#ilsfaq

[ilsangdo]

hello admin team! i think this rp is such a fresh idea and im excited to join. 🫶🏼 do you mind elaborating more on ilsang's history? the year it was founded, any important facts about the area, is there noted scenic views such as mountains / hills / bodies of water etc? could muses have family that have lived for generations? what's the weather usually like? do you have any visuals for the town for references? thank you for your help. ✨

sure thing! i'll do my best to keep it short, as most of our lore and specifics can be found in our pages ( see timeline, locations, housing, npcs ). all of the visuals for the town can be found at locations, but again, if you need more of a feel as to what ilsang is like, i will try my best to answer this question under the cut. please let me know if you have any further questions! and thank you for your interest!

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HISTORY 

before ilsang was an official town (pre-korean war), it follows the same history as the rest of korea! 

during the korean war, ilsang (though not officially ilsang) served as a military base for many american soldiers. this was around the time the bunker was built (for safety precautions). 

ilsang's official founding day is august 20, 1954 (stay tuned for our fashionably late founder's day event). although most of land had some housing/prior buildings scattered in place, this is the official date that ilsang became its own town rather than an extension of neighboring places. 

because of its proximity to the ocean, ilsang's biggest export is fish. 

since 1954, ilsang has advertised itself to tourists in hopes to also gain more income via tourism. due to this and its prior history, many townies are likely to be multilingual-- or at least know basic english. 

with its relations to the korean war, ilsang-- although not inherently a military base itself-- still is closeby to an american military base. hence, we welcome muses of western fcs who would love to come to ilsang as either visitors or townies! 

if you are applying for a tour guide position these may be important to note! also you may grab important info from our npc page! 

fun fact, the moon twins are the oldest ilsang residents, as their family are the original owners of the haedodi house! so to answer your question, yes, you may have individual generational history with ilsang, though many muses with older history may remember ilsang as what it was prior! and from there they would get to watch ilsang grow to what it is today.

ENVIRONMENT 

much like the rest of south korea, ilsang's biome is deciduous forest! there is a beach on the west side of ilsang, but the east side (near jeongsang park) is a more forested area. hence why much of our housing has unique characteristics and inspo! for example, residents in yeonhwa-gil are within walking distance of the ports, which is why this housing is rather run down and old (they were the original houses of ilsang due to the close proximity to the water-- used for crop irrigation). 

ilsang itself isnt exactly the same distance above sea level, as you go west its about 0-10' above sea level-- to the east it matches ansan at 30'. so, although ilsang isn't exactly mountainous, the area itself isn't one flat plot of land. i would say the most 'mountainous' part of ilsang would be jeongsang park, but even then it is not that high in altitude! 

major bodies of water would be the pacific ocean and the lake found deeper into jeongsang park! 

summer: long, hot, humid (especially during monsoon season); winter: freezing cold, dry, snowy 

fall and spring are intermediates of these! 

ilsang's symbolic flower is the sunflower! there is a field of them near jeongsang park!

MISC 

ilsang is not a major city, it's more of a 'everybody knows everybody' town! 

pretty suburban/rural in the sense that most of the food is locally grown, but with mayor choi and his previous successors, the town grew neighborhoods like yonghaeng-ro (wealthy gated community) and deokgu-gil (think college 'town' vibe, all the housing is more updated than yeonhwa-gil, but not as modern as yonghaeng-ro). 

town has not really been updated since its 1954 establishment since most of the townies enjoy the unique characteristics the original town buildings hold! most business owners think the charm of the town buildings helps bring in business. 

though some residents/visitors may say otherwise! power outages are common in yeonhwa-gil due to the outdated architecture and electricity sources. 

yonghaeng-ro is currently the most updated housing (thanks to mayor choi), so the amenities and housing are pretty modern and up to date. 

if you would like some ideas on what exactly the feel of the town is (with the aliens included) some of the inspiration for the lore of our roleplay is Wandavision (tv show), The Twilight Zone: Season 1 Episode 22 (tv show), Nope (movie), Us (movie), Venom (marvel), Get Out (movie), Fear Street series (netflix trilogy), The Quarry (video game), The War of The Worlds (1938 radio drama/event). Some of our pre-plots also are inspired by Fright Night (1985, movie), Disturbia (movie), Scooby-Doo (tv show), IT (novel/movie). We may also have future plots which may take more inspiration from other media! 

it's important to note that while this roleplay is lore heavy, most of the 'lore' will progress as the community itself progresses. there's a lot of things undiscovered about ilsang that may or may not be uncovered depending on our lovely writers and the direction they move with their muses! we wanted to create a roleplay that, while it already has its own storyline, it's fluid and is more community based. 

 if you have any further questions let us know!

