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The Gods

The gods in the Blueniverse are more like eldritch entities than classic mythological gods. They can be thought of as beings with infinite mana density and infinite intent. They cannot possibly interact with the world directly, as the slightest whim would overwrite it entirely. The precise number of them is unimportant, but they are plural.

The Rest of The World

As noted, there are seven continents. Orn and Einteril primarily have human-kin on them, and occupy relatively the same latitudes. They range from temperate to tropical climates, in general.

Hoarast is far south of both of them, and is mostly frozen – which doesn’t mean lifeless. A high amount of glacial, storm, and water affinity means it’s full of cold-adapted life.

Nicehapoca is to the east of Orn, on the other side of the mage-king archipelago (which may be considered its own pseudo-continent). It’s home to the Chiuxatli, a large number of storm dragons at the center of the continent, and two other sapient nonhuman-kin races. Xhocetli congregate around the southern portion of the continent, and may be roughly considered “snake-people,” though they are warm-blooded hexapeds. All six limbs are tool-using, the tail/lower body is used for locomotion. Ulentec occupy the northern portion of the continent, and may be roughly considered arthropoid in shape. Some Ulentec subspecies can spin silk, which is their primary trade with the Chixuatli.

Q&A

>Ansae, you've mentioned how you were always interested in having kids, and since Blue is going to give you some relatively soon have you thought of any names for them?  On a related note, how big is the average clutch of dragon eggs? And how many kids do you plan on having exactly?

“Bit early for names yet, yes? Dragons clutch from one to three eggs at a time, with almost all being two. I’d want at least two, possibly more.”

>Ansae, what item/artifact do you most regret giving away?

“I had an amulet that would keep you perpetually clean. I really shouldn’t have traded that one.”

>Blue, what technology are you most annoyed at for being made obsolete, by magic?

“Annoyed at? I mean, most of the technologies magic can replace, like medicine, are really fiddly. Though I can see genetic engineering not playing well with magic and that would be irritating.”

>Shayma, what would qualify a member of the Anell (the family that controls the void users) for forgiveness? How deep does this grudge go, or do you see the embargo as the bigger problem?

“The Anells have effectively enslaved the Ell family for decades or longer, but I imagine it’s mostly the family heads that I’d hold responsible. They need to actually give up their control.”

>Iniri, what is your favorite food. Favorite part of being queen? Least favorite part?

“I’m actually very partial to fresh berries with cream. I rather like being able to guide Tarnil to a better place than it was, but the tedium that goes along with that I could do without.”

>Taelah, what is something that you could ask blue to do that you would be too embarrassed to actually ask about? (I'm not necessarily limiting this to ecchi stuff. It could include stuff she doesn't like about her body, habits of Blue that she finds irritating, something she doesn't like about the village, etc.)

(This is a weird question I have no idea)

>Blue: Would you absorb other nations as protectorates temporarily, say a year and a day? Having seen what you can do to a mana ruined nation many would offer you and yours much for even a token effort.

“Not without really good reason. Logistics aside, I don’t want to be babysitting nations for the rest of my life – especially if they become dependent on me and are worse off after I withdraw.”

>On that same note, what would it take for you to be bribed into mending the mage lands? They could trade you more cores for the privilege...

“Depending on what exactly is there I may have to regardless. If I can eat up all their spare cores while I’m at it, that’s just a bonus.”

Cheya: How long are you going to give Iniri before you knock her upside the head and tell her to just get an heir and spare from Blue? A few years would normally be fine but as the world breaks down stability fallows and not having an heir makes attempts on Iniri more likely and more crippling if she even gets mildly wounded.

“Events are proceeding as planned…”

Iniri: Are you waiting on Blue to crush The Anell embargo before trying to get a noble/royal stud from overseas or are you willing to accept the weakened position of being at odds with a major trading power you can't touch in such negotiations?

“We’re not at the point yet where intercontinental relations are important. That said, I’m pretty sure that this issue with Anell will be settled soon enough.”

The other dragon in general: How are you liking your new life under Ansae and Blue?

Syrinu: “I actually don’t mind at all. The Great Lady is rather overwhelming, but it’s an opportunity I’d never get anywhere else and she’s hardly worse than the Clan heads who sent us here to begin with.”