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Mystic Software - Hosted Sites => Dark Age Games => Topic started by: Xorlak on April 29, 2006, 05:55:03 PM
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Okay, so I discovered this MediaWiki software (the same software wikipedia.org runs on) and was playing around with it. This thing is great-- making nicely formated articles, links branching off to new ones, etc. is really easy.
So, if I created a wiki for DAL, would people be interested in submitting articles to it? This software is ideal for an RP. You can create an article for your character (almost copy and paste from the forum topics, there would just a bit of editing involved) then have all the mentionings of the groups/nations your character is involved with link off to their own little articles. Other character's articles can link to those as well as their own, etc. Plus, you can add pictures and stuff (remember when everyone was doing those character generator pictures? Heh...) It may be good enough to replace the chapter "sign up" topics, but we'll try it out first.
Anyway, if we can get three or four people to actively add content to this, it would turn out to be a pretty impressive wealth of DAL information. On the other hand, if its just me throwing articles up there by myself, then it's just going to wear me down. (Heh...) So I thought I better see what you people think first.
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I would most certainly be in! Although I am relatively new to this RP, I believe I could submit some worthy information.
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Sounds good, lets do it.
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It does not matter what the answer to this question will be, i will still be in, but... Who will read it?
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It'd be mainly for us. The RP is getting so huge, it's hard to remember all the names of the nations/organizations all the characters are involved in, who's allied with who, etc. E.g. it be really convenient to type in "Alphagrad" in the search box and pull up a short article about the battle that want on there, where it is generally located, who owns it, and that it is currently mostly rubble. So if I want someone to go back there three chapters from now, I can refresh my memory easily. Also, that would be hugely convenient to a new player who's looking for a spot to bring in his character and get his facts straight without reading the whole novel that is the RP. (Heh...)
Okay, preparations are underway!
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Awsome! I am gonna be part of this for sure. It will give me a chance to perhaps give more details on the Talonscar, Blue Minotaur and Ice Warriors.
Plus it would be a good spot to display the symbols for the alliances. (I still don't know what the Dark/Crimson Empire symbol is like)
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Got the basic structure setup and only Draven's profile up at the moment, but there's no reason not to open this up to you guys now:
<a href='http://darkagegames.net/dalpedia' target='_blank'>DALpedia!</a>
I added some links in the 'help' section to get you started with formatting text, etc. Go ahead and go wild! Add links off to everything that someone might want to write an article about (just make sure you're consitent with the names of pages), and see how many you can do yourself.
Generally, just do your own characters for now (but you can do some inactive players' characters too, if you want. Ideally we would want to track them down and get them to write articles on their characters too. Heh...)
You can use <a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Draven' target='_blank'>Draven's page</a> as a guide for making your own character pages (note how I link to my user page at the top, which has a link to all my other characters). Feel free to add more details on your character than just a copy/paste from the signup topic (I likely will for Draven and several others in the future).
The character/nations/locations lists linked to on the front page are by no means complete. Feel free to add any ones I missed.
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What will be most useful is the fact that we will know where eah place is relative to other places.
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I am DEFINITELY in.
It may also be interesting to have the characters' articles named by their full names, e.g. Lars Draven, Zion Ultima, etc... Just a suggestion. It has indeed struck me that a lot don't have full names, though. Razz
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<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Duilin' target='_blank'>Check 'dis shit out!</a> I've got the Duilin page done.
Hmmm when I was going through it I noticed I may wanna do some of Cyber Wolf and or Cesque's charas.
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I want to be in but I'm too new here. Maybe sometime when my char has been featured in the story in the long run.
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TK, if you want to participate, you could write the background of your character - you know, his past? That's what I'll do for my more recent characters, anyway.
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Yeah, in fact you could just copy and paste your signup post there now if you want.
This seems to be working out pretty well. Next chapter we may just replace posting a signup bio to join with simply posting a link the character's article.
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Man this is so fun. Oh I've added a <a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Noteable_NPCs' target='_blank'>Noteable NPCs</a> page! It's quite small, I'm sure that's not all of them. So add some to the list!
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Somebody please write the article for Sigulus. I'm reading him on the begining chapter but dont know how to picture him. Then again, I dont know how to picture anyone but Sigulus is one that I have trouble picturing.
