[OOC] High Elven Q&A

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[Smaw 2376]

Why do High Elves consider gold to be cursed/a curse (insult) to offer someone? Assuming this is still a thing. I know it's a question of purity. But why gold?

 

To add to this, why did they readily accept the Golden Pools of yesteryear if the above is true?
 

[trinn 5146]

4 minutes ago, Smaw said:

Why do High Elves consider gold to be cursed? Assuming this is still a thing.

 

To add to this, why did they readily accept the Golden Pools of yesteryear if the above is true?
 

 

 

 

Thats.. a good question actually.

I'm going to have to skitter to answer this one, though I'd hope @BrandNewKitten or @Mithradites have a more specific answer to this one. Made a bit of assumptions on this one.

 

Gold itself is not the insult, its the meaning behind it that acts as the meaning. So gold is not 'literally' cursed, it's just a represented as their intent to insult another elf as the word 'Acal' in elven means both gold and curse. High Elves do not dislike gold, it's merely in some situations where gold is then given with the intent to question another's purity that it becomes a harsh symbol.

 

For the second part - as said before, it is not the gold that is cursed but the intent. So the Golden pools are not equivalent to a gold given with the intent to question your purity. Thus, it is accepted. 

[Smaw 2376]

Just now, Trinn | nnirT said:

 

Thats.. a good question actually.

I'm going to have to skitter to answer this one, though I'd hope @BrandNewKitten or @Mithradites have a more specific answer to this one. Made a bit of assumptions on this one.

 

Gold itself is not the insult, its the meaning behind it that acts as the meaning. So gold is not 'literally' cursed, it's just a represented as their intent to insult another elf as the word 'Acal' in elven means both gold and curse. High Elves do not dislike gold, it's merely in some situations where gold is then given with the intent to question another's purity that it becomes a harsh symbol.

 

For the second part - as said before, it is not the gold that is cursed but the intent. So the Golden pools are not equivalent to a gold given with the intent to question your purity. Thus, it is accepted. 

 

Perhaps because Gold is widely known to ward off unwanted entities, it could be used in a cultural fashion insofar that when giving it to someone, you are suggesting you're warding off their impurity? 

 

In regards to the Golden Pools, how exactly do they work? Presumably molten gold would kill anyone that decided to bathe in it, so what properties allow it to remain liquid? We could say Magic, but can you extrapolate on that? Is it a man-made product or something more?

 

 

[trinn 5146]

Just now, Smaw said:

 

Perhaps because Gold is widely known to ward off unwanted entities, it could be used in a cultural fashion insofar that when giving it to someone, you are suggesting you're warding off their impurity? 

 

In regards to the Golden Pools, how exactly do they work? Presumably molten gold would kill anyone that decided to bathe in it, so what properties allow it to remain liquid? We could say Magic, but can you extrapolate on that? Is it a man-made product or something more?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at the High Elven guide, the only explanation given on gold is the intent behind it due to the elven word 'Acal'

What you said is logical, and quite a nice reasoning; though I'm just attempting to answer in the more traditional methods.

 

The Golden Pools are not actual gold. Its water infused with dust of Magegold, as it was in the middle of a cave that had an abundance of it. Looking at the wiki, it stated that the pool was further enchanted when "One scholar poured a previously enchanted container of the liquid back to the main pool" (Wiki, The golden pools.) The enchantment then further spread towards the entire pool. But yes, due to the gold within the water - enchanting it was possible. 

[Smaw 2376]

15 minutes ago, Trinn | nnirT said:

 

Looking at the High Elven guide, the only explanation given on gold is the intent behind it due to the elven word 'Acal'

What you said is logical, and quite a nice reasoning; though I'm just attempting to answer in the more traditional methods.

 

The Golden Pools are not actual gold. Its water infused with dust of Magegold, as it was in the middle of a cave that had an abundance of it. Looking at the wiki, it stated that the pool was further enchanted when "One scholar poured a previously enchanted container of the liquid back to the main pool" (Wiki, The golden pools.) The enchantment then further spread towards the entire pool. But yes, due to the gold within the water - enchanting it was possible. 

 

Excellent.

 

I have some ideas for you. I'll message you in the near future.

[Samler 1565]

The gold thing goes back to an oooold story back in Aegis I think, the travel of a gold coin from an elf which in the end returns in the hand of an assassin/merc that gets hired to kill the elf which gave the coin away in the first place. Think Lord of War altho I can't remember the details anymore.

[QWHXRTY 8]

Question: 

 

I read somewhere that elvish children are well-taken care of by the adults. Would it be viable to play a child who's parents are no longer present? I'm guessing that they probably wouldn't be neglectful on purpose, but dead or banished or something like that? OR would it be better to find someone willing to play parents? OR EVEN that their parents are basically NPCs. 

[trinn 5146]

15 minutes ago, QWHXRTY said:

Question: 

 

I read somewhere that elvish children are well-taken care of by the adults. Would it be viable to play a child who's parents are no longer present? I'm guessing that they probably wouldn't be neglectful on purpose, but dead or banished or something like that? OR would it be better to find someone willing to play parents? OR EVEN that their parents are basically NPCs. 

 

 

Theres always exceptions to the fact that elvish parents would take good cares of their children - depends on the circumstances. However, yes, the average elf parent would be taking well-care of their children due to the minority of children in the elven society.  Conclusion: Its not set-in-stone that Elven parents MUST be good to their child. Its just a common thought process as the presence of elven children are  rare. 

If you don't want them to be dead or banished, you could always twist a plot in your character. If you're going for NPC, depending on the child's age (presumably below 50), perhaps their parents took a habit of simply going to long-time travels. However, if thats too troublesome - you could say that they got separated in the transition from Vailor (our old map) to Axios (our current map.) Its really up to you. You can pretend w/e - but I'd advise you straying from the cliche. Cliches may not be terrible if written right, but I'll stress the point that they do not  have to be dead. 

 

 

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