Civilization expanding?

[Chenier]

Ah, so you believe that essence of a body precedes its existence. Suit yourself.

I believe that inflatable things can grow larger as you inflate them, that's all.

[JPierreD]

I believe that inflatable things can grow larger as you inflate them, that's all.

So D'Hara stick is inflatable, huh? I wonder what happened to the real one...

[Chenier]

So D'Hara stick is inflatable, huh? I wonder what happened to the real one...

In a museum of world records, ofc, silly you!  ;D

[Vellos]

I am excluding the stick's size when comparing, because obviously it can shrink and grow, and we are comparing the max size of the stick which is otherwise not apparent on the holder of the stick in normal times. This therefore allows for the stick's full size to be larger than the holder own size. ;)

Oh!

We're talking about penises!

Now I get it.

[Chenier]

Oh!

We're talking about penises!

Now I get it.

What, really?  :o

;D

[JPierreD]

What, really?  :o

;D

No silly, we are talking about expandable batons!

[Bael]

Maybe if I use a REALLY long stick, like about the size of D'Hara?

Get a priest to convert Eregon to D'hara once it has gone rogue again ^_^

[Geronus]

You know, it's actually *striking* how fast the wild areas are shrinking. We might have to petition Tom to start reducing travel times in order to encourage an increased number of wars between human realms. Even if travel times are reduced to something more in line with other continents, getting from the northern end of Dwilight to the southern is a long haul.

*Luria is entirely settled as far north as the mountains of the Divide.

*The Northeast is entirely settled as far south as Unterstrom and Shilorak.

*The Northwest is finally becoming settled, as Iashalur is making plans to retake Darfix.

*Caerwyn's territory has been completely resettled already

*Barca has expanded to fill up virtually all of the space between Aurvandil and the Zuma.

The only spaces I see remaining wild for any length of time are the Divide (at least until someone colonizes Flowrestown, and maybe not even then), the area between Chrysantalys and Samhain (at least until Iashalur acquires more nobles) and the wild spaces left over near the Zuma, because no one wants to what happened with Eragon to happen again.

[Creed]

I dont know why no noble wants to build a realm in the Divide that's a nice prime peace of real estate. It would make a great evil lair or a assassin realm made up completely of infiltrators. ;D   

[Sacha]

Except it has no gold, no food and horrible travel times.

[BardicNerd]

You know, it's actually *striking* how fast the wild areas are shrinking. We might have to petition Tom to start reducing travel times in order to encourage an increased number of wars between human realms. Even if travel times are reduced to something more in line with other continents, getting from the northern end of Dwilight to the southern is a long haul.

This would be very welcome -- there aren't any real prospects for war in the northeast, and we'd love to go fight somewhere.

[JPierreD]

This would be very welcome -- there aren't any real prospects for war in the northeast, and we'd love to go fight somewhere.

You all love your leaders and neighbors too much. Which is good, when you have enemies around. When not...

[Geronus]

The various 'zones' of Dwilight are a bit small in and of themselves to support sustained conflict short of repeated civil wars, Luria-style. It's like having four little War Islands, only they aren't strategically balanced. There will be no war within the Northeast because Morek will probably crush any realm or combination of realms in that area that comes against it. There will be no war in the Southwest because of the Zuma and the Moot. And there will be no war in the Northwest because every realm up there is a colony of Astrum with strong and binding ties to each other.

I won't rule it out. I mean, things are sure to get stirred up sooner or later out of sheer boredom if nothing else. But the current dynamics of the island argue strongly against such conflict within most of the sub-regions so it's likely to be at least a bit on the artificial side, if not a lot on the artificial side. Morek and Astrum turning on each other isn't outside the realm of possibility but it is strongly disfavored by the close relationship they have. There would have to be a schism in the Church or something similar, and there's just absolutely no RP basis for anything like that right now.

I figure something is bound to happen even if Tom does nothing about the travel times, but I think it would be far more interesting if non-regional conflicts were made feasible by a reduction in travel times. Dwilight is bound to lose its frontier atmosphere as it is, given that the New Estate system allows the human realms to fill up all the empty space with far less characters than previously.

[Glaumring the Fox]

They should increase the sea routes on Dwilight and make some that surround the island etc so Asylon and nations like Libero can be reached by on their coasts or even strike out from their coasts. They really just need to develop a sea travel mechanism that isn't set but allows us to get troops on massive boats so we can sail to other continents and fight it out.

[JPierreD]

The various 'zones' of Dwilight are a bit small in and of themselves to support sustained conflict short of repeated civil wars, Luria-style. It's like having four little War Islands, only they aren't strategically balanced. There will be no war within the Northeast because Morek will probably crush any realm or combination of realms in that area that comes against it. There will be no war in the Southwest because of the Zuma and the Moot. And there will be no war in the Northwest because every realm up there is a colony of Astrum with strong and binding ties to each other.

So in the NW peace is Indirik's fault, in the NE is Busto's, in the SW is the Zuma and the 'moot's, and only the SE is cool because of the Lurias? (And an honorable mention for Madina and Aurvandi's South) 8)