Sini

Game of Thrones - a Song of Ice and Fire

This looks so interesting. I'm weighing whether I have time to dedicate to it or not as it seems an ambitious project.

@idlehands

From past experiences it really is up to the participants to see how dedicated they get. Point is to have fun.

Game of Thrones - a Song of Ice and Fire

Should I take that as a go-ahead to the character idea, then? XD

@Vilhelm

We already have some mercs, but there's room for more. Alternatively, I would be open to lending you Ascario :) Check the charactars tab. Drop by chat sometime.

A Game of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire

Still accepting guys! More peeps!

Game of Thrones - a Song of Ice and Fire

As long as it has 'apply' in the banner, we're still accepting.

Game of Thrones - a Song of Ice and Fire

Making up an app for the Greyjoys as we speak

@Joytex

Cool, going with canon or no?

An Age of Empires [Low Fantasy - Advanced]

Also, I just realize how large the area under Lastar is, anyone in the neighboring are interested in a defensive pact?

@ClocktowerEchos

Well, he does have a large population too. It figures that he ought to have living space and a big waterflow as to sustain them.

@The Captain
Really liking your nation!

An Age of Empires [Low Fantasy - Advanced]

Map

Right, so I've taken a few liberties with locations so it would mesh better. The purple blot in the centre is Captain's country (for which I found no name in the OOC yet).

These borders can still change if need be, but for now I believe they are rather solid. Biggest countries population and surface-wise are Jukku and Lastar. I figured the are 'New Jukku' could be a recent addition to the bigger part, since it was too 'tiny' to exist on its own in that specific hotspot.

An Age of Empires [Low Fantasy - Advanced]

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That'd be me. Still waiting for that roll.

@Kenyi

How about these?

ESSENTIALS
Population Density (Population - 7,200,000) - Regionally Dense; A good amount of manpower for the military and economic purposes, with social infrastructure strained more at a regional basis. Civic projects range from affordable to expensive. The nation requires a stronger economy to sustain itself.

Economy - Stagnation - The economy is performing adequately, though there is room for improvement. There are certain limitations on the economy that are bottlenecking real growth, such as a restriction in investment capital or insufficient demand, however. There is some unemployment and economic unhappiness among people in the lower income brackets, and there is a degree of criticism in what can go wrong, even if it hasn't gone wrong yet.

Urbanisation - Semi-urbanised: There are several towns and a few cities present, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand inhabitants.

Technology - Modernizing: The industrial infrastructure is in the process of improvement, and this is a teething process. But the economy is seeing increased activity because of this investment. New technologies are becoming domestically available. However, there is a degree of dependence on imports, including in terms of the expertise to modernize the economy. Metallurgy is limited to iron products.

Domestic Political Stability - Growing unrest in cities

GEOGRAPHY
Largely consists of plains and hills, with tropical areas

RESOURCES
Mineral Deposits - Minimal deposits of metals and minerals.

Valuable Mineral Deposits - Trace deposits of rare earth metals, predominately silver, some marble quarries.

Unique Materials - Spices, hardwood

Agriculture - crop and small livestock based, food surplus that is rapidly decreasing over time, famines imminent

MILITARY
Military Focus - Decent army and mediocre navy, good infantry and cavalry ratio (5:1)

Military Recruitment - Volunteer Force Military, levies in wartime

Reliability - Levies are of decent quality, generals play politics

Military Size - small core of professional units: requires some upkeep, easy to equip/supply quickly, seasonal levies

Military Technology - Rapid Modernization, your nation does not lag behind the rest of the world, and even sets the standard on some levels.

Military Training and Morale - Highly Trained; High Morale, levies are of good quality but low morale

Military Leadership - Competent; Rose to their positions through experience and battlefield exploits

Military Reputation - Popular domestically; considered small but capable by foreigners

Siege Equipment - Developed, seasoned corps of engineers and sappers; Loyal and capable

Strengths & weaknesses
Pro:Delatores: Your secret police, internal spies. They watch the moods and flows of the nation politically and nationally watching the way people react and heading off rebellion before it ever rears its head. Hopefully.

Con: Bandits are a major concern and problem within your nation to the point where only a fool travels unarmed, or in large groups.

Come up with one of each of your own.

