VANARA

[soulping]

You are the rabble, the downtrodden minor lords and peasants of the Princely States, the original owners of this land.

However, recently, a confederation of states made up of peasant rabble and local lords who worship the Devas in opposition to the Holy Emperor, and have staunchly refused the influence of your shining culture have risen up in revolt, spitting in the face of the freedoms and goodwill provided to them.

It's time for you to rise up.

Let the trumpets call out freedom -- let your marching shake the ground! Let the cannons be your voices and may redemption soon be found.

The road to revolution is long and bloody, but liberty is worth dying for. Fight and win, for the good of all Jambudvipa.

Before you go on -- decide the name of your regiment.

Comments

VANARA NAMING

[soulping]

START

[soulping]

You are in Meerut, the principal village of the area -- and now, the headquarters of the brewing revolution. Of course, you'd never be able to tell just from looking -- the village life continues as normal, villagers living their lives and tending to their livestock and cultivating their plants.

Things have advanced quite a bit in the years since landfall -- the people of Meerut even now have electricity thanks to a group of heroes, symbolized by a statue of a garishly bright green boar in the village's plaza.

To the NORTH is the SHRINE OF THE EARTH.
To the SOUTHEAST is some jungle.
In the EAST of Meerut, there is a hut of a HEALER that you are acquainted with.

Re: VANARA NAMING

[artesmagicae]

Uhwaaah... So many options!

Re: VANARA NAMING

[allergictostairs]

[...well, he didn't actually like those guys anyway.]

Re: VANARA NAMING

[allergictostairs]

Do you have any ideas?

[he doesn't know any cool mythological words to use, alas.]

Re: VANARA NAMING

[artesmagicae]

Sun Wukong?

[wittlich]

...in Greek mythology, the Olympians overthrew the reign of the Titans.

[allergictostairs]

[good to know you're both nerdy enough to fit in on Vanara.]

...Either of those would work, I suppose.

[artesmagicae]

Victory or... victory!

[wittlich]

Sun Wukong was the protagonist of Journey to the West, yes? The Taoist monkey trapped under a mountain by Buddha.

[artesmagicae]

We are monkeys, so why not accept a monkey king?

[wittlich]

That is acceptable.

[artesmagicae]

[ CHEERS AND CLAPS OVER ENTHUSIASTICALLY ]

NAME

[artesmagicae]

Sun Wukong!

Re: START

[artesmagicae]

Which way or witch way?

[wittlich]

The shrine? Investigating it might be useful.

Re: NAME

[soulping]

REGISTERED.

[unquailified]

That sounds fine to me.

[artesmagicae]

Shrine time!

TURN IN

[artesmagicae]

[ VANARA is heading to the SHRINE OF THE EARTH. ]

[allergictostairs]

Oh- in the last game, a healer taught us some... Arts. [which certainly came in handy.] Could we talk to the one here after we've checked the shrine?

[artesmagicae]

Magical arts? Creative arts? Romantic arts?

[wittlich]

Arts?

[allergictostairs]

Healing arts.

SHRINE OF THE EARTH

[soulping]

The Shrine of the Earth is dedicated to the deva POUSAN, and is appropriately the crossroads between the network of shrines dedicated to the various Devas that have recently returned to Jambudvipa.

The reconstruction and restoration of the network and shrines, as well as the patronage of POUSAN is symbolized by a statue of a blue horse trampling a leopard on a raised platform in the shrine's center.

Attendants to the shrine hurry about, going about their various rituals.

To the SOUTH is the village of MEERUT.
To the EAST is the SHRINE OF THE SEA.
To the WEST is the SHRINE OF FIRE.
To the NORTH is the SHRINE OF THE SKY.