Lauder

The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

In light of recent events regarding the Queen announcing her name in the vote for Prime Minister, the initial shock had prevented the Supra Dobranie from releasing an official statement on the matter. However, the ever silent Gregorio Netaxis would release a very simple statement on the breach of civil liberties regarding the Itheraen Constitution.

”I am a quiet and simple man. I have allowed the Queen to whine and nag. I have allowed her to flaunt around status as Queen of our fine nation. But I cannot condone her actions of running for a position that was made in the prospect of limiting the monarch's power. The way she acts as if her power is absolute is something in no way beneficial to what Itheraen tradition of honor and loyalty to the constitution we hold dear. I will allow her to hold these rallies, but she does not, under any constitutional right, have the chance to become a part of our government.

When the September election comes around, it will be found that she is not going to be a part of our vote, no matter much she nags or whines like the child she is. Ever since her father, our beloved King Ares the Great, had died, Queen Athena has acted like the child she always has been, constantly ignoring her duty as Head of State, while constantly bombarding myself and The Dobranie with pointless attacks. She thinks she holds an absolute power over our government, but this seventeen year old Queen will learn her place in our government quickly.”

The majority of the Supra Dobranie rallied their support behind the Prime Minister and some even outwardly spoke to carry on his words. However, the people, more notably the media, was still focused on Queen Athena’s blatant outcry for attention. Many were skeptical on whether they could actually believe in the Queen’s ability to be an appropriate head of state, but the Prime Minister’s words did help ease some of the people’s worries about the situation.

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The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

”No more tax!”

These words were echoed all around the streets of Thermydon after the introduction of the highly controversial Cereal and Grains Tax on July 4th, two weeks passed while the Head of Government, Prime Minister Gregorio Netxais, sat and did nothing on the situation. He was one who supported the tax increase, believing the people would either not notice the increase or they would just accept it like they were expected to. However the ‘Megáli Agrotikí Apergía’(translated to Great Farmers Strike) of July had arisen in protest over the tax increase, not leaving Queen Athena surprised nor most of the politicians within Supra Dobranie.

^{The Great Farmers Strike of 1905}

Yet, the Prime Minister sat and did nothing, not wanting to give into the people’s demands, until the Queen had to personally threatened him to call for a vote on the fate of the tax. That was when Gregorio had caved and in July 29th, called for a vote on the repeal of the tax, which passed on an astounding 167-15 after a mere two hours of voting, returning the tax to its original total of 19.5%. While Gregorio would attempt to take credit for repealing the tax, Queen Athena would not sit idle and would instead release a statement regarding the situation.

”...Gregorio Netaxis may claim that the repeal of the dreaded Grains and Cereal Tax was his doing, it was most certainly lies that he had spoke to the people of Itherae. The truth of the matter is that I, your most beloved Queen, had to personally visit the Prime Minister and force him to call upon a new vote so that our farmers might enjoy their most important job of providing our people with the staple of our economy. If he wishes to lie to the people, how can we trust him or his cabinet? With this breach of trust, I am announcing that my name shall be put into the ballot as an official candidate for Prime Minister. No more will I tolerate lies and corruption from politicians, it is time for the Itheraen people to prosper!”

-Queen Athena’s ‘Speech of July’

It was a shock to see that Queen Athena would be running for office of Prime Minister, it was so much of a shock that news had began to cover the situation, calling her the ‘Queen-Minister’. While many statesmen objected to the claim of being governed by a woman, Athena would respond to these claims with If you didn’t want a woman to be put on the ballot then perhaps you should have a head of state that isn’t a woman.” The reply silenced, mainly due to shock, any further complaints in the status of her right to the ballot, ushering forth an internal Suffrage Movement in the process.

Queen Athena would launch a merciless campaign for the September vote, attracting people to be a part of her Cabinet and giving many rousing nationalist speeches on how the future ‘belonged to the Itheraen people’. While women were not legally allowed to vote or be elected, there was little the Supra Dobranie could do to stop the Queen as doing so would be persecuting their symbol of unity. It did not help that the leading party of the Dobranie was staunchly conservative and monarchist, leaving them utterly shocked at what to actually do in the situation.

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The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

”Here ye! Here ye!..."

Néo Méros, following the events of Black June, would open its borders to any Tehmigs fleeing the from the persecution of the Illesian Expedition that had landed. Following Etelian example in this way, would make the Itheraen colony a safe haven and it was a political move to make the colony less likely to be the target of Tehmigs who were expected to still rise up against colonial powers in the area. This move was sent due to the fact that Itheraen settlers in the area were already establishing trade with the native Tehmigs, and keeping peaceful relations between one another.