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<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Sigilus' target='_blank'>Here you go.</a>
It's the same as the one on the Chapter 1 signups. But since he plays a big part in Chapter 1, why not do his wiki page now.
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Oi everyone, to all people that currently post their character profiles on the new wiki [DM, Xorlak, and me], i suggest following a description template. This is one that I did for Steorra:
Height: 5'8
Build: Slim
Hair: Blonde, tied into long dreadlocks
Usual clothing: Black flares, and a black shirt
Eye colour: Brown
Body art: A tatoo of a rising star on her shoulder
For quick code:
'''Height''': <br\>
'''Build''': <br\>
'''Hair''': <br\>
'''Usual Clothing''': <br\>
'''Eye colour''': <br\>
'''Body art''': <br\>
'''Facial hair''': <br\> (if applies)
What do you guys think?
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Meh. Can't promise that I'll use it. But hey it might help with description making however.
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Well that was pretty pointless.
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Hmm, not really! Now people from out the site could possibly join the RP. Although... I don't know. I think it has a good application.
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Sorry but it aint gonna happen.
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TKGB is right. Looks like it's gonna be deleted. And personally, I don't want millions of people joining the RP.
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hey - a man is allowed to be hopeful. And a noob, by the looks of things - it would get deleted anyway. They don't allow that short of an article, anyway.
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No no no, bad bad baaad... (Heh...) You've at least got to write an article on it. And it's sort of a private group thing between us, so no one's going to know about it. Also, I don't think things would be managble if we get more than eight or so people playing at once.
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I thought about it... I suppose TKGB and DM are right. There was really no point to that. I did a stupid thing and I'm sorry. Maybe i was just a bit overzealous...
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e-mail me when the 9th chapter of the rp starts!!! <_<
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It's going on now, so feel free to hop in.
Ein: No need to apologize. Note the "(Heh...)"
(Heh...)
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Were is it posted?? did the actual talking and fighting start??
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It's going on now, so feel free to hop in.
Ein: No need to apologize. Note the "(Heh...)"
(Heh...)
Speaking of which... Hehehehe....
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Yeah, very funny, Trent.
(Heh...)
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Speaking of which... Hehehehe....
Yeah, very funny, Trent.
(Heh...)
I don't get it.
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Check what he put on my profile in the wiki.
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D.Ein saw that. He just doesn't get it because he's a n00b.
Seriously it takes him twenty minutes to get the similist jokes. Razz
BTW, check out Abodahon and Duilin's pages. Wink
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Love the Abodahon picture!
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Similist? You mean simpliest?
And yes, that's true. I suspected that's what you meant at first as well, but then I began to doubt myself... Also, the bit about me not getting jokes for a bit is true, unfortunately.
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<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Archives' target='_blank'>NOW, we're organized.</a>
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Can someone put my guy in there i dont get how to put him in?
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<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Archives' target='_blank'>NOW, we're organized.</a>
Now, that's what I'm talking about! B)
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i made my Characters Description on the site
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Nick' target='_blank'>http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Nick</a>
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Okay, not bad. I fixed it up a little. I had nothing better to do Wink.
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Nick' target='_blank'>Check it...</a>
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Dats da Shit im talking about
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OMG! That's perfect. Thank you Xorlaks.
OAM: Do you guys think I should put my char info at this point?
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Finally! It is good to be able to see where chapters begin now.
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Burton: Roffle (ROTFL)
TKGB: Yeah, I guess so. Your character seems to have some potential.
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Oh ya dont mind me but I make jokes out of almost anything so dont be offended if i just blurt one out!! Razz
Burton: Roffle (ROTFL)
What rotfl what you doing man this aint runescape!! Razz
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ROTFL is not Runescape talk, it's Internet talk in general. Same as "noob" doesn't just apply to games - also to forums and other sites.
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I don't ever use ROTFL when playing RuneScape. I pwn so many n00bs on that game. I pwn a r4nger in teh wildie.
So, yeah LOL, ROTFL, TEH, LMAO, WTF, N2M, is all just basic int3rnet sp33k.
Anyways, I got so bored I added links to Zeros' page. Oh yeah, and I might draw some more pictures of some more characters. I'll probably do Valos and Rink.
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i was making a generalazation like in most internet games!!!(Games!!!!)
