The Raiders of the Lost Arts

[yuezun]

Raiders of the Lost Arts

basics

about us

crew name

raiders of the lost arts

alliance

corsairs

port

fang, nogard

crew type

mixed corsair and paladin

island base

in the works

Magic, Science, and all-the-ways-they-mix Research Team!

There are a lot of forgotten relics, forsaken lands, and forbidden arts lost to the waves and time. The Raiders of the Lost Arts are dedicated to finding, researching, and potentially utilizing whatever they can find. Legal methods of acquiring information and research materials may or may not be followed.
The crew is also incredibly inclined towards Moon-themes and most of them are bibliophiles.

projects + library

general projects

Tombstone from the Ghost Ship, ghoul's moon 2023

dongfang qingcang

alternate motherstone

rem tokimiya emet-selch, dongfang qingcang

general magi-tech research

crew-wide interest

other-world curses

dongfang qingcang

research project

primary researcher

library
A wide (and growing) variety of books, research notes, specimens, and magitech are available in the researh library for reference and study by the crew for their various projects and/or niche interest binge reads

Notable Items

Ancient Tome of Forbidden Knowledge "A tome depicting ancient, forbidden arts from a long-lost arcane practitioner. The book is so ancient it's actually difficult to read or make out anything, and it also seems to have a habit of trying to bite the reader."; picked up on the off chance it has something in there that matches the handwriting from the Tombstone Rem is investigating and starting the magic research library off the correct way: with forbidden knowledge and violence (biting) - Donated by Dongfang Qingcang

A sheet of parchment upon which is drawn a complex mechanical contraption; reward for Spellbound Circuitry; Manta, Nov. 2023 - Donated by Dongfang Qingcang

Schematics for what appear to be magitech prosthetics; reward for Who Let The Dogs Out, Manta, Feb. 2024 - Donated by Dongfang Qingcang

Must be Requested Directly from Owner to Study

Copy of Magitech Schemantics for Improving Engine Speeds; specifically for ships fitted with compatiable magitech; reward for Haunting of Forgotten Cay; Manta, Apr. 2024 Owned by Emet-Selch

Relic Items: Peices of Old World Engines; these may be might be able to be refurbished; reward for Haunting of Forgotten Cay; Manta, Apr. 2024 - Owned by Emet-Selch

crew members

jerklord captain | dongfang qingcang | dropped

age | mid-20s-looking (38,000+)
gender | male-bodied
height | 6'0"
race | immortal (heavenly demon/devil)
interests | magic (spells, curses, rituals, seals); magical treasures; hellfire; fire; reading; gardening; xiao lanhua

practically a god | emet-selch

age | 30s-looking (12,000+)
gender | male
height | ???
race | ancient [FFXIV]
interests | ???

pokemon researcher | professor turo

age | Mid-30s/40s
gender | male
height | 6'1"
race | AI human
interests | study of magic in this world and its effects; animals; ruins; exploration; reading; astronomy; journal keeping; gardening; technological advancement; medical advancement

reluctant bodyguard | ryotaro dojima

age | 42
gender | male
height | 5'11"
race | human
interests | ???

captain's pet | g'raha tia

age | 20s-looking (24? 124? 324?)
gender | male
height | 5'2"
race | miqo'te
interests | reading, history, magic, heroes, adventure, food, research, language

captain's lover? crush? willing kidnap victim? | orchid

age | 20s-looking (30,000+ 1500)
gender | female-bodied
height | 5'7"
race | immortal (xishan goddess/ fairy/plant-spirit)
interests | ???

mission specialist | reno

age | 29
gender | male
height | 5'9"
race | human
interests | piloting; mild gearhead; explosives; adrenaline junkie; snooping; sneaking; skill games; socializing

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former members

toge inumaki | transferred to PLUS ULTRA!

rem tokimiya | transferred to The Hideaway

jarlaxle baenre | dropped

misaki yamazaki | dropped

cryus douglas | dropped

mycroft holmes | dropped

kimmuriel oblodra | dropped

karlach cliffage | transferred

daria morgendorffer | dropped

crew pets

warrior cats | phantom moon clan

deathstar
dongfang qingcang

The warrior cats Phantom Moon Clan is made up of the proudest and fiercest warrior cats the seas have ever known!

dapplewhisker
professor turo

troutleap
emet-selch

morningdew
g'raha tia

bramblesong
daria morgendorffer

tinydancer
jarlaxle baenre

name
owner

pokemon

Miraidon
Legendary Paradox

All pokemon are currently owned/cared for by Professor Turo

Iron Valient
paradox

Iron Thorns
paradox

Iron Moth
paradox

Iron Bundle
paradox

pokemon
type

pokemon
type

bugsnax

parasitic bugs that start taking over your body if you eat them. the captain does not understand the appeal of having them around. neither before he came across turo's notes on them, but especially after. do you know how many times he's going to have to tell certain cats not to even lick them? and they better stay out of his cabin - he has a fire sprite in there and six golden chickens who won't think twice about eating them! They are NOT allowed anywhere near the Dawn Surprise