Another move, either to stick it to the Illesian Expeditionary Force for causing Black June or an imperialistic need to expand the Itheraen culture to the native population, would be that of the offer to any voluntary Tehmig would be eligible to become a citizen of Itherae, and would be taught the basics Itheraen History, Laws, and the Itheraen National Anthem. Those Tehmigs who did accept were sent to, “Native Halls”, impromptu schools for the Tehmig people, nicknamed by the Itheraen colonists, where teachers would instill these subjects into their students It was made clear that the native Tehmig people would have the same rights enjoyed by those of any other Itheraen citizen.

There were no attempt to take the native land away from them or relocate them, as the Itheraen Colonial Committee knew that doing such a thing would be an open invitation for rebellion which the colony was trying to avoid. At least until a colonial garrison would be established, which would occur later into June where the Itheraen Army would recruit five hundred volunteers to go through basic training before being sent to Néo Méros where they would act as the standing garrison against the various rivaling colonial powers than a Tehmig rebellion.

Many conservative elements in the Supra Dobranie were against the idea of letting Tehmigs join Itheraen citizenship, it was noted by Queen Athena that to do so would be an act of oppression against a minority people that were living inside Itheraen territory, which was outlawed by the Itheraen Constitution. This would sway the votes enough to allow the action to pass, but many were still skeptical on allowing a minority for Serrenthia to be a part the Itheraen sphere.

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The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

Volunteer Aid

“I have always been an early man, being thirty minutes early was always ‘on time’ for me. However, my eagerness to reach the front has hampered with our effort to aid the ones we were supposed to fight alongside…”
-Excerpt from Laskaris’ Journal

Throughout their time in the Tyrian Empire, ‘aiding’ in fighting back the, the beginning of the time of the Itheraen Volunteer Division was riddled with bad logistics and the frustration of being relegated to not so honorable acts that many of the men had wanted. Throughout June, their orders were to construct makeshift roads for Tyrian supply lines or run ammo to the front of the battle, typically known to the Tyrian infantrymen as “Ammo Runners.” Without rifles or field guns, which had been left behind as Commander Laskaris had left before the intend time that the unit was supposed to leave, while the rifles and field guns would remain at an Itheraen port until June 15th when they would be shipped to the front at the designated time.

In the Battle of Tretzen, an “Ammo Runner” by the name Demitrios Irus of had run nearly fifty-times in one day, avoiding Helroxi rifle fire, whilst carrying a total fifty-pounds of rifle ammo. He was present on the day of June 13th where rifle fire was so fierce at some points that he was his officer forbid him to run again out of fear of losing him. The, at the time, Private Demitrios would go on to state “...I feel guilt that I did not disobey orders and run out that ammo, I saw many men who needed it who were killed by Helroxi rifles.”

The volunteers would not see their rifles and field guns until it was early July, where the men would have a newfound eagerness to meet the enemy in battle after weeks of digging makeshift roads, running ammo to Tyrian men, or at some points, aiding the spotting points of enemy presence when Tyrians could not see through the smoke produced by their field guns. This division, while no longer making roads or running ammunition to the front, would actually be able to properly participate and future offensives in the war.

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The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

A Start.

June 14th, 1905.

The day is known to many Itheraens as the day that the Itheraen colony in Serrenthia, known to the world as Néo Méros, had been ‘finished’ colonizing. While the colony had a small amount of active settlers, it did have ability to grow into a prosperous colony within the High Kingdom, especially with the near 8,600 Tehmig within its borders and other native coastal tribes that would eventually be incorporated as full citizens to the Kingdom. With the success of the colony, bringing much needed growth to national GDP and industry, and this success would be headed by local government that had been formed there. The Apoikiakó Spíti Itherae would officially be recognized as the local government of the colony by the Supra Dobranie and her Majesty. However, trouble within the colony arised when the question of the nation’s debt crisis coming to fruition on the stage of the Supra Dobranie, and then into the Queen’s lap.

Politicians in the Supra Dobranie had speculated that selling the colony to a major colonizer, such as the very nation they owed the major debt towards, the Taran Empire. However, the idea was dashed by nationalists, and many of the colonial supporters within the Monarchikó Kómma, as well as the Queen, who saw that it would have been a waste of Itheraen resources and time if they were just to sell it. Rather, members of the Ethnikí Epitropí Itheraen would present Queen Athena and the Monarchikó Kómma with the “Antiochis Compromise” in late June.

The Antiochis Compromise would essentially bid 10 km sq. sections of unused colonial lands to be developed by foreign or internal companies in an attempt to raises money to pay off the debt owed, this land would still be owned by the Itheraen Kingdom, but private companies would be allowed to develop the land of their own accord. Additionally, the compromise would raise the corporate tax on Grains and Cereals to 21.5%, to encourage a diversification in Itheraen Industry, and introduce an income tax of a meager 2% on the Itheraen people.

