ssss. Who was the character you had picked out, and why? What aspect made them a good foil/character for Art and Exile 3? Do the other Vahnatai always hate the Exiles/humans in the later games? Do they ever overcome their extreme xenophobia? Thank you!
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