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Lore Question: Covenant Marks

KestrelKestrel Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭✭
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Hello! I have a lore question for @Aurelius, or whoever else is allowed to come up with lore stuff for Starmourn.

Do Covenant Marks have a currency symbol? I know they're digital, but if I were looking to create a visual representation of one, such as for the logo of a bank (in theory), what could I use? I was thinking of using a coin, but I assume coins would be historical artifacts, long since out of usage.

"They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty."
— Oscar Wilde

"I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before."
— Margaret Atwood

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  • pocketprinnypocketprinny Member Posts: 3 ✭
    While coins may be no longer in use, it isn't unlikely that their symbology carries over. For an example take a look at the general 'save' icon. I'd be willing to bet the symbol carries on for far longer than the actual floppy disc's run. Just my two cents. 
  • KaxKax Member Posts: 102 ✭✭✭
    As a general exercise in Unicode silliness, I'll propose Ṃ̇.
    "You know what the chain of command is? It’s the chain I go get and beat you with ’til you understand who’s in ruttin’ command here."
  • SlanderSlander Member Posts: 176 ✭✭✭
    @Solus and I were talking about this recently because he was designing a graphic to represent d'Erebus and wanted to incorporate marks symbolism. Original design had a bill but it felt anachronistic to me so he ended up rotating the Euro symbol 90° to make a stylized M.
    I'm gone.
  • KestrelKestrel Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭✭
    saturnine said:
    @Solus and I were talking about this recently because he was designing a graphic to represent d'Erebus and wanted to incorporate marks symbolism. Original design had a bill but it felt anachronistic to me so he ended up rotating the Euro symbol 90° to make a stylized M.
    My reasons for asking are similar.

    "They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty."
    — Oscar Wilde

    "I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before."
    — Margaret Atwood
  • AureliusAurelius Administrator Posts: 467 Starmourn staff
    That's in the simplified Y'saari script, incidentally. Their standard script is really complicated and hard to parse for those without the large number of eyes they have. 
  • KestrelKestrel Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭✭
    Woooo it's so fancy! Thanks @Aurelius!

    "They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty."
    — Oscar Wilde

    "I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before."
    — Margaret Atwood
  • KaxKax Member Posts: 102 ✭✭✭
    Good thing we don't have to write checks in the future...
    "You know what the chain of command is? It’s the chain I go get and beat you with ’til you understand who’s in ruttin’ command here."
  • PollivarPollivar Member Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
    So when will this symbol be added to Nexus instead of the coin symbol next to your currnecy counter? :pleased:
  • AureliusAurelius Administrator Posts: 467 Starmourn staff
    Probably never! A gold coin communicates currency to new players, whereas the Mark symbol is meaningful to the characters. 
  • FlipilariaFlipilaria Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    Aurelius said:
    Probably never! A gold coin communicates currency to new players, whereas the Mark symbol is meaningful to the characters. 
    What about a gold coin with the mark on it?
  • FlipilariaFlipilaria Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    I'm not even kind of an artist, but I was inspired to draw some concept art in MS paint. I'm sure you have artists that could actually do better:

    Original Nexus:


    Concept 1, with the mark next to the value


    Concept 2, with the mark on the coins (Note that i'm not sure the current icon has enough pixel space to cleanly display the mark


    Concept 3, with an actual gold coin.






  • KestrelKestrel Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭✭
    It kinda looks like a squid monster when you scale it down that small.

    "They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty."
    — Oscar Wilde

    "I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before."
    — Margaret Atwood
  • FlipilariaFlipilaria Member Posts: 128 ✭✭✭
    Kestrel said:
    It kinda looks like a squid monster when you scale it down that small.
    It kinda looks like a squid monster because I have no graphical design experience and did it freehand in MS paint.
  • TyeTye Member Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
    I'm 100% convinced @Aurelius made this up as he was reading this thread.
  • KaxKax Member Posts: 102 ✭✭✭
    Rumor has it that it's a 4-dimensional symbol and if you rotate it you get

    "You know what the chain of command is? It’s the chain I go get and beat you with ’til you understand who’s in ruttin’ command here."
  • KestrelKestrel Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭✭
    Tye said:
    I'm 100% convinced @Aurelius made this up as he was reading this thread.
    If he did it's pretty awesome of him to do so for those of us who wanted something to base our logos off of.  :)

    "They are elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty."
    — Oscar Wilde

    "I'll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before."
    — Margaret Atwood
  • FyrelFyrel Member Posts: 61 ✭✭
    Would I be silly for thinking that the symbol for marks is the y'saari symbol for "sucker"?
  • AureliusAurelius Administrator Posts: 467 Starmourn staff
    Yes you would be. The Y'saari take commerce extremely seriously and reverently, much to the dismay of anyone who tries to cheat them.
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