Tazendra Heart Write-up
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baddecisiondzurCourtyard
Mostly a place to gather and discuss. The rain was symbolism for Tazendra’s general shitty mood, and yes, as Aerich noted, the sky did look like the Empire’s constant orange overcast. Yes, I found it hilarious that Dagger was all like ‘what is this amazing thing?’ and was upset when helping made the rain go away. The courtyard tilework wasn’t anything in particular, besides having the colors of the House of the Dzur.
If you counted, seventeen buildings would border the courtyard. There were others behind him. Seventeen is kind of an important number in Tazendra’s canon.
Mostly the books served two purposes. The first was, if Aerich hadn’t come along, to clue in what the houses were. The second was to guide people to problem areas. Not returning the pages wouldn’t have that much of an effect, as this was a copy. The one of units was just for fun. I forgot Dagger wouldn’t know the business with Cygnus yet. Also, one of the pages for the houses was half-uncovered; Aerich had mentioned a House of the Hawk, but Tazendra doesn’t remember any Hawklords yet.
Northwest: Teckla
This is the source of the infection, so to speak. Leaving this alone will allow it to come back, though if the representation of the dzur is freed and assisted, it will help keep things in check partially. This place in her heart is to an extent concerned with ‘normal skills’ that Honor had to learn in SLT now that she’s not nobility (the workspace) and to an extent, her class awareness (the sheets and unused things). The stool outside is a replica of her servant, Mica’s, and Tazendra’s reminder that even Teckla can be brave, since Mica carries it not only as a place to sit, but because it makes a wonderful improvised weapon.
Had Selendis and Dagger actually burned this down, Honor would have lost most of her day-to-day ‘practical’ skills -- mending, cleaning, helping Royal in the kitchen etc. She’d be able to relearn them, but slowly. More hilariously, she’d have serious problems with recognizing/acting on social status. Already, Tazendra is on the informal side for Dragaeran nobility, but she still has the peasant/tradesman/noble thing in her head, even if she doesn’t care too much about the difference between a baron and a duke. Unless it means a fight or a matter of honor, of course. Which wouldn’t end well in a feudal society, but at least eccentric (and highly battle-trained and temperamental) nobles can get away with more than peasants.
As is, the smoke damage means you probably shouldn’t let Honor cook, but Royal seems to have handled that.
Hilariously, this section is getting generally scuffed up by Sabra life in general. (And will get worse when Honor remembers that she's supposed to be horribly bigoted against Easterners -- I don't know what rationalizations will come up then. Currently she has enough from her old life to pass off any lingering feelings as ethnocentrism -- we are the best Empire and those folks to the East are just barbarians because they aren't citizens, rather than it being inherent into the whole 'biologically different' thing.)
Southeast: Dzur
This is the place where active harm is being done. Eliminating the parts to the NW but leaving this place will allow Tazendra to slowly recover, especially with further memories.
And here’s where I forgot that I had instructed the spiders to attack/defend, because this is probably the closest one would get to the True Heart in this run. Way to go, self. I also forgot the Tazendra here would probably have gone to fight somewhere.
North: Phoenix
This is a secondary damage site. Clearing it will help ease Tazendra’s worries about going home, but, if the primary problems aren’t treated (read: still a Teckla), it still leaves her with the whole ‘strangers will treat you as a peasant, even if friends recognize you as yourself’. Not clearing it but dealing with the primary problems will leave some lingering desire to not let anyone ever know. About how she treated her parentage in canon -- she did tell Khaavren, but only while drunk and on that line of conversation, and only telling most people that she had renounced her title for personal reasons.
None of the people present (besides Zerika) realize they are wearing masks -- the masks are a shorthand for non-Dragaerans to know what house the speaker is. Aerich had problems seeing the masks on the speakers, since they are a shorthand he doesn’t need. Consequently, the Jhereg and Yendi ones look like simple domino masks with a scale design -- Jhereg and Yendi aren’t distinctive looking. Originally, I was going to insist on the masks, but oh, well. And wearing any of the Dragaeran House masks would have seriously confused Tazendra here.
Zerika/the Empress originally would have sought the characters out if they were fooling around. Zerika could see the masks because this heart construct was doing double duty as Zerika and Her Majesty the Empress -- hence her mask was carried and visible to everyone. Which was why she was here: Zerika could cope with Tazendra, Her Majesty couldn’t, because Tazendra is smart enough to realize that changing one’s House would scare the crap out of the nobility and give unscrupulous persons plenty of ways to cause trouble. Actually, that’s why everyone was avoiding Tazendra: not out of some social stigma (well, kind of), but because it was a reminder of the problem.
