Cyclone

The king is dead, long live the king! [Reboot] [5/7]

There. Enter Chugo, with his plan to force the nobles to let their lands be looted or be branded as traitors and face death gather some taxes and then kill off all the traitors and poor people in one fell swoop! What could go wrong?

The king is dead, long live the king! [Reboot] [5/7]

Emissary of the Khargat Khanate

Before the light of the sun crept through the window of his new chambers, Chugo's desk was illuminated by a candle. The Bey had his many vices, yet never had he lacked diligence. In his new position he had no time to dawdle, and so he had been long at work on his desk scrawling out letters to report back to the Khan, continuing to manage his estate, reading what news was sent to him, and formulating and rethinking his plans.

So when an attendant came to rap upon his door early in the morn, the man might have been surprised to find the Bey on his feet and opening the door within a few seconds. Already Chugo wore a garb of some of his most exquisite robes, and when the servant relayed the king's summons Chugo thanked him and closed the door. Not two minutes later, the door opened once more and Chugo strode confidently out. He was not the first to arrive despite having been perhaps the most prepared, for he had enjoyed a slow walk through the halls to admire the various tapestries and decorations throughout the castle.

So it was that he walked in precisely on time and seeming as carefree as one could imagine, for he didn't even bother to look around the room to observe his fellow advisers or either of the two faces that had not made an appearance the day prior. But appearances were deceiving; in reality the Bey was very perceptive to his surroundings and he took in every detail and examined every person...he just made a conscious effort to hide how he was sizing them all up. Slowly he walked around the table before he arrived at a seat directly opposite to that of Bastien de Warenne. He would not hide on the opposite side of the table from that fool, and after the incident in which the knight drew his sword, Chugo would just as well be sure to never let the Dieuporteillan out of his sight in meeting such as these.

The King began the meeting with a short oration that then transitioned into an introduction to the Gran General and some hag that they took for a holy woman. The Bey nodded in respect to the Grand General for he had heard of the man before, and he remained emotionless towards Tirgana. Chugo was not the most zealous man to begin with, and he knew all too well that a second 'insult' to the Faith of Man would be a grave mistake indeed. The king finally moved on to an awkward lecture on why the table had its shape, and then at the behest of Rurik's whisper the king abruptly stopped and moved on. 'Fools.'

Chugo attempted to keep his face placid as Elendin went on, but when mention of rebellion in the west came up his interest was visibly piqued. 'I had not heard word of that this morning...' he thought, but in the end such news was hardly surprising. If ever was a good time to rebel, it was now. Though he would speak nothing of it, indeed he knew that many voices among the Khanate agitated for independence as well.

Chugo was silent and gathered his thoughts for a moment after the King demanded his counsel from the advisers. Layna opened her mouth to spew out a few words that amounted to little more than useless drivel, and Chugo felt a mild longing to put the useless girl in her place, for women had no place in politics. And then came another courier, and Bastien was at once recalled to his homeland!

'An unexpected development and a welcome respite,' Chugo thought smugly, 'and I wonder if my men could make sure that he never reaches home...the fighting pits would pay well to own a man like him! No, too easy...let him slowly toil to death as a galley slave...'

Laxion meanwhile began his speech, and Chugo quickly snapped back into attention and listened. Afterwards, he shook his head in disagreement and spoke, "What the scholar speaks of is nothing less than treachery. To be sure, it would work and you'd kill them all. But never again would men trust your amnesty and never again would men dare surrender to you, for they would know that doing so only guarantees their death. You wind up with desperate men that will fight you until the bitter end.

The best approach is to offer them all the chance to show their loyalty, and then ruthlessly suppress those that would rise up. Why sully your reputation with betrayal and treachery when you can instead show your strength and win through brute force? I suggest that you simply send an army to the west to collect this year's taxes in full. The ones that pay will have proven their loyalty to the crown, or else funded the armies of the very empire that they intend to rebel against. I think the little lords will all be inclined to pay with an army at their doorstep, but should they dare refuse, simply execute them for traitors and seize their lands. Perhaps their holdings would be a suitable reward to those lords that do show their loyalty through gold."

