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Since we're all waiting for the new update, I figured we could take some time to learn more about our beloved settings (http://www.planeshift.it/setting.html). So, why not have a little forum game to pass time? So, here's how it goes:
1. I'll be posting questions about Yliakum: our world, its history, its people, its gods... you name it.
2. When a question in answered correctly, I'll post another one until I'm out of questions or the update is ready.
3. I'll keep track of who answers them correctly the fastest.
4. The person with the most winning answers will be the winner.
5. The community has five chances to post the correct answer. That means that only 5 posts by different users are allowed before I give the answer. If 5 posts are made with incorrect answers, nobody gets any points.
I'll try to post new questions as soon as the answers are posted. If you got any suggestions, PM me. Let's try to keep this thread for Questions and Answers only.
Ok, here's the first question:
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The energy of the azure crystal is thought to be capable of dissociating matter.
What material seems to be resilient to its radiation?
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edit: typo
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Sapphire?
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Not exactly.
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Kran
berries skin?
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Nope. There is actually no evidence they would survive the radiation. The material I'm referring to, instead is obviously resistant to it.
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would that be Orichalc?
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Crystal, since it does not dissolve itself. Well, if crystal is not the solution, somebody has to go to the crystal and study it, pure energy XD.
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Nope. Orichalc, sapphires and kran skin may be resilient to this ratiation but, just as explained we do not have any evidence. However, there is something that is obviously resistant to it. I'm afraid crystal cannot be a correct answer either...
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I think I know it now, but I used up my go :|
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Hmmm... I think we can allow it Miadon. Let's just avoid posting two times in a row.
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Is it Soil\Earth? As its clinging on somehow up there. :p
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Right! The layer of rock in which the crystal is encrusted has to be resilient to its radiation.
Now, second question:
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What's one of the main elements in the diet of a trained Pterosaur or Megaras?
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seaweed... hm yum-yum dried seaweed
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Right! Next question:
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What crime would get you a certain death sentence should you be found guilty of it?
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if the radiations are beamed in the direction of Yliakum they might be the cause of the hole itself...by melting it.
edit:[refering to the first question and its answer but you post faster than me ;P ]
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Hah, know this one - polluting the lake :)
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interfering with a corpse
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/me looks around himself nervously and starts to blush.
"Really?"
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throwing rubbish in the lake!
DAM missed the 2nd page
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Hadfael, the cave wasn't always that big as now, in "the old times" it only was a niche and Laanx and Talad made it as big as it is now... so if the crystal does melt the earth it does it really slow :-)
"Therefore, they used their powers to enlarge the niche and created the huge cave comprised of eight levels."
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Finira got it right (and faster!).
Ok, next question:
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How many people do the internal and external circles have altogether?
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i have no clue what you mean :s
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72?
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Nope. Hehe... ok, a hint: it's not related geography.
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I know the answer now
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I must not understand the question. I thought Nurahk got it. 9 per level times 8 levels equals 72. ???
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168, 20 vigesimi not 8
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Yes. 168. 160 vigesimi and 8 ortachs.
Next question:
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Which race was the last to arrive in Yliakum?
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I think it was the Klyros
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Correct!
Next question:
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How much can a date cost you if you buy yourself a new outfit, go out for lunch and drink two beers?
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34 tria.
Edit: 39 if you buy lunch for your date too and she does not drink anything.
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Nope. It's good beer you're having :P
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well if it was with you I would spend a million :p
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Ok, yes Einnol you're buying. 39 is the correct answer.
Next question:
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What other name is Laanx known as?
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\\o// I got one.
The Masked God.
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Right!
Next question:
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Where are trias minted?
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hmmm only information I find is "on the second level" - accurate enough?
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I thought it was
Masquerade God?
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Yes, Finira, that would do.
Next question:
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How much difference in height would there be between the shortest of elves and the tallest of dwarves? (based on average sizes)
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10 to 30 cm
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Nope.
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10%
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1.20 m to 1.40 m tall.
