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Topdjc: /* The Babylonians */

2019-09-15T11:40:01Z

‎The Babylonians

Topdjc: /* The Roads In The Mansus */

2019-09-06T13:06:03Z

‎The Roads In The Mansus

Topdjc: /* The Roads In The Mansus */

2019-09-06T13:05:45Z

‎The Roads In The Mansus

Edward at 01:55, 5 September 2019

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Topdjc at 10:41, 4 September 2019

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Topdjc: /* The Breach */

2019-09-04T10:15:01Z

‎The Breach

Topdjc: /* The Breach */

2019-09-04T10:13:21Z

‎The Breach

Topdjc: /* Humanity and the New Gods */

2019-09-04T10:09:37Z

‎Humanity and the New Gods

Topdjc at 10:07, 4 September 2019

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Topdjc: /* The Babylonians */

2019-09-04T09:25:04Z

‎The Babylonians

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	The Outlaw: Morgan Le Fay		The Outlaw: Morgan Le Fay
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		+	[[The_Babylonians\|More Details Here]]

	===Humanity and the New Gods===		===Humanity and the New Gods===

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        - In the fifth tier, exploration is madness. Only Names and Hours and such walk here. Places like the Well and the Library are here.
       - There might be a sixth tier? Unclear. If there is, the Firekeeper's residence is here. The holy grail of explorers.
-Since that point, a detailed layout of the Mansus has been drawn by Edward, with an accompanying explanation:
+Since that discussion, a detailed layout of the Mansus has been drawn by Edward, with an accompanying explanation:
 * First, we've got the small "Safe Zone" where the most humans are outside the Wood. It has numerous campsites and outposts, ranging in development from a handful of tents to enclaves built up approximately to the level the first City was. Mostly picked over for treasure already, but you can learn a bit of the early days of Mansus "pioneering" by going through the remains of the first campsites.

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        - In the fifth tier, exploration is madness. Only Names and Hours and such walk here. Places like the Well and the Library are here.
       - There might be a sixth tier? Unclear. If there is, the Firekeeper's residence is here. The holy grail of explorers.
 ===The Hour- Touched===

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        - In the fifth tier, exploration is madness. Only Names and Hours and such walk here. Places like the Well and the Library are here.
       - There might be a sixth tier? Unclear. If there is, the Firekeeper's residence is here. The holy grail of explorers.
 ===The Babylonians===

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	- The Histories are all pretty different from each other. It's been decided that at least one of them is a magitech Cyberpunk civilisation.		- The Histories are all pretty different from each other. It's been decided that at least one of them is a magitech Cyberpunk civilisation.
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		+	===The New Glory===
		+	The New Glory has been constructed out of the remains from the Old Glory, and part of the Firekeeper. It works as a crown for whichever Hour possesses it, giving them tremendous power. However, most of this power has to be used in order to keep the natural law, such as gravity, the rules of life, etc. What power is left over is still very powerful, but part of the New Glory's restriction is that it prevents whichever Hour is wielding it from both communicating effectively, and acting effectively. The Hour wielding the New Glory can only act in extremely broad strokes. In addition, the wielder of the New Glory takes a new, brighter form, and adds -in-Triumph to the end of their title.

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 # They didn't have a clear picture of what humanity was capable of. What little they knew of the Histories came from what they extracted from the members of the Lost Expedition they captured. The descriptions they were getting from the terrified humans they were torturing/assimilating/eating and all around mind-raping wasn't exactly clear. They've been locked up for milleniae, so they didn't have a frame of reference for what they were hearing outside what they knew. The ability to harness lightning in every home. Metal wands that shoot instant death. Metal steeds that come to life when humans sit in them, carrying them wherever they wish. They went in basically assuming they were fighting an if not equally powerful opponent, than one that was scarily close to it for what a cattle race was meant to be capable of.
 # Shock and Awe. The Hours wanted to send a message to the whole of mankind: The Gods are The Gods for a reason. After they almost instantly annihilated the first City they more or less realized as one they weren't on an even playing field. This just spurred them on. Their successes either emboldened them or they just figured they'd already come this far, so why stop now. The only thing scarier that Mob Mentality is divine mob mentality.
-# The Long and Names likely maneuvered themselves into positions of power where they could subtly prepare humanity for when their "masters" returned.
+# The Babylonians likely maneuvered themselves into positions of power where they could subtly prepare humanity for when their "masters" returned.
 # Military and private security presences were probably tipped of where to go and what to do to get the drop on a few of the Hours' forces, or had bases or wards placed atop sites sacred to certain Hours. Not enough to actually hurt the Hours, but enough of an unexpected struggle they started slowing down as they assessed their opponents.
 # This would be around the time one or two New Gods from Blood popped up from the fighting, so the Hours rapidly started losing steam.