While the Antiochis Compromise would pass, it would also bring to light the pressure of the Itheraen poverty, which citizens were still pressuring the government to bring lower. That was the birth of the Organismós Chrimatodotikís Voítheias (Financial Aid Organization) which would aid unemployed, below the poverty line, to find jobs. Additionally, those under the poverty line would be exempt from taxes, so long as they could prove that they were below the poverty line. This organization would be headed by a humanitarian activist Ceyx Pales, who had been imploring the government to provide some form of aid for those families under the poverty line. Finally, with the founding of this Organization, it would be given a meager $100,000 in yearly funding.

Additionally on the homefront, came the start of the Itheraen Navy with the purchase of three Zitori-class Destroyers; the Cerberus, Medusa, and Minotaur, respectively. While it was a meager force, it was still a start of the naval force. This force was still highly untrained, however, and so Itherae would invite naval officers and admirals to train Itheraen volunteer sailors for the start-up navies, primarily focusing on attracting trainers from the Tyrian Empire, Etelia, and the Toubres Empire.

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The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

The Volunteer Guard Division

At the start of the Second Helroxi-Tyrian War, Itheraen emissaries in Tyria would be given the order to offer the aid of an Itheraen volunteer division in order to offer a quicker means of destruction to the Helroxi forces. The Queen Athena's official statement on the matter would be to "... aid in eradication a threat that has loomed over Eurania for long enough." However, Itherae would not officially join the war as to not attract to much attention in the regional political sphere.

The Volunteer Guard Division would be comprised of 2,000 men from 3rd Guards Division, led by Commander Laskaris would, with an outfit of 10 67mm Field Guns, would join with the Tyrian 2nd Field Army. These men would go to go from boat to the closest Tyiran port to the front of the war, from there, the unit would move using the Tyrian Railway and reach the Tyrian 2nd Field Army. Commander Laskaris would work closely with Tyrian command in driving back the Helroxi forces in the most efficient manner possible rather than a mass assault that might cost the division a large portion of their available manpower. The Itheraen forces would be leave for the front on June 15th and would be expected to reach their destination on the front by the end of the month.

The Itheraen Commander Laskaris would regard the decision of the being sent with a volunteer force as, "... a chance to test Itheraen military capabilities and see if we need to rethink our military strategy. Furthermore, I would like to see how well our weapons operate on the field." Commander Laskaris was eager to see what his nation's military had to offer due to the long time of peace that the nation had experienced since the end of the Second Ithero-Cadian, which had lasted from 1858 to 1859. However, he was also eager in to try some new tactics which had theorized would would help in securing success, though only battlefield experience would show how effective they would prove for the military.

Commander Laskaris Circa 1900

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The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

The Queen and her cars

With the unveiling of the Saetta in May 9th, Queen Athena Tyroli, an already avid viewer of the automobile development, would later go on to dispatch an offer to the company of Forino Estadi Automobil, to buy several automobiles for herself and the royal family almost immediately after its unvieling. However, the Supra Dobranie would attempt to block the queen from exercising her power of using state money in such a ludicrous and selfish manner that would not benefit the people of Itherae as a whole. This would begin a fifteen day debate between the Queen and elements within the Supra Dobranie, due to seats within the Supra Dobranie being held by a majority of conservative politicians. Yet, towards the end of the debates, Queen Athena would compromise with the Supra Dobranie to buy a total of three hundred cars.

The cars would then be given those who would enter a free raffle in Thermydon and a total of 290 people would be chosen to have cars. While the raffle would be limited to those living in Thermydon, it would still keep the Supra Dobranie for the time being. It would not be until June when Queen Athena would send the offer to the F.E.A to buy 300 Saetta automobiles for a total of $375,000.

She would also state in her autobiography, Two Parties, "...the Supra Dobranie would, typically, engage in this type of idiotic warfare with me. Sometimes, I believed, that they would limit my power to walk around the streets or talk to a relative. While I would always want to despise the Supra Dobranie for always trying to trap me in their jaws, I would not try to limit their rights for I follow our Constitution. They should be happy I am not some iron-fisted overlord like the Helroxi dogs."

