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Tverios: The Conquest

Right, that's Wolong's first post up. Hope it's alright, it's been a strange day for me.

Tverios: The Conquest

Chuko Wolong stood and gave his Emperor, master and patron a deferential bow as he entered the hall, noting for perhaps the hundredth time the ease with which the man who might very well be a god instantly gained command of the room. It was the Oromis's intensity, his charisma and sense of purpose that compelled Wolong to serve him, far more effectively than any of his admittedly unusual magic could have done. That and a chance to right the many wrongs that had been done to him, of which this current campaign against the city of Tolos was but the smallest beginning. That was why even before the God-Emperor had entered the room he had been making careful study of his fellow advisers and members of the war council, all while maintaining polite yet warm conversation with those he already knew well.

Selena of the Night Hunters seemed cheerful despite the cold and wet conditions of the hall, passing the time with anecdotes and amusing stories that were perhaps a touch too unrefined for some of the more allegedly cultured members of the war council. The Qaylu hadn't had much in the way of interaction with her though she seemed pleasant enough. He wondered if perhaps there was more to her in cunning and wit than she had initially shown and decided that there must be for her to have risen to command of what passed as the Isles premiere irregular warfare group. Certainly the look on her face as she examined that letter suggested something beyond her rough but cheerful exterior, or else serious personal troubles that he hoped wouldn't compromise her effectiveness. It wasn't his role to spy unless Oromis requested it however, so he merely made a mental note to get to know her better, both to get to know her personally and get a firmer grasp on the capabilities of her unit.

Claes Astra, Commander and General of the Gray Winds, was a very different story. As her company was a recent acquisition, Wolong had gathered what information he could about her and found both her capabilities as a military leader and her level of personal control to be admirable, if also dangerous in the wrong context. Still, he watched with approval as she first grimaced under difficult orders without dissent and then went on to suggest a more than viable alternative in a way that was just respectful enough to avoid seeming contrarian in the eyes of their shared lord.

"General Astra does admittedly know the capabilities of her Winds better than we, Majesty. What's more I find few faults in her deployment that she herself hasn't pointed out and the essence of your tactic to empty the city of Tolos and overtake it should still work as well divided in her manner as it did in your original plan if not better. If I might make a flexible suggestion, would it be at all possible for you to disguise the nature of these raids you plan on the villages? A famed Tolosi mercenary unit like yours would have little trouble faking employment under the Empire with little more than a few false orders or messages carefully lost or intercepted in the wake of a raid, some Tolosi coin spilled in the right place, minor alterations to your uniforms or the like. Especially considering someone among the Estruscan League must certainly have tracked your eastward exodus even though by all accounts they are unaware of your presence here. If it works well those left behind may even waste their forces looking for the beginnings of a larger western invasion where none exists rather than specifically targeting your raiders and at the least in the wake of the capital's fall reports of Tolosi involvement may cause confusion among the remaining forces and tension between them and Tolos. Again however, you know the capabilities of your men better than I, and I understand if you find the suggestion of further subterfuge distasteful or unfeasible."

Wolong produced his folded iron fan from a sleeve and tapped the Kingdom of Grandell.

"Regardless, it falls to his Magnificence and I to make our diversionary forces a big enough paper tiger to distract the main force while the Hunters and Winds make their more subtle assault. General Astra's suggestion of hampering the Prophet's main force seems sensible to me, but we shall need to make preparations for our dance away from the Prophet regardless should they continue to pursue us with unexpected speed. In addition, I recommend selecting a few positions spaced along our path of retreat" Here he traced his fan down along the coastline to illustrate the point "Where we might be able to win a defensive battle. Being caught would be far from ideal and is fairly unlikely, but that gives no reason to go unprepared for the possibility." The actual task of managing his Emperor's deception was one Wolong had few real questions on. In fact he intended to give the Prophet's armies such a show that they might never realize how badly they had been tricked.

DC Universe: Gods Among Us (Always Open)

I'm kinda late to the discussion, but I believe in defying authority when a rigid sense of morality calls for it. For a long while I believed in responsible anarchy, but Wraith is right, it could never endure. I believe in a monarchy or fascism. Something where a government produces the wealth for the people instead of insidious bankers ruling and utilizing propaganda to control the masses. Hitler had a lot of good ideas, but they didn't work well. I believe foremost in equality, though. No citizen should take a back seat, like the democracy of ancient Athens. Communism is beautiful, really, but has yet to be effectively executed.