[ilsangdo]

Hello! How little or even how much can we incooperate the aliens in our muses day to day lives? Is it possible for some muses to be truly ignorant of their existence? Also! Would it be possible to elaborate more on the last bit of your premise page about the mans murder? Thank you. Happy opening!!

hey there! thank you for the congratulatory message. i'll be happy to answer all these questions under the cut, as i'm afraid of my reply getting a little too lengthy!

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“How little or even how much can we incooperate the aliens in our muses day to day lives?”

as of right now, where aliens stand in the storyline of ilsang is that they know of each other, but the town in general is not aware of aliens. there are a few muses currently who may have their suspicions or are just oddly fixated on aliens/horror media in general, but the suspicions are more based on opinions rather that facts as of right now. to muns it may be easy to spot aliens since we are all aware (via the alien to human count posted on our main blog as well as our future acceptance posts) of who is an alien and who is not. aliens also act a little differently than humans; their personalities may be amplified or maybe they may be a little more apathetic when speaking due to their lack of emotions and consumption of media (which they use in order to study human emotion). some aliens may have a catchphrase they picked up or simply just feel like they are acting some sort of part in a sitcom, or some aliens may just drop the whole act entirely and try to survive based on the connections they make/have made here at ilsang. regardless, these actions would come off as strange to any normal person, but they aren’t exactly alarming.

for example, if you had a neighbor that stood outside and watered their plants for an unreasonable amount of time, you too would think the neighbor was a little strange; yet, because they aren’t doing anything harmful, it’s not enough reason to go into their yard and call them an alien.

another thing to add is that, while we do encourage dark themes in our roleplay (as it is thriller/horror based), most aliens who have their own agenda work under the radar as to not raise suspicion--just like any other criminal would.

like i said, there are some townies ( i.e. moon insook - npc ) who are gathering their own conspiracies as to why some ilsang residents act the way they do. however, because nothing ‘too serious’ has happened, many of the residents just either keep these conspiracies as circulating rumors or brush it off.

“Is it possible for some muses to be truly ignorant of their existence?”

as stated above, yes! for now, we would like humans to have little to no knowledge about aliens in the town. people who do suspect aliens as of now are more than likely seen as crazy ( i.e. our town crazy lady, moon insook ). so if you want a muse who is sort of paranoid, it’s alright, but keep in mind that the general town believes that everything is simply going great.

“Would it be possible to elaborate more on the last bit of your premise page about the mans murder?”

sure thing! actually, the last bit of the premise isn’t about a murder at all. to elaborate on his story, christopher jones was an american tourist that came to ilsang after hearing about the town during his stay in south korea! it’s safe to say he enjoyed his travels in the country, but, once he got to ilsang, he was soon controlled by an alien. part of the reason he stayed was due to the town’s overall friendliness and welcoming attitude during his stay. both humans and aliens in host bodies encouraged jones to stay within the town. it was a little weird that some of his encounters came with people being a little too friendly and encouraging of his temporary residency, but nothing that made jones too wary of the situation (until it was too late, of course).

no one in ilsang knows exactly what happened to jones, though many don’t even remember him by that name. by the time he became a resident of ilsang, he immediately went around telling everyone his name was william gilligan (in reference to the 1964 sitcom ‘Gilligan’s Island’). all that’s really known is that one day the ansan police came strolling into town asking for christopher jones, which rather confused half the town. many residents also chose not turn a blind eye to the situation, as they didn’t want to get involved with something so serious. 

aliens cannot cross town lines (check out our pages on aliens)! therefore, when the police finally found jones, who now went by william gilligan, the alien controlling him fought with every inch of his body to stay within the town. however, after a long struggle, he was taken to ansan hence the headline in the premise (as well as the part in the timeline page as well). 

as far as the residents of ilsang who remember this situation know, this is where the factual part of the story ends. (future lore may reveal the true ending of his character!) there are some speculations as to what happened to him, but, just like the aliens, no one is really sure as to what happened. i’ll try to not reveal too much of what the admin team has planned for the future of this rp, but let’s just say this is also partially due to the lack of coverage on the story as a whole by the ilbo.

this is all of course background knowledge that isn’t well known to many ilsang residents, but you may keep in mind in order to understand the general feel/lore of the roleplay. any more questions pertaining to this (like what happens if aliens cross town lines) can be found on our alien author page!

let us know if you have any further questions!