Guild City

[Mouse]

How many hills in a mountain?

[Tonnichiwa]

Three or four. It really depends on the quality of the Mountain. You see, another little known fact is that the value of a Mountain is dependent upon it's purity. Sadly, the only way to test it's purity is to bite off one of the corners!. Unfortunately, when you do that this lowers the value of the Mountain and turns it into what is called a Volcano, as one tip is missing. It can be quite damaging to one's teeth to bite off a mountain, but at least it has a good taste. It tastes like the candies called "Red Hots".

Most people just give it a value of three or four hills as hills are not worth very much. Most folks don't want to risk breaking their teeth you see. This is why there are more mountains than volcano's.

[DarkInfinity]

Three or four. It really depends on the quality of the Mountain. You see, another little known fact is that the value of a Mountain is dependent upon it's purity. Sadly, the only way to test it's purity is to bite off one of the corners!. Unfortunately, when you do that this lowers the value of the Mountain and turns it into what is called a Volcano, as one tip is missing.

So after it has been tested by one person, and another person is called in to verify it's quality, to they bite off the same point eventually creating a butte or mesa? Or to they work off each point until they end up with a little hex marker?

[Tonnichiwa]

So after it has been tested by one person, and another person is called in to verify it's quality, to they bite off the same point eventually creating a butte or mesa? Or to they work off each point until they end up with a little hex marker?

Nah, once is enough for most people. Only the Dwarves have been known to take more than one bite. But I hear they like chewing on rocks. Rumor has it that they actually take bits of Volcano money and use it in a Dwarven Bakery somewhere in this City. Rumor has it a mage from the castle tried it once. It made him so dizzy he couldn't walk. So he drunk some Rhumb with the Volcano bread, hoping it would help him walk in a straight line. but instead it increased his dizziness until he stubbed his toe on a rock. Now the humans have taken to nicknaming Volcano bread "Krak a toe ah".

@J.Edward Lol...I can't wait to see those!

@Mouse lol. Careful mouse. Too much Rhumb and you might end up like that poor mage.

[Mouse]

I guess that all the bumps, ripples and squeaks I've got are worth practically nothing then

[Tonnichiwa]

lol...nah, get enough of those together and they are unofficially called a "mole hill". Gather enough mole hill's together and you can make mountains

[Mouse]

Can I have all the little nibbles to add to my collection?

EDIT: for the orphans, you understand!

[kacey]

LMAO...Maybe I shouldn't have asked...

Word has it that the Druids, and Alchemists in 56 have joined forces with the university to create inks which withstand the test of time, and are resistant to sun damage. Perhaps they could begin research to find an alloy which would be suitably non destructive.

And FYI news has it that reports of contaminated tea are cropping up all over the city. There have been several sightings of people becoming intoxicated after drinking it, and going into fits of incoherent rambling which can last for several day's. Witness testimony states that some of the first cases appeared in the campus coffee shop just after a mysterious cloaked figure exited the premises, and was later seen entering the tunnels on the far side of the hill.

[Straf]

Word has it that the Druids, and Alchemists in 56 have joined forces with the university to create inks which withstand the test of time, and are resistant to sun damage. Perhaps they could begin research to find an alloy which would be suitably non destructive.

Indeed, a rather fast fixative resin has been developed that can absorb the sunlight and prevent it from bleaching the pigments. However, as this resin contains a non-insignificant proportion of dried poppy milk, and an extract from grains that may or may not have developed ergot, cartographers are advised not to lick their brushes or eat their words lest they wish to espy elephants of a rather rosey colouration

[Meshon]

Indeed, a rather fast fixative resin has been developed that can absorb the sunlight and prevent it from bleaching the pigments. However, as this resin contains a non-insignificant proportion of dried poppy milk, and an extract from grains that may or may not have developed ergot, cartographers are advised not to lick their brushes or eat their words lest they wish to espy elephants of a rather rosey colouration

I predict that fixative will be very popular in the inkwell. For some reason they import more than they could ever use for the production of maps…