TheDuncanMorgan

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@Wraithblade6 Certainly, just checking whether I will need to add you to the battle PM.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@Klomster Well it was a bit hollywood, but TBF Formaroth has the habit of blending realism with fantasy exaggeration, I mean this is a world of magic, elves and cat people so don't worry it was fine. When people are around Claus's level of fighting skill it's OK to go a bit hollywood as it demonstrates how powerful they are.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@The Wyrm Currently Andrew is trying to take the stronghold of Clarm before the imperial army arrives. When lady grim arrives she will arrive to see a heavily besieged stronghold surrounded by tens of thousands of soldiers. From there she will request to see Lord Manshrew, from there your collab can start. After lady grim has allied herself with the alliance she will take part in the battle of Telmarion between the alliance and the concord. I will send you a collab entailing all the details once I know who else may be taking part in the battle @Wraithblade6 will you be joining the battle of Telmarion?

Formaroth {Battle for The Throne} - Now Recruiting

@ArisenMoon Sorry for not replying, I forgot to check the recruitment page. I would recommend going to the main page so we can comuncate better and so you can introduce yourself to the other players.

OK there are some good idea's here and I look forward to seeing what you do with it but there are some edits that need to be made. The main one being that Urmi is owned by house Blackwell and is not available for the route you are taking. In fact if you are creating a pirate nation then you will likely need to create a small island off the eastern cost of Formaroth which is not on the map as any land in formaroth which is ruled by bandits and pirates would be swiftly destroyed by formaroth (or any kingdom that happened to be close to it).

Also you don't really need a tie to the throne for this bit. We already have our main contenders for the throne and to be honest it is unlikely anyone would support Morian given he is a pirate (regardless of whether he is distantly related to the remonnet family). Here is a summary of what is going on in the other story lines:

Nyhem Plot (De Reimer family/Aurelia Vyncetta/Lady Lanaya Triskell Dionisa)

Nyhem Plot

Nyhem is the the capital of Formaroth and the seat of power for the royal family. It is currently under the control of Duncan De Reimer (recently crowned). Duncan De Reimer was the head advisor for the former King John Remmonnet. One of the responsibilities of the head advisor is to to rule the continent of Formaroth in the absence of a king or queen. Considering there are no more heirs to the throne the De Reimer family believes that Duncan is rightfully now the next in line. Recently Duncan has been crowned king and the De Reimer family has gained a lot of support from the other houses (namely in central Formaroth). This alliance is known as the imperial concord and now Duncan is one of the main contenders for the throne. Duncan is willing to keep his family on the throne by any means necessary. The De Reimer family has also conquered the kingdom of Ralda (home of House Mazeltof) and the kingdom of Coruneon (home of house Humber). The Imperial Concord are currently winning the battle for the throne.

Aurelia Vyncetta was a highly skilled mage and Magisterial advisor for the throne. She supported the imperial concord and was working alongside another mage (Alice Budwin) on a new source of magical energy (in a form that has long been considered impossible). She was on the High council for as long as Duncan has and as a result they had a close relationship. As a result a romance had started between them, sadly the romance was short lived as Aurelia was recently assassinated by an unknown assailant. Duncan and Aurelia's friend Layana are currently determined to discover who was behind her death.

Lanaya Dionisa is a mage who ultimately wants to see mages ruling Formaroth. However she understands that she is unlikely to achieve this goal and therefore will settle with mages having a larger say in the politics of Formaroth. She beleives supporting the Imperial Concord is the best route for this goal. She is recently acted as a diplomat on behalf of the Concord to convince house Blackwell to join the Concord. During her time with House Blackwell she became very 'close' to Eli Blackwell. She is currently in Nyhem investigating the murder of Aurelia and has taken Aurelia's place as the magisterial advisor. Any work that Aurelia had been working on (including her work with Alice) has been passed onto Lanaya.

Urd Raudhfell is the secret bastard daughter of Patrick De Reimer (head of the De Reimer family). She is a mage who has suffered greatly at the hands of ignorant mundanes. She is currently in Nyhem to find out more about her secret family and witnessed first hand Aurelia's murder. She is currently staying with Layana at Thale Manor

Lycaon Issorat is a knight of the church of Klebrithy (main religion in Formaroth). His motives are to increase both his power within the church and the church's power within the political structure. He has recently assassinated the corrupt leader of the church 'Grand Cleric Mildred' and has started a vacuum of power within the church in which he hopes to come out on top. He is currently trying to get on King Duncan's good side by raising a brigade from the local populous and sending them to fight house Manshrew. The vacuum of power in the church has also caused a heretic known as Johannia to speak out against the church. She has been literally been branded a heretic and upon a narrow escape from her execution she has escaped to Ralda.

