[CHAR] The king is dead, long live the king! [4/6]

[Pathfinder]

Arlen Tharn, Paragon of Kislav

Name: Arlen Tharn

Age: 37

Appearance

Known for: The Paragon of Kislav, veteran commander of the Kislavian Vanguard

Dirty little secret: Arlen is a bastard

Skills: Veteran warrior, perceptive of people, stubborn

Motto: "Peasant, noble, all blood is red under the Sun."

Kislav

Name of the Province: Kislev

Name of your liege: Lord Argus Oathway

Position: The frozen north

Specialty: Kislav births the single most stubborn people in the kingdom, creating a robust army that makes up in any failings with pure determination and tenacity.

History: Once upon a blue moon Kislav was a humble settlement of miners, farmers, and people strong in will. Through the years it grew and grew until it became a province of its own, filled with men and women as strong as the frozen earth they worked. When the horns of war blared Kislav was one the first to jump to its call. While it lacked a proper military a militia was scrounged up and armed with anything between pitchforks, spears, and pickaxes'. The strength of the people turned the tides of many battles, replacing tools of burden with ones of war after each clash. When the fires of war were extinguished, Kislav had proved itself a worthy and loyal ally. Given gifts of food and steel, Kislav became the staunch protectors of the throne. Their tribute being blood, flesh, and steel. To this day you can ill find a province more loyal and more willing to jump to the call of duty.

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Owain

Name of the Province: Owain
Name of your Liege: Antonio Owainson
Position: East of the kingdom, a port-town.
Speciality: Owain serves as both a trading hub, and a bulwark against the pirates and barbarians in the eastern lands. Her people are highly efficient, creative, and are adept at both fighting and merchantry.

History: Long ago, Owain was settled by its' founder, Leonardo Ashmore. Ashmore named the town in honor of a noble friend of his, and due to a series of events, pure coincidence, this same Noble eventually found himself leading this province and making his own small dynasty. To this day the noble family runs Owain, and its' history is oddly amusing to many of the kingdoms' peoples. While Owain gets few tradeships nowadays, the bandits, uncivilized folks, and pirates in the area Owain was settled make sure it's never that boring, and the provinces' guards are decently experienced. Owain's people also make lovely, unique examples of artwork, alongside unique weapons and armor for the militaristic types.

Example of an Owainian soldier.

Owainian guardsmen and soldiers are a diverse bunch, but they all look somewhat like this when it comes down to it. Owainian military tactics focus on well-trained individuals who are skilled in many forms of combat, featuring armor that is both sturdy yet practical off horse-back. Owainian soldiers still highly prefer the mobility of a horse though.

Jarvis Fischer

Name: Jarvis Fischer
Age: 32
Appearance: Fischer is a wonderously groomed individual of reasonable height and weight. He is caucasian, and brown-haired.
Known For: He is the most well-respected (overall) merchant in Owain, and is quite wealthy indeed. However, he isn't old money, nor does he sit on his wealth: He loves to redistribute his coin all throughout the lands, bringing new industries in and using his funds to train the next generation of craftsmen and soldiers to the best possible extent.
Dirty little secret: -Classified-
Skills: While he has little ability in politicking, (using as many words as possible to say as little as possible) he's quite good at managing money, knowing where to put it, when, why, and how. He's also, most surprisingly, a decent cook.
Motto: "What goes around comes around, so I do my best to spend money."

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Elayne surPael

Name:

Elayne sur'Pael,
Ambassador of the Pale Moors

Age:

28

Appearance

Known for:

She is one of the youngest High Scholars in the history of the Academy of Myrr. She was hailed as a prodigy, but many dark whispers are now revolving around whether or not she obtained her status as a High Scholar by her own intellect, or if something - or somebody - else was at work.

Dirty little secret:

Disclosed – For now.

Skills:

Elayne has the intellect of a Scholar, but the charisma of a politician. She was never one for fighting, and instead uses her wit to smooth her way. If it comes to fighting, however, she isn't to be taken lightly. Though she lacks in raw power, her strategies can get her out of the trickiest situations.

Motto:

“The edge of a well placed word is often sharper than those swords you brutes seem to enjoy carrying around.”

The Pale Moors

Name of the Province:

The Moor of Pale Giants

Name of your liege:

Grimmald sur'Pael,
Blessed by the Sun, Defender of the Rift

Position:

The Pale Moors, as many people call the province, lay on the southwestern border of Emperiat. The capital of this province, Paelsomr, is nestled just on the Great Rift, a monstrous valley that connects Emperiat and the Savage Lands.

Specialty:

Though they boast a commendable force of warriors, they by no means hold an army – instead, their specialties are in their ability to grow many different types of crops due to the climate of the Pale Moors, and in their well-learned scholars and libraries. They use strategy over force, and apply their knowledge to tilling the lands, and to making grand new inventions.

History:

The Pale Moors is a realm of odd, eclectic design. The majority of the land is filled with moors and terraced farms, while giant, sun-bleached mountains jut steeply out of the green landscape, dividing the border of Emperiat and the Savage Lands. Through out the history of the Pale Moors it has been tradition to sculpt these Pale Giants, as they call the mountains, in the likeness of the Grand Kings of Emperiat. In this way the people of the Pale Moors display their fealty to the crown.