Game of Thrones - a Song of Ice and Fire

Name:House Velaryon
Seat: Driftmark
Words: "The Old, the True, the Brave"
Affiliation:House Targaryen (Dragonstone)

Description:
House Velaryon of Driftmark rules the island of Driftmark, the largest island of Blackwater Bay in the crownlands. Their castles include Driftmark and High Tide, as well as the towns of Hull and Spicetown, though the latter was put to the torch during the Dance. High Tide was also sacked. The head of House Velaryon is titled Lord of the Tides and Master of Driftmark. The Velaryons are sworn to Dragonstone.

House Velaryon is an ancient and proud house, with the blood of old Valyria in its veins. The Velaryons traveled to Westeros before the Targaryens, having settled on the island of Driftmark, and they claim that they received the Driftwood Throne from the Merling King to conclude a pact. The Velaryons filled their coffers by gaining monopoly over the passing trade and Velaryon ships dominated the middle reaches of the narrow sea while their allies, the Targaryens, ruled the skies with their dragons.

The House continued to maintain close ties with the Targaryens after the Doom of Valyria, as evidenced by the marriage of Aerion Targaryen and Valaena Velaryon, the parents of Aegon the Conqueror and his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys. When Aegon and his sisters began their Wars of Conquest, Driftmark men followed, and the lord of the house, Daemon Velaryon, became Aegon's master of ships. Furthermore, the first ever Lord Commander of the Kingsguard was Ser Corlys Velaryon. Since the Conquest, Velaryons have intermarried with the Targaryens several times.

History:
During the Dance of the Dragons, the Velaryons were major supporters of the blacks against the greens, as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen's first husband had been Laenor Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, was wed to Lord Corlys Velaryon. Dragonriders from the house during the civil war included Laenor's sons Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey Velaryon, although accusations persisted that Harwin Strong was actually the father. Even without these champions (all of whom died in the civil war), the House's wealth and fleets at the time made them a significant power of Westeros, with only the Greyjoys able to match them at sea. Corlys used these fleets to blockade Blackwater Bay. However, Spicetown and High Tide were sacked after the blockade was broken in the Battle in the Gullet, with the Velaryons losing nearly a third of their ships.

The death of Corlys's wife, Princess Rhaenys, angered the Sea Snake against Rhaenyra, who had refused to send her sons at Rhaenys's side. Rhaenyra brought Corlys back into the fold by making him her Hand. To gain more dragonriders, the blacks recruited several dragonseed smallfolk, among them Addam of Hull and his brother Alyn. According to their mother, Marilda of Hull, the two boys were fathered by the late Ser Laenor Velaryon, Rhaenyra's first husband, but Mushroom hinted that Addam and Alyn were actually fathered by Lord Corlys himself. Corlys had spent many of his days at the shipyards of Hull where Marilda's father was a shipwright, and Mushroom claimed the boys were kept far from court and away from the fiery-tempered Princess Rhaenys.

Upon Prince Jacaerys’s call for dragonseeds, House Velaryon gained two ‘lost sons’ in the shape of Addam and Alyn. Where Addam succeeded in bonding with a dragon (Seasmoke), and was thus raised to knighthood, Alyn failed to find his intended mount (Grey Ghost). Instead, he attempted to bond with Sheepstealer who set him ablaze. His brother beat out the flames and so Alyn’s life was spared, though he would bear the marks of dragonfire on his back and legs for the rest of his life.

Addam was able to bond to the dragon Seasmoke, though Alyn failed in his own attempt. Lord Corlys adopted both boys into the House, petitioning Rhaenyra to remove the taint of bastardy from them, making them his heirs. Later, as Rhaenyra grew paranoid, she suspected the boys of treachery. Corlys spoke in their defense and warned Addam in time for him to flee King's Landing. Addam went on to fight at the Second Battle of Tumbleton, defeating Rhaenyra's foes at the cost of his own life. Meanwhile, Corlys was thrown in the dungeon, costing Rhaenyra the Velaryon fleet. He was eventually pardoned by King Aegon II Targaryen.

