12-05-2015, 08:50 PM
Here are the rest!
July: Tiurai
Many people think July is one of the most magical of the islands because the creatures native to the island are fantastical and some have glimmers of magic themselves. Dragons, unicorns, chimeras, and many other such creatures claim July as their home. The natives are all very proud and stick to their home although some of their children (and a few of the adults) will go off to sew their wild oats before settling back home. The result is that if you happen across a winged cat, or a lion with more than one tail, or a rat with three heads, there is a very good chance they have family that can be traced to one of the mythical races on July.
Another reason why many people seek to live elsewhere is that there is an unspoken caste system on July with the dragons being at the top of the hierarchy and controlling most of the governance duties of the island. They live in fortresses built into the mountains while everyone else lives in villages below or in the vast expanses of desert outside of them. The coast is ringed with a thick jungle that makes entering or exiting difficult if you don’t know the paths. Because of this, July is considered the most mysterious of the islands and is rumored to have many secret treasure troves and other hidden things.
August: Aukate
Aukate is the largest and most populated of the islands and is the last of the three ‘summer’ islands. The central governmental hub is here along with the main base for the military service (the minions) and most of the schools and major research facilities. Out of all of the islands, Aukate has grown the most from the technological and cultural renaissance brought on by Fox’s reign as many new buildings sprung up very quickly. The most impressive of which was the lair itself.
The island is unofficially divided into regions, The Lair region is where most of the Overlord’s facilities are located. The student region houses most of the schools and colleges. And the Residential region is where most civilians live and shop and work. There are also some independent laboratories and small colonies of villages, but for the most part Aukate is the melting pot of the Calendar islands where people go to learn, live, and serve the islands they love.
Tepetema: September
The first of the three Fall islands, September is harsh and rocky and difficult to tame. It has a high population of reptillians who seem to thrive in the harsh elements. There are pockets of forest and a few lakes, but overall September is full of rocky canyons and hills. Some people whisper that there might be ruins full of treasure and secrets here, but few are willing to hunt for them.
Just like it's harsh environment, September houses some harsh industries. Most of the facilities where metal is smelted and fuel and chemicals are refined are on September. Raw materials are prepared here and then shipped to the other islands as needed. Because most of the items requested are from March, most of the business on the island is with that one. Unofficially March is a sister island to September and many of the insectoid and avian workers come to help the refineries on September.
Also, most of the waste generated on the other islands ends up here. Anything that can get recycled will be, and the rest are put in landfills that are handled as environmentally friendly as possible.
October: Okotopa
When you hear of an island where predation is legal and where you may hunt, kill, and potentially eat a sentient species the images conjured up are of large predators attacking defenseless prey animals and lording over them like harsh cruel masters. Well, wipe that image out of your head because October is nothing like that at all.
All too often someone decides they’re going to get in touch with their ‘feral’ side and go to October and hunt. What usually happens is that they get off the boat, make it about half a mile into the jungle there and they are instantly beset upon by one of the tribes of herbivores or omnivores. These tribesmen (the rats and mice particularly like playing with the predator tourists) will usually strip the predator naked, tie them up and laugh at them for an hour or so, and then drag them back to town and drop them on the ‘no predation allowed’ side before returning to their village. The predator animals that live in the forests are usually either irredeemably insane and genuinely dangerous, or have very precise bargains with the nearby prey tribes. All of the predators that live on October are genuinely dangerous, even to each other.
Out of all of the islands, October is the most unknown and most mysterious. Although it is technically part of the Calendar islands and are subject to the Overlord, they have no representatives and no leader. And nobody is willing to go in and try and negotiate as all of the ambassadors have ended up stripped naked and tossed back into town.
November: Noema
Yes, there are humans on Aukate. There are quite a few, actually. And most of them call the last of the fall islands, November, their home.
With Fox’s reign and the expanded need to import items from external sources from time to time, the humans of Aukate serve a particular niche. They and they alone can venture forth and work the boats that carry things and do the face to face business dealings outside of Aukate. Consequently humans live very comfortable lives on the islands and have almost guaranteed employment from the moment they can work on a ship. There are a few nonhumans on the island and many humans who venture to other islands to seek their fortunes in other ways, but for the most part many of the native human population are happy to have well paying work and have settled here.
Because of the export work, the shipyards and storage warehouses for the islands are primarily located on Noema. It is also the only island where actual mechanical engines are used as they are needed to power the large cranes used to unload cargo and pilot the cargo ships.
December: Titema
December is the one island nobody wants to go to willingly if they can help it. Titema is where criminals and the mentally ill are sent. The few people who live independently are colonies formed from people who objected to the sudden technological renaissance on the islands and wanted to get as far from it as possible. The governor is a bear who creatively refers to himself as ‘Polar’.
The magical barrier that shields the islands from prying eyes is generated on December, and the presence of electronic devices weakens it so excessive use is forbidden and any ships that come in are thoroughly inspected for contraband just in case someone tries to smuggle something in. The tablets that are in such heavy use on the other islands are completely useless here and if you are caught with one it will be taken and destroyed.
One thing this lack of technology has spawned are ‘low tech’ innovations where many amazing devices have been built out of clockwork or are controlled by pulleys and gears. The facilities that house criminals and the mentally ill have a few technological items but they are limited and heavily monitored.
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And finally, these are not the only islands on Aukate. There are many smaller islands but they're not large enough to hold a large population or any significant industry. This does not give players free reign to invent an island if they don't like what they have to choose from. But it does mean that there's more to the islands than just these twelve.
