Keepers Competition Info!

Oh yeah.

I forgot one of the important parts about telling you about the Clan

Specific powers. As a sort of "mini" Clan comp that is going to be

running throughout the rest of the year, we're going to be detailing

the history behind the Clan Specifics.

I've been working with Oberst on ideas, but I want to flesh it out

with Clan participation. Everyon in Tarentum is creative, and you all

can take part in this, no matter how big or small the ideas.

Part One: The Keepers

In working with Oberst, the secrets of Necromantics are passed onto

us by the beings known only as "The Keepers." The actual history of

the Keepers themselves is still unknown, but what is know is that

they are beings said to "hold the secrets of life and death." Seven

Keepers survived into the modern day, but only two of them remain to

share the secrets of Necromantics with Tarentum. In this phase, I

want descriptions of a single Keeper from everyone. Take some time to

think up what a being who holds the very secrets of existance would

look like, would act like, etc. Your description of them can be as

basic as you like, or as detailed. I'll take the descriptions that we

use and tweak them to how we need, but you can earn the honor of

describing the Keepers. The best two descriptions will be the two

surviving Keepers, and I'll also take up to five others to describe

the other five, who were slaughtered by palpatine's Acolytes. More

upon the history of the Keepers as I create it, and I may even ask

for certain members to help, who prove to really get an idea for the

Keepers. As part of this portion of the comp, you can create, or find

images of the Keepers. If you create images of the Keepers, make sure

to note that, so I can make note of the artists and such for your

recognition. If you take an image from the net (even if you edit it),

make sure to note who the artist(s) is/are, so they can be credited,

as well.

Part Two: The Flight to Safety

The Keepers originally had hidden themselves away on a secret planet,

only known to a few of the original leaders of Tarentum. The Keepers

had minor talents as precognitives (seeing into the future), and

would not agree to join with Tarentum until the correct portents had

unfurled, part of which was separating from the Emperor's Hammer. The

original House leaders had a hidden project, one so secret, none but

the leaders themselves knew of. As tarentum Clanned, the Clan leaders

still know of this, even though they knew not why it was to happen.

The project was the construction of a sanctuary for the Keepers, a

place under the oceans of Yridia all their own, that would be their

final place of existance. From here, they would teach the secrets of

Necromantics to the leaders of tarentum, who would then pass on their

knowledge, and guide a new generation of Keepers. The task in this

portion of the comp is to design and describe the sanctuary of the

Keepers. You can be as descriptive as you like, but here, you get to

design where the Keepers, the bearers of the secrets of life and

death, would feel at home, and safe from harm. Again, images can be

added to this phase, with the notes about artist connotation as

before.

Part Three: Mission Creation

For Part Three, anyone willing, and able, to create SP missions for

any of the games (flying games or Jedi Knight games), the task is to

create any mission(s) relating to the journey of the Keepers from

their hidden planet to their new sanctuary on the bottom of the

oceans of Yridia II.

Part Four: Graphics

The Graphics portion includes the Graphics for Parts One and Two. For

anyone who just wants to make graphics that would relate to the look

of the Keepers, or the look of their sanctuary, but not write for the

first and second parts, you're more than welcome to. For this part of

the comp, you can also stretch your creativity, and make images about

anything relating to this comp. You can also take images from the

net, but remember to note the artist(s). See an image of someone who

looks like they're wielding the power of life and death, and want to

submit it? Go ahead. :) Want to create an image of someone using a

power that would be similar to Necromantics? We'd love to see it. An

image of what the powers of death would look like, or anything else?

It's all up to you.

Now, like I say, this comp is going to be on-going, because the Clan

Specifics have to be approved and such for this to count, but I'm

confident that they'll get approved, in some form or another. Plus,

this helps us to more full flesh out the history of Tarentum, and all

that has affected it. And this should be fun, too. So from now until

December 31st, 2003 at 11:59 PM EST, the Quest for the Keepers

begins. Feel free to work in teams, and most certainly feel free to

work with people from among the three Houses. I'd love to see members

of Tridens, Cestus and Gladius, or any combination thereof, working

together on this.

-KPN Sith Bloodfyre