Brrrjing back the Prrrjide? Anyone? Anyone?

[Sasseeri Reeouurra]

Please post jif you arrre jinterrrested jin playjing a full blood Cjizerrrack.

We arrre trrryjing to brrrjing back the Prrrjide, at least parrrtjially.

Please post yourrr jinterrrest and a shorrrt charrracterrr descrrrjiptjion. jIf yourrr up forrr anythjing then post that and we can thjink up somethjing forrr you.

And no, the accent jisn't optjional. And jits worrrse for full-bloods. :cat

WIKI LINK (READ THIS BEFORE POSTING)
http://www.sw-fans.net/wiki/index.php?title=Cizerack

[Ilias Nytrau]

Tempted. -strokes chin- Quite. I wish the wiki had more information. :|

In any case, count me in. I can't think of anything right now, since I know so little about the Ciz and threads of reference simply aren't coming to mind. Hard to research that way.

[Dasquian Belargic]

If I'm missing something on the wiki, I apologize... but do the Cizerack have some kind of religious caste?

[Darven]

Well, well...

I believe i could reactivate my Cizerack self. Maybe another female.
As for references ;) - well, you know what i can do.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Tempted. -strokes chin- Quite. I wish the wiki had more information. :|

In any case, count me in. I can't think of anything right now, since I know so little about the Ciz and threads of reference simply aren't coming to mind. Hard to research that way.

What would you like to know?

As far as a religious caste, not really. What's been invented is here -


Saanjarra The ancient Cizerack were nomadic, following the sun as the seasons changed and prey moved across the great plains of Carshoulis Prime (http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/../wiki/index.php?title=Carshoulis_Prime). As their culture progressed some began to settle and plant crops, finding it was beneficial to have food growing in one place, and to domesticate the non-intelligent beasts. The Cizerack were dependant on the sun for food, warmth, and life. Thusly they began to worship Saanjarra, the Sun Goddess.



Most of their worship revolved around offerings of the firsts of the harvests, or through carnal knowledge of one of Saanjarra's servants. The temples that were erected to Saanjarra were kept by the Priestesses of the Sun, or in Cizerack, the tataur'aasa'saanja. The tataur'aasa'saanja would oversee the offerings and facilitate the use of the temple prostitutes, or nomaa'aasa'saanja (predominately male, though some half-breed females were honored by being allowed to serve Saanjarra in this way). The kraa'aasa'saanja numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the height of the religion, and to become one was considered a very respectable way for an un-mated male to live out his life.



Hundreds of years ago, every female would worship at the nearest temple at least once a week, though in modern days only the Cizerack in rural areas still hold fast to the belief in the Sun Goddess. However, all Cizerack pay Saanjarra lip service, whether they believe in her or not.



Nomaani
As the sun had the moon, so did Saanjarra have her partner, Nomaani. This lesser god was manservant to the Sun Goddess, and was worshipped by Cizerack males. Typical to Cizerack society, believers were called to show their worth to Nomaani through hard work and by obeying their mistresses. Only by being humble and obedient to their female, and satisfying her every earthly desire, would a male earn a place at her right hand side in the heavens after death.



Traanjirra
Sister to Saanjarra, Traanjirra is the goddess of the Underworld, or jirra'rrou (lit. burning undernearth). Unmated, and scorned by her sister the Sun, Traanjirra spends her time tempting the Cizerack into joining her in jirra'rrou. She desires a mate above all else, but Saanjarra has made it so she will never have one. The wicked dead are carried off to jirra'rrou by Traanjirra, where the goddess rules in her land of liquid fire. She is doomed to ever burn with kree'rrou, without any hope of consumation.
Traanjirra will appear as a nubile maiden to the living, hoping to trick them into joining her in her damnnation.


Most successful Cizerack females who venture from the Cluster are business women, or in the military. Males, of course, go with their females.

Because they are such a capitalistic and business minded society, smuggling, pirating, etc, are all punishable by death. So, smuggling in (or near the Cluster in disputed space, such as Calan) is highly dangerous.

[Dasquian Belargic]

The kraa'aasa'saanja numbered in the hundreds of thousands at the height of the religion, and to become one was considered a very respectable way for an un-mated male to live out his life.

I kind of want to play a Cizerack man-whore :o

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You would ;)

[Morgan Evanar]

Any news was good news
And the feeling was bad at home
I was out of mind and you
Were on the phone
Lonnie was the kingpin
Back in nineteen sixty-five
I was singing this song
When Lonnie came alive

Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston Rag

You were Lady Bayside
There was nothing that I could do
So I pointed my car down
Seventh Avenue
Lonnie swept the playroom
And he swallowed up all he found
It was forty-eight hours til
Lonnie came around

Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston Rag

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Some things I didn't write into the wiki, exactly, like Ciz mating ceremonies (weddings) are basically huge orgies for the guests.

