Destiny- OOC Chapter Two

[Lili the Elfcat]

I don't have an answer to the question about travel times, but the Norong'Sorno volcano is 11,000 ped high, and is the highest mountain in Southern Sarvonia. See the entry on the Rahaz-Dath, section "Different Parts". There's a nice picture there, too ...

[Damien Scar]

Thank you Lili for the information...Wow, Talia really put some work into that, and not just work but intelligent work, very precise and detailed. I applaud that entry.  I know there are probably hundreds of entries that are the same written by other people and I applaud them as well. I need to start reading more entries and the more I read the more I get lost, as some entires are being reworked and others are adding to existing ones....It is a difficult task to say the least.

[Toama SorInyt]

Altario, is it ok if I puppet 1) the shendar guide and 2) everyone in the group (just a little bit)? And if I make some assumptions about the preparations we had taken before entering the desert?

Of course if I should happen to make anyone act against their character I would be happy to change anything at all, I just want to be clear that this is a possibility, before I type up a post just to have to change the whole thing

So, permission asked ^.^

[Lili the Elfcat]

Permission granted, from my side. 

[Altario Shialt-eck-Gorrin]

I'm good with it.

[grallen gast]

same here!

[Damien Scar]

Okay, I got the map of Sarvonia large enough to read the scale and accordingly it looks like one inch is 300. The question I have is 300 what? Are we talking strals? Then if that is the case the distance between Strata and Thalambath is approx 600 strals. How far can you guys travel in the desert in a day? Knowing that answer will help me with my next post. So if you could even guess, and give a number I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Damien.

I found out the distance, it means furlays, which is 6 leagues, or a day's ride. Therefore, you take approx 600 Furlays as the distance between Strata and Thalambath you have 600 days?? That does not seem right. Maybe the distance on the scale means leagues, which would put the distance between the two cities approx 3600 leagues. So you have to divide that number by 6 which gives you an answer of 600 leagues, divide that number by 6,(a day's travel) and you end up with 100 days?? Does that seem right to you all or am I all confused as usual?

[Lili the Elfcat]

Hi Damien,

I think you are overestimating the distance. Have a look at Talia's thread on the Dev Forum: Developers' Distances. This gives the distance between Cape Strata and Thalambath as 625 strals (=625 km).

[Damien Scar]

I had no idea that Talia had done that.  What a tremendous help that will be.  So now we just have to divide 625 by 6 which is 1.3 days travel. To me that does not seem very far?

[Lili the Elfcat]

Hi Damien,

I don't want to pre-empt what the story moderators or Talia may have determined already, but here are a few considerations that may help to work out an approximate time.

First of all, even though the distance between Cape Strata and Thalambath is 625 strals as the crow flies, the distance one actually needs to travel through a roadless desert is probably considerably longer: there are dunes that one needs to go up and down or circumvent, and  water holes are probably not conveniently lined up on the shortest route. Also, if we get in a sandstorm, we may of course lose our way, making the actual distance travelled even longer.So, say our group needs to cover an actual distance of some 700 strals maybe?

The time it takes to travel this distance will then depend on (1) how much distance you can cover on a good day; (2) how many days you cannot travel (eg because of sandstorms, exhaustion, someone's horse being injured and needing a rest, etc. etc.). We certainly can't assume that travel through a pathless desert will be as quick as travel on a trading road.

A wikipedia article on desert travel by camel suggests that a group could travel between 16-40 kilometers (=strals) on a good day.

If we assume that our group had relatively good conditions and could maybe cover 25 strals a day, this would translate into a travel time of about a month. (700 strals distance divided by 25 strals travelled per day = 28 days.)

(In contrast, if we wanted to be more optimistic and estimate the speed at 40 strals a day, this would translate into 17.5 days travel time.)

I hope this helps?

[Toama SorInyt]

Don't forget that at the time we're posting, we've already been travelling through the desert some days, though I'm not sure how many

I hope my post is ok for everyone! If not, I'm happy to change anything ^.^

[Lili the Elfcat]

Great post, I thought!

[Altario Shialt-eck-Gorrin]

Yeah, I'm trying to avoid overly detailing the trip with actual days, etc.  A simple, several days, weeks, etc, I think should be good enough.  The "feel" is more important to me than the exactness of it.  This is a story, not a compendium entry, so I draw different levels of scrutiny.

BTW, excellent post, Toama.  Setting us up for an exciting scene.

[Ta'lia of the Seven Jewels]

Hi all!

I missed, that the story was running again, I got no email- forwarding as I get it for the dev board. I checked it today, altered my email and hope it will work now. Gladly Altario mailed me today! Thanks Alt! 

I would like to join in with my Shendar-Guide-Pair, but not right now. You can keep your Fake-Shendar guide for a while (How could you engage a man who does not know how to prepare for a sandstorm, you should have asked Ana'Mirl to look for one for you, now you got a Stratanian thug... beware!) I wonder, how he managed to get through the Yar Dangs!

I'm quite busy right now and in the near future (and need to play that Santhworld!), but I think I will join you in Thalambath, at least when you start your journey through the desert. Let's find a reason, why the best ever guide will lead your unimportant group... maybe you rescued her grandson from evil Thalambathians? Ok, enough for today.

I loved your posts, especially the one or other remark which really surprised me and made me laugh!

[Altario Shialt-eck-Gorrin]

Ha ha, Talia, you read my mind, though I won't tell you how....yet.

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