#iolrath

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Iolrath |(M/NB/F)

[29th February] [Neutral Good] [ISFP-A] [Rook]

Love Language : [Quality time]+[Words of affirmation]

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Day 2 on Shipwreck Beach and all of the founding families are trying to start earning the skills and products they need to move off this godsforsaken beach.

Harald, the new Jarl, is first down to the beach, digging sand.

Not to be outdone, Edmund & Eshraf soon follow suit.

Leonora starts working on her body skill...

While Ramisa works on her cooking...

And is not terribly successful!

Valaria starts building her mechanical skill.  She wants her and Darius to become the merchant family, the next highest social station available.  She is determined not to be a lowly food producer or labourer!

Heloise is a cutie!

Having dug all of the sand he requires, Harald starts mining.  He needs several lots of stone and coal, and to build up his body skill so he can start felling trees...

The other men also start mining...

Cute moment between Leonora and Theomund

And this pretty much sums up the end of the day... Everyone is trying to skill or gather produce and they’re all exhausted by the end of the day!

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I'm really interested in romancing elias or miloslav i love pain and I can't wait for the demo! Is it possible to give little fun facts about each of the ROs?

Hello Anon 🌞

I will publish a mood board for each of them soon~

In the meanwhile yes, you can have fun facts about them 🤭

So here goes, two funny facts about the ROs.

Elias

...hates board games. Because he absolutely sucks at it. Like it's almost as if he does it on purpose. The only one he can tolerates is snakes and ladders because he thinks only the dice matters. But hush, don't tell him even dice can be tricky. 🤫

But, he is good at beer pong.

Fact 2: He enjoys cooking. He's good at preparing simple dishes because he likes to cook whenever his daughter comes to visit. (Yes, Elias is a doting father.) What he likes the most is, when it's sunny outside, to make triangle sandwiches and to go on a picnic.

Who knows, maybe he'll take you to one, one day.

Anya

...likes gardening—because she likes to have high quality ingredients for her business—but she is afraid of lizards. If she sees one, she just ends up running, arms raised, throwing her tools around.

Fact 2: She gave a name to all the plants she takes care of. So sometimes, she is standing in her garden, welcoming "Bobby, Gary, Goofyballs, Little Mermaid, Patrick..." but in a whisper. She will not survive if someone heard her wishing a goodnight to "Smartass", her dramaqueen alocasia and "Kiss kiss bang bang" her rosebush.

Bonus: She likes gardening, but she has a developing allergy to pollen. So whenever she gardens at the beginning of summer, she ends up with hay fever.

Sheppard

....are a tsundere. If you try to get them blushing they will end up stuttering which will prompt them to just become even more tensed. And yes, at some point they will just run away.

So, to all the bold Sheppard-mancer out there, good luck 🍀

Beside, they are oblivious to flirting and will just squint at you at first before understanding the innuendos. Even if the innuendos is a real elephant in the room.

Fact 2: Sheppard is the favorite victim of Yu in terms of jokes. To the point that each time Sheppard see them, they tense up immediately because they know they will end up hearing a joke, not understanding it at first and until Yu and Mbaya (unwillingly) will end up laughing.

The thing is, Sheppard don't dislike the jokes. And they know Yu is showing their affection that way.

Bonus : They are so tense that they end up being a real klutz when they walk into a room. A real terror for furniture.

Mbaya

...don't have their driving licence. Or, actually, they do. It's just that they drive so... bad, that it's better altogether when they don't drive at all. But no worries, Yu like to drive, so they always end up picking them up. Otherwise, you can stumble upon Mbaya in public transportation which is funny considering what they are and how old they are 🤭

Fact 2: Mbaya look rafined and all, but they have absolutely no working taste buds. If they say otherwise, they are lying. Upon meeting Yu, they hid this fact to Yu—who caught a cold—who asked them to try some food and see if it was spoiled. No need to say Mbaya, to mess with them, told Yu it was safe and they ended up with food poisoning.

Yu

...have a whole collection of small toy found in candy [insert famouse candy brand with suprise toy, here]. It's their secret. That's why they allow no one in their room. They are quite confident in everything but will end up whishing to be buried six feet down if someone stumbled into their room, see their collection and proceed to laugh their ass off.

+ They have the very famous traffic cone into their room as well, which they picked up from a particularly animated night out. And a full road sign with the metal bar and all. But this one, they don't remember how they got it.

Fact 2 : At home, they wear a robe, a satin cap and slippers. And on Sunday night, it's comedy night on Metflix for them. So they end up never answering to text and such. Sometimes Mbaya join them and bring pop corn with them. Those two are besties.

Owl

...can't handle liquor. Like, one glass is already the one glass too many. So, each time Yu have tried to invite them out drinking—because Yu is everyone best buddy—Owl declines. They of course understood that fact through trial and errors.

Fact 2: Owl sucks with children. Which is surprising when you witness how they are kind of warm with Lukas. But whenever they are near children, Owl becomes tense. Almost to a Sheppard-level tense. But you can witness the best interaction whenever they stumble upon Leah—Elias' daughter. Because she likes them and Owl just runs away.

