[quote=Joegreenbeen]Hey, just looking to get my foot in the door in case a spot opens up for this roleplay. [/quote]

[quote=Frengo]I was toying with the idea of allowing for the creation of "New World" entities. My idea was that they would always be one evolution phase behind the "central nations", thus ensuring their relative inferiority and vulnerability to colonisation.

So if you would like to play an isolated, primitive peoples (you're looking at a stone age-early bronze age civ), I'm open to an app.

Alternatively, if you would like to play as a character within the established nations, then that is down to their respective owners.[/quote]

So, firstly: I'd have no qualms with you making lore for one of the Zaqiri cities or playing a de facto ruler of one of the cities. The Jandoo Islands, the Or'Rouzi Islands, and Asqar all are pretty well self-governing (besides the whole "if you stop working for Zaqir you're gonna get beat up" thing that dominates saurian politics). Each of them also has a culture that is SUPPOSED to be distinctly different from Zaqir's primary culture, giving you a lot of room to make what you want.

I.E. if you wanted to take over some of Zaqir and play as a vassal at present, that'd be easy. Really easy. I'd happily share info on that. And I'll just say upfront that depending on circumstances that come up during the roleplay, you might have the opportunity to cease being a vassal and become independent.

As for other already existing groups out there: the Soun'yei vanished off the face of the earth and are an aquatic species. They could be fun to play. You could potentially either play a soun'yei colony in the Red Shores or play in their original area in the northernmost section of our continent. You could also probably take over the Grogar; their player has pretty much left.

And if Frengo lets folks make "New World" nations, I see a lot of opportunities nearby. The far south, the far north, and the region east of Zaqiri territory all look like good places to create a nation.

If you need help adding your nation to the map, I could probably help out.

EDIT: Another thought came to mind if you're interested in Zaqir... You don't have to rule any specific city in Zaqir, but instead could play a new faction that's been rising unnoticed in these last 1-2 hundred years. This could give you influence over a nice swathe of Zaqir. Perhaps a faction that favors doing away with the Potentate structure? Perhaps a faction that wants to insert its own leader on the throne? Perhaps a faction that believes the present Zaqiri society shows too much weakness and needs to undergo massive change?