[OOC] Marches of Man: the Black Shields. [ALWAYS OPEN]

[Partisan]

There we go,

sorry about not getting it up yesterday, my internet was acting up (still is..). I can't even use internet mostly, and only skype and steam are accessible for some reason. Internet works 5% of the time and I used that to post.

[TJByrum]

@dreamingflowers I suppose our collaboration will need to be put on hold, but we can keep the content there for a future collaboration.

[dreamingflowers]

That's okay we can add it in later as a flashback of some kind.

[Partisan]

I figured it happened on day 1, so I just skipped the next day too so you can add it later as a flashback. It's the way I'm accustomed to doing it.

[TJByrum]

That's fine Partisan.

You know how some characters start to have a personality of their own? I cannot help but feel that Warren has some sort of subconscious never-dying hatred for Gregar and Dorran. When writing him, Warren just felt so hateful to Dorran.

Almost as much as the fucking sand-eating savages most know as the Sawarim.

[Partisan]

Probably he does, hehe. I liked the idea of him being some sort of traitor ultimately, constantly on the verge of 'Do I stab him or not' so I specifically chose this mission to torment him a bit. :p

[TJByrum]

I feel like, if someone does try to kill Dorran, Warren might not intervene. I mean, he could always blame it on his poor health. Then again, they're the children of Anne, and he'd never do anything to hurt her. I feel like, when Warren comes into contact with the queen, he'll fall to his knees and plead "I'm not worthy". Nah, he won't humiliate himself like that... but I can't help but feel he has some sort of burning passion in him that forces him to serve her without faltering. He'd kill everyone in the world, if only she commanded it.

There's no real reason to hate the Grochain's... but goddamn Warren seems to hate them.

I also don't know if I want his health to get persistently worse, or better.

EDIT: "Just give the order, my Queen, give it! I'll send Gregar's head rolling down the steps!"

[Partisan]

Well the current old queen (Warren's ''true'' queen) probably isn't alive anymore.

[TJByrum]

I was referring to Anne though, the daughter.

To Warren it looked like some bastard came up with this huge intimidating army, marched to the capital and took the throne. Even if the queen gave it up willingly, Gregar still brought the host of mercenaries, so that kind of says he would have taken the throne by force. You could argue that the queen was forced to give up the throne, as why else would she refuse when Gregar has the backing of the mercenaries; there's no way she'd have argued with him.

Back on track though. So Warren still kind of sees it like Gregar waltzed right in and effectively 'stole' the throne (in Warren's eyes, mind you). This forced the queen to step down and marry her daughter off to Gregar. Yes, the queen offered the idea of marriage, but she would not have done so if Gregar didn't want the throne.

Warren might look at it like Anne was forced into her marriage; he'd prefer to have her marry the person she wants to marry, rather than marry some bastard who took the throne from her mother. I think he'd harbor a little resentment to Gregar, as he wanted to serve the royal family - not a Bastard King. But since he wants to faithfully serve Anne, he'll do the same for her children, and anyone she cares about.

But that's Warren's twisted view on things, not necessarily mine.

[Partisan]

Aye, it all changes when you find out they're actually quite happily married and the former queen did it quite willingly because her family remained in power whilst a man was on the throne. It's kind of hard to continue your line if you're a female due to the fickleness of matrilineal marriages. That said, Warren probably still doesn't care for a multitude of reasons.

Also I feel like he secretly has a bit of a crush on queen Anne, but that's just me. :p

[TJByrum]

Not necessarily. Most of my characters tend to have some sort of deep loyalty that goes beyond anything else. Just something they develop.

EDIT: He feels he's obligated to treat her correctly.

[Partisan]

Ah well. I've sent a little bit of a post towards Dreaming, see what she brews of it as she's not exactly amongst the warriors. The wait is now on for Renny and Eschatologist.

[dreamingflowers]

Well I for one think Warren has the hots for the queen too XD
And Floure is somewhat of an expert on that field ;)

[Partisan]

@dreamingflowers I take it the piece I sent you was enough to go on? Atleast for now?

[TJByrum]

Isn't it a coincidence that Warren has a darkly colored sword too? He's gonna be decked out in complete black.

[dreamingflowers]

It was great and I really enjoyed reading it, sadly I don't have time to reply tonight.
I will cook up something equally great (hopefully) tomorrow.

[CorinTraven]

Hi Everyone!

I've just read through all the IC posts, and I'm hella' interested in getting involved!

[dreamingflowers]

Hi there Corin ^.^
You should definately join up with us, it's really great fun. We're a friendly bunch so no worries there ;)
I suggest you should start with the character sheet. There is plenty of room in the cast and the GM isn't planning to close applications ever so there's that. Also there are a couple of players who have either made a character and never showed again or made a character and haven't posted a first IC post yet. So we're not that far ahead.

If you'd like to work on some kind of pre established relationship with any of the characters (including my own) let us know and we can work something out :)

[CorinTraven]

While I was brainstorming, I knew I wanted to play a woman, which really limits the types of characters I can play. However, I wanted to discuss with Partisan if perhaps it'd be okay if I played the daughters of one of the officers. I could play an officer too, I have no trouble multi-charactering or playing male characters, I just prefer my main, at least, to be a female.

[dreamingflowers]

I think it's possible to play a daughter of one of the officers. What kind of job did you have in mind for her? Is she joining the ranks or will she be a camp follower? A cook or a tailor or something like that? I mean being a female in this kind of story is a lot of fun and if you're creative you'll have more options than the guys ;)