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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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Been in the discord kinda batting ideas around and I like White jade river . Cus the ice can be like white jade or the caps of the river that's flowing strongly .


So it would be Baiyu (white jade) Liu- Flow

Or something like that
 
yrsillar said:
From high above it seemed like a ribbon of blue silk, with fraying threads winding amongst the mountains and hills. The yet unnamed river flowed down from the sky piercing rampart of peaks at the south of their claim, wending north and down until it joined the river systems of the greater Emerald Seas. It was a rough river, full of rapids and thundering falls.It plunged through canyons at a breakneck current, and here and there wended slowly between rounded hills, and in many places its tributaries would disappear for kilometers beneath the earth, only to come bubbling back up in geysers of heat and steam.

Under the falling curtain of winter, the land it flowed through was painted grey and white, dense pine groves clustered at the rivers edges, growing thicker toward the south, and petering out into a flatter vale in the north. The high cliffs and round little hills were home to wild goats in great breed and number, their herds checked only by the many wolves, bears and mountain cats. Larger beasts, elk and massively antlered and muscular beasts she had seen the White Sky use wandered the southernmost lands on the stretches of flat taiga that lay between immense peaks.

The wind whipped through Ling Qi's hair as she came down to land at the meeting point. Here the main course of the river flowed into an immense cavern in the side of a mountain and on the other side, emerged to thunder down some two hundred meters into a great lake below before flowing on. Here at the top ice floes gathered on the river surface, but below, the churning waters were clear and a bit warmer than the rest.Trees grew in great abundance there, on the lake shore.

"Water eats the mountain and makes it earth, fire feeds the earth and makes it grow," Gui said. "Mm, this is a good place too!"
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yrsillar said:
Ling Qi lost count of the pockets of air in the stone and earth they found. Most were just that pockets in the porous stone that lay under the soil in the region, half flooded, bearing only small populations of odd fish or silty with odd minerals. Other's stretched on, forming galleries not unlike those she had seen beneath the thunder palace, with structures of damp stone that nonetheless held a vibrant lively qi.

In some places where the river and its tributaries went under the earth, they found only claustrophobic tunnels, passages barely wider than the water that flowed through them. In others they found pools and lakes, hidden grottos among the stone filled with odd plants which they dutifully retrieved cuttings and samples from for testing at the Sect.
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yrsillar said:
"The river," Cai Renxiang said drumming her fingers on the table. "Our river. It has no mortal name, only the essence of its spirits. It needs one. I am open to suggestions."
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@yrsillar could you give us this... essence, CRX was speaking of, of its spirit, as it wasn't mentioned? on the other hand, from what was described about it and the region....

It starts high, goes down then back up, only to fail deep and emerge again, someplace thundering, while others calm.... not to mention it keeps the greenery fed most places.

I would like to suggest the name:
[] Lifeline

or we can just call it the Rootwaters, because it wormed its way everywhere :V
 
Its as described a pretty wild and untamed river with many high currents waterfalls and rapids. That nature is also going to change as you alter the land with your settlement though so name can be aspirational. I will btw veto anything completely inappropriate, puns and stuff are fine, but try to be in reasonably good taste with it.

I.E no votes for river mcriverface please
 
The only thing I remember about it off the top of my head is that it sometimes dips underground so I came up with the Sundrowner, which is also a pun that means fuck Shenhua.
 
I do like the name white jade river (Baiyu He). The foam from the rapids and waterfalls is likely white, and it is a classy sounding name. Plus it has Bai in it's name, always a winner with this thread, and to my American ears it sounds close to Biyu our sister.

Right now my vote is for white jade river until something better comes along.

[X] Baiyu He
 
EDIT: I like this effortpost, but I'm voting for
[X] Sui Hua River
[X] Snowblossom River
[X] Waterbloom River
because it's really nice c:

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[] Glacier's First Running

I think it's something like Bing ZhaPao?

