The Seven Heirs of Ophaesia: Part One (WIP)

[cascat07]

@Fawkes I know you mentioned that the technology level is pre-firearms but is it also pre-cannon/gunpowder?

How is the Ophaesian Navy armed for instance?

[almostinsane]

Oh, here’s the working link for my character’s mask. Thanks, RedRoses:

And it looks like my character will get along with all his siblings except the heir. Here’s hoping we can have fun driving him up the wall with our snark.

[UmbraLamia]

@RedRoses

Prince Terrisen-Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe is a rad choice. Even though he’s a little on the pale side, he does have the brown hair and blue eyes. He’s also a great, charming person and it’s really difficult to dislike him.

Wasn’t it mentioned that Terrisen’s a little taller than most people? Radcliffe’s such a weird choice. Unless Ophaesians are not that tall in the first place.

Sorry had to.

[CrayFoPottah]

Ah, well. I am an idealist.

@Fawkes Ahaha, in that case, happy early birthday!

And thank you, I’m glad you liked Antonia! I’d still blabber on about her developments whether or not you told me to, so rest assured that I will update you on her story.

I do have some more questions, actually, this time about the love interests. How old will the MC be when they meet them? Will they be introduced – or will they and the MC develop a relationship – one by one or at the same time? Can the MC romance more than one of them, at least until a certain checkpoint if there is any?
Anyhow, 9 is a very ambitious amount for love interests. I can’t wait to see how the game will branch out with each of them.

Thanks for the description of the MC’s siblings! So far, I’m most drawn to Olarion. He’d make for an extremely useful ally, and vice versa, an extremely dangerous enemy. That, and I just have a thing for nerds. Being furtively manipulative just adds to his appeal. Too bad he’s the MC’s half-brother.

Regardless of their standpoints, I think Antonia would yearn for an emotional connection with any of her siblings. She still considers them family, even though the feeling may not be mutual. She misses Terrisen and Baelira most of all, naturally, and it still saddens her sometimes that their initial closeness has waned immensely.

… See, I told you I’d bore you with her details anyway.

@RedRoses I AM A BIG FAN OF YOUR FANCAST

Also, @UmbraLamia, that hurt.

[Ventura]

Looks at the MC’s siblings…Looks back at the MC with her porcelain skin, black hair and green eyes…

Aw. My poor MC’s going to stand out like a sore thumb. Like she needed more evidence to blatantly point out they don’t share the same mother.

Btw how tall is Ysonia?

[SirLordChris]

@Fawkes

Olarion - He’s shorter than Neraven, but he’s still taller than most people. He spends most of his days doing scholarly pursuits, and as such he’s pale and lean. He has his father’s coloring: dark brown hair and pale blue eyes. However, he has the angular features of his mother. He’s extremely smart and knows pretty much everyone’s secrets.

@RedRoses

Fancasting time!

Prince Olarion-Matthew Daddario

Meh , I’mma have to hit you with this guy !

He works too !

(Special thanks to @RedRoses for tecaching me to link stuff to words!)

[RedRoses]

Wasn’t it mentioned that Terrisen’s a little taller than most people? Radcliffe’s such a weird choice. Unless Ophaesians are not that tall in the first place.

Sorry had to.

Don’t heightshame me!

[UmbraLamia]

I’m one you you guys, too. So it doesn’t count.

[RedRoses]

It’s not my fault you have internalized heightism.

(In honest though, I just went for the “he’s the shortest brother” part and cast my favorite short man. In my defense back in the day men were shorter than that!)

[Ventura]

You can take into account that average height differs all over the world if we compare with the real world.

But since we’re dealing with a fictional country, as long as we don’t get an outright number for height in Ophaesia, I’m pretty sure we can just go nuts in imagining what the average height is. ^^

[idonotlikeusernames]

All of the half-siblings, except for Baelira,cause she’s just too nice, will make good targets for pranks but Ilythis, Keralith and Olarion will probably be his favourite targets/victims. With Ilythis and Olarion likely as his absolute favourites. Ilythis will be fun to prank in order to try to get different reactions out of our mystery girl and Olarion because he’s likely to provide the greatest challenge.

Neraven on the other hand may turn out to be the most complex type of relationship, provided he’s not as much of a jerk to us as dear old dad, my mc will certainly attempt to prank him a few times but he may also be the guy he tries impress and secretly craves the approval of in lieu of his father (though he’ll never admit it).

[roxo14]

I’ve been wondering if we may have a sort of Cersei and Jamie type of relationship with some siblings? I mean aristocracy and royals are know for the incest angle, so I’m curious at how far the relations will span.

