[quote]*How severe would you rate the sort of value dissonance we'll be encountering? If a zero means modernish values and a ten would be calling a rapist 'quirky'[/quote]

My attempt is to portray society as realistically as possible, so value dissonance, to a certain degree, will be inevitable. 

[quote]*How hard are you playing the realism of combat and such (despite the low fantasy elements to be introduced) Would you say it's more historical non-fiction or heroic fantasy?
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Again, realism is a goal.

[quote]*I'll admit I haven't zipped through the source material you've provided anywhere near its entirety but I've a quick question. How are we going to be communicating with each other? I assume there's going to be no easy-fix of a 'common' language? Do we just have varying levels of fluency in a specific, prevailing language?[/quote]

There are some languages which are common to much of Europa: since we'll most likely be starting in Spain, two examples that come to mind are Latin and Arabic.

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*To the same end will their be some sort of galvanizing goal or threat keeping us either at each other's sides or throats? Some noble's designs on a missing McGuffin/Relative, the suppression of a secretive cabal or routing out this 'Chaos insurgency'[/quote]

I'm not hostile to characters being in competition with each other: each player will be free to pursue his own goals, either cooperating or competing with others, while I work towards a larger overarching plot.

The first OOC will be up in minutes.