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| = Policy = | | = Policy = |
| | | See; [[Ghost Role policy#Icewalkers]] |
| The below is taken from the Policy document and may be a mix of IC and OOC rules.
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| == Icewalkers ==
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| 'Icewalkers', or hearthkin; and the 'local populace' of the ice-moon the crew occasionally finds themselves upon.
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| A culture of Norse pagan genemodded humans, the Hearthkin have been living in nearly every corner of the ice moon (or Niflheim to them,) for three hundred years.
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| Developing from the original culture of their Ancestors, these beastfolk combine their own god-gifted lethality with more advanced tech than Ashwalkers; all with the aim of doing legendary deeds and seeking glorious hunts.
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| Currently, the Hearthkin live in uneasy tension with their nearby human-and-otherwise neighbors. Keep your village and your Kin safe, but bringing death on their heads from being reckless with the outsiders will not have the Gods be so kind.
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| While you are able to defend your camp, your nature as a role is a primarily neutral one. That means three things:
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| * You aren't meant to proactively start fights with players entirely off abstract reasons like future harm to the land around the Hearth it has to be concrete harm to the Hearth as outlined below.
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| * While you're absolutely allowed to defend your camp, you're expected to roleplay in the process - please refrain from just giving people a *growl emote and giving them an instant ultimatum (and instantly flicking CI when they don't comply.)
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| * If outsiders come around the Hearth, establish what they're there for and offer them the opportunity to roleplay first, even if it ends up being hostile later.
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| Remember that you are not any form of antag, or antagonistic force.
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| === Defending The Hearth ===
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| If it's being attacked, being bombed, or elsewise, actively harmed or invaded.
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| If miners are setting off gibtonite around the camp, go for it, this does not require an OPFOR. However, if you want to pull a raid on the mining base for previously mentioned 'abstract harm,' please fill one and wait for staff's go.
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| People standing outside the Hearth does not constitute it being attacked, until they begin attacking it/stealing from it/etc.
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| Please work with the involved characters ICly to roleplay these encounters out, as you do come with both the ability to emote and two languages (Uncommon and Siik'tajr) that stationers can get as well.
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| === Lore Expectations ===
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| * Hearthkin names follow a specific structure. A birth name and optionally, a title - Their birth names still hold resemblance to 'Asgardian' culture, typically a Nordic name such as 'Solveig Helgasdottir,' or 'Bjorn Lukasson,' though names from other far northern cultures such as Inuit cultures or Sámi are okay. If 'Unproven' or otherwise, your Hearthkin may not have a title, but titles a two-parter, based on either great deeds, embarrassing moments, or aspects of the person's personality.
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| * Some examples would be 'Soul-Drowner' after the night of a Hearthkin drinking herself half-dead, or one might be known as 'Glacier-Shaped' for being abnormally large. It can be a good opportunity to have one given to you IC, though you may start with one.
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| Hearthkin are gene-modded humans - what this means is they have human characteristics.
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| * This could range from a feline Hearthkin with fur everywhere except their face, or a reindeer Hearthkin with just furred legs, hooves, and antlers, up to a bear one that's visibly a bear outside of their hands, and/or plantigrade legs.
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| * This does not only mean cats, but can include any arctic or antarctic creature, this can go all the way up to functionally a wolf with plantigrade legs and human-style-hands.
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| === Special Circumstances ===
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| * You are free to compete with the station for resources; or 'kills', however, you are not free without an OPFOR to go sabotaging the station, or connected facilities just because they're around, as stated above.
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| * As to station interaction, Hearthkin are established to trade with outsiders (hence their dual trade languages) and recognize that maintaining trading connections is beneficial to them due to the stationers having things they do not; though you are free and encouraged to roleplay being wary of advanced technology and strange items sold by them. You should, however, keep to the outside of the station as much as possible.
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| * Hearthkin are also aware that the station's medical facilities and capabilities far eclipse their own, and you are allowed to bring dead kin there in cases where *no other option is available*, but do your best to avoid causing trouble there, and to generally leave as fast as possible.
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| * Lastly, Hearthkin are allowed, but not expected, to try to assist the station with recovering their dead if they are in very difficult terrain or very hostile areas.
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| === Third Parties ===
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| * Antagonists should be avoiding any attempts to drag the icewalkers into conflict without it being part of their opfor, and the Hearthkin shouldn't immediately jump on any excuse offered by someone too either.
