Once again, the Illarion developers want to give you an opportunity to shape the world Illarion and contribute to the big project baptised "Very Big Update". This time, it’s all about books. Books enhance the atmosphere of the game and can provide valuable game content, such as information about the world and its inhabitants as well as game mechanisms, translated in ingame words, e.g. magic.
Currently, most information about the world Illarion can be found not in the game, but outside (Illapedia, homepage, forum and third party websites). We’d like to end this state and bring all informations where it belongs: into the game. For that purpose, current content from Illapedia, the homepage and what else there is shall be converted to Illarion books. With the very big update, books get a more easy XML format that can be edited by everyone without any scripting knowledge. Please find a template below.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<book>
<language id="de">
<title>Das Buch der Priester Eldans</title>
<page>Der Novize:\n\nWas du suchst sind Weisheit und Wissen.\nDoch vielleicht führt dein Weg zu sehr zu Hochmut und nicht zu Eldan.</page>
<page>Sei stark im Glauben.\nEldan führt dich und er bringt dich deinem Ziel näher, die Spur zu finden - zur Weisheit.</page>
<page>Sei stark in Taten.\nZeige Eifer. Wie dir und mir Eldan den Zweifel nahm, den Hochmut, zeigt er den Weg.</page>
<page>Sei stark im Mute.\nIch sehe den Weg. Und werde er steinig oder steil, ihm sind wir bestimmt zu folgen.</page>
</language>
<language id="us">
<title>Book of the priests of Eldan</title>
<page>The novice:\n\nWhat you are seeking after is wisdom and knowledge.\nBut maybe your way leads too much to pride but to Eldan.</page>
<page>Be strong in faith.\nEldan will lead you and he will guide you closer to your aim - finding the path of wisdom.</page>
<page>Be strong in actions.\nBe zealous. Just as Eldan took our doubt and pride, yours and mine, he will show our way.</page>
<page>Be strong in courage.\nI see the way. And though he might become stony or steep, we are meant to follow him.</page>
</language>
</book>
Additionally, I’d like to prompt you to submit any book you wrote that never made its way into the game. Even if you sent your book to a developer, please consider converting it to the new format so it can be put into the game with the big update. Also, if you need help translating a book or can offer your help, please post below. If you want to work on creating a new book, please state this as reply; also, you can submit your results as reply or send them to me as PM or to estralis@illarion.org. For most books that should be present in the game, you can find appropriate texts at Illapedia.
http://illarion.org/community/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Feel free to expand those texts, though. But keep in mind that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel, plenty texts are available and you don’t have to rewrite them. So, if you work on a book, state so and I’ll keep the list below up to date. These are the “must have” books that need to be worked on:
- GENERAL
- The Mainland (Albar, Salkamar, Gynk, Lor Angur)
- History of the Gods (without Manrok Chronicles)
- Celebrations
- Religions
- [DONE] Signs of the Zodiac
- [DONE] Calendar
- [DONE] The Gods (Elder Gods, Younger Gods)
- [DONE] Lore of the Gods I
- [DONE] Lore of the Gods II
- [DONE] Monsters
- PEOPLE AND RACES
- The People of Illarion (general description, NO stories: Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Halflings, Lizards, Orcs)
- [DONE] Culture of the Humans
- [DONE] Culture of the Dwarves
- [DONE] Culture of the Elves
- [DONE] Culture of the Halflings
- [DONE] Culture of the Lizards
- [DONE] Culture of the Orcs
- CRAFTS
- Mining
- Lumberjacking & Carpentry
- Spinning & Tailoring
- Dyeing & tanning
- Farming & Cooking
- Sieving & Glass blowing
- Alchemy
- [DONE] Fishing
- Masonry
- [DONE] Candle making
- [DONE] Brick making
- [IN WORK] Herb lore
- [DONE] Blacksmithing
- [DONE] Gem grinding & Gold smithing
- [DONE] Magic Stones
- MAGIC
- Arcane magic
- Druidism
- Priesthood
- Bards
- STORIES
- [DONE]Manrok Chronicles
- The revelations of Tialdin
- Confusion
- Dragon dreams
- The old man
- Three guiding truths
- [DONE] Diary of Noira Liv
- The Thiron Saga
- [DONE] The Story of Urubur
- [DONE] On humans by Thomas Berryard
- [DONE] Brewyn the Liar
- [DONE] Prayer to Findari
- [DONE] Baros Bigfoot and the pride
- [IN WORK] History of the Gods of Illarion
- [DONE] Journal of Abbot Elzechiel
- [IN WORK] A panorama of Albar
- [IN WORK] The One
- [IN WORK] A craftman story
- [DONE] Findaril – Daughter of the wind
- [DONE] A hermit on the lookout for Eldan
- [DONE] A Question of Honor
- QUESTS
- Salavesh quest book
- [DONE] Irundar quest books
- OTHER
- How To Be A Simple Monk
- Tihgorac's Book of Combat
- Glorification to Irmorom
- Dwarven songs
- Art of dwarven warfare
- The bonding festival
- [DONE] Family tree of the Flowerfeet
- Schira'thel – Daughter of Blood
- On Gems
- [DONE] Book of Jokes
- [DONE] Book of the Priests of Eldan
- [DONE] A tale of brothers (the moons)
- [IN WORK] Mule
- [IN WORK] The merchants at Gobaith
- [IN WORK] The art of trade
- [IN WORK] Demonologist
- SPECIFIC
- Nine books about the towns Enviyatar
- Three history books Enviyatar
http://illarion.org/community/us_chat.php
Yours,
GM Estralis
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Deutsche Zusammenfassung
Im obigen Text geht es darum, neue Bücher für Illarion aus vorhandenen Inhalten zu erstellen. Wer ein Buch übernehmen möchte, solle dies bitte als Antwort mitteilen. Weitere Fragen können in einem Chat im Channel #illarion auf Quakenet geklärt werden, der am Mittwoch, den 03.11.2010 um 20:00 (CET) stattfindet.
Euer GM Estralis