Flagg

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@Flagg If i want to add areas to the map for my faction how do I go about that? or do I provide you with details and you edit the map for us?

@Dynamo Frokane

Like...add land? I guess send me the details and we'll see what we can work out.

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@Flagg

Hey man, I've been thinking about this and I've decided that this RP isn't for me after all. I'm not trying to diss on all your hard work or anything, I just think that I personally would not be able to pull something like this off. Thank you for your consideration and I wish you luck.

@DrunkasaurusRex

Sorry to hear it- you ever change your mind you're always welcome back.

Heirs of the Dark Lord

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The Regal Flotilla.

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By the way, addressed at everyone, does anyone whose faction has at least a modicum of occultists/mysticist/wizards/whatevermancers and who has access to the Sea of Curses have an interest in being part of my background story? I'm piecing it together and have come to the conclusion that I need some delvers of the arcane to have made a journey northwards some 100 years ago, finding the Tiamath and its disturbing cargo - and activating it, thus giving rise to the Pureblood Empress. I could pull some deus ex mage dudes out of my butt, but I think this is a great opportunity to forge some inter-player relations. Got some more specific details for those who are interested.

@Ashgan

I'm down.

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The Brass Republic

The Brass Republic

Alias:
-Land of no Gods
-The Heretic Republic

Government Type

The republic is ruled by a senate of 66 seats. In theory, every true citizen has the right to canidate for one of the seats. In truth, only a small oligarchy can truly sustain the costs of the election campaign, and the office. The post of Senator is for life, yet assassinations and resignation due to blackmail are not unknown.

Below the Senat is the houses of voice, an assembly in each Prefecture, in which each able citizen can raise his voice to demand a motion. And while the entrence of the house is free, to stand on one of the tribune, great bribes are needed, as well as personal strength, to resist the attempts on one´s life, should the motion go against the wishes over the ones who oppose it!

Every adult Human, who has been granted the mark of the heretic, is considered a "true citizen", yet they only make up 20 percent of the whole republic. The rest is made up of Freemen, Clients and Slaves.

Faction Species

Humans:

Humans are the most commonly found mortals in the republic. Making up all ranks of noteworthy political power, the main part of the Republican grand army, and provide the general (free) workforce, they are truly the masters of the republic. Yet only the ones with the mark of the heretic tattooed on their face are considered "true" republicans, as most don´t have this privilege.
True Citizens:
Men and women who where born in the republic, and were granted the Mark of the heretic after their birth. All can trace their bloodlines back to the great martyr Heretics of the past. While most of them don´t share the wealth of the upper classes, they still receive political power, and always have the right of the Ten Points.
Freemen:
Men and women who joined the republic after its creation, mostly human inhabitants of Nagath, seeking protection after the fall of the Dark Lord. While being free in all regards, they cant demand justice against a true Citizen, nor have they any political power. They receive the Mark of enlightenment in the halls of truth, after defying their old gods.
Clients:
No slaves, but close to them, Clients are considered serfs of a True Citizen, with little in terms of rights against him. Still, they cant be killed without a reason, and are seen as individuals, rather then property. Most clients are valued slaves, who earned their way into this rank. A client can be released into Freedom. They receive the Mark of Doubt, on the will of their Patron.
Slaves:
Human slaves are among the most common in the whole Republic. Mostly taken during slave-raids into the Justinian Imperium, or other human nations, their lot is a dark one. No rights protect them, and they can be killed without any consequences. They receive the Mark of Pain after being sold for the first time.

Orcs and Goblins

The majority of all Greenskins in the Brass Republic are slaves. Damned to short lives in the mines or manufactoria´s, they are seen as little more then a trade good, to be transported and resold at the owners whim. Yet, there are the some who serve the republic as Mercenaries, or even Soldiers. And while they are banned from any political power, a successful Orc slave Trader can become quite wealthy and powerful in the republic. At the same time, some Goblins show a glimmer of technological talent, and find themselves as assistance, or even foreman in the manufactoria´s, a post they mostly violently abuse against their kin. Among the higher ranks of society, loyal Orc bodyguards also have become some sign of power, and are well thought after.

Great Mass of slaves of all kinds of races

The world has learned to fear the sight of the black Republican ships and the cog painted on their sails. Their warriors fear no gods, hate all magic, and are driven by an almost zealous fury against all who they see as weak. But their brutal slave-raids only make up a fraction of the total slave population in the Republic. Most slaves are bought from third parties, who know that the republic needs four resources to survive. Steel, Coal, Vesaniazium and Flesh! Without it, the Republic would consume itself in short time, and break apart!

