[OOC] Sacrilege War (Apocalyptic Grimdark Fantasy)

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"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave, impartially."-Ernest Hemingway

Welcome to the Grimdark.
It is the Seventeenth Heroic Age of the divinely appointed Heroes Calendar on the world of Somnus, a dying world following the “Cataclysm”, an event of existential dread and horror for all beings mortal and immortal. Just two centuries ago a force of unbending will, unknowable intent and uncaring relentlessness marched on the world in all directions, a darkness spewing forth from a hole in the very centre of the world.

It is a world where the ruling gods of the cosmos are disposed and then replaced of by their own ascended instruments every millennium, former mortals rule as gods over a progressively shrinking world. These deities fight with divine power through all their instruments and weapons against the darkness... and are losing.

Mortal realms, vast empires and quaint principalities alike stand in defiance, fight valiantly and fall together against a force of unending number and patience. Great hosts are formed in the distant lands of safety to march heroically towards the centre of the world, hopeful thousands marching towards an enemy spoken of in rumours and nightmarish tales. Equally great hosts are formed in the fallen lands of entropy and despair, marching solemnly away from the centre of the world, broken thousands marching towards safety spoken of in rumours and fanciful tales.

It is the end of times. It is the slow fall of life and civilization and its inhabitant’s defiant war against all odds. They are Wielders of magic; great beasts of legend, armies of hundreds of thousands, warriors, crusaders. They are the millions of ignorant serfs, the kings; emperors, warlords and messiahs. They are the unrivalled heroes, chosen by the gods, assembled for this crawling, final battle. It is a battle from which life takes one foot forward for three back. It is a war of defilement, of the destruction and remaking of all things.

It is the Sacrilege War.

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WHAT IS THIS RP:

-It is (grim)dark fantasy.
-It is a Nation-Roleplay.
-It has two play styles, Realms and Hosts.
-It has deities that interact with and need the physical world. The deities take power from belief and thought of mortals and in return dispense magic to mortals.
-It has four great faiths and four great holy cities.
-It has a force of darkness, despair and the apocalypse, GreivousKhan, our Co-GM, as himself.
-It is vaguely Renaissance tech, 1200’s-1500
-It has a single massive Pangae-esque continental mass from which there is no escape.
-Fantasy races and custom races exist.
-Huge numbers of soldiers fight in cataclysmic battles, the end of days gives nations some freedom to draft much more than they can handle economically.
-It is vaguely cooperative. While the living fight together against the darkness, there is nothing stopping infighting except self-preservation.
-It is a story of cosmic horror, of enclosing lovecraftian doom. You will not survive.

WHAT IS A REALM and HOST?
Realms are physical nations with borders, populations and armies. They have smaller starting armies than Crusaders however can rapidly replenish their forces (And as such usually have far larger maximum army sizes, particularly when factoring in modifiers they gain when being physically invaded by the darkness), have far more resources and static defences like castles and walls. Realms must attend to political matters far more than Hosts and while the war of extinction is the most important matter, it is hardly the only one. Realms consist of empires, kingdoms, principalities and other nation-states that can claim ownership of territory.

: -Hosts are landless factions with a single, massive starting army, this 'host' comes in two flavours: Positive hosts (Crusade-style) are given an objective (usually either to defend a besieged realm from the darkness or attempt to venture into the darkness itself to recapture territory, the latter is very dangerous) and march towards the Darkness. Negative hosts (Refugee-style) are generally soldiers and civilians fleeing in terror to find a new safer homeland. Hosts only physical territory besides the land they camp in (Usually with permission of the country they are passing through) is specific 'order' buildings permitted to them by patron realms(Generally positive hosts do this, negative hosts have little reason to). Due to Hosts difficulty with regaining troop numbers, Hosts are advised to have a high number of hero characters and bands of larger than life fighters. Hosts are typically comprised of crusaders; adventurists, great heroes, warlords, barbarian nomads, refugee’s who wish to reclaim their lost lands or find new ones and any other willing to form together into vast armies of light (Or not so light). Hosts if they take land may (But don’t have to) become realms. This can be true for both kinds of hosts, as positive hosts may win back territory from the darkness and found a new realm and negative hosts may eventually find a new homeland)

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LAYING DOWN THE LAW:
1: I(Serpentine88) am the law. When I am not available to be the law, the Co-GM(GreivousKhan) is the law.
1.2: I am the highest level of law.
2: Usual rules (No metagaming, powergaming or godmodding as well as captain obvious forum rules)
3: I hold the right to banhammer as I see fit.
4: No flamewars in the OOC (I have the right to determine what is and isn’t a flamewar)
5: No arguing with the GM or CO-GM after they have made a final decision (Note Rule 1).
6: No retconning things that have already happened or attempting to changing/removing vital parts of your sheet after it is accepted without my permission (Note: Fluff information on your sheet may be changed at will).
7: Attempting to break the game mechanics or various systems or plot of the RP through some means of asshattery will result in me summoning Cthulhu on you realm/characters/host. (Note: This is me saying don’t do it)
8: Joining this RP and being accepted means that you accept and acknowledge these rules (Particularly rule 1). You may not claim ignorance of these rules upon being accepted.
9: If you attempt to find loopholes in these fundamental laws, please see rule 1.
10: Have fun, friendGM commands it.

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POLITICAL MAP

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Political Map Base Legend

[note: The above map was drawn by me]
White = open blocks to claim
Coloured Blocks = Claimed blocks
Brownish-Grey = Impassible landmass (Extremely large mountain ranges, note the rectangular blocks within this land are mountain passes)
Brown = The ocean (We live on a continental mass similar to Pangaea)
Grey = Land currently being invaded by the Darkness
Black = Land taken by the Darkness

Political Map Factional Legend

NORTH:
Standard Blue = (Sigma)
Maroon = (The Captain)
Tyrian Purple = Empire of the Wyverncourt (Serpentine88)

EAST:
Standard Purple = Drathan Union (Flagg)

WEST:
Standard Red = Kadian Covenant (Monkeypants)
Amazon/Jungle Green = (Isotope)
Light Orange = (Missy)

SOUTH:
Gold = (Grijs)
Sand/Tan = (Tatasuaiissen)
Brown = (Honored Brother)
Green = Empire of the Green Sea (Celeste)

GEOGRAPHIC MAP

Geographic Map Legend

Dark Green = Forests/Woodland
Green = (Thick) Grasslands + Minor Woodland
Light Green = Plains and (Light) Grasslands
Pale Green = Tundra
Purple = Marshes/Swamp
Light Brown = Hills and Rocky Terrain
Dark Brown = Mountains and Ranges
Gold = Desert
Tan = Cold Desert/Steppes
White = Arctic
Grey = Grasslands, Plains and Forests with gradual darkness corruption
Black = GreivousKhan Says Hi
Pale Blue = Jungle/Tropical
Pink = Great Defensive Structures (E.g: The Wall from ASoIaF or the Curtain Ring-Walls from Attack on Titan)
Lavender = Holy City

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WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?
The Realms of the Living:
-Serpentine88, as ??? (GM)
-Flagg as The Drathan Union
-DAWNSTAR as The Revolutionary Republic of Ma' Hurcazak
-Monkeypants as The Kadian Covenant
-Missy as The 19th Clan
-Isotope as The Kingdom of Ararllia
-Celeste as The Empire of The Green Sea

The Great Hosts of the Living:
-Goldeagle1221 as The Horns of Harnia
-YandereNoodle as The Firmehi Swarm
-Enalais as The Order of Ignis

The Darkness:
-Greivous Khan, as himself (Co-GM)

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THE SHEETS AND SHEET GUIDES

Realm Sheet

-Realm name:
-Flag/Banner:

NATIONAL
-Capital:
-Government Type:
-Currency:
-Population: (See Guide For Info)
-Realm Size: (See Guide For Info)
-Unique Trait #1: (Created by the player, needs to be approved by me)
-Unique Trait #2: (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)
-Unique Flaw #1 (Created by the player, needs to be approved by me)
-Unique Flaw #2 (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)

GEOGRAPHICAL
-World-Realm Map: (Fill in desired blocks on world map)
-Internal-Realm Map: (A zoomed in map of your controlled blocks and major cities/castles/locations within it)
-Major Cities:
-Major Castles:
-Buildings of Interest:
-Geographic Features of Interest:

RACIAL
-Majority Race: (See Guide For Info for standard race list or create your own)
-Majority Race Appearance:
-Majority Race Characteristics (Things like height, species type, biology, etc. Note that due to things like sub-races and cousin species, you can modify the standard races)
-Minority Races: (If any, these are typically standard races or races created by other players, however you can still create your own. Note that minority does not necessarily mean insignificant)
-Minority Race Apearance(s):
-Minority Race Characteristics: (Things like height, species type, biology, etc. Note that due to things like sub-races and cousin species, you can modify the standard races)

RELIGION & MAGIC
-State Religion: (Either create your own local religion or take on a major religion)
-Religious Information (If creating your own local religion, information here)
-Religion Demographics:
-Holy Relics In Possession:
-Holy Sites Under Control:
-Magical Schools and Curriculum: (What forms of magic are common? Note worshiped deity)

MILITARY
-Total Military Size (See Guide For Info)
-Military Details (Unit Types and distribution of numbers)

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Head of State/Monarch:
-Ruling Dynasty (If applicable):
-Constable Of The Army (If applicable):
-Religious Head (If Applicable):
-Persons of interest:

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Insert hero characters here

CULTURAL
-History
-List of Historical Grievances
-Relations
-Cultural Notes

Host sheet

THE HOST
-Holy City Benefactor: (If applicable)
-Original Primary Objective:
-Original Secondary Objectives:
-Host Size: (See Guide)
-Unique Trait #1: (Created by the player, needs to be approved by me)
-Unique Trait #2: (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)
-Unique Flaw #1 (Created by the player, needs to be approved by me)
-Unique Flaw #2 (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)

PATRONAGE & GEOGRAPHIC
-Host Map: (Place founding location, current objectives, former objectives, current position of Host and the route it has so far taken from its founding location)
-Founding Location: (Where did the Host first begin its march)
-Patron Realms:
-Host Headquarters Location:
-Major Host Strongholds:
-Buildings of Interest:

RACIAL
-Majority Race: (See Guide For Info for standard race list or create your own)
-Majority Race Appearance:
-Majority Race Characteristics (Things like height, species type, biology, etc. Note that due to things like sub-races and cousin species, you can modify the standard races)
-Minority Races: (If any, these are typically standard races or races created by other players, however you can still create your own. Note that minority does not necessarily mean insignificant)
-Minority Race Apearance(s):
-Minority Race Characteristics (Things like height, species type, biology, etc. Note that due to things like sub-races and cousin species, you can modify the standard races)

RELIGION & MAGIC
-Host Religion (Note: If the Host is of the religious crusader variety, it is suggested to use one of the major religions, otherwise the host would have inadequate funding to launch)
-Holy Relics In Possession:
-Holy Sites Under Control: (Requires either land or donations from patrons)
-Hosts Magical Arsenal: (Common magic forms used by host magic users)

MILITARY
-Total Military Size (See Guide For Info)
-Military Details (Unit Types and distribution of numbers)

LEADERSHIP DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Host Leader
-Host Religious Head (Note: Typically a direct underling of religions overall leader)
-Persons of Interest

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Insert heroes here

CULTURAL
-History of the Host (This includes how it was founded and why)
-Relations (This is very important for hosts as hosts have to pass through realms)
-Customs and Traditions (Cultural quirks of the host)

Sheet Creation Guide

-Empire:
1: 80 blocks maximum without modifiers
2: 18 million people maximum without modifiers (10-15 average. 18 million = 1300's pre-black death France's population roughly)
3: 260,000 maximum soldiers without modifiers
4: 1000 practical magic users without modifiers
5: 10 heroes maximum without modifiers
6: 260 warships maximum without modifiers (Requires water)

-Major Kingdom:
1: 40 blocks maximum without modifiers
2: 8 million people maximum without modifiers (3-5 average. 3 million = 1200's England's population)
3: 120,000 maximum soldiers without modifiers
4: 500 practical magic users without modifiers
5: 5 heroes maximum without modifiers
6: 120 warships maximum without modifiers (Requires water)

-Minor Kingdom:
1: 20 blocks maximum without modifiers
2: 2 million people maximum without modifiers
3: 65,000 maximum soldiers without modifiers
4: 200 practical magic users without modifiers
5: 3 heroes maximum without modifiers
6: 65 warships maximum without modifiers (Requires water)

-Principality:
1: 10 blocks maximum without modifiers
2: 500,000 people maximum without modifiers
3: 20,000 maximum soldiers without modifiers
4: 50 practical magic users without modifiers
5: 1 hero maximum without modifiers
6: 20 warships maximum without modifiers (Requires water)

-Positive Host:
1: 0 blocks (MUST CONQUER OR HAVE LAND APPOINTED)
2: Strongholds determined by patrons
3: 500,000 maximum members of the host without modifiers
4: 5000 magic users without modifiers
5: unlimited maximum heroes (Within reason... This also means no spamming legendary creatures)
6: ??? warships maximum without modifiers (Appointed by holy cities and gifted by patrons)
NOTE: The suggested average host size is 200,000, around the size of Emperor Barbarossa's Host during the Third Crusade

-Negative Host:
1: 0 blocks (MUST FIND NEW HOMELAND)
3: 1,200,000 maximum members of the host without modifiers (Warning: Including women, children and elderly)
4: 5000 magic users without modifiers
5: unlimited maximum heroes (Within reason... This also means no spamming legendary creatures)

Standard fantasy race statistical soldier guide

Humans: Standard army maximum numbers
Elves: Standard army maximum numbers
Dwarves: Standard army maximum numbers
Orcoids(Orcs): Standard army maximum numbers
Halfling(Hobbits/Dwarves/Gnomes): For every Halfling in army added, add an additional soldier to maximum (x2)
Goblins/Lesser Orcoids: For every Goblin in army added, add an additional soldier to maximum (x2)
Greater Orcoids(Trolls/Ogres): For every Great Orcoid in army added, remove 100 soldiers from maximum.
Giants: For every Giant in army added, remove 100 soldiers from maximum.
Beastoid(Centuars): For every Centaur in army added, remove 4 soldiers from maximum.
Beastoid(Satyrs): For every Satyr in army added, remove 2 soldiers from maximum.
Beastoid(Lizard folk/Draconians): For every Reptile in army added, remove 2 soldiers from maximum.
Beastoid(Ratpeople): For every Rat in army added, add two additional soldiers to maximum (x3)
Beastoid(Insectoid/Arachnoid): For every Bug in army added, add two additional soldiers to maximum (x3)
Legendary Beast(Dragon): for every dragon in army added, remove either 1 hero from maximum for a sentient dragon or 10 magic users from maximum for a normal dragon
Legendary Beast(Phoenix): For every phoenix in army added, remove 1 hero from maximum
Celestial Embodiment: Requires special event, usually a gods intervention.