@Nightrunner

Yeah sorry, but I'm probably going to have to leave, I know you've made a statement slightly clarifying since and it's been a while but I just finished being sick for long enough to see this and I'm honestly not sure I'm comfortable sharing an RP with a fascist, even one who bothers to backtrack with statements on equality. Also randomly bringing up your political views to say that after the off-topic discussion was kind of over seems a bit meh to me but that's hardly as big a problem. I mean, you literally said 'Hitler had a lot of good ideas' which even if you argued it was true...seriously?

Tverios: The Conquest

<Snipped quote by Dblade26>

I'm still reading through the CS's. Patience is a virtue.

Edit: Alright, you're sheet's fine, to the other tab you go.

@Vahir

Thanks very much, looking forward to the game

Tverios: The Conquest

Name: Chuko Wolong

Nationality: Qaylu

Occupation: Strategist, Scholar and Adviser

Religion: A follower of The Dali

Appearance and Personality

Appearance and Personality: Wolong is a slightly short man whose skin is far darker and more weather worn than the majority of Qaylu, mainly from managing to survive months out in the open ocean with nothing but sea-soaked rags to protect himself. He has since become significantly less starved and worn down than he initially appeared and in fact there's a certain level of whipcord fitness about him, but the scars of his betrayal and survival are still apparent in his appearance and the ordeal seems to have aged him more than his forty-odd years. He keeps his long grey-streaked hair pinned up in a tidy bob atop his head held by a simple wooden ring and pin and keeps a neatly trimmed beard and mustache at all possible times. His clothes these days are generally simple and serviceable if unusually neatly worn and he forgoes any sort of jewelry or adornment.

However, there are two things that are most noticeably unusual about Wolong's appearance that also mark him out as one of the secretive and isolated Qaylu people. The first is a metallic folding fan that he keeps on his person engraved with the character-writing of the Qaylu, apparently his only possession from his former life. The second are his eyes, almond-slanted and glittering with an uncannily focused brightness behind their brown irises as if at every single moment there's some hidden layer behind everything they see that only he perceives. More than one courtier in a ballroom or commander on the battlefield have found themselves the focus of those eyes, usually before they were cut down by a surprise ambush or unexpected retort.

As is the way of many Qaylu, Wolong generally keeps himself contained behind a curtain of rationality and emotional stoicism as if his emotions were stored in a little black box hidden within the fortress of his mind. He certainly has emotions as intense as any other man's, but maintains that allowing himself to be ruled by passion and feeling is a failing and that control over emotion begins first with manipulating its' expression. Even while he hungers for justice against those who destroyed his life, he tries to act only on his intellect. Wolong serves Oromis faithfully and freely admits that his master may truly be a god given what he is capable of doing, but maintains that Oromis' divinity has no impact on his own view of the Cosmos or his own reasoning, and in fact Oromis' claim to many past lives only serves to support The Dali. Instead Wolong serves Oromis not just as a means to get justice against his betrayers but also because he finds the man to be a just and charismatic ruler that he is happy to serve and because he believes that if he can guide Oromis and ensure his reign, the world will prosper because of it.

When not engaged in affairs of war or state, Chuko Wolong is a subdued but kind and affable man, concerned not only with his numerous personal studies and the welfare of the people his master rules but also hobbies of poetry, philosophy, music and art. Above all he is an avid player of the Qaylu strategy game wei-go, even attempting to get other members of Oromis' court and military to adopt the game. Though he rarely advertises as such, he's also rather skilled in rongdao a disciplined form of unarmed combat common to Qaylu. Wolong justifies the hobby by saying that he has to stay physically fit and the physical discipline helps him discipline his body and mind as well.

Biography

Biography:

Wolong was born in the isolated and hidden lands of Qaylu in the valley citadel of Zhongshu, the only son of the Chuko family, a minor group of advisers to the Citadel Lord. He was a driven and highly inquisitive child, thirsty for knowledge of any kind but other than that relatively without ambitions. His parents and everyone who knew him were convinced that he would be an exceptional scholar, perhaps even in numerous fields, but nothing more in terms of his station in life. All of that changed when he discovered the game of Wei-go. He became obsessed with the analytical and tactical aspects of the game and was soon regarded by all in his valley as one of the finest players in the kingdom. Eventually, no mere game could sate his desire for tactical conquest and he began to wonder if the strategies he employed would function on the battlefield as well as the game board. Thus it came to pass that his family used their small amount of influence to get him an officer's commission in their lord's armies, not understanding the source of Wolong's sudden ambitions but pleased nonetheless.

