The Nexerus

"Your score beats or equals 99.72% of all."

^ Necromancy is illegal, @Makky.

85 WPM. Better than I was expecting considering I don't type correctly.

Hey Spam

When I am mad, I drown myself in booze and pills and books about Satanism.

@Taaj

I am a doctor*, so I can confirm that this is the best possible way to deal with anger.

_{*I am not actually a doctor and do not, in fact, believe that this is the best possible way to deal with anger.}

The Seven Cities

[@Nexerus] I'll take you up on that offer, thank you!

@Legion02

Send me a PM with the basic idea, what you'd like your entity to be called and so forth.

The Seven Cities

There are multiple financial enterprises in Noctua owned by multiple individuals. If you would like, Legion, your faction could be located there as well.

And as for the map being full, very far from the truth. I can see plenty of locations with open territory. I can even think of particular sorts of cities that would be excellent for each. Some of these spots are so perfect I am amazed they haven't been taken yet.

Swords & Septims: Adventures in Tamriel (The Elder Scrolls)

"Ungimros and Baladas, start on the other side of the chamber. Ladies... just, uh, catch your breath, okay?"

Hector

I'll see about posting later this evening.

The Seven Cities

What sort of empire was Pharazon?

The Seven Cities

May or may not exist.

Noctua

Noctua

NATIONAL

-Capital: Noctua. Affectionately nicknamed the Gilded City.

-Government Type: Noctua is governed by the Weiskreis, a council consisting of representatives of the major organizations and factions present within Noctuan society. These include the Sovanids, the long-time patrons of Noctua's banking tradition, as well as the various artisan's outfits and trade guilds established within the city. The Weiskreis, and therefore Noctua, is famed for its neutrality in international affairs; Noctua is extraordinarily well-defended, and it is generally taken for granted that if the Gilded City does not involve itself in the conflicts of the empires, the empires will not involve themselves in Noctuan affairs.

-Currency: Noctuan Krone, plural kronar.

-Population: 200,000, of which 160,000 live in the city of Noctua, and the remainder in smaller towns or adjoining rural areas.

-Unique Trait #1: Bank Vaults; The mountains of the Noctuan countryside are littered with heavily fortified and well-guarded banking vaults carved into the mountains, holding secure the extraordinary wealth of not only the Noctuan citizenry and elite, but also numerous foreign kings.

-Unique Trait #2: Neutrality & Isolation; Noctua has a long-standing policy of avoiding military conflict, and it is politically impossible for the Weiskreis to deploy the Noctuan Guard abroad. Furthermore, Noctua's geographical position, nestled high in the mountains, deters would-be attackers and makes those invaders that do try their luck unlikely to succeed.

-Unique Flaw #1: Bourgeoisie; The people of Noctua are wealthy, even the common folk holding greater financial stock than they otherwise might in any other land. A curse in disguise, the high class nature of Noctuan society begets high class tastes. Good enough, in Noctua, is not good enough. Everything made in Noctua and everything brought to Noctua from somewhere else must be made by the finest craftsmen and of the finest materials, or it will not so much as be deemed worthy of entry.

-Unique Flaw #2: Neutrality & Isolation; Noctua has a long-standing policy of avoiding military conflict, and it is politically impossible for the Weiskreis to deploy the Noctuan Guard abroad—even when it would clearly be in Noctua's best interests. Furthermore, Noctua's geographical position, nestled high in the mountains, deters commercial trade, and makes those materials that Noctua must import (such as lumber and foodstuffs) more expensive.

GEOGRAPHICAL

-Major Towns/Colonies: Korgelinn, a small but heavily fortified town that guards the beginning of the winding mountain passage leading towards Noctua proper. Korgelinn's tall, thick and generally imposing reinforced walls, built into the sides of the mountains, demarcate the outermost extent of the Gilded City's authority. Within the Walls of Korgelinn, all belongs to Noctua. Outside of the Walls of Korgelinn, none. Owing to the town's strategic importance, it is the centre of Noctua's military, and houses a large permanent garrison ready to defend the Gilded City against all who may seek to plunder her riches.