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THE FOUR GREAT FAITHS

Justinianism

--Religion Name: Justinianism
---Religion Holy City: West (Sacrosanctum)
---Name/Titles of Deity: Justinian Magnus (Known by its followers), Consenarius (aka the "Voice of Consensus", was the name given to it by the previous pantheon), The Ordered God, The God of Many, The New God, The God of Heroes
---Religion Form: Monotheism + Spritualism (Christianity with a catch)
---Summary of Deity: Rather than being an all powerful omnipotent creator god, this otherwise Abrahamic style benevolent deity was formed from the ascension of mortal spirits into a higher plain of existence, in particular heroes fighting heavenly proxy wars in the material world. As the heroes ascended their identities and powers fused together, converting their magical and heroic power into a collective divine will. The god they created soon after overthrew most of the previous gods in the deicidal Aestromachy and formed a new benevolent order. This god is potentially the most powerful god of the four because as the war against the darkness becomes more and more lost, this god becomes more powerful due to the death of further heroes bringing more ascended individuals into its collective will.
---God of: Order, Stability, Justice, Life, Light, Heat, Death, Morality, Civilization, Sacrifice, Altruism
---Celestial Embodiment: Reborn Heroes, Saints, Avatars, Divine Intervention
---Chosen People: Humanity and Heroes(Of all races)
---Deities Personality and Style: Justinian Magnus is a being that has simultaneously lost its individual humanity and empathy but gained an almost inconceivable sense of enlightenment and morality. As a fusion of countless ascended formerly mortal heroes of all denominations, Justinian Magnus has unconditional love for all living things however it can no longer comprehend individual relationships. Its highly idealistic and convicted sense of morality, justice and righteousness is what motivates it now. While mortals worship Justinian Magnus as a he, technically speaking the god itself views itself as "Us" and still refers to itself as "Consenarius" or simply "We" or even "It". Its extreme ideals but lack of direct emotional ties results in a being that has draconian notions of justice. While it is the most openly benevolent being, it is also the most fanatical.
---Worshiped For: Salvation (Justinian Magnus promises to save all life, protect it from harm, ensure order and give paradise after death)
---Worshiped Through: Prayer, Sacrifice, Destroying the Darkness, Defending the innocent
---Religious Caste: Priests, Heroes, Monks, Crusaders, etc

Yuwanism

---Religion Name: Yuwanite Aestrosism (Or simply Yuwanism)
---Religion Holy City: East (Yuwanopolis)
---Name/Titles of Deity: Yuwan'asyiel (Known by her followers), Yuwan (Shortened, regular name recognized by everyone), The Temporal Goddess, The Dreambringer, The Pathfinder Goddess
---Religion Form: Monotheism (Formerly Polytheism)
---Summary: A member of the Aestrosian Pantheon that survived Justinian Magnus' Aestromachy, Yuwan'asyiel continued the pantheon by turning her small pantheon cult into a formal and major religion among the mortals. Dispensing wisdom to the elves and knowledge to the dwarves (Beings that though she did not create were considered her favorite beings) she is worshiped as the mother of all information, time, perception and idea's. She talks to mortals through whispered dreams and visions, guiding them with secret glimpses of knowledge unknown to the rest of the world. The goddess herself is a master planner and indirectly leads the mortals to military and political victories for an agenda that is mostly unknown. Some suspect that she is secretly controlling the darkness, however her followers say this is nonsense due to most of her visions giving information and warnings as to how to fight it.
---Goddess of: Knowledge, Wisdom, Dreams, Visions, Time, Secrets, Mystery, Lies
---Celestial Embodiment: Wisps, Prophets, Oracles, Visions
---Chosen People: Elves and Dwarves
---Deities Personality and Style: Manipulative, secretive and a schemer, many non-believers suspect she is a malevolent deity (Particularly those who follow the newer faiths that despise the old fallen pantheon) however those who do not actively consider her the mastermind behind the darkness must admit that many of her interventions with the mortal world have been invaluable. Most notably among the dwarves, she is considered a deity of technology and innovation, the single most important being to the current renaissance.
---Worshiped For: Enlightenment (The true realization and meaning of all things, the desire for meaning and purpose)
---Worshiped Through: Creativity, Painting/Art, Singing, Dancing, Thinking, Debating, Problem Solving, Dreaming
---Religious Caste: Philosophers, Inventors, Oracles, Wise-men, Wise-women, Doctors, Savants, Artists

Desolationism

---Religion Name: Desolationism
---Religion Holy City: North ( Desolas Citadel)
---Name/Titles of Deity: The Red Pantheon (Known by its followers), The Desolators Pantheon (Everyone else), The Primal Gods, The Dark Gods (Exclusively known by followers of Justinian Magnus)
---Religion Form: Polytheism
---Summary of Deities: Following the power vacuum caused by the fall of the old pantheon and the rise of Justinian Magnus, something had to fill the void (As Justinian Magnus at the time was not powerful enough to take over the entire celestial plain), and as such a vast pantheon of legendary beasts(Particularly dragons) did so. They are legendary beasts (The only creatures besides heroes that can gain ridiculous amounts of magical power) that became so powerful in life that once they died, like heroes they ascended to another plain of existence. Unlike heroes who have the moral and ideological reasoning to forsake their individual wills to combine into a monotheistic Abrahamic god, these beasts are intently individualistic and prideful and instead of fusing together literally begun killing and eating each other (To empower themselves) or empowering themselves through forcibly spreading cults in the mortal realm. The numerous empowered beast-deities cut slices out of the divine realm not held by Justinian Magnus between them and are essentially an entire pantheon of various war gods. In just the twenty years between the Aestromachy and the rise of the Darkness, this pantheon was responsible for most of the wars and deaths in the mortal realm, former arch-nemesis of Justinian Magnus (Fighting a 20-year heavenly war) and general evil/dark gods due to their overall malevolent and even sadistic style of interacting with the world. It should be noted that Justinianism lacks any form of devil or Lucifer figure in their religious canon because they simply attribute all vice in the world to these beings (In Justinian canon, the Darkness is viewed as a force of the apocalypse and the end times).
---God of: War, Conquest, Power, Ambition, Rage, Wealth, Glory, (Interestingly and usually ignored by Justinian propaganda are their other aspects, including Strength, Courage, Willpower, Freedom and even Love)
---Celestial Embodiment: Legendary Beasts (Particularly Dragons), Avatars, Possessed mortals, Demi-gods, Divinely empowered weapons.
---Chosen People: Dragons, Other Legendary Beasts and Orcoids
---Deities Personality and Style: They are a pantheon of god-level megalomaniacs who are fighting the darkness because they want to rule the world and dominate the minds of all mortals (Or for others in the pantheon, simply continue war and killing forever), rather than it being destroyed entirely. They are essentially the good sides token evil teammates. While a large and variable group with different personalities and motivations, they usually are collectively similar. They are ruthless, aggressive, hyper-competitive, territorial and are ridiculously power-hungry, many actively attempting to knock each other off while simultaneously fighting the darkness or even Justinian Magnus.
---Worshiped For: Awe and Ambition (Many actively respect and fear their power or desire to be chosen by them, as the Red Pantheon is famous for dishing out rewards far more commonly than its rivals. Beyond material gain, many others also worship them because they embody the spirit of freedom, self-determination and prefer their do-what-you-want ideals compared to the stricter alternatives. Particularly popular among barbarian hordes and warlords)
---Worshiped Through: Sacrifice(Of others), Battle, Dying, Killing, Destroying, Creating, Obtaining Favour
---Religious Caste: Rulers, Conquerors, Warriors, Warrior-Priests, Engineers, Murderers, Merchants

Dryadicism

---Religion Name: Dryadicism
---Religion Holy City: South (Eve)
---Name/Titles of Deity: The Cradle Pantheon (Known by its followers), The Spirit Gods(Everyone else) The Old Carers, Garden Spirits
---Religion Form: Spiritualism + Animism
---Summary of Deities: Former physical world-nurturing servants of the old pantheon, after the deicidal slaughter of their former masters, they decided to become "Gods that reside within the physical realm", independent of any reigning deity in the celestial plain and powering themselves by directly communicating with mortals. They are the literal gods of the world, the mountain, river, forest, city and down to things like fork gods. They are the weakest gods individually as well as the weakest gods in the metaphysical realm (Since they live in the material world and have very little means to gather large amounts of belief or worship) however collectively in the material realm alone are currently the most powerful when it comes to direct intervention of events (Since the order god isn't ready yet and the war gods nearly never work together). Despite their passive appearance as nature spirits, they are actually extremely militant, though in very passive-aggressive ways (Like using natural disasters to aid the forces of light)
---God of: Nature, Harmony, Growth, Change, Life(Conflicts with order god), Love, Plenty, Equality(Conflicts with order gods justice), Charity
---Celestial Embodiment: Wisps, Nymphs, Dryads, Divine Intervention, THEMSELVES(Individually they can in fact manifest themselves with glorious effects)
---Chosen People: Everyone, though they tend to communicate most with Beastoids, Fairies, Satyrs and Nymphs
---Deities Personality and Style: The Cradle Pantheon "Spirit Gods" are highly variable, however what most have in common is their emotional and empathetic concern for living things, differentiating themselves with the overbearing Justinian Magnus and his/its ideals. nurturers and providers, they give small but helpful assistance to the needy, usually in the form of food, comfort, health and advise. Deities of the masses, they provide a little for everyone and have true interests of every person at heart... Despite this, the Spirit Gods typically are also apathetic in larger than life concerns like the meaning of the universe, ideals or ideological justice. They will assist a innocent maiden in need just as much as a guilty thief in need.
---Worshiped For: Affection (The Cradle Pantheon's deities are genuinely affectionate to all life and are willing to aid mortals even on a personal level. Their emotional and empathetic regard for individuals makes them very popular in particular among the poor and peasantry, even among the less zealous of those of nations with other religions)
---Worshiped Through: Prayer, Love, Birth, Growing things, Building things, Providing Charity
---Religious Caste: Monks, Mothers, Gardeners, Rangers, Farmers, The Poor

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THE MAGIC SYSTEM AND PLANES OF EXISTENCE

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LEVELS OF MAGICAL CAPABILITY

DIVINE (A deity which produces magic from their control of the celestial plain which is in turned fuelled by mortals. Deities are the sole individuals who can distribute magic from the world itself)

~~~Direct Users (Magic users who have been given divine magic from a deitity. They have exceptionally larger reserves of it, abilities and have the ability to ascend to the celestial plain instead of the astral one)
ASCENDED (A magic user with direct power from a deity who has died and as such ascended to the celestial realm as a semi-divine being, essentially a servant to their deity, an ascended being can with permission delegate power from themselves to mortals)
CHOSEN HERO (A magic user who was given both divine magic and a divinely ordained purpose or mission directly from their deity. These individuals include messiahs and the greatest of these individuals, the "Champion Hero" is the marker point for the Heroic Calendar)
HERO or LEGENDARY (A magic user who was given divine magic directly from a deity however was not specifically chosen to act in any way)

~~~Trickled Users (Magic users who were not given direct divine magic but gained it through inheritance from ancestors. These magic users can also gain power through excessive proximity to holy relics and sites)
MASTER (A magic user with sufficient power and knowledge to train others)
MAGE (A magic user who is generally measured by having had the capability to pass apprenticeship and become a practical user of magic, usually in the military)
NEOPHYTE (A magic user in training, usually measured by the experience of user rather than actual power)

FORMS OF MAGIC

~~~Justinian Magic ORTHODOX: (Magic given from Justinian Magnus and strictly regulated. Justinian Magnus dislikes mental and elemental magic, these are for Justinian heroes)
-Miracles/Minor Divine Intervention (Direct)
-Mortal-God Communication Through Tarot (Direct)
-Mortal-God Communication Through Omens (Direct)
-Mortal-God Communication Through Symbolism/Imagery (Direct)
-Divine Intervention (Divine)
-Personal Barrier (Direct)
-Aggressive Barriers/"Offensive Barriers" (Direct)
-Empowerment (Direct)
-Reincarnation (Divine, differs from Astral necromancy as this is Justinian Magnus implanting a celestial being back into a material body, usually said beings corpse for a limited or prolonged but still limited time)
-Avatar (Divine-Justinian Magnus or more often a Celestial Embodiment assumes direct control)
-Enchantment/Extreme Object Integrity (Direct)
-Enchantment/Personal Fortitude (Direct)

~~~Justinian Magic HETERODOX: (Only trickle users can use as Justinian will not give the powers to heroes)
-Fire Elemental Magic Specialization (Trickle)
-Light-Based Elemental Magic Specialization (Trickle)
-Radiant heat/light based elemental magic (Trickle)
-Healing (Trickle)
-Barriers (Trickle)
-Aggressive Barriers/"Offensive Barriers" (Trickle)
-Constructive transmutation, geometric earth/steel/metal elemental magics (Trickle)
-Enchantment/Object Integrity (Trickle)
-Enchantment/Personal Fortitude (Trickle)

~~~Yuwanist Magic:
-Precognition/Direct Vision (Direct)
-Precognition/Dreamscape (Trickle and Direct)
-Clairvoyance/Local (Trickle and Direct)
-Clairvoyance/Global (Direct)
-Temporal Clairvoyance (Direct)
-Lucid Dreamscape Communicating (Trickle and Direct)
-Lucid Divine Dreamscape Communicating/God-Mortal Dream Communication (Direct)
-Basic Four Elemental Magics (Trickle and Direct)
-Storm/Lightning Elemental Magic Specialization (Trickle and Direct)
-Teleportation
-Barriers (Trickle and Direct)
-Conjuration/Animation of Lifeless Objects (Trickle and Direct)
-Mass Conjuration/'Heavy Animation of Lifeless Objects' (Direct)
-Constructive, geometric earth/steel/metal elemental magics/transmutation (Trickle and Direct)
-Mutative transmutation, alteration of lifeless objects (Trickle and Direct)
-Mutative organic transmutation, alternation of living beings (Trickle and Direct)
-Teleportation (Direct)
-Temporal Perception Distortion/Time Slowing-Speeding (Trickle and Direct)
-Temporal Freeze (Direct)
-Light Manipulation /Darkness Magic (Trickle and Direct)
-Invisibility (Direct)
-Illusion Magic (Trickle and Direct)
-Telekinesis (Trickle and Direct)