Bonus: Whenever they remove their gloves when going home, they end up being shocked by static electricity. To the point when they are silently cursing [insert old types of curses here] when they touch door handles or tap water.

Iolrath

...has absolutely no sense of direction when it comes to city/town or any inhabited area. They are an ace when it comes to forested area, but if you see them walking in town, their GPS is their best friend, really.

They are really patient, but each time they must come to the city to grocery shop, they become grumpy.

Fact 2: Iolrath is terrible at finances as well. Like, they have a grocery list but end up buying this and that because it looks funny and they are really curious about "human custom". So they always end up leaving stores with far too much products costing far too much in terms of money. So, their house is like a modern museum of funny articles. Fortunately, Sheppard always give a hand in the money department as it's part of their job but Sheppard really need a vacation at some point.

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~ The Aedra ~

Akatosh, Arkay, Dibella

Julianos, Kynareth

Mara, Stendarr, Zenithar

My new multi-PT’s

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After their ship capsized in a storm in the Padomaic Ocean, a small group of survivors makes for the closest strip of land, a deserted island in the sea between Tamriel and Akavir.  They named this place Iolrath.

With no escape from the island, they decide to settle this land.  Each family will compete to attain the title of Jarl, with the other families then working to become a merchant, skilled labourer or food suppliers.

These are their stories...

The Silver-Bloods (Nord Family)

Harald was one of the most renowned blacksmiths in all of Skyrim when he was offered the opportunity to move his young family to Cyrodiil and smith for the Emperor.  Little did he know that the ship would get blown off course and he would end up lost in the middle of the ocean.

Harald Silver-Blood

Male adult, age 35, family/knowledge, Aquarius (4/6/5/5/5), turn ons- blonde hair & good cook, turn off- good dancer

Traits: angler, brave, family oriented, good sense of humor, loves the heat

Signe Silver-Blood

Female adult, age 29, family/popularity, Cancer (6/5/5/4/5), turn ons- beards & blonde hair, turn off- brown hair

Traits: Family oriented, loves the heat, neat, nurturing, social butterfly

Runa Silver-Blood

Female child, age 5, grow up, Gemini (4/6/7/3/5).

Traits: angler, family oriented, social butterfly

Ivo Silver-Blood

Male toddler, age 2, grow up, Aquarius (1/5/5/6/8).

Traits: loves the heat, brave

Lumi Silver-Blood

Female toddler, age 2, grow up, Taurus (6/5/5/6/3)

Traits: good, loves the heat

The Ashcrofts (Breton Family)

Leonora is a bit loathe to admit it, but her husband is lazy.  She purchased passage on the ship in order to relocate her husband and small family away from the temptations of gambling and drinking, hoping that it would force Edmund to work harder.  Never did she think that they would end up like this... but, her family is alive and together and Edmund will have to work hard in order for his family to survive.

Edmund Ashcroft

Male adult, age 30, pleasure/family, Taurus (2/6/2/10/5), turn ons- influential & red hair, turn off- blonde hair

Traits: mooch, heavy sleeper, loser, loves the heat, childish

Leonora Ashcroft

Female adult, age 28, family/romance, Taurus (5/5/3/8/40, turn ons- make up & red hair, turn off- black hair

Traits: dramatic, flirty, never nude, hydrophobic, unlucky

Theomund Ashcroft

Male child, age 4, grow up, Taurus (5/3/2/10/5)

Traits: mooch, never nude, shy

Heloise Ashcroft

Female toddler, age 1, grow up, Libra (2/7/3/3/10)

Traits: loves the heat, absent-minded

The el-Skaven’s (Redguard Family)

Eshraf, Ramisa and little Malik were on their way to visit Ramisa’s family when the ship capsized.  Desperate to get back to Tamriel, they will nonetheless make the best of this bad situation, if only for the benefit of their son.

Eshraf el-Skaven

Male adult, age 29, popularity/pleasure, Leo (2/10/4/4/5), turn ons- jewellery & mechanical skill, turn off- brown hair

Traits: loves the cold, great kisser, irresistible, green thumb, party animal

Ramisa el-Skaven

Female adult, age 25, popularity/family, Libra (2/8/2/6/7), turn ons- life skills & uneducated, turn off- grey hair

Traits: heavy sleeper, good, irresistible, never nude, flirty

Malik el-Skaven

Male toddler, age 3, grow up, Aquarius (2/3/4/9/7)

Traits: brave, evil

The Quintilius’ (Imperial Family)

Darius is an adventurer and was captaining the ship when it was caught in the storm.  He wouldn’t usually bring his precious wife, Valaria, on board with him, but he had wanted to show her the beauty of the coastline of Tamriel.  Valaria hated every minute of the voyage and spent all her time in the Captain’s Quarters, with her head over a chamber pot.  Darius is sure that the other survivors blame him for their predicament, but he is sure that he will be a perfect Jarl and lead the settlement into great success.