1.30 m to 1.50 m tall.
shortest difference is 10cm biggest is 30cm
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"the shortest" and "the tallest" is contradicted a bit by "based on average sizes" - if I ignore the latter, I'd say 20 cm :)
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That's not correct either, I'm afraid. We're talking about the one tallest of dwarves and the one shortest of elves.
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XD lol i miss read my mistake
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yup, just saw that I read a number wrong :D
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If I got the question right (and I doubt it ;-) ) then it's 0.
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Bingo. The shortest of elves would be 1.50 and the tallest of dwarves would too. A hammerweilder can look at any elf straight in the eye! (and by average sizes I meant to disregard those who would say "taller that any other <race> you've ever seen" in their description).
Next question:
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Which god is known to rule over future events?
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Vodùl
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True!
Next question:
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What's the most powerful of all glyphs?
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"Hydlaa".
As a sidenote, Vodúl isn't known to the Yliaki, though, just to the players. He's not even an option in the CC, whereas the BF, which isn't known in Yliakum, either, is.
Edit: also, the rock doesn't need to be resilient to the crystal's radiation: the part of the crystal that radiates can be expected to be lower than the ceiling (like an optical fiber, the radiation likely exits at the end only). Given that it takes only 12 steps to where the radiation ceases to be powerful enough to dissociate matter, the amount of this protrusion doesn't even have to be big. This also means that the crystal wouldn't be able to create a cave larger than with 12steps (possibly metres) radius.
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Correct answer! Hydlaa is the glyph after which Talad named his city. The power to create life is attributed to it.
Next question:
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Where did the fisrt inhabitants of Yliakum come from?
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from the crystal
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I'm afraid that's not accurate enough. Try to rephrase that.
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Lemurs being brought to life by Laanx and Kran being created by Talad with the powers of the crystal :-)
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Right. They actually didn't come or go anywhere. They stayed where they were created.
Next question:
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How tall can we presume the azure crystal is?
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Given that it needs to reach from the surface down into Yliakum, "thousands of metres". I assume it to be ~10km.
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Indeed. Since the bottom of the crystal is where the stalactite hangs and it is located thousands of meters below the surface, we can infer that the crystal itself is thousands of meters high. Next question:
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Who made the fact that Yliakum was an underground world built inside a stalactite common knowledge and how accepted is this theory?
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Some Xacha scientists. The theory is unproven (but obviously supported by the downwards decreasing diameters of the levels. IIRC, according to the mining book ingame, it is sufficiently accepted to forbid mining on all but the first level).
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True. Last question of the day:
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Where were/are the portals that alien races used to come to Yliakum located?
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Stone Labyrinths
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one inside Yliakum, one in the Stone Labyrinths
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I'll have to take Finara's answer. There were two portals. Well, that's it for today folks. Let's count the points now:
Miadon: 1
Finira: 6
Einnol: 2
Alfonso Knaf: 2
Nurahk: 1
Seytra: 3
Thank you all for participating. I'll come up with more questions for tomorrow. Maybe I'll give some tougher ones extra points.
\\o// And today's winner is: Finira! \\o// And today's winner: Finira! \\o// And today's winner: Finira! \\o//
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Pardon, but I would like to add to some points.
There are more than two portals, as each race came through their own. It is unknown exactly where the other portals are, as some of the races made long journeys through the caves. No one came from the surface.
As to what material is immune to the Crystal's powers, you have missed an even more obvious answer. Air itself would have to be very resistant. However, this is all supposition by the scientists, as they have not been able to study the Crystal itself, or anything near it. It could just be that they are calling the world flat.
Who made the fact that Yliakum was an underground world built inside a stalactite common knowledge and how accepted is this theory?
I believe there was a specific name in one of the books in the library. Perhaps even the author of the book. Will have to check once someone gets the clients up and running.
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There are more than two portals, as each race came through their own. It is unknown exactly where the other portals are, as some of the races made long journeys through the caves. No one came from the surface.
