Hey guys! Sorry about my sudden absence, a bunch of unfortunate issues came up irl.
The good news is that I have officially written my first post up (but it hasn't been posted yet, so don't get too excited and rush over there to post). It turned out much longer than I originally intended as I tried to include some exposition about the world and my characters themselves. But since it's completed, that means we can start whenever members should like. So I guess what I'm asking is when would you all like to start?
I also really enjoy that fact that others were thinking of New Year's holiday for Aelia. X3 It completely matches her. Since this is an entirely different world though, I realized they might have an entirely different year marking than we do. As in, they would have different months and the first month of the year might be in say spring or summer instead of winter. To make it easier I could just make their year identical to our own, or if you all wanted then I could design the year around the gods' desires instead and create something more unique to the world?
Also, I can't really see Roshan having a specific holiday. I figure it's more likely that people will pray to him or have a ritual celebration right before they would travel, but there would be no specific "traveling day" per say. Not unless the holiday is directly connected to the migration of the birds. He's very much a neutral god to me, since he has the good of language and travel needed in civilization, but the bad of deception and the dangerous wild. He's likely viewed as "The Hermit", probably. Funny thing is that originally I was also going to make him the God of Thievery and Measurement as well.
Also, since characters have such a hugely varying ratio of ages, I have compiled a list of information about the estimated timeline of the world if members would be interested. It's in the spoiler below.
It's very closely based on our timeline of humans, with a few difference made toward the end. This is mostly if members wanted to make any flashbacks or want to go really in depth with their character's history.
- 110,000 to 12,000 years ago: Ice Age.
- 50,000 to 30,000 years ago: Stone Age - Stone tools, little development in technology, cave paintings and clay figurines, etc.
- 33,000 years ago: Dogs are being domesticated.
- 28,000-20,000 years ago: Harpoons, needles, and saws invented. NOT made of metal, but instead of stone, wood, and bone.
- 28,000-24,000 years ago: Pottery becomes more common, specifically decorative figurine shaped pottery, as storage vessel pottery was necessary and already around.
- 26,000 years ago: Fibers used to make clothes, nets, and bags and baskets for carrying.
- 26,000 to 20,000 years ago: Last Glacial Maximum. Still in the Ice Age. Ice sheets covering land, making life hard.
- 25,000 years ago: Humans start setting their own permanent residencies instead of traveling around. First "towns" and "villages" essentially.
- 15,000-14,700 years ago: Pigs are being domesticated (Very dangerous work, pigs are very dangerous).
- 13,000 to 10,000 years ago: Late Glacial Maximum. Ice Age starts to end, glaciers are melting, and the world is warming up.
- 13,000-11,000 years ago: Sheep are being domesticated.
- Around 12,000 years ago: Goats turn to be domesticated.
- Around 10,500 years ago: Cows get to be domesticated.
- 10,000 years ago: Ice Age creatures and plants have officially all died off.
- 10,000-9,000 years ago: Barley and wheat begin to be grown by society. Used for beer, soup, and eventually to make bread.
- Around 9,500 years ago: Kitties! Cats get to join the domesticated group.
- 7,000-6,000 years ago: The War.
- 7,000 years ago: The Wheel has also been invented, and proto-writing begins to spread (basically writing with no spoken language, or at least none known today. Symbols. Proto-writing has been lost.). Horses and chickens are domesticated.
- 6,800 to 4,000 years ago: Technology is pushed forward by the war, causing the Bronze Age to emerge.
- Roughly 5,000 years ago: The Gods emerge.
- 4,500 years ago: "True" writing is invented (as in writing with a spoken language that is known and used).
- 4,000 to 2,000 years ago: Iron Age.
- 1,400 to 900 years ago: Middle Ages. Medieval Times.
I don't know what else to add to that, so I leave it as it is for now. Here's some additional info about the world's current state:
- Transportation: Horse drawn, walking, sailboats.
- Lighting: Oil lanterns.
- Communication: Optical telegraph (conveys information over a distance by visual, sort of like smoke signals). Also by pigeon or person, on foot or by horse.
- Power: Mill power, fire power, human power. Steam power is currently being worked upon, but has yet to be successfully developed.
Although, if you're looking for more possibilities, I'd suggest maybe God of regret, since they can take on the form of someone who another has lost or couldn't save?
❖ Malo mori quam fodari ❖ 
17/25 Gifts! Thank you! 
Random ideas are kinda popping into my head every now and then, and I generally just build on them during school. It's certainly fun to dwell over it when I've got nothing better to do in class ~ 
Very fitting. I can't wait for this RP to start! 