~~~Desolationist Magic:
-Basic Four Elemental Magics (Trickle and Direct)
-Fire and Earth Elemental Magic Specialization (Trickle and Direct)
-Empowerment (Direct)
-Enchantment/Object Integrity (Trickle and Direct)
-Enchantment/Personal Fortitude (Trickle and Direct)
-Enchantment/ Object Weight Manipulation (Trickle and Direct)
-Enchantment/Pain Numbing (Trickle and Direct)
-Enchantment/Stamina Increase (Trickle and Direct)
-Magic Drain/Siphoning (Trickle and Direct)
-Mental Domination/Hypnosis and Suggestive Commands (Trickle and Direct)
Mental Domniation/Mind Control (Direct)
-Possession/Mind Jumping (Direct)
-Empathetic Link/Mind Meld (Trickle and Direct)
-Mutative organic self-transmutation, alteration of self/shapeshifting (Direct)
-Mutative organic transmutation, alteration of living beings (Trickle and Direct)

~~~Dryadicist Magic:
--Basic Four Elemental Magics (Trickle and Direct)
-Water, Air, Earth Elemental Magic Specialization (Trickle and Direct)
-Mutative organic transmutation, alteration of living beings (Trickle and Direct)
-Mutative organic self-transmutation, alteration of self/shapeshifting (Direct)
-Healing (Trickle and Direct)
-Accelerated Growth Non-Sentient (Trickle and Direct)
-Accelerated Growth Sentient (Trickle and Direct)
-Anti-Healing/Life draining touch (Direct)
-Environmental Reconstruction/"Object Healing" (Trickle and Direct)
-Barriers (Trickle and Direct)
-Field Barriers (Trickle and Direct)
-Empathetic Touch/Sense Emotion (Trickle and Direct)
-Empathetic Link/Mind Meld (Trickle and Direct)
-Physical Two-Way Telepathy (Trickle and Direct)
-Remote One-Way Telepathy (Trickle and Direct)
-Remote Two-Way Telepathy (Direct)
-Illusion Magic (Trickle and Direct)

[ASTA]

Was about to draft a sheet. Saw rules 1-9 and ran for the hills.

Have fun with the RP I guess.

[Serpentine88]

ASTA said
Was about to draft a sheet. Saw rules 1-9 and ran for the hills. Have fun with the RP I guess.

Apologies ASTA, but I have been on the RPGuild for too many years, been in too many NRP's and seen too many malicious trolls and powergamers to be stupid enough to not put down those rules.

Moving on, we will begin with a rollcall.

[Tatsua Aiisen]

Autobots, roll out.

[Isotope]

Kingdom of Ararllia

WIP

-Realm name: Kingdom of Ararllia

-Flag/Banner:

NATIONAL

-Capital: Mosian

-Government Type: Absolute Monarchy (Parliament exists but can be overruled at any time)

-Currency: Ararllian Senck

-Population: 5.86 Million

-Realm Size: 38-39 Blocks (Formerly 40).

-Unique Trait #1: Great Ports of the West (Control over some of the busiest and most important ports and sea-lanes in the west has led to an unprecedented economic boom that has allowed vast trading companies to emerge and flourish as well as large numbers of artists and musicians to immigrate looking for opportunity in the now numerous wealthy patrons.)

-Unique Trait #2: Maritime Supremacy (One of the worlds greatest builders and sailor of ships, renown for their vast and elite navy and even protected trade ships. Effect: 50+ more ships than maximum, can use galleons, have highly trained sailors and battle capable merchants.)

-Unique Flaw #1: Internal Instability (Recent royal infighting has caused a deposed prince to lead a surprisingly successful rebellion in the historically poor marshlands.)

-Unique Flaw #2: Skewed Priorities: The nation and people of Ararllia, being so distant from the Sacrilege War have little experience with the Darkness. Their proximity to the fanatical Sacrosanct Empire however... Has convinced a dangerously large minority of people that the Darkness is an exagerrated threat pumped up by Justinian clerics to justify constant crusades. While unlike some people (*Cough*Antelance*Cough*) They admit that the Darkness exists at least. This underestimation of the Darkness causes many within Ararllia to focus on objectives unrelated to fighting the Darkness, such as building a larger navy or investing large amounts of money into art and culture. This underestimation may also cause leaders to ignore sound advice concerning how to fight the Darkness. (Practical effect: Attempts on focusing all actions on the Darkness will result in increased unrest. Admitting the Darkness is as dangerous as it actually is will increase unrest. Not allowed to use the Coex Anathema to create a functional anti-Darkness military force)

GEOGRAPHICAL

-World-Realm Map:

-Internal-Realm Map:

-Major Cities: Mosian, Marcosh, Port Kasia, Ambria, Tarallan, Torcas, Ormau, Huins, Harkat, Marh, Basgal, Aret, Manus, Port Ghara, Yariai, Rayun, Poruu.

-Major Castles: Castle Torcas, Castle Ormau, Castle Tarallan, Castle Huins, Castle Marcosh, Castle Ambria, Castle Harha, Castle Manus, Castle Basgal, Castle Tomal, Castle Josan, Castle Aret, Castle Unih, Castle Mosia, Castle Tosia, Castle Weryma, Castle Lakewatch, Castle Eromand, Castle Resiu, Castle Hioa, Castle Yhah.

-Buildings of Interest: Palace of the Vines, The Great Exchange of Kasia, Great Market of Kasia, Castle of Basgal, The Black Library at Ambria.

-Geographic Features of Interest: Cliffs of Basgal (Large sheer black slate cliffs flank the city and castle, known to have taken many lives.), Forest of the Kings (Large and often exotic temperate rainforest the capital is built in.), Valley of Rayun (Large and fertile valley, known for stunning views.)

RACIAL

-Majority Race: Jestua (63%), a Human-Elf Hybrid compose 66% of the population.

-Majority Race Appearance: Very pale skin with yellow or golden irises that stand out markedly due to a yellow on yellow pattern given by a similarly coloured (but considerably lighter) Sclera. Golden hair is common but natural silver white hair is also a known is not somewhat rare trait. Ears are often pointed but with a more round point.

-Majority Race Characteristics: Height is often slightly more than regular Humans and lifespan is roughly 100-260 years longer on average. Jestua are often cited as being more intelligent than regular humans; however the difference is far smaller than a Human compared to an elf. Strength is unaffected as is birthrate however stamina is reduced slightly to the point where Jestua are superior to Elves but inferior to Humans.

-Minority Races: Humans (22%), Jestu (14%), Various (1%)

-Minority Race (Jestu) Appearance: Pale skin matched with pure yellow eyes with yellow Iris and Sclera. Golden hair is universal with characteristic pointed ears.

-Minority Race (Jestu) Characteristics: Height is often a fair deal more than a Human and lifespan is roughly 780 years. Jestu are more intelligent than regular humans in most cases. Strength and stamina however suffer greatly and are considerably below a Humans.

RELIGION & MAGIC

-State Religion: Gsarism.

-Religion Holy City: Mosian

-Name/Titles of Deity: The Clan of Gsar (To Most), The Gods of Sand and Sea (Believers)

-Religion Form: Polytheistic Worship

-Summary of Deity: The Clan of Gsar were gods nearing the end of a cycle some two thousand years ago, a family that had maintained a careful peace for most of their cycle the Gsar decided to save themselves from inevitable destruction by descending to the mortal and material plane. The Gsar encountered the Jestu Elves, a race of plain dwelling nomadic Elves in the south near the arid deserts and seeking a source of worship cut a deal with these Elves. The Gsar now in the form of twenty tremendous sand snakes made the offer, worship them and the Elves would be given a homeland of their own. It was not a unanimous decision by any means, but the majority of these nomadic Elves agreed, tired of an inhospitable and uncaring world where they were always adrift. The Gsar lead their host of Elves on a perilous journey across the known world, finally coming to a channel and declaring that the island on the other side was uninhabited, that this island was the homeland these travel weary Elves had been promised. The Gsar transformed their snake like bodies into great beasts of the sea and carried the Elven across the channel on their backs. The Gsar demanded that in accordance with the deal a great holy temple be built in their honour in what was to be a new capital city, the Jestu complied gleefully and soon a great city rose up around a vast black stone temple whose pillars towered into the sky. The Gsar then took to the waters around the island, ever empowered by the worship of those upon it.

-God of: Barter, Money, Trade, Travel, Contract, Resilience.

-Celestial Embodiment: Themselves, Sharks, Snakes.

-Chosen People: Jestu and Jestua.

-Deities Personality and Style: The deities of the clan have wildly separate personalities but generally are always willing to cut a deal or make a trade, they will do this with anyone regardless of race. Another common thread is loyalty, valued by the entire clan loyalty is to any promise or oath, thus oath breakers and those that abrogate deals without consent are often treated with harshness or malice.

-Worshiped For: Wealth and Country (The Gsar entered into the eternal deal with the Jestu and often aid in bringing luck to merchants.)

-Worshiped Through: Trade, Faith, Offerings.

-Religious Caste: Traders and Bankers.

-Religion Demographics: 88% of the population are active believers, the remaining 12% is spread among many other religions.

-Holy Relics In Possession: The Binding Quill, The Scale of Truth, Boots of the Fallen.

-Holy Sites Under Control: The Temple at Mosian, The Landing Site.

-Magical Schools and Curriculum: Anything related to trade is specialized, but a generalist approach is also encouraged.

MILITARY

-Total Military Size: 105,000.

-Military Details:

-Army: 75,500

-1st Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-2nd Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-3rd Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-4th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-5th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen 1500 Crossbowmen 1000 Pikemen 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-6th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-7th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-8th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery..

-9th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-10th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-11th Regiment: 2500 Swordsmen, 1500 Crossbowmen, 1000 Pikemen, 1000 Mixed Cavalry, 500 Foot Artillery.

-1st Specialized Regiment: 1000 Two-Man Firecarts (Hwacha), 300 Five-Man-Cart-Mounted Fire Projectors (Pen Huo Qi), 500 Trained Minelayers.

-2nd Specialized Regiment : 3000 Korza Riders (The Korza are large wasplike creatures known for their manuverability in the air and for their venom, a deadly flesh melting cocktail injected through a stinger capable of defeating most armours. The Korza are also capable of spitting that venom, though if it is not injected it functions much like a normal acid.)

-Knights of the Contract: 300 [1:10] Bound Ones (The Bound Ones were created when a Prince and 300 of his best men made a deal with one of the more duplicitous of the Gsar. They asked for the ability to defend their people from any foreign adversary and were given a simple but terrible price, their humanity. Not understanding the gravity of the price every man agreed to the deal. Before they knew it they had been transformed into seemingly immortal creatures of magic that had skin strong as steel and muscles that could throw armoured men large distances. Their senses were vastly improved, pure hunters able to sight and hear any enemy. However they were bound by contract, given these gifts at the cost of a terrible new form and an unending hunger for blood. Though they have remained to serve their nation they are often unstable mentally and live in a secluded castle feeding on the blood of animals, waiting for the call to war.)

-Royal Detachment: 1500 Royal Guard

-Navy: 22,000

-1st Fleet: 10 Forty Two-Gun-Galleons, 30 Thirty-Two-Gun Galleons, 40 Eighteen-Gun Carracks.

-2nd Fleet: 10 Forty Two-Gun-Galleons, 30 Thirty-Two-Gun Galleons, 40 Eighteen-Gun Carracks.

-Royal Detachment: 1 Fifty-Two Gun Internally Bronze Reinforced Galleon, 9 Forty-Eight-Gun Galleons.

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE

-Head of State/Monarch: Her Majesty Selesa IV of House Artine (Aged 28)

-Ruling Dynasty (If applicable): The Artine Dynasty has stood unopposed for six hundred years since the former Dynasty, the Tarsh, died out.

-Constable Of The Army (If applicable): High Constable Torek Haukh.

-Religious Head (If Applicable): Head Priest Arrek Mossa

-Persons of interest:

-Ashar Artine (Younger brother to Her Majesty and third in line for the throne, lost out on a succession struggle and now leads a rebellion in the Marshlands.)

-Rensi Haukh (Son of the current High Constable, recently chosen as ambassador to distant Union.)

-Tesra Artine (Younger sister of Her Majesty, has abdicated any claim to the throne and leads a trade company.)

-Erneto Razah (A Captain of the Royal Detachment of the Navy.)

-Tarsao Artine (Eighth in line for the throne and dispatched to reopen relations with Ma' Hurcazak.)

- Haerad Artine (Twentieth for the throne and dispatched as ambassador to the Dominion.)

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE

-The Bound Prince (Mesaries Artine): Once first in line for the throne Mesaries Artine saw the frightening rise of Justinian Magnus and the ensuing rise of Justinian states. Seeking a way to defend his people against the growing threat Mesaries went to Jarhagfa, one of the few Gsar known to make large deals with mortals, ones with considerable consequence. Mesaries asked Jarhagfa for the power to defend his people from foreign threat, along with 300 other soldiers Mesaries was given what he asked for a simple price, his humanity. As a result Mesaries became a Bound one, but favoured of Jarhagfa he was given a far greater magical power and physical ability, the condition was that while his men sacrificed only their humanity Mesaries would be forever compelled to obey the orders of Jarhagfa as well. Now leading the Knights of the Contract Mesaries has kept his sanity by becoming a scholar, ever waiting for the day he is called upon by his god.

-The Nightwalker (Alara Hargah): On the great journey taken by the Jestu Elves many suffered terrible deaths at the hands of the predators that woke at night. Having lost her father to such monsters Alara sought out one of the great serpents that had become their gods. Yuhgara, one of the more altruistic of the Gsar heard Alara’s pleas and offered a deal. Alara if she agreed would be forever bound to the shadows, but within them would never fear and become more powerful than any man or beast. The contract however had a price, that price was that Alara would forever be in the service of Yuhgara, never resting and always awaiting an order. Alara, seeing a way to save all her people from the tragedy she had experienced agreed and was given all that was promised. Physically transformed into a shadow that grew larger and more powerful in the absence of light Alara lost all mortal form, but true to her word kept her people from harm. Now she wanders the world, waiting on her god’s orders and observing that which can only be seen from the shadows.

-The Mad Crow (Korsan Parfa): Originally a trader Korsan, fuelled by a greed to surpass that of gods, sought to become the richest man in the world. Trying to outwit the uncertain and oft deceitful Jarhagfa Korsan presented the god with a vast contract, offering all sorts of things under all sorts of conditions for a simple result, immortality as he was. Korsan was certain that his contract was airtight and gladly signed when Jarhagfa agreed, however the god wanting to teach the trader a lesson interpreted as he was as his mental state, with that in mind once his side of the bargain was fulfilled Korsan was transformed in a horrible creature, as far as could be seen he was immortal but any semblance of humanity was gone. Korsan was also given a powerful curse so that he could never trade again; all that looked into his eyes would go insane. This coupled with great wings, razor sharp talons, and powerful magic all gave Korsan the name of The Mad Crow. Ever wandering, flying by day and hiding by night Korsan endlessly plots a revenge that will never come.

-The Razor Maker (Tesvar Uhan): Tesvar like many before him was well aware that large dealings with some certain gods for ambiguous gains resulted in disaster. When he sought a deal he did so with one of the more minor Gsar, asking only for magic. Tesvar agreed to the terms, requiring that he give up all his mortal possessions and true to word was indeed given what was asked. A powerful mage now, but with not a penny to his name, Tesvar became a bodyguard. He soon made a name for himself as he would often protect caravans against bandits on the grasslands, skewering the bandits in droves by turning the very grass beneath them to razor sharp spikes. In this time he gained his nickname, The Razor Maker. Now Tesvar travels the world on trading ships, offering his services for coin.

