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==Dragons of the Yellow Sea==
 
==Dragons of the Yellow Sea==
  
The players will be humans and dragons who are part of the peasant rebellion in Korea.  We will play at least 2 characters each.  Players should be each others' dragons.
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The players will be humans and dragons who are part of the peasant rebellion in Korea, on Jeju  island at the southern tip of the peninsula.  We will play at least 2 characters each.  The game world is loosely based on Naomi Novik's ''Temeraire'' series of novels and its alternate history; ''His Majesty's Dragon'', ''Throne of Jade'', and ''Black Powder War''.
 
 
Madeline - leans towards playing an outsider, maybe a Mongol Han Solo.
 
Madeline -
 
Bill -  Jack Sparrow
 
Bill -
 
Cyn -
 
Cyn -
 
Lee - Bitter fisherman seeking revenge
 
Lee -
 
Liz -
 
Liz -
 
Bob -
 
Bob -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Timeline of events'''
 
 
 
1850 - The Taiping Rebellion in China.
 
 
 
1862 - Peasant rebellion in Korea. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donghak_Peasant_Revolution Donghak rebellion]
 
Tonghak, religious movement, equality
 
 
 
Around this time there is a 10 year old king whose father is Regent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Background'''
 
 
 
Government & official reading is in Chinese.
 
Popular stuff, signs, etc in Hangul
 
 
 
Jeju-do (Cheju)  Island to the south in the straits - 17th cent. period of taxes where men couldn't dive for pearls; women then did; women gained more economic and political power. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju Jeju]
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Peninsula#Climate Climate]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'''Dragon ecology'''
 
 
 
Transport - buses! cargo!
 
Herding, pastoral, goats - flatlands and mountains
 
Agriculture - flatlands
 
Fishing - deep sea fishers, giant tuna, coastal
 
 
 
Mountain dragons - in lakes - wise dragons and bandits
 
Korean cockatrice - kye-ryong (Chariot-pulling beasts from legend). (Kingdom of Silla)
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_dragon Korean dragons]
 
  
===Quotes:===
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The current source of campaign information is on a SocialText Wiki:
  
Bill: "He could be a lady pirate, then."
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[http://www.socialtext.net/dragons/index.cgi?dragons_of_the_yellow_sea_rpg Dragons of the Yellow Sea on SocialText]
Everyone, suddenly: "Dragons love bling! OMG they DO love bling!"
 

Latest revision as of 13:03, 13 January 2012

Korean Dragon

Dragons of the Yellow Sea[edit]

The players will be humans and dragons who are part of the peasant rebellion in Korea, on Jeju island at the southern tip of the peninsula. We will play at least 2 characters each. The game world is loosely based on Naomi Novik's Temeraire series of novels and its alternate history; His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War.

The current source of campaign information is on a SocialText Wiki:

Dragons of the Yellow Sea on SocialText