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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. 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
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)