Recent content by desertrunner

A good point indeed. Not every culture may use the same calendar but every culture expects their goods to get there on time. So that shipment had best be in on Friday (or the archipelago version of it) or there will be he'll to pay!

Perhaps. I simply knew they come from somewhere other than my island originally.

Byra was only first inhabited about 60 years ago. So my traders are in dire need of somewhere to originally come from. They are an industrious lot. Well, as long as there is coin at stake. Religion doesn't interest them much. The only thing they take much stake in is the moon. Full moons...

It would definitely be a fascinating tale to any young child. I couldn't have even dreamed of a better way to tell it. My hat is most definitely off to you.

If it doesn't work it doesn't work. I've still got 3 geothermal springs providing water for my island.

So what details do we want to agree upon for our moons? I'm anxious to start playing with this new possibility.

This sounds like just the thing needed to get us going. Lower and screwy tides, volcanoes, and earth quakes would be more than sufficient to bring my island out of the depths and explain why no one has touched it before the guild. Many would probably believe it to be cursed since it sprouted...

@Donny Bruso Agreed. Tech wise you can do quite a few things with out the aid of steam or anything more advanced than that if you are clever. It also adds some challenge to think outside of the norm to still have a technological advantage.

I agree with Kaellpae. Multiple moons would be cool. Perhaps to elaborate on his idea more have the smaller moon orbit the larger as it orbits the planet. Two full moons or new moons could have some religious or superstitious meanings to different cultures.

We can grudgingly agree to that. 5 Long days of no profits is a hard pill to swallow, but it does seem to improve relations.

I third telcontar. Not all the civilizations of the archipelago are the most advanced in the world so it would stand to reason they would keep things simple.

It definitely should be limited. Byrá has no magic but we are merely traders out to make some coin.

As long as you keep the coin flowing in our coffers we don't care what calendar the hooligans use. We of the Byrá trading guild use the universal trade calendar. The hooligans will too if they want to get their hands on Sifx. Byrá was un unhabited up until about 40 years ago. Also a...

Byra is the central island of the archipelago. The traders guild that rules the island makes full use of that fact. Tásttym has bloomed overnight into a bustling city-port. Crammed into a small valley between the Tym river and the western cliffs of the Corrán pateau, it makes use of it's...

Definitely sounds like a good plan. Now could you kindly define a "short" description of an island?