CULTURAL

-History: Two thousand and three hundred years ago, before many of the great empires of the modern day had breathed their first, a nomadic species of Elf commonly known as the Jetsu wandered the hot plains near the southern deserts of the world. Ever pressured by the ever increasing incursions of those looking to set up permanent homes and declare land their own the Jetsu were being forced into smaller and smaller lands, ever looking for a way to preserve their culture in a world changing faster than they knew. However, the millennial cycle of the time was rapidly approaching its end and seeking a means of survival a pantheon of gods known as the Gsar descended to the material plane in a bid to survive the massacre they knew was coming. These gods chanced upon the Jetsu and offered them a deal, the Gsar would provide a homeland for the increasingly displaced peoples and in return the Jetsu would worship them. The deal seemed divine enough, a gift to free the Jetsu people their wanderings. The Jetsu accepted gladly, worship was easy when gods decided to save your people.

The Jetsu thus began the ten year march, a great migration of peoples across the western continent. Though many hardships were encountered and many died on the fated trip the Jetsu eventually reached a green shore, and the Gsar climbed into the water, transforming themselves to enormous beasts of the sea. They told the Jetsu to mount their backs and trustingly the people did so. In a short journey the Jetsu were let off on the shore of a new island and were told this was the homeland promised. The temperate rainforests and the grasslands and the hills, these were all theirs forever. The Jetsu built a shire where they landed and foraged inland, eventually coming to a great rainforest. By a large river the Jetsu decided this would be their home, and the clan of elders declared a temple be built for the Gsar who had saved them. From that one temple rose the city of Mosia, it grew and grew and soon cities like it had sprung up all around the island, the Jetsu has tamed their home in a mere two hundred and ninety years. For the next three hundred years peace was had and the Jetsu prospered content with their homeland and never venturing far.

However that contentedness to stay in place was not to last, in the time they had established their nation a human kingdom had formed on the opposing shore, hand outstretched in friendship the Humans asked for peaceful trade, an offer accepted with glee. In the following two centuries that trade grew from a trickle to a torrent, Humans went to the island the Jetsu to the mainland as if it was nothing, the lines between the two peoples blurred as Hybrids began to be born, named Jetsua meaning simply ‘Other Jetsu’. However as those two centuries closed the Hybrids began to outnumber the Jetsu and Humans on both the shore and the island. However being deprived of any political representation and being governed by two separate peoples while holding none of their historical rights the Jetsua had become bitter. What followed was inevitable, rebellion. The Jetsua rebellion raged for twenty years and claimed the lives of the Council of Elders and the Human King, leaving only a newly established Jetsua royal family in command of the new united nation, the Kingdom of Ararllia. The new royal family reformed the compact with the gods and placed the land under Jetsua rule, nullifying the Jetsu claim forever. The Jetsua closed themselves in for close to three hundred years after that to rebuild. Roughly one thousand and two hundred years ago the borders opened once again. A new kingdom and a reinvigorated industry began to push aggressively into the game of sea trade immediately, gaining the Jetsua a reputation for being merciless merchants and expert sailors. That trade expanded for centuries and gained Ararllia the distinction of having ships in every port worth having them, driving and being driven by the economy of the world.

The first real change from that order came with the dramatic rise of Justinianism some 221 years ago before the appearance of the Darkness. Ararllia suddenly found itself surrounded by hostile states looking to convert or destroy. Not content with either choice Ararllia hardened itself for war, building the current chain of inland castles and expanding the navy into the now well known fleet. However the invasion that had been expected never came, rather a wave of Justinian missionaries started spouting tales of a great threat emerging that only their god could stop. Seeing this as meaningless propaganda and simply a new strategy by the Justinians in lieu of an actual invasion. The army concentrated on the borders and in spite of the supposed Justinian propaganda peace returned. This peace lasted until five years ago, when the reigning King passed over the heir apparent and chose his daughter as his rightful successor. This prince was maddened by the slight and retreated to the Marshlands beginning a rebellion that has proven somewhat successful due to both the terrain and the reigning Queens hesitation to deal with her brother, thinking he can be talked down.

-List of Historical Grievances:

-Distrust of Justinians

-Relations:

-Embassy in Selcis

-Embassy in the Union

-Cultural Notes:
-Architecture: Asian Inspired

OTHER

-Divine Dealings: The Gsar have chosen not to distribute magic freely through the environment, but rather to appoint it in the form of contracts with certain individuals and their heirs. This vastly limits the number of magic users (only 104 are active) in the nation as they are all descended from heroes. However it also means that their individual power is considerable as their magic is such that it is always bound to a family relic obtained in the original contract.

-Magical Speciality: In the same way the Gsar have become somewhat infamous for it the mages that they have appointed are adept at the deliberate mutation of living beings. Nowhere on the planet is the magic so actively promoted than in Ararllia. Anything from pets made to be cuter to warbeasts warped from their original form to be stronger are made and sold.

-Happiness in a Flower: Ararllia trades and exports a great number of drugs, but none so common and widely used as Carcha Flower. Carcha Flower is an odd pink flower endemic to the home island that upon being dried and smoked creates a burst of energy and pleasure in the user. Known to be moderately addictive but have few truly harmful effects the drug is seen across the world and is a major source of wealth due to the fact conditions to grow the flower are extremely hard to find outside of Ararllia. However a darker side of the drug is known, while simply smoking the pedals creates a state where work or any activity is easier and more enjoyable consuming the crushed seeds of the flower will result in an extremely strong experience where one feels invincible, however these seeds create crippling dependence.

[Sigma]

Empire of Caador(WIP)

Empire of Caador

NATIONAL
-Capital: Jundilin
-Government Type: Absolute Monarchy
-Currency: Caadori Sovereign
-Population: 2 Million
-Realm Size: 20 Blocks

GEOGRAPHICAL
-World-Realm Map:
Modern Caador


Caador before the Fall


-Internal-Realm Map:

Circles: Cities
Diamonds: Fortresses/Castles
Red Diamond: Harnias Keep
Star: Jundilin

-Major Cities: Ithil, Jasa, Septim
-Major Castles: Warshard, Ironscap,
-Buildings of Interest:
-Geographic Features of Interest:
RACIAL
-Majority Race: Humans
-Majority Race Appearance:

-Majority Race Characteristics

-Minority Races: Ogres
-Minority Race Appearance(s):

-Minority Race Characteristics (Notable traits the race has, requires GM approval. NOTE: If using a standard race you can still add this or change the current ones, particularly if the race has multiple sub-races)

RELIGION & MAGIC
-State Religion: Justinianism
-Religion Demographics:
-Holy Relics In Possession:
-Holy Sites Under Control:
-Magical Schools and Curriculum: (What forms of magic are common? Note worshiped deity)

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 63,200

Imperial Legionnaires

Numbers: 20,000

Imperial Battlemagi

Numbers: 200

Imperial Gunner

Numers: 10,000

Imperial Guard


Numbers: 5000

Caadori War Eagle

Numbers: 500

Caadori War Hound

Numbers: 15,000
-Military Details:

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Monarch: Empress Raia Regius
-Ruling Dynasty: Imperial House of Regius
-Constable Of The Army: Argus Rothwind
-Religious Head: Patriarch Darius Eistora
-Persons of interest:
HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Insert hero characters here
CULTURAL
-History:
Caador's begins trace back seven hundred years ago, when pilgrims and missionaries venturing from a far off land in the West had settled the Eastern Grasslands. Bringing Civilization to these savage lands, as native Hillmen and Ogre Tribes warred with one another for who knows how long. The Western Settlers established themselves in the Grasslands, building Walled Settlements and begun to spread, they proclaimed their new home as Caador, leading to the tribes to direct their attention to their new enemy. For nearly a hundred years, the tribes and settlers fought, the Caadori however, slowly dominated the tribe lands, sending their armored armies against the more primitive natives, when most of the grasslands were conquered, the Caadori, with great arrogance, continued their great campaign, leading to the beginnings of the Caadori Empire.

For Five hundred years Caador reigned over the North and East, stretching as far as the Eastern Coast, to the Northern and Southern Mountains, it was a Golden Age for the Empire, then came the Cataclysm. The Arrival of the Darkness ushered in dark times for the Empire, hordes of horrific creatures crossing the borders and rampaging though the countryside. Elsewhere, further east, Provinces near the shores and mountains were in amidst of Rebellion, growing more dissatisfied with the Ruling Powers, many seeing an opportunity to break away from Caador.

The threat of Civil War in one corner of the Empire and the Scourges at the borders, forced the ruling Emperor to make a dire, but necessary decision. All Legions had abandoned the Rebel Provinces, and were ordered to the frontlines. The Empire shrunk to what it is today, as a strategic decision that proved to saved what's left of Caador, for now.

-List of Historical Grievances
-Relations
-Cultural Notes

[Monkeypants]

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-Realm name: Kadian Covenant

NATIONAL
-Capital: Anselum; A massive city built partially in to a mountain.
-Government Type: Theocracy
-Currency: The Frik. A square-ish silver coin.
-Population: 12.7 million
-Realm Size: 57
-Unique Trait #1: Highly creative, well educated and militarily trained society. That is ridiculously religious.
-Unique Trait #2: (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)
-Unique Flaw #1 Education does not always mean thinking things through, especially when you mix in fanatical thoughts, this could actually lead to more, creative ways to be fanatical.
-Unique Flaw #2 (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing)

GEOGRAPHICAL
-World-Realm Map:
Red on map, nation considers its influence to be further but the nation only recognizes its defendable borders and the city of Hjuchia.
-Internal-Realm Map:
-Major Cities: Davn, An enormus agricultural city. Very large bastion of troops as well.
Lusch, The biggest northern city, built on the divide between the strait between the small sea and the ocean itself. Large naval presence
Lorstieum, The southern ocean city. built partially on to a cliff with multiple small castle surrounding it. It is the primary ocean trade hub for the nation and has a large naval presence.
Hjuchia, A city built in a swamp. was originally a camp for the disenfranchised, grew in to a huge sprawl.
-Major Castles: None that are particularly noteworthy. All castles are somewhat uniform. Built as Star-forts ranging from very sturdy stone to basic forts made of wood and dirt. All contain portions of the nations armies.
-Buildings of Interest:
Ansulem;
Reach, A tower stretching high in to the sky, atop is five, ten foot spires that form what looks like a hand, reaching for the heavens, hence the name. Very religious icon.
The Aluse, A large domed structure, akin to a colloseum. It has four tall obelisks, one for each direction. This building serves as the capitol of the nation.
Davn; None that are particularly noteworthy
Lusch: The navy acadamy is located here. It is a mini castle built inside the city itself but sits right on the water line. On the opposite side is another large castle built on the water line. It has a large statue of a king of old.
Lorstieum: 'The docks' is a incredible sight. Long stone docks stretch far in to the ocean and warehouses that are as large as some of the smaller towns in the nation. Castles over look the docks from small hills. Cannons have excellent vantage points over the bay giving the boats and people below a feeling of safety.
Hjuchia: The bazzaar. Along a major road towards the center of the world, sits the bazzaar. It is the beating heart of the city and is along the same scope and scale as 'the docks' of Lorstieum.
-Geographic Features of Interest:
Other than the majority of Kadias coast being cliff side (A very major hinderence for the navy and oceanic trade) and vast areas of thick woodlands, it is a fairly flat and open land.

RACIAL
-Majority Race: Your regular good ol' humans.
-Majority Race Appearance:
-Majority Race Characteristics: Humans range from all different shapes and colors. They have a very long life due to the heavy presense of healing magic.
-Minority Races: Elves of all types and orcs are the most common but there are families from all races.
-Minority Race Apearance(s): Typical traits of the said races.
-Minority Race Characteristics: Same as above.

RELIGION & MAGIC
-State Religion: Justinianism
-Religious Information: Fanatical followers.
-Religion Demographics: 88% Justinianism, 2% Desolationism, 1% Yuwanism, 3% Dryadicism, 6% other.
-Holy Relics In Possession:
-Holy Sites Under Control: 'Reach' is supposedly a holy artifact although it was built by ancient Kadians long ago.
-Magical Schools and Curriculum: All schools follow a basic curriculum, following the faith. Numerous books that tell people how to live their life.
Magic is pushed hand in hand with the belief system itself. Healing is a very common form of magic and has led to the race being very long lived. Those with strong affinities with magic are pressed hard to learn more and more.

MILITARY
-Total Military Size. 255000,
City and Castle garrisons make up roughly 50,000 citizen-soldiers.
There are 7 primary armies made up of 28,000 citizen-soldiers of all professions.
The Navy has 9,000 personnel and 90 ships.
-Military Details
Covenant armed forces are well deciplined and ordered in combat. all soldiers know their place in the ranks and thanks to a very simple and straight forward battle formation and unit types, the army is easy to control.
There are four primary types of combat unit. All work together in either line or wedge formations. These soldier types are the melee oriented skirmishers which utilize a spear and heavy shield, The Ranger that uses the mighty Scipo rifle, Battle mage 'Priests' that work as officers from the squad level up, and the basic cavalry who ride a deer/horse hybrid called a Dygol.
The lowest military formation detatchment consists of 17 soldiers. 9 spearmen, 7 rangers and the priest.

Falchiot

The standard spear of the army.is often viewed as the symbol of the army.

Armicus

The tower shield of the nation is made of polished lumber with an iron lining. It is very light weight due to not having to be as thick due to the curved shape.

Kalfe

The sword of the ranged soldiers is a very light weight steel short sword. It is easy to use as it can be used as a slasher or thruster if need be.

Scipo

The standard ranged weapon that has near completely replaced the bow and crossbow in the nation. It can fire metal ball or grapeshot if one wanted but the perferred projectile is a long stake. It can pierce plate armor at decent range and isn't effected by wind as much as a bow would be. This stake is however, heavier than a ball round so the range isn't quite as great.

Navy