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| * For the station crew: Same with the ashwalkers, don’t raid the camp when it’s empty/clearly uninhabited, Additionally, even if you are Security, do not start needless conflict with the Hearthkin if it doesn't create roleplay opportunities, and don’t break the cave, hole, or tunnel, whatever they spawn in or it's equipment without good reason (large scale attacks on the mining base, repeated killings of miners). The same as Hearthkin are expected to give you opportunities to roleplay and cooperate, you are expected to give the same thing back.
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| * The interior of the Hearth is allowed to be treated as 'sacred ground' by Hearthkin, and they are free to evict people from the interior at their leisure; but as with everything else, please roleplay these encounters out as much as physically possible. Lastly, Hearthkin are allowed to be cross with outsiders speaking Aettmal without the permission of whatever Hearthkin are speaking with them, though you are aware that outsiders might not know the weight of speaking in that language. You should roleplay out letting people know they shouldn't speak it, though you must follow escalation. Speaking it alone is not a reason to attack someone.
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| * Don’t use a single Hearthkin attacking you as justification to wipe the entire ghost-role. Do not use a single stationer attacking Hearthkin as justification for massive wars either.
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| = In-Game Lore = | | = In-Game Lore = |
| The Hearthkin are a culture of disparate Scandinavian groups all sharing a common origin as descendents from demihuman genemodders aboard the good ship Stjarndrakkr, or Star Dragon; an enormous colony ship almost 40km tall. This ship first reached the orbit of its last resting place three hundred years ago, before the advent of bluespace travel; coming from a world known to the Hearthkin as 'Asgard.' When it reached the atmosphere of the ice moon, or 'Niflheim' as they consider it, the vessel detonated in low orbit for unknown reasons. Large sections of the Star Dragon broke up and sealed themselves, coming to a rest all over the moon itself. | | The Hearthkin are a culture of disparate Scandinavian groups all sharing a common origin as descendents from demihuman genemodders aboard the good ship Stjarndrakkr, or Star Dragon; an enormous colony ship almost 40km tall. This ship first reached the orbit of its last resting place three hundred years ago, before the advent of bluespace travel; coming from a world known to the Hearthkin as 'Asgard.' When it reached the atmosphere of the ice moon, or 'Niflheim' as they consider it, the vessel detonated in low orbit for unknown reasons. Large sections of the Star Dragon broke up and sealed themselves, coming to a rest all over the moon itself. |
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Icewalkers
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Other Names: Ice Cats, Hearthkin
Related Pages: Ghost_Role_policy#Icewalkers
Related Lore: Lore:Nova, Lore:Space
Languages:  ÆttmálA liturgical language passed through three centuries of Hearthkin culture, the only tongue which their literature is allowed to be spoken in; especially relating to their pagan practices. While  Siik'tajrOverly complicated and with a turbulent history, this tongue comprised of short-form speech mixed with growls and meows is native to the Tajara. Due to the size of their Empire, countless dialects and different idioms exist - making a simple uniform way to teach this language almost impossible. After first contact, Humans describe the tongue as sounding somewhat similar to old Scandinavian languages in some form or another. It's rarely seen spoken by those not native to Taj, though certain genemodder groups have picked up a form of the tongue. is used as a trade language with outsiders, Ættmál remains sacred and mostly unknown to those outside the Hearth., Siik'tajrOverly complicated and with a turbulent history, this tongue comprised of short-form speech mixed with growls and meows is native to the Tajara. Due to the size of their Empire, countless dialects and different idioms exist - making a simple uniform way to teach this language almost impossible. After first contact, Humans describe the tongue as sounding somewhat similar to old Scandinavian languages in some form or another. It's rarely seen spoken by those not native to Taj, though certain genemodder groups have picked up a form of the tongue. for trading, Template:Uncommon,  Sol CommonAnd when contact was established, the Admiral waved at the screen and said, "Mi parolas la lingvon de la Homines!" - I speak the language of Mankind. A simplified mix of Esperanto and Modern Latin, and the only recognized official language of the Sol Federation. This peculiar constructed language became popular during SolFed's earliest days, and was almost entirely overtaken by other popular tongues - it became widespread through heavy-handed political maneuvering with the help of corporate bureaucrats and other undesirables. Nowadays, it's a near-universal tongue and a must-know for any sentient being that plans to leap forward into space.
