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An artificial entity from parts unknown, Demetrioi takes the form of a large shrubby tree with features that do not appear to be able to be fully perceived in the normal color range, or even three-dimensional space. This unnerving presentation aside, Demetrioi speaks only of a desire to have a happy world where everyone is content and wants for nothing. To accomplish this, Demetrioi appears to hold unmatched capability in manipulating meteorological phenomena through technological capabilities none on Filgaia or Lunar can manufacture - let alone comprehend! Through their effort, they have created an oasis of land, sea, and sky out of a small part of the war-torn wastelands of Celesti. With a village of grateful and contented people around them who are happy to share the bounty, and nothing untoward about the rejuvenated environment, their simple goal has thus far been easily maintained. Though nature spirits and other artificial lifeforms find their presence unpleasant (to put it mildly), could Demetrioi be the ticket to an ailing world's salvation? If they aren't, they believe all they need to do is try a little harder until everyone's happy. | An artificial entity from parts unknown, Demetrioi takes the form of a large shrubby tree with features that do not appear to be able to be fully perceived in the normal color range, or even three-dimensional space. This unnerving presentation aside, Demetrioi speaks only of a desire to have a happy world where everyone is content and wants for nothing. To accomplish this, Demetrioi appears to hold unmatched capability in manipulating meteorological phenomena through technological capabilities none on Filgaia or Lunar can manufacture - let alone comprehend! Through their effort, they have created an oasis of land, sea, and sky out of a small part of the war-torn wastelands of Celesti. With a village of grateful and contented people around them who are happy to share the bounty, and nothing untoward about the rejuvenated environment, their simple goal has thus far been easily maintained. Though nature spirits and other artificial lifeforms find their presence unpleasant (to put it mildly), could Demetrioi be the ticket to an ailing world's salvation? If they aren't, they believe all they need to do is try a little harder until everyone's happy. | ||
== Pangalactic Space History == | |||
(to be transcribed shortly after December 28th scene) | |||
== Presence on Filgaia == | == Presence on Filgaia == | ||
(to be written following December 28th scene) | (to be written in full following December 28th scene) | ||
== Design Trivia == | |||
* The physical likeness towards a certain antagonist from Undertale was coincidental! The overall inspiration for a monitor face and a predilection towards boundless optimism was more inspired by Yes Man from Fallout: New Vegas. | |||
* Demetrioi was named for Demeter, a figure of ancient Greek mythology. Known as a goddess of agriculture and harvest, the myth of Persephone - Demeter's daughter - explained autumn and winter were the result of her unhappiness from their abduction. As Demeter sometimes was worshipped as an overall goddess of the earth, this extended to the concept of death and an "underworld" afterlife. At least one set of worshippers would refer to the dead as the "Demetrioi," which is where the character ultimately gets their name. The duality of first providing a miraculous bountiful harvest - only to inevitably bring forth a life-ending ice age from unhappiness of an impossible task - encompassed multiple aspects of the Demeter myth. | |||
* In order to have Demetrioi come off as otherworldly and fantastical as possible, their speaking style was envisioned with a particular structure. A smiley face, a statement, a second smiley face, another statement, and a final smiley face. Statements would typically be all lowercase and be devoid of punctuation otherwise. This changed in the later stages of the plot, as things started falling apart for them (and everyone else by proxy). | |||
* A three-color gradient was used, typically going yellow-cyan-magenta while things were going reasonably well. (#FFFF00, #00FFFF, #FF00FF) The use of color in this fashion was meant to represent how their speech didn't quite follow the typical rules of sound, even if it was parsed as such to listeners. As things went downhill, the colors used changed. Towards the end, Demetrioi started their statements with colors based on individual characters if it was directed towards them. These colors were based on what their players set for their characters, with occasional improvising for those who did not. [[User:Ark]]'s ansifier was invaluable for this purpose, which as of December 2022 remains available at: https://luceid.github.io/textansifier/textansifier.html | |||