People use rotfl
anyway me and my friend make fun of that by saying Riffle
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and oh ya i made another npc character in the Dal its Drakke
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I'll try to do something for Hyperion if I find time.
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on the main page there should be a link to the people that are in this thing man <span style='color:red'>(((((((Were<span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'> in </span>this together)))))))</span>
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Um, have you checked the bottom on the characters page?
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Special:Listusers' target='_blank'>http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index...ecial:Listusers</a>
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w00t! w00t!
I did my first page:
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/User:TKGB' target='_blank'>http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/User:TKGB</a>
Laughing
Anyways, Xorlaks, where did you download this wiki from?
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Check out <a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/User:Dude_Man' target='_blank'>my page</a>. I've organized it and I have ALL my characters done. Smile
Okay...now I'm bored again. *Opens phone book and looks for spelling errors*
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Looks nice Dude Man. You can always move on to doing some locations! (Heh...)
TKGB: You can get MediaWiki <a href='http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikipedia/' target='_blank'>here</a>.
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I made a page for my char.
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Quadricentennial' target='_blank'>http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index...uadricentennial</a>
I also made one for Campaign forest
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Campaign' target='_blank'>http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Campaign</a>
But because I did not know much about where exactly Quad is located, I could only say that it was inside a forest in Romme.
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TKGB: Quad could not have been anywhere near Romme, because he was involved in the battle in the Ugran, wasn't he?
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TKGB: Quad could not have been anywhere near Romme, because he was involved in the battle in the Ugran, wasn't he?
Was he? I don't know. If he was then I'll guess I'll change it.
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Looks nice Dude Man. You can always move on to doing some locations! (Heh...)
You know I would, but the thing is, I don't know were most of the places are, like Rivertown or the ?Grads.
Or North Point for that matter, I think it's south of Redvik right? Razz
Perhaps you could make a map like the one you made of Romme? Then maybe I could make the pages with all the info n' shit on it.
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Yeah, that's a good idea. Then I could post it and everyone can add in their own places as well.
*Adds to weekend to-do list*
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Smile Whoo! Then perhaps I could add some of my places, like Kandarin (which is a series of islands), Lawessov, and that other place... the one island where Ein came from. Yeah! Smile
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Some first draft maps. The Dark Continent:
(http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dal/dark_continent.gif)
Start of the Gaian world map:
(http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dal/gaian_world_map.gif)
These are places I created plus a few I'm pretty sure of the location of (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong!) Go ahead and add in your own locations to the images and post them.
If you want to add things to the world map, do so keeping in mind the Dark Continent is "one of the largest continents on Gaian". Also, don't add huge countries that haven't even been mentioned in the RP-- just areas that have been visited or you think will come up soon. The map itself is extendible in all directions.
Once they've gone over a few revisions, I'll post them on the wiki.
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Geez, Xorlak. Way to not include new-founded nation... Sad
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He did say it was a first draft and you never pointed out were it actually was. Wink
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Fair enough. It's in between the C. Continent and the Arctic Region. I'll see if i can submit an MS paint picture of what it would look like...
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Like I said, these are only the places I created and a few I'm pretty sure of the location.
Save the image to your computer and paint it in!
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Now I'm wondering if I should put the island were Duilin's home village was on. I'm not sure if it was it's own island or if it was on Terian...
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Righto... Got three, extremely sorry for the crappy MS paint graphics, but unfortunately I do not have a scanner. Xorlak, in your final world map thing, would you be so kind as to draw my island in as well? Meaning, not the actual map of the ISLAND, but the Gaian world map one. Anyway, here goes...
(http://http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3439/darkcontinent8nw.gif)
Updated Dark Continent, added Lawessov and Ein's home island. As one can see, it's somewhat in the direction of Kandarin...
(http://http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1032/gaiannewmap2ue.gif)
The world map showing where Kandarin is located.
(http://http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/662/kandarinoptimized1wh.png)
A bit more detailed view of the islands. I will add more details if the need arises.
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Cool. Yeah, that would have been hard to imagine based only on a text description. (Heh...) Don't worry about how it looks. I'll do a final version later on so they're all in the same style.