Queen Athena Tyroli circa 1903

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Ophad: Nation Based Medieval Fantasy - Interest Check

Much interest. :3

✧ Adventure Must Continue ✧

Player = Snek Lady

Species: Snakeman
Name: Ladata Idat
Title: The Godsmith (Increases Smithing and Magical Smithing by four tiers)
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Background:

Ladata originally hails from New England in the US, but had immigrated to Japan as a young child, her childhood typically had consisted of reading and writing with little else to do. She did not like really talking to other kids, nor did she particularly care about wanting to hang out with others, though she did get along nicely with others when she had to. Later on when she had become thirteen, Ladata had become introduced to the fun that is DMMO-RPGs where she quickly became immersed with making characters and acting as those characters as it went well with her ability to write and such, some days being a paladin for justice or a killer whose merciless intent was the fear of many players.

Then came YGGDRASIL, a game that Ladata had quickly become very addicted to, in fact she would remain on the game throughout most of it's life, finding that it was extremely fun to explore what the game had to offer and the endless possibilities that existed. In fact, Ladata is not even the first character that this woman has made, only being the latest in her long list of characters which once more varied in morality like they had in the past. However, Ladata was the first character to actually join a guild, an occult-based guild that was more for roleplaying than anything, but it was a difficult choice of how Ladata should be specced when looking at what the guild was about.

At first Ladata was nothing more than a roguish assassin, killing players who "discovered" what the guild was attempting to summon and kidnapping NPCs, then killing them with the excuse of their souls being able to upgrade their weapons and armor. That was when Ladata realized that a fun roleplay experience would be to have the character become a smith for the guild where she continued to do what she did, but this time, make exceptional weapons and the like for the guild in a very occult style. She made sure to make NPCs based around not only herself, but the guild as well, which proved harder than she thought, but she was wholly dedicated to the guild and let nothing stop her from having a good time.

Personality:
In real life, Ladata is a hardcore roleplayer who does little outside of that online, however, Ladata is a sweet girl who simply wants to have a good time in making a story. However, she is also really easy to embarrass when it comes to things that are not of the mundane nature, primarily things that are inherently lewd in nature. That said, she it is clear that Ladata is a shy girl, socially awkward at times when she isn't roleplaying, which has helped her as she just needs to roleplay if she wants to communicate something, no matter how awkward it is.

The ingame personality of Ladata, in simple terms, is a full on arrogant and overconfident in her own abilities. The character that Ladata made was designed to put herself above others at all times, even if they were superior to her in some aspect, and most importantly, Ladata was a sore loser. Ladata is unafraid of using underhanded tactics to get what she wants, very easy to exploit a weakness and has never been known to show mercy to someone who would be called her enemy. Hence her role as an underhanded rogue/assassin when the character had first been made. Furthermore, Ladata is played as someone who isn't known to shy away from any challenge that is presented to her, finding that she will do anything to prove another person wrong even if it lead to her character's death at certain times.

Class: Rogue
Subclass: Assassin

Level: 100
Health: AA
Mana: D
Strength: AA
Agility: S
Intelligence: B
Stamina: AAA -> S
Physical Resist: B -> A
Magic Resist: B
True Resist: AA

Skills:

• Smiting - AAA -> X
• Magic Smithing - AA -> SS
• Sword Wielding - AA
• Sword Wielding (Dual) - A
• Monster Knowledge - AA

Spells:

• Greater Teleportation
• Razor Slash - An attack that can only be cast with a magic sword to send out a magical "slash" through the air and deal high damage to the first enemy it hits.
• All Appraisal Magic Item - Besides identifying the target item, this spell would even tell its caster about a magic item's creator and manufacturer
• Complete Invisibility - A better version that standard 'Invisibility'. Allows complete invisibility even while moving unless someone uses specialized magic to see the caster.
• Message - Able to talk to targeted person through telepathy
• Eye of Madness - Causes nearby targets who are looking at caster to become mad from not understanding the occult.
• Summon Iron Golems- User summons two level 20 iron golems. They come equipped with long swords and stay until destroyed or unsommoned.
• Cause Insomnia- User causes up to ten targets to become exhausted, this causes magic attacks and physical attacks to cause less damage. Stamina is temporarily reduced significantly.

Actions:

• Venomous Bite - Restricted to Snakemen race. Strike a target in melee with your bite attack and inflict a lasting poison damage which does not go away until cured.
• Constrict - Restricted to Snakemen race. Coil your body around target in melee and slowly crush them, inflicts lasting damage until you are removed from target. Target cannot attack which restricted. Target may escape if stronger than caster. Caster cannot move while doing this action, but can still fight with weapons if hands are free.
• Backstab - Must be behind target. Caster stabs target in the back dealing high damage.
• Lightning Pose - You ready yourself to attack with unblockable speed, your next attack will not miss nor can the target block.
• Instant Counter - Corrects the balance of the user, allowing them to attack continuously for 20 seconds.
• Cleave - Allows attack to go through a target and hit another nearby target to caster in melee range.