July: Tiurai
Many people think July is one of the most magical of the islands because the creatures native to the island are fantastical and some have glimmers of magic themselves. Dragons, unicorns, chimeras, and many other such creatures claim July as their home. The natives are all very proud and stick to their home although some of their children (and a few of the adults) will go off to sew their wild oats before settling back home. The result is that if you happen across a winged cat, or a lion with more than one tail, or a rat with three heads, there is a very good chance they have family that can be traced to one of the mythical races on July.
Another reason why many people seek to live elsewhere is that there is an unspoken caste system on July with the dragons being at the top of the hierarchy and controlling most of the governance duties of the island. They live in fortresses built into the mountains while everyone else lives in villages below or in the vast expanses of desert outside of them. The coast is ringed with a thick jungle that makes entering or exiting difficult if you don’t know the paths. Because of this, July is considered the most mysterious of the islands and is rumored to have many secret treasure troves and other hidden things.
August: Aukate
Aukate is the largest and most populated of the islands and is the last of the three ‘summer’ islands. The central governmental hub is here along with the main base for the military service (the minions) and most of the schools and major research facilities. Out of all of the islands, Aukate has grown the most from the technological and cultural renaissance brought on by Fox’s reign as many new buildings sprung up very quickly. The most impressive of which was the lair itself.
The island is unofficially divided into regions, The Lair region is where most of the Overlord’s facilities are located. The student region houses most of the schools and colleges. And the Residential region is where most civilians live and shop and work. There are also some independent laboratories and small colonies of villages, but for the most part Aukate is the melting pot of the Calendar islands where people go to learn, live, and serve the islands they love.
Tepetema: September
The first of the three Fall islands, September is harsh and rocky and difficult to tame. It has a high population of reptillians who seem to thrive in the harsh elements. There are pockets of forest and a few lakes, but overall September is full of rocky canyons and hills. Some people whisper that there might be ruins full of treasure and secrets here, but few are willing to hunt for them.
Just like it's harsh environment, September houses some harsh industries. Most of the facilities where metal is smelted and fuel and chemicals are refined are on September. Raw materials are prepared here and then shipped to the other islands as needed. Because most of the items requested are from March, most of the business on the island is with that one. Unofficially March is a sister island to September and many of the insectoid and avian workers come to help the refineries on September.
Also, most of the waste generated on the other islands ends up here. Anything that can get recycled will be, and the rest are put in landfills that are handled as environmentally friendly as possible.
October: Okotopa
When you hear of an island where predation is legal and where you may hunt, kill, and potentially eat a sentient species the images conjured up are of large predators attacking defenseless prey animals and lording over them like harsh cruel masters. Well, wipe that image out of your head because October is nothing like that at all.
All too often someone decides they’re going to get in touch with their ‘feral’ side and go to October and hunt. What usually happens is that they get off the boat, make it about half a mile into the jungle there and they are instantly beset upon by one of the tribes of herbivores or omnivores. These tribesmen (the rats and mice particularly like playing with the predator tourists) will usually strip the predator naked, tie them up and laugh at them for an hour or so, and then drag them back to town and drop them on the ‘no predation allowed’ side before returning to their village. The predator animals that live in the forests are usually either irredeemably insane and genuinely dangerous, or have very precise bargains with the nearby prey tribes. All of the predators that live on October are genuinely dangerous, even to each other.
Out of all of the islands, October is the most unknown and most mysterious. Although it is technically part of the Calendar islands and are subject to the Overlord, they have no representatives and no leader. And nobody is willing to go in and try and negotiate as all of the ambassadors have ended up stripped naked and tossed back into town.
November: Noema
Yes, there are humans on Aukate. There are quite a few, actually. And most of them call the last of the fall islands, November, their home.
With Fox’s reign and the expanded need to import items from external sources from time to time, the humans of Aukate serve a particular niche. They and they alone can venture forth and work the boats that carry things and do the face to face business dealings outside of Aukate. Consequently humans live very comfortable lives on the islands and have almost guaranteed employment from the moment they can work on a ship. There are a few nonhumans on the island and many humans who venture to other islands to seek their fortunes in other ways, but for the most part many of the native human population are happy to have well paying work and have settled here.
Because of the export work, the shipyards and storage warehouses for the islands are primarily located on Noema. It is also the only island where actual mechanical engines are used as they are needed to power the large cranes used to unload cargo and pilot the cargo ships.
December: Titema
December is the one island nobody wants to go to willingly if they can help it. Titema is where criminals and the mentally ill are sent. The few people who live independently are colonies formed from people who objected to the sudden technological renaissance on the islands and wanted to get as far from it as possible. The governor is a bear who creatively refers to himself as ‘Polar’.
The magical barrier that shields the islands from prying eyes is generated on December, and the presence of electronic devices weakens it so excessive use is forbidden and any ships that come in are thoroughly inspected for contraband just in case someone tries to smuggle something in. The tablets that are in such heavy use on the other islands are completely useless here and if you are caught with one it will be taken and destroyed.
One thing this lack of technology has spawned are ‘low tech’ innovations where many amazing devices have been built out of clockwork or are controlled by pulleys and gears. The facilities that house criminals and the mentally ill have a few technological items but they are limited and heavily monitored.
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And finally, these are not the only islands on Aukate. There are many smaller islands but they're not large enough to hold a large population or any significant industry. This does not give players free reign to invent an island if they don't like what they have to choose from. But it does mean that there's more to the islands than just these twelve.