Hello all!
Today and yesterday we had a meeting and sorted our roles, the game storyline, characters, assets needed and so on.
My role is to research the introduction of the game. I have to research history for the time set and research the story of the game for this point. I also took notes and helped fill people who missed yesterdays meeting in on our final game idea.
Here is my research:
Character name:
Michal “Foggy” Fogarty:
The reason behind this name is that Fogarty is a very Irish name. For a more in-depth character meaning it is important to know what the name “Fogarty” derives from rather then just stating the obvious which is that this is an Irish name.
According to the site “http://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=fogarty&capname=Fogarty&letter=f" the colours on the crest silver, blue, green and gold mean peace, loyalty and generosity. These are all character trades which “Foggy” would show in the game. He will be loyal to the Irish Republican Army. He will give messages to different people on the Irish side so that one day Ireland can have peace. Finally, he may not show much generosity however, amongst his peers which he is loyal to he may.
The symbols of a crescent moon, garb, harp and Lion on the crest for the name “Fogarty” all signify enlightenment, plenty, deathless courage and contemplation which are all trates a soldier would have. Courage to keep on fighting and going out to give messages. Enlightenment by the IRA and their values. Finally, contemplation which is what this character would do constantly till he joins the IRA as a young teen.
Overall, Fogarty is not only an Irish name but it also has symbolism for strong character trades which a solider would need especially in the 1916 rising such as courage, loyalty and so on.
Age:
Foggy is 16 as due to our reserch in our previous blog posts , this would be the perfect age which boys would be made to be messengers for the IRA. They would not be 18 therefore they would not have the ability to fight on the frontline.
Place where “Foggy” is from:
Dunboyne was a place where a lot of the 1916 rising occurrences spilled into. Reported by “https://www.gaa.ie/news/sean-boylan-family-link-the-1916-rising/" Sean Boylan a notorious GAA maneger now retired was from Dunboyne and so was his father. Seans father was a captain in the Irish Volunteers. He was in charge of monitoring the Meath region and was a member of the general council.
The general council was a group of the main leaders in the rising.
Overall, Sean Senior’s job was to report monthly to the council. He was also a close ally with Padraig Perase who was one of the main Dublin leaders of the rising.
Since he was so close to Padrig Perase he wanted for himself and his men to have a central part in the rising. He was told to not go further then Mullhudard and to keep communications with the city open.
He gave the go ahead to destroy a railway bridge at Clonsilla, kept contact with the Maynooth volunteers and commenced an attack with his men at Tyrrelstown House where British soldiers occupied and ruled from.
However, they had surrendered before they got there so, Sean senior and his men traveled back to Dunboyne.
In Dunboyne, they got arrested and sent to Richmond Barracks where men like Eamon Ceant were held.
He was transferred to Wandsworth prison and here he wrote how the Irish were treated like quote “wild animals”.
Overall, Dunboyne is a great place for Foggy to be from as he is a messenger boy to the Irish Volunteers just like Sean Boyland and his men were.
Backstory to story line:
Foggy, his brothers and father are playing in their yards as the first narration appears. Brittish soldiers show up and kill Foggys father after intense interrogation.
It turns out his father was part of Sine Fine. This makes historical sense as Dunboyne is so close to Dublin they would have party members scattered about.
The second scene opens with Foggy, his brothers and friends now training themselves for battle at they play fight with hurls as riffles.
There will be a montage of them training as this playing turns to real practice in uniforms and with real riffles.
Thirdly, now that Foggy and his brothers lost their father, they drink in their cottage with their friends and play games.
Finally, they get information and march to Dublin. This will link in with the historical review above about Sean Boylan as he would have sent the message to Foggy and his friends to leave and fight with them in Mullhudard and Dublin.
Talk soon!
