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  1. [5:57:23 PM] roo_inline (Nick): ill take the first question, joel.
  2. [5:58:10 PM] roo_inline (Nick): alright. so.....
  3.  
  4. can you give us a quick summarization of morden's childhood?
  5. [5:58:25 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Sure. Making up half this on the spot:
  6. [6:01:58 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Morden, as a grub, was one of the ones who got through the trials by simply being physically strong enough. He generally had an attitude of being able to handle anything for a while afterwards, until one day when exploring alternia with his lusus, his lusus died. This took the adventuring out of him, and he blamed himself not being strong enough to save his lusus.
  7.  
  8. From then on, he spent most of his days working on getting stronger, but found that he accidentally broke things he didn't mean to. He came across a philosiphy text quite by accident one day and liked its emphasis about the important things in life. He now effecitvely lives as an Alternian farmer, plowing his own land by hand to stay in top shape while augmenting with working out. He trades the extra food he grows for things he needs and wants. When not working or working out, he plays UNOnline, to see what it would be like if he was a wizard.
  9. [6:02:14 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Still working out exact details, but those should stay the same.
  10. [6:02:55 PM | Edited 6:03:10 PM] Aberrant Artificer: That is where Morden is now, correct?
  11. [6:02:55 PM] roo_inline (Nick): [6:03 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito):
  12.  
  13. <<< until one day when exploring alternia with his lusus, his lusus died.how did the lusus die?
  14. [6:03:31 PM] roo_inline (Nick): That is where Morden is now, correct?yes
  15. [6:03:50 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): I don't really know alternian beasts and wildlife very well. Perhaps Morden fell and then before he could get out of a hole or something the Lusus was attacked?
  16. [6:04:26 PM | Edited 6:04:28 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): even though he got out the hole and started attacking the beast, the lusus died shortly afterwards?
  17. [6:04:37 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): that sounds good.
  18. [6:04:44 PM] roo_inline (Nick): interesting
  19. [6:05:11 PM] roo_inline (Nick): give us a run down of that philosophy text
  20. [6:05:20 PM] roo_inline (Nick): and how it affected morden
  21. [6:07:44 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): The text basically stressed the importance in small details as well as focus on being somewhat passive, except where nessesary. He learned from it that sometimes the answer is not always hurting the problem until it goes into submission. He now tries to stay as calm as possible all the time, and thinks before he hits. If he hits the wrong thing, things can go bad.
  22. [6:09:12 PM] roo_inline (Nick): interesting indeed.
  23.  
  24. what about morden's interests, what else does he do in his free time? does he play any kinds of instruments?
  25. [6:09:42 PM] roo_inline (Nick): ((what else apart from working, playing, getting swole))
  26. [6:11:05 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): ((Brb, bathroom))
  27. [6:12:52 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He really enjoys working in his field. it makes him feel strong, as he does all the labor ususally done by beasts yolked himself.
  28.  
  29. He does not play any instruments, because he:
  30.  
  31. A) Does not have one
  32. B) Doesn't have a lot of ways to aquire one
  33. C) Would not find much time, other than game time, to practice.
  34.  
  35. Mostly he keeps himself busy between work and play, usually with work.
  36.  
  37. If you count it as a hobby, he practicies Gymnastics on his own equipment. That is in the same vein as getting Swole though.
  38. [6:14:50 PM] Aberrant Artificer: In our most recent IRC
  39. [6:15:00 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Morden described himself has having a lot of perseverance
  40. [6:15:10 PM] Aberrant Artificer: why?
  41. [6:15:13 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Yup. Any idea how hard it is to manually plow a field?
  42. [6:15:26 PM] roo_inline (Nick): yes.
  43. [6:15:37 PM] roo_inline (Nick): how long has morden been working on his fields?
  44. [6:16:00 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): since he had the idea after reading the book, so ~2 sweeps ago maybe?
  45. [6:16:07 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Speaking of work
  46. [6:16:22 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Can you describe Morden's agreement or disagreement with the following statement?
  47. [6:16:41 PM] Aberrant Artificer: "If you try and work hard enough at something, anything is possible."
  48. [6:16:46 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Agree? Disagree? Qualified?
  49. [6:16:52 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Why?
  50. [6:17:24 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Qualified. Most things are possible. Morden knows that there is an upper limit to how strong he can get, and so there must be upper limits to other things as well. There are also impossible things.