Species Traits

• Venomous - Snakemen naturally produce venom in their fangs, this venom can be used in an attack like a bite or milked to produce a poison for weapons.
• Scaled-Hide - Snakemen scales can provide basic protection against many attacks, but are not hard enough to deflect metal weapons.
• Ophidian Sensory Organs - Like many snakes, snakemen use these glands to track down prey, giving them an advantage in even the darkest of environments.
• Cold Intolerance - Snakemen despise cold objects and being in the cold as it causes them physical discomfort. They start taking passive cold damage at a warmer temperature than humans.

Items:

• (Legendary) Casting Sword - A magically crafted sword that allows user to cast spells.
• (Mythic) Snakeman Sword (Crafted) - A crude but effective sword with an especially high damage attack, often used for sacrifices or killing blows.
• (Rare) Armor of Stamina (Crafted) - Metal Armor that increases stamina.
• Smith's hammer (Common)
• (Legendary) Material Dispenser - A small box that can generate a small amount of legendary material or an equivalent amount of uncommon or common material. 1 Damascus Steel = 10 Fine Steel = 50 Steel.
• (Rare) Smith's Multitool - A rare tool that can transofrm into any tool a smith may need.
• Symphony of the Damned (Ultimate) - Crafted by Ladata. This is a mask that was crafted from mithril and cursed objects, it grants the user the ability to mind control any common, uncommon, or rare NPC lower level than the user. The mask also intimidates any creature that is not able to be controlled and players suffer an attack penalty, making attacks more likely to miss and deal reduced damage.

Relation to other Guild Mates:
Being one of the primary smiths of the guild, Idata is typically seen as exceptionally useful. However, her hardcore roleplay can be a bit intimidating at times, especially when her character is built to be full-hardy

Other: Don't call her a snek, she has dignity.

Money Spent: Estimated around 1,250,000? I'll let the GM decide on this.

NPCs

Sagi the Immovable

Species: Iron Golem
Name: Sagi
Guild Position: Guard of the Smith
Title: The Immovable - Actions and Spells cannot knock the user prone or unwillingly move the user
Gender: N/A
Age: 5
Background:

Designed perfection. Sagi was born in molten iron and molded by the hands of Ladata, the Godsmith, one of the best smiths in Yggdrasil. He was given life through incantation and meaning by protecting all the Ladata had made. That was the birth of Sagi the Iron Golem.

His history is largely tied to inside of the Guild’s home, however, on occasion, Sagi would be taken out to act as a sort of living tank for Ladata. Once, in a particularly tough dungeon against a boss known simply as “The Great Devourer,” Sagi would save his master by tanking the boss’s unltimate ability. Due to Ladata’s skill, his body did not give way, nor would he relent in his attack, pushing back the Great Devourer before killing it with Finishing Move: Absolute Destruction.

This is what had earned him his current title. No matter what, Ladata would always pride over others with this fact, even though it was her fault for going into the dungeon underprepared.

Personality:
Prime Directive: Protect Mistress Ladata
Secondary: Protect the Guild

Sagi is a very easy one to read, always answering with brutal honesty in all matters and not primarily caring for anyone else’s opinions on matters unless they are a Supreme Being. The golem always follows his orders to the letter and makes sure that he doesn’t deviate from anything that his creator has set for him. He does not speak unless spoken to and will typically respond with as little words as possible.

Karma: 0

Class: Lancer
Subclass: Halbardier

Level: 52
Health: AA
Mana: F
Strength: S
Agility: C
Intelligence: D
Stamina: AAA
Physical Resist: AAA -> SS
Magic Resist: AAA > SS
True Resist: AAA > SS

Skills:

• Polearm Wielding - S
• Exotic Weapon Wielding - A
• Shield Wielding - S
• Large Blade Wielding - AA
• Dancing - C
• Smithing - B
• Magic Smithing - C

Spells:
N/A

Actions:

• Armor Breaker - Next attack ignores armor resistances and deals direct damage to target.
• Staggering Punch - The user punches the target, dealing moderate damage and throwing the target off balance.
• Leg Sweep - The User attacks the target’s legs in a sweeping manner, knocking them down and causing fall damage, the larger the target, the more damage the target takes.
• Iron Resolve - The User ignores stunning attacks for 60 seconds.
• Severing Strike - An attack that deals high damage, if the target is not killed then the use of the limb that is hit is incapable of being used until healed.
• Invulnerable Fort - Allows the user to block attacks from physically superior enemies
• Finishing Move: Absolute Destruction - User hits target with a single extremely high damage dealing, piercing strike that destroys armor and immobilizes enemy as well as inflicting additional stun and explosive damage.
• Finishing Move: Metal Screech - User emits a screeching noise loud enough to deal high damage to any who do not have proper protection, ruins armor, stuns enemy, and causes targets to take heavy bleeding damage.
  