The beginnings of this province differ in many historian's books, but one thing seems to hold true throughout: The people who reside here once belonged to the fierce Savage Lands, but they swore allegiance to Emperiat after losing a war. What happened after has been a debate for centuries. Some say that they had rebellions within their people, and those who defied the will of Emperiat were thrown back into the Savage Lands, and that is how their eternal struggle came forth. Others believe that only a select caste were allowed to become part of Emperiat, and the lower caste were left to fend for themselves in the Savage Lands.

Whatever the case may be, the people of the Pale Moors have been at constant war with those who reside in the Savage Lands. In recent years, the attacks from their vigilant foe have been getting increasingly more volatile and insistent.

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Shak Teel, The tounge of Halsen

Name: Shak Teel

Appearance

Age: 36

Known for: He is good with his tounge and mind, making him a fearful opponent in arguments. He helped the lord of Halsen many times, in exchange chunks of land, making him a big lanlord.

Secret: -Secret-

Skills: Sly,Knows people well,Cowardly

Motto: "One is worth nothing without the cunning of a fox."

Halsen

Name of the Province: Halsen

Name of your liege: Lord Robert of the Wolf House

Position: Halsen Valley, an enormous open grasslands, bordered with thick forests, lies near the heart of the empire. It is to Southwest of the Capital province, and takes up most of the land until the Moor, marking the last province and border.The capital, Halsenberg lies in the middle of the valley, overlooking anything happening in the area.

Speciality: Halsen people are of a simple mind, but determined. Whether it is the farmers, or the craftsmen that live in Halsen, they all do their jobs to the best. Stubborn to do only what they see the fit, they are mostly perfectionists.

History: A fertile grassland in the valley of Halsen, it's hostory goes back to the beginning of the times. Many of the first people to live in these lands settled here, finding an abundance of food and wood. After time, mayn more came and soon the Valley became populated by thousands of souls. Smaller settlements traded with each other, until almost every settlement became allies. Around these times people from the Savage lands took people from Halsen as war slaves. After years of chaos, Halsen deided to join the Empire in order to bring end to the madness. Soon the Empire rid Halsen of the savages. There was peace once again. Time passed and the settlements became towns. These towns had more and more people who did jobs to supply farmers. But unstatisfied with the conditions, they made the Master's guild. They united all the towns, and began the construction of Hallsenberg. This city is now the capital of the Halsen province. A massive, hulking city, which is only outmatched by the Capital. Giant golden wheatfields all around, and the best Craftsman housed inside, it supplies most of the food and leather products for the kingdom. But some are unstatisfied with the conditions, and those with great minds often leave to the Pale Moors in seek of knowledge. This makes a constant conflict between the two regions, and past events make it even worse.

[Ryuzaki]

Nation

Province Name:

Yenin

Name of your liege:

Godreik Grenin

Position:

South-west, not touching the Capital Province at all, Instead other provinces cut it off as if to protect the capital from it. It has massive coastline due to the cape it has as well as the gulf just south of said cape.

Specialty:

Yenin is home to merchants of all shapes and sizes, selling a wide variety of wares to the Nobles of the province. While that is the speciality other provinces see, the general population of Yenin knows that most of the residents are theives or crime lords, forced into this life by the extreme debt the province is in as well as the huge taxes that Godreik imposed.

History:

Over 100 years ago, Yenin was a different country from Emperiat named Yesini. Yesini was a generally rich country that rivaled the wealth of Emperiat, and as such, the countrys were constantly at eachother's throats.

Approxamately 114 years ago, the king of Yesini made a threat to invade Emperiat, which the larger country did not take lightly. The military quickly invaded the smaller country, crushing its people in their wake and reaching the capital in a mere 2 days. The next day, the general who led the charge snuck into it's castle and assinated their king. When the war was over Harold Grennin, the general, was appointed Lord of this newly aquired land.

He quickly assembled massive amounts of guards from the Capital from fear of a rebellion, and once his military presence was established, he began to appoint advisors and such to back him. The province never really recovered from the war, and as time went on, the gap between rich and poor began to grow. The Capital of the province teemed with merchants and Nobility, where as the other cities and towns were littered with thieves and assassins.

Around 50 years ago, in Harold's old age he appointed his son, Dunken Grennin, as Lord of the province. Dunken fired his father's advisor and appointed his closest friend, Daniel Halore, to that position. Daniel began to plan something big he called "The Arena", which was supposed to bring more money to the province and fix it's dying economy.

17 years later, his plans were complete and the structure built. It had huge seating areas and 2 underground sections opposite each other which each were filled with different types of weapons and armor. When it first opened, no contestants offered themselves as entertainment for the masses, but not long after, Daniel hatched a plan. He abducted men from their homes by convincing everyone, including Dunken, that they were part of a group with plans to assassinate Dunken, then forced the men to kill each other in the arena for money and a right to be free to the last man standing. After that day, all criminals would be sent to the Arena in place of prison, with the winner of each tournament being set free.