Cizerack = sex + love of money

I'm considering the idea of having them reach out to the Hapans for an alliance. Matriarchal societies ftw!

edit: and while half-breeds are omnivorous, full bloods are definitely carnivorous. Raw is good, alive is better. In a Cizerack home you will find a feeding pit instead of a dining room table, where the 'meal' is led in and then devoured.

[Nya Halcyon]

Hmmm... It'd be interesting to play a priestess. But the question is, what kind of characters do you need? What do you want to do with the Cizerack?

[Laarseerro Reeaarrro]

jYou ssshould plajy a prrrjiessstessssss :cat

(...jI forrrgot how harrrd thjisss accent jisss :uhoh jI hope jI neverrr rrroleplajy ssspeakjing to Mjiljivjikal k'Vjik)

[Kiattaarra Feessaarro]

Well, generally... I hadn't thought that far.

I think that there might be a little RPing inside the Cluster, but mostly everything takes place in other places, right? So a business woman would have reason to venture into other places. Or a military woman.

Dasq and Nya, you're in if you want to create characters. ;)

[Laarseerro Reeaarrro]

When we arrre jin Atlanta, sssomeone hasss to teach me how to ssspeak ljike thjisss jin rrreal ljife.

[Kiattaarra Feessaarro]

jI'll do jit ;)

[Laarseerro Reeaarrro]

jI have ssso much to learrrn from jyou, Prrrjide Motherrr :mischief

[RC-1197]

I'll get to it this weekend. I think my cellphone's spell-checker would crash the system if I tried adding that accent to its repertoire.

[Droo]

The Cizerack accent has always reminded me of how Adam Sandler speaks in Little Nicky. I don't know why but there you are.

[Morgan Evanar]

I would but I can't do the accent. I'd have to fight my fingers every step of the way. I'm just not up to it :(

[Estelle Russard]

This thread makes me very happy :D

Kajeela is alive and well and ready to serve the Pride Mother if so enlisted :)

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

Emjisssarrrjy Sarrtarroa checkjing jin.

(I'll be getting Taataani back in a bit)

[Sasseeri Reeouurra]

Oh no, not YOU! :shakefist

One thing to note, the accent rules do not apply when you are dealing with words that are IN the Cizerack langage, or Ciz names. That would just be crazy. :p

[Kiattaarra Feessaarro]

Fjilthjy half-brrreed :x

[Lilaena De'Ville]

For fun!

Evangeline Lily, the Cizerack...

Its really hard to make brunette's blonde, so I didn't bother. ;)

[Jaassuuvi Ageerrodarr]

I just resurrected my full-blood Cizerack who I never got off the ground before the reset, so he can be whatever really. If someone needs a man slave then Jaas is the Cizerack for it. Its gonna take me awhile to get back into the swing of the speech pattern.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

haha, everyone wants to play boys.

Interesting.

[Kale]

I like the idea of adding a few more feline features... though this is very few; I did this in less than ten minutes working with Holly's picture. Added a dark tip with some texture to the nose, a cleft to the upper lip, and lengthened the tear ducts slightly. I could do something with the eyes, too, like enlarge the irises and make the pupils more slit-shaped. I feel there should be more of a sense that you're looking at something exotic and not quite human.

Of course, I know that it's all moot unless I add a Ciz character of my own...

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ooh, very nice. :D

I could work on the left ear (my left not hers) later... need it to look more like its a part of her head and not just... out there. :p

[Ilias Nytrau]

Mneh. No longer interested. :| You kids have fun.

[Charley]

I like the idea of adding a few more feline features... though this is very few; I did this in less than ten minutes working with Holly's picture. Added a dark tip with some texture to the nose, a cleft to the upper lip, and lengthened the tear ducts slightly. I could do something with the eyes, too, like enlarge the irises and make the pupils more slit-shaped. I feel there should be more of a sense that you're looking at something exotic and not quite human.

Of course, I know that it's all moot unless I add a Ciz character of my own...

That's pretty class act right there. Only thing I can think is to maybe blue up the eyes a little.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

We are no longer limiting the number of Ciz, so if you want to play one, go for it. ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Mneh. No longer interested. :| You kids have fun.
I think there's a thread of indifference around here somewhere...

