Abandoned - Moonglow Mountains - Story 27 NWS

[Abandoned]

Intro


  This is the 27th story in the New World Series.  Two eager explorers entered the magic portal in Huts by the River of story 26; the same portal they arrived there by.  They had no idea where they would end up in the continued search for malfunctioning portals that the Elves at Rainbow Falls showed them in their crystal ball.  When they stepped out of the portal this time, their first thought was "where in the world are we!"




Map seed #698849673    Mountain Meadow,   Small,   Harsh,  Disasters Off,  E8 -Boar (8 Families)


Mods activated for this map and load order:

Map Changing and Starting Mods:   Banished UI Maps, Labor Window, RK Minimized Status, CC Light Rain, do daylight cycle, terrain Fairy Tale (NX), override Map, Fantasy Trees (Kid), New Flora Edit, Wildlife Starts.

Tweak Mods:   Fishing Dock +25%, Hunting (TS), Hunting Season, Increased CC, 1:1 Alternative (Voeille), override Fairy clothes, Rock Respawn, Tiny Smoke.

Major or Must Have Mods:    An Empty Square, Magic Portal, Nomads (Kid), override uneducated, Storage Crates, Kid Workshop, Kid Abandoned Places, Kid Out of this World, Kid OOTW Deco.

Supporting Mods: Colorful Little Houses 2 (RK), Dwarf Signs, Kid Deco People, Tiny Mine, Tiny Quarry

Mod note:

Find Colorful Little House 2 (RK)  info and link to download here:  https://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=4543.0

terrain Fairy Tale (NX) and Fantasy Trees (Kid) were both requested by River and her daughter and were released in Suggestions - Mod Request thread here:  https://worldofbanished.com/index.php?topic=4556.0






Sorry if I startled you earthlings by beaming you up into the hoverer, but you were in a dangerous area and far from our settlement.  We thought that structure was some type of teleporter and have been monitoring it since we arrived here.  Also sorry to tell you that you are no longer in your world; look there, there is your planet earth and its moon that gives us light.  Buckle-up, earthlings, I'll take you to our settlement; we call it Moonglow.

[Abandoned]

Chapter 1


  So, you're eager explorers from earth.  We know quite a bit about the planet earth and its earthlings; we even learned your language.  We finally reestablished communications with one of our sisterships that crash landed on your planet some time ago.  We left our home planet in search of intelligent life elsewhere; the people of our planet were destroying the air, water, vegetation, and wildlife.  It took us quite a while to find a planet that had all the necessities we needed to sustain life as we know it.  This planet is quite similar to our motherland.

  There to the right you can see our mothership.  I was among the first group to leave the ship, so I can tell you just about anything you want to know.  My name is Elany and my husband is Furmani.  His younger brother who just became an adult, and our 2 children came off the mothership with us.  There aren't many on the ship now, only enough to keep all the systems functional and to manage the supplies.



  There is a pod we built next to the ship where those coming off could stay until a house was ready for them; they would get their job assignments there too.  I'll land the hoverer near it; you can stay there for the time being.  The oxygen level here is similar to your planet so you should have an easier time acclimating than we did.  I'll let you get settled a bit before taking you on a tour of Moonglow.

[Abandoned]

Chapter 2


  The first thing we did when we got off the ship was to build a stockpile and start gathering building materials, and wild foods.  We had 3 carts of supplies we brought from the ship.  Two hunters went after the large group of oinkers that approached.  Yes, just like the ones you see here.  Wild boar?  You have them on earth too; we had them back in the Motherland.



  Just past the oinkers, you can see the 2 survival pods we built right away.  They are small but are environmentally controlled for temperature and oxygen.  The fisherman and other workers had to take frequent breaks.  We also built some colorful little houses which did not require special materials to build; some were two-stories for 2 families.  My family lives in the single-story yellow house.  Yes, the colors do match the vegetation nicely.  The trees keep their leaves year-round and get their color from the minerals they absorb from the ground.  Our analysis found traces of turquoise, purple amethyst, amber, emerald, ruby, crystals, moonstone, and diamond dust.  We were most interested in the crystals that power our spaceship and equipment; we also use them to make temperature resistant solar glass.  You don't say, a race of elves on earth use crystals to cast spells?  I'm not surprised; gemstones have many powers and magical energies and properties, and they sure make our landscape look beautiful.



  The colorful forests here are a bit deceptive.  The trees are somewhat top-heavy like a canopy; there is less wood than you would think.  We built a forester right away back in the clearing so new trees would be planted as soon as possible.  A gatherer's pod was built nearby to collect wild food; our food supply was very low. It was too late in the season to plant corn in the field we prepared.