When Dunken reached age 59 around 11 years ago, his son-in-law, Godreik Grenin, killed him from fear that he would keep his place until he died. He pushed the death onto a small crime syndicate - that he used to be in - located just outside the capitol and was awarded the title of Lord when he single-handedly brought them to "justice". Greedy as the man was, he increased the taxes far beyond the nessesary amount and made the Arena more of a tradition than ever.

Character

Name: Ella Halore

Age: 21

Appearance:

Pic

Known for: Being the daughter of Daniel Halore

Dirty little secret: "Secrets are for keeping. ;)" -Ella

Skills: She is very convincing, mostly to men, as she sometimes uses her "assets" to persuade people. She also dabbled in theivery when she was younger.

Motto: "You're only worth what you own!"

[The Narrator]

Saran of Jalehm

Name: Saran of Jalehm
Age: 32
Appearance: A pale man, with a blonde beard woven into a braid and a shaven head. He is quite muscular and tall.
Known for: The Victory in the battle of Suns Peak and his work as the High Inquisitor of Kumur
Dirty little secret: While the High Inquisitor Saran had his own brother executed for heresy of the highest order.
Skills: A more than capable fighter, Saran is quite good with the bow, his fists and a spear. He is also a persuasive talker and especially the peasants fall victim to his authority when preaching.
Motto: "To the king of the heavens even the highest king looks like the lowest peasant."

Kumur

Name of the Province: Kumur
Name of your liege: His Holiness Regent Alfalfa Zun
Position: North East, in the mountainous Region neighboring Kislev
Specialty: Kumur is known for many things. For one its fierce soldiers, its rich culture and the fine craftsmanship. But the whole kingdom came to know its faith. All over Emperiat are temples for Zunit, the sky dwelling God worshiped in Kumur. While worship is different in every region, all followers respect the authority of the Kumur monks.
History: Kumur is a harsh land and well protected by the natural barriers of its mountains. Countless times foreign forces tried to conquer the region but they all failed. Until one King of Emperiat tried something different. He promised the leading caste of monks sovereignty to practice and spread their religion in all of his lands. All the monks had to do was submit them under his rule.
Kumur became a part of Emperiat, while the Church of Zunit is a independent entity within the kingdom, controlled from the top of the mountain Suns Peak.
Kumur has a rather uneventful border with Kislav.

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Arlis

Name: Arlis Grimbacker

Age: 24

Appearance: Tall yet well build young man, with charming looks and lovely hazel eyes and long flowing light brown hair with a well kept and regal looking goatee, Arlis wears fashionable attire with little jewellery except his four golden rings two on each hand one on each index finger and one on each middle finger.

He wears a white tunic with large baggey pantaloons and a pair of black leather boots he also wears a red cape with a hood.

Known for: His singing and his entertaining stories of adventures and myths, which he often tells to younger folk and just people who are interested.

Dirty little secret: He is a major rumourmonger who charges certain amounts of gold coins and other currency for special rumours, he is openly a Servant to the king but he also has another position in the court but no one knows but him.

Skills: Arlis is quite the smooth talker using his charismatic abilities to get himself out of sticky situations, he is also a very talented storyteller and an expert singer.

Motto: "A sword can pierce the heart, but a song can pierce the soul"

Aaywalfal

Name of the Province: Aaywalfal (pronounced AEI-WALL-FELL)

Name of your liege: Barris Aaywalfal

Position: The very centre of the map, surrounded by a mountainous valley speckled with rivers and one large lake.

Specialty: Aaywalfal is a known producers of rocks and minerals, and has many skilled blacksmiths and jewellers which are the best in the kingdom or rather they are the most skilled jewlers and blacksmiths.

Farming is a large part of Aaywalfal's culture, many farms surrounding the main hub of the city.

Also hunting is a large hobby a amongst the citizens of Aaywalfal because of a large amount of wild animals that travel into the valley to drink from the river.

History: Before Barris there was Old king Javvin Garrin Aaywalfal a tyrant ruler and a deviant who worshiped evil deities and sacrificed many citizens later a horde of citizens over ran his palace and burnt him at the stake, the old palace was destroyed by none other than Barris.

Barris was the man behind the death of his own father Javvin he had no remorse for his old man because he was abused and was violated in many ways as a child he had a scar close to his left eye that nearly if his father had hit him just right he would have been blind in that eye.

The kingdom now lives in peace, being the largest mining capital and trade centre King Barris rules happily upon his throne treating his citizens as though they are more than just servants and hunters.

The old king came under rule of his Kingdom long ago when the lands were violent and tyranny was a large habit amongst some of the kings of the world.

Many people rebelled but most rebellions were stamped out of existence the king was much younger than meaning King Barris wasn't born then.

Javvin was an evil man who sacrificed his people to some unknown god that he worshipped but nobody knew which God.

Barris was a teenager when he started a much larger rebellion and now he rules over his people in a kind and just manner.

Aaywalfal became a province through order of its oldest king, Latander Gigamesh an famous warrior and the lands beloved hero.

He founded a small village in the valley with the help of a distant contact who had the kingdom approved in an official way.

He ruled for a long time but was assassinated after fourth years of his reign.

The kingdom is very old about a thousand years old.