@boomlover oh, I thought I got back on that- let me check

@Letter Bee I think that@Lucius Cypher has a pretty solid lore for the orc population. One that I would strongly go with for this story. Why don't you coordinate your ideas with them and have that see on whether or not orcs could've been in Giray.

posted, not the best quality. But my concentration is all over the place at the moment.

I can only hope that more decide to follow suit and post today.

I can only hope that more decide to follow suit and post today.

I could, but I don't see what I could post. I was more just going to put Tirrarian at the meeting point when people got there

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I could, but I don't see what I could post. I was more just going to put Tirrarian at the meeting point when people got there

I was not so much as referring to you in particular, but that choice is up to you and you alone. I but eager to see this through and get on to the quest itself.

@Letter Bee I think that@Lucius Cypher has a pretty solid lore for the orc population. One that I would strongly go with for this story. Why don't you coordinate your ideas with them and have that see on whether or not orcs could've been in Giray.

All right, I will.

@Lucius Cypher, ya here?

Yeah I'm here. I could send you what I got for orc lore over a PM, but I got to head to class soonish.

Yeah I'm here. I could send you what I got for orc lore over a PM, but I got to head to class soonish.

All right; will read.

Just a heads up ladies and gents, coursework been a bit hard on me but I should be able to post tomorrow, sorry for the delay

@Letter Bee I think that@Lucius Cypher has a pretty solid lore for the orc population. One that I would strongly go with for this story. Why don't you coordinate your ideas with them and have that see on whether or not orcs could've been in Giray.

I PMed this to Lucius Cypher, but he's in school right now. Not trying to go around him, I just want to see others' comments on my newly-developed lore, because it affects other Races as well:

The Millet System of Giray (With Special Notes on the Orcs)

A Millet, in Girayid terms, is a semi-autonomous community that is permitted to administer itself by its own laws and its own system, provided that they pay the required taxes set by the Slave-Bureaucrats, and accept the 'protection' of the Mamluks. Rooted in the practices of the Old Sultans of Giray, the Millet System achieved full maturity when said Sultans were overthrown and replaced with the Slave Oligarchy, which required both popular support and money, and got both by affirming the rights of the separate communities of the Empire, whether Humans of different ethnicity, Elves, Dwarves, and most revolutionary, the Orcs, who had been brought into the land millenia ago. Not merely that, but the major religions of Giray also got their own Millets around that time.

The initial number of Millets was eleven Racial Millets (which also divided humans of different ethnicities), and eight Religious Millets. These were later reduced to eight and five, respectively, as the importance of certain groups in the Empire waxed and waned. Not merely that, but the inevitable intermarriages between members of the millet were accomodated by an easy solution: the children can get to choose which Millet they belong to once they are adult.

Special interest was given to the Orcish Millet; which in some respects, is the only community of Orcs that is treated as equal to Elves and Humans. They have full freedom of movement and passage, full freedom of intermarriage, full freedom to develop crafts and trade, and even full freedom to fight among each other as long as they do not 'disturb the peace'. Not merely that, but they are permitted to join various 'Commoner Regiments' made up of a mix of different Millets (because having battalions composed of members of just one Millet is seen as a bad thing) so as to satisfy their craving for foriegn combat. Even relations with the Elven Millet are good, to the point where Elf-Orc hybrids are not unheard of.

However, there are downsides, as every Millet is expected to show deference towards the Mamluks and Slave-Bureaucrats; equality with the Elves loses its sweetness when both are inferior to the Mamluk Caste which no member of a Millet can join. Not merely that, but the Commoner Regiments are tasked with providing their own arms, armor, and training, meaning that they are kept inferior to the professional Mamluks...for now.

At present, however, the Commoner Regiments' quality is increasing thanks to Giray's growing wealth, not enough to turn them into an existential threat, but enough so that rumbles of overthrowing the Mamluks are already brewing, among the Orcs and Half-Orcs first, of course. No matter how well they are treated compared to other nations, no matter how other Orcs and Half-Orcs are treated badly in lands outside Giray, being second-class citizens who are denied their own warrior heritage chafes.

Sorry I haven't been on much, with Rokku, Bel and me all having different schedules, it's hard to find a time 1 of them can help me. I'd post IC but there's not much my character would do at this point, other than eat more jerky.

Sorry I haven't been on much, with Rokku, Bel and me all having different schedules, it's hard to find a time 1 of them can help me. I'd post IC but there's not much my character would do at this point, other than eat more jerky.

It's okay!

Sorry I haven't been on much, with Rokku, Bel and me all having different schedules, it's hard to find a time 1 of them can help me. I'd post IC but there's not much my character would do at this point, other than eat more jerky.

Maybe write that he's eating jerky, and what he thinks of the people around him?

Obviously I know it's nicer and easier to have someone help you in person, but I'm sure just about anyone in this RP would help you out with a post if you needed it, you just need to ask

@KazeXDZ, if we have a compatible time zone (I live in the Philippines), I can help.

@The Fated Fallen, what do you think of the Millet System Lore?

@The Fated Fallen, what do you think of the Millet System Lore?

I didn't read up on it, been a bit busy, sorry

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I didn't read up on it, been a bit busy, sorry

All right.

@Letter Bee I like simple. And sometimes when your paintbrush dabbles in a little too much color, your picture can become a complicated mess. I'm not dismissing your idea. It very well could fit, and part of me just wants to say 'why the hell not'. You write well, you can very well pull it off. But you're treading a line.

I'll leave it up to you and @Lucius Cypher to discuss.

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@KazeXDZ while other characters might not have directly interacted with siegfried, he still has a lot that he could react to. Isabeau did mention to him that he wasn't the only that had to deal with stuff. She blew up on Robert about how none of this should be about gold and glory, that there is a lot more at steak which she felt no one was taking seriously. Regina had mentioned something about sneaking past the dragon, no one's really gone in depth about how they plan to accomplish their task. Durin, Kayleth, and Regina are still where Siegfried is. He could spark a conversation with any one of them while he waits. There is so much he can do in your next post.

I agree with @Letter Bee and @The Fated Fallen, we'd be more than happy to help if we can. Even if it's just brainstorming ideas on what to post about.

Once @Jon Y makes a post, I will move forward with the plot. There is so much more that we have in mind for the story, I don't want to keep things here for much longer.

@IcePezz, All right, that works.

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This is the sort of news I have been long awaiting.