EVENTS

* a note on a friendship-project between Hoi-Cho and Dyron:

On Thermis 22th in the 2nd Atys-cycle of 2575 (OOC: Oktober 18th 2013) the geologist Ulyton Meros from Dyron has found an underground-source of water in the Great Outback / Bushlands. There will be a petition from Hoi-Cho to the Sages to put up fences and guards at that place, while Dyron will send builders and construction specialists for wells. The place was marked by a lasting signal-fire by Ulyton Meros.

* letter to Orphie Dradius:

Atys'ata, honored Orphie Dradius;

It's been quite a long time since we all last met, isn't it? I hope you are faring well.

I am writing to you as a representative of the Zorai and I politely ask to meet you with a delegation of our Theocracy and friends, wherever and whenever you prefer.

You might have heard that the circles of the Theocracy want to try growing rotoas inside the kitin-tunnels with the help of tribes of the verdant heights to hopefully close these pathways of the kitins with hard wood. Unfortunately we would have to spur the slow-growing rotoas to block the kitins efficiently, just like you rangers need to enhance the growth-rate of termite-populations to make them useful.

If it's about making plants grow swifter, one name immediately occurs to most homins: Gilado Almati. And it seems that Almati's lost laboratory has been at the same underground place where the kitin-lair is today. There are even indications that you rangers might have found some remains of Almati's work that could help us to learn how to make plants grow faster - of course only if his discoveries are safe for use.

A ranger has warned us that you might not want to talk about Almati to non-rangers. Still I will not lie to you nor try to trick you with words. You already know very well that our wise Sages would never permit anyone of us to use techniques or methods that could pose a danger to nature. So please rest assured that we will not abuse any of the informations that you will want to share with us.

I do not doubt that you will support any means we homins can mobilize to dam out the kitins, because the rangers are well-known for their engagement for the good of all of Atys. I deeply regret that there have been frictions lately; but you surely know that even though Tao Sian and other Zorai view termites as too dangerous to be used on the kitin-tunnels, these good people are not hostile towards the rangers and meant no insult - and the rangers have always been well-respected by the leaders of all four nations.

If what we can reconstruct from Almati's work should prove to be too dangerous or unethical to be of use we Zorai will of course support the utilization of termites, and hopefully the Gibad's potions can also be of help then. But I am sorry to say that we cannot help with your work until we have found out more about Almati's work, as long as we still harbour hope that a safer botanical solution will be possible instead.

You can see how important it is for all of us to come to a conclusion with this topic instead of delaying it for much longer, since we have already been waiting for too long - and now the kitins are at our doorsteps.

Please let us meet with you as soon as you can manage to find time.

I bow to you with respect

Zhoi, for the circles of the theocracy

we all clicked that empty board over 20times till it dissapeared so I think it lost all credability by now :(, maybe go for a new graphic so it looks new but with something on it this time. Some basic info about zorai or something why not take the stuff from atys.ryzom.com and put that on there till there is an event?

Well, the information board is brand new and not all of us know how to deal with it yet. Let's be patient and wait until we have found out please. It's not like it's an urgent matter, is it?

(OOC: well, I also could not read anything after the sign-board was put up, not to speak of being able to write on it. I thought setting my client to German might be at fault. But let's be nice!

The Event-Team is made of humans, not gods. They are working for free as long as I know, and their tools are not perfect either. The Event Team has to set up a lot of items after every server-restart and it's a lot of work, so that's also the reason why the transporter of NH very rarely ever is moved close to the stables... Things are going to work in time, and we can do very well without it until then, no? ;) )

* Honorary Initiation:

Sage Supplice / Sorrow / der Leidende clarified that the Theocracy does not wish to have more Honorary Initiates at the moment additional to Honorary Initiate Zhoi from Hoi-Cho, although some Stateless and Non-Initiates are acknowledged as a support for the Zoraï government. Still the Circles of the Zoraï are an important political part of the Theocracy, so the majority of their members should be "real" Initiates and Awakened.

So the Sage decided that the Theocracy will only consider the integration of new Honorary Initiates after involving more Initiates and Awakened into the Circles to strenghten the nation first.

* Jenaism:

Sage Supplice / Sorrow / der Leidende explained Jenaism: it is a Kamist-religion with the old belief that the "Great Kami" is identical with Jena (instead of being Ma-Duk). While the official religion of the Theocracy and the largest branch of Kamism is Ma-Dukism, Jenaism is also a branch of Kamism and in conclusion Awakened are allowed to be Jenaists, just like there have been jenaistic Awakened in the past, for example Ki'atal.

(OOC: it was said that titles for Jenaists will be available ingame in time.)



* Kitin observation camps:

Ranger Companion Daomei Carthan Lin pointed out that the camps constantly need more material supplies , not only riders doing the deliveries. Initiate Zurchkuchna praised her reports about the material-needs of the camps all over Atys: http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/18257/33 #33 A number of homins are updating their reports daily to inform harvesters about the materials needed. Fortunately the camp-building is proceeding quite well in the jungle http://ballisticmystix.net/?p=ke0904#

As the Akenak wants to contact tribes within their Empire and ask them to help out with their kitin observation camps in the desert, I suggested to do the same and ask befriended tribes of the Witherings to help us with rebuilding the observation camps just alike. Sage Supplice / Sorrow / der Leidende asked us to think about any kind of assistance that would be interesting and send an Izam to him then.

