Runestones: Brief History You basically have it right. Thgough they won't brag about it, the Dwarves are the oldest of the races - Thurin made them to help with his tasks before Braialla wakened. At the end of the Age of Twilight, the All-…

Runegates: Age Good eye! The Runegates and the Lizard Ruins all date from the "Before Time" - the Lost World that predates Brailla's awakening. Next to nothing is known about it, and that's just the way I like it... there was another threa…

RP: Women in SB Lore Original: I've seen mention of some females in the lore and history stories, but while some may have an important role, they aren't epic roles. There are no Joan of Arcs or Queen Elizabeths in SB apparently. Maybe its …

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Meridian on Roleplaying - April 24th, 2001 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hey gang! As is evident from Mr. Ran…

Roleplaying at Events and the Event Team Ah... I beg your pardon. You had me at "fellow errant PKers." I hadn't realized that your horde of allies (among which numbered several Elves - I'm sure you've worked out your differences in charact…

Roleplaying: Random Map Generation Oiriginal: This is my main concern: How good can a random generated map be? I mean, by having it randomly generated, it removes all the possible historical aspects of the lands, unless someone drastically…

Roleplaying: Hidden Perma Death Original: In reply to: Each time you die, a piece of your soul never comes back, even though your flesh will this is from the wyrmslayer lore... may mean there is a limited number of deaths? Edited: Or each …

Roleplaying: Guiltless PvP Original: In a resent article i read about UO, it stated that 80% of its avatars stay in the Tramel facet(this is the non PvP land). This tells me only ONE thing, that most peeps dont like to be engaged in PvP co…

Roleplaying: Defining Good or Bad RP Original Post: You just don't know it yet. Quite an accusation, let me explain what I mean: I am defining Roleplaying to be playing your SB character in a way that is consistent with how the character w…

Roleplaying: Community Building Hey guys! I just wanted to extend my heartfelt encouragement and congratulations to all of you for the recent explosion in community building (as evidence specifically in the Code discussions) going on aroun…

About Roleplaying The upcoming strat guide will have some RP advice - the biggest thing to remember is that you can get a LOT of effect out of very little flavor speech. You need not ever say "thee" or "thou" - also, try to avoid using 'ga…

Religion: The Three Rings of the All-Father You're right - the three aspects of the All-Father are indeed tied to the three rings. As far as the moons go, there's more to it than just the fact of the three goddesses. Bear in mind that acco…

Religion: The Gods and Archons Original: I have read just about everything there is to read on the website as far as legends and history go. I still have a few questions: What exactly are archons? How big are gods? I mean, the All-Father m…

Religion: The Book of Staves Quoth the Bard Meridian (summary to follow): Meridian: The Book of Staves is a lot like the modern Bible - there are books that recount ancient history, books of parables and stories with built in morality less…

Religion: The All Father and Companions Don't take everything SO literally - Remember that the Elves never saw Pandarrion as a provider (hardly surprising, since I imagine their direct access to Braialla at the beginning outshone any of th…

Religion: Runes and the Sun Here is a compilation of a few Rune-related quotes that I've found. I thought I had a firm grasp on the subject, but after reading a few of the quotes that I had previously not known about, I'm beginning to thin…

Relgion: Morloch I've noticed that I haven't really seen anyone who has come to worship or embrace Malog/Morloch. Having recently created a military legion for Elves, I've been toying with the idea of my Elf character having an empathy/res…

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Meridian on Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife - April 1st, 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Oh boy, this is a …

Religion: Braialla and Her Sisters After reading the information that Vhayr recieved from Meridian, I wrote him a letter asking him about the role of Braialla and her sisters in the universe of Aerynth. This is his reply. Meridian: Hey the…

Religion: Braialla There's a LOT of this info that hasn't been officially released or given the green light for release yet. I'll answer you what I can, though. Also - look through the archives at Shadowbania: I've posted here and there, a…

Religion: Beast Lords For all those Backstory fans out there, Meridian shined the light on the rather neglected Beast Lords. Meridian: Like so many other things, religions in the World of Shadowbane have yet to get their time in the Sun, t…

Religion: Archons and the Afterlife There is a hint of alliance between the Elves and Aracoix. Each of them pretty much hates every other race, and both want to be masters of the world. On a meta-plot FC level, some of the most powerful El…

Race Relations I havnt read the boards in a couple months, been quite busy IRL, but I never noticed a post on this topic. How does each race feel towards eachother in general. Even though since the Turning nobody can truly die, there's sur…