Quoting Kungoru here. The public demo might get updated in the mid of this month.
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bro i think i need to go lay down
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Just found out the existence of this song, so decided to post it here, since we don’t have much else to debate about.
@Barroth_the_Mage I know, right?! The only problem I can see are the pronounces, but outside of them, I think it fits any kind of Mage, regardless of their believes and loyalties.
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@Kungoru
Most of the lyrics of that song suits the MC perfectly, while a small part of it suits Leon perfectly. This song is eerily perfect for both the Mage and Leon.
Totally!
By the way, people of AMR fandom, let’s talk about the cultures of the Arvanand continent. In my imagination, the Parami culture is kinda medieval Persian-esque. The Salantir culture is medieval European-esque. And the Yotai culture is medieval Sinosphere-esque. As for the Arcadians, their culture is similar to that of the Salantir; medieval European-esque but much more exotic because of their advanced magic.
So what about you guys? How do you imagine their cultures, aesthetics and fashions to be like?
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OOOOOoooooo, yis
I’m thinking mainly in architecture, I might do a separate post on clothing:
For Param:
So, for Param, I’m gonna post the picture I made of my mage’s execution, to visualize what I thought:
I’ve been picturing this sort of Medieval Western Europe, specifically, northern French and England after the Norman conquest, but also some hints of German (the patterned roof). So, timber-framed houses, monumental buildings are in the sort of Norman-Romanesque, not a lot of ornamentation, but a lot of form and color and contrast. Also, a higher degree of militarism, I think Sienan was described as being like a fortress.
Salantir, I picture as like, Germany, whimisical, romantic, but
But also slightly dark and gothic
Yotai, like you said, Medieval China, a little Japan, little Korea.
For Arcadia, I’m picturing a fusion of Roman…
And Elven, especially Dragon Age Elven:
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OH, and specifically, for the Jovian faith, I picture them using lots of tri-form symbols. So, things like:
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Wow! You drew this? That’s really impressive! I wish I could draw like you.
Anyway, I also imagine the Arcadian architecture to be kinda like Greco-Roman-esque with fantastic elven styles. Except, of course, the Arcadians are not elves.
Anyway, let’s talk a bit about their fashions. I’ll talk about Yotai fashions since I’m a sucker for East Asian cultures, especially Chinese culture. I imagine that the more traditional Yotai people would wear clothes that are more elegant, classic and conservative. Like in these images:
And the less conservative and bold, especially the younger generation, would wear clothes that are more liberal and have more foreign influences:
https://cdn-th.tunwalai.net/files/story/421763/637234962702625001-story.jpg
Yeah. They can be kind of…salacious at times.
Note: I don’t own any of these images. They are for reference purposes only.
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I want concept art of the different nations so bad. Especially Arcadia as a floating city. Hell, even Thaubal’s hidden forest mansion sounds interesting to explore. I’d post some images I thought would represent the nations, but it’s really weird for me on here.
Arcadia, most obvious for me, would be something like Skyloft from Zelda SS or Laputa from Castle in the Sky. Even Atlantis given the lost civilization similarities.
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I imagine this is what Arcadia kinda looks like, except maybe much grander?
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Me too. And I picture it combined with nature and greenery as the name Arcadia suggests harmony with nature and untapped wilderness.
How do you think their flags look like? Arcadia I always pictured a simple flag like this sketch of one (Which someone who actually knows how to make flags instead of me can improve haha) with colors of purple, white and gold/yellow.
@Barroth_the_Mage I forgot to edit but haha but I fixed the clouds, made the wheat the same gold color, and enhanced the quality and sharpness.
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Purple I think represents some of their characteristics like power, ambition and wisdom. The gold is from the picture of Arcana we have in the stats screen and it contrasts nicely.
The eye is also from that picture along with the 7 4-pointed stars which I think are their central icons and symbols. Behind the eye is a shield which represents protection from danger.
