Thanks, and good work on bringing a piece of Kanakan to life for us, Crock. This is actually Templeton301 by the way. And I see that Their Star is here as well.
And since were all here and as well we all share the same common interest of the wider world of Suikoden, I would like to make a proposition for anyone who would be interested.
As you see, thecrock has just completed for us a story set in Kanakan, this is what some would consider "Gamma Canon" or a production from a fan that goes into visual detail with its setting. I would actually, if it were possible, document it into an "Suikoden Expanded Universe" file and see what could be done to recognize the information that the author (the crock) added to the Suikoden world through the fangame. And yes, this would be done only with the authorization of the author, along with the measures that need to be taken in regards to maintaining copyright legality.
Yes the Suikoden world is vast, the thing is, is that the citizens of this world lack any knowledge of celestial travel in order to enter the space age and continue the human need to leave ones location and settle in a new frontier. Once there is no more land to conquer that is (so to speak). Not to mention, such a concept in Suikoden is science fiction, and who would even want to see anything such as that in the first place.
My goal and the proposition that i'm proposing at the moment is however. Would be for us to defy the laws of nature in the setting of that world, and have it geoformed so that it would continue in all directions as the story, and the setting it is in, develops through future fan productions. We should even go about integrating into this world the off shoot canons from the post Suikoden five era. As for the locations featured in Eiyuden Chronicle. Well if you think about it, there is an entirely empty continent featured on the west side of the map of Suikoden (Too TheirStar's credit), it would make sense too, in time, place it there.
This expansion and merger of worlds is a geographical measure that is needed in order to counter any stagnation through the limited number of continents. Which in time, by default, would lead to the eventual end of the series.
And why even allow conflict to exist in this world in the first place. It is a story after all, which means eliminating conflict and any violence from that society can be done. Why not send the warriors and heroes out and just have them only attack the monsters. Doing this would also make it easier for future authors to focus on what really matters the most. Increasing the size of the world and giving its locations and its peoples detail and life.
This is where Ill pause however, in order to hear from you yourselves what you may think is the right path for Suikoden, and to see if there is anything we have in common in order to achieve the goals that we may individually have in mind.
Also, this is something I would of actually preferred to of placed instead on the forums of Suikosource. If not for the security requirements.
Thank you.
Ryan