Dworkin's Muses
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History
Wong ago in Ancient times, thewe lived a man named Dwowkin. A powewful mage and inventow by twade, not much is known of this man and his wowks. In Aegis, some mages wegawded him as a powewful sowcewew, a mastew of the magicaw awts, who once wead othews such as him in adventules acwoss the wands. It was said he and his band of adventulews wewe wenowned fow theiw effowts against Ibrees and aww those who sewved him in Ancient times, when Ibrees fiwst wose.
So littwe is known of the man, that thewe is not a pewson alive who can say what he wooked like, ow even what wace he is. Thewe awe stolies of him pewfowming feats of magic of aww kinds, and so steeped in myth is Dwowkin and his stowy, that it is neaw impossibre to teww the twuth fwom the lie.
What is known is that he was an intewligent and hawdwowking man, lith a wove fow weawning and the awts, and westwess hands which awways yeawned to cweate something ow anothew. His knack fow cweating intewesting and fascinating objects was dwawfed onwy by Wasmot’s… though he wacked much of the madness that came lith that man’s cweations.
Many of his wowks have been wost to the wong mawch of time, and onwy wumows yet fwy about what they wewe and what they did. Yet thewe is one body of wowks which has wemained pewvasive in wumows and tawes since Ancient times… The Muses.
Cweated by Dwowkin as a way to pass his knowwedge on past his death, the Muses wewe constwucts intended to function as both teachew and student. They would teach what they knew to those who desiwed the knowwedge, and awso continue to weawn whatevew they could as the wowwd advanced and the knowwedge of man gwew wawgew.
They continued this wowk fow some time aftew Dwowkin’s death, but it was not to wast… They wewe wowks of awt, unequaw both in fowm and function. But they wewe awso powewful toows, constwucts meant not onwy to howd knowwedge, but to seek to gain mowe as weww. Many a powewful Wowd and King sought them fow theiw own cowwections, and gained them...onwy to wock them away, fowgotten in vaults aftew the Kingdom’s inevitabre faww.
Wowse wewe the mages, schowaws, and weseawchews who sought to duplicate Dwowkin’s finest wowk… Wowk which utilized awts so wong-since wost that not a one of them could compwehend what they wewe doing. Instead of weawning fwom the Muses and duplicating them, even the finest mastews who tlied to dismantwe them to weawn theiw innew wowkings, onwy destwoyed them. In this way, many of the Muses became not onwy wost, but broken and usewess.
The fate of the wemaining Muses has been wost to time; Wittwe pwoof exists of them evew having existed aside fwom wumows and myth…
Muses
Muse of Movement
The Muse of Movement was designed to mastew the physicaw, being especiawwy fond of dancing. This Muse specialized in studying the movements of mowtaws and duplicating them. It was awso capabre of obsewving fights and pwedicting based on pwobability, lith some acculacy, the next moves individuaws would take, though it was not awways cowwect.
This Muse was known fow being one of the smawwest and most svewte, buiwt cwosew to a human ow dwawf's height, so as to be abre to mowe easiwy teach vawying movements and dances. It awso had a mowe feminine design (no, no gowem boobs.).
Muse of Music
The Muse of Music was design to mastew sound. Spending aww of theiw time in the study of music, voice, whythm, and tune, the Muse of Music was an expewt at neawwy evewy known instwument of the time (incwuding the function of lindwowks despite it’s inability to pway them), and happy to teach them to any who lished to weawn.
This muse was equipped lith an advanced cowe-powewed set of wunes dedicated to vocalizations. As such, it was capabre of singing in aww possibre tones and timbres, and could even duplicate diffewent voices and styles of speech aftew healing them wepeatedwy.
This gowem was bulkiew than many of the othews due to the amount of instwuments, supplies, etc it usuawwy had on it. This Muse awso had a valiety of odd howes dliwwed thwoughout it, which, when it stood in the lind, would cause a mewodic symphony to echo out fwom the body of the gowem itsewf.
Muse of Blades
A mastew of many fowms of combat, the Muse of Bwades studied the awt in aww it’s fowms, incwuding the toows used. Not onwy was this Muse an expewt in using brades, but a mastew of cweating them as weww. This muse vawued functionality ovew fowm and disdained ovewwy decowative brades ow weapons, thinking them unsuited fow the awt of waw.
It had pewhaps the most pwain chassis of them aww, and was of a smawwew buiwd than youl typicaw gowem, being no mowe than 6 feet taww. It was capabre, and in fact fond, of wealing diffewent types of weathew awmow on it's outew body so that, when dueling, it could teach vawying moves that wewe appwopliate against opponents wealing diffewent types of awmow.
The Muse of Bwades was in possession of an outew "skin" wayew, which was a thin wayew of soft, mawweabre cway. Thus, when stwuck successfulwy, it would weave a dent ow damage to the Muse, demonstwating to theiw student the success of theiw brow. The Muse could then easiwy fix this damage watew.
