(01-06-2018, 03:12 AM)Matrix Dragon Wrote:

(01-06-2018, 01:22 AM)chibipoe Wrote: We had a spreadsheet.

Okay, that's a strangely entertaining mental image for some reason.

A History Of The Isles, Oxford, England, 1591 Wrote:In contrast to Hiccup Haddock's skills as a polymath and inventor, Fishlegs Hensteethson clan Ingerman (clan Frelsifrædi post-1061) was a natural research librarian (devising a crude but effective library classification system in his 20s) and polyglot, with a literate skill level in a dozen confirmed languages by the time of his death, and likely many more.  A significant part of the explanation of this skill level was simply early conditioning—the Ingerman clan held the unofficial position of being the Hooligan tribe's dedicated scribes, librarians, and archivists, and Fishlegs grew up surrounded by books.  However, even by the standards of his clan, he was exceptional, and the primary explanation for this was his own interest and talent. 

In his adult role as Haddock's royal librarian, Ingerman also presided over the founding of the Royal Library of Berk (later the Library of the Grand Thing), the establishment of several imperial universities, and the copying and dissemination of every book that he could get his hands on.  The monastic libraries of Ireland in particular, having faded from their glory days of the sixth to ninth centuries, were explored, revived, consolidated, and expanded under his aegis as part of an active campaign of scholasticism.

(01-08-2018, 08:16 AM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Well.  That chapter quote for A Thing of Vikings goes a long way toward explaining why all these passages written in the 16th century sound like scholarly works from the 21st century.

(01-10-2018, 11:43 AM)Mamorien Wrote: Over on that Bare Squadron thing I refuse to shut decently up about, head writer Travolore has been doing side- and back-stories, including a series about Jace and Mera Pyso, parents to two of the main characters. Jace is a Republic soldier with battle-droid parts; Mera (née Ossa) is a not-so-dark Nightsister. In the third part of their epic romance, they return to her homeworld to hide from the Empire and prepare a place for Phara and Cal to come to one day:

https://travolore.deviantart.com/art/Mera-and-Jace-Part-3-Dathomir-714441517

(Warning: In the immortal words of the cover to Miracleman #9, contains graphic scenes of childbirth. Also adult situations, punk-on-Dug violence, and child endangerment. Other warning: includes links to parts one and two.)

(01-07-2018, 10:00 PM)Mamorien Wrote: http://boards.theforce.net/threads/rage-oc-after-rots-ch-33-35-kallus-meets-krennic-comment-answer.50021605/page-21#post-54789166

The penultimate chapter of Rage, rage against the dying of the light has begun, as Nagina Samye, the Emperor's niece, continues to suffer from Krennic* overprotectiveness.

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM-XAtAeYBY (He's Here For Us, aka "A Krennic Condition")

Corpus Historiae Berkiae, 1396 Wrote:King Magnus's attempts to free himself from Einar Thambarskelfir's control were, at first, tentative and uncertain.  Einar controlled the structures and systems of government, and had made himself into a bottleneck through which all correspondence and control had to be directed.  Magnus also did not have access to the full text of many treaties and laws.  Einar additionally had waged a specific campaign of corruption throughout Magnus's teen years in attempting to weaken Magnus's work ethic in order to make him easier to control, a campaign that is believed to have resulted in the birth of Magnus's bastard daughter, Ragnhild, when Magnus was in his mid-teens.

However, in the aftermath of Magnus's marriage to Ruffnut, Einar began to realize the depth of his miscalculations and reacted poorly.  On the one hand, he now had dragons to help enforce his policies.  On the other hand, he had to deal with Queen Ruffnut, which he was reported to have described later on as a challenge that would make the hardiest man quiver in his boots in trepidation, especially when combined with her brother.  Furthermore, it was becoming obvious to him just how poorly he had understood Hiccup Haddock's basic personality…