[muffled spooky scary skeletons playing in the distance]

[geonomy]

Who: You! Me! Everybody!
Broadcast: idk but we've sure got a pretty broad cast of folks eh, eh
Action: HECK YEAH PLANET MINGLE
When: 10/7 until plot update or recaptcha

It's a deep, deep forest filled to the brim with fungi, mysterious life forms, and pitch black darkness. Explore if you dare and discover all these things and more! Just don't get lost...

Comments

[steeledskin]

The Night's Watch hold the Wall. [ she lets a kind of pride play across her voice. ] Jon is their Lord Commander -- they take vows, forsaking title and family and other ties. They man the Wall, and protect all lands to its south.

[bryces_pup]

[She smiles in response to that pride.] Given what I've seen of his skills and demeanor, I can believe that. They sound similar to the Grey Wardens of my home, although they don't have a wall that they hold, per se.

[steeledskin]

The brothers who take the black are so brave. The North has always respected them -- sent men, when they needed men. [ ... ] But those in the South disparage the Watch. I do not think they take the men seriously when their recruiters come a-calling.

[bryces_pup]

I suspect it's because they're far away from the Wall and the danger it keeps out. "Out of sight, out of mind." But I am glad at least your people respect them. Thankless jobs are always made a little easier when there are at least a few who are grateful.

[steeledskin]

It never helps that recruitment has become so sparse that many a house sees fit to send only their criminals -- sentences are commuted in favour of taking the black.

[bryces_pup]

Ah, I see Westeros likes using that tactic, too. It happens with the Wardens in Thedas as well, though they need to be recruited - they can't just be sent off. Does the Watch take in anyone? Men and women?

[steeledskin]

[ a quick shake of her head. ]

Only men.

[bryces_pup]

Ah, right. I've noticed that Westeros does not generally like to see its women able to defend themselves.

[There's a slight touch of exasperation and disdain in her tone. It's not the women's fault, but the culture. She finds it baffling.]