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Author Topic: [ASG] The Highcore Prison - "You Are a Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel  (Read 3714 times)

Mesa

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// This game takes place in the same universe as my YAaSD ASG. Think of it as a prequel, taking place shortly after Helchistrasza's initial demise, 5000 years before the game.

"The Dwarven Kingdom, led by the Immortal Dragon Yvpu (//eve-poo) is steadily rebuilding itself as the greatest threat of the world - The Harbinger of Cold, Helchistrasza is defeated by human archmages, and its remains stored away on a faraway island high in the unreached sky. This is not yet the end of trouble however - the fanatics still roam the land, and criminals keep taking the advantage of chaos that was ensuing. King Yvpu was left with all but one choice - to build the great prison that could facilitate the crime issue of the country without it preventing the economical and political rebuild of the country.


And so he appointed a group of workers, soldiers and mages to go on a journey through the land, to find the place to and erect the most secure and impenetrable prison for the filthiest of Dwarven Kingdom's scum. As well as the neighboring countries', should they ask for it.
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You pull out your world map again, still unsure of your travel location. The map is not perfectly accurate, as it doesn't account for cities, roads or rivers, but there is no other alternative that is both detailed and still relatively portable. You do have a few other, more detailed maps in your bag, given to you by the king's cartographer himself. To go and build the prison to hold the kingdom's greatest criminals is no small feat. It is a very responsible job as well, but that does not yet matter. You hide the map back in the bag as you enter the airship - it may look like a merchant pinnace at first, but it does not have any masts or even sails for that matter - powered by telekinetic magic, it can fly through the air. It is still a relatively new and rather expensive, but the wizards keep finding new ways to perfect this, hoping to one day make it possible to fly like a bird or dragon without the use of magic.
"Silly mages." - you think. But that is not your primary concern, as you look at the naked human slaves carrying bags, barrels and crates into the hold, some of which included planks, bricks, metal ingots and various tools and weapons that may be needed on-site.

But what is exactly your destination? You are the captain of this airship, and it's in your interest to choose the place where the criminals will be sent to.

Moreover, who are you? What is your name? (Human/Dwarf/Elf, male or female, age between 23-40)


« Last Edit: August 07, 2013, 03:01:34 pm by DarkDXZ »
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2013, 03:28:44 pm »

Daniel Zarathustra, Human, Aged 33
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2013, 03:32:37 pm »

Daniel Zarathustra, Human, Aged 33

Not sure if bilingual...
And of, by the way, try putting the names Jlez and Yvpu in ROT13 cipher.
« Last Edit: August 06, 2013, 03:34:36 pm by DarkDXZ »
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2013, 03:35:46 pm »

Nah, I just wanted a Z surname and it sounded like a nice, ominous one.
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2013, 03:42:38 pm »

Whatever.

Also, note that because of the (rather f*cked up) timeline, this game is closer to traditional high fantasy setting like Dwarf Fortress. (so no muskets and jetpacks, but there's more magic)

And prepare to see a lot of references that could make up fluff for the other game (and once I get back to it, references to this game).
Basically, it's worth playing or at least reading through both games if you like one or the other for a more complete experience.
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2013, 03:44:07 pm »

On a side note, what happened to death penalty. Make an example of them, so to speak.
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2013, 03:49:00 pm »

BLASPHEMY! YOU CANT BE THE REAL AUTHOR OF THE GAME! EVERYONE KNOWS IS YOU ARE A SKELETAL DRAGON, NOT THE SKELETAL DRAGON! WHO ARE YOU IMPOSTOR?
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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2013, 04:05:08 pm »

BLASPHEMY! YOU CANT BE THE REAL AUTHOR OF THE GAME! EVERYONE KNOWS IS YOU ARE A SKELETAL DRAGON, NOT THE SKELETAL DRAGON! WHO ARE YOU IMPOSTOR?

Jesus Christ, calm your donkers, son.
My father died a few days ago, so cut me some slack, damnit. What is it, Grammar Gestapo?
On a side note, what happened to death penalty. Make an example of them, so to speak.

This is a world where enclosing naked people in glass caskets and casting them in obsidian is considered humane. Because yeah, you can cast people in obsidian.
And I expect you to die use this technique once the prison is up and going. Not that you have to, but this is Bay12, so what do I know.
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are the Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2013, 05:30:55 pm »

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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are a Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2013, 06:00:37 am »


You look the ship, seeing that the harbor is fairly busy today, as there is a fairly large crowd looking at the mastless ship and chattering among themselves. They don't know what it is about - they only have rumors.
"Rumors are deceitful." - you think to yourself and ignore the gaping crowd. You have much more important matters right now as you meet with the an elven mistress of high importance, judging by her red and white clothing and the black tricorne.
"Welcome, mister...Mister..." - she hanged for a moment.
"Zarathustra." - you reply and shake your hands.
"Oh, yes. I am Aelice Awemedinade, and it's great pleasure to meet you on my ship."
"Wait...Your ship? Am I not supposed to be the captain?" - you look at her with a bit of a shock.
"Excuse m-" - she bursted with laughter - "Oooh, I'm sorry, mister. You are not the captain, you are just the leader of this expedition. I'm sure you wouldn't know how to steer this ship, much less command the crew. Oh no, sir. I am the captain here. And you are the leader. Speaking of that, do you already know where are we going?" - she looks at you and you realize that you still didn't decide upon the designation of this journey. You pull out your maps again and take another look at them.
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are a Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2013, 06:06:38 am »

Head to the middle mountain-y island. 
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are a Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2013, 06:46:32 am »

((Wanted to ask, how do you make the pictures? They look awesome.))
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are a Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2013, 06:58:47 am »

Head to the middle mountain-y island.
Agreed.
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Re: [ASG] The ... Prison - "You Are a Skeletal Dragon" spin-off prequel
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2013, 07:28:40 am »

Head to the middle mountain-y island.
Agreed.

I agree assuming that provisions will be shipped to the prison, Any prisoners that don't get death can be made to mine the mountains, If no provisions then one of the even smaller islands that at least have stuff growing on them
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