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Ray Richter-Stevens hails from the jolly nudist island of Overpeak. He always dreamed of becoming a seismologist, but the lack of earthquakes and volcanoes in the immediate area were a large hurdle in his early life. Instead he decided to become a geologist and found he had a knack for locating ores faster than most of his peers. In fact, his friends often call him "The Streak", the fastest thing on two feet. Ray is often seen searching for marble or coal wearing nothing but a smile.
COPPER TOP
I came to meet a jolly young man sitting along side the road under an apple tree a few months back. When he introduced himself to me, he said his name was "Copper Top." Because this was such an unusual name, I couldn't resist asking how he came by it. This is the story he told.
Merlin observed a young redheaded lad for years that appeared to have a special connection with Mother Nature herself. When the boy turned 14 years of age, Merlin offered to educate him in the art of dowsing. The lad accepted the offer and started his instruction with enthusiasm and curiosity. It was found, over time, that the young man had a natural instinct and ability for locating minerals and ore deposits; especially copper ore. His abilities increased significantly with the Dowsing skills. Because of his copper red hair and outstanding ability to find copper ore, Merlin nicknamed him "Copper Top," a name he uses proudly to this day.
Copper Top and I became good friends that day. We share laughter and good conversation on a daily basis and he is always there to seek out new ore deposits when needed.
St. Nick, the Jolly Geologist
Geoff Rockhammer
He traveled with his family to my island a year ago after his home island was devastated by volcanic eruptions. His father was a quarry master and his grandfather miner, but Geoff discovered early that he had a spirit for adventure. He loves hiking the wilds, making camp in the wilderness, exploring new lands and finding new deposits. He's the best geologist we've ever had, many of our natives have learned new tricks from his vast experience. He's glad we don't have a volcano on our island and we're just glad to have him in the service of our empire! When head geologist Sid I. Mentary retires this year, I expect Geoff will quickly fill in his shoes!
Robert Oppenheimer
For when you really need to split rocks. Discoverer of quantum tunneling. "I need physics more than friends." Owner of Perro Caliente. Predictor of the positron. Oppenheimer explored the properties of the white dwarf. With his student Snyder, he predicted black holes. He helped design and construct Trinity. Which made a large hole near Alamogordo.
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Name: Iron Maiden
Profile: He may be good at what he does, but that still didn't save him from earning himself that awful girly nick-name at the Village School. Those rotten kids...just because THEIR fathers all happened to be JOLLY Geologists. Poor, young Iron Maiden didn't stand a chance, as his dad was just a regular geologist. Oh well, at least his best friend Copperhopper has always stuck by him.
My jolly geologist's name is Famous Shoes. He was raised by the kickapoo indians and spent most of his life as a tracker. he received the nickname because he refuses to ride horses and can track almost any living thing, and he has traveled farther and longer than any man on foot. Famous Shoes has always been a very close friend of mine, helping me out on many occasions, as well as i have helped him. he came searching for me and tracked me to my settlement; told me that he thought he would enjoy settling down...at least for now. i offered him a job as a geologist and taught him to "track the earth's treasures" as he would say, and he is by far my most productive and most loyal employee.
Trahern
Which means strength of iron.
Trahern was born the youngest of four brothers, Zahavi (meaning gold), Malachite (a type of copper), and Arabescato (a type of marble). Each one became a famous Geologist on the island; able to find the rarest of metals in a short amount of time. Trahern had a lot to prove by the time he started out as a geologist. One day Traherns' brothers were giving a tour of one of the mines to the mayor and several other visiting dignitaries, when the mine collapsed, trapping then in the cave. Trahern had only a few hand tools and his bare hands to use. With his quick thinking and mighty strength he was able to save all the trapped men. Finally he had lived up to his name and his story about his strength and bravery became known all over the kingdoms!
Eratosthenes
The Greek scientist who first measurde the circumference of the Earth.
Freidrick Mohs
German Geologist who established the hardness scale for rocks and minerals.
Names: 46, 1426,356500, 463.5 a day, 769.1 days, 2.1 years.
