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 May 4 2005, 01:39 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153  |
I completely forgot that I had finished Where a Rock Meets the Sky. I had a lot of people give me some good ideas on the board and just wanted to share it.
Mental note, it's not cannon (so no flamming), but it's still a pretty good story. :) Where a Rock Meets the Sky |
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May 4 2005, 01:47 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Perhaps a quick bit on what you're talking about would help? What is 'Where a Rock Meets the Sky'? An e-book?
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May 4 2005, 01:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
It's a story based on the Will entry in Big D's will. I had a lot of people on the board tossing ideas around as to what the "rock" could have been and used some of them in various ways... then ran my SR group through it. :) I'd completely forgotten to post that the story was done and wanted to post the link as part of a thank you for those who gave me some great ideas... especailly AH. :) |
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May 4 2005, 04:39 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
Aw, shucks. :oops:
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May 6 2005, 02:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 21-March 05 From: Freeport NY Member No.: 7,205 |
Sounds oddly to me like the only rock that meets Earth's sky is, yes, The Moon....
So who knows? |
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May 6 2005, 02:21 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Wasn't that the translated name of a mountain in Australia?
-karma |
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May 6 2005, 03:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
Someone brought that one up. I thought about using it and then decided against it. I believe it was Ayer's Rock, but I could be wrong. |
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May 6 2005, 03:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 189 Joined: 21-April 04 From: Usually in the Nexus Member No.: 6,266 |
I just read the first chapter and the prologue. Looks pretty good so far.
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May 6 2005, 04:56 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
While its a good premis, its kinda... mixed fanfic. I do like 'some; of the Crimnson Skys referances "And when you hit the ground, tell ‘em Marhault Elsdragon sent ya!" Indeed =)
But the light sabers, plasma weapons, antigrav belts, anti-matter? Also, why would anyone be flying a plane thats 70 years old into hard combat? Especally 2 russian, an Israli, and an american. Also, ch 26 referances a Me-262, which by then its a 120 year old german jet fighter. Currently there are 2 in working existance. Love the bit with the astral quest and dweller. Nicly done. |
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May 7 2005, 03:13 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
The one in Australia is named something like "Ayer's rock"
another thought of the resolution of the place named in D's will is the Hymilaya's, especially around Everest and K-2 (Boy talk about a Michael Myers of a thread topic.) |
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May 8 2005, 07:51 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 7,175 |
Not really all that important to the discussion at hand, but you should know that Ayers Rock has been legally known as Uluru (the traditional name) since it was officially returned to the Aboriginal people.
I've lived in Australia all my life and have never heard it referred to as 'Where a Rock Meets the Sky', or anything similar. That said, I don't know what Uluru translates to in English, if anything. |
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May 9 2005, 04:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
Reaver is a little older than he looks, and therefore tends to be a bit on the eccentric side. Hence the reason for the mix of fanfic. :) In my game universe, Novastar makes ME-262's (among other WWII designs) as a cheap alternative to combat jet aircraft. They are especially popular with smaller countries with coorespondingly smaller budgets. These designs are of course upgraded with new technology, both inside and out. The astral quest bit was hillarious. My players didn't quite know what to do with that. :D |
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May 9 2005, 05:23 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,677 Joined: 5-June 03 Member No.: 4,689 |
It's supposed to have no specific meaning, although some websites will claim otherwise. I found this website particularly intriguing. "Where Earth Meets Sky" is a very common subtitle for the Himalayas. I'd also been thinking about a couple of metaphorical interpretations for that phrase within Earthdawn contexts. One referenced the original Earthdawn test for when it would be safe to emerge from the kaers: when the ambient magic level had become low enough for elemental earth and elemental water no longer to hold apart, instead mixing to become mud. After all, Dunkelzahn's interest was in keeping the Horrors from coming to the mundane plane for as long as possible. Within this possibility, we might be looking for a newly formed separation of elemental air and elemental earth: a marker that the Horrors were soon to arrive. The second refers to two of the Earthdawn metaraces which were slow to appear in the Sixth World: windlings (sprites?) and obsidimen. "Where a rock meets the sky": when obsidimen emerge from their liferocks into the Sixth World? |
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May 10 2005, 04:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
Exactly, and that's why I included the Himalaya's in the story. As well as alittle Earthdawn twist just for giggles. :)
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May 10 2005, 05:14 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
I've lost count for the number of potential locations. ALso, for the number of people sending me potential locations.
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May 10 2005, 05:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 24-February 03 From: Tucson Member No.: 4,153 |
I know the feeling. I had to site down with all the ideas and decide which ones I wanted and which one's I didn't. :) |
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