1. Depends on the Nation, but each village got a language assigned to it, so in the Lakes, EN is the dialect of Crystabell, FR is the dialect of Avendale, and DE is the dialect of Windermeer. Someone else can add the translations for other nations.
2.A. We know very little of the Old Lands except that they are very dangerous (hence the continued trickle of refugees that you mentioned). The Ranger Wilk Potskin mentioned that they extend for hundreds of kilometers, but the Lore suggests that the settled part was only about the same size as the New Lands. We know that there is a way to get here, the Route of the Exodus or Oflovak's Path, that is maintained and patrolled by the Rangers.
2.B. Other than a tiny fraction of knowledge from the Rangers and another small fraction from publications about the Marauderss, nothing.
2.C, While the Karavan and Kami altars represent focuses of their respective powers, I can conceive of no reason why Jena and Ma-Duk should be confined to a tiny fraction of the world or that their preservation of the Seed of homins in peril should be limited to the New Lands. The worship of the Powers exists in the Old Lands as well as the new.
3. For active roleplay, look to the Matis and Trykers (by reports), the Rangers (by personal observations) and the Marauders. Player let RP is active in the Matis region, and the SKA is there too. FISHES, one of two Tryker Scientific Societies, is largely event-team driven.
-- My answers. Not difinitive.
2.A. We know very little of the Old Lands except that they are very dangerous (hence the continued trickle of refugees that you mentioned). The Ranger Wilk Potskin mentioned that they extend for hundreds of kilometers, but the Lore suggests that the settled part was only about the same size as the New Lands. We know that there is a way to get here, the Route of the Exodus or Oflovak's Path, that is maintained and patrolled by the Rangers.
2.B. Other than a tiny fraction of knowledge from the Rangers and another small fraction from publications about the Marauderss, nothing.
2.C, While the Karavan and Kami altars represent focuses of their respective powers, I can conceive of no reason why Jena and Ma-Duk should be confined to a tiny fraction of the world or that their preservation of the Seed of homins in peril should be limited to the New Lands. The worship of the Powers exists in the Old Lands as well as the new.
3. For active roleplay, look to the Matis and Trykers (by reports), the Rangers (by personal observations) and the Marauders. Player let RP is active in the Matis region, and the SKA is there too. FISHES, one of two Tryker Scientific Societies, is largely event-team driven.
-- My answers. Not difinitive.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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