  51. [6:17:37 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Er
  52. [6:17:41 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): I guess that is a disagree
  53. [6:17:58 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): A lot of things can be enabled with enough perserverence though.
  54. [6:18:08 PM] Aberrant Artificer: so instead
  55. [6:18:22 PM] Aberrant Artificer: "If you try and work hard enough at something, most things are possible."
  56. [6:18:33 PM] Aberrant Artificer: ?
  57. [6:18:45 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Agree. Most is vague though.
  58. [6:18:49 PM] Aberrant Artificer: yeah it is
  59. [6:18:54 PM] Aberrant Artificer: in UNOnline
  60. [6:19:08 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Morden's character is a mage because he wants to see what it would be like to be smart
  61. [6:19:16 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Why is that something he wants?
  62. [6:19:59 PM] roo_inline (Nick): oh. he did a post about it
  63. [6:22:08 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Previous Post:
  64. "You ponder your past life decisions.
  65.  
  66. You stopped learning things because it was hard and took time. Learning new things makes you know how to handle new situations and find new solutions, but you find that most things can be solved by hitting the right thing hard enough or using the internet to find a walkthrough. There are plenty of friendly people to help you out if you get stuck on a puzzle in your favorite video game. Also, it takes time. Time you could spend gaining more power and finer control over your strength.
  67.  
  68. That said, you aren't against things like philosophy. That stuff is useful, and helps you know what thing you should hit to solve the problem."
  69.  
  70. Because he reasons that if there are people who are very strong, like him, there are probably people who aren't strong. If they aren't strong, maybe they learn things. Morden feels it is too late to really become smart, so he wanted to have an idea what the advantages of the other side where. He likes his mage, but thinks magic isn't real and doesn't see a large upside.
  71. [6:22:31 PM] roo_inline (Nick): [6:23 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito):
  72.  
  73. <<< You stopped learning things because it was hard and took time. Learning new things makes you know how to handle new situations and find new solutionsthis, why does morden not want to learn new things?
  74. [6:23:16 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Its hard. I think his mind just doesn't extrapolate super well, and gettings things not applicable to his life immidiately are hard to get into his head.
  75. [6:23:41 PM] roo_inline (Nick): so... "i dont use it, i dont learn it" ?
  76. [6:23:58 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): "I don't use it, I can't remember it"
  77. [6:24:10 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): once he found he was like that, he stopped trying
  78. [6:24:52 PM] roo_inline (Nick): heh, its like me in math
  79. [6:25:03 PM] Aberrant Artificer: If Morden could change one thing about himself, what would it be?
  80. [6:25:33 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Probably knowing more people. He never got around to it, and is kind of lonely for it.
  81. [6:25:35 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): if that counts.
  82. [6:26:43 PM] roo_inline (Nick): do you consider mordan is bad at making friends?
  83. [6:27:18 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He stays too calm sometimes, and that can get people mad if they want feeling from him on something. Otherwise, he just lives out by himself and didn't really think about making friends through unonline.
  84. [6:28:09 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what do you consider morden's biggest weakness?
  85. [6:28:34 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Getting tricked or confused. Once like that, he can be manipulated pretty easily.
  86. [6:29:05 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): he also may come across situations most would know how to get out of, but fail to remember what he should know.
  87. [6:29:16 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): so he improvises, sometimes poorly
  88. [6:29:29 PM] roo_inline (Nick): does this also apply to social situations?
  89. [6:29:35 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Yes.
  90. [6:30:00 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Though in social situation, if he gets too confused or doesn't know the right answer, he sometimes is wise enough to just bail.
  91. [6:30:56 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Sorry for the genericish responses. I haven't really built a character not based upon myself whatsoever before :P
  92. [6:31:26 PM] roo_inline (Nick): no, this is good
  93. [6:31:49 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what do you consider morden's biggest strenght, apart from his... well, strenght?
  94. [6:32:27 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): I don't want to be too undertaley, but his determination/perserverence. If he wants to get something done, he will get that something done.
  95. [6:33:54 PM] roo_inline (Nick): heh. DETERMINATION is a good thing to have.
  96. [6:34:12 PM] roo_inline (Nick): but why did morden give up on adventuring?
  97. [6:34:15 PM] roo_inline (Nick): was that his "first loss?"
  98. [6:34:40 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He had gotten injured before, as had his lusus, but mostly just the sadness of the loss.
  99. [6:34:55 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): and now that he has a farm to look after, he doesn't really want to leave for any length of time.
