MK in the Cards

Summary:

Consideration: Creating a Card Deck of Metamor Keep characters.

MK in the Cards

Ryx 1247286901|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Hello there, everyone. Ryx here.

Having seen some of the marvelous works that have been turned into Card Decks by various talented artists I have begun considering having one crafted for the Metamor Keep world setting.

This is currently a work of my own desire and finances and I am posting here only due to the complexities involved in forming each Suite in the deck. There are simply too many characters for me to make such decisions without constulting the current writers to the Setting (and, of course, to ask for the rights to the characters involved for this purpose).
As it is a work of my sole endeavor I will be the sole arbiter on decisions concerning it, which is the best way to keep things cohesive.

What I will need from those whose characters that are selected to be a part of the deck:

• Direct permission to use their characters, preferrably by E-mail to sundansyr/at/yahoo.com
• A detailed physical description of each character used, to include any particular specific costume style with heraldry if used.
  

Once I have determined rights and costs I will provide a detailed document for everyone involved. All intellectual rights will, of course, be retained by the creator of the characters. I am only asking for permission to use the image of the character. Each person can communicate with the artist(s) rendering their characters for further rights. Currently I will be giving the individual artists full rights over their artwork to reproduce and sell prints, ect, so long as the characters are identified as the intellectual property of their Creator and Metamor Keep as a whole while rights to reproduce the Deck itself will remain with me (or those involved if others opt in to help with production costs)

I would, however, like the input of people currently writing in the world as I would like to involve/feature as many as possible.

• Certain restrictions:
  • No Gods or their Underlings.
  • Characters primarily of Metamor Keep, or secondary characters that feature strongly in prominent story arcs.

Here's what I've come up with so far on my own and with the help of Lurking Fox.

Big Joker – Metamor Keep
Small Joker - Copernicus

Spades <Metamor Keep>:
Ace - Thomas
King - Misha
Queen - Alberta
Jack - Thalberg
Ten – Drift
Nine – Stealth
Eight – George
Seven – Fox Cutter (Librarian)
Six – Wanderer
Five – Sir Saulius
Four – Gornul
Three – Buster Swinson
Two – Kee

Clubs <House of Mages>:
Ace - Rickkter
King - Murikeer
Queen - Kayla
Jack - Jessica
Ten – Kozaithy
Nine – Virmir
Eight – Wessex
Seven – Teria
Six – Healer Coe
Five – Pascal
Four – Yvarra
Three – Saroth
Two –

Hearts <House of Lovers>:
Ace - Hassan (Thomas/Alberta)
King – Sutt (Malger/Nocturna)
Queen - Matthias (Charles/Kimberly)
Jack – Brightleaf (Misha/Caroline)
Ten – Rickkter/Kayla
Nine – Baerle/James
Eight – Avery (Brian/Angela)
Seven – Tenomides (Phil/Clover)
Six – Kiska/Quickpaw
Five – Jessican/Weyden
Four – Habakkuk/Lindsay
Three – Egland (Yacoub/Intoran)
Two – Maugnard (Andre/Jenn)

Diamonds <House of Faith>:
Ace - Kyia
King - Hough
Queen - Raven
Jack - Vinsah/Elvmere
Ten – Akabieth
Nine – Edmund
Eight – Carcarak (Tiruvanor)
Seven – Merai
Six –
Five – Questioner Felsah
Four –
Three –
Two –

Swords <House of Villains>:
Ace - Nasoj
King - Zagrosek
Queen - Agathe
Jack – Yaja Kali
Ten – Calephas
Nine – Marquis Camille du Tournemire
Eight –
Seven – Loriod
Six – Baldwin
Five – Yonson
Four –
Three – Thorne
Two – Lutin (in general)

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Some artists I am currently looking at as far as commission requests:

-star-
Dark Natasha
Anastasia Korochansckaja
Teagan Gavet
Blotch
Megan Giles
Heather Bruton
Kaji
Qzurr
Rah-Bop Particularly good Dragons
Rayndancer
Rukis
Ravyn Nikita Foxwolf
BJP
Tathi
Amber Hill
Jennifer Miller

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Re: MK in the Cards

coal_train 1247287657|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

youre welcome to use any/all of my characters if you wish..

