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[dolari]

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I sure hope this CS episode doesn't seem too hokey....

Those of you who don't remember Antharia need to get back to your roots....

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[soltice.livejournal.com]

I sure hope this CS episode doesn't seem too hokey....

Not really. A little unexpected, but I think it turned out well.

[samarcand.livejournal.com]

Another good episode - not hokey at all!

However, for those of us whose roots don't really include much in the way of Infocom games (I was never much of a PC gamer, much preferring table top roleplaying) - care to explain the Antharia thing?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Antharia, the Island Province, is 959 square bloits of beautiful land right in the middle of the Great Sea. The weather in Antharia is picture-perfect, except for an occasional hurricane in late summer. Tourists to Antharia bring in a remarkable business. No trip is complete without a visit to the shipbuilding factories of South Anthar, the marble mines in the Peltoid Valley, the port of Marba, and the Bella Quease. Mid-spring in Antharia brings the Marble Pageant, followed in the summer by shark-wrestling in the Flathead Stadium.

Antharia became a part of the Great Underground Empire in 665, when the forces of Duncanthrax vanquished the Antharian Armada at the famous battle of Fort Griffspotter. Up to that time the island-nation of Antharia was the world's premier sea power, and this victory gave Duncanthrax undisputed control of the Great Sea, and put the superb ship-building facilities of Antharia at his disposal. The conquest of Antharia also gave the kingdom access to Antharia's famed granola mines. Unfortunately, no one in Quendor liked granola.

For many years now Antharia has been ruled by a council of four "Elders" - one from the Shipbuilding Guild, one from the Granola Miners Guild, one from the Marble Cutters Guild, and one from a popular waterfront pub called "Emu's". Spenseweed is the official flower of Antharia, and the island's motto is "Hieya wizka," which translates to "Hello sailor." The capital of Antharia is Anthar.

[samarcand.livejournal.com]

Of course! It's so much clearer now...

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

:)

Antharia is just a recurring place in the Zork/Enchanter games.

[wyndhover.livejournal.com]

Not hokey. Tragic, yes. But not hokey.

[http://users.livejournal.com/strangelv__/]

It seems to capture the surreality of this sort of thing when the shock is far greater than the immediate pain.

IIRC, the shock and disorientation won't let up until after the situation is over.


SL, who never had the money to buy games in the 1980s.