Seeing as there are 3 eyes in that picture, there are another two eyes on the outstretched hands symbolizing welcomeness and community (To Arcadians I guess) but also surveillance.
Above the biggest eye is a symbol for ancient animism which they practiced via the Ishavak Faith.
There are also two clouds (Which could symbolize that the nation is currently a floating island and its current hidden and secretive nature (if we dig deep enough haha))
Both clouds have a gold symbol etched into them. One has a key and the other a quill. Both symbolize knowledge the pursuit of it (and of the Arcane) which is one of the central tenets of the religion.
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You designed that flag? It’s beautiful!
If you want to make improvement on it, I’d suggest placing those two purple clouds above the shield, in way that is similar to those hands below the shield. That would make the symbol more symmetrical.
@Frieza
And it looks amazing! 
The hands with eyes are open and welcoming but also watchful and cautious, and the clouds with a key and a quill symbolise the ideals they uphold.
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Thanks! I’ll do that. I wonder what program is best for these pictures. Inkscape is free so I use that
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Its really more a preference kinda thing/ what kind of options a program gives you.
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I’ve always imagined Param as a very classic, Medieval European type of setting, with lots of fortresses! In my head it’s very focused on physically imposing buildings, and visually the opposite of the much more elegant buildings in Yotai.
I’m from Scandinavia, and there’s a lot of old churches from the Medieval times here, so in my head every small city in Param has its own church. I think they’d have a weaponhouse in the churches, too! (A weaponhouse/våbenhus is a little area in a church where the peasants would store weapons in case war broke out, and it was also used for women who had just given birth to wait until the priest could “cleanse” them.)
Yotai has also always been focused around Medieval China and Japan in my head, so I don’t have much more to add to that!
I think of Arcadia as looking more like the Achaemenid Empire and other Iranian architecture, though! Lots of beautiful carved stone and mosaics, and mashrabiya in both personal homes and public buildings!
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Thanks for sharing that picture of a Scandinavian church. It’s beautiful.
While I agree that Param is undoubtedly fantastical medieval European-esque (specifically western European, like EvilCatPerson mentioned), I still think it has medieval Persian-esque influence. After all, the people of Param call themselves “Parami”, and that name is Persian/Iranian-esque. But of course, this is just my own head-canon.
Edit: Actually, I just remembered an important detail. The Parami names seem to be Spanish-esque. (Example: Leomar Nantael de Param) Spain, as we all know, is an European nation that has been heavily influenced by Middle Eastern cultures (Perso-Arab). Now this makes more sense to me.
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I just tried this suggestion by searching on Ilya’s last name, de Alviar, and I’m getting a lot of Spanish and Portuguese (historical) people in my search results, so both of those countries fit in this origin!
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The name Leomar, from what I can read, means sea lion in Spanish (my love for the imbecile grows).
Although, first names are a little more scattered, as Iver is Germanic (alternate spelling of Ivar/Yngvar among others), Ilya is Slavic, and Aunt Bess’s name is English (though derived ultimately from Hebrew).
Geographically, IIRC, Western Param, where Mendel and Silcur are, is described as sort of like a desert (semi-desert maybe?), and Spain is notable for having Europe’s only true desert, as well as large regions of semi-desert.
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Ilya is actually a masculine Russian or East Slavic name. But let’s pretend that’s not the case, yeah?
Trivia: “Ilya” is East Slavic for “Elijah” (pronounced “E-lee-yah” in German). Hence, a masculine name.
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As @EvilCatPerson notes, the first names are more scattered, which is I think not unreasonable given that there seems to be more travel going on in Arvanand than you would expect from a society that largely relies on horses to get around, thanks to stuff like Spirit Gates.
For example, when I picked my new name during my transition, I choose a Slavic name, despite me being Dutch, while my (cis) brother has a Scandinavian first name.
However, given that most characters are nobles or descended from nobles, their last names are more geographically bound, so that would be (in real life) a more reliable indicator of their origins.
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Ilya is not necessarily a masculine name, I say that as slav. It certainly depends on other factors.
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