Calling All Chi'en-ji!

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~ Calling all Chi'en-ji! ~
The time is now! The time is near! We should all...!
Live together!

After reading through the lovely Human Cultures page, I came across both the Chi'en-ji culture and the sub-classed Chi'Di-chuo culture. Both are lovely snippets, however, it mentions that Chi'Di-chuo (Chi'en-ji who live in Regalia) often group together and all live in the same area, which are appropriately called 'Chi-Towns'. This was neat, and I thought the Chi'en-ji community could get together and all have our Chi live in the same area to create one of these 'Chi-Towns'.

It'd be less of a gang, maybe, and more of a community, where most of the Chi'en-Ji could keep and touch and help eachother out in the harsh city of Regalia. Bring a bit of Yang-Tzu to a foreign land.

I have a few Ideas where the place could be, my top being the Reed roads (Behind the black tower). This spot is largely unrented, and has many houses within a very close proximity - it's close to the slums, which still allows some shadier Chi'en to live near, but is still in the main city, for non-slummer Chi'en. There are a few properties with business signs, which would allow for player-run businesses to pop up around the spot, for any who maybe want to run a noodle shop or a unique trade store. The area is somewhat secluded, however, and is out the way. So, any hopes of hosting public events wouldn't be that great.

My second idea was the docks area, especially around the old Oyster and the Ecksdorn regions. This spot has a lovely view of the sea, is open, and even has its own tavern, which could possibly be revived with staff decision. The docks are known for some shady business, which allows both crime and non-crime peoples to live in, and the houses are in somewhat of a close proximity, and are half regular prices. However, there are many fewer houses here than in the reed road area, and a lot of dock houses are already rented, making it difficult to really establish a feeling of majority Chi'en-ji there.

I hope to get this idea off the ground, and possibly revive an area outside the willow and slums, so RP can be drawn to an unused district once more.
If you are interested, PM me over the forum your skype user, so I can add you to a skype chat.

Tagging people I know play Chi​
@Annju , @LeafMC (Maybe?) , @CorrosGaming , @Imperialistic , @KattiMeow , @DockedRelic , @PariahFolk , @DrFong
 
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While I don't play a chi, I want to provide an anecdote of sorts to show that this idea has a lot of merit.

Back when the harbor was released, there was a similar close-knit community of the players over there. We had our shops, and we talked with each other about living in the harbor. There were smugglers amongst us, merchants, even some noble contacts. The Obscure Oyster was a landmark (the tp to it really helped imo) and all the RP congregated around the streets.

I think a Chi Town would be a welcomed addition to the Regalian map. As a player who started out in a community group as proposed here, I can say that it is what motivated me to be where I am today, for better or worse. It was a fun time and I view it as one of my glory times on Massive. I think the Chi players would find the same enjoyment out of it.

Plus that lore is pretty solid. Would love to see that dragon worship stargazing niche to be portrayed.
 
A crappy reference for those who need / want it - the Red is the Reedroad area, the Green is the Ecksdorn and Oyster area. There's not really been any definitive decision as to where we should start this thing, but I'm personally favoring the red.

Chitown.PNG
Put the places in relation to some landmarks, idk.
BT - Black Tower
WT - Willow Tavern
 
~ Calling all Chi'en-ji! ~
The time is now! The time is near! We should all...!
Live together!

After reading through the lovely Human Cultures page, I came across both the Chi'en-ji culture and the sub-classed Chi'Di-chuo culture. Both are lovely snippets, however, it mentions that Chi'Di-chuo (Chi'en-ji who live in Regalia) often group together and all live in the same area, which are appropriately called 'Chi-Towns'. This was neat, and I thought the Chi'en-ji community could get together and all have our Chi live in the same area to create one of these 'Chi-Towns'.

It'd be less of a gang, maybe, and more of a community, where most of the Chi'en-Ji could keep and touch and help eachother out in the harsh city of Regalia. Bring a bit of Yang-Tzu to a foreign land.

I have a few Ideas where the place could be, my top being the Reed roads (Behind the black tower). This spot is largely unrented, and has many houses within a very close proximity - it's close to the slums, which still allows some shadier Chi'en to live near, but is still in the main city, for non-slummer Chi'en. There are a few properties with business signs, which would allow for player-run businesses to pop up around the spot, for any who maybe want to run a noodle shop or a unique trade store. The area is somewhat secluded, however, and is out the way. So, any hopes of hosting public events wouldn't be that great.

My second idea was the docks area, especially around the old Oyster and the Ecksdorn regions. This spot has a lovely view of the sea, is open, and even has its own tavern, which could possibly be revived with staff decision. The docks are known for some shady business, which allows both crime and non-crime peoples to live in, and the houses are in somewhat of a close proximity, and are half regular prices. However, there are many fewer houses here than in the reed road area, and a lot of dock houses are already rented, making it difficult to really establish a feeling of majority Chi'en-ji there.

I hope to get this idea off the ground, and possibly revive an area outside the willow and slums, so RP can be drawn to an unused district once more.
If you are interested, PM me over the forum your skype user, so I can add you to a skype chat.

Tagging people I know play Chi​
@Annju , @LeafMC (Maybe?) , @CorrosGaming , @Imperialistic , @KattiMeow , @DockedRelic , @PariahFolk , @DrFong
Are you basically talking about a China Town esc situation? Cause if so I love it. And if not I love it too because Chi'en-ji are cool as hell. I dont play them because they can't really defend themselves well, but they do have interesting history. I am sure IC when my noble char is approved he might be happy to help fund this.
 
I recommend the ecksdorn regions personally, lots of potential in terms of decorating and it's more aesthetic than right by the Tower
 
Me and those who have joined the skype chat decided we will be doing this mainly in the Reedroad area, the area in red on the map. Just to let people know in the future.