Flagg

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Ah my mistake!

COME MY FISH ORC FRIEND! THERE ARE SLAVES TO LIBERATE!

ALSO HAVE SOME MONEEEEEEY!

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"Ah. Officer, it was a sweet day when I learned what is legal and what is right are two completely different things."

@Ophidian

Vampires are not necessarily illegal in New Anathagos. But they will bear close watching. Abolitionists on the other hand...

@Sigma I like the race, and I'm okay with a faction of it occupying a fortified slum, but we should maybe have the Grogari somewhat integrated into the city. So like, folks know not to go into the Whiteclaw neighborhood, but it's not in a state of open war with the Watch...all the time at least. Also, what about their slum being an abandoned, half-flooded section of the city? Like a part that was never really rebuilt after Kraken attack or something?

@all: Should have put this in the OP and will do when I have time. The current Prime Minister, leader of the House of Wisdom (upper house of parliament/supreme court/oligarchs) is Sir Gavyn Gwent, youngest son of House Gwent. More details on him and his house to come.

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So @Flagg we're allowed to control more than one faction correct?

I'd like to get in on some of that politicking

Also can I add my faction to the character list?

@babbysama

Yes and yes.

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What I tend to do is really play up the "undead" factor, while taking full advantage of the merging of the mundane and magical they tend to represent-they are often compared to diseases, but diseases, according to modern science can't remotely do what vampirism does. So I figure that this would be reflected in their biology. To get into the nitty-gritty-vampirism can manifest differently in each person, as I write it.

Some of them, going for the heart is a totally legit kill move. Others will laugh, pull the stake out of their chest and pin you to the wall with it. Which boils down to how vampirism has effected their inner workings-some organs might as well be alive, but some of them look like they're about to crumble to ash if a stiff wind blows.

Some of them can even drown, depending on the lungs situation.

@Ophidian

Go for it. If there are any red flags in your sheet, I'll let you know. Maybe we can merge ideas re: the vampyr stuff and the in-world lore about them too, once you get a WIP sheet up and i get a sense of what you have in mind.

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Hm.

I've got some non-conventional ideas for vampires-I tend to deplore some of the more popular portrayals on both sides of the Dracula Divide-the old style and the True Blood style, but I do have a concern-is a non conventional take on a conventional race within the bounds of the RP?

@Ophidian

Absolutely. I have a quasi-vampire race that for right now I am calling vampyr (creative) but will eventually rename. But go for your idea!

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WIPs

House Gwent

The Venerable House of Gwent
Lords of the Deep

Faction Type: Noble House
Faction Species: Human, though with non-human employees

Locations:

The Scrimshaw Palace is the main residence for members of the Gwent family. It is located in St. Dagov's Quarter along with the mansions and townhouses of many of New Anathagos' great and good. The Palace overlooks the Gwent Pleasure Gardens- beautifully maintained park lands nominally open to the public, but in practice the preserve of the rich and well-bred.

House Gwent owns a significant portion of the warehouses, fisheries and dockyards along Bloody Harbor, one of New Anathagos' main whaling & fishing harbors. It is here that the Gwent House Fleet of fishing trawlers and whaling and beast-hunting ships unload their catch for processing, and where the carcasses of whales and great beasts dragged in from the Deep are flensed and rendered down for their blubber, bones, meat, skin or scales, and other valuable bits.

Notable among the many ships owned by Gwent are the sisterships Broadsword and Lord Tembo, a pair formidable beast-hunting frigates capable of catching some of the Deep's most fearsome denizens.

Faction Description: WIP

Faction Religion/Ideology: Like many old Anathagan noble houses, House Gwent keeps to the Cult of the Ancestors, venerating Saint Exguin and other heroes of the city's past, though some members follow other faiths as well.

Faction History: WIP

Important Characters:

WIP

Lord Derin Gwent, Patriarch of House Gwent

Lady Iassa Gwent

Sir Adavail Gwent

Sir Gavyn Gwent, Prime Minister of New Anathagos

Master Ulego

Relation to other Factions: WIP

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Burned Earth has mainly stayed in the Volcana district so far (but the Ashton Square massacre is probably known throuhgout the city, with so many deaths). I think I might start the rp with the first attack outside Volcana

@AdobeFlash

sounds good. I have some ideas of my own i'd like to add to the Disciples of Fire too.

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Burned Earth v2

Faction Name: Burned Earth

Alias: The Untouchables, Crazed Zealots.

Faction Type: Revolutionary group

Faction Specie(s): Human

Species Descriptions: N/A

Location: Series of abandoned buildings and warehouses; the faction is extremely small. Very few are allowed into it’s covert operations.

Faction Description: Led by a man disillusioned by current society, Burned Earth wishes for the utter destruction of society, so that nothing may be rebuilt. Currently working to dismantle the government via strategic attacks

Faction History: Burned Earth started with a message from God. A priest, lowly in the order he represented, was tired of the ideals the higher ups. He figured they had lost the way of the Church, and so left. He had lost his faith, the most important thing in his life. He was about to jump to his certain death, when lightning struck the wooden bridge, rickety in it’s nature, he had been standing on. It was ablaze, but the fires parted when the priest tried to walk. Suddenly filled with a purpose, he went on to create one of the most feared organizations in New Anathagos.