(to | * Having them be uniquely unpleasant for those on the extreme ends of sorcerous fantasy (Seraphim, closely Guardian-aligned individuals, Spiran Fiends/Unsent) and science fiction high technology (cyborgs, nanomachine colonies, other AI) was a way to communicate that this was an utter abomination of heretical science from the stars. One that meant well within the parameters of their mission and programming, but one ultimately tragically incompatible with Filgaia as a whole. | ||
== Logs and Cutscenes == | == Logs and Cutscenes == | ||
Revision as of 02:29, 28 December 2022
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| IC Information | |
| Class: | Autonomous Terraforming AI |
| Theme: | Original NPC |
:o hello and salutations i am demetrioi :) today is a wonderful day :D
An artificial entity from parts unknown, Demetrioi takes the form of a large shrubby tree with features that do not appear to be able to be fully perceived in the normal color range, or even three-dimensional space. This unnerving presentation aside, Demetrioi speaks only of a desire to have a happy world where everyone is content and wants for nothing. To accomplish this, Demetrioi appears to hold unmatched capability in manipulating meteorological phenomena through technological capabilities none on Filgaia or Lunar can manufacture - let alone comprehend! Through their effort, they have created an oasis of land, sea, and sky out of a small part of the war-torn wastelands of Celesti. With a village of grateful and contented people around them who are happy to share the bounty, and nothing untoward about the rejuvenated environment, their simple goal has thus far been easily maintained. Though nature spirits and other artificial lifeforms find their presence unpleasant (to put it mildly), could Demetrioi be the ticket to an ailing world's salvation? If they aren't, they believe all they need to do is try a little harder until everyone's happy.
Pangalactic Space History
(to be transcribed shortly after December 28th scene)
Presence on Filgaia
(to be written in full following December 28th scene)
Design Trivia
- The physical likeness towards a certain antagonist from Undertale was coincidental! The overall inspiration for a monitor face and a predilection towards boundless optimism was more inspired by Yes Man from Fallout: New Vegas.
- Demetrioi was named for Demeter, a figure of ancient Greek mythology. Known as a goddess of agriculture and harvest, the myth of Persephone - Demeter's daughter - explained autumn and winter were the result of her unhappiness from their abduction. As Demeter sometimes was worshipped as an overall goddess of the earth, this extended to the concept of death and an "underworld" afterlife. At least one set of worshippers would refer to the dead as the "Demetrioi," which is where the character ultimately gets their name. The duality of first providing a miraculous bountiful harvest - only to inevitably bring forth a life-ending ice age from unhappiness of an impossible task - encompassed multiple aspects of the Demeter myth.
- In order to have Demetrioi come off as otherworldly and fantastical as possible, their speaking style was envisioned with a particular structure. A smiley face, a statement, a second smiley face, another statement, and a final smiley face. Statements would typically be all lowercase and be devoid of punctuation otherwise. This changed in the later stages of the plot, as things started falling apart for them (and everyone else by proxy).
- A three-color gradient was used, typically going yellow-cyan-magenta while things were going reasonably well. (#FFFF00, #00FFFF, #FF00FF) The use of color in this fashion was meant to represent how their speech didn't quite follow the typical rules of sound, even if it was parsed as such to listeners. As things went downhill, the colors used changed. Towards the end, Demetrioi started their statements with colors based on individual characters if it was directed towards them. These colors were based on what their players set for their characters, with occasional improvising for those who did not. User:Ark's ansifier was invaluable for this purpose, which as of December 2022 remains available at: https://luceid.github.io/textansifier/textansifier.html
- Having them be uniquely unpleasant for those on the extreme ends of sorcerous fantasy (Seraphim, closely Guardian-aligned individuals, Spiran Fiends/Unsent) and science fiction high technology (cyborgs, nanomachine colonies, other AI) was a way to communicate that this was an utter abomination of heretical science from the stars. One that meant well within the parameters of their mission and programming, but one ultimately tragically incompatible with Filgaia as a whole.
Logs and Cutscenes
Chapter 2 Logs
- 2022-12-10: Influence of Truth Appearance
- 2022-12-17: The Mutant's Oppressive Aura
- 2022-12-28: Beyond The Clear Sky