Double posting.

Here are some worldbuilding notes I wrote up:

CITIES

• SUNGUARD was founded by the Tieflings. It mines Sun Stones and exports them to major cities such as Oasis and Crossways.

• OASIS is the main hub for the farmers, herders, and hunters that live out on the prairie. It is a thriving trade city, and its market is known all throughout the continent.

• NIGHT FORK is the main city of the Elves, and the closest one to the edge of the Shadow Woods.

• MIDDLE PASS is a city primarily to provide for travelers. Everyone who goes through the Dark Pass has to go through Middle Pass. It's also the easiest and safest way up to Highpeak.

• HIGHPEAK was originally a Dragonborn city. It serves mainly as a place for traders going between Blackhall and Middle Pass to stop, but also serves as the main place to stop for travelers in the mountain. It is located at the base of the Highstone Ring.

• BLACKHALL is a city built into the mountain. It forges weapons, armor, and items for Pokemon out of raw materials either traded for or mined from the mountain itself.

• DAWNWATCH is an odd city. Half of it is underwater, where it serves as a capital of sorts for the mermaids. The rest is on the shore, and often serves as a resort town.

• SILVER FALLS is another mining city. They mine various precious stones and metals, but are known especially for their silver mine. The city is centered around a large waterfall, and the road crosses both above and below.

• CROSSWAYS was founded by humans, but now pretty much every race imaginable can be found there. Founded to provide a place for travelers headed through the Morning Plains to rest, it grew into a major trading hub, hosting a market to rival Oasis's. There is a major school of magic here.

• SHADOWGATE primarily serves as a place for adventurers looking to go into Shadow Woods to supply and rest. It also has a well-known school for herbalists and the like.

LOCATIONS

• The MORNING PLAINS are basically what it says: wide open, fertile plains. There are a few small towns and nomadic tribes and the like scattered throughout. Though they are generally not considered dangerous for travelers, there are many wild Pokemon about and it is safest to travel by the main roads.

• WATERTREE BOG is a, well, bog. Not many people live here, simply because it's a swamp and generally uncomfortable. Naturally, there are some people and Pokemon here, but it is generally sparsely populated.

• The SHADOW WOODS is an incredibly thick, rather menacing mostly coniferous forest. There are several elven communities within the woods, but most don't have much contact with the outside world. The Shadow Woods have earned a reputation for being very dangerous to people unused to it, so it's somewhat rare for people to travel within without reason.

• The TWILIGHT PRAIRIE is home to many nomadic tribes of hunters and gatherers, as well as many small farming communities that all come together to trade at Oasis. There are large herds of both wild and domesticated Pokemon that wander the prairie. The prairie has an odd dusky tinge to it when viewed from afar, which is where it gets its name.

• The GE'AHD DESERT is a large northern desert. The prairie grass gradually change to scrubland, and eventually into true desert. It is not so much dune lands as mostly red rocks with little vegetation. Sun Stones are mined here.

• The SKYREACH MOUNTAIN RANGE is, well, a mountain range. The northern half of the range is sparsely populated, but the southern half has several cities.

• HIGHSTONE RING is a circle of the highest peaks in the mountain range. A good portion of them are constantly covered in snow, and climbing them is considered a huge challenge.

• The DAWN HILLS are a series of low, rolling hills, going from the base of the Skyreach Mountains to the Sun Woods. They are fairly rocky and infertile, so not many live there, but they are also not heavily populated by Pokemon, so they are fairly safe to travel through.

• The SUN WOODS is a bright, sunny deciduous forest surrounding Lake Scale.

• LAKE SCALE is the home of many mermaids. It is a gigantic lake, taking several days to completely circle around. It is a very popular destination for people looking to take vacations.

RIVERS

• FOG RIVER is a small branch off of Traveler's River, ending in a lake in the middle of Watertree Bog.

• FIN RIVER is the river emanating from Lake Scale. It passes through Silver Falls, where it turns into a waterfall. It is a very wide and deep river, but not particularly treacherous outside of the mountains.

• TAIL RIVER is a branch off of Fin River. It is much narrower and faster-moving than its source river, and difficult to ford, especially in the mountains.

• TRAVELER'S RIVER goes from north of Oasis down through the Shadow Woods and Watertree Bog. It is so named because as there is no road to follow past Night Fork, travelers in the Shadow Woods have to follow the river to get out. Because of this, several small inns have sprung up along its banks.

• NIGHT RIVER is a branch off of Traveler's River, headed deeper into the Shadow Woods.

So, if we have our world to play around in now, I suppose we should work on a sign up?

For what we need on it... I'd say...

Name, Race, Area of Origin, Age, Gender, Description, Personality, maybe something like skills, History, and naturally Pokemon.

As for Pokemon, name, species, gender, and personality?

Anything I missed?

um, I am a strict observer here, but can I get some context on uphill/downhill on that map? Which way do the rivers flow? :P

Can't wait for this to start. Did we decide what the Ghost type associated race was?

Aside from mons, I don't think I've ever played a nonhuman character in anything...

For Signup, or...

(Though I think we should get an initial plot worked out, even if I would appreciate this being slower-paced.)

That works for a starting plot. Any other suggestions?

So, where should the potion shop/fortune telling place run by the two witch characters I had in mind be located?

Well, I imagine at least the younger twin might often head out to search for ingredients for making potions and stuff. As for the older one, I'm not entirely sure about her.

Doublepost for Jho.

1. We can work out who plays the necromancer when we get that far.

2. We can work that out when we have characters, because it can go different ways depending on the types of characters people come up with.

Any other questions/concerns/comments, or do y'all think we're ready to go?