ClocktowerEchos

You're Alone, You're On Your Own [Code Geass Universe Story-Based RP] [SHUT DOWN, CLOSED INDEFINITELY]

Stratovarius di Valihad

"Are you showing your face, or just wearing another mask?"

Name

Stratovarius di Valihad

Age

19

Gender

Male

Social Status

Britannian

Appearance:

Stratovarius is a tall and strapping young man, child of a noble he has the air of sophistication and grace. His white hair shines like silver while his crimson eyes gleam like rubies. His sharp face carries a friendly smile, a charm to all but masks his otherwise dubious nature.

Personality:

A soldier by birth, a rebel by heart, Stratovarius has a very amicable and friendly mask. He's humor is good and is generally a pleasure to be around. He also seems like a run of the mile soldier, taking orders without much hesitation most the time. While he isn't tactical genius level smart, he's intelligent enough to make plans and know what he's doing.

However, given the chance, Stratovarious will venomously denounce the empire and its ways, seeing its ideals of natural selection to be biassed. He believes that while he can change it, he's in no real position to do such a thing after his chance at greatness was swept away, leaving him only the ability to scorn Britannia for as long as he breaths.

History:

Stratovarius was born to a noble family, the House of Valihad. While no royal family, it did well for itself, often able to place its children in high places. Stratovarius himself was the fourth oldest in all of his nine siblings and third to the family name. He had joined the army like his parents and his siblings in hopes of rising through the ranks, but he was assigned to Japan to watch over a local garrason force.

As the wars elsewhere raged on, many of his siblings where killed in the heavy fighting. Stratovarius, like a good Britannian, accepted these losses as a natural part of life, but thankful his youngest siblings where safe at home. Or so he thought.

Other noble families had long looked with envy at the posistions the Valihad family often held and one such family decided to do soemthign to change it. One faithful day, a group of heavily armed gunmen burst into the family estate, overpowered the guards and slaughtered everyone inside. No one was spared as they razed the entire place to the ground to the point not even the ashes would be found. Stratovarius was training to become a commander but was utterly destroyed by the news. Whatever family wasn't killed in fighting, was gunned downed at the family home.

The sole Valihad had completely lost it when he found out it was the rival families who did it but received no support from the courts or anyone else. Stratovarius was even shunned for being weak, forced to watch his prized position given away to some other noble who had "demonstrated strength and traits desirable of leadership". He was even refused access to return home to see what was left of his home. No longer able to comply with the empire's attitude, he renounces the ideology of "survival of the fittest" as there was no way his siblings could have protected themselves from lead bullets. A flame burn inside of him, calling for vengeance which burns the fuel of hatred and disgust, but Stratovarius masked his fears so he could continue to live without inspection. Heir to the family wealth, he swore an oath that he would never forgive the Empire for razing his very past and writing off his emotions as "weakness".

Relationships w/ Other Characters

Good acquaintances with Elies Rosencrantz despite not knowing her personally outside the times they've had contact within the military.

Goals

See to the end of the current school of thought in Britannia which itself lends to greater plans.

Skills

- Military Training
- Knightmare Frame Piolting
- Commanding People/Leadership

Likes

- The remaining photos of his family which he keeps in a zealous well kept album
- His pistol
- Strategy Games

Dislikes

- "Survival of the fittest:
- Over optimism
- Gungho "plans" with little thought behind them

An Age Of Glory - Industrial Era RP set in a Pseudo-Europe

@ClocktowerEchos
Duck's already got the Kaiser Germany stuff taken. Unless you're a fractured state from his nation, that decided to just be under their own leader or something.

@WilsonTurner

Changed

Clock's Clockery of Clockage for Clocky CS's

Grand Kingdom of Ostvinberg

Government

The empire is unsurprisingly run by an absolute Kaiser (emperor) or Kaizerin (empress) who controls all major matters of state affairs. In typical fashion, heirs are chosen from a royal dynasty which happens to be the Schwarzhart Dynasty. However, heirs are chosen exclusively by age, meaning that girls can become queens who head the family. When this happens, heir are usually a brother of the queen unless she marries someone of suitable nobility.

In recent years, after protest and reforms, the Reich Administratum was formed as an administrative body to assist and limit the monarch's power. So far its been a good success, each area electing a representative to the court thus getting a somewhat even idea of the opinions of the land while also ensuring the monarch doesn't do anything to rash.

Economy

The Ostvinberg economy is based on a stable but pragmatic industry of mining and metal. The high mountains of the empire are blessed with fruitful deposit of iron and coal, cliffs are adorned with sprinkles of gold and silver. Officials boast that Ostvinberg is the most technologically advanced nation in the world because of its metals and its processing abilities, wether these claims are true or not, ehh.

