<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=158503.msg7363596#msg7363596">Quote from: PaleEnchantress on 11-12-2012, 06:38:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Do you have time for us to get into juicy plot bits before you go abroad?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I don't think so, no. Sorry.<br/><br/>So, how are you guys going to split up? I'd like to know before I leave. I was thinking you could could elect two players to be sub-GMs. I'd instruct them on what they can do, and post myself when I can.<br/><br/>Oh yeah, when picking teams, you should not only consider the PCs capabilities but also their allies and henchmen.<br/><br/>Yes, Solars do have the Creation Ruling Mandate, but this doesn't mean gods have to listen to them. It just means they'd be breaking the law if they disobey. This doesn't mean gods won't be unhappy if you poach their followers, or that they won't try to undermine or betray you.<br/><br/>As a note, though: not sending Widow to Great Forks means sending her to the City of Life (not an official name, but it may as well be). :P<br/><br/>So yeah, Greenhaven info that you can get via an Intelligence + Lore roll that I won't be paying too much attention too.<br/><br/>1 sux:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">It's a lush and fertile city in the Scavenger Lands, a real flower in the Confederation. It's a true beauty, with prime living conditions, and everyone wants to live there.</div></div><br/>2 sux:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Greenhaven is known as the Paradise of the Scavenger Lands. Centuries ago, a pair of fertility gods married and rose to rule over the city, blessing it with unnatural fertility. Other communities nearby soon came to worship the two gods as well, and so the kingdom of Vidari was formed. It's one of the most peaceful places in the Scavenger Lands, where nature and civilization coexist without a problem, and extremely wealthy for the crops that it trades to other nations, with more than enough leftover for the citizens of the kingdom, and it has more harvests throughout the year than any other nation in the world. Crops from Vidari are highly regarded across the East, known for freshness that lasts unnaturally long and succulent taste among other things, all enabled by the continued blessing of the kingdom's twin rulers.</div></div><br/>3 sux:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">The city doesn't live solely on crops, however. The domain of fertility gods includes cattle, after all. Generally speaking, all products from Vidari are top notch and near-impossible to surpass. The Guild conducts business there, they own several fields across the country, where they produce a wealth of crops, both sustenance goods and drugs of all kinds. In exchange, they pay the rulers a very handsome fee.<br/><br/>Greenhaven is surrounded by crop fields for miles, and a number of settlements exist near the city but technically outside of it, for farm owners who want to stay close to their property. The city itself is positively covered in plant life, growths all over the streets and buildings, never growing beyond having the look of a pretty sheet of green and blossoms. Most likely by some blessing of the godly spouses, the plant life never obstructs the lives of the citizens or damages any structures.<br/><br/>The Priesthood of the Divine Unity are the ruling organization of the city, serving and rendering tribute to the two fertility gods. They comprise the bureaucracy, run the commerce houses and maintain the country's army. In particular, Vidari maintains a well-trained army, enhanced by thaumaturgists and a substantial part of its conscripts are God-blooded and enlightened mortals.</div></div><br/>4 sux:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Public nudity is not taboo in Vidari, in fact it's the norm. This is not to say that being clothed is taboo, either. Even the most hardcore nudists often need to cover up during the cold months of the year. A large number of narcotics are legal in the country, the ones that aren't inherently life-threatening, allowing citizens to indulge their vices without worry, as is public fornication. This is not to say that every street in Greenhaven is a sordid orgy of the flesh, though. Usually it's just a couple fucking on a bench. Two people (of either gender) relationships are the norm, though if the other partner agrees, either is allowed to take on other lovers as long as they return home to their partner.<br/><br/>Crimes that disrupt the lives of others are, of course, illegal in Vidari. Murder, thievery, assault, etc.</div></div><br/>5 sux:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">The God-King of Vidari is called En-Yara of Abundant Grace, and his God-Queen is Harmonious Blossom of the Sunrise have not yet sired a child of their own, but they have taken many lovers in the past and maintain several in the present. They have spawned many God-blooded children with their lovers, and enlighten mortals on occasion, and the dissemination of their enlightened blood has resulted in a substantial portion of Vidari's population being comprised of Essence-users. Such individuals usually join the Priesthood of the Divine Unity, or Vidari's army.<br/><br/>The two divine rulers reside in the Palace of Viridian Shine, a manse located in the middle of Greenhaven. Though it has a solid roof, the inside of the building is like a well-lit garden, the illusion being so effective that a newcomer unfamiliar with it could enter and think they were still outside. Bushels, gardens, even a few small trees can be found all over the palace.</div></div><br/>6 sux:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">The story goes, a greedy Scavenger Lord once rose to great power in his trade, becoming so wealthy he was able to found his own nation. His officials and army were comprised of the cutthroats and lowlives that used to work for his operation, and the kingdom was prosperous at first, but the new king's avarice knew no bounds. He sought to expand his grip, conquering nearby small nations in his zeal for power, until he came across Vidari. Peaceful, helpless Vidari ripe for the picking.<br/><br/>Aware of the king's approach, the two gods sent an envoy to meet him. The king sent the envoy's head back in a box after he was fed his genitals, and his army razed one of the country's border towns to the ground, raping and pillaging all that lived in it.<br/><br/>This angered the married gods greatly, and so they cursed the king and his army, who woke up one morning to find their genitals vanished, nothing but smooth skin in their place. This curse fell upon all the wicked inhabitants of the king's nation, and so demoralized, they were destroyed by Vidari's army. Within a year the Scavenger Lord's kingdom was all but forgotten.</div></div><br/>Other locations in the Scavenger Lands you can find details on through White Wolf books, mainly Compass of Terrestrial Directions: The Scavenger Lands.