Wendy the Bunger
daria morgendorffer

Chipotle the Bunger
professor turo

Ichigo the Strabby
ryotaro dojima

elementals

fire sprite
dongfang qingcang

Currently only one known elemental creature is aboard the Phantom Moon. It is not really a pet, so much as a stowaway that managed to convince the captain to let it stick around. The fire sprite in Dongfang Qingcang's cabin keeps the room warm for the chickens, acts as guardian for the room, and enjoys crawling around on Daqiang in a cute manner on the offchance it'll convince him to share some hellfire - which is like candy to the creatures.

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owner

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birds

Golden Chickens
dongfang qingcang

There are currently only 6 birds on the ship that qualify as pets: the half dozen golden chickens Dongfang Qingcang hatched from golden eggs he recieved as his 'payment' for aiding a farmer in determining if they were magical or not. These chickens are a bright golden color with normal looking feathers and lay perfectly normal looking eggs that can be used for cooking, but when the birds molt, their molted feathers harden into gold. Plucking the feathers only produces a golden-colored feather. The feathers must be allowed to molt naturally if they are to turn to gold. Daqiang has not yet attempted to breed them, but suspects that eggs which have the potential of hatching will be as golden as thier eggs were orignally.

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ships

Phantom Moon | 月幻影

The Phantom Moon is a modified/fantasy Chinese Junk. This means it has a flat bottom and a many-chambered lower hull that allows it to sit high in the water and protects against the danger of taking on water, since each chamber within the hull is completely separate from the others and air-tight when the access hatches are sealed shut. It also has a movable rudder and sails in the style of the traditional Chinese Junk boat.

upgrades

Workshop Upgrade + Space Upgrade + Specialized Equpiment (Magical Research) Upgrade

Expansion Upgrade: Cabin Space

Dawn Surprise

Behind the Phantom Moon, trailing along on a tow cable, a medium-sized personal boat, the Dawn Surprise can be found serving as a floating garden. This garden barge is technically owned by Dongfang Qingcang, but was purchased for Orchid.

island

overview

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the bay

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soundtrack

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links

• rewards toplevel @escordvi
• crew listing @escordvi
• original ship request @escordvi

• crew info code (private)

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Info Currently a WIP RE: The Island

Comments

Upgrades and Purchases

[yuezun]

Any crew-related upgrade and purchase discussions should be kept here for organization. Create a new response with a relevant subject line when a new discussion needs to happen.

(frozen comment) Initial Workshop + Workshop Upgrades

[yuezun]

24 pts - Workshop Permit (General Workshop Space for Magical Research; enough for 1 to 2 ppl comfortably)
16 pts - Workshop Upgrade: Specialized Equipment (For Magical Research)
16 pts - Workshop Upgrade: Increased Size (to allow 5-6 to work comfortably together)

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56pts needed for initial workshop + upgrades

There are now 8 crew members.

56/8 = 7

Points when calculated come out in even amounts, so it might be easier for 7 of us to donate 8 points each.

If you are able to contribute, please say so. If you are not, please also say so!

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[vermilloci]

Am able to contribute! Lemme know when.

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[fractales]

I might be able to contribute!

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[emet_sulk]

Can't contribute at the moment since I'm still new and don't have many extra threads. Will see how December threads go.

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[psionicmolotov]

I can contribute, no worries o7

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[yuezun]

I am able to contribute! <3

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[cursedwords]

I can contribute if you still need more points, now that I counted them, sorry

(frozen comment) Expansion Upgrade: Cabins - Not a priority, but would be cool to have

[yuezun]

The expansion upgrade is 40pts and will either double the cargo space or all the cabin spaces. I think the Phantom Moon could use the Cabin Upgrade more.

If you're interested in throwing some points at this over the next couple months, respond with how much you're willing to put in.

As a note: we do have 10 people in the crew, so if everyone decided to throw in on it, it would only be 4pts each. But as this is not a priority in any way, if you don't want to put any in, that's perfectly fine.

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[afflatusexarch]

I'll have to see how many points I actually have... So yeah I can probably throw some in

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[fractales]

Can do 4pts from Turo for sure.

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[emet_sulk]

Can do 4pts yes (sorry I didn't see this until now)

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[yuezun]

Donated 6 pts!

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[xiaolanhua]

Donated 6 points.

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[yuezun]

Submitted another 8 - that should be everything we need to get this approved!