Why did I give my geo's these unusual names? I'll tell you. I have "46" specialist. I need "1426" manuscripts to get all 31 skills for each specialist. I need "356500" nibs to produce those manuscripts. I can produce "463.5" nibs a day with one level 5 building and no buffs, (I can only build one for know and it does get buffed). It will take "769.1 days" to produce enough nibs (not buffed), that means it will take "2.1 years" to produce enough nibs for all my specialist! During testing it was 5x faster. It would have only taken 153 days to do it. At Level 5 it will take 713 days to produce the manuscripts. That doesn't include the tomes and codex or the Island upgrades. I could have ten nib buildings, doesn't mater. It will take at least 3 years to produce all the books. I'm not spending a fortune in gems to speed it up either. Math can be a real bummer sometimes. Have fun!
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Roc
If you ask him where he came from, he came from under a rock and between a hard place. He eats sleeps and dreams rock. When he gets under pressure he tends to blow and then you see how big his stones really are.
Mr.Mcstone in my stone geo
The name of my geologist is Rockford D. Granite (Rocky for short)
Rocky's mother is Pick Axe Granite and his father is Spade Shovel Granite. Rocky grew up in the hill country. As a teenager he was known as "the Digger" which is his middle name. After college where he majored in the study of rock and earth formation, he went into the family business of examining the landscape for rare stones. his girlfriend is Sandy Shale and she has been with him since childhood.
He has a special gift and no one can find rare stones and artifacts like he can. That is why I send him out first to locate whatever is out there to find.
My geologist name is geomag.I always think my geolist like an explorerso i combined geologist with Magellan
My geo family is (father) fee, (mother) fi, (daughter) fo, and (son) fum. They come from another planet where there people are one with nature making it so when they came to this world able to become one with this planet with ease. They can easily find anything. Of course their children are still learning the ropes so they can only find things like copper, stone, and marble. The father's specialty is iron, but only because he likes to use the ores to make things and of course the son is following in his foots step...he's just a little slower at finding them. Where as mother fi likes the shiny stuff. All the gold ore goes to making coins for the people so they can prosper and of course jewelry for the women. ;) Due to their specialties they are accepted on the island that has only known peace since their arrivals, due to the weapons father and son makes for them. The daughter fo of course concentrates on coal to help out with her family. Her wish is to one day be able to discover them as fast as her parents. To help fee, fi, fo, and fum the mage of the island has been directing her apprentices on how to make spell books to help the family find bigger mines, help decreasing their time, and other secretes that only them and the family know.
Lucky(real name Luis) was orphaned when a coal mine collapsed on his Mother. His father, like so many others, was killed in a battle. Lucky spent most of his early years wandering the landscape alone. He became very knowlegdable of where to find precious metals and stones. He also discovered some buried treasure on more than one occasion. Lucky developed his geology skills, learning to read and right, and built a magnificant "endless copper mine" to live in. Naturally he became the leader of the geologists and now sets his goals to finding new/undiscovered granite and titanium deposits.
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The Birth of a Nation
Before my last breath leaves me I wish to tell you the story of my father. He is unlike every father you could ever imagine, his powers in magic are vast and it is from this that I and all these people around me came to exist on this tiny island nation. His name is Pygmalion a shunned master of transmutation, cast out from his home; people were afraid of what they couldn't understand, what they refused to understand about the beautiful work he wrought with his magical hands. For you see to transmute things is to shape, mold, and literally breathe life into objects.Where you and I might see a fish... my father saw a fisherman. A fallen log in the forest? He saw a wood cutter or re-forester.
Please understand when he shipwrecked on this great island I call home, he was near starved in all possible way; most importantly in lack of human contact and interaction. Once he had been able to rest, find nourishment, and think of what to do my father first set to populate the land with wild game that he created from the very remains of his last meal. After that was accomplished he resigned himself to the fact that this island could be his home. His first creations were of the simple folks, the laborers. He gathers several rocks, fish, copper nuggets and wood fragments. From these items he
soon had grown men fashioned and alive and sent them out to work the very materials from which they were born. In truth who better to understand
and respect the things in which they harvested than the very elements themselves?
After a while it became clear that this small society was working and prospering, my father found himself curious about what hidden treasures the rest of the island might hold. That was when he realized he wasn't as alone as he thought when his newly made explorer returned near death with news of savage animal-like clans of barbarians residing in the mists. He immediately set about creating our first General and the basic armies armed with bronze swords and shortbows.