Almost every race known in the world can be found in the flesh-markets of the Republic, and to some extend, cynical people could claim that the Republic is the most diverse empire in the whole world.

Territory Details:

Faction Religion/Ideology: TBA
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Faction History: TBA
Important Characters:TBA
Relations to other Factions:TBA

@Elgappa

Looking good so far. My faction is always in the market for slaves and is in the business of breeding slave-races, so we should be thick as thieves.

House Wars and Blood Feuds In Old Venara

Anathagos Vain

He stood at the tower window, smoking a thin dark cigarra as he watched the last light of day bleed from the horizon. Below him lay the Delorano mansion and gardens, busier than usual on a damp and unpleasant evening, and teeming with guardsmen- for whatever they were worth.

Anathagos Vain knew of five house guards in the pay of rival families, and was sure there were plenty of others on the take. He hadn't moved against them yet- it doesn't do to show your opponents how much you know of their operations after suffering a loss- and besides, he was making sure the information they were taking back to their masters was the information he wanted them to take- a good deal of it false.

Exhaling a cloud of bluish, spicy-smelling smoke, Vain opened his mind momentarily, allowing the Mark some freedom, and let the buzzing waves of confusion and anxiety that filled the Delorano household wash over him, mingling with his own suspicion and unease.

He felt it there still, just as he had for the last several weeks. An alien presence. Someone Marked by the Umbra, nearby, prowling.

Vain's pale eyes wandered the twilit city, flitting from shadow to shadow.

He saw it.

A flash of two great wings, black against the bruised-purple of the sky, swooping from a spire in the palace district down onto the mansion below Vain's window, where the family of the dead were gathering.

"Ulsid, Gabor," said Vain, and two Umbrakin in assassin's leathers seemed to materialize from the shadows of the room behind him, "I must go down to pay my respects, but the manor has an unwanted visitor. Search the roof. I will want to question whomever you find."

Rolls

Ulsid and Gabor, assassins, go to intercept the Crow.

Roll 8 (D20+6 acumen): partial success.

Roll Details

Heirs of the Dark Lord

@FlaggCan I ask for a picture or approximation of where your borders will be around the Fen & Broken Coast?

@Aristo

Broken Coast seems petty popular, so I am happy to relocate. Why dont you guys send me your claims and I'll work around what you want to do?

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Should we collaborate our creations?

@Goldeagle1221

Yep! Let me know what you have in mind? Want to start a Pirate Pad?

Hey @Flagg, I have a question. About how far south do the Marches actually extend?

@TheSovereignGrave

Marches are just a term for the border between Imperium/Nagath. There's some flexibility there if you want to put a faction along those mountains or along the southern unnamed inland sea.

Anyone get to making a religion yet? Depending where folks end up, it'd probably be good to have a little continuity between the beliefs and culture of nations/factions.

@Aristo

@The Nexerus has a religion detailed in his CS, there's Justinianism, and my faction follows an ancient necromantic cult called the mysteries of the worm, that pre-dates Daigon/Justinian. More details to come on that one.

Heirs of the Dark Lord

Gonna place my claim between the red Empire, and The Narrator´s land! Thinking about a heretic kingdom, that was driven out of Justinian Imperium, and who´s great values have been perverted, until it turned into a slaving ariostracy, rather then a enlightened Republic!

@Elgappa

that sounds good! someone else has asked about the Claws (I cant remember who at the moment- but mentioned it in this thread) but if you work out with them about the spider rider idea you can share the space also?

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@Flagg I'm looking at two ideas right now. One is a large Orcish tribal empire dominating the area in the centre of Nagath, north and west of the lake, bounded by the rivers. If I took that region, could I name the lake and rivers in question?

The second idea is for a Justinianist kingdom in Nagath's north-west. Specifically, here,

Potential Map Claim

If I went with this option, would I have license to say that there is a passage leading over the mountains to allow for direct trade with the Imperium? And would I be allowed to name the bay to the area's east?

@The Nexerus

Yes to all of your questions. My preference would be for you to go with the orcish empire, but it's your call.

Heirs of the Dark Lord

Hey all, we're still open and accepting.

@Goldeagle1221 I'm also in the Fen along the Broken Coast, but I'm cool with sharing the area.