SHINAN'S PROFILE

Veriag Chronicles
Veriag Chronicles is a weekly newssheet produced in Veriag. It mainly deals in local gossip and is a huge hit amongst people in the upper class as well as people in the lower classes that feel like they want to keep up.

The Veriag Chronicles (Commonly also called Vercro, sometimes mockingly but also from the readership. The name is a play on the publication Vermo which is a completely different scholarly publication that comes from Verchess University) is managed by the siblings Johanna and Kieron Nuerg. The two are lower aristochrats, originally with little standing but with enough money to start the publications. Over the years the two have gained a substantial amount of both enemies and allies. Johanna is the more reserved of the two and rarely appears in public while Kieron has taken the role of playboy and the public face of the newssheet.

One of the great sponsors of the Veriag Chronicles is the art gallery Hottentot Gallery on Scaffolder's Street, which hasn't actually been present on Scaffolder's Street in many years but instead is located at the Miner's Road. The sponsorhsip originally sparked great controversy in Veriag and is said to be a reason for the Noble's Shuffle where many noblemen and -women moved around in Veriag. Much to the readership's delight.

The Brehaig Rangers
The Brehaig Rangers are a small and very secretive order residing in the forest of the Brehaig. They act as protectors of the forest though what they actually do is anyone's guess. During the Battle of the Brehaig it is said that the rangers supported different sides at different times.

Legends of the rangers tell of Iljana Kuo a great master of the order that was possibly a master sorcerer or a personification of a god. It is from here that most of the ranger legends come though texts imply that the order is much older than Kuo and that he was by no means the leader of the order at the time.

It is unknown whether or not the order still exist today but people around the Brehaig tend to explain most strange phenomenons on the rangers. And there is no denying that hunters hopelessly lost have suddenly found their way out and that other experienced hunters have lots their group never to be found again.

The scroll Altür found in the monastery of Altyraborgen is the oldest written mention of the rangers. Although scholars debate whether or not the text actually refers to the Brehaig Rangers.
When the mountains sunk into the mouth of Prehg.
The caves of Altür opened their mouths.
And men of wildur came.
To seal the mouth and keep it shut.
Prehg claimed some to itself.
Most scholars assume that Prehg means the Brehaig and that the story is an origin story of some sort. The rest of the scroll deal with the early history of Altyra.

Edit: This is so fun I'll make another one, let's do something actually mentioned... Goddamn what is present day?
Minthet Haria (b. 380(?) - d. 433 D.C.)
Minthet Haria was born in the small village of Haria. Born into a poor family but a child with dreams and aspirations he quickly moved away from Haria, never mentioning the village except adopting his last name the same as the village. LIttle else is known about the early days of Minthet but he appeared in Verchess in his late teens, quickly creating a reputation in the shadier areas of Verchess. It is said that he was mugged and left to bleed in an alley when a stranger made him an offer in exchange for his soul. There are many takes on the story and what actually happened is unknown. Minthet was always very quiet about his past, always saying that "It is the now that is important."

What is known however (and something that is explored in 95% of the biography "Minthet - Sin and Retribution" by famed biographer Hugo Lufitte) is that Minthet became inspired by his near-death experienced and begun his writing earnest. Previously he had tried his hands at poetry but in the collection "Secrets from Minthet" where poems from Minthet's life previous to his experience were published it can clearly be seen a huge difference in quality.

Minthet's production is a long one and also very varied. In the early years he found fame with the Cellian Chronicles that spawned much controversy as well as a new cultural movement of copycats and similarily themed texts. Minthet wrote a number of sequels and spinoffs to the Cellian Chronicles and Minthet became a rich man quickly.

He also wrote numerous poetry collections as well as some exclusives to aristochracy, some of which has never been read in public and are highly sought after. Some of his early collections include: The Eyes of The Abyss, Confessions of the Succubus, Halprog's Tongue.

Minthet became a huge public figure with thousands of fanatic and admiring fans but countered the popularity in the middle of his career by making parodies of his own work where the most famous one is Matsula vs Harry the Shoemaker. The newfound irony was again controversial and alienated countless of fans who preferred the older material but it also amused lots of fans who liked the new take on something that had become such a huge culture and following.

In 430 D.C. Minthet did his most controversial work and announcement which came to hunt him the rest of his life where he publicly ridiculed the prophet Kornrike, which made Mithet the enemy of many influential people. He managed to release a number of his writing until the publications came to a sudden halt in 431 whith the release of "The Apologetic Beggar", a confusing work which left much of the public scratching their heads. Minthet retired from public life after an assassination attempt in late 431 and hid in a monastery until his death in 433.

Minthet and the monastery he hid in was destroyed thoroughly in 433 and there were no survivors. A week before a supply caravan had gone through the monastery and found nothing strange. The next time someone visited the monastery only ruins were left.

Edit2: This was probably a bit long. I'll understand if you don't want to read it. Most of it is useless details anyway.

author=WillCourt link=topic=1683.msg38206#msg38206 date=1224103398
I really REALLY want Strongbad, but have no wireless internet unfortunatly. I COULD buy a Internet Wii Wire thing, but.... SO... MUCH.. HASSLE...

Well it's not like the game is a Wii-exclusive

According to the picture description the Norse guy is also tasting the blood of the dragon he just slayed.

author=WIP link=topic=2195.msg36847#msg36847 date=1223605555
I am not going to say anything definite, as plans are sometimes changed, but if things work out you will be hearing it sometime next week.

That's what you said a month ago!

I'd love to be on the podcast some time by the way. Though I assume that sort of means I have to play some of the games first...

I hope the podcast takes off good and proper eventually too. I'd really like it to be a semi-regular thing. (But I'm a podcast whore. Currently I subscribe to 27 different podcasts)

I'm no longer looking forward to Mirror's Edge I just found out it's released on PC long after the console version which sort of screams "console dumbing down" to me. So I guess I only want Empire Total War now... ;_;

GODDAMN CONSOLES I HATE YOU! (cf. Fallout 3)