#The region of Rarus

[hupla222]

Rarus Gang

The gang. The gang is here at last, done by @xabi0407. I'm a huge Pokémon fan so it should be no surprise that I have my own Pokémon region, well two actually. These guys are from the first of them called Rarus. Rarus is far from a traditional region, more like a spinoff game. Its a small region, barely even noticeable on the map. And its a region where Pokémon are far more feral than elsewhere. As such civilization is sparse, being only six small villages in the whole region, each one protected by a guardian Pokémon. But enough about Rarus for now. I bet anyone who is actually reading this wants to know about those guys up there, so let's get into that. Absolutely feel free to ask about this one its been my brainrot since elementary school.

Ava (16): She's the first girl up there. She comes from The Village of the Pyroar, the smallest of the six villages located in Sector Six. She's an adventurous soul, never one to stay still and always looking for a thrill. She's egotistical but she has a king heart, desiring nothing more than to join the Rangers (no not those rangers), a group of people dedicating to protecting people as well as educating the public about Pokémon and helping the two groups coexist. All of the Sectors have a Ranger, all except hers. And she's going to do whatever it takes to become one and protect the people she loves. Her partner Pokémon is a Litleo, one of the children of the Lady Pyroar herself.

Alex (13): This boy is Ava's younger cousin, so close that they are practically siblings. At the age of ten he was thrown out of the village by an angry villager who believed his bloodline was cursed (the people of Rarus are very superstitious) since he can under the speech of Pokémon. As such he has spent the last three years living in the woods learning medicine from a local Sylveon. Aimed with his late father's camera, he travels with Ava after reuniting with her determined to photograph the whole region to show the people of Rarus that it isn't as scary as they've been told. His main partner Pokémon is a shiny Swampert, one that is a runt.

Julie (12): And finally we have Julie, the little cutie pie on the right. She's a very cheerful girl that Ava rescued right before she set off on her journey. Wanting to support her new hero, Julie travels with Ava while also furthering her own goal of becoming a dragon tamer. She's the daughter of the leader of The Village of the Noivern and as such has a deep connection with dragons. She wants everyone to know how wonderful it can be to work together with Pokémon and to not fear them. And she's going to start by befriending the scariest ones of all (except the Zoroark that is). Her partner Pokémon is a Deino that she hatched from an egg.

[berenices-commas]

Diplomacy and Proselytising in Anya: the tuFatingau Missions to Pukevenua (c.228–122/134-72) - 2.1

While the Ketanapinan mission stagnated in the early 220s/mid-130s, an invitation made by Kaw Tshengieh[1]-Pengput, Potentate of Pukevenua (r.231–210/136-124) in 228/134 paved the way for another tuFatingau contact with an Anticipating polity in Warmer Oru. The potentate’s invitation was part of a diplomatic policy that apparently sought to normalise relations between the Enclosure of Ikam and the Potency. TuTearu’s conquest of the Pukevenua-held port city of Tapi in 279/164 had initiated a long history of clashes, diplomatic exchanges, and occasional collaboration between the two polities.

In the late 230s and early 220s/mid-130s, the relations between the Enclosure and Pukevenua went through a brief warm phase. During this period, Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput I, the successor of Bahwen Tshengieh-Pengput I (r. 255–231/150-134), made a series of overtures with a view to forming a Faruao-Pukevenua alliance against the Shouhougo Empire. One of her preferred interlocutors in the Enclosure was the Highest of Tapi, Lady Pempeti Eskuma tuU Kapera (in office 229–222/135-131), with whom the new potentate established a regular correspondence while Pempeti Eskuma served as interim governor. The Highest suggested that the diplomatic correspondence between Tapi and Pukevenua would benefit from the establishment of a tuFatingau mission at the potentate’s court.

Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput’s embassy of 228/134 had two aims. The first was to normalise her relations with the Enclosure of Ikam. tuFaruao support for Lewang Kaw (also known in the tuFaruao sources as Rewkaw), one of the pretenders to the Pukevenua throne, and other factions opposed to the ruling family contributed to Pukevenua’s political instability. At the same time, the pro-Jiwinjeng Great Wheel rulers of Pukevenua feared the Shouhougo presence in the Abyss. From 233/137, Shouhougo troops and aircraft had made important progress in the Mass and the Hither Cut. The growing interest of the Last Glory in the region led the Tshengieh-Pengput potentates to fear that their sectarian affiliation and alignment with Jiwinjeng Ikilam might encourage a Shouhougo expedition against Pukevenua itself.

According to Turo’s annual letter, Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput’s embassy sought to obtain the Highest’s permission “to send two or three well-learned nuns because the potentate wanted to hold a debate between our sisters and her literati.” The Highest arranged an embassy to Pukevenua headed by Tuito��on Fari, a merchant with good connections in the city, who would be accompanied, as requested by the potentate, by members of three monastic orders:, the tuFatingau Raru Tumawara, the tuTuito’on brother Tuinait Puru and one Little Sister of the Engine (anonymous, as usual). The embassy also included a group of tuFaruao who traveled from Tapi to Pukevenua, possibly motivated by commercial interests in the potentate.

Tumawara’s three letters from Pukevenua are the first detailed tuSi accounts of the potentate, which was very much unknown territory despite the various contacts and clashes between the tuFaruao and Pukevenua instigated by the conquest of Tapi in 279/164. There was little information available on Pukevenua’s layout, productive resources, economic structures, and military capacity. Tumawara was thus a privileged observer of Pukevenua. Her letters reveal a concern with providing detailed information on the military apparatus of the potentate, with descriptions of the fortresses and garrisons encountered by the embassy, but especially with the layout and the productive structures of the halls around Pukevenua. Tumawara’s letters often referred to the advantages that Enclosure-held halls saw over those controlled by the“Tengepengpu”, as the potentates of Pukevenua were identified by tuFaruao writers. The machines of the provinces visited by the tuFatingau missionary were not exploited to their full potential. Tumawara suggested that if these halls were in tuFaruao hands, their productivity would be maximised:

“The halls that we passed through along our journey are well-ventilated, with water draining from higher levels nourishing a great variety of vegetation and an infinite number of cattle, and it seems that they would provide large quantities of foodstuff if they were well-managed, because many of the dispensers and converters are in pristine condition, and in some areas the corridors and shafts are entirely free of obstacles.”

The first audience with the potentate was disappointing for the sisters. Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput delayed the meeting and forced the tuFaruao legation to wait for the following day. Tumawara was only able to speak with her during the second audience, which, once again, the potentate delayed for some hours. Tumawara and her companions offered to Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput a digital reader containing the Plan, the Commentaries and the Scholar’s Deviations. Puru offered a brief commentary on the books and “a humble and benevolent discourse” on the reasons for the presence of the sisters. However, the main topic of conversation between the potentate and the sisters was the possibility of a Faruao-Pukevenua alliance against the Shouhougo Empire, with Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput professing herself willing to help the Enclosure’s activities against the Imperial Engen in the Abyss.

Besides alluding to the possibility of a political entente, the potentate asked three questions about Obedience, which, in Tumawara’s words, were “base” and “fatuous”. Instead of an inquiry on theological issues, Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput wanted to know whether the Child had established dietary and clothing regulations, permitted sexual congress between men outside of marriage, and, finally, whether it was sinful for the Obedient to drink urine. Tumawara replied that, “Above all, the Child had taught that it was important to ask the right questions.”[2] The potentate was supposedly amused and gave her guests robes of honour. Nonetheless, after this audience, Tumawara and the other members of the embassy left Pukevenua. The hope of establishing a tuFatingau mission in the potency was immediately abandoned. Following the 228/134 embassy, Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput I directed her foreign policy toward the formation of an alliance with other Anya potencies against the Pukeyankoro Empire, an ally of the Enclosure of Ikam. The collapse of Pukeyankoro encouraged Kaw Tshengieh-Pengput to invade the Enclosure in 219/129, besieging Tapi for almost a year.