Manshrew Plot

The second major contender for the throne is House Manshrew. Their leader Andrew believes that that the De Reimer family is not to be trusted and claims that he is the best contender for the throne. Though he has no real tie to the throne, his honor and leadership has gained him a large amount of support forming the 'Manshrew Alliance'. Many view him as a hero who will lead Formaroth into a new golden age while others view him as a power hungry usurper. Andrew managed to secure a early victory against the concord by capturing Orog and won a major victory in Telmarion. However as the war has continued Andrew's list of enemies has mounted against him. He has lost both the kingdom's of Ralda and Coruneon to the Concord. Furthermore the concord have retaken Orog and the Imperial army is marching to meet him in Telmarion. He is currently laid siege to the stronghold of Clarm, hoping to take it before the concord forces arrive. He has recently made allies with House Neptuna who are sending reinforcements to Telmarion.

Blackwell Plot

House Blackwell is a another major player in the battle for the throne. While the head of house Blackwell, Giles Blackwell, is more interested in expanding his land than he he is in making a claim for the throne, his son Eli Blackwell is interested in securing his own claim for the throne. Recently De Reimer spys disguised as Manshrew assassin's attempted to kill the various members of House Blackwell. The assassination attempt was a failure as the De Reimers predicted, however they succeeded in framing house Manshrew. During the assassination attempt Giles Blackwells youngest daughter was severely wounded furthering Giles rage. House Blackwell is now preparing for a all out war against the Manshrew alliance and have also announced their independence from the crown. Negotiations between the Concord and house Blackwell were undertaken between Eli Blackwell and Layana in which the Blackwells and the concord made a formal alliance with Noami Blackwell being married off to Patrick De Reimer. Also Drevala Blackwell can turn into a dragon...

The Steel fist plot

Claus Rotestein is the leader of the steel fist mercenary company. He was hired by Patrick De Reimer to be an officer in the Imperial Concord, due to his excellent militarily experience. He recently fought Andrew Manshrew in the Kingdom of Telmarion. Despite loosing due to the incompetence of one of his commanders he was able to save the majority of his army. He is currently successfully holding out against House Manshrew at the stronghold of Clarm, though the Manshrew forces are starting to close in around him. Travelling alongside Claus is Katrina Nikos, a young girl who was formally a Blacksmith apprentice. She joined the steel fist in the hope to live her life to the fullest and see the world. She is often seen by Claus's side.

Mazeltof Plot line

After Ralda was invaded the Mazeltof host was forced to withdraw (after taken heavy casualties) Alicja Mazeltof was left behind and presumed dead. She is currently in the city of Nyhem alongside a knight by the name Ramfrey Hansard. After finding out that her sister is in the Nyhem Dungeons she has decided to remain in Nyhem to rescue her sister.

The different houses and who they are allied to

Imperial Concord
House De Reimer
House Du Paraquette
House Wulfrick
House Anjervine (Minor Casualties)
House Tuania (Moderate Casualties)
House Greensworth

Manshrew Alliance
House Manshrew (Minor Causalities)
House Lanistark (Minor Causalities)
House Humber (Minor Causalities)
House Mazeltof (Major Causalities)
House Neptuna

Southern Alliance
House Sutharlan
House Staghain

Independent Kingdoms
House Blackwell
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Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@Kho Currently Alicja & co are just planning the best route to break into the keep to rescue Pearl. They haven't really done much else yet hence why I haven't written anything for her for a while. They are currently held up in a secluded and rather run down tavern in the field district outside the city walls. Though they frequently visit the city giving you plenty of chances to run into her.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@Fallenreaper Best to make it one so as to save space

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

On a side note, as you are aware we are currently waiting for PhoenixWhite to return. While I believe she will return I doubt it will be anytime soon. The problem is I cannot advance the story until I have done the planned collab with her (as well as the upcoming battle for next round). Do I have any volunteers to temporarily take control of house blackwell for this collab? I would do it myself but I fear I will be bias in this given it is a collab between my own characters and blackwell. Either way I will wait until Ellri and Fallenreaper to get their posts up first and hopefully she will have returned by then.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@Fallenreaper OK I have read the character sheet and I approve on everything in it. In fact I am very impressed, I particularly like how you have added more detail to the Elven and Mao culture. You can add this to the character tab and start writing up your intro post.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@Fallenreaper No need for proof, simply checking up no worries.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

I had an idea for how a Formaroth mod for Warhammer Total War would work.... Alas, Games Workshop only allows warhammer related mods for it...

Post should be up in a few hours.

@Sundered Echo

Will the post be up soon?

@Fallenreaper How close would you say you are to finishing your character sheet?