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 ===The Breach===
 A long time passes after the Firekeeper, where humanity is augmented by minor occult power that is more well known than in some Fansii. But at some point in the later 20th century, humans decide to try and blow a hole in the Wall. Somehow, they succeed, and the following is a step by step account of what exactly happened:
-. The Hours were eager to get back into the Histories and resume business as usual. The moment they realized there was a way through the Wall, they pretty much dropped everything to try to be the first one through, or at least get through before their rivals did.
+# The Hours were eager to get back into the Histories and resume business as usual. The moment they realized there was a way through the Wall, they pretty much dropped everything to try to be the first one through, or at least get through before their rivals did.
-. They didn't have a clear picture of what humanity was capable of. What little they knew of the Histories came from what they extracted from the members of the Lost Expedition they captured. The descriptions they were getting from the terrified humans they were torturing/assimilating/eating and all around mind-raping wasn't exactly clear. They've been locked up for milleniae, so they didn't have a frame of reference for what they were hearing outside what they knew. The ability to harness lightning in every home. Metal wands that shoot instant death. Metal steeds that come to life when humans sit in them, carrying them wherever they wish. They went in basically assuming they were fighting an if not equally powerful opponent, than one that was scarily close to it for what a cattle race was meant to be capable of.
+# They didn't have a clear picture of what humanity was capable of. What little they knew of the Histories came from what they extracted from the members of the Lost Expedition they captured. The descriptions they were getting from the terrified humans they were torturing/assimilating/eating and all around mind-raping wasn't exactly clear. They've been locked up for milleniae, so they didn't have a frame of reference for what they were hearing outside what they knew. The ability to harness lightning in every home. Metal wands that shoot instant death. Metal steeds that come to life when humans sit in them, carrying them wherever they wish. They went in basically assuming they were fighting an if not equally powerful opponent, than one that was scarily close to it for what a cattle race was meant to be capable of.
-. Shock and Awe. The Hours wanted to send a message to the whole of mankind: The Gods are The Gods for a reason. After they almost instantly annihilated the first City they more or less realized as one they weren't on an even playing field. This just spurred them on. Their successes either emboldened them or they just figured they'd already come this far, so why stop now. The only thing scarier that Mob Mentality is divine mob mentality.
+# Shock and Awe. The Hours wanted to send a message to the whole of mankind: The Gods are The Gods for a reason. After they almost instantly annihilated the first City they more or less realized as one they weren't on an even playing field. This just spurred them on. Their successes either emboldened them or they just figured they'd already come this far, so why stop now. The only thing scarier that Mob Mentality is divine mob mentality.
-. The Long and Names likely maneuvered themselves into positions of power where they could subtly prepare humanity for when their "masters" returned.
+# The Long and Names likely maneuvered themselves into positions of power where they could subtly prepare humanity for when their "masters" returned.
-. Military and private security presences were probably tipped of where to go and what to do to get the drop on a few of the Hours' forces, or had bases or wards placed atop sites sacred to certain Hours. Not enough to actually hurt the Hours, but enough of an unexpected struggle they started slowing down as they assessed their opponents.
+# Military and private security presences were probably tipped of where to go and what to do to get the drop on a few of the Hours' forces, or had bases or wards placed atop sites sacred to certain Hours. Not enough to actually hurt the Hours, but enough of an unexpected struggle they started slowing down as they assessed their opponents.
-. This would be around the time one or two New Gods from Blood popped up from the fighting, so the Hours rapidly started losing steam.
+# This would be around the time one or two New Gods from Blood popped up from the fighting, so the Hours rapidly started losing steam.
-. This would come to a head when the Babylonians would effectively bluff the Hours into a ceasefire. (More on that under the Babylonians section)
+# This would come to a head when the Babylonians would effectively bluff the Hours into a ceasefire. (More on that under the Babylonians section)
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 ===The Roads In The Mansus===
 - There was a discussion on having Roads in the Mansus instead of doors, and in the end it was decided that the Mansus would be split into tiers.

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 ===Humanity and the New Gods===
-- Around this time, the human gods-from-blood started showing up, and establishing themselves around the Breach. At least one example is the Boatman, maybe the Porter (I'm actually a little uncertain). These Hours now formed a proper line of defence against the Wild Gods, so their danger is lessened.
+- Around the time of the Breach/First Contact War, the New Gods ascended and started establishing themselves around the Breach. At least one example is the Boatman, maybe the Porter (I'm actually a little uncertain). These Hours now formed a proper line of defence against the Wild Gods, so their danger is lessened.
-- A century passes, humanity has recovered, and forayed into the Mansus. The current idea is that 1% of people in every major civilisation can get into the Mansus and with the help of Ed, we have described this has 'A melting pot of culture, the desperate, uber-rich, and the pious manage to get in, seeking fortune or glory in the Mansus'
+- A century passes after the war, humanity has recovered, and forayed into the Mansus. The current idea is that 1% of people in every major civilisation can get into the Mansus and with the help of Ed, we have described this has 'A melting pot of culture, the desperate, uber-rich, and the pious manage to get in, seeking fortune or glory in the Mansus'
 - The Histories are all pretty different from each other. It's been decided that at least one of them is a magitech Cyberpunk civilisation.

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 - There was a discussion on having Roads in the Mansus instead of doors, and in the end it was decided that the Mansus would be split into tiers.
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 ===The Babylonians===
-- There was a discussion on a group of 8 Long came into existence in the time of the Firekeeper. We call them the Babylonians. Details on them are pinned in the discord chat (to be put here later), but the idea is that they follow a set of archetypes, and have taken the place of some historical figures.
+- There was a discussion on a group of 8 Long came into existence in the time of the Firekeeper. We call them the Babylonians and the idea is that they follow a set of archetypes, and have taken the place of some historical figures.
       - During the Breach, the Long were the first and only line of defence against Hours. They manipulated behind the scenes so that humans were sort of, but not really, prepared for them. Hours were slowed down slightly by this, but not by much.
       - Then the Long performed a ritual to sacrifice one of their members, the Priest, in order to punch an Hour (metaphorically) in the face, and give it a metaphorical black eye.
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-===The Humans===
+===Humanity and the New Gods===
 - Around this time, the human gods-from-blood started showing up, and establishing themselves around the Breach. At least one example is the Boatman, maybe the Porter (I'm actually a little uncertain). These Hours now formed a proper line of defence against the Wild Gods, so their danger is lessened.

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       - This happened to coincide with the destruction of a History. The Long bluffed their way into making the Hours believe that it was the Long which destroyed the History, and this made the Hours back off in surprise
       - Unfortunately for the Babylonians, this ritual cursed them to be scattered. Now they only exist in one History each, so they can never meet again.
 ===The Humans===