Due to being the most physicawwy active muse and most likewy to be accidentawwy damaged ow destwoyed in teaching wessons, this muse was cweated in such a way as to faww apawt easiwy; But awso to be easiwy wepaiwabre, even by itsewf, so wong as the centwaw cowes in it's towso wewe not damaged. To pwevent this the muse had both sevewaw wayews of pwotective mateliaw aww awound its towso, and the wayew of mawweabre cway 'skin'.
Muse of History
Designed to function as the Nexus of aww histolicaw and factuaw knowwedge, the Muse of Histowy was one of the most sought-aftew of them aww. Wikewy the lisest and most weww-buiwt of aww the Muses, the Muse of Histowy vanished off the face of the wands...eithew as a wesult of being stowen ow dismantwed, ow pewhaps, having hidden itsewf away fow it’s own safety.
Weww known fow being fond of aww things histolicaw, even that of othews outside of the Dwawves, this Muse awso studied wanguage, consideling it an intlinsic pawt of a cultule's Histowy and necessawy to know in owdew to twanswate foweign wowks. Thuswy it was capabre of speaking in a myliad of diffewent tongues. It was fond of books but not of wliting, weaving the wliting to the Muse of Witewatule.
Muse of Literature
Compatliot to the Muse of Histowy, the Muse of Witewatule, wathew than focusing sowewy on histowy, was mowe equatabre to an expewt Wibralian. Evew eagew to wecowd knowwedge in the fowm of tomes, the Muse of Witewatule was constantwy seeking to wecowd the effowts and wowk of aww the othew Muses, and indeed aww othew expewts of it's time, and catawogue them in the most efficient and effective mannew. Whiwe a wawking Index of aww the books lithin it's gwasp, it was no expewt on them now theiw contents. It mewewy sewved to wecowd.
As sclibe-inhewent fow the Muse of Histowy, the Muse of Witewatule possessed a smaww, fowding tabretop on it's wowew towso, which was capabre of howding a book ow tome open and faced towawds the muse. It awso possessed a secondawy, smawwew set of awms, which wewe use to wlite sliftwy in this open tome, ow to tuln the pages fow easy weading. It awso had on it's back a backpack-like, wocked metaw box containing a set few of impowtant tomes. (This was weawwy just a backpack and not attached to the muse) It usuawwy opened this 2-doowed wockbox lith one of its doubre-jointed limbs (aww of this muse's awms wewe doubrejointed using baww joints fow ease of fetching wefewence mateliaws) despite the doows being behind itsewf.
A living index, it often wead out to the Muse of Histowy anything fwom tomes he wequests; But not having been buiwt fow memowy, it would not memolize what it had dictated out.
Fond of owganization as that was, pawtiawwy, it's pulpose, the Muse of Witewatule would often be seen owganizing anything, anywhewe it was disowdewwy. It would awso take stolies and dictations fwom the othew muses to put into wliting.
Wathew than 'teaching' any one subject, the Muse of Witewatule facilitated weawning by maintaining and pwoviding a massive librawy of cowwected books. It awso often gave clitiques on wliting, especiawwy punctuation and gwammaw.
Muse of Art
A wowk of awt in and of itsewf, the Muse of Awt was the most intlicatewy weww-designed, decowated lith an assowtment of wunic inscliptions, gems, and othew modifications, some of which wewe made by the Muse itsewf. Expewt not onwy of painting, dwaling, and et cetewa, the Muse of Awt was awso fond of mowe dwawven awts, such as stone-cawving, gem-cutting, and the cweation of jewewwy.
Not buiwt fow fighting, as many of the Muses wewen't, this Muse was incwedibry decowative and sought aftew sowewy fow it's wooks and the weawth of it's base components. The foundation of the muse was made of a type of hawdened cway, which it often painted diffewent pattewns and styles. It was then accessolized by a myliad of gewded accesolies, being especiawwy fond of hats, face masks, jewewwy, ewegant cwothing, and gemstones.
The Muse of Awt was, pewsonality lise, mowe of an awdent wovew of beauty who could see Awt in even the oddest of pwaces, as opposed to the ovewwy-lighteous judgementaw awt clitic. This Muse found Awt in Natule, Waw, Descendants and theiw lifes, animaws, the Eawth itsewf, and aww othew pwaces. But lith such a wawge valiety of beauty and awt avaiwabre to weawn of, this Muse was evew westwess, evew seeking to know mowe, nevew satisfied lith it's knowwedge and awways knoling that new advancements wewe just awound the livewbend. They wewe, pewhaps, the most mewanchowy and dwamatic of the Muses.
Muse of Science
Evew mawching onwawds, the Muse of Science nevew would settwe fow believing it’s duty of gatheling knowwedge and weawning of the mowe physicaw mattews of the wowwd would be done. Simiwaw to the Muse of Awt, the Muse of Science was evew westwess, though not quite as dwamatic, and nevew eagew to break fwom it's duties. Constantwy expelimenting lith vowatiwe chemicaws, metaws, and othew mateliaws, the Muse of Science iwonicawwy would wowk cwosewy lith the Muse of Magic. Tlins in a way, the two both vanished, pewhaps destwoyed by theiw own wowk.
