4/8/2024
While things are getting better a lot of things are still a trainwreck on my end.
While my cat has responded to the thyroid medication, she can’t take it as a pill which is the prime reason for all of her side effects (including being vomity as all hell)
So the mighty 15 year old furball is going to be getting a topical gel in her ears, and is on anti-nausea medication and a reduced dose of the pills until she can get on the gel.
That’s one thing that’s getting better…on the other hand, the day after I posted my message about things going on pause, an elderly family member banged themselves up in a fall and is still recovering.
So we are still in wait and see mode over here. When we know more, you’ll know more. π
I’ve been digging in the archives trying to understand the geography. If this page from 2006 is still canon [[ http://requiem.spiderforest.com/?comic=2006-01-10-2 ]], the Maris Islands are *much* more than a motorboat ride from the Keep. So the ‘teleport or boat’ question between Ian and Adah was about choosing whether to teleport directly to the tower or to teleport to the islands and boat across, right?
Yes, Teleport or Boat is referring to exactly what you’re thinking of.
Oh, and everything is ‘canon’. You’re never going to have to worry about a chunk of the story suddenly being declared non-canon, I absolutely hate that shit π If it’s written, it’s canon or it doesn’t get written in the first place (with the exception of occasional typos of course π )
Thank you for finding that comic. 10K miles east of Erech. Assuming a Terra-sized world (reasonable, the Mariner and company apparently didn’t notice any changes, like gravity, until the storm lifted and the Moon was different), the circumference is not quite 25K miles. So that puts Erech a whole lot nearer Starfall than to Ainm Baile, the continent that Erech is on. Right?
I don’t have time to hunt the page reference today, but I believe there’s a monologue where someone (Dana? Ian?) describes the towers as evenly spaced around the planet: four around the middle and one at each pole. That would make a planet 40,000 miles around.
WHat I need to do is completely redo the map for this world.
Problem is, the original map work files were done on a program that hasn’t had any active development since 2015…and would need to be completely redone on a new program. I have the time currently, which means I may have a new project in the next week…especially since our October break is coming here in a few days π
I found the link I think you’re looking for. The comic is #60/2004-09-28, and it’s a page from the Encyclopdia of Selonian Architecture, giving some details about the Clocktower of Erech. http://requiem.spiderforest.com/?comic=2004-09-28
The Clocktowers are ten miles high, anchored five miles deep, and are one square mile at the base. The article states that there are six towers but says nothing about their spacing. I remember something about the spacing but it’s someplace else, haven’t found it yet.
Oh, and everything is ‘canon’. You’re never going to have to worry about a chunk of the story suddenly being declared non-canon, I absolutely hate that shit π If it’s written, it’s canon or it doesn’t get written in the first place (with the exception of occasional typos of course π )
Problem is, the original map work files were done on a program that hasn’t had any active development since 2015…and would need to be completely redone on a new program. I have the time currently, which means I may have a new project in the next week…especially since our October break is coming here in a few days π
http://requiem.spiderforest.com/?comic=2004-09-28
The Clocktowers are ten miles high, anchored five miles deep, and are one square mile at the base. The article states that there are six towers but says nothing about their spacing. I remember something about the spacing but it’s someplace else, haven’t found it yet.
Got a bad feeling about that sentiment.