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I did some research from former chapters and it seems we forgot Helternia. Apparently Rivertown and the Blue Minotaur Temple are there. I added Duilin's old village there aswell. Wink
(http://http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9090/map18cs.png)
(http://http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1636/map25vp.png)
Sorry about the big files I was to lazy. Wink
Oh yeah, I made a list of the colours of all the teams in DAL.
Aspyes : Red/Black
Blue Minotaur : Blue
Crimson Empire : Crimson/Black
Dark Empire : Black
Grey Empire : Grey
Ice Warriors : White/Blue
Iron Wing : ???
Kandarinian Souvereignity : ???
Nightshade : ???
Romme : Light Blue
Shinryuu Elite Force : Crimson/Black
Talonscar : Grey/Gold
Tjed : Green
I think I had to guess for a few of them, but did I get everything right?
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Aspyes : Red/Black
Blue Minotaur : Blue
Crimson Empire : Crimson/Black
Dark Empire : Black
Grey Empire : Grey
Ice Warriors : White/Blue
Iron Wing : Silver and black
Kandarinian Souvereignity : Black, crimson and almond beige
Nightshade : Cyan and black
Romme : Light Blue
Shinryuu Elite Force : Crimson/Black
Talonscar : Grey/Gold
Tjed : Green
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have you checked the bottom on the characters page?
<a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index...ecial:Listusers' target='_blank'>http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index...ecial:Listusers</a>
Ya im first lol
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That's because it's alphabetical. Smile
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Can someon put "Where Nick Grew up" up a bit from lawsaww and to the right on the point my thing wont let me copy/ paste back online.
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"Where Nick Grew up" wouldn't look good on the map. I think it would be best to give the place a name perhaps? Or we can just have another UnNamed place.
Oh I added a <a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Creatures' target='_blank'>Creatures</a> page. Wink
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Nice work, Dude Man!
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Oh hey Xorlak. You think you could perhaps upload some pictures of a few of the creatures? Like the ones from the Dark Age games, such as the Albatrash and such?
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At the moment I have infrequent internet access, which is why I am so inactive. Anyway, Helternia and Kandarin are not very well positioned, as that would mean that Vikingagard, which is Northwest of Terian, would have had to got past them before going down the Eastern edge of Terian to meet with Laus. Also, unfortunately, Redvik and Laus are a bit too much to the East, and Lawessov to much to the South, for Ugran (which is supposed to be quite huge, the size of modern day Ukraine at least) to fit in.
I cannot draw pictures at the moment, but: Alterna is, I think, Southwest (more West than South) of Terian, and Wahhabia is to the Southeast of Alterna, directly south of Terian. South from Wahhabia another continent (which Wahhabia is the north part of) stretches.
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Helternia should probably stay close to Terian or possibly connect, since due to confusion some of us believed the towns of that place to be in Terian.
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burton, it's lawessov, not lawsaww..
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Okay, I'll try and process that and get a second draft up this weekend. (Heh...)
Dude Man: I suppose I could upload some images from the game, but Gaian's universe is really different from the games, so they may look different as well. (Heh...)
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Well, I was the only one who mentioned anything about Albatrash and I always pictured the wyverns just like the ones in Dark Age.
But yeah, maybe I might upload some pictures myself. Hey, can I maybe recolour the Red Dragon for the Blue Dragon?
Plz? Laughing
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Well, I guess you can try if you really want to.
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Aw man, Xorlak. That was hard work. It took tens of seconds to do.
(http://http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/images/3/31/BlueDragon.jpg)
Oh and check out Marshal and Darak's page!
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Smile Also, check out Kronos' and D. Ein's pages. This thing is nifty!
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Wow! Looking cool. B)
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Whoops I double posted.
But anyways, check out <a href='http://www.darkagegames.net/dalpedia/index.php/Valos' target='_blank'>Valos' page</a>, I've got an uber new picture! B)
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A couple of hand-drawn pics of my characters coming up. DM knows, he's seen one of them - just gotta scan... I'm a hobo living on the street and so I don't have a printer nor a scanner. So, I must rely on DM to do so
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(http://http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/8094/t3hmap3cc.jpg)
<a href='http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/8094/t3hmap3cc.jpg' target='_blank'>There</a> Now I made it a peninsula to fix story line mistakes. IE: Kandarian Sovereignty army, marching to the Blue Minotaur Temple, and other people walking/running from continent to continent.
It was mostly just my mistake, about all this.