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===== 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
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. One thing... 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
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===... tched out a broad shape and then went to work on where the tectonic plates were, so that I knew where the mountains and volcanoes were. After that I ad... space with deserts, forests and plains based on where the winds would take the rain. After that there were a load of political boundaries drawn.
From
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 collection, and some iron ore deposits. There's a lot of trading both with the Kingdom and more
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 ... starts within 12 days of the Autumn equinox then there is a 'Long Winter', otherwise there's a Short Year.
Typically the moons are broken
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
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... "forest of masts" characterizes the riverfront, where ships dock four deep at various jetties to unload... * [[:skyss:chars:daels:alasdair_ranald5]] lives here
=== Places ===
There are several notable taverns
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
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
nt King and several Earls, were wards or students here.
===== History =====
The university’s true age i... s:alasdair_ranald5|King Alasdair V]] was educated here under the guidance of the Earl of Ardmor. Current... ominent alumnus who received a top-tier education here.
* [[:skyss:chars:daels:gilruary|Ian Gilruary]]... alreoch:kings_keep|King's Keep]]: The royal seat where many university graduates go on to serve as clerk
the primary setting for the climax of the story, where a diplomatic dinner intended to secure the "King'... ke any attempt to cross in boats very dangerous. There’s a wider curtain wall around Caer Suibhne, enclo... keep by a wooden bridge, which raises overnight. There is no safe access to Caer Suibhne other than thro... archs. During the events of 774, it was the site where the rules of hospitality, traditionally sacred to
al announcements to the people of Dalreoch. It is here that [[:skyss:chars:daels:alasdair_ranald5|King A... nfluence was curtailed by the King's proclamation here.
==== Places ====
* [[:skyss:places:dalreoch|D
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.
==== Blurb ====
On the tiny island of [[:skyss... realm.
The journey takes them far to the south, where Noren’s true parentage is revealed by the ambitio... laws of justice and darkness alike.
In a world where magic is fading but the gods still watch from the... ation of the Hero class within Skyssian society, where divine lineage provides extraordinary abilities s
Unlike the more austere fortifications found elsewhere in the realm, the King's Keep was designed to fun... bedchamber, a dressing room, and an ante-chamber where visitors wait for a private audience.
* **The Q... r royal feasts and diplomatic negotiations. It is here that the King and his senior nobility gather to k... :** The inner bailey is protected by a gatehouse where twelve trumpeters traditionally signal the arriva
