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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 19-October 06 Member No.: 9,656 ![]() |
Hey, all. Recently returning to SR and trying to catch up with some history. So, here's my basic question- what's happened to Tir Tairngire since the sourcebook, and where can I find that info? I saw on the Wiki that the Council of Princes is no more. Where was that revealed, or what happened? ^_^
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Immoral Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 ![]() |
Shadows of North America has quite a bit of info updating Tir Tairngire.
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Running Target ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 ![]() |
There might be more in the main SR4 book, I'll take a look again.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 750 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 9,059 ![]() |
SoNA is entirely out of date from a political perspective. At best it provides a fig leaf explaining why whatever happened, happened. Exactly what and especially how are...not well explained.
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Immoral Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 ![]() |
And yet, that is where what little information there is on the subject can be found. Do you have a better source of canon information updating Tir Tairngire from its sourcebook till (almost) the present? |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Iraq Member No.: 1,789 ![]() |
First thing that springs to mind is Runner Havens. Has a tidbit about the Tir in it.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 750 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 9,059 ![]() |
The problem is that the vast majority of stuff in SoNA that is new is pretty much also obsolete. It's like someone saying "the last thing I know about Germany ended at Bismarck's death, and now I hear there's this Hitler guy in charge. What should I read to find out about that?" And then you have to tell him to read a book on Kaiser Wilhelm I, because no one knows anything about Hitler or his Nazi party except that they took power. Hey, how different could it be, right? SoNA is of historical interest, but knowing that the Rite of Progression was canceled in a particular year, that the economy went through a bad patch 2057-2061, and the names of a couple of then new elven princes means very little in 2070. I'd as soon read a magazine article profiling New Orleans in 2004 as a guide to the city today. Still, SoNA does retain more use for some of the other countries, so it wouldn't be a complete waste of money. |
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Immoral Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 ![]() |
Yeah, I understand that. But coming from the point of view of someone who only has access to the original Tir Tairngire sourcebook and is interested in more information, SoNA definitely qualifies as an update on that nation.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Iraq Member No.: 1,789 ![]() |
According to Runner Havens (sorry, had to find my copy of it) Tir Tairngire is now a democracy led by Larry Zincan, an ork and a former Prince. The wall bordering Portland is gone, metahumans are at least citizens now, the underground "Rinelle ke'Tesrae" is now helping form political opinions, Lofwyr is gone and Hestaby is now the dragon of the Tir. Smuggling is still going on and the Tir is in an economical slump, but other than that, I don't know.
I'd suggest checking out SoNA and RH for better info. |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 7-January 05 From: Ultra wideband Member No.: 6,944 ![]() |
Anything new info on the other princes in RH? Aside from that little bit (either it was in SF or SR4) about Surehand hiding from the Ghosts?
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Mystery Archaeologist ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 ![]() |
Nothing clwear but it is heavily implied that they've just shifted their power to behind the scenes.
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629 ![]() |
The Princes largely vanished, bailing out of the country. The Council of Princes is no more, with the Star Chamber having turned into an actual representative body. No idea if social upheaval has eradicated even the *concept* of princes and social strata, but I'd imagine so. When Portland's wall came down, those on the hill (Royal Hill? I forget the name now) pretty much vamoosed, and had their estates looted.
Boiling it down, it sounds like the French Revolution, with a lil' less Guillotiene. |
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Freelance Elf ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 ![]() |
Which is, y'know, patently ridiculous given the power levels of the characters in question, and the number of other extremely powerful combat-oriented Initiatory Groups sworn to serve them.
If previous editions hadn't worked so damned hard at spelling out exactly how things worked, this one suddenly turning that on it's head (in the face of logic and reason) wouldn't have been such a big deal. But when you spend sourcebook after sourcebook after novel after shadow-hint explaining just how badass some people are, just how badass their magically-sworn-to-loyalty soldiers are, yadda yadda yadda, having those people suddenly running scared (or having swathes of them suddenly betraying Oaths with a capital O, aka, also betraying their Initiatory Groups) is just...ugh. I understand things had to get all shaken up, or whatever, but the changes to TT just felt heavy-handed and pointless. |
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Mystery Archaeologist ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,906 Joined: 19-September 05 From: The apple tree Member No.: 7,760 ![]() |
I'm treating the changes as mostly cosmetic, the poers have realisied that the old ways don't work and have let the revolution win while disappearing into the background to adjust and continue their plans, plus a decent chunk of the real power in the Tir had already left, Ehran to the DIMR and Aithne to attack Lofwyr(most probably).
