[LP CYOA] Epic

[m4davis]

Anbarshi for the blades name
and I'am split between C and A
EDIT ok I have decided on C

 

[oscar]

Dārû, meaning 'eternal'

or

Adannu, 'time'

Alternatively some variation of: self, eternity, immortal, creation

In combination with Esquilax: Dārûshi (Eternal Soul)

 

[Kipeci]

Why should we name it again? What's the point of naming a weapon.

Let's hold onto that until it either starts talking back or we get trapped on a deserted island for a few decades, obeying the voices in our head shouldn't make us insane.

 

[m4davis]

Um if you think people don't name weapons with some sentimental value to them your dead wrong and considering this weapons going to be made of a physical part of us I think we will care about it a a lot not to mention we can transform the thing we can't just refer to it as weapon of whatever its supposed to look like at the time.

 

[treave]

Well, you can opt not to name it, but then you'd miss out on introducing yourself as the Mighty Ean and the Sword of his Bone. It's not a big deal either way, though.

 

[Kipeci]

Heh. 'Sword of his Bone'. Hee.

Anyway, I don't see much of a tradition of naming sword in Mesopotamia, despite later traditions in other areas. A tool is a tool, even if it was once a part of you. If a man were to rip off his arm and start bludgeoning his foes to death with it, it'd really say something was wrong with him if he started calling it names.

I say it's fine to get a name if/when it starts talking back to us.

 

[m4davis]

Except this isn't like any other weapon that exist right now we can't call it a sword for that doesn't describe it we have to figure out what we are going to call it as a type of weapon since its the only thing of its kind this is likely to be its name when it gain sentience as well unless you want it to be called honerblade as a weapon

 

[Azira]

Alright. Let's call it Betsy then.

 

[Zero Credibility]

A

Also, what happens with our companions? If we choose A they do they stay with us?

This weapon should get a name - it's not your average sword after all. No idea what it should be though.

 

[Azira]

Ooh, or better, troll Sekhenun and name it after her. M:

 

[Baltika9]

Voting A, Esquilax has the right of it.

You guys can vote on a weapon name. It's going to be your faithful companion through the ages after all. Just don't misplace it and start making Honourblade mk II : The Quickening to replace the sword, that'd be sad.

I have the perfect solution: Dual Wieldan.

Ooh, or better, troll Sekhenun and name it after her. M:

This is a good idea. "Is that your Honourblade, or are you just happy to see me?" "Naw, this is Sukhenun."

 

[Azira]

While I'm still annoyed we didn't get Awesome light-bending powers (yet), I vote we go north and establish ourselves as the immortal god-emperor of Rome! Or at least go kill some Gieloth with our new and spiffy weapon. Might be it's better to rule behind the scenes, as the advisor and let some hapless Caesar be our figurehead. M:

C

I've flip-flopped. We can't abandon our bros. That's un-Ean-like.

A

 

[Baltika9]

Bros, after we finish up in Egypt, we should go to Scotland and be Cuchulain(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cú_Chulainn).

Try and tell me the guy wasn't an immortal.

 

[oscar]

We might bump into Hercules as well.

 

[Azira]

Well, if we're gunning for mythological heroes, might as well go for Heracles in Greece. (was ninjaed by oscar ) Or as has already been suggested, Thor in scandinavia.
It is interesting however, that Cú Chulainn is referred to as the hound, considering what the Gieloth (or Sekhenun, at the least) called us.

 

[Baltika9]

Well, if we're gunning for mythological heroes, might as well go for Heracles in Greece. (was ninjaed by oscar ) Or as has already been suggested, Thor in scandinavia.
It is interesting however, that Cú Chulainn is referred to as the hound, considering what the Gieloth (or Sekhenun, at the least) called us.

And that is why I think it a good idea. Symbolism, and it will also take the other (known) immortals a very, very long time to find us. We can build a power base on the nritish isles in relative safety.

 

[Azira]

While that might be true, our powers have developed best when we have been in conflict with the Gieloth. I think we should keep this up. Our voices might be annoying twats, but their arrival coincided with our developing powers. If not for them we'd have been long dead. So furthering their cause is also furthering our own. Hiding in a far-away corner of the world might let us build a mortal following, but if our own powers do not grow in the interim, we risk being driven off by other, more powerful immortals.
I say we keep the momentum we're trying to build. Bull into Rome and take some tentacles down, one way or the other.

 

[Baltika9]

You have a point.

 

[newcomer]

Becoming a Viking sounds cool! C

And for the name, Anbar-Shi sounds cool!

 

[Azira]

Becoming a Viking sounds cool! C

While it does that, taking our current time-frame and location into consideration, it seems more likely we're speaking of the Roman Empire in its infancy. The viking age seems to be a milennium into the future still.

That's no reason not to vote C however.

 

[treave]

Unfortunately we're still quite a good way off from the founding of Rome, though the Viking Age is at least two and a half millenia into the future. Option C will bring us to Scandinavia, possibly stopping by Greece on the way - no we won't find the Vikings there, but maybe the beginnings of the stories that will become the Old Norse religion. No matter where we end up, I plan to start involving some mythology for the upcoming chapter (Wikipedia mythology, but still... I try.)

 

[Zero Credibility]

It's 2000 B.C.E. so I don't think we are going to see any Romans for a long time. More likely to find something in Greece.

EDIT: ninja-ed again

 

[Esquilax]

Ean, Wanderer from Sumeria
circa 2000 B.C.
Takes care of his followers, and loyal to his friends. Undertakes his responsibilities seriously. Amenable to bending the truth a little for his own benefit at times. Slightly bitter from the loss of his empire, and dislikes the Gieloth.

We came to Egypt with the intention of liberating the Egyptian people of the last of the Gieloth Lords. We've done the hard part, but the country is now a huge fucking mess and it looks like there's going to be a terrible civil war and power struggle for fuck knows how long because we've created a power vacuum. We did it. It's our fault and Ean is the one responsible for it. Now, since Ean is a man who undertakes his responsibilities seriously, it is only right, proper and honorable that we restore order to the region for the time being before we run off to have adventures in the as-of-yet pristine and untouched lands of Europe. If we leave right now, we end up looking like this:

You guys talk about wanting to be a badass God-Emperor, but I see nothing badass about abandoning the friends we've made here to go off in search of power on a relatively conflict-free continent. Akil is a bro and based on what I've seen, he should be pharaoh, not these other shits.

Besides, nothing much is going on in Europe right now - the Fertile Crescent, Indus Valley and the Yangtze are where all the action is. Just about the only really interesting thing going on there would be among the Celts, as Stonehenge should be built around this time.

 

[Baltika9]

Option C will bring us to Scandinavia

If it weren't for Egypt, I'd vote C.

Snip

What he said.

 

[oscar]

Europe's pretty dull at the moment, perhaps we should be giving India or even the Far East a spin.

You guys talk about wanting to be a badass God-Emperor, but I see nothing badass about abandoning the friends we've made here to go off in search of power on a relatively conflict-free continent. Akil is a bro and based on what I've seen, he should be pharaoh.

True, though I don't really give a shit about advancing the growth of Egypt.