[quote=@Andreyich]
Eh.... I feel like making people play major factions of the time will make it way too far from historical events for my liking. 
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To me this is meant to be more of a faction RP than a character RP.
It will be historically based yes, but with potential alternate history, since that would be part of the fun, I mean it won't be terribly alternative to history though.
It's still your choice though. :)