The king is dead, long live the king! [Reboot] [5/7]

I'm going to try to post today within 7 or 8 hours and have him come in on time

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

>contemplates if I'm biting off more than I can chew
>naw, I'm just lazy and take forever to write solo posts. Collabs and such give me motivation :3

@Iktomi

I'm in something of a frenzy to get out a few important posts that need to be written ASAP and am working with Wong to make his demigod soon, but I was eventually going to make some heroes (or better yet, a demigod) in charge of seasons.

If the Domains of seasons, ice, the oceans, wind, or something similar are at all interesting tomyou then by all means we can talk something out :3

You'd just have to bear with me, and I'll give you the fair warning that it might be a week or two before I'd be able to get around to doing that.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@AzazelSlayer

Plague as I suggested it was a portfolio not a domain. Making it ito a domain would probably be ill-advised because you'd branch out and just be Plagues(Ebola, Runny Noses, the Blight that killed off that species of tasty bananas...)

See the problem? Having plague as a dominion doesn't leave much room for interesting portfolios unless you're really creative and do something like (AIDs infected prostitutes).

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Cyclone I always thought that Chaos (Change) was better than Change (Air) but your call.

@Vec

The distinction between Zeph's Change and Vestec/Amartia's Chaos is definitely there, and IMO Change(Air) better captures his nature whilst leaving room for expansion into portfolios like (Energy). Perhaps Change(Storms) would have been better, but...

"I am perfection made divine and pristine in every facet; cast your sight unto my brilliance and witness a conglomerate of sacred eddies made into one great storm! Your insolence will be your downfall, little insect, for I am the Supreme Being and I serve no petty ideals of the foolish path that is Chaos."

...yeah, just listen to Zeph ;p

Suffer his boasting just a little bit longer Enjoy his fabulous monologues while they last, for soon the god of Change will be Changed in a most profound way.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@CycloneI believe Ice is a Portfolio of Water.

@Vec

You can stuff a portfolio under any domain that makes sense. (Even if actually doesn't make sense...)

Hence my Change(Air)

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Alright How about one of these

DemiGod of destruction

DemiGod of violent upheaval

DemiGod of master manipulation

DemiGod of Madness

@AzazelSlayer

Vestec, Sin, and Lazarus have more or less covered those four themes between the three of them

Since you're struggling, I'll help you with a few ideas that should be interesting while not intruding on anyone else:
1) Death(Plague)
2) Water(Ice)
3) Revelry(Cannibalism)
4) Wilds(Forest)
5) Ice(Stillness)

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Cyclone

Ok will take a note of my Grammar and work on my profile a bit more some more Cant say I will post as large as the ones in the IC Thread though.. Will do my best though !

So if I say his Domain is Nightmares ( Fears ) is that good enough because in other Profiles.. That is what they wrote. So I am going to assume that is what you meant. In any Case I am going over the writing with a friend of mine who is a Editor. I see some of the spelling mistakes I made. But will have him go over it for me with comb

But yeah I am going over it now.. I made some edits already and Clarified that the nightmares he is Domain over is Fears. So anything that has to do with fears is ok ?

@AzazelSlayer

Oh don't worry about the size of posts. Matching the length of those IC posts isn't that important. Quality of writing is what we aim for, above quantity.

Nightmares(Fears) works. Previously you had Nightmares as a domain but no portfolio, which is why I just suggested you add (Fears) as the portfolio.

From how you're talking it looks like you're not entirely familiar with what we mean when we say Domain(Portfolio). It's an important thing to grasp so I'd recommend you go back to the OP and read that over.

So anything that has to do with fears is ok ?

I don't understand what you're asking, but hopefully going over the OP's section on Domain(Portfolio) can answer that and any other questions you may have

Turning Gears - Fantasy Steampunk Nationgame

I'm interested. I'm thinking about copy-pasting over Moravia from that other RP we were in, although there'd be some moderate changes (all dwarves, much more fascist than it was before, and more magic).

I can dredge up that sheet, polish it, and claim a spot on the map in a few days. Right now I'm travelling and don't have access to a computer.