With several successful campaigns under his belt, it was soon realized that better and stronger materials existed in the newly opened areas of the island. So my father set about creating the newer class of inhabitants. For every step forward the community gained strength and power, till one day the entire island was free. Populated by the very land itself, all male and none but I and Father ever realizing that there was something called a woman that even existed. Their ignorance on this matter was actually a kindness, for it was because of my mother Galatea and her fear of what my father's magic could do that he was cast out and thrown far away to begin with. The last and greatest secret of all that my mother never new.............. she was his first and loveliest creation ever made.
James Hutton - Father of modern geology & a jolly geo.
He is credited as being the originator of uniformitarianism, one of the fundamental principles of geology. Through observation and carefully reasoned geological arguments, Hutton came to believe that the Earth was perpetually being formed; he recognized that the history of the Earth could be determined by understanding how processes such as erosion and sedimentation work in the present day. Hutton's work established geology as a proper science, and thus he is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology".
find-it fast - need I say more? Named after what he does which coupled with the family name, explains it all.
Named Fred Smith at birth (his parents had no imagination), my geologist has since renamed himself. He is now known amongst the community as Gregor G. Ologist. Granted, I've tried to explain to him the play on words wasn't the smartest move, but he insists that it has class. Who am I to argue with him as long as he does the job.
my jolly geologists name is salty. he lived on a little granite island in the sea full of saltpeter or untill he was found out and than he had two chocies: go to jail for 50 years or join a loyal miners union ; he joined a miners union and became a famous miner
Gollum
He spends his whole life searching for precioussssssssssssssss rocks in deep underground caves and on the sheer slopes of barren mountains.
SPEALUNK KERPLUNK is his name
& bein' a geo well thats his game.
Wether its later i'll see ya
or wheres the tequila.
He will find those deposits,
whatever ya need yea.
In this craft, he was born and raised.
Never finer a rock hound has been displayed.
Yippee!!! he exclaims with each new find,
as smelters sigh in relief, freed from a bind.
Rewards galore, though no fame sought.
SPEALUNK just enjoys doing what hes taught.....lol
My geo is called Bradley Copper, after my fav actor, just not actor but a copper miner :D
Slowpoke - not like the jolly ones, he takes his sweet time. Slowly but surely, it will be found but with more emphasis on the slowly part.
Sedimentary
He is very shallow and people often step on him.
i have 3 geo's and their names are The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
these three are professional at finding gold and valuable things like iron ore or copper ore they always fight and they've gotten in to too much trouble and the king gave them a choice either they get executed or help the country by finding gold, iron and stuff like that and be useful for the country and so they joined the army and helped the country and they are all good and not ugly anymore.
Bruce Springstone
He was Born to Run in the USA, the dude was on Fire. Started out playing rock and roll in the Badlands and Backstreets of Asbury Park, New Bedrock, it was a Jungleland out there and he had a lot of Growin up to do. He had a Hungry Heart and hit the road for the Streets of Philyrock and the Promised Land. After crossing The River he came to The Rising on Thunder Road, there he met a pretty Red Headed Woman named Rosalita and he said She's the One for me. They got married at Cadillac Ranch in Darlington County on Independence Day. There was quite a bit of drinking brew and breaking bread, fish platters and Rosalita's Aunt Irma brought plenty of baskets. There was Dancing in the Dark all night until they were Blinded by the Light of Day. Alas it was time to move on get a real job, they bought a Pink Cadillac and hit the road for Nebraska, thru the Tunnel of Love, Two Hearts together. Bruce got a Meeting Across the River with the big shot in town. He got a job Working on the Highway blasting thru the bedrock finding all the minerals imaginable. He bought the Mansion on the Hill and had his first baby Bobby Jean, nicknamed Pebble (next generation geo). BUT... he longs for the Glory Days past when he was just a rock-n-roller and every now and then he sneaks out under the Darkness on the Edge of Town and rocks it out with the other geos. Hey, It's Hard to be Saint in the City!
My Geologist is named Indy P. Brosnan named after Indiana Jones aka Indy(who was a archaeologist) and Pierce Brosnan who was in the movie "Dante's Peak", which had something to do with geology. He is a bit rough and tough geologist, who faced many dangers but always made it through dangerous caverns, volcanoes, and earthquakes, and so much more. He is even found precious stones and metals. He does however quite get into a lot of mischief as he gets into trouble everywhere he goes, as he caused a fight in a tavern over somebody spilling his drink. Either way he goes, Indy P. Brosnan, is a great geologist with a great sense of adventure!