I insisted that the topic of which tribes to contact as well as collecting ideas about how to persuade them to help should be discussed during the next Assembly; also any developments of the botanical solution for the kitin-tunnels. In the audience Ranger Companion Daomei Lin Carthan asked the first dynastic healer Tao Sian about the condition of the Goo-infected Rangers inside the Kitin-lair, but unfortunately I could not hear any reply.

* Gib(b)ads:

Sage Supplice / Sorrow / der Leidende recalled that the Zoraï delegation had promised the Gibads a few cycles ago to provide them with containers for fruit. It was surprising to hear that nothing had been done about it yet even though I had addressed this matter twice during a national Assembly right after our visit to the Gib(b)ads with no reaction by Sages nor Awakened at that time. During our visit with the Gibads we had already thought about asking the merchants of the amber cities or the tribe of the Icon-Worshippers to craft containers.

Initiate Zurchkuchna suggested writing an Izam to the Icon-Worshippers and promptly was assigned with this task. Sage Supplice / Sorrow / der Leidende also explained that the Theocracy would like to learn more of the language and customs of the Gibads. The attendees agreed; still no plan was made how to go about this task. A report about what was said and done during our first meeting can be read here: http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/17380/4# 4



* Goo bill draft:

Awakened Fey-Lin Liang has finally agreed to the law on how to handle Goo within the Witherings after she rephrased the complete text to her liking: http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/16585/32 #32 . Others, especially representatives of Min-Cho have not given their view on it though. So the Circles agreed with waiting for the reaction of at least one representative from Min-Cho and to also take a look at the full text of the free trade agreement that was published only recently to take it in consideration if needed.

* Taki Zoraï:

Awakened Fey-Lin Liang announced that she has obtained the rights to us "Tal'Zu", an organization doing research on the ancient language of Taki Zoraï: http://talzu.forumactif.org/. There will be an office to talk about Taki Zoraï in the dialect of Min-Cho. Later on lessons on Taki Zoraï might become possible, Awakened Fey-Lin Liang said.

Report of the regional Assembly of Hoi-Cho on Germinally 1st in the 1st Cycle of Atys-Year 2576

Attendees:

* Initiate Zhienkao Pai-Du from the Dynastic Circle
* Awakened Sartyrica Gū Niang Yèguāngyún
* Awakened ZurchKuchna
* Awakened Zhoi
* Initiate Sari
* Zorai Irfidel
* Seternulon, Chef der Sicherheit von Windermeer
* Ranger Companion Daomei Lin Carthan
* Myeomye

Topics:

* changes in the regional constitution of Hoi Cho:
- each Awakened was assigned to be speaker of a regional circle (circle of spirituality, circle of defense, circle of reconstruction, circle of exploration)
-- added later on: a substitute arrangement as Sage Gangi Cheng-Ho has wished for from the beginning can now be added to the regional constitution as there are more available/active candidates
* renewed acknowledgement of Awakened Sartyrica Gū Niang Yèguāngyún as the intendant of Hoi-Cho
* changes in the entries about the "officials of the Theocracy" about the Awakened and the initiated Shi'zu of Hoi-Cho after the Awakening of ZurchKuchna and Zhoi
- to be clarified: the new national constitution for Zora does not include official informations about the system and government of the Theocracy. There is also the old information from before the second great swarming about the Theocracy, but this old text has different descriptions of the ethical and duties for the national circles of the Zorai



* city-friendship-project with Dyron: guards from Hoi-Cho were sent to secure the building-site for the well in the Great Outback until Dyron will sent engineers, who will then ask the cities for materials to build the well
* ceremony for the second Great Swarming: intendant Sartyrica Gū Niang Yèguāngyún will take care to draft the ceremony as the speaker for the regional circle of spirituality, and she will contact Awakened Fitis from Min-Cho to organize the ceremony together with her if possible
* reminder to the dynastic circle that we have asked for someone from the new temple of knowledge (NPC) to collect goo-materials - it was decided that this should rather be a national topic than a regional one
* a letter to the Icon worshippers has been sent asking them to craft containers for the Gibads
* suggestion to collect ideas about what to make public on the information board in Zora until the next regional assembly
* suggestion to collect ideas about what to do to improve relations with the company of the eternal tree until the next regional assembly

* documents hinting at a treasure in Aeden Aqueous: initiate Cuan Sa-Ki from the dynastic circle has traveled there to look for more information
* reminder to the dynastic circle to please explain the meaning of the wooden memorial/grave-stones at the Kami-altar in Zora and to tell us about the funeral-rites of our people
* talk about the amber cube chips that were found and deciphered before the second great swarming in which Nung Horongi described to Melkiar about his research on the Goo together with Muang Hoi-Gi / Marung Horongi: should this text be made public; perhaps at the seminar about Goo that was announced by Tao Sian, first physician of the Theocracy?
* suggestion to collect ideas about the founding of official regional institutions in Hoi-Cho like the archive and the master of magnetism that Jen-Lai has. A storyteller was suggested by Awakened ZurchKuchna, and a bar counter had been suggested by Awakened Sartyrica a longer while ago too



* Kitin-observation-camps:
- suggestion of an exchange-trade of materials with the help of merchants, especially so that specific materials could be exchanged with materials from the Grove of Confusion and materials from Haven of Purity that are hard to gather because of dangerous animals in those regions. Maybe trading-treaties will be necessary?
- question to the dynastic circle: will the names of the harvesters for the camps be published at the end of the work so that they can be rewarded additionally later on?
- an idea for a lottery was explained by Awakened ZurchKuchna for his yubo-plushie to be gained by harvesting for the kitin-observation-camps