The navy uses a smaller number of warships due to most naval personel being pressed in to the army amidst the rise of the darkness. The ships remaining though are strong manueverable gunships that are operated by the best trained soldiers the nation has to offer.

The priests use many types of weapons but the most prominant weapon is their faith. All are avid magic users with access to the majority of the Justinian offensive capabilities. They all wear cosmetic wings on their armor. Also attached to this armor via a chain, is a prayer book.

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Head of State/Monarch:

The Sabbath, Komitus Hadrian XVII

-Ruling Dynasty (If applicable): Hadrian Dynasty
-Constable Of The Army (If applicable): Magdolin Jolian IV
-Religious Head (If Applicable): Consul most high Djomos the Wise.
-Persons of interest:
Nolna Hadrian, The current wife of Hadrian.
Lith Topol, The second to the Consul most high. A very powerful woman in the nation.
The twins Ael and Del. These two are the primary architects of the nation. they have designed many of the works from the biggest castles to the efficient sewers of the cities.

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Lord Arterus

Dison Arterus is the most decorated military commander in the nation. He is in command of the 7th army which happens to be Hadrians favorite. He is a gruff man with little patience for fools. He has no real care for politics as he would tell you, "I have the privalge of looking my enemy in the eye."

Ginny

Ginny is a Dark elf who advanced in the ranks of the military so fast that Hadrian himself noticed her . She is perhaps one of the most devout non human alive in the nation and through that she became one of Hadrians favorite agents. Where she goes, heads turn and when she leaves, widows mourn. She is a gifted marksman and handy with a sword at that. She favors light leather armor and her custom blessed long bow and short scimitar in combat.
She has a special decree that allows her to go where ever and use what ever she needs to get a mission done.

Cyrus Verrideus

Cyrus is the leader of the Knight order. He is in the same catagory as Ginny, a special agent of the throne with special authority. He is an expert rider and favors the scipo when riding and the special bastard sword 'Unas' as his melee choice. the Unas sword is said to have been used by an ancient priest in dark times during the initial rise of Justinianism. He wears special ornate armor that many say is indestructable as it had been blessed many times by many holy men who all believe it was already a divine artifact. The armor, strong as it may be, does not have Cyrus convinced entirely as he would say, "No one has gotten a lucky blow in yet".

Alma Kassidus

Alma is the daughter of a human father and elven mother. She was given up at a very early age and adopted by a similar family of nobles. As Alma got older, she joined the church and began her training to be a missionary. Her faith and afinity with magic had caught the eye of Hadrian himself who seemedto favor her in certain religious endeavours. She is currently set to marry the high elf Azakir Jakim whom she met as her time as a missionary.

CULTURAL
-History
Basic outline, as told in early history classes of most schools,
Long ago, this nation was a vast empire, stretching in all directions. A powerful navy patrolled the oceans and large armies gaurded the borders. The state religion was sky worshipping. Each star was a god or hero and all people reflected their actions accordingly.

As the nation continued to spread, people began to adopt other religions and a number of powerstruggles within the then capitol of artriarch that eventually led to a civil war. This war lasted over fifty years before fatigue set in. A young king of the time decided to settle this ordeal by splitting the empire in half in an attempt to end the wars. This peace did't last long before the eastern empire collapsed under its own weight. People began rioting and the capitol of artriarch was burned to the ground. Eventually when the dust settled, a new conflict began, religion.

Justinianism originated from south of the western empire and spread quickly through the south. The sky worshippers fought hard but there was no stopping this new way of life. Soldiers defected by the thousands and after a few short wars, the sky worshippers had either left the nation or converted entirely. Peace set in and the modern day borders were set. This was nearly seven hundred years ago. Faith is strong and influence is far and wide.

-List of Historical Grievances
-Relations
-Cultural Notes.

[DAWNSTAR]

Well it is getting there. I might be done with most of it by the end of today.

-Realm name:Ma' Hurcazak
-Flag/Banner:Flag of Ma'Hurcazak

NATIONAL
-Capital: Nagshinze
-Government Type: Republic
-Currency: Boritzas
-Population: 13,505,872
-Realm Size: Empire(73)
-Unique Trait #1: As One: The Army and Navy of Ma' Hurcazak fight as one. The soldiers uphold the one creed by which they must live, 'We are All Brothers and Sisters against the Darkness'. The soldiers always fight as a unit and are nearly inseperable when they are on their own free time. This oneness recently led to the creation of the 22nd Marine corp and 31st Ranger corp.
-Unique Trait #2: Populist Ideology: Your nation is a nation of the people and for the people. It strives for enlightened ideals put to practice in the form of yet-unknown and completely alien things like 'democracy' and 'equality'. The rest of the world has no idea what you are going on about, but your people sure love it! They love you fiercely so long as you remain a servant of the people. (Effect: Likelihood of popular revolt reduced, likelihood of peasant rebellions significantly reduced, increased public support for defensive wars, increased public mobilization, increased adaptability and skill of non-elite units, increased technological innovation speed)

-Unique Flaw #1 Racism: Racism is a serious problem in Ma' Hurcazak even after the rebellion. It is not rare to see signs stating 'Humans only' or 'No Orcs Allowed' on bars and other public places. When walking the roads of Ma' Hurcazak, it is certainly not a rare sight to see lynched orcs and goblins hanging from trees.
-Unique Flaw #2 What is a Liberty?: As a nation of freemen and women in a world literally run by actual authoritarian gods who can not comprehend liberty and mortal rulers who are unlikely to accept it. This nation is considered a pariah in the face of gods and other nations. Holy clergy despise the republic as a symbol of sacrilege, aristocrats despise the republic for endangering their power, knights despise the republic for giving the commoners equal standing to them and monarchs despise it for obvious reasons. The republic is said by its supporters as being born some 300 years too early, Their deity is still baffled at how it happened and is seriously considering abandoning these mortals. (Effect: Ideological conflict with all non-democratic states, Extreme ideological conflict with all slaver states, extreme ideological conflict with all totalitarian or genocidal states, weaker heroes and 1 less hero than maximum)

GEOGRAPHICAL
-World-Realm Map:

Ma

-Internal-Realm Map:

Internal

The Yellow dot is a stronghold for the Horns of Harnia while the green dot is the HQ of the Horns of Harnia.

-Major Cities: Nagshinze, Hizeram, Turikast, Venos, Nalluke
-Major Castles:Ibitza, Fakurima, Opizina, Joruke, Vandia, Avernas
-Buildings of Interest: The wall of Cazina(Still under construction. The brown line on the map.)
-Geographic Features of Interest: Silver Sea- A mostly enclosed sea whose waves sparkle like silver due to the reflection of sunlight

off of them.

RACIAL
-Majority Race(s): Humans, Dwarves and Orcs
-Minority Races: High Elves, goblins, and hobbits.

RELIGION & MAGIC
-State Religion: Yuwanite Aestrosism
-Religion Demographics: Out of the 13,505,872 people living in Ma' Hurcazak, 8,985,624 people worship Yuwanite Aestrosism.
-Holy Relics In Possession: The Star Strike Bow, Crest of Aegmon, Seer's glass, Illithian Bulwark(shield)
-Magical Schools and Curriculum: Healing, Barriers, enchantment(Justinian Magnus) and Precognition, Lightning, Conjuration and Transmutation(Yuwan).

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 245,980 soldiers, 900 mages, 240 warships
-Military Details:

22nd Marine Corps

Total soldiers: 30,250 soldiers and 100 mage users.
Typical Soldier Type: Light infantry and ranged support
Racial disperstion: 5,025 Human infantry, 35 human mages, 5,025 human archers, 12,200 Orc infantry, 4,000 Goblin Slingers, 2,000 High Elf Archers, 2,000 Dwarf infantry, 50 High Elf mages, 15 Hobbit mages
Commander: Sir Vance Tiborn
Purpose: Quick Assault and dispersal strike force. Excursions outside of borders.

The 31st Ranger Corps

Total soldiers: 40,000 soldiers and 50 mages
Typical Soldier Type: Rangers and trackers
Racial disperstion: 5,000 Human Rangers, 25 human mages, 10,000 High Elf Rangers, 5,000 hobbit Trackers, 5,000 dwarf trackers, 5,000 dwarf Rangers, 7,500 Goblin Trackers, 2,500 Goblin Rangers, 25 High Elf mages
Commander: Ranger Willa Tu'ruhara
Purpose: Border Patrol and recon.

The 12th Heavy Infantry Corps

Total soldiers: 50,580 soldiers and 250 mages
Typical Soldier Type: Heavy Infantry with ranged support.
Racial disperstion: 20,240 Orc Infantry, 15,240 Human Infantry, 3,600 High Elf Archers, 3,000 Human Archers, 4,000 Dwarf Infantry, 2,000 Goblin Archers, 2,500 Human Knights, 100 High Elf mages, 50 Human mages
Commander:Sir Walker Brighorn
Purpose: Defense of the wall and long term combat against darkness.

The 15th Templar Corps

Total soldiers: 50,000 soldiers and 150 mages
Typical Soldier Type: Mixed Infantry and Cleansers
Racial disperstion: 25,000 Human Heavy infantry, 5,000 Human cleansers, 10,000 Orc Light Infantry, 5,00 Orc cleansers, 2,500 High Elf Light Infantry, 2,500 High Elf cleansers, 100 High Elf mages, 25 Orc mages, 25 Human mages
Commander:Knight-Commander Ibraham Calbourn
Purpose: Cleanse nearby lands of darkness and exterminate any cults related to the darkness.

The 3rd Naval Strike Unit

Total soldiers: 240 Warships(100 galleass and 140 galley)
Typical Soldier Type: Warships
Racial disperstion:N/A
Commander: Admiral Braka

9th Ranged Support Corps

Total soldiers: 50,150 soldiers
Typical Soldier Type: Archers and Slingers
Racial disperstion: 20,000 Human Archers, 10,000 Goblin Slingers, 10,150 Dwarven Crossbowmen, 7,500 High Elf Longbowmen, 2,350 Orc Spearmen
Commander: Riza Ebra
Purpose: Ranged support for any missions beyond borders.

2nd Wall Watch Corps

Total soldiers: 25,000 soldiers and 100 mages
Typical Soldier type: Rangers
Racial disperstion: 2,000 Hobbit Rangers, 5,000 Dwarf Rangers, 10,000 High Elf Rangers, 5,000 Human Rangers, 50 Orc Mages, 50 Human mages, 3,000 Goblin Rangers
Commanders: Priestess Saila Opertez and Johnathan Gerald
Purpose: Defend the Wall of Cazina and monitor darkness activity in the surronding areas.

5th Magical Defense Corps

Total soldiers: 250 mages
Typical Soldier Type: Elemental and transmutation mages
Racial disperstion: 100 High Elf mages and 50 Human mages
Commander: Master Viaz Xathrian
Purpose: Act as support supplements to all missions outside of the wall.

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Head of State/Monarch: The Council of Ma' Hurcazak
-General Of The Army : General Zashina Mahraza
-Admiral of the Navy: Admiral Braka Xenorth
-Persons of interest:

General Zashina

By far, General Zashina was not a popular man in his early years. He started many fights and often broke a few noses. But, Zashina had not joined the Army of Ma' Hurcazak until he was forced to by a kind judge. He had punched the wrong man(who happened to be a noble) and was given the choice of prison for five years or the Army. Zashina couldn't make up his mind so the judge forced him into the Army. It turned out to be the turning point in Zashina's life. It was nineteen years later, when Zashina was thirty-seven years old, that he led the rebellion against the former monarchy which led Ma' Hurcazak. Three years after, Zashina was appointed General of the Army by the Council. It has been five years since then and major changes in the army have been made under Zashina's commands.

Admiral Braka Xenorth

A former pirate, Braka was the only elected leader which has caused an uproar. Few people consider Braka capable of leading the Navy. Others are angry from the antics she use to be involved in and how other people would look at the Navy if they knew it was headed by a former pirate. During her years as a pirate, Braka was the leader of the Red Skull pirates(who have also joined the Navy). The Red Skull pirates had, during Braka's years, twenty ships ranging from sloops to frigates. Often these ships were stolen from the rather slow and unattentive soldiers of the Navy. Much of that has changed during Braka's four years as admiral. Braka has made major reforms to the Navy including cutting soldiers out of the Navy and training soldiers to be more attentive and ready for battle. Quite a few people have begun to look at Braka in a new light.

(Notable)Council members

Out of the fifty-three council members, only six of these members are important. Two of the six members are the Gurisia Twins; Tyler Gurisia and Haven Gurisia. Tyler and Haven Gurisia are the children of Steward Wilhem Gurisia back in the years of the Ma' Hurcazak monarchy. Tyler and Haven were raised in politics and were twenty years old when they first got involved in politics. Unlike their father, they saw the rise of the Republic a great chance for Ma' Hurcazak to be unified. Tyler is third seat represenative for the humans while his sister is the fifth seat represenative. Tyler is a kind man who often goes out in the public and greets people. Unlike his sister, he focuses on things in the larger scale and worries less about the small things. Haven is kind but not one for conversing with people all that often and prefers to make sure everything is planned out and followed. She has quite the temper which tends to get her in trouble with others.

The third of the six members is Falsanir Gurikaras, first seat represenative to the orcs. He is a kind orc and former slave back when Ma' Hurcazak was a monarchy. Falsanir was the first orc ever to be granted freedom and is considered the model orc for orcs in Ma' Hurcazak. He has never been known to engage in violence and is always first to consider peace rather than war. Yet, it was Falsanir who guided the orc slaves of Ma' Hurcarak in revolt against the king. He was also a major advocate for equal rights for all races. Falsanir is now sixty years old(entered slavery at 10) and still promoting the beliefs of the orcs he represents.

Yignaus Akave is the third seat respresenative of the dwarves and a reknowned inventor. Originally born Naghuras Albrit, Yignaus came into his current name around the ago of twent-five. At that time, Yignaus was a lowely miner who's future was bleak. Yet, he stumbled upon a brilliant idea in his free time. Yignaus called it 'clean coal' which, unlike its black coal cousin, did not produce a harmful smoke. This smokeless coal helped many of the dwarven forgemasters avoid the damage to their lungs caused by the smoke of black coal. Yignaus was awarded the title Yignaus(Inventor) and allowed to lay the foundations for his own hall(familial building). Yignaus named his hall Akave Hall and thus became known as Yignaus Naghuras Akave. Or, as outsiders called him, Yignaus Akave.

Ia'vahurn Bruher is the first seat represnative and former leader of the largest Goblin clan in Ma' Hurcazak. Ia, as he has come to be called, was twenty two and the son of the warchief Gralos Bruher of Clan Black Heart. When the rebellion started, Gralos pledged himself and his warrios to the rebels. Yet, Gralos never lived to see the fruit of his hard labor. He was killed by an assassin sent by the king. With Gralos dead, it was up to Ia to take control of the diming amount of Goblins in Clan Black Heart. Ia forced a stealth confrontation with a group of seven hundred enemy soldiers with a small force of two hundred Goblins. That night, four hundred and fifty soldiers died and only eighty Goblins. With a momentus victory under his belt, Ia began to recruit more and more Goblins into Clan Black hand till their numbers were in the thousands.

When the war ended, Ia settled down to a lavish life in a house twenty miles outside the capital. Since then, he has been elected to first seat with no opposition. Well, other than one year when his son tried to run against him. His son is now the fifth seat of the Goblins and somewhat bitter over his loss to his father.