Minor wars of a political nature were common among the Citadel Lords of Qaylu, and to the delight of both his master and his family Wolong's brilliant tactical mind translated smoothly from war-games to war itself. Over years of subsequent conflicts Wolong won stunning victories, first with the small force under his command and then with every increasing troops as his merits earned him rank. He became known for near always emerging with shockingly low casualties outmaneuvering much larger and better-equipped forces time and again, humiliating his foes and their lords with ploys few before him dared try, until his own master became something of a region-wide power.

Wolong took no real glory in his victories and desired nothing but to further his studies in ways both strategic and academic while testing his intellect on the battlefield and providing for his family and people. However, his lord and master couldn't bring himself to believe that this officer, by that time the equivalent a general in his forces, had achieved such a meteoric rise without any hint of true ambition. So, fearful of some sort of coup, the lord of Zhongshu waited until a time of relative peace and then had Wolong secretly arrested. Fearing that the people and the army alike would revolt if their golden general was publicly executed, but also feeling that a quick death was too good for the alleged usurper, the Lord of Zhongshu had Chuko Wolong set adrift on a tiny boat in the open sea, with little to no supplies and nothing from his former life but the clothes on his back and his strategist's fan, as a reminder of his 'crimes'.

Wolong was supposed to die alone at sea, but fate and the man himself both seemed to have other plans. by collecting rainwater to drink, improvising a sail and net from his courtly clothing and using his knowledge of the weather and winds he was able to barely extend his survival and control his boat's path well enough to prevent it from sinking. He was not sure exactly where he sought to go, only that he desired to survive to see his former master pay. Eventually, his boat drifted to the Hamrock Isles and he washed up on shore weakened and humbled but alive. Thereafter, he sought out the ruler of the land and used his knowledge of the scholarly arts tactics and promises of the weaknesses of Qaylu itself to take up service with Oromis and has since become one of the God-Emperor's advisers. In exchange for his loyal service he desires his former master to be punished for his cruelty and betrayal once Oromis' armies inevitably arrive in Qaylu.

Magical Artefact(s):

Motivation: Chuko Wolong foremost desires that the master who betrayed him be deposed and pay for his crimes. Other than that he wishes to realize Oromis' vision of a world without war and strife, though primarily because such an environment would allow him to pursue his intellectual hobbies and studies in peace.

Tverios: The Conquest

So, am I not accepted?

Tverios: The Conquest

Name: Chuko Wolong

Nationality: Qaylu

Occupation: Strategist, Scholar and Adviser

Religion: A follower of The Dali

Appearance and Personality

Appearance and Personality: Wolong is a slightly short man whose skin is far darker and more weather worn than the majority of Qaylu, mainly from managing to survive months out in the open ocean with nothing but sea-soaked rags to protect himself. He has since become significantly less starved and worn down than he initially appeared and in fact there's a certain level of whipcord fitness about him, but the scars of his betrayal and survival are still apparent in his appearance and the ordeal seems to have aged him more than his forty-odd years. He keeps his long grey-streaked hair pinned up in a tidy bob atop his head held by a simple wooden ring and pin and keeps a neatly trimmed beard and mustache at all possible times. His clothes these days are generally simple and serviceable if unusually neatly worn and he forgoes any sort of jewelry or adornment.

However, there are two things that are most noticeably unusual about Wolong's appearance that also mark him out as one of the secretive and isolated Qaylu people. The first is a metallic folding fan that he keeps on his person engraved with the character-writing of the Qaylu, apparently his only possession from his former life. The second are his eyes, almond-slanted and glittering with an uncannily focused brightness behind their brown irises as if at every single moment there's some hidden layer behind everything they see that only he perceives. More than one courtier in a ballroom or commander on the battlefield have found themselves the focus of those eyes, usually before they were cut down by a surprise ambush or unexpected retort.

As is the way of many Qaylu, Wolong generally keeps himself contained behind a curtain of rationality and emotional stoicism as if his emotions were stored in a little black box hidden within the fortress of his mind. He certainly has emotions as intense as any other man's, but maintains that allowing himself to be ruled by passion and feeling is a failing and that control over emotion begins first with manipulating its' expression. Even while he hungers for justice against those who destroyed his life, he tries to act only on his intellect. Wolong serves Oromis faithfully and freely admits that his master may truly be a god given what he is capable of doing, but maintains that Oromis' divinity has no impact on his own view of the Cosmos or his own reasoning, and in fact Oromis' claim to many past lives only serves to support The Dali. Instead Wolong serves Oromis not just as a means to get justice against his betrayers but also because he finds the man to be a just and charismatic ruler that he is happy to serve and because he believes that if he can guide Oromis and ensure his reign, the world will prosper because of it.