Kiska and Quickpaw, Gryfin, quickpaw is natural born, Kiska was created via collaboration between the ethereal magic, and the curse. they are pair bonded, and psionically linked. i rather suspect they would go well in the lovers suit.

and of course, Cathal.. Black-tailed Jack-Rabbit. all around fun loving guy, though i havent written him up to date yet, hes still trying to cope with his form in MK. he's nothing terribly special, paltidor, non-magic, just an ordinary soldier.

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Re: MK in the Cards

Hallan 1247714268|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I'm flattered (and a little embarrassed) to have Drift so high up in his suit… Another one in that suit could be Wolfram, and Xavier would slot in nicely among the mages. Alexis would register on the villain suit if it were not for Rule #1: No Gods or their Underlings.

Re: MK in the Cards

Ryx 1248563994|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Well, I looked at Primary Characters and then Secondary/supporting Characters.
I tried to place Primary characters currently in use or active above supporting or entirely NPC characters.

I suspect that, in looking at changing the Lovers suite to pairs, I will be pulling many of the NPC or non-active characters (Phil, Wanderer, ect) from other suites to link with their relevant pairing if they have one.
Some characters, while no longer active, are simply to central to many themes (Raven, George, ect) to just push out of the deck entirely.

Re: MK in the Cards

stealth15 1247288256|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

You gave me a card! Thank you!

Re: MK in the Cards

Virmir 1247329391|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I'm also honored that you would consider my character for a card. :)

I do have a few suggestions for the remaining spaces. Hallan's Alexis comes to mind as either a lover or a villain… depending on where Hallan is going with that. ;)

Wanderer and Christopher come to mind as Keepers. Or maybe even better, put Wanderer as a joker and Copernicus as a Keeper. Bards are kinda like jokers, right? He was pun-y enough, anyway. ;)

Dan the grasshopper? He'd be a unique choice. I'm also a fan of Yvarra the unicorn (with a fedora!) Gornul the dragonette would be cool too. Phil the rabbit is pretty prominent in a lot of stories as well.

Hmmm… maybe Kee the coyote? He was never a major character, but he is used as a supporting/background character in so many stories that he's kind of a staple.

Just a few random suggestions off the top of my head. There are obviously many, many more out there I've forgotten. ;) Have you picked out an artist yet? See if you can get print/copies of this made too, because I am most certainly interested in buying a copy of this deck. :)

Re: MK in the Cards

MatthiasRat 1247344205|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

A few others that would go well:

Spades:
Thalberg

Clubs:
Saroth

Hearts:
Weyden
James
Lindsey
Habakkuk (could also be a Club)

Diamonds:
Kashin
Any of the Questioners
Merai

Swords:
Jothay

Dominus tecum

Re: MK in the Cards

Kamau 1247354574|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

In MK wasn't one of the cards (can't recall which one) of the deck split into two becoming a knight and priest? Or was that just in the deck used by the Marquis?

Re: MK in the Cards

MatthiasRat 1247735567|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

That was the Deck used by the Marquis. Ryx isn't trying to emulate that. Almost everybody in the Marquis's deck is still human so it wouldn't be nearly as interesting for furs.

Dominus tecum

Re: MK in the Cards

Pontos 1247346448|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Coe can be on the clubs set instead of the Spades, since as a healer he uses magic to an extent.
Also for the clubs I think Misha's sister is a good option.

I also think that the order of the cards may be off in a few situations, like Calephas before the Marquis, or wessex and eight.

Re: MK in the Cards

Ryx 1247355564|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Well, since this is just a deck of your standard playing cards and not one with all the whizbang of the new CCG games I am not really putting a lot of weight on particular positions in the deck. There are so many supporting characters that trying to figure out who should have precedence over whom is impossible.