Housing: Armada Headquarters - Semi Priority

[yuezun]

As of next month, we'll have been a crew for two months and can start looking for an island base (will have to ask for a quest chain for this per the game info page). I think we should consider getting the Armada Headquarters for the Island Base rather than have it on Nogard.

Armada Headquarters is 200pts and houses 20characters. I think this would be good to start thinking about saving points up for.

This is a semi-priority and something to think about for once we have an Island!

(frozen comment) ISLAND!

[yuezun]

We have been a crew for two months, so we can now submit a request for an ISLAND QUEST.

SO! What kind of island do you want for our Crew's home base island? Toss ideas out for the sort of features you'd like, +1 those that others suggest and we'll put in a request in a week or so after everyone's had time to look and vote.

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[(Anonymous)]

Hot springs! Who doesnt want their own private hotsprings?

(frozen comment) Inspirational Visuals! Post stuff you like!

[yuezun]

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(frozen comment) Volcano! And Mountain(s)

[yuezun]

Daqiang's power is fire based so a volcano would be very useful for him to build magical protections using his own fire power and to drawn on the power of when needed.

At least one decent sized mountain/volcano for height! He definitely wants a palace at the top.

(frozen comment) Re: ISLAND!

[vermilloci]

For anyone who wants to play around with a map generator site:

https://www.redblobgames.com/maps/mapgen4/

That does random generation and editing of maps!

(frozen comment) Re: ISLAND!

[torinoko]

I like the idea of a volcanic caldera and I'd like to add the idea of some hidden grottos/sea caves. Something like these images but maybe one large enough for the Phantom Moon to dock in?

New Island Thread!

[yuezun]

I have frozen the prior thread (here). It was a little disorganized and with the change over in crew from Feb to May, I figured a new thread would be more appropriate. Various visuals can be found there for inspiration and ideas.

I am looking to submit the request for the ISLAND QUEST so that it will be available to us in JUNE.

Things that were discussed on previous thread:

Private Hot Springs (do I need to explain?)

Volcanic (Daqiang's power is fire-based)

At least one impressively large mountain towering over the island (could be the volcano)

Caldera Shaped

Hidden Grottos/Lagoon (with at least one large enough to dock the Phantom Moon in)


All of the above elements fit very well together so I think we're good maintaining that, but what other elements should we consider for including in the quest and for future exploration:

Has Floating Pieces around the mountain/volcano top?
Has Ruins of past civilizations to explore/renovate? Has a secret stash of old and forgotten magitech or maybe a crumbling library that only a couple texts can be saved?
Is Tropical vs Deciduous? (i.e. Hawaii Volcano style island/island chain vs Mt. St. Helen)
Special Creatures already inhabiting it and/or it's waters? (does anyone want to share the island with another, smaller, civilization - be it a small settlement on land or a mermaid town in the bay formed by the caldera?
Is it more Marsh and Mountains than Beachy and Forests, etc?

[fractales]

I love the idea of a run mixture of things that can explore/renovate and some stuff stashed away in an old forgotten library/store room of sorts that could save stuff from and etc. Along with maybe being on the more tropical side. Also-

Could I interest you in a colony of mer-creatures like this that live in part of the bay? Could double as guardians given they make friends with them. Could also have some flower goldfish in a body of freshwater on the island. Or maybe some interesting whales that pass by as a rest stop at certain times.

Or on land, something rather starry and majestic in some tropical forested area. Flowery sheep?

Do you want a 'guardian' Cat Species in that crumbling library?

Basically- I save so many creature inspirations, due to helper-mod-work at another Lae-game, that I've got plenty hoarded away just waiting for a reason to be used anywhere.

[xiaolanhua]

I vote yes to Floating Pieces. Maybe someday they could become something for people, if they wanted.

For ruins, I propose something like this carved into the mountain, with obvious signs of damage from the volcano having gone off. There could be structures deeper within the mountain where the magitech and books stayed safe.

I do like the idea of tropical, so many vibrant flowers to find. Plus, the denser forests will be harder for people to invade them, especially if they have a hidden grotto/lagoon where they come in to avoid all this on the regular basis after exploring it the first time.

Snakes. Tropics or woods, snakes are there. Similar enough to dragons. :3 Perhaps the ancient civilization used to worship the snakes. But these are lava snakes who stay close to the source of heat (aka the volcano) until they hunt. You won't see them much at all during the colder months as they hibernate underground, but as the temperature warms, more are abundant (rip for summer exploration).

I prefer Beachy and Forest, but there could always be a marshy section and of course, The Mountain where the palace residence will be built. And a few other mountains here and there.

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Bonus for the future palace residence.
Flower decorated hallways: one and two.
Entrance to the outer garden: here.
Garden gazebo: with waterfall that ends at the bottom of the mountain.