Known as the Golden Queen, Na'hura Alessie is the second seat represenative for her people, the HIgh Elves. Na'hura is the former queen of Ma' Hurcazak. Despite what many believe, She is not called the Golden Queen for her hair but for her actions before and during the revolution. Na'hura was offered to King Aegmon the third when he ascended to the throne. The Queen, unlike her husband, was a kind woman who cared for all and sensative to the plight of her people. She use to sneak out of the palace with baskets of bread and cheese for those in need. It was the Golden Queen who helped to kill the King. She sent letters on army movements so that the rebels would be prepared. When the war was over, Na'hura was offered the position of High Seat, She turned it down so that she may better represent her people.

Azakir Jakim

Azakir Jakim is the High Seat of the Council of Ma' Hurcazak. Azakir was a lowly High Elf before the rebellion. Having grown up with constant hatred, Azakir knew how it felt to be weak and lacking in control. It wasn't rare for Azakir to come home to his parents with a few bruises every now and then. Azakir didn't hate the people who tortured him every time he went to class, he pitied them. It was Azakir's pity for the racist humans that led him to join the rebellion.

Azakir was the leader of a small battalion charged with securing towns on the Northern Silver Coast. On average, Azakir's battalion won more battles than they lost. With a win ratio of 3:1, Azakir was a very succseful leader. Not only was he good at keeping his soldiers happy but he was also good at making sure they didn't kill each other. Azakir was later tasked with the arduous task of capturing Castle Joruke and the city of Nalluke. Though Azakir has never shared the story of how he and his battalion managed to infiltrate the castle, it is believed that they acted like slavers bringing slaves through.

Azakir met his soon to be wife, Alma, a few months before the rebellion. At the time, he was a worshipper of Yuwan but had yet to decide if she was truly the god he was meant to worship. Alma showed Azakir the light of Justinian and he fell in love with both the appeal of Justinian and Alma herself. But, the rebellion began a few weeks before Azakir could ask her to marry him and she was forced out of the country. It has been ten years since then and Azakir and Alma's wedding day has finally arrived.

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Sir Vance Tiborn
-Ranger Willa Tu'ruhara
-Priestess Saila Opertez
-Master Viaz Xathrian
-Knight-Commaned Ibraham Calbourn

CULTURAL
-History:

The Dynasty of King Aegir

King Aegir, known as the King of the Iron Hills, was the first king to ever exist in the history of Ma' Hurcazak. He is also the founding father of Ma' Hurcazak after the uniting the Clans of the Iron Hills during the Unification War. Having been the first King of Ma' Hurcazak, Aegir was not only expected to be the greatest of the Kings but also the beginning of the greatest dynasty to have existed in history. Aegir was crowned on his twenty-eighth birthday, six weeks after the signing of the Unification Treaty. His first act as King was to establish the then capital of Ma' Hurcazak as Nalluke. Nalluke was placed on the Silver Isthmus and where Clan Lion Heart, Aegir's former clan, use to stop for the winter. Not only was it a defendable position, it was also one where Clans use to come for trade.

After the establishment of the capital, Aegir began the conquest of the Silver Coast. His people spread out to control nearly half of the Silver Coast before Aegir's early death at the age of thirty-three. Aegir was replaced by his son, Joban, a young man who was thirteen and known to have fits of coughing. Ma' Hurcazak was ruled by Joban and his regent, Giri, who was a friend of his father. Joban was more of a puppet than a leader like his father. The young man would often side with Giri on all matters of state and often would skip court to sit and watch the waves while Giri was at court. When Joban turned eighteen, Giri stepped down from regency and retired to his villa in the bustling city of Turikast. The young and far from wise Joban took control of a nation which he had no real interest in.

Joban's rule was rather uneventful as the nation was still young and the wounds caused by the Unification War were still healing. During his time, Joban agreed to the creation of the Coalition Army. The Coalition Army was the first militaristic association to be created in the history and set a precedent for the future Armies of Ma' Hurcazak. The CA was a well trained military which protected the borders of the new nation. Joban, like his father, died at a young age and left the rule of the nation to his son. But, his son took control of the nation from his deceased father at the age of sixteen. With no regent for Vigar to learn from, he mostly learned from the experiences he had. Vigar was far from an ideal ruler and believe that the best way to rule the new nation was be involved. From the beginning of his rule to the end, Vigar never spent more then three days in the a single town. Though Vigar rarely visited court, it was obvious that he had a tight hold on the nation.

During his time, Vigar establish the national treasury and currency as well as the first national law doctrine(Vigar's Doctrine as it was called). With the creation of the first nation treasury came the unification of trade in Ma' Hurcazak. No longer did each village have a different currency than other villages. Citizens could easily buy and sell items with ease and expediency. This new was of trading led to a period of time known as the New Age. On top of that, Vigar establish the first set of laws for Ma' Hurcazak after the trial of Sullens v Brandt. This famous trial show just how difficult it was to try a man for a crime when each village had a different set of laws than their neighbors. With the trial at a stalemate(charges later dropped), Vigar decided it was time for a change in policy.

Vigar spent three weeks in court with his council before he released Vigar's Doctrine. The Doctrine organized law in Ma' Hurcazak and made it possible to try people for crimes committed in one village while the criminal is in a different village. It also establish the limit for when a crime to be tried. No longer could a man be tried for a crime he committed in the past. Vigar, unlike his predecessors, lived until his own son was thirty-one. Vigar was old when he died(sixty-seven) and his son, Numiron, took over Ma' Hurcazak. Quite like his father, Numiron believe the nation was best ruled by a ruler who was informed. Numiron was later to become known by the title of the King of Intrigue.

Numiron was the first of the kings to establish an official Corps of Spies. These 'spies' would collect any and all information and knowledge in Ma' Hurcazak. Though they weren't actual spies, they would later be used by other dynasties to infiltrate rival organizations. Numiron was ailing from birth and rarely traveled but still managed to be well informed on all the happenings in Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, he never let his illness get him down. Numiron was constantly training his body and went on runs through the streets of Nalluke with his guards. When Numiron died, it was said that all businesses closed their stores in mourning. Numiron left no viable male heir.

Instead, the heir to take control of Ma' Hurcazak was Numiron's eighteen year old daughter Yunai. Yunai was considered a beauty and one of the most learned woman in Ma' Hurcazak. Yunai was the first Queen to ever rule over Ma' Hurcazak but also one of the most influential. Yunai established schools in nearly all of the villages in Ma' Hurcazak. The schools would teach students basic addition and writing during summer. Yunai was the first ruler of Ma' Hurcazak to give an official address to the citizens on what she intended to do and when they could expect it to be finished. Yet, the Queen had yet to make an official name for herself in history. That would change when the pivotal case of Ubrious v the People. This case established basic rights for the citizens of Ma' Hurcazak and deemed that land could not be given to one's children if it had already been promised to pay a debt. Yunai also added to the court's decision that land could either be bought from the Ma' Hurcazak or a private landowner or it could be rented. Thus, Ma' Hurcazak began the practice of selling land to its citizens.

Yet, the Dynasty of Aegir would end at Yunai. Yunai had no other choice then to marry into another royalty in order to continue the existence of Ma' Hurcazak. Thus, the marriage of Yunai to Prince Gularion was arranged and the dynasties peacefully changed. Yunai would later comment on the future of Ma' Hurcazak of being 'as hard to see as the land beyond the Silver Sea'.

The Dynasty of Gularion

With Yunai's marriage to Prince Gularion came the beginning of the dynasty of Gularion. With the marriage came Gularion's land holdings north of Ma' Hurcazak. These holdings were particularly known for their forests and use of boats. Gularion was the first King to establish a Navy for Ma' Hurcazak. Though the Navy was small, it existed as both an exploratory and defensive force. The Navy was the first group to identify the second Silver Coast across the Silver Sea. With the identification of this land came the event known as the Land Grab. Gularion rushed to send colonists to the new lands before any real power could take it for their own. Gularion lived to the see the settlement of all the lands of the Silver Coast and some of the land into what was called the Frontier.

With the death of Gularion came the rise of his eldest son, Brigo. Brigo, as eldest son, was the natural ruler of Ma' Hurcazak. His brothers instead went into successful careers in both the Navy and the Coalition Army. Brigo, like his father, was hungry to grab the land of north before anybody had a chance to. During his reign, Brigo colonized more into the mountains. The colonist mostly built their villages around the rivers coming down from the mountains. Brigo is known best for the move of the capital of Ma' Hurcazak from Nalluke to Venos. Yet, Nalluke was changing quite like the country was. Travelers from the east had landed and brought new ideas. The desolationists of Ma' Hurcazak felt threatened by this new god, Yuwan she was called. Though they tried to extinguish all attempts at Yuwan gaining a foothold in Ma' Hurcazak, it was noted that the converts were growing. It was a slow growth that had been noted with the occasional spike in new converts. Yet, desolationism was still the ruling religion in Ma' Hurcazak.

Brigo had no sons and instead left the dynasty to his younger brother's son, Fufir. Unlike all the other kings, Fufir was far from nobility. He was raised like a commoner would be by a father who believed in both the growth of Ma' Hurcazak and the need for a greater military. Fufir was a man of the people. And, the people were calling for blood. A settlement on the reaches of the frontier was destroyed by a strike force of dwarves. Fufir listened to the people and sent his men into the mountainous terrain to exterminate the dwarves. The war was slow and many lives were lost on both sides. The war was especially bloody at the beginning with the dwarves striking quickly at the humans who were not quite trained for battle in the colder climates.

Thus began the War of the North as it was called. The Dwarves fought hard against the humans but were unaccustomed to the wild fighting styles of the humans. When the first of the Dwarven holds fell, the humans rejoiced and earned high quality dwarven weapons. With the new weapons, improved morale, and summer quickly approaching, the humans lost fewer battles and won more often. The dwarves felt the difficulty of the hard fought war to keep control of the north. After the war began to near a full year, the dwarves gave in to the humans. The dwarves agreed to join Ma' Hurcazak so long as the fighting stopped. Though relations were tense between the coexisting humans and dwarves, it would become imperative for them to work together in the future. With the War of the North won and Fufir considered a hero for avenging the settlement, came a new peace and period of growth in Ma' Hurcazak.

Yet, Fufir's life would be cut short when he died from disease. His son, Higur, would take his place in the coming storm. Higur was the driving force for the expansion of Ma' Hurcazak into the western portions of the north. Yet, the colonist were met by highly aggressive goblin clans who wished not to give up their lands to the 'filthy white skins'. The War of the Green River began after a goblin killed a human colonist while he was attempting to trade. Higur reacted much like his father would. The Army, now mixed with humans and dwarves, was sent to weaken the goblins until they were willing to give up. Yet, the goblins would not relinquish control until the Battle of Green Mountain.

The Battle of Green Mountain was the final battle of the war before the goblins gave in to human demands. It was said that the battle was fought on the same day a great storm passed into the mountains. The Goblins controlled the slope of the steep mountain and would not give an inch to the intruders. Yet, it was taken as a sign that the war should end when the head war chief, Ouglar, was struck with lightning and died. Higur had officially finished that which is ancestors had set out to do. With all the land in the north claimed, peace, though a tense one at that, would reign for the years to come. Higur settled many disputes over lands all the races of Ma' Hurcazak.

Higur died and left the nation in the hands of his twin sons, David and Ivan. The Twin Kings ruled the nation like yin and yang. David was a master of political intrigue and ruled his people with an iron fist. He was a true desolationist. His brother Ivan, on the other hand, was a kind and caring man who put the needs of the people before his own. Ivan was the first king to believe in Yuwanism. It was said that the rule of the Ivan was the mark of dark things to come in the future. The brothers shared opposing views on nearly all that was put before them. Ivan came to preside over the case of Igiz v Gerth, the first court case held between two different races. Igiz, a goblin of much renown, charged Gerth with the rape and murder of his wife and children while he was away on business. Gerth denied all charges and Igiz had no proof that Gerth had actually done as such. Ivan sided with Gerth and thus led the nation down a dark path. Goblins eventually came to be known as second class citizens and thus their rights were void in the eyes of the humans and dwarves.

With the Twin Kings reign came the officially beginning of the trade slave in Ma' Hurcazak. The ships of Ma' Hurcazak were often used to transport and trade slaves with other nations. Ivan died earlier than his brother did so the reign went to David's son, Vance. Vance was the first king to have ever kept any slaves for himself. With this came the ideal that if a king can keep slaves then anybody can. The slaves eventually came to work on farms that grew things like squash and berries. Mean while, other slaves toiled away in dangerous mines. Thus, orcs were brought into the country of Ma' Hurcazak. Orcs were efficient slaves as they could easily be replaced by the now flourishing country and were particularly quick to learn. Vance made his official statement on slavery by describing it a 'necessary existence for the growth of the nation'.

Vance began the dark legacy of the legal slave trade in Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, the dynasty of Gularion was still not over. Vance passed to mantle to his son Jozeph. Jozeph was a weak king, unwilling to make any official statement on politics. He was the end of the dynasty of Gularion. Jozeph's fall came when a rebellion led by a man named Tuirk Aegmon broke out. Aegmon and his followers wanted the king to allow them to colonize the lands beyond the mountains to the south. The King, believing that colonization of the south would create too much land to be easily controlled, did the worse thing a king could do. He said nothing on the topic. Aegmon led the rebels through the lands can captured the then capital of Venos. Aegmon felt the joy of decapitating the last of the Dynasty of Gularion. Thus began the Dynasty of Aegmon, the last Dynasty to ever exist in history.

The Dynasty of Aegmon