Of the princely Velaryons (Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey) none survived. Nor did Vaemond Velaryon, who had attempted to overthrow Corlys and Laenor for which he paid with his life. His sons attempted to inherit Driftmark as well, but had their tongues cut out. This leaves the Velaryons thinned out. Only Daeron Velaryon remained true to the old Sea Snake.

Sworn to your house: lesser landed nobles

Members of the House:

• Lord Corlys Velaryon of Driftmark, Lord of the Tides (elderly)
• Ser Laenor Velaryon, his son (slain by his friend Qarl Correy over a quarrel in Spicetown in 120 AC)
• Jacaerys, Lucerys, Joffrey, Laenor’s sons (perished during the Dance)
• Laena, wife to Daemon Targaryen (died during childbirth in 120 AC)
• Ser Addam Velaryon (formerly of Hull, dragonrider, died at 2nd battle of Tumbleton, reputed son of Laenor)
• Alyn Velaryon, Corlys’s heir (formerly of Hull, reputed son of Laenor, 18)
• Ser Daeron Velaryon (nephew to Corlys, cousin to Alyn)
• Daenaera Velaryon, Daeron’s daughter

Alyn Velaryon:

Alyn Velaryon, formerly known as Alyn of Hull
Age:18
Appearance:

Affiliation: House Velaryon

Personality & Biography:
Born a bastard, Alyn never had great hopes in life until the day the call for dragonseeds came. Together with his brother, Addam, he answered the summons from Dragonstone to attempt a wild dragon. While his older sibling was successful, Alyn was paid in dragonfire. Fortunately, he survived without any permanent physical damage. Nevertheless, he will bear the marks on his back and legs for the rest of his days.

Born of Marilda, daughter of a local shipwright in House Velaryon’s service, the two boys grew up around ships and sea. Rumours are about though that it was Lord Corlys himself, not his son Laenor, who sired Addam and Alyn. Regardless of his exact origin, Alyn was elevated to House Velaryon at the same time as his brother.

With the Two Betrayers (Ulf the Sot and Hugh Hammer) on their minds, many voices in the black council questioned his brother Addam’s loyalty. Only their adoptive grandfather, Lord Corlys spoke in defence of the dragonseed, remarking that Addam and his brother Alyn were “true heirs” and worthy of Driftmark.

Having gained three trueborn brothers and a name, Alyn lost them over the course of two years. Lucerys was shamelessly butchered by his kinsman Aemond on a diplomatic mission to Storm’s End in 129 AC. Luke was soon to be followed by his two brothers. Jacaerys took a quarrel during the Battle of the Gullet, which saw High Tide and Spicetown sacked, and Corlys’s treasure stolen by the Three Sisters (Myr, Lys and Tyrosh). Joffrey, the youngest, perished trying to save the dragons during the Storming of the Dragonpit.

While they had known one another for only a short time, Alyn had grown fond of his trueborn siblings. Their loss was still fresh when the biggest blow hit him. Not only were he and his brother indicted by the increasingly unreasonable Queen Rhaenyra, but Addam instead sacrificed himself proving his loyalty. He and his dragon fell at the Second Battle of Tumbleton Now truly alone, for Corlys had been imprisoned, Alyn watched events unfurl from Pentos.

Growing up in this vicious turmoil, Alyn has become apprehensive in trusting others. The Velaryons had even purged their own house in 126 AC, when Ser Vaemond wished to inherit Driftmark in lieu of Laenor’s sons. While Alyn has immense respect for his fabled grandfather, he deems the Sea Snake’s methods too soft. In his youth, Corlys was supposed to be a great adventurer and leader of men, but has aged into a careful old man. Obviously he does not doubt his grandfather’s courage, merely his resolve. It is as if the Sea Snake is too busy trying to help other people stay on course, that he forgets he can set one for his own.

With the other Velaryons either dead or too distantly related to stake a claim, Alyn has become heir to Driftmark. The pressure and realisation of his position have stirred the fire of ambition, and with Corlys’s fleet and men flocking to him in Pentos, Alyn now has the means to do his name proud. His grandfather may have been forced to serve Aegon II, but Alyn could still bring that murderous usurper to justice.

OOC:

Game of Thrones - a Song of Ice and Fire

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Oh.

Um.

I may have broken a rule already.

@OneEyedChurro

Ought to read everything! Now stop by the chat and face the King's Justice.