  Species Trait:
• Physical Damage Resistance
• Environmental Effect Immunity
• Bleed Immunity - Golems do not bleed
• Status Resistance - Golems are resistant to status effects in general
• Iron Will - Golems cannot be charmed or bribed into going against what it is programmed for.
  
  Items:
• Halberd of the Mad One (Legendary) - An extremely high damage dealing weapon that has the chance to inflict madness upon those hit by it.
• Armor of the Godsmith (Legendary) - The Golem’s body is made out of armor personally smithed by Ladata. Increases all resistances.
• Gauntlets of Eyes (Mythic) - Gauntlets that have a special ability allowing the user to see in any condition, regardless if the user is blinded for some reason. Can see through magical blindness.
• Helm of the Explosive Gaze (Legendary) - Crafted by Ladata. The helm allows the user to shoot an explosive out of of the face plate dealing high damage on a direct hit and moderate damage in splash damage.

Relation to other NPCs:

Other:

Xirphi, The Devourer of Souls

Typical Polymorphed Form

Typically just kobold sized

Species: Demon Dragon
Name: Xirphi
Guild Position:
Title: Devourer of Souls - Grants user the ability to gain life from defeated enemies. Grants additional racial abilities and actions.
Gender: Female
Age: 569
Background:
Xirphi was born of dragon means and lead an average life as a dragon for a time, this is what she had been and it was she would have been at her death at the hands of a group of adventures. The dragoness was defeated and sent to bowels of hell, that was where she fought tooth and nail until she discovered the power hidden inside of souls. It would be hear where many demonic entities would meet a permanent doom, fueling the rage that was inside of Xirphi, making her an unstoppable force. In the chaotic free-for-all known as Hell, it would warp the soul of the dragon and turn it into a demon that would be nigh unstoppable by most common means in the land.

However, she would meet defeat only once by the hands of a demon in which she could barely remember the name of, yet, she would remember the form all too well. From then on Xirphi would declare to take revenge on that demon and deliver unto her a torture in which an eternity would not allow her to heal from.

Xirphi searched and search, changing her form so that she might be able to take the demon who had embarrassed her by surprise. She searched and searched for a long time, until a mysterious binding force summoned her from the pits of Hell and into the control of Mistress Ladata, the Godsmith. Ladata would go on to use Xirphi as a form of guard for a maze defending her smithing area from those would dare intrude and steal from the guild. In her service, Xirphi would find the one who had embarrassed her so long ago, and she would remember the name. It was the demon Morningstar, the "Heaven's Dark Harbinger".

While Xirphi wanted to tear the demon to shreds, she would hold her tongue for the time being out of her orders from the one who had summoned her.

Personality:
Xirphi's personality follows the very standard personality that most dragons have, greedy and lazy, at least to a point. Time in hell has morphed what would have been a typical dragon into something far more sadistic and twisted, finding pleasure in some of the most cruel acts known to the world. She toys with her prey, only allowing them the sweet embrace of death when she becomes bored of them. That said, at heart, she is a playful entity who hardly gives a care if anything is challenging or not.

Her laziness does, however, prevent her from giving her all in challenges, making her a bit insufferable at times. At the very least, she is not a picky person, "going with the flow" as one might call it as she serves her summoner and the guild with what she has to offer.

Karma: -50

Class: Warlock
Subclass: Demon Master

Level: 90
Health: AAA
Mana: B
Strength: SS
Agility: A
Intelligence: S
Stamina: S
Physical Resist: AAA -> SS
Magic Resist: AAA > SS
True Resist: AAA > SS

Skills:

• Unarmed Combat - SS
• Acrobatics - AA
• Architecture - AAA
• Exotic(Melee) Weaponry Wielding - A
• Exotic(Weapon) Weaponry Wielding - AA
  
  Spells:
• True Polymorph - Alters users form completely, it is not an illusion.
• Grasp Heart - A 9th tier spell in which the caster grabs and crushes their opponent's heart, causing instant death to them. Even if the target resists, they instead become stupefied or stun as a secondary effect.
• Dragon Lightning - A 5th tier spell that shoots out a lightning bolt in the form of a dragon, that then seeks out its target.
• Hold of Ribs - A spell that restricts a target's movement with bones and can deeply piece it through their flesh.
• Flame Aura - Adds fire element to all physical attacks and damages all in melee range with fire, as well. Will protect her from several mid-tier ice attacks or one high-tier ice attack before going out.
• Greater Fear, 7th level - Irrational fear consumes the target and grows stronger over time, paralyzing them until they desperately attack anything around them to destroy the source of the fear.
• Maddening Scream, 8th - Creatures within hearing range of the scream are consumed with insanity, running around screaming and gibbering until the status is removed.
• Summon Lesser Demons - User summons a gang of five lesser demons who will follow the command of the user, even if the order is suicidal.
  
