<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=173582.msg8197759#msg8197759">Quote from: NiceTexasGuy on 10-05-2013, 00:31:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">While I'm the type that likes to have all the pieces in place before we begin (just how long <em>does</em> it take to sail from Florin to Guilder when the wind is out of the southeast at 5 to 7 knots?) the irony is that I suck at coming up with names and descriptions - and since I'm on dialup, pictures take forever to find.<br/><br/>That having been said, I'm looking now for character pics and maps.  If either of you finds something you think suitable for either of my guys, by all means please share it.  I do like having the visual references, and having a picture helps with my descriptions.<br/><br/>In addition, a cursory map of the kingdom would be nice ... not necessarily for campaigning, but as a general reference.<br/><br/>I found this for the king, maybe:  <br/><br/>(http://myfamilyclans.com/exhibits/sigismund_i_the_old_king_of_poland.png)<br/><br/>and for the prince:<br/><br/>(http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/ap/bx20212122116.grid-4x2.jpg)<br/><br/>Not that I'm that fond of either picture, they were just the only ones I found close to what I was looking for.<br/><br/>Also, SCA (the Society for Creative Anachronism) has some great resources, and they've also divided the USA into several "kingdoms" so we could probably just use one of their maps -- some part of the country we're all familiar with -- and have a good idea of the geography of the area but with cooler sounding place names that don't sound like modern America.<br/><br/>(http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/74259_10201098207404292_1619943137_n.jpg)<br/><br/>We will, I presume, pretend the kingdom is a European-like setting, even though the continent may resemble North America.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>You have my sympathies for the dial-up, and respect for the reference but that is all I'm afraid. I'm fairly certain I can come up with some better reference pictures than those and I intend to do so. I also already have in mind a map reference that should suffice. Does anyone have a preference for or against real world or digital/drawn reference pictures?<br/><br/>As for names, let me recommend, Behind the Name (http://www.behindthename.com/), as it allows you to search and filter names by meaning and nationality/country of origin. On that note I was picturing our dynamic as one between say a late Imperial Age Florence or another of the Italian states, and the recently united/conquered Austrian Empire. You'll be playing the King and crown Prince of a wealthy, culturally sophisticated city-state, with deep roots in the old order of things and Chaotic Envy and I will be from the relatively recently uplifted expansionist power.