  100. [6:35:18 PM] roo_inline (Nick): if morden could bring back his lusus, he would right?
  101. [6:35:35 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He would, but its kinda buried out in the wilderness somewhere.
  102. [6:35:47 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): and the body isn't in great shape.
  103. [6:37:17 PM] roo_inline (Nick): oh
  104. [6:37:35 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what is morden's favorite color?
  105. [6:37:54 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): indigo makes sense for stuff because his blood, but uh, gimme a sec.
  106. [6:39:15 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): eh, screw it. Lets go with something like 1212A5
  107. [6:40:16 PM] roo_inline (Nick): ...gimme a moment
  108. [6:40:26 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): its a dark blue.
  109. [6:40:38 PM] roo_inline (Nick): i want to see the shade of dark blue
  110. [6:40:45 PM] roo_inline (Nick): i do arts, this is important for me
  111. [6:40:55 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): k.
  112. [6:41:13 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): It could also be put more towards purple on the wheel without any complaint from me/morden
  113. [6:41:14 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): :P
  114. [6:41:25 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): ((Though IRL I like Orange/Medium Blue))
  115. [6:41:57 PM] roo_inline (Nick): ((i like blue colors too))
  116. [6:42:05 PM] roo_inline (Nick): anyways, so... what about his least favorite?
  117. [6:42:55 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Probably something like this: BCFF3F
  118. [6:43:10 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): because mostly "MY EYES D:"
  119. [6:44:02 PM] roo_inline (Nick): that's a shade of lime, if my memory doesn't fail me
  120. [6:44:15 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Yup leaning towards yellow
  121. [6:44:31 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what does morden think of the hemocaste?
  122. [6:44:39 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): mostly he doesn't
  123. [6:44:55 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): otherwise, its just the way things work. He's far enough out of any populated area it doesn't affect him much
  124. [6:45:11 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what does he think of the highbloods that push the hemospectrum/caste thing?
  125. [6:45:18 PM] roo_inline (Nick): or the lowbloods that push against it?
  126. [6:45:49 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Not having done any research on the subject, he treats lowbloods like equals while not midning the agendas of the highbloods. They must be there for a reason, right?
  127. [6:46:07 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): If it is an important battle, he doesn't think it's one worth fighting.
  128. [6:46:22 PM] roo_inline (Nick): huh?
  129. [6:46:32 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He doesnt' know much about the agendas
  130. [6:46:37 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): lowbloods he treats like equals
  131. [6:47:02 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): he is respectful to highbloods because they are highbloods. He doesn't think that the hemospectrum thing is a big issue, and so doesn't think it worth fighting over.
  132. [6:47:14 PM] roo_inline (Nick): so... he lives and lets live?
  133. [6:47:17 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): yep.
  134. [6:47:24 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Speaking of treating others as equals
  135. [6:47:53 PM] Aberrant Artificer: I know you said Morden doesn't really know that many people, but would you say he has any very close friends? Romantic interests?
  136. [6:48:03 PM] Aberrant Artificer: or had in the past
  137. [6:48:30 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Romantic Interests: 0. Close friends? He trades with the person at the nearest hive quite a lot, he is only about 6 miles away.
  138. [6:48:41 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He enjoys his company when he goes there.
  139. [6:48:49 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): ... that is about it.
  140. [6:49:09 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what does he cultivate?
  141. [6:49:25 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): I don't know what plants grow on alternia.
  142. [6:49:32 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): If it was human plants,
  143. [6:49:34 PM] roo_inline (Nick): if he was on earth?
  144. [6:50:09 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): probably Corn because its traded easily, and a little of a lot of other things like Broccoli, Carrots, Eggplants, Potatoes, etc. to have interesting meals.
  145. [6:51:50 PM] roo_inline (Nick): is morden a good cook?
  146. [6:52:05 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): With vegetables? Um, sure. Lots of practice.
  147. [6:52:10 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Hobby get?
  148. [6:52:26 PM] roo_inline (Nick): hobby get
  149. [6:52:54 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Hobby Get!
  150. [6:54:31 PM] roo_inline (Nick): alright so...
  151. [6:54:40 PM] roo_inline (Nick): joel, anything actually meaningful to add?
  152. [6:54:52 PM] Aberrant Artificer: hmmmm
  153. [6:55:17 PM] Aberrant Artificer: oh
  154. [6:55:27 PM] Aberrant Artificer: so when Brennan and I were talking earlier
  155. [6:55:33 PM] Aberrant Artificer: he was telling me some stuff about Morden
  156. [6:55:54 PM] Aberrant Artificer: ((just a minute phone call))
  157. [6:57:02 PM] roo_inline (Nick): alright. back to quizz questions then
  158. [6:57:21 PM] roo_inline (Nick): what would be morden's favorite movie?
