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The formatting makes me want to vomit.

Halt the salt-posting; I’d rather not lock the thread. If you have criticism make it well, or not at all.

From what I’ve heard through players who would even potentially want to rewrite the lore, it doesn't seem likely. Given that the only input from Flam was to basically screw off. Either way I’ve had a lot of fun with it. So if the only way forward is to nerf it into the ground and pretend its some Witcher rip I’d rather it be killed as the piece of writing it is, rather than some second rate rewrite.

THE FIST OF MOREA stood upon the cliff-side, fly down. He stared out across his ancestral land; once martyred in the wake of an old enemy fought in the past. The land was now being restored to previously fertile state. His work, and that of others, were as a prayer in the name of the gods. Their gods; who aided each act of labour readily. It was slow work, but the circle of life would be returned to Gladewynn in due time. “These humans paid us a kindness that the floozy Malinite degenerates could never deliver us. They sit fat and lazy in their tree huts fornicating with barren women and weak men. We chose a more honorable path. The Hunter blessed us with newfound friendships, and the Warrior will grant us the strength to defend them”

Aneir’in Ithelanen signs on the doted line.

Casimir wipes his nose with a rough handkerchief, having just finished a re-penning of the once great document. “Formatted right and proper for a new generation.”

Aneirin Ithelanen sneers at the Malinite traditions. “A Caerme’onn ploy no doubt; the harem must truly be running dry to attempt such degenerative measure.”

This man’s writing is very easy on the eyes, I support it wholeheartedly.

Nobody breaks the law under my watch, pay your fine or it’s off to jail.

Gambling is for degenerates, cease and desist criminal scum.

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly. If you feel this is a mistake, please contact myself or any FM and we'll restore it.

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly. If you feel this is a mistake, please contact myself or any FM and we'll restore it.

If this is how Striga are to be rewritten they should just be shelved outright. The middle ground is more like a hijacking of the original piece and fundamentally changes the pillars that made being a Striga compelling. This lotc medium is high fantasy, Striga lore was written in low fantasy; the two perspectives are at odds with each other. They they don’t mix, and if you’re going to use someone else’s work you should at the least honour the source material and use it effectively. That means no dragons no ties to blood magic, no levitation, and no vampires WIELDING magic. The use of Aeldin and Anthos interchangeably is also confusing, travel and the way it’s implied in this lore piece is really vague. A dragon across the ocean hundreds of kilometers away shouldn’t be able to just ‘take an interest,’ the way things progress and the time it takes them to do so is actually important if you’re just going to continent hop like that. Lore should be localized when dealing with massive landmasses instead. Last thing I want to touch on is the way this piece seems to trade off development and independence for flavour. Along with the low-fantasy focus, the second most important aspect of Striga lore is the character interaction. All the overlords of Strigadom act essentially as absentee landlords, Gedym aep Helgraen and the Unseen are hands off and thats how they should be. Striga are the outsiders and server-side, only really reprehensible by their peers. It’s a cringey to me that the progenitor of all Striga is being tossed around server lore just so you can check off a box. The priority here is on flashy powers and mandated bloodline traits which seems kind of redundant, with Striga the focus is instead on how your character develops in relation to others and how they reconcile the change within themselves due to their turning. This as opposed to getting tossed one of these archon vamp archetypes and levitation as a free appetizer. It took a long time for vampires to become a thing on LOTC, and it wasn't because people desperately wanted to rp a bloodsucking cliche. This server has magic and monsters and gods and demons; avenues for creativity without relying on tropes, which is why for the longest time they weren’t a thing. It’s also why werewolves failed, because when all that matters is the ‘niche’ it isn’t enough. The reason why Strigae worked was because story, character, and simplicity were prioritized. I appreciate that you guys want to put the old stuff to bed and come up with something new so please do that. Vampires don’t need to be convoluted to be fun. Just come up with something fresh and leave the old men out of the picture. So preferably no references to the original lore piece, apologies for the rant.

Do yourselves a favour and accept this already

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