Just as a big head's up before we get started, we've solidified some of our lore about this since you first wrote in, so we apologize for anything that seems inconsistent. We'll be happy to work with you on this!
1. First off, she'll want to date the gates. For your reference:
Cairo - Ancient Egypt Oslo - Probably around 1000 to 1200 Everest - Sometime after 1000, but before the Rongbuk Monastery was established there in 1902. Rio - Definitely 17th century.
As an additional reference, a part of William's hacking in Antarctica unearthed some stuff that would be of interest to Kyna. He released this before he disappeared. The link to that is here.
Looking into these, she'll definitely have the most luck getting things that would relate to Rio. That's after more printing started occurring. The thing is, these manuscripts would likely not be from the Brazilian region, instead being from Portugal because of the whole colonialism thing.
She'll be able to find some collectors who do have manuscripts from 17th century Portugal. She may also want to look into the late medieval Books of Hours to see if she can find anything, as these would be privately commissioned devotional manuals. The big thing about what's in Brazil is that it shows people with status were buying into that religion, so it didn't necessarily need to be an offshoot in theological understanding.
In short: the answer is yes! She'll want to look for imagery that's less associated with sacred geometry and more with the colors and iconography in the New Rio gate.
2. The big two beyond the gates are obviously New Amsterdam (where they had to complete the gates ritual) and New Beijing (where former Beijing monuments make up a part of the city). As established in the simulation event, these are also two of the older megacities. New Amsterdam's location isn't near any significant historical location, so it seems odd that it was chosen. We do suggest hitting up Tifa (since Yennefer has looked into this!) and drawing some obvious intentionality conclusions. We do intend for this to be straightforward: the gates were there before the megacities!
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Just as a big head's up before we get started, we've solidified some of our lore about this since you first wrote in, so we apologize for anything that seems inconsistent. We'll be happy to work with you on this!
1. First off, she'll want to date the gates. For your reference:
Cairo - Ancient Egypt
Oslo - Probably around 1000 to 1200
Everest - Sometime after 1000, but before the Rongbuk Monastery was established there in 1902.
Rio - Definitely 17th century.
As an additional reference, a part of William's hacking in Antarctica unearthed some stuff that would be of interest to Kyna. He released this before he disappeared. The link to that is here.
Looking into these, she'll definitely have the most luck getting things that would relate to Rio. That's after more printing started occurring. The thing is, these manuscripts would likely not be from the Brazilian region, instead being from Portugal because of the whole colonialism thing.
She'll be able to find some collectors who do have manuscripts from 17th century Portugal. She may also want to look into the late medieval Books of Hours to see if she can find anything, as these would be privately commissioned devotional manuals. The big thing about what's in Brazil is that it shows people with status were buying into that religion, so it didn't necessarily need to be an offshoot in theological understanding.
In short: the answer is yes! She'll want to look for imagery that's less associated with sacred geometry and more with the colors and iconography in the New Rio gate.
2. The big two beyond the gates are obviously New Amsterdam (where they had to complete the gates ritual) and New Beijing (where former Beijing monuments make up a part of the city). As established in the simulation event, these are also two of the older megacities. New Amsterdam's location isn't near any significant historical location, so it seems odd that it was chosen. We do suggest hitting up Tifa (since Yennefer has looked into this!) and drawing some obvious intentionality conclusions. We do intend for this to be straightforward: the gates were there before the megacities!