The nation exports just about anything made of metal or stone and its signature Ostvinberg steel is said to be of the best steel to be found anywhere. Outside of metal products, the kingdom also pumps out fine foodstuffs, exquisite stone and furs and hides. Perhaps one of the largest draw back to living in the mountains is farming. While there are programs and terrance faming techniques in place, Ostvinberg is still very heavily reliant on substance farming, producing only as they need or a tiny bit extra to feed themselves. Along with common foodstuffs, they also import lumber, fabric and occasionally timber.

Military

The Ostvinberg Legion is not to go beat the shit out of someone else, but making sure Ostvinberg doesn't get its shit man handled. The Legion is famous for its fortifications, strong and sturdy as the mountains themselves some say. Supporting this is an excellent network of tunnels and caravans to supply the troops through. However, because of the extra care that is taken in ensuring the safety of these logistics, the Legion as a whole move slowly through territory which isn't controlled by them and lacks the roads and tunnels. But, once they stop somewhere to dig in, they plan to stay; you're going to need a hell of a lot of effort to displace them.

Actual professional army wise, the army is pretty small. Ostvinberg has a unique system where all males have to serve two years in the Landwher. Should they pursue a career in the army, they are put through training and become part of the Bergenwache, a full time professional soldier. Most common weapons to the army is not actually the musket. Because soldiers are expected to be on the defensive, the rifle is a much more common weapon, a slower fire rate is considered an acceptable trade for range and accuracy. The Landwher are expected to to provide sheer weight of fire through the use of carbines and blunderbusses.

Supporting the footmen is an array of the finest artillery the Empire provides. This ranges from normal cannons, howitzers and mortars, to unothrodox and often exclusive rockets, repeating cannons and even mitriltrus guns

As one could expect, cavalry is not a heavy focus for Ostvinberg, but despite this, they field the elite Winged Lancers whose metal wings howl through the battlefield, sending fear into the even the bravest troops.

Ostvinberg has a small, put powerful fleet of steam powered, iron plated warships. Much of its naval power comes from its trade ships which isn't all to useful in a naval battle, but good to trade as one would expect.

Culture

Ostvinberg is a nation of engineers, industrialists and architects, all of them striving to prove themselves in whatever way they can. This competitive nature and run for perfection combined with a refined education system leads to both an intelligent and literate population. While its education system has less philosophical and more pragmatic focus which generally leads to more technological advancements, its still gives enough thinkers to stir trouble up. For the most part, additional bells and whistles are sidelined in society in favor of simpler clothing but every family still has a set of very fancy, ornate clothing, often handed down the generations.

History

In the old times, Ostvinberg was a land shrouded in misty mountain fog who rarely came out of their stone walls except to trade food for metals. Other tribes and hordes have attempted to attack and conquer the lands, only to either freeze to death in the siege or to be slaughtered with unconventional tactics of the people who zealously defended their homes. Even naval invasions where difficult as beaches were often protected and even had rudimentary sea walls in some cases. To this day, only the Norian Empire has ever truly breached the walls of the mountains and conquered Ostvinberg.

Once the Empire began to fall, the great walls of Ostvinberg once again rose, shutting out much of the world. Seeing their parent nation collapse greatly unerved the noblility and royality of Ostvinberg, who to this day looked to a new land which they could run too should the nation suffer the same fate as the Norians.

In modern times, they are much more open then they were previously, open trading and free (if not heavily guarded) borders. However, they still look to the horizon in their ancient goal of hoping to find a new promised land should, a realm reborn.

Territory

The most defining feature of the empire is mountains.

Other

An Age Of Glory - Industrial Era RP set in a Pseudo-Europe

Just my current NS. Still needs a little work.

Glory to Ostvinberg!

Grand Kingdom of Ostvinberg

Government

The empire is unsurprisingly run by an absolute Emperor who controls all major matters of state affairs. In typical fashion, heirs are chosen from a royal dynasty which happens to be the Schwarzhart Dynasty. However, heirs are chosen exclusively by age, meaning that girls can become queens who head the family. When this happens, heir are usually a brother of the queen unless she marries someone of suitable nobility.

In recent years, after protest and reforms, the Reich Administratum was formed as an administrative body to assist and limit the monarch's power. So far its been a good success, each area electing a representative to the court thus getting a somewhat even idea of the opinions of the land while also ensuring the monarch doesn't do anything to rash.

Economy

The Ostvinberg economy is based on a stable but pragmatic industry of mining and metal. The high mountains of the empire are blessed with fruitful deposit of iron and coal, cliffs are adorned with sprinkles of gold and silver. Officials boast that Ostvinberg is the most technologically advanced nation in the world because of its metals and its processing abilities, wether these claims are true or not, ehh.

The nation exports just about anything made of metal or stone and its signature Ostvinberg steel is said to be of the best steel to be found anywhere. Outside of metal products, the kingdom also pumps out fine foodstuffs, exquisite stone and furs and hides. Perhaps one of the largest draw back to living in the mountains is farming. While there are programs and terrance faming techniques in place, Ostvinberg is still very heavily reliant on substance farming, producing only as they need or a tiny bit extra to feed themselves. Along with common foodstuffs, they also import lumber, fabric and occasionally timber.

