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The players will be humans and dragons who are part of the peasant rebellion in Korea. | |||
Madeline - leans towards playing an outsider, maybe a Mongol | |||
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Around this time there is a 10 year old king whose father is Regent. | Around this time there is a 10 year old king whose father is Regent. | ||
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Government & official reading is in Chinese. | Government & official reading is in Chinese. | ||
Popular stuff, signs, etc in Hangul | 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 | |||
Revision as of 04:27, 18 February 2007
Dragons of the Yellow Sea
The players will be humans and dragons who are part of the peasant rebellion in Korea.
Madeline - leans towards playing an outsider, maybe a Mongol
Timeline of events
1850 - The Taiping Rebellion in China.
1862 - Peasant rebellion in Korea. 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
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)