I co-wrote the Holy Scrolls & Asioth / 13 year AMA

[VIROS 2915]

Does it count if I haven't played in the past 3?

 

I co-wrote the Holy Scrolls with @Crackera long time ago. You can also ask me about things that aren't the Scrolls. AMA

 

Edit: Guess I should include that I wrote Asioth too

 

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[MapleSunflower 1889]

Where did your inspiration come from to write the holy scrolls?

[Andustar 4143]

Going to write an actual question here;

 

Considering you wrote a large chunk of the Canonist theology for the server, what would you describe as perhaps the most interesting religious lore in a comparable fantasy setting? E.g. The Elder Scrolls, DnD, etc.

Do you think there's a formula that an aspiring writer should keep to, to compose something interesting? 

[wowj 9766]

whats ur favorite color?

[VIROS 2915]

12 minutes ago, MapleSunflower said:

Where did your inspiration come from to write the holy scrolls?

 

When Canonism was just called the True Faith, it was common to either cite the real Bible IRP or to invent quotes and give them a random verse number. At first, I just thought it'd be nice if we had a real book to cite.

 

I wrote a few outlines but never got around to making anything solid until @Cracker convinced me that a unified humanity needed a unified scripture. So in the beginning it was a panhumanist project to reconcile the Raevir, Heartlander, and Waldenian playerbases into one human playerbase.

 

We also wanted it to be a "book of morals" to strengthen the playerbase. So a lot of the narratives or themes have a purpose along those lines (e.g., not intermarrying with other races was intended to prevent forming coalitions with nonhumans, criticizing Godfrey for claiming to be god-emperor was to discourage the political weirdness of personality cults, etc.)

 

7 minutes ago, Andustar said:

My local parish are demanding indulgences. I am considering nailing a written protest to the chapel door. Would you support this action?

 

Yes, but try something more creative like nailing a written protest to an opposing clergyman

 

  

8 minutes ago, Andustar said:

Going to write an actual question here;

 

Considering you wrote a large chunk of the Canonist theology for the server, what would you describe as perhaps the most interesting religious lore in a comparable fantasy setting? E.g. The Elder Scrolls, DnD, etc.

Do you think there's a formula that an aspiring writer should keep to, to compose something interesting? 

 

I'll preface this by saying that I don't really think what I wrote of Canonism is my most interesting work. It's more Christian/Catholic than I had really planned, but that's what the playerbase wanted at the time we started it. My favorite religious work I wrote for LotC is Asioth

 

The religious lore I like best is in Elder Scrolls. It's trippy like religion should be

 

I can't say there's a formula, or if there is I don't have it. My biggest advice is that every individual word should have a purpose within both the sentence and the story. There's an instinct when writing "up-register" into something theological or academic to add pointless rhetorical frills, or fancy synonyms that don't quite match the intended meaning. I recommend reading this essay by George Orwell

 

7 minutes ago, wowj said:

whats ur favorite color?

 

Amaranth

[sergisala 3451]

What do you think about the denial of Siegmund as a Prophet of the Faith (Owynism)?

[Asutto 2452]

If you could change any action you took on the server during your time here, what would you change and why?

[VIROS 2915]

Just now, sergisala said:

What do you think about the people who deny the existence of Siegmund in the roleplay (Owynism)? Serious question.

 

I think all Canonist heresies are interesting broadly, but there's usually not as much meat on them as I'd like. I'm more excited when people put in the effort to document and justify beliefs than not; so for the modern Owynists, I'd be interested if they put more effort into trying to prove their claims IRP. I do think it's a little strange for a religious leader and most of his followers to differ on how many prophets there are and what counts as scripture. But that's just my perspective; I don't play here anymore, so people can roleplay how they like. 🤷‍♂️

 

Anti-Siegmundism specifically is a little played out for me because I was anti-siegmundist myself, 13 years ago (although we were called Imperial Traditionalists instead of Owynists at the time). But I was persuaded of panhumanism and the role the True Faith could play in it. I was tired of human infighting making us lose wars.