Aegmon's dynasty led to the expansion to the frontier lands of the south. Consequently, it also opened more of the population of Ma' Hurcazak to the appeal of Yuwanism. These new lands held a new air in them. No longer did the people feel compelled to fallow the destructive gods of desolationism. The new lands held an air of mysticism and beauty which made the people more disposed to Yuwanism. Little did Aegmon know, the growth of Yuwanism would lead to the downfall of his dynasty.

Tuirk Aegmon's reign was noted to have seen the greatest growth in population. Before Aegmon took the throne, Ma' Hurcazak consisted of a mere six million people. Most of whom were strict desolationists. Yet, upon taking the throne, Aegmon agreed to the settling of these frontier lands. With these new lands came the growth in population and in the worshipers of Yuwan. Formerly a minority goddess, Yuwan had advanced to the ranks of a major deity in Ma' Hurcazak. Desolationists did not agree with Yuwanism and often used slanderous statements to try and halt the growth of the heathen god. Yet, Yuwanism was growing in popularity, especially among dwarven inventors and slaves. Tuirk left his throne to his son Philus Aegmon, a hero turned king. Philus was the first hero to exist in any position of great power in

Ma' Hurcazak. Philus was also believed to worship Yuwan, though this was never proven to be true. With the rise of Yuwanism came many conflicts between worshipers, particularly on the topic of slavery. Philus's rule was the beginning of the end. Having seen the issue of slavery bubbling up in his council and court, Philus declared that slavery would not be questioned nor may court cases against slavery been held. With this declaration came outrage that Philus had basically stripped the right of the people to question why certain laws even existed. But, the people were unwilling to look for change.

Yet, it was change that was coming for them. By the time Philus died, nearly six million out of the ten million people in Ma' Hurcazak worshipped Yuwan. Philus's son, Xeniz Aegmon, took control of a country which was nearing ready to burst. It only took one event for the country to officially explode into war. This event was the trial of Turz v the People. Turz, a slave who had managed to purchase his freedom, was suing the people for declaring it impossible for him to be protected by the guards because he was not a 'citizen'. The trial went on for three weeks before Aegmon decided on a winner. He ruled in the favor of the people because the freed slave still wasn't a 'citizen'. The worshippers of Yuwan were outraged by the trail and pushed for its appeal but were met by only the cold steel of the King's Guard. With Aegmon's decision came his down fall. The dynasty of Aegmon, a revolutionary and great king, had come to an end.

The War for Freedom

With Aegmon's fate sealed, so was the fate of his dynasty. A War had begun which even the king did not seem coming. The Rebels, known as Free men, were based in the largest city of the north known as Nagshinze. Nagshinze was a well fortified base for the rebels to send orders out of. More importantly, it was quite a fight to get to Nagshinze because of the goblins who had banded together to protect the rebels. The first step of the rebellion was to free the slaves of the northern portion of Ma' Hurcazak. Yet, this was far from an easy process as the rebels found out.

The last battle in the north was the Siege of Hizeram. The rebel forces spent three weeks sieging Hizeram before a faction of Yuwanists inside took down the guards and freed the slaves. With a large portion of the slaves of Ma' Hurcazak free, the Free men found that battles were coming quicker and easier than ever before. The slaves were more than willing to fight to the last orc and goblin for their freedom. The next step of the rebels plan was to attack the Silver Coast until they reached Venos. The Free men established an official base of operations in Turikast after their troops landed three days after the Siege of Hizeram. Turikast had in fact been a strong supporter for the rebels and recruited many more soldiers to help the rebels.

The war on the Silver Coast was quicker than the war back in the north. Yet, the difficulty of the war came when the rebels had to siege Nalluke. The well fortified city sat in a precarious position with Castle Joruke guarding it. In order for Nalluke to fall, the rebels would have to infiltrate Castle Joruke silently and then open the Castle to be taken without alerting Nalluke. After the Castle was captured, it was a simple process to take Nalluke in the valley below. Yet, no siege was quite as difficult as the Siege of Venos and Castle Vandia. The difficulty of this Siege was getting into the area around Venos without alerting the army encampments. This is where Ia'vahurn came into play. Ia cleared a path along the Silver Coast to reach Castle Vandia. The rebel forces went along the pathway until they reached Vandia where Ia and his men caused a distraction inside the Castle while a secondary force opened the Castle's gate. With the gate open, the rebel forces quickly captured the Castle and were in prime position to take down Venos.

Castle Vandia was only the first pawn to have been played in the rebellion and more would be needed to take the king. With the King trapped in his town, it was only a matter of time before the rebels secured a way to siege the city. The rebels recruited several groups of pirates to help them siege the city. With the second pawn in play, all the rebels needed was a third pawn and they could call an official checkmate. The rebels looked towards their leader, Zashina, for knowledge on what to do. Zashina decided that a small force of soldiers will enter the town dressed as guards with Zashina as their prisoner. When the soldiers were let in, they would take Zashina to the king while four of the guards broke off to open the gates. The plan was nearly flawless and created the third and final pawn needed to take down Aegmon.The plan was put into action on the eve of the second anniversary of the rebellion. The guards and Zashina successfully infiltrated Venos while, about half an hour later, the pirates began to siege to city. The four guards broke off and, in the chaos, managed to open the gates so that the rebel forces could get into the city. Then came the ending of the rebellion. With Zashina free of the false chains he was put in, he was free to fight his way to the palace. Oddly enough, the King's Guards had been dismissed and within awaited the king. The King had been expecting Zashina and wanted to know what drove him. The rest of their conversation has never been told to anyone but people do know that the King wasn't killed until three hours after the siege began. With the King dead, the rebellion had won their War of Morals. Thus began the age of the Revolutionary Republic of Ma' Hurcazak.

-List of Historical Grievances
-Relations
-Cultural Notes:

On Seats

Seating in the Council is equal for all races except High Elves who prefer only to have two represenatives. All other races have five represenatives. First seat is the most popular elected position while fifth seat is the least popular of the elected positions. Often times, the first seat will stay with one person for a longer period of time before there is a switch. The position of High Seat is a neutral position which is used to break ties.The current High Seat is a former first seat represenative of the High Elves, Aligure Hiptalia. Elections for seats are held every two years while elections to the council are every ten years. High Seat is elected on the tenth year.

Cleansers

Cleansers are soldiers who primarily use fire to burn the dead bodies of their opponents. Often times, these cleansers wield a torch along with a sword, dagger and shield. Cleansers are trained quite like the trackers of the 31st Ranger Corps for identifying tracks of darkness and other enemy forces. They are sent on missions which require the death of darkness and the destruction of any remains.

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[Grijs]

Le Mordor reporting in.



(Parody of Wernher's comment in the Interest Check)

[Goldeagle1221]

Horns of Harni + Freg Gerntef

Horns of Harnia (Major WIP)
THE HOST
-Holy City Benefactor: Western Holy city
-Original Primary Objective: destroy the darkness
-Original Secondary Objectives: Reclaim Harnia
-Host Size: 215,000
-Unique Trait #1: The duality of the army and its wide range of option in a battle allow for flexible planning and quick mid battle alternating plans to secure victories. Also, keeper of the Codex “The D’sastr”
-Unique Trait #2: A Glimpse Into The Nightmare: (The Horns of Harnia, or more specifically Freg Gerntef has seen closer into the nature of the unknowable darkness than any other mortal being currently in existence. This experience not only makes them one of the most knowledgeable fighters of the darkness, expert recorders and analyzers of the darkenss but also highly adaptable to new strategies and methods the darkness uses, being some of the earliest of mortals to discover new weaknesses and gaps to exploit. Finally, it is believed that should anyone make a true relevation on the origins, objectives and what the darkness even is... It will be a member of the Horns. Practical Effect: Full knowledge and ability to use all information that GreivousKhan posts publicly against him without metagaming. Soldiers with increased fighting ability against Darkness. Soldiers with resistance to darkness subversive methods like insanity. Increased adaptability when fighting Darkness. Freg-centric plot devices)
-Unique Flaw #1 The size of the army cause it to be slow marching, as well as increasing its resource consumption greatly
-Unique Flaw #2 (Created by me, mostly to reduce min-maxing) Looked Into The Abyss: ("The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the MORTAL mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." Practical Effect: There are things that no being were meant to know)

PATRONAGE & GEOGRAPHIC
-Host Map: Originated in Harnia under the war lord, Darmckin, to counter the darkness and reclaim the nation, but was quickly interrupted by an army of crusading humans who then merged with the Horns under the condition the Minotaurs help defeat the darkness once and for all.
-Founding Location: Harnia
-Patron Realms: Harnian Fugitives can be found largely in Caador and Ma' Hurcazak, they usually reside near Horn bases and receive benefits from the host.
-Host Headquarters Location: Green dot, New Harnia

-Major Host Strongholds: Yellow Dot, Entryway. And one Base in Caador known as Harnia's Keep (minotaurs have simple naming processes)
-Buildings of Interest: The Fort complex of New Harnia houses many of the Harnian survivors whether they are of the faction or just trying to survive. It is an open sanctuary for the Minotaurs and many young adults who have called its walls home join the Horns when they become of fighting age.

RACIAL
-Majority Race: Harnian Minotaur
-Majority Race Appearance: Large thick muscled beasts, with heavy hooves on twisted human-bull legs and a matching bull skull complete with thick horns. They tower over humans in stance and have the combined strength of quite a few of them as their bodies are truely commited to physical stress and excellence.
-Majority Race Traits: Large and extremely strong with high pain tolerance and martial ease on the battlefield, they are as if cavalry and heavy infantry had a baby. They have a naturally expansive life span, ranging up to one hundred and fifty years
-Majority Race Flaws: While they are extremely fast and sure footed, they perform poorly in mud due to their weight and size. Also, they require large amounts of nutrients, are stubborn, and easily angered
-Minority Races: Human
-Minority Race Apearance(s): Us
-Minority Race Traits: Standard, highly adaptable
-Minority Race Flaws: Standard

RELIGION & MAGIC
-Host Religion: The Harnians hold old customs but are otherwise pretty lax, while the Crusading humans follow Justinian
-Holy Relics In Possession:
- Cornerstone of the Old God; a hunk of marble taken right from the old temple of the Harnian gods, it i inscribed and holds a blessing from when the temple was erected

- The High Kings Destroyer; A minotaur king does not need a crown upon his head, but a magical double headed axe of great size and quality in his powerful hands, complete with regal flames.

- Vials of Darthlukian blood; while no exactly holy, or a relic, Freg never knows when he might need them.

- The Codex Anathema; the original, baptized in the blood of minotaur and darthlukian alike, and always growing

-Holy Sites Under Control: none
-Hosts Magical Arsenal: Justinian orthodox magic is used by the crusaders while a strange minotaur magic is used rarely by the Harnian heros and the occasional trickle magic user in the form of buffs.

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 205,000
-Military Details (Unit Types and distribution of numbers)

115,000 Harnian minotaurs: These beastly men are fugitives from their long lost land, and will fight horn and tooth until either Harnia is reclaimed, or they all lay cold and dead. They wear little armor on their thick hides but instead carry amazing offensive weapons of large proportions (Think Danish axe, gottentags, big crushing weapons)

90,000 Humans
50,000 Archers (Think longbowmen armed with side axes and hammers incase of a line break)
20,000 Infantry (Chain and gambit, polearms)
10,000 Heavy infantry (Men at arms, large kite shields and sharp thrusting and cutting swords with partial plate on chain)
10,000 Mounted Knights (Intricate articulated metal suits, riding shields, knightly sword and lances)

The 10,000 members not accounted for in the military are human and their sole purpose is to keep the bases, crunch numbers and recruit.
LEADERSHIP DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Host Leaders:
Darmckin Graggle: Warlord of the Harnian minotaurs and last of the great chiefs. Works jointly with the human leaders.
Frederick Vertin: Human general, works closely with Darmckin.

-Host Religious Head: Pater Sernion, a Justinian Priest

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Freg Gerntef: Aged and wizened, this warrior fought as a young man against the tides that sieged Harnia so long ago. This warrior scholar leads the way to researching the children of darkness, but damaging his own mental stability in the process. He had gained the title of hero during his many research adventures, slaying large evil creatures and saving those he brought along countless times. However there is another reason this aging bull is considered a hero. As the stories say, he was taken aside by an old Harnian god during the siege of Harnia and rewarded for his bravery as a champion of the dying god and blessed with divine magic in return for committing his life to two quests.

The first quest was to discover the secrets of the dark plague and how to defeat it, the second quest was kept hidden from the others and only the other appointed heros of the now dead god know the nature of the secret task.

Silini of Harnia: This young woman has the figure of a human, with a matching face, but bears on her head the horns of the minotaur and the tail to complete the image. She is rumored to be born of a human female and fathered by one of the now dead Harnian gods. She currently is under the wing of Freg, and helps him with his deteriorating state of mind when not assisting a new assault proposed by Frederick or Darmckin.

Grogtag the large: Blessed by the dead god of Harnia with the last breaths of the diety he was given all the remaining strength of the entity to match his towering muscular stature.

- Jernkin Gog: The third of the dead gods heroes, this minotaur as devoted his life to the destruction of the enemy at all costs and has more than one turned the tide of a battle

Hernk the Light: A minotaur blessed by Magnus and the usual mediator between Harnian and Human despite his late entry to the Horns. Before he joined the prestigious order of crusader and redeemer he grew up a a Harnian fugitive within one of the many groups of displaced minotaurs.

CULTURAL
-History of the Host: After the complete destruction of Harnia by the hands of the dark forces, the surviving minotaurs rallied under the warchief Darmckin and prepared for a (suicidal) counter attack. The minotaurs were interrupted by offers of help from one of the holy cities armies of crusaders, promising the return of their land for help in crusading against the darkness. Darmckin was convinced that without first crusading against the evil and bringing light to the centre of the storm, reclaiming any land would be impossible and hard to handle even if so. After this quick persuasion the minotaurs needed little more incentive to accept the help at the cost of the new objective. Women and children Harnians were sent away and the remaining Bulls forged an alliance with the human crusaders, and quickly swore to fight to the last Bull until Harnia was reclaimed and the darkness vanquished.

