"We Are Doom And Atys Shall Bleed"

[mikwana]

I have spent much time in that section of the roots as of late and it is neither a wind mill nor some sort of flying thing. It is, in fact, a very large cart. There are several of them lying in different amounts of disrepair as well as several smaller examples that are in a better condition. It is the large size that makes them look different, however, if you notice, they are still carved from the bark of Atys.

As for the Dragon, it is a myth, there is no such a thing. The kitin themselves are no more intelligent that the swarms of lightbugs which rise from the weeds at night, they are simply larger and more dangerous. The Kizoar, Kiban and Kipee are the harvesters, they collect from Atys just as we homins do, bringing the materials back that their hives may grow. The other Kitins that are more of a plague to us, they are the 'guards', they do not attack us for any reason other than that we have invaded their 'nest'. While some would think that means that we should simply back off and stay away, that is not acceptable, as they will continue to advance and their numbers grow, such that there will be no place left for us to run to.

The Kitin must be pushed back, either eradicated entirely, or contained and their numbers held in check.

[raynes]

I have spent much time in that section of the roots as of late and it is neither a wind mill nor some sort of flying thing. It is, in fact, a very large cart. There are several of them lying in different amounts of disrepair as well as several smaller examples that are in a better condition. It is the large size that makes them look different, however, if you notice, they are still carved from the bark of Atys.

If that is a cart, what in the world pushed or pulled it? It's huge. Can you take some screenshots of the other things and post them. I am curious to compare.

Also as far as I can tell from those screenshots, they are in the rock, not made of bark.

[mikwana]

If that is a cart, what in the world pushed or pulled it? It's huge. Can you take some screenshots of the other things and post them. I am curious to compare.

Well, there are huge Mektoubs, or used to be, our new cities have only recently been established, and the meks that we have now are all still very young. Perhaps one day will will be able to build our cities atop the lumbering giants again.

(( Oh yeah, they can get big ))

I will do my best to get you some good drawings.

As for this 'rock'? what is it?

((OOC: There is no rock on Atys, or at least not that we have seen. It's all bark, the living skin of the tree. There is dirt and dust/sand as that is just the refuse of decaying matter, but there isn't actually any rock or metal (at least not like we know it, trace minerals abound...), if anyone want's to know more, start a thread. ))

[archie]

I find it funny that Mynias doesn't see that fact that going into the Prime Roots has a direct connection with the Kitin advances. They attacked 50 years ago (thought it was 300???). He makes it a point that there were none in the new lands when we first appeared but have been increasing since. Did he also take into account that since we have settled into the new lands many homins have gone into the roots? Did he note that he had a large number of homins travel through the roots for this very meeting? I ask you if the Kitin marched through Pyr or Zora on a regular basis, wouldn't you send your armies out to fight the invaders? Well that is what the Kitin are doing. We are marching through their terroritory on a regular basis. They are responding.

Let me ask this question. How many kitin are there? How many invasions will happen? Do you honestly think there are more homins than Kitin? Do you think us homins can handle 10, 20, 30+ waves of 100's or 1000's of kitin one right after another? What is going to happen when we reach the point where there are so many homins dead that we can no longer hold them back any longer?

No simply preparing to fight the kitin is a foolish move. The end result is only the loss of many Homins lives and not the saving of our cities. We need to find out why they are invading our lands. I do not beleive it is becuase they are blood thursty creatures. If that were the case, then they would have came after us well before the Fryos disturbed them. They have intellegence. They communicate, they plan, they protect, and they attack. Creatures that advanced don't just kill for blood, no they kill and invade for a reason.

The key to stoping the invasions and the Kitin is to find out why they want to invade.

hmm, I don't speak kitin.
ill look you up when i need a translator

[neiana]

And what do you have to support the fact that it's the tryker windmill. What peice of information am I missing?

The pics on the first page of that thread, that is a windmill. If you do not believe me, go to Trykerland and look at the windmills.

AS for the second page, it is most certainly not a propulsion device.

- N

[vaquero1]

Agree its a windmill from trykerland....how it got there, from what i understand this is a living planet, it creates new layers. The deeper you dig the older stuff gets. So that is like something that was there a long time ago and that got covered up then the PR formed and it showed itself again. Like when a volcano erupts the ash covers the citys and makes it look like nothing was there then over time wind and water erode away at the ash and stuff starts to show up. Alien technology.....I dont think so......A big jet engine.....nope....a big fan for blowing hot air......no way.......A old city from back in the day......YEP Just my hummble opinion.

[neiana]

Agree its a windmill from trykerland....how it got there, from what i understand this is a living planet, it creates new layers. The deeper you dig the older stuff gets. So that is like something that was there a long time ago and that got covered up then the PR formed and it showed itself again. Like when a volcano erupts the ash covers the citys and makes it look like nothing was there then over time wind and water erode away at the ash and stuff starts to show up. Alien technology.....I dont think so......A big jet engine.....nope....a big fan for blowing hot air......no way.......A old city from back in the day......YEP Just my hummble opinion.

Actually my personal idea is where it states in the lore that the homins hid in the roots. So, these would be their encampments they had while the Kitin ravaged the surface.

- N

[kahuna]

Remember Elias? He supposedly saved a great many of us by taking us to a distant land, or whatever. We have not seen or heard from any of these homin since. The POSSIBILITY exists that Elias is an "illusion" of sorts of the presently sleeping "Great Dragon", and that - as mr numbers pointed out, could very well have a group of homins.

The "rescued" homins.

it was my understanding that WE are those rescued homins... that we were led somewhere else for safety, and that we are now returning to Atys.

[gralen]

it was my understanding that WE are those rescued homins... that we were led somewhere else for safety, and that we are now returning to Atys.

Not returning *to* Atys as we've never left but went to safe havens in the Prime Roots of far away lands (note that Atys is the planet and not the name of the lands we left). http://www.ryzom.com/?page=story_kitin Some also found refuge in the wilds. http://www.ryzom.com/?page=story_exodus

Some are the descendants of those who were rescued and some are descendant from those that wandered but none of us are among those originally rescued. Three generations have passed since the Great Swarming and the return of Homins to the surface of Atys in 2483 whereas the present time is 2520+. (http://ryzom.com/?page=update_archives )

[vguerin]

Definately not a windmill nor a cart. If I had to guess they are spaceships of sorts. Jutting to the sky in the "Wastelands/Forbidden Depths" near the treehole entrance is almost certainly the forward end of a spaceship. Even to look and get a screenshot I fall victim to the Guardians inside often. Farther north in the Sunken City are what appears to be a few smaller ships crashed and there is additional wreckage in other locations.

This devistation may be part of the reason that there are no Karavan in the Prime Roots, their technology failed them.

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