User:INIQUITY

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The player of Xorus and whichever older inactive characters since the early AOL time period. Background is in physics and mathematics, but mostly indifferent to game mechanics.

Orientation

I tend to focus on relatively archaic material in general, or subjects so esoteric no one else is likely to cover it. I am also interested in spotting all of the easter eggs in the game, like the heavy references to H.P. Lovecraft stories in the oldest areas. With I.C.E. Age content in particular, I will typically only get into things that directly impacted the game, whether old stories with obscure details or subtle references that still exist. Lorgalis was implicitly relevant to a few stories from the Landing region, for example, but the Ky'taari race of Shadow World would have nothing to do with anything.

I will try to keep lines within the text that emphasize those subjects are part of an obsolete timeline. GemStone III was originally based on third-party source books, so most things of that era will implicitly have page numbers backing them up. Some things unavoidably involve making interpretations, especially in situations involving symbolism or implicit significance. What happened during the I.C.E. Age, however, is not really my concern as I was not there for it.

Incidentally, if anyone has logs of Castle Claedesbrim from before Estrion re-decorated, we might be able to figure out what it was all about. I was the one Banthis was responding to on the subject. It would seem most of the castle was probably unchanged in terms of decoration, but it would be useful to see that to know for sure there is no hidden story.

Pages of Interest

• Background fillers: Uthex Kathiasas, Bandur Etrevion, The Dark Path, Empress Kadaena, Anti-mana, Rhak Toram, etc.

• Obscurities: Flow storms, Jontara, Ordainers, The Void, Purgatory, Absolutions, Salorisa, Bellacorn, Traag, Crystyl, etc.

• Easter Eggs: Shadow World, Book of Tormtor, Muylari, Lesser vruul, Phantom Gatekeeper, Black Hel, Iruaric, Shuluri, etc.

• Essays: The Exsanguination of the Ashrim Isle, The Inevitability of the Exile, The Dark Path

• Modern history: Meachreasim Illistim, almost all Illistim articles.

• Pages for Kulthea Chronicles and Elanthian Herald (the official newsletters between 1994 and 1996.)

Future Projects

• Death messaging for the creatures (i.e. what they do when they kill you)

• Special trap analysis

• Special limb analysis