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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 11:12:35 GMT -5
Some people have Literacy skill, does it mean that my character cannot read or write at all without it? Not at all. I personally think a Literacy skill is kind of useless. We're all playing highborn characters, who have all been tutored by maesters and septas. I think it's a given that we've all be taught High Valyrian, so even a translator skill is useless (unless you're translating Dothraki or something). So don't worry about literacy.
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Post by syd on Oct 4, 2007 11:17:52 GMT -5
If all highborns of Westeros were taught High Valyrian, I wasn't aware. I thought it was more of a certain individuals (especially foreign-trading merchants)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 11:19:23 GMT -5
No, they were. Tyrion mentions that his maester taught him High Valyrian. It's like medieval highborn in the real world learning Latin and Greek.
Edit: The foreign merchants you're talking about would know bastard Valyrian. Nobody uses High Valyrian anymore - it's a dead language.
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Post by syd on Oct 4, 2007 11:23:35 GMT -5
Ahh, my fault, I confused the two. But I think it is very relative to the family's wealth and status. For example, a poorer family like the Kidwell's wouldn't know how to read High Valyrian, or perhaps only know a small bit.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 11:25:35 GMT -5
Definitely. I don't think all the minor Houses would be so well educated. During Joff's wedding feast, Tyrion noted how one singer sang in High Valyrian, and many of the guests didn't understand it.
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Post by chiggins on Oct 4, 2007 11:53:16 GMT -5
Name: Ser Quentin Hill
Age: 22
Nationality: The Westerlands
Byname: the Highwayman
Skills: Expert, Greatsword; Apprentice, Riding and Tracking; Novice, Stealth and Oration; Beginner, Moneyhandler and Archery
Second: Maester Thenton Osgood: skills include healing and stewardship (apprentice), negotiation and oration (novice), dagger and riding (beginner).
History: Ser Quentin Hill was born a bastard son of Lord Baldwin Lannister, his mother having given birth to the boy as she traveled on the Gold Road and thus forever tying his fate to the highway between Caterly Rock and King's Landing. He was adopted by a cousin of Lord Baldwin after Quentin's mother died. As a man full-grown, he still travels the road, for he is the Highwayman- Protector of the Gold Road, bound by honor to protect the caravans of gold that go to King's Landing, not to mention his own self-interest to always skim a little off the top. For you see, Ser Quentin is not content to protect the wealth of his betters. He has dreams of his own, of a large manor on a hill, and women and riches far away from the Gold Road- that dusty trail whose grit always covers him from head to toe.
Description: Ser Quentin Hill is thin as a rail and tall as a greyoak. He is just reaching his manhood and still carries the ropy muscles of his youth. His sandy blonde hair and sharp nose mark him as the bastard of some Lannister, though no one is quite sure who, and his sharp, dark, hooded eyes betray him as a man of avarice. He normally wears riding clothes of dark blue and silver.
Reputation: Ser Quentin is known for his wit and cunning, but he is mostly friendless. A Lannister maester travels with him as his second, Thenton Osgood, who is fat as an ox and quick as a fox, and both of their reputations preceed them as men greed. Men say Quentin Hill is untrustworthy but there is no proof he has ever stolen from the Gold Road.
E-mail: chiggs5980@yahoo.com
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Post by sara on Oct 4, 2007 12:01:53 GMT -5
Welcome Quentin!
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Post by chiggins on Oct 4, 2007 12:08:35 GMT -5
Thank you. It seems I have a lot of catching up to do with Kingdom politics.
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Post by Horas on Oct 4, 2007 12:17:17 GMT -5
Yes, welcome to the game.
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Post by sara on Oct 4, 2007 12:27:14 GMT -5
Hmmm, yeah, the political situation is rather long and convoluted but if you check out the plot summaries dotted round the board or PM someone you should pick it up pretty easily.
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Post by The Smith on Oct 4, 2007 12:58:49 GMT -5
Gideon is approved once he finalizes his house.
And Quentin is approved also.
Welcome aboard.
It is nice to see how many children Baldwin is having after his death.
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Post by sara on Oct 4, 2007 13:04:24 GMT -5
It's quite astounding how brilliant he is at everything. Are you sure this isn't foreshadowing a creepy sort of Un-Baldwin to return later on? ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2007 13:38:34 GMT -5
How many kids has Baldwin had so far? He puts the Freys to shame all by himself.
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Post by melon on Oct 4, 2007 14:31:20 GMT -5
Welcome hope you have fun.
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Post by sagewolf on Oct 4, 2007 14:31:35 GMT -5
Lord Baldwin had five, not so impressive.
By the way, Quentin, it seems to me, though I might have missed them, that you do not have any noteworthy skills. You might want to fix this, otherwise your carefully contrived character might not be as strong as you wish him to be.
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