From the East, Pilgrims

[Aeus 2653]

 

Spoiler     희망의 순례자           A Ship in the Distance:   A hush fell over the city as faint, distant chants reached the ears of the gathering. It was a murmur at first, the steady rhythm of the drums grew louder in unison with the voices that were carried on the fog as a shadow loomed within. Square sails, large and imposing emerged from the thick fog, revealing the silhouette of a strange ship. Its hull was decorated with spikes, like the armor of a great ancient beast. At the bow, a dragon’s head jutted forward, its mouth frozen in a silent roar devouring the waves beneath it. The ship glided into the lagoon, the waves parting for the tortoise ship as it cut through the water, pushed not by wind but by the quiet rhythm of its oars.   Spoiler   Salamdeul depiction of the Numendian cliffs The people of Numenost gathered along the edge of the square, drawn by the spectacle. The ship came to a halt with a groaning creak, its sides lined with dark cannon mouths that peered out from inside the vessel. From its stern, a procession of rowboats were lowered into the water, each carrying figures cloaked in flowing robes and shining armor.    Warriors disembarked first, followed by monks and shrine maidens in colorful ceremonial attire. They started to make their way to the gate in unison, a parade of umbrellas and banners unfurling over them, their vivid colors shining in the thick, gray air. Flutes, drums and prayers accompanied the parade up the cliffside and to the gate.        A Call to Arms:   The music came to a slow stop as a monk dressed in white stepped forth to those gathered at the gate. Tension filled the air as he spoke, first in a foreign language before switching to common.   “The call has been answered. The order of the Black Tortoise has come, as once the children of Harren aided us in expelling 저주받은 기 원숭이 왕국 - The Hou-zi plague from the lands of Won and liberated us from the Li-Ren Imperials.”    The monk paused, letting his word hang in the air like a long-forgotten tale, before speaking again.    “Now, we return the debt. We come to stand besides our western kin, in this righteous crusade against the darkness that looms to the east. The Salamdeul have come to join in the Robertine Crusade!”   The words of the monk were followed by a flurry of drums, chants and celebration from the Salamdeul parade, the Easterling Adunians finally reuniting with their long lost siblings.

 

[trinn 5128]

From the spiraling ivory towers of Numenost, a flaxen haired girl witnessed the Ship's arrival. She held a caged frog 'pon her arms, standing alongside another youth; @Spoopy_Duck. Marciana addressed him then,  speaking after her finishing of a great, large slice of cake. 

 

"Can you get me another pet from these kindly folks?" 

[Metamancy 1767]

Fun fact: Salamdeul literally means "People" in Korean. 

[AstriaS 4988]

Tar-Caraneth Aryantë began drafting a formal response!

 

Meanwhile, a young girl named Nabi began fundraising to mixed degrees of success.

[Apotolofo 2205]

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Yooo! I'm Korean IRL so this is really cool to see!

 

"Salamduel" does mean "people", if that's what you meant, awesome!

 

I really love seeing people appreciate our culture. I should make a Hyeol-yeon again...

 

 

[Spoopy_Duck 3217]

4 hours ago, 410,757,864,530 Dead Xannites said:

From the spiraling ivory towers of Numenost, a flaxen haired girl witnessed the Ship's arrival. She held a caged frog 'pon her arms, standing alongside another youth; @Spoopy_Duck. Marciana addressed him then,  speaking after her finishing of a great, large slice of cake. 

 

"Can you get me another pet from these kindly folks?" 

The silver eyes of the prince stared out towards the sea, briefly turning to the girl beside him, 
"Will you be equally repulsed by a creature of the sea as well?" 

[bickando 3967]

18 hours ago, Metamancy said:

Fun fact: Salamdeul literally means "People" in Korean. 

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Yeah unfortunately this and some other obvious transliterations across asian people lotc lore is a holdover from the approved 2010s Easterner lore on lotc and so Aeus had to work around it

 

its the same as minecraft china being called cathant like cathay

 

unfortunately hyeol-yeon a. doesn't conform to any other aeldin lore ever written and b. is just contemporary/modern korean culture, not joseon or silla era or adapted to lotc in any way other than being elves (don't get me started on asian elves), or it might've been used instead

 

there was a cunyuan writeup that was done by a few of us really old people to try to make it better conform to lotc lore, or explain away the discrepancies, if anyone wants to see i can show but it isn't formatted for the forums

 

[Baccaaa 490]

"I thought they were mythical." Said an aheral gazing over at the ship with square sails. "I think they call those ships 'Junk', I could be wrong. Wait, ne, thats a Geokbuseong! Turtle ship!"

Edited October 2, 2024 by Baccaaa