  Actions:
• Reveal True Mouth - User opens her true mouth, three tentacles protrude and may be used as high damage dealing weapons. Instant death to low-tier enemies.
• Breathe Unholy Fire - User breathes a high damage dealing cone of fire. Does increased damage to holy beings.
• Aura of the Mad One - Passive. All lower level beings, not shielded by faith or holy items, become mad and will attack the closest being to them. If there are no beings, they will commit suicide.
• Sharpen Claws - User sharpens claws to gain a passive damage boost
• Dragon Roar - User lets out draconic roar that intimidates all lower level enemies. High level enemies gain a damage debuff and increased chance to miss.
  
  Species Trait:
• Dragon Blood - Increase Magical Damage
• Dragon Hide - Decreased Physical and Magical Damage
• Dragon Senses - Increased Perception, invisible targets revealed. Even when asleep.
• Holy Weakness - Being partially Demonic, Xirphi has a natural weakness towards holy attacks.
  
  Items:
• Robes of the Stolen Strength (Mythic) - User gains strength in proportion to each enemy slain in a two second period, this period is reset after an enemy is killed. After two seconds, the effects dissipate.
• Jewel of the Dragon (Rare) - User gains increased physical and magical power. All attacks deal additional damage.
• Heart of Vitality (Legendary) - Grants additional HP gain.

Relation to other NPCs:
She has a fierce hatred towards Morningstar.

Some say she has a crush on the Mad Cultist.

Other:

Lexicon

Species: Human
Name: Lexicon
Guild Position: Guardian of Floor 5
Title: Prodigy - Gives User increased magical attack damage and increases their intelligence.
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Background:
The evil of the occult spreads far and wide, the feeling of madness and despair affect all of those who do or do not seek it, even children. Lexicon was always a child of unnatural wit and intuition, always finding a solution to a problem and, at first, was a marvel within the human village in which he resided. However, as he grew older, so did a touch of madness within him as he read from a book that he had found on the floor of the local woods. The book cursed him with an unimaginable evil, soon townsfolk would end up missing and the bodies that were found were brutalized to no end.

Eventually, skeletons and zombies would be occasionally be spotted in the forest, originally the townsfolk would believe these to be spirits of the deceased searching for their killer. None of the would suspect the child to be the mastermind behind this until they would find the boy sacrificing his mother to the 'Mad One'. The boy was locked in the town dungeon for a period of five days as the townsfolk decided on what to do with the boy, many wanting to end the child before he did any more damage to the village. However, they would not get to exact their revenge as in the middle of the night, almost half of the town ended up dead in their beds, throats slit. An assassin was plaguing their village now.

Lexicon was safe for the time, though still trapped in a dungeon. In the middle of the night, Lexicon would find a snake woman in the cell with him, offering him safety he would sacrifice the rest of his townsfolk to the Mad One and bring them back to terrorize anyone else who dared come through the village. Lexicon accepted, taking Ladata's hand in taking the greatest steps into the occult. Without mercy he set upon the town, without word he would bleed them dry as the arrogant snake-woman watched, and he without feeling he would join the Cathedral of the Damned.

Personality:
Lexicon is a being of nearly pure evil, cursed by an occult book that he had found in the forest. He will do whatever sadistic thing he wants, whether it be a part of his orders or not. While Xirphi is sadist, she cannot match the child's creativeness in the means by which he tortures, demeans, or even humiliates his opponents. He will exploit any weakness shown by his enemy and he will show no mercy even if ordered to take a target alive. Some that he giggles for each baby he steals candy from.

He is a manipulative boy, using anything for his own goals. Despite all these negative traits, it must be noted that Lexicon is still a little boy that has other emotions such as guilt, and sorrow. When he is alone, it is said that he will break down and cry at the terrible actions that he was forced to do in the past, and he will cry for the actions he knows that he will be forced to do. A sliver of his humanity remains, whether it can be saved or not depends on the future.