Originally the mirror teckla would have manifested as a glass mask, but I didn't want to confuse things.
North-northeast: Dragon
This is a secondary damage site. Clearing it will help ease Tazendra’s fears, but won’t treat the problem permanently. Not clearing it but dealing with the primary problems will leave some lingering fear that will take good old practice and some realization that things are back to normal to clear up.
And here’s where I start cutting things. There was a lot better chance to get attacked by... well, anything... originally, and a place for weapons. Since the dzur part of Tazendra’s heart was taken up by sense of self, the extra bits full of Fighting! got shuffled off under the Dragon. And, since the dzur part was under assault, this bit got full of fear and anxiety about combat, rather than just being a wonderous land of Things Honor has Killed/Fought/Been Killed By, Memories of Glorious Battles, and Sword Skills. I found it hilarious that Aerich had anticipated something else, but then, Tazendra seems to mostly find Dragonlords interesting because they are the other big martial House (though not as good as Dzulords, clearly XP).
Hilariously, this was one of the rooms where if Selendis had tried to set everything on fire, it probably wouldn’t have damaged much -- the constructs in this room are meant to be fought. It would have been awesome! Also the people who did fight here (or in the Dzur room) get a mark up on Honor's badass scale.
South: Relationships
This basically represented Honor’s worry that her current state was hurting her friends. Hence, I skipped it with a cut scene of her friends -- Lyvus and the ones from home -- bringing the last bit of mirror out, under the justification that having her friends in her heart helping healed the damage. Otherwise, you’d go see the Lyvus dorm and the house Tazendra lived in when she was rooming with Khaavren, Pel and Aerich.
Also, since Honor started a relationship with El after the Teckla thing... well, there wasn't much damage on the 'friends back home' spot, since that hit her in the 'even Aerich, who is my guide for proper behavior, cares only because it hurts me, not because of his own expectations of proper behavior'.
Mostly a place to gather and discuss. The rain was symbolism for Tazendra’s general shitty mood, and yes, as Aerich noted, the sky did look like the Empire’s constant orange overcast. Yes, I found it hilarious that Dagger was all like ‘what is this amazing thing?’ and was upset when helping made the rain go away. The courtyard tilework wasn’t anything in particular, besides having the colors of the House of the Dzur.
If you counted, seventeen buildings would border the courtyard. There were others behind him. Seventeen is kind of an important number in Tazendra’s canon.
Mostly the books served two purposes. The first was, if Aerich hadn’t come along, to clue in what the houses were. The second was to guide people to problem areas. Not returning the pages wouldn’t have that much of an effect, as this was a copy. The one of units was just for fun. I forgot Dagger wouldn’t know the business with Cygnus yet. Also, one of the pages for the houses was half-uncovered; Aerich had mentioned a House of the Hawk, but Tazendra doesn’t remember any Hawklords yet.
Northwest: Teckla
This is the source of the infection, so to speak. Leaving this alone will allow it to come back, though if the representation of the dzur is freed and assisted, it will help keep things in check partially. This place in her heart is to an extent concerned with ‘normal skills’ that Honor had to learn in SLT now that she’s not nobility (the workspace) and to an extent, her class awareness (the sheets and unused things). The stool outside is a replica of her servant, Mica’s, and Tazendra’s reminder that even Teckla can be brave, since Mica carries it not only as a place to sit, but because it makes a wonderful improvised weapon.
Had Selendis and Dagger actually burned this down, Honor would have lost most of her day-to-day ‘practical’ skills -- mending, cleaning, helping Royal in the kitchen etc. She’d be able to relearn them, but slowly. More hilariously, she’d have serious problems with recognizing/acting on social status. Already, Tazendra is on the informal side for Dragaeran nobility, but she still has the peasant/tradesman/noble thing in her head, even if she doesn’t care too much about the difference between a baron and a duke. Unless it means a fight or a matter of honor, of course. Which wouldn’t end well in a feudal society, but at least eccentric (and highly battle-trained and temperamental) nobles can get away with more than peasants.
As is, the smoke damage means you probably shouldn’t let Honor cook, but Royal seems to have handled that.
