OOTS #1132 - The Discussion Thread

[TeCoolMage]

Wait, why do durkon and sigdi have entirely different accents from the rest of the dwarves

[jwhouk]

Every planet has a north!

[ti'esar]

It does seem like there's no real pattern to which dwarves do or do not have the accent, except vaguely in the meta sense of not wanting to overwhelm the readers with it.

[Particle_Man]

So was Minrah using power attack?

[Fnordius]

That leaves the question, "Why hasn't Good taken over yet?

I would recommend as inspiration the classic Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within", where a transporter malfunction splits Kirk into a "good" Kirk and an "evil" Kirk. The "good" side was too compassionate to make a decision, the "evil" lacked all inhibitions. In your setting that could be why the planes never go to war: the good planes lack the desire to go to war, and the evil ones are too busy fighting amongst themselves to think that far ahead, and even if they did they could not trust their own troops not to mutiny.

Blizzard's Diablo game cosmology did have a war like this, but the battlefield was the mortal plane. Apparently it was the crossroads linking Heaven and Hell, so maybe in your setting it could be the same, that the mortal plane is the only Interzone where both sides connect: no skipping over conquering the mortal plane first.

[Dion]

Wait, why do durkon and sigdi have entirely different accents from the rest of the dwarves

Head canon: Sigdi was a Scottish dwarf who was kidnapped by Viking Barbarian dwarves. She was dragged back to the northlands, sold into slavery, and forced to be Tenrin’s wife. The Viking Barbarian dwarves have a Fargo accent (oh yeah sure you betcha).

(Please note that this did not happen.)

But seriously, one dwarf with a Scottish accent is very funny. Two dwarves with Scottish accents are kind of funny. Three dwarves with Scottish accents is stupid.

[jwhouk]

It would be funny if Tenrin didn't have any sort of accent, if/when we meet him in Valhalla.

[nabcif]

8<= snip >=8

But seriously, one dwarf with a Scottish accent is very funny. Two dwarves with Scottish accents are kind of funny. Three dwarves with Scottish accents is stupid.

And yet a "brief" look (even though I need to go to sleep) finds Kandro and Hoskin in 1129 and Firuk Blackore and ...Rogo?... in 1096.

(I'm up because I just finished the new book and so I wanted to read the spoiler thread. By the way, the character appearance counting thread's newest posts have no spoilers, not even "Are you serious? You think that is a spoiler?!" spoilers, in case anybody's been avoiding it because they're as spoiler averse as me.)

Spoiler: Kickstarter story and/or _Good Deeds Gone Unpunished_

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(or Therkla.)

[M.A.D]

Wait, why do durkon and sigdi have entirely different accents from the rest of the dwarves

Not the rest of the dwarves, just the ones eating at Sigdi's table. There are several ones at the Temple of Thor who shared that accent.

It would be funny if Tenrin didn't have any sort of accent, if/when we meet him in Valhalla.

We have seen him talk in #991. He did have that accent, and so did the rest of their team.

[The MunchKING]

But seriously, one dwarf with a Scottish accent is very funny. Two dwarves with Scottish accents are kind of funny. Three dwarves with Scottish accents is stupid.

ALL Dwarves are Scottish.

[factotum]

We have seen him talk in #991. He did have that accent, and so did the rest of their team.

And even if he didn't, I'm not sure what would be odd about it? My sister has been married to a Scot for nigh on 40 years but I haven't noticed her speaking like him!

[Verappo]

I'm guessing Squeaky at least got a couple lessons on diction before leaving bard college, that explains one at least