Military

The Ostvinberg Legion is not to go beat the shit out of someone else, but making sure Ostvinberg doesn't get its shit man handled. The Legion is famous for its fortifications, strong and sturdy as the mountains themselves some say. Supporting this is an excellent network of tunnels and caravans to supply the troops through. However, because of the extra care that is taken in ensuring the safety of these logistics, the Legion as a whole move slowly through territory which isn't controlled by them and lacks the roads and tunnels. But, once they stop somewhere to dig in, they plan to stay; you're going to need a hell of a lot of effort to displace them.

Actual professional army wise, the army is pretty small. Ostvinberg has a unique system where all males have to serve two years in the Landwher. Should they pursue a career in the army, they are put through training and become part of the Bergenwache, a full time professional soldier. Most common weapons to the army is not actually the musket. Because soldiers are expected to be on the defensive, the rifle is a much more common weapon, a slower fire rate is considered an acceptable trade for range and accuracy. The Landwher are expected to to provide sheer weight of fire through the use of carbines and blunderbusses.

Supporting the footmen is an array of the finest artillery the Empire provides. This ranges from normal cannons, howitzers and mortars, to unothrodox and often exclusive rockets, repeating cannons and even mitriltrus guns

As one could expect, cavalry is not a heavy focus for Ostvinberg, but despite this, they field the elite Winged Lancers whose metal wings howl through the battlefield, sending fear into the even the bravest troops.

Ostvinberg has a small, put powerful fleet of steam powered, iron plated warships. Much of its naval power comes from its trade ships which isn't all to useful in a naval battle, but good to trade as one would expect.

Culture

Ostvinberg is a nation of engineers, industrialists and architects, all of them striving to prove themselves in whatever way they can. This competitive nature and run for perfection combined with a refined education system leads to both an intelligent and literate population. While its education system has less philosophical and more pragmatic focus which generally leads to more technological advancements, its still gives enough thinkers to stir trouble up. For the most part, additional bells and whistles are sidelined in society in favor of simpler clothing but every family still has a set of very fancy, ornate clothing, often handed down the generations.

History

In the old times, Ostvinberg was a land shrouded in misty mountain fog who rarely came out of their stone walls except to trade food for metals. Other tribes and hordes have attempted to attack and conquer the lands, only to either freeze to death in the siege or to be slaughtered with unconventional tactics of the people who zealously defended their homes. Even naval invasions where difficult as beaches were often protected and even had rudimentary sea walls in some cases. To this day, only the Norian Empire has ever truly breached the walls of the mountains and conquered Ostvinberg.

Once the Empire began to fall, the great walls of Ostvinberg once again rose, shutting out much of the world. Seeing their parent nation collapse greatly unerved the noblility and royality of Ostvinberg, who to this day looked to a new land which they could run too should the nation suffer the same fate as the Norians.

In modern times, they are much more open then they were previously, open trading and free (if not heavily guarded) borders. However, they still look to the horizon in their ancient goal of hoping to find a new promised land should, a realm reborn.

Territory

The most defining feature of the empire is mountains.

Other

The Sun Will Never Set (Reboot)

Oops, Wrong RP >///<

The Sun Will Never Set (Reboot)

<Snipped quote by Cyclone>

Well, some of my exports are chemicals and chemicals are really easy to use/make, so I'd probably have a stock of chlorine shells and mustard gas somewhere. But I'd be hesitant to use them unless I really, really despise someone, like the rare northern rebels.

@Voltus_Ventus

Please tell me you don't put Fuso under the "northern rebel" tab D:

The Sun Will Never Set (Reboot)

<Snipped quote by Mihndar>V2s are actually pretty advanced as far as rocketry goes even if they weren't so amazing as weapons.
Though the fact they were literally impossible to intercept by WW2 methods made them downright scary in the political sense.
I suggest limiting them to later game.
With you we have 3 factions of 3 different interests working on their own rocket program so I think it'd be fun if we have a bit of arms race.

@Willy Vereb

You don't need rockets, just use lots and lots of fireworks
_{>totally not planning a Fuso Space Program}

What Is The Avatar Above Thinking? Version 2.0

Dis leaf... dis leaf kill mai fam...dis leave wanna shank me... furk

You're Alone, You're On Your Own [Code Geass Universe Story-Based RP] [SHUT DOWN, CLOSED INDEFINITELY]

An Age Of Glory - Industrial Era RP set in a Pseudo-Europe

<Snipped quote by ClocktowerEchos>

No Anschluss from Not-Japan pls.

@TheSage

I'm not playing as not-Japan, its more like not-Switzerland

#RIPFuso
#NoticeMeGodEmperorSan
#Fuso-Ryukyu-YamataiLivesMatter