Planetary Rundown: The Archipelago

[hadrielmods]

You voted, and we tallied those votes! Well, the poll function did that for us, but still. The winner, by a good margin, was the ocean planet. Don't worry, you'll probably get to see the rest eventually, but for now... take a look at your new home.

THE ARRIVAL

After the decision was made to move the city, the gods held a poll - and Fear held an event to get a little boost of power. Hey, transporting an entire city and all its inhabitants is hard work, so thanks for your tiny contribution of fear! Make sure you've done all the exploring you wanted before May 27th, because that's the day Fear will move everything.

The transfer is almost instantaneous. For extremely sensitive characters, there may be a very brief moment of disorientation, but most people won't notice anything. After all, Fear was transporting the city every few months when it was underground, and no one was affected then. This, however, will be a little more obvious, as the two suns above will disappear and be replaced with a cloudy sky and a single sun.

The city will be moved entirely intact. Everything within the city will be moved, from houses to people to any monsters that might have wandered in. Everything outside the city will be left behind, and if that happens to be a character, well, sucks for you. Fear can't go back to fetch anyone, so that would be an automatic drop - which is to say, make sure you're in Hadriel when the move happens. And what'll you find when it's all over?

THE ISLANDS

Last time, the city arrived entirely intact. This time, everything that was in the city will arrive, but the city itself will be... different.



This world is mainly ocean, dotted with small islands. In the location where Fear decided to put the city, there are no islands large enough to contain the entire city. So Hadriel itself has been separated, broken up onto four different islands. Wherever you were when the city moved, that's where you are now, so if you weren't at home, you might not get home for awhile. It might be on another island entirely, separated from you by cold, churning ocean. Oh, and for the first couple weeks there are no boats.

Whatever was on the islands before is gone, replaced by the familiar buildings and streets of Hadriel, except now some of the streets simply end at cliffs and rocky beaches, only to be continued on another island some distance away. The distance between islands varies, but the closest points are about a quarter mile apart, and everything else is further. It isn't always too far, and you might be able to swim it, but the oceans surrounding the islands are not exactly peaceful and warm.

The climate is temperate - cloudy and cool, with occasional rain. While the sun peeks out sometimes, and there are even clear and bright days from time to time, you can generally expect overcast skies and light rainfall, with a good amount of wind blowing across the unsheltered tops of the islands. Every once in awhile small storms will sweep in from the ocean, bringing rain and higher winds, but they're nothing dangerous - as long as you're on land. So... not exactly great beach weather overall, but maybe a nice change from all that desert heat, right? In addition, this world has only one sun, as well as one moon with a 12 day cycle.

Besides the islands the city is on, the ocean is dotted with a number of other islands - some as much as a mile or two across, others barely more than a boulder sticking out of the ocean. There are a few close enough to be visible from the city, but even the closest are much too far to swim to. The islands the city has been placed upon are reasonably close together, and the water between them is relatively calm as long as the wind's low. But venture too far beyond these islands, and the water gets deep and choppy and very, very cold. Exploring is going to be a tricky proposition, at least until you get some decent boats.

Traveling might be worth it, though - on the islands where Hadriel has appeared, there are no plants or animals besides what came with the city and some varieties of grass and moss along the rocky shores. On other islands, however, there's a bit more: grass, small trees, flowers, and even various kinds of small rodent and bird-like animals. Also on some of these islands might be found strange artifacts - but that's a story for later. In the ocean itself, if you choose to brave the cold waves, there are various types of fish, seaweed, and out in the deeper waters you might even catch sight of whale or shark-like creatures. Of course, none of them resemble anything from Earth, and some of them are quite dangerous.

OTHER DETAILS

As stated earlier, when the city first arrives on this new world, there won't be any boats. If you happened to be away from home, you might need to find somewhere to stay for awhile on whichever island you ended up on! The gods will quickly become aware of the need for ocean transportation, though, and after a week or two will begin to supply various different kinds of boats. None of them are built for long distances, so stay close to home for now. Oh, and there aren't enough for everyone in the city to have one, so you'll have to learn to share - and to drive or row them. Or maybe you'd rather just cut down a few trees from the park and try to make your own?

Another thing to keep in mind is that from now on, when the Door opens, any monsters that come through will have nowhere to go. Luckily, Hope pushed all the previous monsters out, leaving the city nice and clear when it arrives on the new world - but now that the city is surrounded by water, that'll be a much more difficult prospect. The island that the colosseum is on will have the worst of it, unless flying or swimming monsters arrive, so some of you will be able to put your monster-hunting skills to good use.

So have fun in your new home! The weather's a nice change, at least, and if any of you like going for ocean cruises you'll be set for awhile. The monsters might be a tiny problem, plus potentially ending up on a different island than your house, but hey, it's no big deal. It's all a new adventure, right?

Finally, for reference, here's a rundown of which locations ended up on which island:

North Island Rage's Temple Confusion's Temple Armory Park Spire 2 Spire 3 City Guard HQ Sewing Shop

West Island Spire 1 Spire 4 Houses Imported Houses Fear's Temple Hope's Temple Colosseum Clinic Science Lab Watchtower

East Island Love's Housing Sorrow's Temple Love's Temple Orchard Hot Springs Watchtower

South Island Delight's Housing Delight's Temple Tranquility's Temple Silent Hill Zone Moped Lot Speakeasy Watchtower

Comments

QUESTIONS

[hadrielmods]

[puzzlingly]

Are we back to relatively normal night spans?!