WHOOPS, sorry for the repeated question!

[Urban]

Fawkes already said no incest between siblings.

[roxo14]

Ah, sweet, thanks for the info!

[SirLordChris]

@Fawkes

I’m going to address the incest first: Since I intend to hopefully have this game in CoG’s hosted line, there will be no incestuous relationships in my game. Apple would likely never allow it, and in any case, that’s not really something I want to write, nor is that the sort of relationships I want you to have with your siblings. You’re free to pine after your brothers and sisters though, if that’s what you want. I’m not judging.

That’s the story

[roxo14]

Makes total sense, and it’s nice to see a royals centric game that doesn’t go for the famous aristocratic taboos!

[DarkSpeck]

@CrayFoPottah

I do have some more questions, actually, this time about the love interests. How old will the MC be when they meet them? Will they be introduced – or will they and the MC develop a relationship – one by one or at the same time?

At least one of the love interests will be introduced in chapter 2, that much Fawkes has said so far in that regard

[SirLordChris]

@CrayFoPottah

I do have some more questions, actually, this time about the love interests. How old will the MC be when they meet them?

@Fawkes

One of the long-term female ROs is, indeed, an awesome redhead. You’ll meet her in chapter two.

Childhood love , oh so sweet

[H2O]

@Ventura

I’m pretty sure we can just go nuts in imagining what the average height is.

Imagining everyone in Ophaesia the size of a giant
Everyone else outside of Ophaesia as average human height

Oh dear. The romantic scenes will be sooo awkward

[TruMaknae]

If Ophaesians are natural giants, I’m imagining men ranging from 6’0-6’2 and women being 5’11. This is very overwhelming for my 4’11 self. I also imagine my MC’s being the same height as me, with the exception of my male MC being 5’4.

Anyway, here’s my fancast. I love doing this. I have NO idea who Eraven and Keralith should be. I like the idea of Ian McKellan as Eraven though. My fancast’s appearences are a bit different from Fawkes’ official description but…oh well.

The MC As I mentioned before, I have three MC’s. I haven’t decided what most of them look like as children with the exception of Rhilyra 1.
Most of the time I play as a princess named Rhilyra, or Rhilyra 1 who is very timid and shy, with purple eyes and blonde—almost white—hair. As a child, I imagine her as Saoirse Ronan from ‘Atonement,’ but with snowy white hair. As she gets older, I imagine her as Nastya Zhidkova.
Rhilyra 2 is tan with dark brown hair and eyes. She’s very tomboyish and likes Tepharon the most out of the Triad. As an adult, I imagine her as Barbara Lennie. With a pixie cut, of course. For the record, I just found out about Barbara Lennie looking for my fancast. But she’s perfect for Rhilyra 2.
As for my male MC whose name I still can’t decide (either Severin or Endymion), he looks like Francisco Lachowski. He’s pretty shy. Total momma’s boy and a bit of a bookworm.

Ysonia- Salma Hayek, Keira Knightley, or Charlize Theron. All depends on which of my MC’s I’m playing. Charlize Theron for Rhilyra 1. Salma Hayek for Rhilyra 2. And finally, Keira Knightley for Endymion/Severin.

Neraven David Boals.. I know he has brown hair, but I can’t stop thinking of David as Neraven. He just looks so regal with his long hair. He reminds me of Prince Adam from Beauty and the Beast!

Ilythis Mia Wasikowska in Madame Bovary She has a very mature and elegant look to her. She looks especially sophisticated with her hair pinned and braided. She looks stunning in Madame Bovary’s dresses and I imagine Ilythis wearing equally exquisite gowns.

Olarion Ansel Elgort. He’s super tall (6’4), but he did pretty well as Agustus Waters in the TFiOS movie, even though I disliked the book, movie, and character I thought he delivered a good performance. Very educated, very scholarly.

Terrisen Miles Teller. Not sure why, but I think he’d be a good Terrisen. He looks like the kind of person that would light up a room with his presence.

Baelira- Alicia Vikander or Chloë Grace Moretz. I love the idea of Alicia being Baelira. I fell in love with her performance in Testament of Youth. So, now I adore her. So, kudos to @RedRoses for ingraining that image into my mind.

Elesyth- Helen Mirren. Not sure why, and I don’t know if her age was ever specified or hinted at…But Helen Mirren is my best shot. She looks very wise, y’know?

But if a sweet, roguish RO with long, dark hair should pop up any time soon…I already have him picked out. Garrett Hedlund from Eragon. Talk about dreamy. This was fun to do, tbh.