Locales of Black Mask & Pale Rider: Stonebridge, Brytilona
More on the world of Black Mask and Pale Rider, this time focusing on their homeworld.
The world Shani and Pania come from is described in several languages, many of them having roots from old Earth languages. Among the wild elves of this world, they call the planet hud y Ddaear, Nullam tellus, Magie der Erde and even سحر الأرض. All of the translations mean the same thing, as they attempt to describe an Earth born of Magic.
Stonebridge is the capital and most regal of the cities of Brytilona. It is in this region where the two main characters, Shani and Pania, come from.
Home to the Royal Palace, it is also the centerpiece of the world, and the central location of most of the guilds within Brytilona. The Patrolers, Consolers and Magistrates all congregate here in this majestic city.
It’s streets are paved with cobble stones, with rich, finely crafted sidewalks, and immaculate buildings. The city is also home to one of the most creative industrial areas, as air ships dock frequently to bring supplies from far off places such as Semerkhet and even the Meharaine city of Drakken.
While Stonebridge is a city of wealth, it is not without it’s slum areas. In darkened corners that many of the upper class would like to forget about, these slums hide the downtrodden and criminal. Often the Knights who make up the Patrolers will make weekly raids of the slums in order to find any squatters and criminals.
Stonebridge is also a city known for it’s towers and it’s bridges. Built on the Messewan River, the city has eight bridges that cross the mighty waters, and the towers seem to reach up to the sky. The main industry of this city is mixed between agriculture, tourism, commerce, industry and arcanum.
As a side note, the city of Stonebridge was inspired by the city of Saskatoon. The Bridge City, as it is nicknamed, has a large number of bridges that span the South Saskatchewan River the city rests on.
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Afternoon Quotes
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‘Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair so let us be loving, hopeful & optimistic and we’ll change the world.’ ~Jack Layton
No one is in charge of your happiness but you. ~author unknown
Everybody has to be somebody to be anybody. ~author unknown
If you would know the greatest sum in addition – count your blessings. ~author unknown
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Quotes to start the year
Only when your heart is covered with snows of pessimism and ice of cynicism do you grow old. ~author unknown
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the Old Year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan
For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit. ~ Arthur H. Sulzberger
I don’t really have a New Year’s resolution to go on a diet or anything like that. I am who I am, and I don’t want to be somebody else. ~Karolina Kurkova
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 31,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 11 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