 

2 minutes ago, Asutto said:

If you could change any action you took on the server during your time here, what would you change and why?

 

I would never have played the Princess Imperial towards the end of the Novellen Empire. She was supposed to be a sort of "retirement character" after spending a year as pontiff. But I got roped into the politics of an exploding empire, and it went as well as everyone saw. If I had to go back, I'd have just stopped playing after James II, while I was still enjoying myself.

 

Also, I wish I had instituted female priesthood as pontiff-- I'm envious my successors got that win. I think I could've pulled it off if I wasn't so worried about precedent.

[JudgeTrudy 610]

I'll admit that I've not read through the Holy Scrolls in their entirety yet, but I have admired the dedicated writing that went into them and the immeasurable amounts of roleplay and storylines that have spawned from their existence!

 

As a player that's existed this long into the server's history, I'd like to play off of your answer to Asutto. You've answered about something you wish you could change - but is there anything you ever thought about doing, or writing, that you wish you had committed to?

[VIROS 2915]

20 minutes ago, JudgeTrudy said:

I'll admit that I've not read through the Holy Scrolls in their entirety yet, but I have admired the dedicated writing that went into them and the immeasurable amounts of roleplay and storylines that have spawned from their existence!

 

As a player that's existed this long into the server's history, I'd like to play off of your answer to Asutto. You've answered about something you wish you could change - but is there anything you ever thought about doing, or writing, that you wish you had committed to?

 

Thank you!

 

That's a good question--I think my biggest one is I wish I had finished the Epochs of the Empire. It was meant to be a five volume series but we only finished two.

[JudgeTrudy 610]

3 minutes ago, VIROS said:

 

Thank you!

 

That's a good question--I think my biggest one is I wish I had finished the Epochs of the Empire. It was meant to be a five volume series but we only finished two.

 

Oooh, I'll have to give these a read after work tomorrow. Thank you for the answer.

 

Also I forgot to add to my last one - you mentioned enjoying religious writings/lore from the Elder Scrolls universe. Any particular favorites?

[VIROS 2915]

8 minutes ago, JudgeTrudy said:

 

Oooh, I'll have to give these a read after work tomorrow. Thank you for the answer.

 

Also I forgot to add to my last one - you mentioned enjoying religious writings/lore from the Elder Scrolls universe. Any particular favorites?

 

I hope you enjoy them! Most of the other areas of history have been covered by other writers now (notably and recently,@Nectorist's Decline and Fall series), so the latter 3 Epochs are not necessarily needed--just wish I had finished them.

 

It has been a while now, but the Sermons of Vivec, the Nu-Mantia Intercept, and the Monomyth are favorites. The latter two are more, I guess "metaphysical", than religious. But it's all the same bones.

[Ardory 2978]

One, Ahsioth or Aeseoth?

 

Two, What is your method of implementing literary devices and structure into your works if any? Example being the immense amount of  analogy, metaphor, and symbolism for the former. As for the latter, the vessel and fire dichotomy.

 

I wish to try my hand at Asioth works in the near future and want to pick your brain on it.

[Nooblius 7965]

Commenting less so to ask a question but to express my appreciation for you answering a lot of questions of mine a while ago. Thank you friend ☺

Do you know anything about the other religious lore on the server? Brathmordakin, Red Faith, Orcs, etc.

How much of the stuff referenced in Gospel was referring to lore that was already determined?

Do you have a timeline to the writing, especially on the earlier end?

 

Were there other players consulting in writing, or was it purely you and dibbo?

 

Thanks, always interested in this type of lore.

[Lortime 1153]

LO AND ATTEND, The Questions of this player; for I am the Player, thy peer, and I know many others. 

 

Is there a specific reason why Auspice is only 3 visions instead of the typical 7 Canticles, epistles, and Books? 

I'm curious if that was intentionally meant to be a deviation from the trend or just happen that way. 

 

Amazing work on the scrolls :)