Monday, November 7, 2011

Thar she blows!




Alright, with Yellow we have a return to the western-style culture, with a lot in common with early America.  Think Moby Dick.  But just a hint of that, more like a traditional, vaugley mideval campaingn setting but a very coastal flavour to it.  Taste the salt on the air.  Omnomnom.

Whales.  They hunt whales.  Go read.  They also farm fish.  Why do they farm fish?  Cause the natural population is somewhat limiting.  It's more as a middle of the line luxery item.  Regular people eat brim and bass most days.  On a special occasion such as a bonus check or just for a change of pace they get a redfish or somthing of that calibur.  Remember, beef and pork are a bit rare because of the lack of avalible land to keep them.

Yellow also raises chickens, feeding them leftovers from the fish farms and whale harvest.  Chicken tastes kinda fishy in Adama.

The people are a bit run down; whaling is hard on people.  They have money though.  The main character in this area will be a young woman who is trying to get them to stop whaling.  Promting the chicken farming and fish farming for making a living, and trying to introduce seaweed farming.  She is going to be half mermaid and talk to fish. (Maybe her hair will be kinda greenish, ohh, and her lips are kinda puckered like a fish?...and she can sing very well?)  She realizes the whales are sentient.  Other fish, not so much.  Not sure how to turn this into an avdventure yet.  Need to also bring in the Stone Man.  It's a start.   And need to keep the girl from getting too Disney Princess-ish.

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