[1] The authors usually represent Heraldic names in their Classical Tsiinyip forms, which do not necessarily reflect local spelling or pronunciation.

[2] Naturally this may be l’esprit de l’escalier, but given the idiosyncratic direction of tuFatingau rhetorical training in this period it could equally well be true.

[silversodas]

I agree, people seem to think “motive” and “humanization” are the same as anti hero, misunderstood, discriminated, or Villain who was right the whole time actually. Like no dude, we just want to be able to give a tenth of a shit about this “character” that practically haunted the narrative in the last game.

In BOTW they built up to him in vary subtle, small moments, especially the environment. In the Japanese version his motive and why he hated Rarue (forgot how to spell his name) was because his reign of light made the world to cushy and (in his eyes) made people lose courage, and wanted it to be a time of heroes, his motive was the influence of courage. And in the environments, if you come across garudo ruins or Gannons giant horse, you see electric kesse, or zap shrooms or other eclectic items. Electricity is supposed to be an element that represents courage and I actually wondered for so long why they were associated with each other in these environments.

One person said that him being just evil for evil sake seemed better then the Japanese version, and I am just like dude! HE IS STILL EVIL FOR EVIL SAKE!! Like think about it, he is big mad that goat boy came down to help the regions feel safe and not have to pack at least two different weapons to walk down the freaking road, and boorish pigheaded Gannondorph, who is not only 8ft biggest bitch in any room inches tall, who not only even before getting ahold of a secret stone, seemed to be a pretty skilled wizard, is also the leader of a tribe of WARRIORS. And didn’t stop to think that maybe expecting chad the farmer to endure the same hardships was not only a bit unfair, but just out right shitty. Motive doesn’t always equal misunderstood backstory

And in Americas TOTK Ganondorf’s defense, I did see some glimpses of character, in the the show of fatality memory he says he is sorry about not answering Rarue’s “many” invitations to join him, and their is definite venom in his voice when he says “many”. This is the moment where I was like “ah, that’s why your mad” because I could see why Gannon was upset and why he was testing their strength with that mondugla assault in the previous memory. He is INSULTED that some guy from the clouds decided after losing his race that he is gonna just make his own kingdom and invite the other kingdoms to “come together” OH! But Rarure would still be the one ACTUALLY in charge. While the reason for the anger was somewhat understandable, most people would have just sent back a, no thank you, first then go from there

Character glimpse #2 is when you fight mummy Gannon the first time and he shows intrigue to the fact that the new sages don’t know who he is because he thought the sages old stones would help them with that, showing he can be observant and intelligent, like when he decided to fake being nice with Rarure , but he is still not as smart as he thinks he is, as shown when the zelda puppet fails to kill sonia.

But even so, someone in the comments said the story wouldn’t be much different if Gannon was replaced with Calamity Gannon, and they are right! Because the writers still failed to make you give a shit that Gannon is here.

I love it when people say that Ganondorf can't be complex and they're happy to swallow the one-dimensional totk version of Ganondorf who is evil for the sake of being evil, just like when they mindlessly go eat at McDonald's without thinking about what they're eating (I love going to McDonald's btw but I know it's shit).

WW Ganondorf is proof that Nintendo is capable of making the character interesting without excusing his actions or making him a good guy. In just five sentences, he has made a big impact on us and changed our perception of the character. And his wish was actually to rule over Hyrule and "expose this land to the ray of the sun" rather than EteRnAL DarKNeSs like a fucking edgelord (I will NEVER take seriously a villain who wants darkneeeeessss™ unless some exception)

The most interesting debates I've read are on Tumblr. On other social media, either people constantly thirst after Ganondorf's appearance (which I understand lol), or they mock those who try to initiate a discussion and express a critical opinion about the game and the character.