[Dasquian Belargic]

Nice work on the picture editting, Kale :thumbup

[Darven]

Can someone turn a pic of Darryl Hannah into a Cizerack for me?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well Darryl Hannah is already claimed by someone for SW rp, but if its okay with Bambi Maddox...?

[Laarseerro Reeaarrro]

If anyone would like to do anything with this religious minion, let me know :cat

[Estelle Russard]

I guess the transformation into Cizerack would be different enough.

You cant have just one eye tho.;)

(this is Maddox for those who dont know)

[Ilias Nytrau]

Mneh. No longer interested. :| You kids have fun.
I think there's a thread of indifference around here somewhere...

Nah. More like I'm evaluating what I already have, weighing pros and cons, and making decisions. The removal of interest was more of an act of will against my creativity than anything else.

I'll be watching you guys. Maybe it'll be in the cards when I can handle it. :)

[Darven]

Ahhh ... I can't check the image claims from this phone. If she's claimed then I'll pick another. That was the first one that sprung to my mind.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Well it looks like you are allowed to use Daryl Hannah anyway, so long as she doesn't have an eyepatch :mneh

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Daryl Hannah in 'The Clan of the Cave Bear' might be good, though Senta Berger in 'When Women Had Tails' might also work :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

ok I did one. ;)

I like it!

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

That is quality work right there.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

thanks :D I didn't darken her skin, but it still works, I think.

[Kale]

That looks great! I love the contrast with the light and dark stripes, and the ear came out very well - great job matching the lighting. And I see you did the cleft lip, too! :)

I decided to try my hand at a male Ciz using one of the Narnian centaurs as a starting point. I also wanted to try something a little different with the facial markings:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/stormfyre/Cizerack-male1.jpg?t=1233955337

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Such a warm feeling knowing others are being bitten by the photomanip bug :D

[Darven]

Daryl Hannah looks good like that. But I decided to go for Emma Thompson instead.... Christin, I left you a request over in your sig thread.... I suck at Ciz manips.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ahdsfjfgfkhvlhjvhllhbj!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

If anything, that's a quality manip that can be used by somebody who wants a good character :)

[Tataur'aa Sansarrcka]

Yes... sorry about that! I didn't get to check this thread until now so I spent all day thinking of a new face when Emma Thompson came to mind... and now she's stuck in my head.

SO yeah, this is my Priestess character. Thought the Priestesses could maybe all adopt part of the title into their names upon becoming one, so the Tataur'aa part would be the Priestess title, and Sansarrcka would be made up of San (the first part of the word Sun) and her real first name. In private, her name is Sarrckaassa Nesseerruu.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Clever nomenclature!

Is there a requisite priestly garb that they wear?

[Tataur'aa Sansarrcka]

I'd figure something like the ancient greeks had their women wear, only more revealing at the top and extremely short at the bottom. A priestess tunic that shows a lot of cleavage and that ends right below the butt. Maybe in white or sunny colors.

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

If you're wanting to go all greco-roman religious type here, you'll want to make sure it's something a bit free, as they were keen on not wearing anything with bindings or fastenings because that was to restrict their communion with the gods or somesuch.

That may be too much needless information though.

[Dasquian Belargic]

http://www.stevebacic.com/sbcpic/SG1_801_11.jpg

There's the outfit for my temple slave guy. I guess it fits into the classical antiquity thing, and the easy access, what with it being a kilt and all.

[Nya Halcyon]

I think temple slaves should simply wear a loin cloth. I'd say have them go nude but that'd probably be against the sig rules so.... but there's nothing that would give easier access and all....

Hence my idea.... now, if one could adapt this pic: http://images.beijing2008.cn/20080324/Img214278804.jpg
and use this costume: http://images.buycostumes.com/mgen/merchandiser/21788.jpg

[Nya Halcyon]

Ooooh.... rawwwwr: http://www.scavengeinc.com/images/legavenue/greek-goddess-costume.jpg

[Sasseeri Reeouurra]

Very... sexy.

;)

[Estelle Russard]

That Daryl one turned out really really nice.

I like the centaur one too. Clever people.

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

Okay, which photo stock to use for the Hunter Forces?

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p156/LoungieMu/russian1.jpg

or

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p156/LoungieMu/russian2.jpg

[Dasquian Belargic]

Second. They look so proud.

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

I love the whole "meh I'm such hot shit" aloofness of Russian military on parade. If there was ever to be an enormous standing army of felinoids, it would be the Russians.

Also telnyashkas look fucking sharp as hell.

[Charlotte Tur'enne]

Okay...been holding this in as long as could but...

Kitties!!!!! :eee



...okay it's out of my system, I swear. I'll never do it again! :lol

[Tataur'aa Sansarrcka]

First. Love those expressions...