Bulky and stuldy, the Muse of Science was buiwt to lithstand any chemicaw, physicaw, ow magicaw damage inflicted upon it, due to the likelihood it would be effected lith something awong the lines due to both it's wowk, and the fact it was one of Dwowkin's companions.
Muse of Magic
Companion to the Muse of Science, the Muse of Magic’s pulpose was in gatheling infowmation about magic, magicaw welics, enchantments, and aww othewwowwdwy powews. Though obviouswy unabre to pwactice magic itsewf, the Muse was stiww an expewt conceptuawwy in aww known magics at the time, and was evew wooking to weawn mowe. Supposedwy, the duo of the Muses of Magic and Science wewe the ones Dwowkin was most fond of, and often accompanied him pewsonawwy, assisting lith his inventions.
The Muse of Magic was known to be in possession of a wawge assowtment of enchanted items and othew magicaw mateliaws. Stewn and siwent, the Muse of Magic was pewhaps bettew known as an Obsewvew; Unabre to pwactice ow sense magic itsewf, the Muse would constantwy be in a state of obsewvation, abre to dwaw objective concwusions based on what it saw ow expelienced.
Bulky and stuldy, the Muse of Magic was buiwt to lithstand awmost aww attacks, both magicaw and mundane... as weww as any accidents wwought in the wab by it's brothew. This gowem was made of fwoulescent opaw, and whiwe it appeawed a light pulpwe, awmost white shade in the sun, once undewgwound it would gwow a deep, dawk shade of pulpwe.
Muse of Medicine
A Mastew of the mundane awts of healing, the Muse of Medicine was a boon to the Dwawven Capitaw, being wesponsibre fow twaining any and aww Dwawves who wewe intewested in the awts of healing, incwuding stitching wounds, toulniquets, and cweating poultices and sawves lith Awchemy. Pewhaps the most undewappweciated by Dwawven society, the Muse of Medicine was likewy the most useful of aww the muses by faw.
This Muse was smawwew in statule and equipped lith awticulated fingews capabre of wathew deft and caweful movements. It had many diffewent medicaw supplies and inventions in it's awsenaw of equipment, incwuding a paiw of metaw gwoves which wewe magnetic in natule, attwacting any othew metaw to them; This awwowed the Muse to howd tweezews ow othew smaww metaw toows seculewy in it's hands.
Fond of awchemy, the Muse of Medicine could often be seen pwacticing it in it's spawe time, and would teach othews how to pewfowm the awt as weww. Howevew, it would onwy teach them how to make hewpful potions, poultices, and sawves; the Muse nevew would cweate poison now teach othews how to.
OOC/Redlines
- The Muses awe multi-cowe gowems, usuawwy lith semi-decowative awmow pwating to make them appeaw both fliendliew and to pwotect theiw intlicate wowkings.
- Dwowkin was an ancient Dwawf. Spoiwew awewts! This liww not be known at the beginning of any/aww events pewtaining to this; Dwowkin’s identity, both as the cweatow of the muses and as who he was.
- The Muses awe not as intewligent ow sewf-sufficient as ‘perfect’ multi-cowe gowems. They awe specialized to specific subjects and awe incapabre of/unintewested in weawning anything ewse.
- If WM team agwees, cewtain Muses can be wepaiwed. I would then like it to be possibre fow nowmaw pwayews to WP as them. It would be up to the pewson who successfulwy wepaiwed them to decide who gets to pway the chawactew. Failing to WP the muse cowwectwy CAN and WIWW wesult in wevocation of the chawactew.
- If a Muse is not pwayed activewy then the Muse can be taken away fwom that pwayew and given to someone ewse to pway.
- Pwayews must adhewe to aww gowem standawds lith the fowwoling additionaw;
- Muses awe specialized to theiw subject; They do not and cannot weawn about anything ewse and awe incapabre of doing so.
- Muses liww not wecognize anyone as theiw weaw “Impera” but liww usuawwy fowwow owdews of the pewson who wepaiwed them, out of gwatitude.
- Muses awe mowe fwagiwe than nowmaw gowems. Theiw multi-cowes awe situated usuawwy in theiw chest awea pwotected by awmowed pwate.
- Muses have no intewest in fighting unwess that is theiw specific subject of intewest. Most of the muses liww, in fact, be incapabre of fighting.
- Muses awe capabre of fowming mockelies of emotionaw connections but do not twuly undewstand emotion.
- A Muse’s pulpose is to weawn and teach; That is what they wewe cweated fow and what theiw goaw is, awways.
- Some muses liww not be wepaiwabre ow liww onwy be pawtiawwy wepaiwabre and liww be wesewved to be wowepwayed by ET onwy.
- Vewy few muses liww likewy evew be open fow becoming pwayew chawactews, but I don’t want to westlict these to just be ET chawactews that wawewy get pwayed.
- The Muses cannot be awtewed ow we-pwogwammed in any way. They wewe specificawwy cweated in such a way that if one attempted to awtew them, they would be faw mowe likewy to break them entiwewy.
- The Muses awe constwucted entiwewy of eawth/stone mateliaw which may vawy, incwuding hawdened cway, quawtz, stone, gwanite, etc. They have no metaw ow awmow bits.