As a fan of Ganondorf, I am disappointed with how he was treated in the game. No one in Hyrule knows him except for a few, and everyone doesn't care that their world is on the verge of being destroyed by the demon king. He is mostly present and imposing during the cutscenes, but in the present, we only see him two or three times as a mummy before the final battle (although the mummy version is pretty cool). He is more bland than OOT Ganondorf, and I find it incredible that in 2023 they were capable of doing something lazier than a grotesque 90s caricature (I love OOT but his chara design makes me feel uneasy)

Was it really that difficult for Nintendo to take inspiration from Wind Waker Ganondorf? And don't give me the excuse of "yes, but in WW he had time to reflect on his actions because he was defeated and sealed by Link and Zelda" because here it's a different Ganondorf and he could have very well reflected in his hole while we were torturing koroks wondering around Hyrule.

His relationship with the Gerudos is completely off. There is no justification for his people turning against him when they were loyal to him before he obtained the secret stone (please don't give me the argument of "but because he became the demon king" it's dumb). I hope that'd be explored further in a potential DLC

At least the final battle is sooooo great! But I think he's too hot and not scary enough because of that but anyway.

WELL, that was just my rant. I still LOVE Ganondorf, I love every Ganondorf. But seeing people belittle those who try to talk about how they feel about the game and pull arguments like "But Ganondorf is 100% evil" or "Those who think Ganondorf is redeemable are the ones he's gonna manipulate lololol im so MuCh smArtEr thAN ya" just piss me off (I really can't stand the last ""argument"" it's just proof that those who said that don't understand anything to the debate)

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[tsaritsa]

friday, june 9th - letters  /  (cover of) pōkarekare ana

pōkarekare ana is arguably NZ’s most well-known song sung in te reo māori and since learning rudimentary te reo myself i found myself interpreting the lyrics a little differently than what is understood as the official english translation!!!

if you wish to hear what the original tune sounds like, this video of when we legalised same-sex marriage gives you an idea of how much of a taonga it is in our society. (skip to the 47sec mark if you just want to hear the song).

i place this sometime during ishval - ‘even this girl has killer’s eyes’.

a few translation notes:

the river name tends to be regional, which is why I sing my river, the manawatū, rather than waiapu or rotorua

manawatū itself translates as ‘my heart stood still’, and i think there is something to be said regarding roy, water and his heart

an iwi is a tribe/large related group of people - in this case, the lack of which makes this ‘letter’ even more depressing

recorded on my mum’s 1970′s guitar with only 4 strings on my iphone bc what’s quality

pōkarekare ana ngā wai o Manawatū whiti atu koe hine marino ana e

e hine e hoki mai ra ka mate ahau i te aroha e

tuhituhi taku reta tuku atu taku rīngi kia kite tō iwi raru raru ana e

/ / / / /

they are agitated the waters of the Manawatū but when you cross over girl they will be calm

oh girl return to me i could die of my love for you

i have written my letter i have sent my ring so that your iwi can see that i am troubled

[forevermagik]

Worldbuilding June Day 11

Language!

Yay! I love talking about all the languages on Tyrysius!

Esternian is the language derived from the High Elves in Esternia. The language is still used today in both Schmiedish and Edansa courts. Edanshe also uses it in their medical textbooks. 

Ourst is the language of the Trading Clan Dwarves. It is a mixture of what the dwarves used to speak before the cataclysm, with loan words from various other languages. 

Schmiedish/Efrian: This language was officially named Efrian, the Efrium Empire’s national language. However the language has been around since before that. It was a trading language before the cataclysm and for many human city states, it was the only language they knew. It has since become the language of both Schmiedland and Berthingtonn. Most of Eswaisil speaks it too, having once been part of the Efrium Empire. Each of these countries has a slightly different dialect and sometimes different words for different objects, but largely everyone in these areas can communicate with each other. 

Timernian: Their language is hoarded carefully by Timernians. They’d much rather learn another language to do trade than to let their language get spread around. However, they still teach their language in schools and encourage its use within the country. 