[hadrielmods]

Yes, it'll be a 24-hour day with normal night lengths.

[puzzlingly]

ohgods thank you so much

also, those are some cute boats <3

Re: QUESTIONS

[dedikated]

Will each of the islands have places to get food from?

[hadrielmods]

Yes, there will be at least a few shops on each island, though the variety will of course be less.

[dedikated]

At least they're not starving again lmao

Wait wait. How are the clinic and guard hq on separate islands? They were rebuilt in neighbouring buildings, or is that irrelevant to Fear?

[hadrielmods]

OOC reason: our graphics wizard was working off the current map, which hadn't had that updated.

IC reason: Fear does not give even 1 shit.

[dedikated]

Fair enough lmao. I am endlessly entertained by fear being like "eh good enough" and planning them down anywhere.

[imhisaunt]

Hello! I need to figure out where Delmar's bakery might have ended up.

[hadrielmods]

Where was it before the city moved?

[imhisaunt]

In a building near the moped lot.

[hadrielmods]

Then it can still be near the moped lot, down on the south island.

[imhisaunt]

Great. Thank you!

Re: QUESTIONS

[pellameno]

Hey mods! Can I get a read on where Pell's garden wound up? On the old map it was along the river down by Confusion's temple. Thanks!

[hadrielmods]

Sure! That could end up on the north island.

[pellameno]

Excellent, thanks again!

[synthedick]

Would they be able to eventually construct some bridges between certain islands? Because Nick might bring that up, and it could be a new player project.

[hadrielmods]

While it's not impossible, it would be difficult and certainly a long-term project. The closest distance between islands is a quarter mile, so any bridge-building would involve finding the materials and skill to build a safe bridge that crosses that expanse. And again, that's the closest distance - most are further apart and would require even more skill and materials.

[synthedick]

Sounds good! Might be something they have to appeal to the gods for, which brings its own sort of project. Thanks, mods!

[lifetothefullest]

When does the actual move take place, generally (like morning, midday, etc)? Just for purposes of planning where characters might be at the time.

[hadrielmods]

Late morning, around 10:30 am.

[lifetothefullest]

Awesome, thank you!

[pocketspa]

So for characters who can fly: can they already whiz over to some of the closer islands to check 'em out? Or would it be something we should wait on for plot reasons/high winds/ect? For reference for the kind of limitations I'm looking at, Taako can turn into animals and has been shown flying as a bird before, and can also turn others into animals for a limited amount of time. The duration for each cast is an hour so that's the max amount of distance he or anyone with him would be able to travel.

[hadrielmods]

Taako could fly around the city islands easily enough, but all the other islands are further than an hour's flight (for a regular-sized bird) away.

[pocketspa]

Works for me! He'll fleece people plenty as it stands. Thanks!

[circumitus]

There were still some remains of the dam and generator that were being salvaged and rebuilt, but seeing as there's no longer a river running through the city I'm wondering if it would be gone completely now or something? I guess it wouldn't really work anymore with no river flowing through, and Rey was working with Kaiba on some alternate energy sources anyway, but yeah.

[hadrielmods]

Any remains that were on land would still be there, any in the river are now gone. And yes, it would no longer work even if rebuilt - there are tides, but no river flow.

[fernbeleafer]

Ahh island party! This is so cool!

Could you offer guidance on whether Keyleth's wild shape ability is Too Much? She could potentially fly/swim up to 60MPH for up to six hours at a time, up to twice daily. While she wouldn't just peace out on everyone on her own like that, she often scouts ahead for her party in her canon and will be excited to look around.

I don't think she could maintain those limits for any duration, but even halving them exceeds the scope of the previous flight-question. I figured I should check in separately, just in case! Thank you (and I'm so sorry) <3

[hadrielmods]

With her ability she could potentially visit a couple of the closer islands, but she wouldn't find much there besides some trees and bushes. We're assuming that she won't immediately start flying when she hits the island- at the moment, we'd like to limit far-reaching exploration while everyone settles in. However, future plot points will involve traveling outward, during which Keyleth's abilities could definitely come in handy!

[fernbeleafer]

Awesome, thank you!

[knockthemdead]

hiya! so previously, Kravitz's portals have worked within the confine of the city. would they still work with it all broken up?

[hadrielmods]

Yep!

[knockthemdead]

Awesome, thank you!

[pocketspa]

pops in for another question but this is more wondering on the long term

are the previous monsters who were outside of the city just... gone now? because the city moved without them and they were repelled out? So the beastiary is like, Gonezo

[hadrielmods]

The bestiary is, in fact, gonezo. At least until new monsters arrive! Hope was given enough power during the collection period that he was able to push all the monsters far outside the city, and so when Hadriel was moved the monsters did not come along.

[tongueamok]

New monsters yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Re: QUESTIONS

[so_dark_a_road]

Are the fish in the ocean edible? And if so, do these fish swim close enough to the Hadriel islands for people to fish off the cliffs or wade out into the water and cast their lines?

Or would they have to take the boats out to find the fish?

[hadrielmods]

The fish in the ocean are mostly edible - just like Earth fish, some of them are unappetizing and some of them might make you sick, but in general they can be eaten. They can be fished for from shore, but there will be more offshore.

[so_dark_a_road]

Oh good. Thanks!