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I say first, just because there are less people in it and I'm thinking about how you're going to force Christin to alter the pic for you.

[Droo]

The first picture would be better because they're in focus and it would look smart and nice for a sig but they just look so goofy.

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

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Tell me these guys wouldn't be awesome fanatical shock troopers :D

[Kiattaarra Feessaarro]

Who carrresss? *drags Keer back into her bedroom*

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Bumpity... :D

[Taataani Meorrrei]

I really need to get this account an avatar again. I should work on doing that.

[Nya Halcyon]

Who was the other male Ciz besides Keer and Charley's? Cos I vaguely remember setting something up so that the other male char would be the one to give our lovely pride mother her public... errrr... coming-of-age or whatever we called it... last thing to do with the Cizerack Primer thread was me waiting on him to post... think that was Jen's char?

[Dasquian Belargic]

That was me :o

[Sanis Prent]

A Jen who doesn't post?

A Shameful Jen!

[Dasquian Belargic]

Let me at least make dinner first then I'll see about the public sex.

[Colonel Karrnage]

hah, and the winner of hilarious statements taken out of context is...

[Laarseerro Reeaarrro]

Alrrrjight, let the tenderrr love-makjing commence!

[Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec]

Oh good.... while you children have your fun, the priestess is going to stand back, enjoy the show and harbor nasty thoughts about the new pride mother

[Kiattaarra Feessaarro]

Ha ha ha ha! ^_^; :uhoh

[Carré Inirial]

OooO!

*reads the wiki*

Ok. I haven't got nearly enough voices in my head yet...can I have a Cizerack voice? Pretty please?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

You certainly can! Have something in mind or...?

Something we don't have are any military females. :cat Someone to boss around the Hunter Forces.

[Dasquian Belargic]

More kitties :eee

[Lilaena De'Ville]

It should be noted, every time a Ciz player makes up a new word (you're allowed to if you play one ;)) they should add it to the wiki. I just did! :eee

:mneh

[Carré Inirial]

Bossy I can do, so I'll gladly be a military female :D

Now, I just need help with a name - being here at work isn't entirely conducive to playing with syllables aloud to see how they sound.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

http://75.126.43.122/forum/showthread.php?t=20373 You could take Feessanni Amarra if you like it and join the thread, if you want to! :D

[Keerrourri Feessaarro]

Keer ain't amused about the little lady yawnin on da job ;)

[Tataur'aa Sansarrcka]

The morrrre the merrrrrrjierrrr....

What worrrrd djid jyou make up?

[Carré Inirial]

*glee!*

I'd be delighted, LD! Thank you!

*bounces*

I'll see what I can do about creating an account tonight :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

The Sun Throne - grratta'Saanja

I was just thinking, too, that the historical worship of the sun does sort of explain why they don't expand their borders beyond the cluster. Of course, there would be more than one star in the cluster but...

[Lilaena De'Ville]

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Tell me these guys wouldn't be awesome fanatical shock troopers :D
Just had to say I played this for Owen and he was fascinated, tried to sing along in a growly voice and then clapped when it was over. :lol

[Ilias Nytrau]

That song is damn catchy. :D

[Kiattaarra Feessaarro]

Working on the wiki, adding planets and planet information for the Cluster.

So far I have... well, nothing really. I'm adding information for Calan right now.
Carshoulis Prime
Fey'dann
Calan
and a newly invented planet, Cana'darri, where their main military shipyards are located.We need at least ten more. Names, if nothing else. We can assume most inhabited planets in the Cluster are agricultural in nature, though there is certainly room and should be for non-liveable planets with bizarre climates like Hoth or Tatooine.

http://www.sw-fans.net/archive/forum/showthread.php?threadid=34255&highlight=Calan found a good thread from 6 years ago about the Cizerack. :)

http://www.sw-fans.net/archive/forum/showthread.php?threadid=7617&highlight=Calan more about Calan. :D

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Found a list of the planets that Charley wrote up a few years ago, so we don't need planet names anymore. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Bumping because I found a big list of Carshoulis Cluster planets established pre-reset and needed a place to store them for the time being.

Carshoulis Cluster - Confederacy / Cizerack Pride
- Carshoulis Prime
- Carshoulis VI
- Rotarsis
- Behladue
- Syragor
- Tanisyeer
- Shadonn
- Paltinnian
- Taltimant
- Fey'Dann
- Idantis
- Keppaa Brens
- Carratos
- Cerea
- Chacalta

[General Dan]

sweet. Feel free to retcon more in there if you'd like. I'm gonna try to write up a few of those this weekend.