The first way it works is that it sources the River back to its ancestor, the Glacier that feeds it. A bit of filial respect for the ultimate source of the life giving waters of the region. It is, on a literal level, the Glacial Water's First Run. The product of Water's change from the rigid structure of Ice to the Freedom and Motion of the River. The River carves its own path, away from the rigid structure of the Frozen Glacier.

The second way it works is that we are a new settlement of reformers looking to carve a new path for ourselves away from the more rigid structures of the established Empire. As the River is fed by the mighty Glacier to the south, so will our River Settlements be fueled by the mighty Empire to our north. Both are examples of rigid structures releasing some part of themselves to explore new paths. The Glacier releases water. The Empire releases people.

The third way it works is on a more personal level. Renxiang is a young woman who has been frozen in Fear for most of her life, terrified into her mother's strict Order. She has struggled under that weight, unable to voice any questions to that Order until very recently. Cai Renxiang has been a rather cold young woman, but she now knows that Cai Shenhua wants Renxiang to leave her mother's strict Order. Shenhua wants Renxiang to carve her own path, to grow and explore as an individual in motion away from Shenhua's Order. Not only that, but Shenhua wishes that Cai Renxiang will one day challenge and usurp her from the Ducal Throne. Through this lens, the "Ice Beginning to Run" is Renxiang exploring her individuality in the warmth of connections formed outside of the rigid Order of her mother's domain.

I enjoy this because it opens up the idea that this area is one in which individuals can free themselves from their past in the Rigid Glacier, and begin to explore Motion as their own individuals. A place where one can learn to carve a path separate from those domineering Glaciers of their life, without necessarily cutting off those connections to them.

This ties to many of our close friends, as well as those we may become closer to. Meizhen is an obvious example. She's come a long way from the cold and distant girl we connected with all those turns ago.

All in all, I think it's a name with the potential for lots of wordplay.

I hope that this land of rivers will become known as the headwaters of Change, starting with where the Ice Begins to Run c:
 
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Ok, going with conventions in Forge here for location names "river" is not going to be in chinese, just as "lake" or "peak" are not.

Indeed, most of our place names (though not city or people names) are entirely in english, with the two exceptions being Lake Hei, and uh the big river in ES.

Having a name with "bai" in it is also not particularly helpful here, potentially creating unhelpful associations in readers. Reminding us of Meizhen is literally a negative reason to vote for it.

That being said, I don't actually object to "White Jade River". I think that would be ok - though I'm also not sure it rolls off the tongue the best?
 
Erebeal said:
Ok, going with conventions in Forge here for location names "river" is not going to be in chinese, just as "lake" or "peak" are not.
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Oh huh that tracks. If we're going with English then...
Erebeal said:
That being said, I don't actually object to "White Jade River". I think that would be ok - though I'm also not sure it rolls off the tongue the best?
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JowKeen said:
Whatever Veekie translates "Ice's First Run" or "Ice Beginning to Run" to be
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[X] White Jade River
[X] Glacier's Hope River
 
Audacious said:
I like this so much that I'm voting for it.

[X] Baiyu He
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This really wasn't meant as a joke, it's just an actual problem. A bayou is also a body of water and it has totally different characteristics to the river we're naming. It's... not really a pun or anything? It's adding misleading associations into the work which don't add to it. Which is just going to be confusing for an English reading or listening audience, with RR/novel/audiobook releases down the road.

For that matter, we shouldn't even have "bai" in a name we use, frankly. Since that's already a sound with a very specific association within the context of the story. A family which is heavily associated with water, no less. This doesn't read clean; it's going to raise questions in the audience for which there is no actual answer. It's distracting and should be avoided.
 
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So really liking our fief. It seems to me that we will be able to set up a safe initial settlement. The danger comes from venturing outside of said settlement - which is what I expected given what we voted for. I believe it is sensible that we initially have one settlement, although I hope that when we get out own settlement we will be able to build at a waterfall given the mist that it produces.

I also hope in the future to be able to create a Xiana Moose Ranch.
 
[X] White Jade River

Just call it this, it's a location name and not a city so it doesn't necessarily need to be out of english in context.

We don't call White Cloud Mountain anything but in english.
 
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