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LIONS OF RHAETIA

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This is the story of a coming of age, both of a nation, but also of a small group of young men and women who rode into battle with fear in their bellies, courage in their hearts, and steel in their hands. The children of privilege, side by side with those of the common folk, united by a mutual desire to fight for a better tomorrow. They began as strangers, became something more than friends, and when their country needed them most, they fought and died shoulder to shoulder. This is a tale of friendship and heart break, of a journey to adulthood, and of sacrifice for a cause greater than oneself. This is a tale of folk who answered the call to arms.

Our journey begins with a small number of men and women in the newly formed Rhaetian Republic, a territory that has rebelled against its Imperial masters. Desperate to hold back the might of the Imperial army, the fledgling Republican government issues a call to arms for all able-bodied folk to take up arms. Among the hastily drawn up regiments is the 6th Dragoons, a motley collection of young men and women who have brought their own horses to fight alongside them. A desperately short tutelage in the basics finds them en-route to the frontline where Republican forces battle for survival against overwhelming odds.

You are one of those young riders. A green uniform, so new the dye runs in the rain, untested steel at your side, a short carbine in the saddle bucket, and nothing but a desire to fight to feed you. The moment for bravery and heroics is upon you.

Perhaps your future is best exemplified by the founder of the Republic moments before he was executed by Imperial soldiers: “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep!”

So join me, Lions of Rhaetia, and together we will tell the epic tale of a nations birth and the heroes who fought, and died, to make it a reality.
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Welcome! I hope I have intrigued you enough to make it this far down the page. I am looking for four or more people, myself included, to write the tale of a young group of people who have joined the army of their Republic to fight for their future.

I will be skipping the traditional "Hey, how are you? I am so-and-so" and moving straight into the unit having been formed. All of our characters will already have known each other for a month or so. Now they are riding to war, the latest recruits in the 6th Dragoons.

The odds stacked against us are immense and this is war. Characters can, and will, die. This will happen only via your own choice, or inactivity. I would like to produce a high quality, slow burn, roleplay. I am thinking we could try for at least one post a week. I will guide the plotline with my character, a newly minted officer in charge of his small troop.

I welcome any comments or questions! I do not have a discord and will not be setting one up until I get a feel for interest.

Cheers!
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Intriguing.

Dragoons and carbines. So is the setting in the 1800's?
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I'd be interested in playing this. I have in mind a character of a spoiled and overweight boy who was prone to bully others, especially girls because they make him nervous. The character would have some room to grow and can explore the themes you talked about in the intro.

Let me know what you think, do you have a template for a character sheet you want us to use?
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Intriguing.

Dragoons and carbines. So is the setting in the 1800's?


Thank you for your interest! You are correct that the setting is 1800's.

I'd be interested in playing this. I have in mind a character of a spoiled and overweight boy who was prone to bully others, especially girls because they make him nervous. The character would have some room to grow and can explore the themes you talked about in the intro.

Let me know what you think, do you have a template for a character sheet you want us to use?


Thank you for your interest! Sounds like a good starting point, keeping in mind the goal is for them to eventually become friends. If not, he's likely as not going to be killed by his own side in combat...

I do not have a template yet, but if you think it would prove useful to have one right away I can put one together today!
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In the words of Richard Sharpe, "bastid."

Seriously though, I absolutely love the reference time-frame in our own world history, and I shall put in my interest.
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I have added a CS outline, as well as my own, to the first post there. Take a look. I don't expect massive detail as I suspect our characters will grow rapidly in both personality and skill as the war progresses. Just enough to get a bit of flavour for them.

Shout out to @Maglar who sent me the CS template. I simply edited it.

Any questions, please let me know!
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How standardized is our equipment? I assume we all get a uniform, but are our weapons standard issue?

Are they single shot carbines or early lever actions?
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@Skwint, they will be standardized. You’ll get a chance later to go a bit rogue.
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Flintlock fantasy?! Give!
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Allright!! Sorry it took so long to make a character, I'm excited to get some writing done. Looks like we got some interest, let's start story thread and get into some roleplaying!!
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Ulricht von Lichtenstein? Seriously? The poor boy is likely dead of old age by now.

The three friends should be buddies in the regiment, preferably, so you have someone to kind of "control", if you don't mind. I assume your Fredrick is different than my Frederick?

Also, if he doesn't like horses, he ain't in this regiment, so that will have to change.

Otherwise, solid. I like his quirks. Some nice touches there. Well done!
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@the Wyrm thank you thank you, that's what happens when you stay up past bedtime to write lol.

I'll change the childhood friend name, I think I had just read through your bio and the name was in my head... Oops. And I didn't think I could play two people in the same regiment, I can fit the kid into the army as a stock character, maybe he works in the mess, but that can be worked out by how the IC posts begin.

Ulricht is in his 50s and sets up a villain

I'd prefer to develop the horse thing a bit, it's a device to show he's kind of soft. I'll change it a bit just to emphasize he doesn't like a long day of riding if that's ok.
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@MaglarThat works for me! He'll need to be somewhat good at riding, cavalry and all, but he can certainly hate long rides. No one likes long rides.
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Im interested as well. How does this culture view women soldiers? I was thinking of playing an extremely poor character,like part of their incomes comes from collecting scrap metal, and this dragoon thing is partly motivated by the potential pay.
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@redbaron1234, so far I am leaving it open to the more modern approach to female soldiers, the good side of it anyway. As for the hobby of scrap metal, interesting background.
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I'm interested in your game and would like to apply, if I may!
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@The WyrmCool, good to know. How much do you have on the history of Rhaetia? It would be nice to have some bullet points at least when doing the backstory.
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@Duck, welcome! Looking forward to having you.

@redbaron1234, once we’ve confirmed a full group, I can spell out some more for you.
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This is the first call for volunteers to ride with the regiment! Please confirm you're interested and if we get at least four, besides myself, I will put up the OOC and a discord channel!
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@The WyrmIM still in!
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