Karma: -100

Class: Necromancer
Subclass: Master of Death

Level: 58
Health: A
Mana: AA
Strength: D
Agility: A
Intelligence: S -> SSS
Stamina: AAA
Physical Resist: D
Magic Resist: B
True Resist: B > A

Skills:

• Account/Mathematics - S
• Acting - AA
• Geology - B
• Monster Knowledge - AAA
• Cartography - A
• Calligraphy - SS
• Persuasion - SSS
  
  Spells:
• Create Greater Undead - Creates two Undead Knights
• Create Mass Undead - Creates a horde of undead zombies or skeletons
• Fly - Allows User to fly
• Raise Dead - Revives dead person with loss of vitality. Cannot raise badly damaged corpse.
• Death - A spell that can kill a single target instantly.
• Gravity Maelstrom - Creates a swirling black ball of gravity that launches itself towards target, deals high damage.
• Greater Fear, 7th level - Irrational fear consumes the target and grows stronger over time, paralyzing them until they desperately attack anything around them to destroy the source of the fear.
• Life Essence - Allows User to see health values of an enemy
• Open Wounds - A spell that worsens wounds, moderate damage.
• Wall of Skeleton - Creates a wall of skeletons that can move and fight to some degree.
• Undead Flame - Surrounds target in an aura of mystical flames that are made of negative energy which will engulf the enemy when they make contact. High Damage.
• Undeath Slave Sight - A spell used on a skeleton. Allows user to see through the skeleton’s eye sockets.
  
  Actions:
• Clear Mind - User gains increased Intelligence for a while. Can only be used once a day.
• Scary Face - User makes an extremely scary face. Intimidates targets into not moving closer.
• Mad Laugh - User makes a maddening laugh. Causes fear in targets.
  
  Species Trait:
  N/A
  
  Items:
• Casting Gloves (Rare) - Allows user to cast using just their hands.
• Cloak of Retaliation (Legendary) - Melee attacks can be countered by a force of darkness, has a chance of striking enemy and dealing moderate damage.
• Knife of Hopelessness (Mythic) - Crafted by Ladata. A high damage dealing knife that imbues target with a feeling of hopelessness, forcing low-tier enemies to accept death.
• Floating Eye of the Mad One (Mythic) - Crafted by Ladata. Causes madness in up to five targets, forcess them to attack their closest target.

Relation to other NPCs:

Other:

The World Undone: A History of the Modern World [NRP] (1905--)

High Kingdom of Itherae

The ambition for Néo Méros

The colonial period of Itherae had begun roughly in May - June, 1905, when Philios Inaros, third-generation owner of the Inaros Trading Company, had used his influence in the Supra Dobranie and called in a personal favor with Queen Athena to grant him a charter to establish a colony in northern Serrenthia. Philios would call his ambition to colonize a portion of northern Serrenthia a “boon to the start Itheraen trade prominence in Eurania” as the colonial area that he sought to bring into Itheraen hands, while not directly on the entrance to Southern Eurania it was on the way from any ships coming from more southern lands. It was with this geographical location that Philios would believe that a prime Itheraen trading hub would be established, it was his dream to see this as an increase in sales profits and finally expand his company in a larger, grandeur fashion.

While the Itheraen economy was largely uncompetitive on the world market, Philios also believed that, should this colony be successful, it would increase Itheraen power in the world market, as well as make his nation seem more of a greater power than even their Tyrian neighbor. While many later criticize his claims, due to the instability of the region, they would eventually agree that his argument had some basis with Itherae being able to rise in power comparative to its neighbors. However, there was still the hope that an empire such as Tara or Toubres would simply use their overwhelming naval superiority to seize the colony or deter colonial ships from even landing as they made the sail from southern Itherae.

Furthermore, Itherae, at the time, had barely any navy to speak of at the time, and what few ships they did have, were unarmed merchant ships, which further increased the worry that the colony would not be able to be properly defended. However, Itheraen official Leoprepes Alcon, a foreign minister one of the few that fully supported Philios in his ambition to bring Serrenthia into Itheraen hands, would go to barter with the Etelian government in order to purchase three destroyers from them with a budget of $5 Million in Itheraen Jewels from the royal treasury around the same time his ambition would begin.

With that, the colonial interest of Philios would be somewhat secured over the course of his dream. Then, there was the issue of Kahmar Mustafa, who had recently risen up and taken Tourbres Serrenthia by storm in early february of 1905. That was where Philios would have the idea of using his own personal funds to hire retired Itheraen volunteers, many of which had the Type 91 rifles that they had used in their service, in order to form a garrison of for the colony once it had landed, though he was only able to acrew 51 able bodied men to take up the task, a number that would never be able to fight against Mustafa’s numbers. He would have to leave it up to chance whether the Itheraen army would send a proper garrison or not.

Philios would go on to recruit over 1,000 individuals to settle the colony with him, promising each man a total fifty acres of land should they go on the perilous journey. With government funds and encouragement at his back and all of Serrenthia before him, Philios “Colonialist” Inaros would go on to be known for his ambitions and pursuit of the Serrenthian dream.

Itheraen Veterans boarding a ship to Serrenthia

(+2 to Imperialism Order)