Various terror acts have been committed by Atlas, the founder of Burned Earth. The bombing of a major trade market, the arson of one of the largest Churches of the Disciples, the list goes on. Here are some of their more...notable ventures

Disciple Arson: The Eyes of Flame, one of the largest Disciple Congregations, was recently completely destroyed in a fire. Evidence suggests Burned Earth was behind this, due to their signature pile of soil on top of the ruins

Ashton Square Bombing: Using rudimentary explosive devices, this was the first known sighting of the group. On a hot, crowded afternoon in Ashton Square market, several explosive devices went off around the square, by far the most devastating being located in the central fountain. There were no known survivors. A pile of dirt was found where the fountain once stood.

Clock Tower Hijack: The central clock tower in the Volcana district was taken over, with graffiti plastered across the walls and soil filled the machinery. When workers went in to clear the mess, poisonous snake like creatures, known as Kilns, jumped out, killing all 4 of them.

Important Characters: Atlas, founder.

Important Holdings/Territory/Possessions: A sector of the sewage system is currently being used as a base of operations

Relation to other Factions:Hostile

Both are still a WIP

Disciples

Faction Name: Disciples of Fire

Alias: The Burning Ones, DOF

Faction Type: Religion

Location: Places of worship scattered across the city; Volcana District holds headquarters

Faction Species: All

Faction Description: A church that wishes to spread the love of the burning god to all who dwell in the city; Recent corruption scandals have rocked the Church has a whole.

Faction History: It is stated in ancient scriptures that the Disciples of Fire began in a far away land, in a time lost to history. A farmer, poor in status, was tending to his crops on a fiery summer afternoon. Suddenly, the sky around him turned red, and an unmeasurable heat began to radiate from all around him. A holy voice spoke from the heavens

“I am the Fire, he who burns within all. The spirit of Me, the Eternal, Hath been lost. GO forth, and spread my teachings, so that the world may be redeemed before Armageddon, and thou may enter Heaven when the Rapture comes across Earth”

The farmer awoke in his house, dressed in an unfamiliar cloth, holding a book with a sun inscribed in the leather cover. He went about, teaching the peasants of the land what was good and what was unholy. The name of the farmer was Modiah. The religion took off, and it soon became cemented in culture as a whole. Missionaries were sent out, and every nation in the world had a least one functioning House of Flame. Almost as soon as the city was established, the Fire of Faith came to New Anathagos. The religion spread quickly, remaining in the center of the city. They rejected the sea, and wished for all to be educated under the guiding light of the Lord.

Come modern times, and the Disciples are filled with corruption. Officials giving out ‘free passes to heaven’, otherwise known as Torches, was commonplace. The Inferno, head of the Disciples, released statements denying this. Many priests fell to the corruption, with some leaving to create radical sects. One in particular has created catastrophe known to nearly the whole city. The Disciple leaders operate under complete secrecy, lest their real names be unleashed unto the world.

The Disciples principles are easy for the everyday man to follow, and so they are one of the predominant religions of the city. They have been around since the founding, leading to almost an entire neighborhood dedicated to the religion. The more devout are rare, since according to the Scripture, at a certain age one must ‘self ignite’ to find the Lord. This has lead to many reform Churches.

Important Characters/ Church Hierarchy:

Modiah: Founder
The Inferno: Chief Disciple, real name Unknown
The 5 Lights: Seers, real names unknown
The Eternal Ember: The head of the Disciple Orphanage
Various Archflames: Bureaucrats
Various Heatseekers: Members of the Disciples
Various Guiding Lights: Priests
Important Territory: Volcana, where the primary Church is located. The Eternal Torch, headquarters of the Church, was moved here due to the cities’ relative safety. Various Churches are scattered across the city, each with their own varying degrees of belief.


Relation to Other Factions: The Disciples tend to remain neutral, so that all feel welcome within their ranks. Some Guiding Lights are more harsh than others, when it comes to rules

@AdobeFlash

Interesting so far!

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From the looks of it we need someone to keep law and order around here. I'll volunteer for it on the grounds my guys don't end up like every fantasy movie city watch ever. Guys who used to be adventurers until they took an arrow in the knee, or clueless idiots who watch someone jump into a haystack and lose sight of them... That something we could work out Flagg?

@RisenDead

That would be perfect! If you dont mind some of you faction being used as occasional NPCs as needed, having a player character run the city watch would be fantastic.

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It's no problem. Will we be making individual characters as well?

Also, I might be making up a religion for the leader to be hurt by. So just a warning

@AdobeFlash

Religions. We need those, so- sounds good!

@Flagg

I was thinking more of a small crippled and withered on, bout the size of a Cow not including the tail, neck, or wings

@dragonmancer

I dunno- see the OP for how I sortve want to handle standard D&D races in this one, which I include dragons in. Talking dragons strike me a bit too 'classic high fantasy' for what we're going for in this RP. Sorry if this judgement call seems a little idiosyncratic.

But- pirate factions are a-ok!

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I'm in quite a bit of a rush. I'll polish it up when I get home, seeing as that I'm on my break and I'm on mobile. I'll make it more...menacing. Sorry about that, just wanted to reserve my spot

@AdobeFlash

Dont be sorry! I apologize for sort of jumping down your throat on a WIP sheet!