A Song of Ice and Mostly Ice - The Lyod

[Sycmos]

Lore Impact (Small/Medium/Large): Medium

Species: Human

Short Description: An expansion on the Lyod regions of Moroz, and the backgrounds of their native peoples - the Lyodii.

How will this be reflected on-station?: Characters created from this region that are working on the Horizon will have more content to work with in developing their characters' backgrounds, personalities and motives.

Does this addition do anything not achieved by what already exists?: It further expands on what little content is provided in the Empire of Dominia lore section on the wiki, effectively giving it its own unique character previously not afforded by what lore was previously offered.

Do you understand that the project may change over time in ways you may not foresee once it is handed over to the Lore Team?: I do. I've spent nearly a year enjoying the ideas which I have presented here with my own character, and now I'm ready to allow everyone else to hopefully enjoy what I've spent months playing out in my head.

Long Description: An expansion on the arctic regions of Moroz called the Lyod, including provisions for developing a Lyodii character. While not intended to be all-inclusive and left open-ended in some places to allow for personal headcanon, the content should be plenty to provoke ideas and stories in players who wish to utilize this unique region inside the Empire of Dominia without feeling trapped into playing your average cut-and-dry Dominian.

Google Doc Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_1NL8DcVqOSp6_24pcL__v-WKkAy4YLuJBNtocD8Ng4/edit?usp=sharing

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This canon lore application is the culmination of nearly a year of playing around with a myriad of ideas for my own character, Ravna Surtaeva. What initially began as the simple idea of a reindeer herder displaced from everything she had known and dropped into galactic society grew into something that not only served me as a personal playground for character creation and development, but a sandbox for a bigger contribution that I never imagined I'd make. Everything you read here came straight from improvised interactions with other characters, discussion with friends about what the Lyod was really about, and my own personal journey with researching the groups that influenced Ravna and both her custom item application and this canon lore application.

I'd like to thank the following members of the community for their help:

- Ramke - for providing great ideas that are featured in the Religion section and elsewhere.
- Schwann - for giving direction and encouragement throughout the process as well as providing the original footprint of the Lyod on the wiki.
- Mel, Gillian, Lancer - for giving my character a chance and allowing the idea that I had to breathe and grow into what it is now.
- Stryker - for spriting the Lyodic Morozi accent tag, which existed solely for just me to use for months almost, and providing a lot of great interactions that spurred plenty of questions I hope to answer in the application.
- NiennaB - for spriting Ravna's longcoat custom item, providing incredible character art that gave life to the ideas I've had, and encouraging the better half of me in roleplay and writing.

Without further ado...
 

 

[NewOriginalSchwann]

After some internal discussion, and surviving the dreaded finals monster, the human lore team has decided to accept this application. Thank you for your contribution, and congratulations!