  159. [6:57:44 PM] roo_inline (Nick): and... what animal was his lusus?
  160. [6:58:11 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): As a person who watches very few movies myself irl, I wouldn't know. He probably loves the trope where the unarmed monk takes out tons of bad guys though
  161. [6:58:16 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): and his lusus, give a bit to decide.
  162. [6:59:05 PM] roo_inline (Nick): oh, and signature weapon? i havent properly read your sheet
  163. [6:59:30 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): hitting stuff.
  164. [6:59:44 PM] roo_inline (Nick): fists then?
  165. [6:59:45 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): He has ruffianialator, so he just hits things.
  166. [6:59:47 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): yep.
  167. [7:00:00 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): When I upgrade, Ill probably base upgrade with some gauntlets and go from there.
  168. [7:00:54 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): His lusus was a wolf.
  169. [7:00:57 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): ish thing
  170. [7:01:22 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): when he was small enough, he used to ride it.
  171. [7:02:53 PM] roo_inline (Nick): hmmm
  172. [7:04:55 PM] roo_inline (Nick): i have no idea on what i should ask
  173. [7:05:16 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Those were hard questions. They helped though :P
  174. [7:07:07 PM] roo_inline (Nick): nice
  175. [7:22:59 PM] Aberrant Artificer: okay I'm back
  176. [7:23:01 PM] Aberrant Artificer: sorry about that
  177. [7:23:05 PM] Aberrant Artificer: bank stuff :/
  178. [7:23:14 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): k
  179. [7:23:16 PM] Aberrant Artificer: I kind of forgot what I was going to ask
  180. [7:23:18 PM] Aberrant Artificer: lol
  181. [7:23:27 PM] Aberrant Artificer: so we were talking before
  182. [7:23:35 PM] Aberrant Artificer: about how Morden could get connected with everyone else
  183. [7:23:48 PM] Aberrant Artificer: and you said a couple things in that discussion about Morden
  184. [7:24:01 PM] Aberrant Artificer: (also since your character is still in development feel free to change your mind on any of these)
  185. [7:24:18 PM] Aberrant Artificer: some of them were about easily being manipulated and other things that already came up earlier here
  186. [7:24:25 PM] Aberrant Artificer: something else had something to do with morals
  187. [7:24:48 PM] Aberrant Artificer: something about Morden wanting to do something if he found out other people were doing something wrong
  188. [7:24:50 PM] Aberrant Artificer: or something like that
  189. [7:24:56 PM] Aberrant Artificer: I don't really remember
  190. [7:25:57 PM] Aberrant Artificer: here it is
  191. [7:25:58 PM] Aberrant Artificer: If my character was told that the other players were doing something wrong and he was supposed to do X, especially by someone manipulative, he would probably do it.
  192. [7:26:11 PM] Aberrant Artificer: is that sense of morals/justice still a thing?
  193. [7:26:20 PM] Aberrant Artificer: If so can you elaborate a little?
  194. [7:26:23 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Morden wants people to do the right thing. If it is within his power to make that happen, he will almost always try to make it so. Highbloods that are too difficult to fix is an example of something he wouldn't try to fix. The only hard part for him is figuring out what the right thing is
  195. [7:26:26 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): hence philosophy
  196. [7:27:15 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Okay, so even though he might not have the head knowledge about what is necessarily morally right in a certain scenario, he still has a very strong sense of morals.
  197. [7:27:31 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): yup
  198. [7:28:01 PM] Aberrant Artificer: any particular reason why he has that strong sense or morals?
  199. [7:29:08 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Life is supposed to go a certain general direction. People doing bad things harm this direction, and should be stopped? Plants should grow, animals should roam, and people should do the right thing? That's the best I can come up with.
  200. [7:29:21 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): idk
  201. [7:29:25 PM] Brennan McElhanon (TornSkippito): Hard question.
  202. [7:30:35 PM] Aberrant Artificer: yeah it is
  203. [7:30:44 PM] Aberrant Artificer: Anything you said is fine
  204. [7:30:47 PM] Aberrant Artificer: I was just curious
  205. [7:30:52 PM] Aberrant Artificer: there doesn't have to be a particular reason :)
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