Darius Quintilius

Male adult, age 32, fortune/knowledge, Gemini (5/6/10/2/2), turn ons- jewellery & uneducated, turn off- well traveled

Traits: indecisive, grumpy, adventurous, coward, born salesperson

Valaria Quintilius

Female adult, age 30, romance/fortune, Aries (10/10/3/2/0), turn ons- strong & brown hair, turn off- grey hair

Traits: extravagant, snob, dramatic, flirty, great kisser

The Dreths (Dunmer Family)

Galmon and Maera did not intend to complete the entire voyage, but were hoping to disembark in Morrowind.  Galmon is something of an alchemist, while Maera is a herbalist who became their village’s midwife, helping many a mother to journey childbirth safely.  Galmon knows that the Imperial Captain did not want them on board his ship and considered them bad luck.  Nonetheless, Galmon and Maera will work hard to prosper in this deserted place they now call home.

Galmon Dreth

Male adult, age 41, knowledge/family, Scorpio (10/6/6/1/2), turn ons- logical & charismatic, turn off- beards

Traits: heavy sleeper, never nude, neat, hydrophobic, green thumb

Maera Dreth

Female adult, age 32, knowledge/family, Virgo (10/5/5/0/5), turn ons- make up & uneducated, turn off- supernatural

Traits: earthy, scribe, socially awkward, green thumb, loves the outdoors

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Welcome to Iolrath, the setting of a New Foundations challenge!

Iolrath is set in the world of the Elder Scrolls. I’ve chosen to start in the 10th era, as none of the Elder Scrolls games have made it that far as yet, so I can basically make up my own rules and lore.

Iolrath is a small uninhabited island located in the Padomaic Ocean between the continents of Tamriel and Akavir.  The challenge begins with a small group of ship wreck survivors, who decide to make the best of their dire situation and build a settlement.

I am essentially using @princesspiratecat‘s New Foundations 1.8 rule set and the associated ROS.  I will be playing on the hard settings, except that I made an error with the starting families, so am starting with five instead of four (x3 families and x2 couples).

How I play:

- I’m using Almighty Hat’s Gestational Ageing mod, so my lifespan is significantly increased.  As such, I’m using a range of skill limiters (toddlers are restricted to 3 points per skill and children are limited to 5, with the exception being if they have the ‘genius’ trait) and harder skilling mods. 

- I’m playing with a 12-day Season’s mod, mainly so I can stick to the Elder Scrolls calendar.  I have a seasons configuration of Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter, and each ‘month’ is 4 days long.

- I’m also playing with the traits, from hexagonal-bipyramid, cedanyblee, mortia & Fire_flower.

- I’m playing with an 8-PT mod, with those PT’s being the Aedra, Akatosh, Arkay, Dibella, Julianos, Kynareth, Mara, Stendarr & Zenithar .

- I’m also using Hat’s G-Rated Religion mod.  I’m starting with only two religions, The Nine Divines (Aedra) (Talos will be the figure head of this religion), and The Anticipations (Daedra) (Azura will be the figure head of the Daedra).  I may add more religions as the game develops.

A few changes I have made to the original challenge:

- I feel like one day to make friends and determine who is the Builder/Squire Sim is not enough, so the Sims will spend 4 days gathering items for survival and making friends (I feel like this will work with the challenge due to the extended seasons I’m playing).  The family with the most non-family friends after 4-days becomes the Builder/Squire, and from that point the competition is on to gather supplies and skills to see who will be the merchant family, skilled professional family and food suppliers.

Above rule changed back to one day only on free-will to make friends!

- The original challenge stipulates that Sims are allocated two skill points according to their aspiration.  I changed this to two skill points specific to race: Nords (+2 body), Bretons (+1 logic & +1 creativity), Imperials (+2 logic), Redguard (+1 logic & +1 cooking), Altmer (+1 logic & +1 creativity), Dunmer (+1 cooking & +1 creativity), Bosmer (+1 body, +1 mechanical), Argonian (+1 charisma & +1 logic), Khajiit (+1 cooking & +1 charisma), Orsimer (+1 mechanical & +1 cooking).

- New settlements will be started on different maps, as I’m trying to keep the neighborhoods small to avoid pink soup.  The rules state each new settlement should have a unique style and build materials.  I also like the idea of each area having their own regional specialties.  Therefore, Iolrath will specialise in lumber, carpentry, pigs, hunting, and forraging.  Other settlements will specialise in (metalsmithing, mining, goats, cheesemaking), (fishing, salt production, basket weaving, poultry) and (vegetables, fruit, honey, candles, cattle).  I may also add another settlement to be the royal neighborhood if I eventually get that far.

Founding families will be posted shortly.

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Day 3 on Shipwreck Beach, and the families are all scrambling to gather resources and skill points so they can get into their own lodgings... Hopefully before the Winter arrives!

Valaria starts working on her fishing badge.  With her sights set on becoming the merchant family, she requires a gold fishing badge.  Shame she hates fish!

Maera and Eshraf are chipping away slowly at their body skills and collecting much required stone...

Ramisa is working on her cooking skill (seriously, so slow without a book!)

And Leonora is working on her mechanical.

Night falls, and so does a small sprinkling of spring snow!

Signe and Runa try to stay warm by the fire...

While Theomund is distracted by other shiny things!

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