And in reviewing the character list I'm astounded to realize that 75% of our villains have all been created by 1 rat!
We need to change that… ;D

Re: MK in the Cards

MatthiasRat 1247735468|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

There have been plenty of villains created by others, but they usually only last a single story. I don't know how many lieutenants of Nasoj we've killed over the years. I'm the only one whose really created any villains that last more than a single story.

Not my fault everybody else just creates walk-on villains. Creating a good villain that lasts for a while is a lot of fun. Makes their final death that much more satisfying!

Dominus tecum

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Re: MK in the Cards

Pontos 1247768072|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Well, the thing is that you're the first to make a really long storyline and also finish it, which of course features it's own set of villains ;)

Virmir's stories have their own villains, and so do Hallan's, to name a few (Too bad it's mostly gods or underlings in Hallan's case). But they haven't reached the amount of writing you did, heh.

Re: MK in the Cards

MatthiasRat 1247999198|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Very true. I just wanted to have some villains of my own that I could kill when I felt like it. Nasoj is Mr. Untouchable, so he's not as interesting to me.

Dominus tecum

Re: MK in the Cards

Ryx 1248562400|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Well, it's coming together very slowly but I've added a few here and there.

I have two priorities for Hearts that I would like to maintain:
Both members of the pair are featured in the suite if possible OR I could have both characters be on the same individual card (Brian and Angela Avery, for instance)… I am not sure exactly on that point. But if I double up pairs that's going to leave a whole lot of space in that suite. :)

If you know of any particular lover pairs that are well portrayed in Metamor please let me know… :) Most of the lovers I find have one or the other of their pair in another suite and I do not wish to use the same characters in two places in the deck (unless I double up in the Lovers' Suite).

I also need 1 more mage and some from the auspice of Faith.

Due to the preponderance of my own and Matthias' characters I would like to see some from other writers offered as well. Particularly in Hearts and Swords.

yes, I am sure I am overlooking a great many possibilities but I do not know even half of the recent inductees as far as characters go…

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Re: MK in the Cards

Pontos 1248566183|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Given that in the alternative Hearts set (with couples) you are using some characters already, then i think that Murikeer and Llyn would fit in there just fine.

Also Andre and Jenn. They even recently had children :)

I'd propose Ethaniel for the Spades set (He's not a wizard, or faith related), but I'm not sure he has enough merit to do so since I haven't written enough of him yet, heh.

*suddenly remembers he has like 5 days to avoid breaking the ten-month-in-between-stories period record by Virmir* :o

Re: MK in the Cards

Kit Sune 1248563535|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

I like the idea of doubling the hearts. Makes things a little more even that way. Also, you should consider the fact that many couples are also featured elsewhere. Rikkter and Kayla for example, as well as Misha and Caroline or Teria and her lover as well. Also Thomas has picked up a love interest as well. The problem with your hearts suit is that there's far too much overlap with the others. Also, do you have Chris the bear in there? Not sure if he's a priest or a mage.

Re: MK in the Cards

Ryx 1248563703|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Yes, indeed… I sat down and went through the list of characters and woah… the numbers of paired characters just jumped out at me. By using couples in that suite I filled it up pretty swiftly.

That said, the largest hole I've currently got lies in the House of Faith (Diamonds) and the House of Villains (Swords). I'd like to have more villains besides the big nasties created by our wonderfully evil resident Rat. :)

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Re: MK in the Cards

MatthiasRat 1248657032|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

There are other villains as somebody said, just nobody seems willing to suggest them. ;-)

And Kim wants to cast her vote (if she gets one) for the idea of using pairs of characters for the Hearts suit. She doesn't think Kimberly deserves a full card. Besides, she loves the idea of seenig the lovers actually well, loving each other as it were. :-)

I think she deserves something I dare not repeat, but I'm biased. ;-)

Dominus tecum

Re: MK in the Cards

Ryx 1248658864|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Due to popular demand and as it's just such a darned good idea I am shifting the paired Lovers Suite to the primary deck.

Re: MK in the Cards

Pontos 1248661715|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Ryx, if the cards are going to be commissioned this year then take out Kaji from that list

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/853098/ :(