Homin Leaders

[vinnyq]

Fyros - Emperor Dexton
Matis - King Yrkanis
Zorai - Grand Sage Mabreka
Tryker - Governor Wyler

This has bother me for some times now. Where are these leaders? They are suppose to be alive and walking among us, but I still haven't seen them. And where do they live? I don't see where Dexton's resident would be in Pyr if he were supposedly around.

Just curious, or maybe I have the lores mixed up. Hopefully somebody can correct me.

p.s. There's actually a nice back-story to the relationships between the 4 leaders. They are actual friends or blood brothers or allies in battles in one form or another. I wish Nevrax would bring this backstory out more in-game instead of burying it in the lores on the website.

[madnak]

Strongly seconded. Not a peep or appearance from any of them. And it has been many years in-game.

[magick1]

They are on a much needed vacation, in the secret kami oasis.

[vinnyq]

I think we are ripe for another week long event, and perfect time to introduce these leaders. Have them lead us on a massive assault against the Kitins, that would so rock.

[sidusar]

*raise hand* Also second this. All four race descriptions tell us to be loyal to our leaders, and how are we supposed to do so if they're not there? I wonder if Nevrax is saving them for some grand event they're planning, or if they're just afraid to bring them out.

ps. I'ts been a while since I explored the capitals, but I believe each one had a chamber looking like an (empty) throne room somewhere. That's probably where the leaders are supposed to live.

[vutescu]

How many times you've shaked the hand of the president of your country?
You wont really aspect the land leaders to look at you. You are just an ant for the emperor, you know.

[rrwfreak]

I consider myself a history buff of sort, and there is precedence for seeing kings, queens, and emperors out amongst the people or at least the warriors of the land and the shakers and movers of their day. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Julius Ceasar, and so on for example. Even leaders of the today, get out and about and speak to people and occasional precide over a sporting event. I would consider us player characters more than just your average bloke on the street set above the average homin (and npcs) with our deeds and crafts.

I have to agree with Vinny on this one. It would be nice to see are herald leaders of the day at least speaking to their subjects and on occasion leading campaigns against the kitins......or even preciding over certain events....like the Miss World Atys competition a little bit back.

Here is a thought; maybe the leaders have all been abducted by the kami and karavan, and it is just a story they are on vacation. Hmmmmm.......its a conspiracy I tell you. A conspiracy. VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!

[golden7]

In UO, the king "Lord British" would only ever appear in his throne room during the occasional GM-run event (and was played by a GM). Otherwise the throne room would be absent and you could imagine that the king was busy elsewhere.

The alternative is taking screenshots of a statuesque king while posturing and emoting around him, as though he were some novelty statue in a theme park, which would be anti-immersive. Its prolly best just to imagine that he's busy consulting with other peeps elsewhere most times of the day, being a busy king and all, IMO.

Hopefully though the leaders will at some point be trotted out during an event.

[kibsword]

Notice on the concepts of these characters, some of them have special cloaks and/or weapons. I expect they will bring the leaders in when they have got these sorted and ingame. I hope that cloaks wont be easily attainable by the public tho, as they would become less impressive.

[raynes]

Long ago when some of us started to roleplay it came to a point where we needed to hear from the Matis King himself concerning his position on the Kami. We were ignored. We even said that it would be helpful to just have a representive of the King speak with us, we were ignored.

Ome of my biggest complaints with this game is the lack of story representation in game. There are no official NPC's. There are no real places that mean anything. The really frustrating part is that it wouldn't be that much work to make some of these things come to life.