There are two distinct portals, plus one that may or may not be the same as the one outside Yliakum. It is certain that Diaboli, Dermorians and Klyros came through portals. It is not clear if all or some portals are connected to more than one source portal, allowing more than one race to come through any given portal. However, there is no hint to where Ylians, Enkidukai, Xacha, Nolthrir, Stonebreakers or Hamerwielders came from, except from outside Yliakum, therefore there may or may not be more than two portals.
The Stonebreakers, however, might have originated on the same planet as Yliakum:
The clan of Stonebreakers have lived for centuries digging tunnels, shafts, wells and caves in the deep of earth until they arrived to Yliakum.
All races appeared in Yliakum within more or less the same time period, and "centuries" may or may not extend beyond that (depending on what "a long time" is (Laanx studying the portal)).
The reason of this coincidence is an earthquake that moved the surface of the earth creating new tunnels and caverns. After the initial fear these tunnels were explored by the inhabitants of the surface and some of them, covering a very great distance, were discovered to connect to the Stone Labyrinths that are connected to Yliakum
This seemingly contradicts
All other races are said to arrive from magical portals connected to other worlds.
However, given that the first sets forth a statement, whereas the second only declares a theory, it is possible to have both coexist: some races came from the surface, but everyone believes they came through portals.
Given their similarities, it is likely that both dwarven races came from the same place. Likewise, Ylians and Xacha may originally have come from the same place, though there they must have been separated for quite a while. If this is the case, then the Xacha seem to come from some region beyond the tropics.
Some old Xacha tell about a land where light was very dim and not always present
Also, the Nolthrir may have come from the same place as the Dermorians, with just a very different lifestyle, since the major alterations are attributed to the crystal.
OTOH, the clearly dissimilar races very likely originated at different places entirely, except possibly for humans / dwarves which might have the same overall origin.
Ynnwns are "native" to Yliakum in the way that they came into existance only after Diaboli mated with elves.
As to what material is immune to the Crystal's powers, you have missed an even more obvious answer. Air itself would have to be very resistant.
It is also possible that the air simply re-forms when it leaves the direct vincinity of the crystal, since the crystal just dissociates, not annihilates matter.
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Erm....I forgot to mention that this info came from a discussion I had with Talad on the subject some time back. The 'Earthquake' is false, and was added by a re-writer without his knowledge. What address is that from, as the corrected version is here: http://www.planeshift.it/setting_races.html
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Anyway, if the update isn't fully ready tomorrow I might drop some more questions. I don't have access to any special source of information other than the main site and the forums so, all answers to my questions can be found or inferred from what's posted there there. Of crouse, some answers can be more open than others. Any clarification will be much appreciated and if this thread got you curious about Yliakum history and the game settings, then the main objective was fulfilled.
:D
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Looks like good entertainment sorry I missed it, some tough questions in there. There is too many players that dont really research, or care to, the settings of planeshift. Gotta give you your props Zhai, a good fun way to learn a bit even for those that have been around for a bit. \\o//
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That white text is almost completely unreadable on the forum skin I use.
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Just highlight it with your mouse, Kiirani, it's perfectly readable then :)
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Erm....I forgot to mention that this info came from a discussion I had with Talad on the subject some time back. The 'Earthquake' is false, and was added by a re-writer without his knowledge. What address is that from, as the corrected version is here: http://www.planeshift.it/setting_races.html
As marked in my quote, that particular bit of information comes from the player's guide (on the main site). Specificly section 3.3 - races (http://www.planeshift.it/guide/en/setting-races.html). I suspect that it's in the client's local PG copy as well. It may be a good idea to completely replace PG section 3 with a copy of the settings pages.
@white text: The readibility issues have been there for ages, so I've always used the/a brown theme.
@Zhai: good initiative, indeed. :)
On a related note, I chuckled when I saw "read our settings" instead of the usual "add comment here" in the announcement on the main site. That was overdue.