Edan: The common language of Edanshe. It derived from Esternian’s morphing over several hundred years and mixing with the language of the natives on the Islands before that. The original native language was a mixture of whatever they’d been prior to Thadenopolis colonizing them and the Thadan language.

Thadan: The language spoken on Thadenopolis. It’s not really shared. It’s also morphed a bit since the cataclysm. 

The Yurels have two different primary languages in their country. Yurel is the most common and everyone knows it. However, Semayer is spoken in a lot of the eastern and southern regions. Different city-states might have different dialects and languages, but they’re not nationally recognized. 

Perinathia has 5 different “common” languages in addition to Perinathian. They also have 8 other consistent dialects found in remote areas. Corden is a common language along the coasts. Tapun literally derives from the word “potato” and is what the language of the farms in central Perinathia is. Shaddrun is the language of the high courts. There are others, but I haven’t named them yet. 

Catfolk have a couple of different languages. They have the one only other catfolk can hear: Raru, and the one everyone else can hear, too: Nussmein. Catfolk are the only people to have a separate alphabet--Ssialou--to make it easier for them to write, given the shape of their hands. 

Elementals have different languages and dialects. It’s most evident with water elementals, as they tend to be highly insular communities. Air elementals are big on telepathic communication, with pictures taking the place of most words. 

Telepathic communication in general is popular among mages. Mage families will sometimes speak entirely telepathically. It’s an artform in and of itself. If one isn’t careful, stray thoughts will make it into the conversation, so one has to be really deliberate in what images/words get through. Non-mages can communicate telepathically only if a mage starts the link up, but the link will drop once the mage stops putting forth the effort. Links can stay up between mages with hardly any effort extended. 

There is no “universal sign language.” The Yurels have several different permutations of Yurel Sign. Edanshe has Edansa Sign. Timernis has Timernian Sign. Schmiedish Sign is different from Berthingtonn’s Sign--Efrian Sign. What’s interesting, is to see the sign language in the areas of Schmiedland that used to be Efrium. It’s a mish-mash of the signs that were the easiest to make in conversation. (So, like Efri-schmied Sign). Eswaisil is trying to replace the Efrian sign with Eswaili sign. Sign language is discouraged all throughout Perinathia. 

There are also celestial and demonic languages to speak to extra-planar beings. Draconic’s also a thing, though most dragons will just translate into a more modern language since not very many people know Draconic anymore. 

So, fun facts:

Rinnie is fluent in Edan, Shuhshuh (a Water Elemental Dialect near her hometown), Efrian/Schmiedish, Corden, Yurel, and Semayer. She’s also conversationally fluent in Ottadot (another Water Elemental Dialect), Esternian, and Shaddrun. She can pick her way through Celestial and Draconic both. She also knows a bit of Edan Sign. 

Adler is fluent in Schmiedish, Edan, Perinathian (the language adopted for Perinathia’s military), and Ourst. He can parse his way through Shaddrun and also Nussmein. 

Killian knows Schmiedish, Timernian, Ourst, Edan, Swiffsh (The common Air Elemental Dialect), Esternian, Yurel, Semayer, Perinathian, Shaddrun, Corden, Nussmein, Raru, and Draconic. He also has an innate understanding of Celestial. Killian also knows all of the signs used by the Schmiedish Military and most of the signs used by Perinathian Catfolk in the military--though he cannot replicate them. 

Lubbock knows Schmiedish, Ourst, and a small bit of Perinathian. 

Mica is fluent in Schmiedish, Ourst, Swiffsh, Edan, and Perinathian (it was also adopted as Perinathia’s trade language). Mica also knows a bit of Yurel, Semayer, and Nussmein (though she can’t speak it just understand it.) Mica’s also the one who created her own alphabet-shorthand to write all of her notes in so no one else can understand it. 

Riela knows Efrian and Eswaili Sign.