Rocky Raccoon is my most veteran and skilled geologist. His family's favorite childhood picture of Rocky shows him wearing a coonskin cap, made popular by his favorite TV show, Davy Crockett. Rocky got the first name of nickname while attending the University of Tennessee, where he was known for his enthusiastic renditions of the song "Rocky Top" at UT football games. He's known for his cleverness and his charmed touch (both characteristics of raccoons) at finding different ores and minerals, but what cinched his nickname was his habit of blasting Beatles music from a boombox while working outdoors (including the tune "Rocky Raccoon").
My geologist's name is Neo-logist. He is trained in the latest Neo-Geo ways and can find any stone, gem or otherwise in the ground. He hopes to someday unlock the secret Granite and Saltpeter mines in the area.
Jack-O loves a hunt
he scours the land for resources
gallop and grunt
does his trusty wagon of horses
towards the next great hunt
O'Minesly Phillerup
O'Minesly has been a hard worker his whole life, but due to the rise in competition and lack of appreciation, he has decided to leave the land of Blizzard© to pursue his dreams elsewhere. O'Minesly just migrated to the Ubisoft© Island's promised land a few years ago. He was a little skeptical about it because he had nothing more than the clothes on his back, a few servers to choose from and a couple of science books to read. He quickly found his way by learning the mining trade and read all the literature he could find. Presently, O'Minesly has become quite the celebrity on his island because he discovered a system to create more productivity in his trade. The word spread quickly about his discovery and before too long, every island on all the servers adapted to this system of mining. O'minesly still has a few more years left till retirement though, so there's no telling what else he might discover. Through all his years of dedication and experience however, he still can't figure out the difference between an igneous rock and sandstone until he finds a way to study rocks better. This has turned his new dream into discovering a way to mine granite. When I spoke to him last, he said "I guess we just have to find our own granite elsewhere until someone discovers an easier way to mine it on our own." I told him "........ Everyone has to have a dream!"
(The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. -Thomas Carlyl)
His name is BigBubbaJohn,
When he heard there be gold in them there mountains, he packed up and headed out with his trust mare. Now he got his name from being to big to try and fight, and why would ya want to, bubba came from being a friend to all. He travels were long and hard, but BigBubbaJohn never gave up. He found many a mines along the way. Iron, them there army men was proud to hear about them. But he was after gold, copper was easy to uncover, marble the town folks was happy as clams to get to them mines. Time pasted as time does, BigBubbaJohn made many a friend on his way, and when his time here was closing in on him there it was the grand prize the gold mine what he searched so long for lay before him. Yes BigBubbaJohn got to enjoy the gold before his time passed. In the end he said the gold was what pushed me along. But if not for all the dear friends along the way I would never had made it.
My head geologist is Nathanial Geo (thats Nat Geo for short) he is a veteran traveler of the entire earth, has an amazing repertoire of knowledge....and is a great photographer!
His assistant is Sir Thomas Minecraft, a crafty veteran of many digs, who sees things in a peculiarly square way.......
Humphrey the Geologist came upon his lifetime endeavor as a small child. Being the black sheep of the family he spent much time alone in the hills behind his home... the only happiness he could find amidst a very large family of shallow non-thinkers. His first find at the age of 13 in those rocks were purple mauve stones which he secretly had appraised by a jeweler in the next county. He learned they were garnets and with the first sale of those illustrious gems he was able to purchase all the tools of his trade. He built a hut in those rocks behind his home where he hid all his tools away. He purchased a book from Shears catalog on gems, minerals and other resources that rocks held and spent many an hour learning the trade that would bring him self-satisfaction and self-reliance. To this day, Humphrey has had no regrets about the road he followed, leaving behind a family bewildered by him yet again. Humphrey smiles these days!
two of my geos have names snorko and snifko (mixed of two languages) lol
Pi Hypotenuse Squared
This young geologist grew up as a small, smart lad. Other kids made fun of him and his name. They often called him Nerdy or Geeky because of his mathematical name. He was proud of his name though. His parents gave it to him because before he was born his father had a vision of him becoming a great scientist. Though the new update in the game he did have the materials to further his intelligence. Now he has grown to be a first class geologist and working full time.
His name is GeoSynchronous, because his timing is always perfect.