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by Adso de Fimnu
Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:16 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
Replies: 5496
Views: 765051

Well, spectacles, and the fact that Catherine of Aragon had blonde hair and blue eyes... Oh! Could you post a photograph? In the event that that is not snark, I'll refer you to two portraits of her: http://www.marileecody.com/sixwives/aragondeflandes.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michel_Sit...
by Adso de Fimnu
Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:52 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
Replies: 5496
Views: 765051

Finlay - those are great photos, but are you sure you're not from the seventeenth century? If only the presence of a brown girl didn't spoil the effect... :P She could be Catherine of Aragon (who had Moorish ancestors); I think it's the spectacles that ruin that. Well, spectacles, and the fact that...
by Adso de Fimnu
Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:19 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Historical Atlas of Arcél
Replies: 134
Views: 34576

I, for one, appreciate the republicans--er, ħwentai--in Uytai.

But it does seem like the nation is exceptionally prone to bad ideas...
by Adso de Fimnu
Tue May 12, 2009 7:33 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Beshbalik
Replies: 10
Views: 3314

There are several Almean place names with terran equivalents: ALMEA ----------- TERRA Asucio ----------- Asunción, Paraguay Bažra ------------ Basra, Iraq Bozan ----------- ?possibly from the German version of Bolzano? Ctesifon --------- capital of Sassanid Empire Celebes --------- former name of Su...
by Adso de Fimnu
Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:54 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: A Civ IV mod?
Replies: 7
Views: 3191

Tarhun wrote:I'd much rather see a Europa Universalis III Almea mod, personally.
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Now, that would be interesting...
by Adso de Fimnu
Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:38 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: The Ilii and Space Travel
Replies: 45
Views: 12706

It's entirely possible to maintain a strong belief in God while having a good deal of scientific knowledge. A think our civilization's secular orientation has nothing to do with our technological advancement. Communism and the hippie ideology have quickly fallen out of fashion :D. And they liked to...
by Adso de Fimnu
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:13 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Almea Google maps?
Replies: 5
Views: 2538

It certainly is an attractive idea. I just wonder how one would reconcile the vastly different levels of detail in Almean maps...
by Adso de Fimnu
Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:47 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: bi level sealing
Replies: 7
Views: 3132

It would appear that Almean dates are not particularly related to terrestrial dates. Though both progress only forwards in time, the rates at which they do so vary from intermundal contact to intermundal contact (like in the Narnia books). Besides, the Almean year (and day, for that matter) is a dif...
by Adso de Fimnu
Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:02 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Where are the Almean nutball religions?
Replies: 34
Views: 12525

A possible counter-question might be, how many really unpleasant religions are there on Earth? If I could only ask Earth's creator that, then I'd be all set. The difference is that Christianity and Islam also happen to be by far the most prevalent religions on Earth, and the influence of their most...
by Adso de Fimnu
Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:38 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Where are the Almean nutball religions?
Replies: 34
Views: 12525

Where are the Almean nutball religions?

Though a few Almean religions, like Mešaism, have unpleasant elements to them, it seems that there's not really anything analogous to Dominionism or Islamism in the known regions of Almea (except, perhaps, uh, Gelalhát?). Jippirasti inspired several religious wars, but even then, they seem rather ta...
by Adso de Fimnu
Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:33 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Knowledge of Almea's shape
Replies: 25
Views: 8926

I would assume that the iliî informed the human cultures near their land settlements about the true nature of Almea... I also am curious about the peoples that were mistaken, and the nature of their mistakenness.
by Adso de Fimnu
Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:30 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: The Eledhi & Magic
Replies: 1
Views: 1716

The Eledhi & Magic

I've just been perusing the Almeopedia page on magic; it's quite interesting. I was just wondering: what do the Eleďi think of all this? Do they retain Old Testament proscriptions against "witchcraft"?
by Adso de Fimnu
Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:56 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: The Elenicoi and Naturalisation
Replies: 18
Views: 6173

Re: The Elenicoi and Naturalisation

How is it that the Verdurians were so tolerant of a bunch of pale-faced loons who arrived on a strange boat wandering about doing really stupid things while babbling a half-intelligible broken form of their language and being completely illiterate that these people were accepted into Verdurian cult...
by Adso de Fimnu
Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:49 pm
Forum: Almea
Topic: Your Favorite Almea Language
Replies: 65
Views: 25963

I have a special fondness for Barakhinei, but I admit I probably don't know any Almean language well-enough to evaluate them.
by Adso de Fimnu
Wed May 03, 2006 6:38 am
Forum: Almea
Topic: Almeopedia articles
Replies: 17
Views: 5395

I, for one, would be interested to see whatever has been done so far. You can always add some sort of disclaimer that there will be more material forthcoming.
by Adso de Fimnu
Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:10 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
Replies: 2878
Views: 637111

Delthayre wrote:I, for example, look like I'm the love child of John Rhys-Davies and a cheese danish
I found this quite chuckleable.