#lore help

[badalloc]

v!Cleo lore help, please

I've assimilated the basics via osmosis:

Raised by a vampiric mother who "acquired" her at some point

Raised livestock for their mother (and other vampires in her coven/compound?)

Taught the vampiric Code from a young age. Cleo would have been turned by her mother (do we have a name for her, btw?) at some point as a reward for good service.

Cleo's mother was eventually overthrown (betrayed?) by another vampire who burned her at the stake and forced Cleo to watch.

This vampire then thralled Cleo by feeding her his blood

Cleo was then forced to kill one human a day for him (and *his* coven?) for the next eighty years, resulting in 29K+ deaths

After that, my knowledge gets hazy. v!Cleo's master was killed(?) -- how? Or did she escape? (also how?). Did Cleo have anything to do with this, or was this just a fortunate break? Do we have any details?

Afterwards, they went to Oakhurst following rumors of vampires there, with the goal of becoming a vampire herself and therefore ending her thralldom. (I think Cleo said that they were a "farmer" in Oakhurst because that was the last order given to her by her master -- "farming". It's the one job she could do that the remaining bond would accept as "close enough").

Really, any additional information would be appreciated, especially anything from cc!Cleo. I'm writing a small v!Cleo thing right now and I like to pull in canon details when I can.

[morning-st48]

who is the drifter talking about here? *self harm mentioned*

ive asked a few people and no one knows, and the chat itself (with marie) doesnt make it any clearer!

[stealingyourbones]

So I keep hearing (reading) about Kon's ttk or tactile telekinesis, and I can't find a good source to tell me what it is, so... would you please spare some of your time to answer my question?

I answered the entire ask and then tumblr ate my answer :( here we go again.

Telekinesis is being able to control/move objects with your mind, Tactile Telekinesis is the same but you have to touch the object/person/thing for the power to work.

In the beginning, Superboy only had TTK. When Cadmus stole Superman’s dead body to study him, they found a “strange aura” around him. I can’t recall what that aura actually was but they concluded that it was a telekinetic force field that surrounded him. They made sure the clone had a similar aura not only to replicate Kryptonian biology, but also to replicate Superman’s powers because they couldn’t figure out how to give Superboy Kryptonian powers.

Flight? He’s technically touching his clothing, he can move his body with his mind to achieve flight.

Speed? Move body with TTK as fast as he can to go zoom.

Strength? He can hold up that big crumbling building with his mind and pretend he’s only lifting it with his muscles. He can also tear and crumble anything with his TTK too so he can make it appear like he’s tearing solid steel in half like it’s nothing.

Invulnerability? Again, TTK is a force field like aura around his body. It will protect him from major harm and he can stop an object the second it touches him to not hurt him too much.

He also can do cool stuff like hold one end of a rope and control the entire thing like a second limb and lasso up a bad guy.

Even holding pals or a terribly secured Christmas tree on the top of a car roof. If he touches a part of the tree he can make sure that shit stays secure.

Hope that helps :D

[alpaca-clouds]

Why I am blocked on Thick as Thieves

Or: Help! I need help! 😫

Okay, you know what? I hear you. I did the NaNoWriMo poll and you folks really want me to finish Thick as Thieves. And like, I get it. So, let me tell you about why I am right now blocked on the story and what stops me from continuing on it.

The answer is short: Xenk. Xenk is stopping me. Or rather... the lack of more official backstory for him is. Or to be even more specific: My lack of knowledge of Faerûn's history is stopping me a bit.

Let me explain.

One of my framing devices for the romance in the story is supposed to be about the "Ballad of Xenk Yendar". Basically: Ed, crushing on Xenk, starts the story out writing this ballad about Xenk. Given what he knows from Xenk himself, he focuses mostly on the tragedy, which Xenk then is not much of a fan of.

The general idea was, that there were going to be four total versions of that ballad, that kinda symbolize Ed getting to know Xenk better. The first one (at the beginning, where they have not interacted since Neverwinter has been saved) focuses on the tragedy, the second one was going to focus on the hero Xenk, the third one on the paladin (mixing both tragedy and hero), and finally the last one on the man that at that point Ed admits to loving.

Soooooo, the next chapter is supposed to feature the second version and herein lies my problem.

I need some good heroic stories about Xenk (that are not played for laughs) that I could write verses for. But I cannot think of any. Because there is no official stuff on him for the most part - but, well...

I am still fairly new to DnD. Like, I have played some DnD, yes, but always with homebrew worlds, never with Faerûn. Sure, like back before 2010 I played the old Baldur's Gate games and Neverwinter Nights, but... Look, I would lie if I said I remembered much more than the general feeling. Like, I for sure do not know anything about the story of those games.

Now, yes, I am very aware that the general rule for worldbuilding in DnD is: "Just make shit up!" Buuuuuut... My brain blocks me on that front on regard of feeling to badly informed. (This is a general hang up of mine, mind you. It is the general reason why I always had a hangup about writing for giant fandoms with lots of lore like Marvel of Star Wars, because I felt there was too much I didn't know.)

Like, by now I have a general feeling for what the Sword Coast looks lke in the late 15th century. Alright. But that does not help me much with Xenk and what his life looked like between "Szass Tam takes over the Thay" and "plot of the movie happens".

So, yeah... This is what is blocking me right now.

And even with all my nerd friends... I somehow do not have a single one who is super into the lore of Faerûn, whose mind I could pick about this.

Soooo, what I am saying is: Say, is there anyone here, who knows a lot of shit about Faerûn and the Sword Coast, so that I might pick their brains for ideas?

Or alternatively: Do you have any great ideas about heroics that Xenk Yendar could've gotten into prior to meeting Ed, Holga and Co.?

[old-archivist]

Need a little help locating something...

So back in 2014, back before Inquisition was released and for a bit after the official website had this map:

Its since been changed and the new map in the Dragon Age Keep doesn’t have nearly the same amount of detail nor the same information. Which for my mapping project (as well as lore) this is a slight problem hahaha...

So if you have any screenshots or know of anyone who archived the information, please feel free to send it my way. I’ve tried using the wayback machine and other such things and I’ve had no such luck. Thank you in advance!

[gimmethemprimals]

Aaaaaaaaa I’m completely redoing my lore… how do you people build clans again I don’t know where to start

[druidx]

TES: Oblivion deep-lore folks, requesting opinions!

You know how Jauffre is retired at the start of the MQ, then becomes Blades Grandmaster:

Do you think that only happens because at that point he is the most Senior Blade? 

Do you think that he was always Grandmaster, but like not really doing much with the title as he was retired?

Do you think he was “retired” and still doing Blades’ work from Weynon?

I’m erring towards (1), with Captain Renault being the actual Grandmaster, until her untimely death in the Tutorial. But as this is background for a fic, I’m genuinely curious what the Blades’ Grandmaster line of succession might be (and I can’t find any useful info on UESP).