After many years of combating the darkness the Horns of Harnia raised bases across the lands under the advice of Frederick Vertin, and quickly began recruiting with the housing nations permission. The various new recruits tend to feel secure in their choice of host as The Horns have grown to be known as experts in countering the dark plague as their most senior member, Freg Gerntef, literally wrote the book on it.

-Relations (This is very important for hosts as hosts have to pass through realms)
-Customs and Traditions: The veteran members of the Horns of Harnia who had first formed under Darmckin had cut the tips of their tails off as the old Harnian contract meaning that they will either complete their task, or prefer death in action. A pact that they live up to flawlessly and a pact usually recreated by younger minotaurs who are recruited, the very same children once sent away with those unable to fight returning to defend their long lost land.

[YandereNoodle]

Changed my mind again. Going to put up a faefolk host soon.

[YandereNoodle]

Can there be a modifier on pixie folk? Like these are 3-5 inch pixies.

[The Captain]

Giantkin signing in. Need to finish Magic, History/Culture, and Characters.

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The Order of Ignis
Banner: The Sunburst of Ignis
-Holy City Benefactor: N/A
-Original Primary Objective: Destroy the darkness by any means necessary
-Original Secondary Objectives: Take back any homelands lost by the Darkness
-Host Size: 250,000
-Unique Trait #1: We shall know no fear: Due to training and a combination of some of the veterans cutting their eyes out or blindfolding themselves in battle, Veteran slayers are immune to being afraid of the spawns of darkness, but this does not mean they can't be routed or scared of other things.
-Unique Trait #2: Sixth Sense: Due to veterans cutting out their eyes some who are magically entuned can feel spawn of darkness in the ground and track them with this, some of the stronger ones can even feel the presence of a great gathering of consciousness. Many who touch it though do go insane due to hearing all of those voices at once.
-Unique Flaw #1: Veteran Saving:Very few make it to veteran status as fighting the darkness often kills many, and those who do are revered so veterans fight very rarely but when brought to the battlefield normally tides are turned.
-Unique Flaw #2 Recruit Everybody: The Order of Ignis recruits everybody regardless of race,creed, or history. There are even entire Penal regiments where prisoners are offered the chance to fight instead of rotting in dungeons, this leads to a lot of infighting

PATRONAGE & GEOGRAPHIC
-Host Map: Founded upon the ruins of whitewall each man swore an oath upon his homelands that they would take back their home. Somewhere along the they made an alliance with Minotaurs, and were granted Asylum withing the borders of the Caadori Empire.
-Founding Location: White Wall
-Patron Realms: The Caadori Empire
-Map

Map locations

The Star represents The Chalice and The Pentagon represents The Cauldron.

-Host Headquarters Location: The Chalice, a keep outside the Captial city of the Caadori Empire
-Major Host Strongholds: The Chalice, and The Cauldron which is situated closest to the border with the darkness but still within the Caadori Empire
-Buildings of Interest: The Chalice is a simple keep, two tiers of walls a pit in front. and the keep it's self. It looks really unspectacular but due to the help of some of the dwarves within their armies their is an extensive underground tunnel complex. The Cauldron is where most of the army is and where they wait and watch for the Darkness so they can ride out to meet them. It's just a simple timber fort and camp.

RACIAL
-Majority Race: Humans
-Majority Race Appearance: They look like humans, all shapes, sizes, and colors
-Majority Race Characteristics Normal human characteristics, but the strongest trait about humans is their determination and their adaptability
-Minority Races: Any and all
-Minority Race Apearance(s): Various
-Minority Race Characteristics: Depends on Species

RELIGION & MAGIC
-Host Religion: Various, all religions are accepted
-Holy Relics In Possession:N/a
-Holy Sites Under Control: N/a
-Hosts Magical Arsenal: Some of the veterans senses are heightened by magic almost like a form of clairvoyance some can even feel dark spawn.

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 250,000 (Everyone fights and dies)
-Military Details: There are many different regiments and formations within the order but the prominent four are as follows:

The Fighter Corp

The fighter corp also known as "Toy soldiers" or "the Rickety Army" come in all shapes and sizes all different types of armors and weapons, but they all share one thing in common they come voluntary into their ranks. Their nicknames come from the fact that some of their gear is little more than farming tools and cracked leathers. They have been known to let children as young as 13 years old into their ranks as well. Calvary front line archers and crossbow men, and The medical corp or cutters, fall into the fighter corps ranks. Two sub orders within the Corp are the Knights of Ruin, veterans of wars against all types of enemies and men who have survived encounters with the darkness normally they come from towns and cities that have been claimed by the darkness and they want to take it back. The other group are Warders who are weapon masters that are set to guard Mages some mages have multiple warders.

Ranger Corp

The Ranger corp are elite fighters and Guerrilla tacticians normally sent ahead of the main army to scout out land or wage hit and run tactics against their enemies, their preference for weapons are normally bows, swords, knives, and distraction devices, most of the races in this group are elves, humans, and other races that have great stamina and intelligence. The Ranger corp is generally the eyes and ears of The Order, A common nickname for the Rangers are "Warrior-Diplomats" as they act as diplomats with other realms and tribes The Order encounters."

The Farseers

The mages within the Order generally they are set as leaders, there are very few mages in the order about 1000 or so. There are two groups that are at odds with each other's philosophy. The Order of the sun, who believes the darkness can only be beat with light magic and healing they are generally considered good and kind and are known to offer healing services to any town the order is currently camped in, the other group is known as The Order of the Moon who believes in fighting fire with fire, so fighting the darkness with dark magic and necromancy. They generally are solitary people and loners but they are powerful practitioners of the dark.

The Dungeon Rot regiments or The prison Regiments

Just like the name says prisoners who are gathered into regiments and offered their freedom for three years service, as one can expect they don't live very long and are shambled with the bare minimum of equipment. Some are even sent out into the fields without weapons and are expected to pick them up as they go along the battlefield. The only thing these guys are more afraid of than the forces of darkness are their officer at their backs who are brutal and often violent members recruited from some of the best in the Fighters Corp.

Numbers: Fighters Corp: 150,000. 100,000 frontline fighters 20,000 Calvary troops, 25,000 Archers, 2,000 Warders, 3,000 Knights of Ruin
Ranger:Corp: 50,000
The Farseers: 1,000, 800 In the order of the sun, 200 In the order of the moon
Prisoner Regiments: 49,000
LEADERSHIP DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Host Leader: Lord Ivor of Whitewall, Nobody has seen his face and he refuses to take off his helmet until Whitewall is retaken. He only takes it off when he is completely and utterly alone.
-Host Religious Head:N/a
-Persons of Interest: General Of the Fighters Corp: Sir Lokir Darkgrin
Officer and Commander of The Knight's of ruin: Aella Sorenn of Silverwind
Warder to Farseer Marius: Roland Sorenn
Warder to Farseer Bareen: Luris Dar'Vein
Leader of the Ranger's Corp: Havarr of Tear
The Farseers Leader of the Order of the sun: Bareen Krag of Goldenholme
The Farseers Leader of the Order of the Moon: Marius Vanorick
General of the Dungeon Rot Regiments: Valrius Black

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Ivor of Whitewall
-Roland Sorenn

CULTURAL
-History of the Host: The Order of Ignis was created from refugees, from orphans, and from those who had lost homes or families to the darkness these people were tired of feeling hunted, they were tired of running, and they wanted their homes back so they armed themselves and flocked under one banner, that banner was Lord Ivor's sunburst. Lord Ivor, king of whitewall now an exile and a refugee from his homeland had them trained, and had word sent to everybody who would hear them. People came more than Ivor had expected and soon they were a great host. But with no land and no home to call their own they wandered.

Eventually the ruler of the Caadori Empire saw a use for the order and allowed them lands within their great nation, which Ivor graciously accepted, but very few from the Caadori are actually allowed into their keeps. As the groups rituals, rites, and veritable melting pot of everything might be a little too much for some to handle. But they keep to themselves and only small groups of them actually visit with the Caadori people.
-Relations: Good all around the board they especially love to help nations who are losing to the darkness.
-Customs and Traditions: There are very many traditions and customs within the Order as they don't discriminate, but there are many customs made up by them to keep up morale.

Fighters Corp customs: Generally they beat their shields or their chests during battle, war crys, chants, drunken parties, all around debauchery. A favorite custom of the Fighters Corp is to smear ash on their faces and bodies.
Ranger Corps Customs: Trophy taking it's not uncommon to see rangers with hands, or other body parts around their neck or woven into their clothes, pelt wearing, they also paint each others faces with dyes and paints sometimes for fun like the occasional flower or something but other times it's for camouflage.
Farseer Customs: Nobody knows what the farseer customs are or if they even have customs.
The Dungeon Rot Regiments: Their only custom is blooding in, where they cut hands and share blood.

[Wernher]

I'm there.

[YandereNoodle]

The Firmehi Swarm

THE HOST
-Holy City Benefactor: South
-Original Primary Objective: Self-preservation
-Original Secondary Objectives: Grow the Swarm
-Host Size: 1,000,000+
-Unique Trait #1: High Army Regen Rate: Firmehi breed like the vermin they’re renowned for being, a Firmehi female can have upwards of thirty children before her death.
-Unique Trait #2: Hidden Sanctuary: As one of the Cradle Pantheon's few devout races, the Cradle keeps an eye on their little hungry friends. While they dislike the acts of theft from peasants, they see great use in these tiny devours as a means of environment control. The spirit gods own pruning sheers, they are sometimes directed from the southern holy city to cut away overgrowth and excess as a means of keeping both physical and cosmic balance, like a fire clearing a forest. With service and connection to the Spirit gods comes boons. The Cradle Pantheon actively protects their little friends temporary homes. Forest animals will assist them. The very forests will almost consciously try to conceal them. (Practical effect: Being attacked while located in a forest or jungle blocks gives very high chance of the Cradle Pantheon attempting to indirectly assist. A very small chance also exists of a Spirit God of the Cradle Pantheon intervening directly with their own physical form)
-Unique Flaw #1: Extreme Weakness to Cold: Firmehi swarms can’t traverse Tundra, Steppe, Mountain, or Arctic terrains. They’re also particularly vulnerable to ice magic.
-Unique Flaw #2: The Bigger Fish: There is already a locust eating at the roots of the world... and it does not share food. The Darkness while having seemingly no more or less visible hatred or interest in the Firmehi, the Darkness always seems to target them first when it expands outward. Its reasons for doing so is unknown beyond rumour and speculation, however the facts remain: Where the Darkness goes, the Firmehi die in mind-boggling numbers. The small creatures seem to have no defence against the unknowable absolute will. (Effect: Firmehi have far more worse days when facing the Darkness)

PATRONAGE & GEOGRAPHIC

-Founding Location: Southern City
-Patron Realms: None.
-Host Headquarters Location: None.
-Major Host Strongholds: None.
-Buildings of Interest: None.

RACIAL
-Majority Race: Firmehi Sprites (100%)
-Majority Race Appearance: Humanoid fairyfolk, 3-5 inches tall, wide spectrum of hair and eye colors, unclothed
-Majority Race Characteristics: Short Lived, High Fertility, High Mobility, Low Strength, Strict Hierarchy, High Perception,
-Majority Race Overview:
They structure themselves according to a stength-based alpha-male structure, males are drastically rarer amongst the Firmehi population and make up the bulk of the leadership amongst the swarm. The alpha is the obvious head, his sons, brothers and occasionally uncles all fall under him and are granted their own harem, unsurprisingly female for the purpose of reproducing and as warriors. Succession in the Firmehi alpha structure is decided in full-blown war between generals. When an alpha male dies, civil war breaks out amongst the Firmehi swarm, in most cases the size of the swarm is reduced by over half.

When a new alpha is chosen he is blessed by the Cradle Pantheon and given magical ability to raise them to LEGENDARY status, Firmehi biology allows only males to trickle magic ability, for these two reasons the direct male line of an alpha have magical ability for the next three generations. If a line fails to place an alpha then it gradually falls out of magical ability and when a line fails to produce any magically-sensitive offspring those offspring are abandoned by the swarm.

Firmehi swarms are parasitic nomads; they travel from realm to realm harassing farmers and livestock to sustain their large populations. While generally sticking to tree-fruits, in the east Firmehi are known to slaughter cattle and devour it within a night. As a result, Firmehi are seen among common pests and have poor relations with most realms. This denotation is not entirely false, Firmehi culture is excessively savage compared to the civilized realms, while attacks directly on humanoid populations are few and far between, a starving swarm will consume anything organic.

Firmehi have razor sharp teeth that they use to gnash through fruit and flesh as well as retractable claws. Individually a Firmehi sprite is not much of a threat - except perhaps to other Firmehi - their true strength comes in numbers, an unstoppable barrage of tiny blades that can tear apart a cow in a matter of minutes. The only known deterrent for Firmehi is the cold and ice-based magic. The cold causes a Firmehi’s wings to beat slower than normal and they can’t fly, migration patterns show swarms retreat to the South Holy City every winter to avoid the frost, many are wiped out in the first big cold of the season and on the retreat to the Southern City.

The Firmehi, like other sapient races, have developed language, however their vocal cords are so short that the frequency of their voices cannot be heard by other humanoid races. They can, however, be picked up by animals, most notably cats.

RELIGION & MAGIC
-Host Religion: Dyradicism
-Holy Relics In Possession: None
-Holy Sites Under Control: None
-Hosts Magical Arsenal: Healing, Field Barriers, Elemental Magic

MILITARY
-Total Military Size: 1,000,000+
-Military Details: 900 Firmehi Male Masters
9000 Firmehi Male Mages
990,000 Firmehi Females

LEADERSHIP DRAMATIS PERSONAE
-Host Leader: Bora Khan
-Host Religious Head: Bora Khan

HEROIC DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Bora Khan - Firmehi Alpha, LEGENDARY grade hero,

CULTURAL
-History of the Host: The Firmehi Swarm has existed for a millennia and harassing farmers ever since.
-Relations: Poor Everywhere

[Monkeypants]

all right. I got my location marked. gonna work on the nation proper now. got a lot to do..

[Isotope]

Yay western peoples!

[Monkeypants]

Do you even remember me? Shit dude it hasn't been that long since our last RP. Same with serp.. I mean damn.