Hilariously, this section is getting generally scuffed up by Sabra life in general. (And will get worse when Honor remembers that she's supposed to be horribly bigoted against Easterners -- I don't know what rationalizations will come up then. Currently she has enough from her old life to pass off any lingering feelings as ethnocentrism -- we are the best Empire and those folks to the East are just barbarians because they aren't citizens, rather than it being inherent into the whole 'biologically different' thing.)
Southeast: Dzur
This is the place where active harm is being done. Eliminating the parts to the NW but leaving this place will allow Tazendra to slowly recover, especially with further memories.
And here’s where I forgot that I had instructed the spiders to attack/defend, because this is probably the closest one would get to the True Heart in this run. Way to go, self. I also forgot the Tazendra here would probably have gone to fight somewhere.
North: Phoenix
This is a secondary damage site. Clearing it will help ease Tazendra’s worries about going home, but, if the primary problems aren’t treated (read: still a Teckla), it still leaves her with the whole ‘strangers will treat you as a peasant, even if friends recognize you as yourself’. Not clearing it but dealing with the primary problems will leave some lingering desire to not let anyone ever know. About how she treated her parentage in canon -- she did tell Khaavren, but only while drunk and on that line of conversation, and only telling most people that she had renounced her title for personal reasons.
None of the people present (besides Zerika) realize they are wearing masks -- the masks are a shorthand for non-Dragaerans to know what house the speaker is. Aerich had problems seeing the masks on the speakers, since they are a shorthand he doesn’t need. Consequently, the Jhereg and Yendi ones look like simple domino masks with a scale design -- Jhereg and Yendi aren’t distinctive looking. Originally, I was going to insist on the masks, but oh, well. And wearing any of the Dragaeran House masks would have seriously confused Tazendra here.
Zerika/the Empress originally would have sought the characters out if they were fooling around. Zerika could see the masks because this heart construct was doing double duty as Zerika and Her Majesty the Empress -- hence her mask was carried and visible to everyone. Which was why she was here: Zerika could cope with Tazendra, Her Majesty couldn’t, because Tazendra is smart enough to realize that changing one’s House would scare the crap out of the nobility and give unscrupulous persons plenty of ways to cause trouble. Actually, that’s why everyone was avoiding Tazendra: not out of some social stigma (well, kind of), but because it was a reminder of the problem.
Originally the mirror teckla would have manifested as a glass mask, but I didn't want to confuse things.
North-northeast: Dragon
This is a secondary damage site. Clearing it will help ease Tazendra’s fears, but won’t treat the problem permanently. Not clearing it but dealing with the primary problems will leave some lingering fear that will take good old practice and some realization that things are back to normal to clear up.
And here’s where I start cutting things. There was a lot better chance to get attacked by... well, anything... originally, and a place for weapons. Since the dzur part of Tazendra’s heart was taken up by sense of self, the extra bits full of Fighting! got shuffled off under the Dragon. And, since the dzur part was under assault, this bit got full of fear and anxiety about combat, rather than just being a wonderous land of Things Honor has Killed/Fought/Been Killed By, Memories of Glorious Battles, and Sword Skills. I found it hilarious that Aerich had anticipated something else, but then, Tazendra seems to mostly find Dragonlords interesting because they are the other big martial House (though not as good as Dzulords, clearly XP).
Hilariously, this was one of the rooms where if Selendis had tried to set everything on fire, it probably wouldn’t have damaged much -- the constructs in this room are meant to be fought. It would have been awesome! Also the people who did fight here (or in the Dzur room) get a mark up on Honor's badass scale.
South: Relationships
This basically represented Honor’s worry that her current state was hurting her friends. Hence, I skipped it with a cut scene of her friends -- Lyvus and the ones from home -- bringing the last bit of mirror out, under the justification that having her friends in her heart helping healed the damage. Otherwise, you’d go see the Lyvus dorm and the house Tazendra lived in when she was rooming with Khaavren, Pel and Aerich.
Also, since Honor started a relationship with El after the Teckla thing... well, there wasn't much damage on the 'friends back home' spot, since that hit her in the 'even Aerich, who is my guide for proper behavior, cares only because it hurts me, not because of his own expectations of proper behavior'.
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Date: 2011-11-16 05:14 am (UTC)Also, Honor needs to pester an Ophi for a mission for a sword. (Bonus points if they make her do something ridiculous.)
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Date: 2011-11-16 05:56 am (UTC)And I'm also sorry I was too sleepy to make it to the end, but I liked reading the whole thing!
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