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Policy
See; Ghost Role policy#Icewalkers
In-Game Lore
The Hearthkin are a culture of disparate Scandinavian groups all sharing a common origin as descendents from demihuman genemodders aboard the good ship Stjarndrakkr, or Star Dragon; an enormous colony ship almost 40km tall. This ship first reached the orbit of its last resting place three hundred years ago, before the advent of bluespace travel; coming from a world known to the Hearthkin as 'Asgard.' When it reached the atmosphere of the ice moon, or 'Niflheim' as they consider it, the vessel detonated in low orbit for unknown reasons. Large sections of the Star Dragon broke up and sealed themselves, coming to a rest all over the moon itself.
At first, life was incredibly difficult for the would-be colonists. Generations were very short, and most of the personnel able to even fix the vessel had died either on impact, or later on. While their genetic modifications and pre-existing comfort in frozen climates somewhat helped them, the Ancestors were said to have made one last desperate move to put all their resources together to fully modify and adapt themselves to the climes of Niflheim; forever.
Nowadays, the Hearthkin are removed from the original culture of the Ancestors, building one all of their own. Many of the original, largest segments of the Star Dragon are buried under ice and snow, and the Hearthkin have created a culture of building separate dwellings to keep them secret. Dwelling in longhouses and sleeping in the warm undergrounds of Niflheim, and hunting native creatures and those coming from portals to the moon's planet; Muspelheim. Their pagan faith has strengthened over the centuries, from occasional prayers for a blizzard to end soon, to now full-on worship and sacrifices to their various Gods. Hearthkin still hold immense reverence for their Ancestors, but tend to have varying opinions and speculation on what exactly they were like, and why they came to Niflheim in the first place.
Their names are two-part; a birth name, and a title. Their birth names still hold resemblance to 'Asgardian' culture, typically a Nordic name such as 'Solveig Helgasdottir,' or 'Bjorn Lukasson.' However, their last name is then exchanged for a 'Title' when the Hearthkin is no longer 'Unproven.' These are a two-parter, based on either great deeds, embarrassing moments, or aspects of the person's personality. Some examples would be 'Soul-Drowner' after the night of a Hearthkin drinking herself half-dead, or one might be known as 'Glacier-Shaped' for being abnormally large. These titles are always given by ones' kin.
The Hearth itself is an area that the kindred hold incredibly sacred, primarily hating Outsiders for more practical reasons. They think themselves as having been there first, many of them knowing they were 'promised' Niflheim by the Ancestors. Unlike the Ashwalkers of Muspelheim, the Hearthkin are a more technologically advanced society; having use for not only metal, but gold and silver for accessory. They are known to employ artifacts thought to be of either the planet their moon orbits, or leftovers from their Ancestors; however, for a variety of reasons from Kin to Kin, they tend to shy away from using modern human technology.
Physically, the Hearthkin always come in the form of demihumans; appearing similar to normal Earthlings, but with the tails, ears, and sometimes limbs of various arctic animals; wolves, bears, and felines to only name a few. They seem perfectly adapted to their lands of ice and mist, but find even the mild controlled temperatures of NanoTrasen stations to be swelteringly hot. Their view of 'station' genemodders is that of 'halflings': Ancestral bodies, but with the blood and spirit of the humans of Midgard, tending to look down on them even more than other aliens.
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Nova Sector Lore
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| Common Species
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Humans, Tiziran, Unathi, Moths, Ethereals, Azulae, Slime Hybrids, Teshari, Synthetic Humanoids (and assorted robots), Pod Persons
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| Other Species
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Genemodders (Felinids, Ice Walkers, Dwarf), Ashwalkers, Hemophages, Snailpersons, Ordoht (Formerly Skrell), Plasmamen, Flypeople, Vox (Primalis et al), Tajaran, Vulpkanin, Xenomorphic Hybrid, Rouges (Abductorkin), Miscellaneous Species
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| Nanotrasen
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Nanotrasen, Central Command, Emergency Response Corps
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| External Groups
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The Syndicate, Interdyne Pharmaceutics, DS-2, Cargo, The Spider Clan
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| Nova
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The Nova Sector, Indecipheres, Freyja
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| Concepts
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Bluespace, Plasma, Faster Than Light Travel, Resonance ("Souls"), Death
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| SolFed
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SolFed, Earth in 2565, The SolFed Armed Forces, The SolFed International Capital District
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