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o involved in the government of Skyss. ==== Elsewhere ==== * [[:skyss:chars:alfarinn]] - Noren's elus
Straven @skyss:places
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|Sketch map of Straven}} ===== Community ===== There are about 60 people living on Straven, from newbo... _isles|Lord of the Isles]]. As well as fishing there are as many sheep as people on the island, they r... a major part of keeping Straven self-sufficient. There's also meat from the spare sheep, most of the mal... o bad for fishing. The fish are mostly smoked, there are three smokehouses downwind of the main halls
Grand Duchy of Dael Riata @skyss:places
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Daels leave the area and seek their fortune elsewhere, and it is common to find little groups of Daels onboard a Skyssian ship, or in an enclave somewhere in a civilised town in another country. ===== Ge... industries of Dael Riata are inshore fisheries, there are substantial islands off the west coast, parad... ter Isles. This name harks back to the days when there was no difference between the Daels and the Skyss
The Alpins @skyss:chars:daels
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Riata]]. It lies on a rocky outcrop on the coast where the river Ard meets the inner sea. ==== Titles ... hen their new flagship failed to return, despite there being no reported storms or wreckage found. It wa... e to the open ocean to the East of Dael Riata. There are silver and gold deposits in the mountains, lo... the population are involved in rural activities, there are villages every couple of miles over most of t
Calendar @skyss:other
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ong Summers, and Short Years. In a 38 year cycle there are 21 Long Summers, 10 Long Winters, and 7 Short... Years have 12 Moons, and last exactly 342 days. Where the Spring Moon starts less than 12 days after the spring equinox then there's a 'Long Summer', which is always followed by a 'short winter. If there isn't a Long Summer, and the Fall Moon starts wit
Skyss's World @skyss:places
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what I might need in future stories. That said, there are a couple of maps {{:skyss:places:img_2016111... exists}} {{:skyss:places:skyss_world_north_hemisphere_v07_for_book_cover.png?1200 |A map of the northern hemisphere, click for the detail (this is a huge map)}} ===... tched out a broad shape and then went to work on where the tectonic plates were, so that I knew where th
Bhaltair Gilranald @skyss:chars:daels
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ocean to the North and West of the Easter Isles. There are about 10,000 people in the city, and a simila... dition takes time to establish. Some 25 years on there are signs of it returning, but it will continued ... ass their skills along to the new generations. There's an active stone quarry that exports local stone for building. There are also lots of fishing vessels, seaweed collect
Dalreoch @skyss:places
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ine one of the channels, known as 'the yards'. There is a well established university on an island bet... y of the nobles of Dael Riata have been educated there, and the 'Library Annex' is one of Dalreoch's not... * [[:skyss:chars:daels:alasdair_ranald]] lives here * === Places === There are several notable taverns in Dalreoch, the most famous of which are: * T
Board of Trade @skyss:places
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supporting Skyssians when they get into trouble. There's also a diplomatic function in many of the more ... t has the following departments: * Operations. There are over 1,000 [[BoT_Ops|port teams]] spread arou... As well as the port teams gathering information there is also [[resolutions]] that deal with unusual or... es:wheel]] * [[:skyss:places:dalreoch]] * NB there are over a thousand Board of Trade outposts acros
Skyss - Story Background
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orthern state the main characters come from, but there is a whole world and other states exist, some of which will be linked to here. NB this site is a work in progress and is a me... se the stories will get fleshed out to the point where they can also be published. For now this is the l... aracters so that I could understand them better. There's a bit more than this, and some of it will work
Old Bjorn @skyss:chars
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's Justice]]. In his sanctuary in the loft space there are some relics from that life. When the [[:skyss... te tally marks around the outside of the shield. There are many tally marks on the shield, rumours diffe
Iain Alpin @skyss:chars:daels:alpin
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r deposed the Queen he took up arms against him. There were several battles in the civil war, and Iain A... ular at court, and playing instruments to ensure there was music to accompany the dancers. Out of armour
Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness @skyss:pantheon
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(and in many of the more northern parts of Skyss there is no daylight in this period). There is a secondary festival in late summer when the darkness returns
Pantheon of Skyss
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ds and goddesses, so this list isn't exhaustive. There are 9 gods in the Skyssian pantheon (and more in
The Nobles of Dael Riata @skyss:chars:daels
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===== The Nobles of Dael Riata ===== There are fourteen families that are Dukes or Earls of Dael Riata.
Alfarinn @skyss:chars
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Alasdair V, King of Dael Riata @skyss:chars:daels
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Arne the Slow @skyss:chars
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Jafnadr the Sword @skyss:other
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Aodh MacAodh @skyss:people:daels:macaodh
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