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629 ![]() |
Well, you can file in some explinations with some work. Erhan had bailed on the place already, Lofwyr was out, and Surehand was "Sulking in his tent like a guy from Chile" (Read a book!) ... you'd better believe that ol' Wordsmyth was, if not teh main player in teh Tir, at least in the top three. Turning his guys loose or, worse, actively against those in control would be a HUGE move. Then you add in Hestaby, who had promised that she wouldn't let the Elves blast through her land and into Free Cal ... and who may well have pulled strings to make it happen. Fostering a rebellion "Of the people" is right up her alley, doubly so if she'd found that a Prince or two had engaged in Downtime Hunting. "You killed one of my kind, so, I'm breaking your little dream. Now, we're even."
From there, it's just sociology. Once the economy went south, the middle class, which normally keeps things stable, saw that their only chance of advanced (The games) were gone, thus stranding them at their current level for good. and that level was dropping, thanks to the Embargo. Crime went up as some members got turfed frmo jobs and had no other way to survive, which meant more police, which meant higher taxes, which lead to more grumbling (And a few more entries into the homeless side), and then THAT lead to riots, which were caught on camera, including the brutal counter-repression, which foisted MORE discontent ... it was an ugly spiral. Being able to whip up a Force 9 Fire Spirit to disperse a crowd doesn't play well on the evening news, lemme tells ja. From there, it was a simple thing where the majority had reason to rebel, so did, and the country basicly semi-collapsed until the citizen coup. In all likelyhood, the Tir will limp along for a few years until a major player (Erhan?) pops back up to take control again as president/prime minister, rebuilding the Body Politic and the country in a more republican way. Probably a parlimentary system akin to England's, with the Star Chamber and the Council of Princes as the lower and upper houses, respectively, topped with an elected official ... probably a general election, rather than the ascension of a Prince, but, you never know. And Hestaby will put a lil' checkmark on her "ToDo" list. |
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 ![]() |
Sure it does... When you own the news. You think North Korea's news agency (singular) report on any, let alone every, act of violence by the state that may occur?
I still think that the fact that they kept the name Star Chamber is really the most callow and obvious sign that things haven't changed, you know, given the sheer irony of the chamber being called that in the first place (which Nigel Findley was apt to mention pretty heavy-handedly). At least, I hope it was considered. However, the likelihood of my hopes vs reality being the same or even proximate are nil. |
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Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 ![]() |
It was considered and we'll get round to the Tir soon enough.
Pity your mind is made up regarding SR4. Submissions for that particular book will be coming up soon. But then again you probably wouldn't like the constraints the writers tend to be under. [edited and corrected] |
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Uncle Fisty ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 ![]() |
Wakshaani I think has the right of it in just how it may come about. The Tir as described in SoNA was pretty hopeless. You can only opress a people so much before they fight back, and with a pair of dragons quietly helping things along...
We did have a regime change along the lines of what was set up in the Tir SB (the vote of no confidence, complete w/ extracting Blake Ladner so that his vote was "yes") in our game, but we kept the same general Tir caste system. I think it's more interesting than another democracy. I do like that Larry Zincan is in charge though. Eitehr way I'm looking forward to seeing the deatils on the changes. |
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Shooting Target ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629 ![]() |
*perk* Do tell? |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 20-December 05 Member No.: 8,088 ![]() |
Wow, I only read the Tir Tairngire book last week. At the end I was horrified at the fascist Princes and now I find out they're gone?
Cool! Which books should I read to explain such a great turn of events? Please tell me a firing squad was involved with at least one Prince? |
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Target ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 19-October 06 Member No.: 9,656 ![]() |
That's sort of where this question came from. ;) What did Synner's comment mean? ^_^; |
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Bushido Cowgirl ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 ![]() |
[In Character] ...Yayyyyy! Daddy's lost his job and his mansion, and his fancy cars, and his money and all his bad elf council friends. I guess I do get the last laugh after all *sound of a bronx cheer*. KK [Out of character] ...sorry she does get excited at times... Haven't read RH yet since we are doing some missions related to it. Been looking for any info on the TT since SoNA. Almost nothing was mentioned in System Failure about how the Crash affected the Tir. Looking forward to more info as it comes out. Any clue as to which forthcoming sourcebook will have more about changes to the Land of Promise?. [In Character] ...I just hope mum & sister are alright... KK |
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 ![]() |
Good lord. Is that supposed to be English? |
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Prime Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 ![]() |
Close enough, he's Portugese. I'll translate: It's a pity that you've expressed defeatism on the subject of submitting proposals to FanPro, because there is going to be an open call for submissions for the next book that will talk about the Tir and you've obviously thought a lot about that subject. -Frank |
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Uncle Fisty ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 ![]() |
KK:
System Failure did have the run idea about Lugh Surehand being on the run from Ghosts. personally I didn't care for that since he's an IE, and shouldn't have to run from most anyone, but it works in the context of the idea that it's trying to show the upheavel going on. Just push the *I forgot he's immortal/all powerful* button. |
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