When not engaged in affairs of war or state, Chuko Wolong is a subdued but kind and affable man, concerned not only with his numerous personal studies and the welfare of the people his master rules but also hobbies of poetry, philosophy, music and art. Above all he is an avid player of the Qaylu strategy game wei-go, even attempting to get other members of Oromis' court and military to adopt the game. Though he rarely advertises as such, he's also rather skilled in rongdao a disciplined form of unarmed combat common to Qaylu. Wolong justifies the hobby by saying that he has to stay physically fit and the physical discipline helps him discipline his body and mind as well.

Biography

Biography:

Wolong was born in the isolated and hidden lands of Qaylu in the valley citadel of Zhongshu, the only son of the Chuko family, a minor group of advisers to the Citadel Lord. He was a driven and highly inquisitive child, thirsty for knowledge of any kind but other than that relatively without ambitions. His parents and everyone who knew him were convinced that he would be an exceptional scholar, perhaps even in numerous fields, but nothing more in terms of his station in life. All of that changed when he discovered the game of Wei-go. He became obsessed with the analytical and tactical aspects of the game and was soon regarded by all in his valley as one of the finest players in the kingdom. Eventually, no mere game could sate his desire for tactical conquest and he began to wonder if the strategies he employed would function on the battlefield as well as the game board. Thus it came to pass that his family used their small amount of influence to get him an officer's commission in their lord's armies, not understanding the source of Wolong's sudden ambitions but pleased nonetheless.

Minor wars of a political nature were common among the Citadel Lords of Qaylu, and to the delight of both his master and his family Wolong's brilliant tactical mind translated smoothly from war-games to war itself. Over years of subsequent conflicts Wolong won stunning victories, first with the small force under his command and then with every increasing troops as his merits earned him rank. He became known for near always emerging with shockingly low casualties outmaneuvering much larger and better-equipped forces time and again, humiliating his foes and their lords with ploys few before him dared try, until his own master became something of a region-wide power.

Wolong took no real glory in his victories and desired nothing but to further his studies in ways both strategic and academic while testing his intellect on the battlefield and providing for his family and people. However, his lord and master couldn't bring himself to believe that this officer, by that time the equivalent a general in his forces, had achieved such a meteoric rise without any hint of true ambition. So, fearful of some sort of coup, the lord of Zhongshu waited until a time of relative peace and then had Wolong secretly arrested. Fearing that the people and the army alike would revolt if their golden general was publicly executed, but also feeling that a quick death was too good for the alleged usurper, the Lord of Zhongshu had Chuko Wolong set adrift on a tiny boat in the open sea, with little to no supplies and nothing from his former life but the clothes on his back and his strategist's fan, as a reminder of his 'crimes'.

Wolong was supposed to die alone at sea, but fate and the man himself both seemed to have other plans. by collecting rainwater to drink, improvising a sail and net from his courtly clothing and using his knowledge of the weather and winds he was able to barely extend his survival and control his boat's path well enough to prevent it from sinking. He was not sure exactly where he sought to go, only that he desired to survive to see his former master pay. Eventually, his boat drifted to the Hamrock Isles and he washed up on shore weakened and humbled but alive. Thereafter, he sought out the ruler of the land and used his knowledge of the scholarly arts tactics and promises of the weaknesses of Qaylu itself to take up service with Oromis and has since become one of the God-Emperor's advisers. In exchange for his loyal service he desires his former master to be punished for his cruelty and betrayal once Oromis' armies inevitably arrive in Qaylu.

Magical Artefact(s):

Motivation: Chuko Wolong foremost desires that the master who betrayed him be deposed and pay for his crimes. Other than that he wishes to realize Oromis' vision of a world without war and strife, though primarily because such an environment would allow him to pursue his intellectual hobbies and studies in peace.

An RP Based off my RPGC Entries?

I'm in for it, it sounds interesting.

Imperial Conquest RP Idea

I was actually thinking maybe a character from Qaylu who was betrayed, banished and set adrift in a boat to slowly die only to wind up drifting into the Hamrock Isles by chance. Then he'd throw his lot and service in with Oromis in exchange for his life and the chance to see the traitors who destroyed him devastated in return.

I'm not sure exactly what his skills would be, but either someone skilled with intrigue, social manipulation and assassination or maybe a strategist, scholar and tactician. In either case his own citadel's lord felt threatened by his competence and didn't believe someone of his abilities was content with remaining a servant and had them cast out to die of starvation and exposure at sea.

DC Universe: Gods Among Us (Always Open)

I'd be fine with waiting a little for more people to be ready personally even though I finished up.