The most populous of the Noctuan countryside's towns is Jund, a mining settlement. Located about half way along the winding road through the mountains leading from Korgelinn to Noctua, Jund is a town constructed almost entirely from stone, quarried from the same sapphire mine which most of the town's economy is centred around. Originally an insignificant hamlet useful only for designating the distance remaining to Noctua, the settlement's population exploded upon the discovery of a massive sapphire deposit only a stone's throw away from a free peasant's backyard. This originally modest farming family took the surname 'von Jund' after the sapphire deposit afforded them an extraordinary fortune. The von Junds then used their newly acquired wealth to commission themselves a massive, extravagant villa in Jund's outskirts, from which they rule over Jund as the town's assigned governors to this day.

-Major Castles/Fortresses: Talonspire, a major financial centre and the personal residence of House Sovanid. One of the tallest structures in the land, Talonspire is an architectural marvel of the age, soaring high into the sky to afford its residents unparalleled views of the Noctuan countryside. Designed in an intimidating Gothic style, the interior is decorated with contrastingly warm-coloured and plentiful artworks commissioned from Noctua's many famous artisans. There are two separate staircases leading up and down to Talonspire's many floors. One is for public access, allowing the employees of the Bank of Sovanid to gain access to their working place and entreat prospective clients with the amazing wealth and beauty of Noctua. The other staircase, accessible only by members of House Sovanid and their servants and guests, leads directly to the residential rooms in the building's top floors.

Although imposing due to its sheer height, Talonspire isn't really a defensive structure. It's assumed that no foreign invader would ever be able to penetrate into Noctua so far as to reach it, and thus the only guards are those in the personal employ of House Sovanid. These men, wearing plate armour painted blue and decorated with the Sovanid owl sigil, have the task of ensuring the maintenance of law and order and presenting an air of utmost safety and security, rather than actually warding off any aggressors.

-Buildings of Interest: Noctua is home to the Laiskas Medjan, perhaps the largest library with the most voluminous collection in all of Avara. It is built adjoining Talonspire, and its construction was funded with Sovanid coin. Whereas Talonspire is the centre of Noctua's banking tradition, the Laiskas Medjan is the centre of its literary tradition. Untold numbers of writers and artists practice and ply their trade in the Laiskas Medjan's numerous floors, some of those most talented even possessing residences within the semi-circular construct's elegant halls.

-Geographic Features of Interest: The most spectacularly beautiful of Noctua's geographical features is the Godfalls, a massive waterfall cascading down from the mountains to feed a small river, which then falls down from the plateau again and to a river at ground level. The Godfalls occur at the border of Noctua proper, where the Korgelinn Road officially ends, and the ornately crafted bridge leading over the fast-flowing river the Godfalls create therefore demarcates the official entry into the City of Noctua.

-Territory Description: Noctua is built atop a mountain plateau, entirely inaccessible from all sides spare through a single, wide road leading down to Korgelinn. The landscape of city's surroundings is therefore mountainous, and contains wildlife and natural features fitting of a place in the mountains: most of the trees are pine, and the climate in the winter can be quite cold.

RACIAL

-Majority Race: Human.

-Majority Race Appearance: Humanlike.

-Majority Race Characteristics: Two arms, two legs, a head, etc.

-Minority Races: None in significant quantity. There are some members of non-human races that have moved to Noctua, either to further their careers in finance or to ply their artistic talents, but these individuals do not represent a significant visible demographic.

-Minority Race Characteristics: Various.

RELIGION & MAGIC

-State Religion: None. Noctua is officially secular.

-Religious Information: Both Justinian and the Old Gods are worshipped in Noctua, as well as the gods of numerous other smaller faiths endemic to the Dragon's Spine. The only religious belief which faces official persecution is the worship of the Red Pantheon. No deity within the Red Pantheon may be honoured in any public place in Noctua, and although religious practice in private quarters is unrestricted, the law is not stymied by the excuse of religion. If, say, worship of a particular deity should happen to include ritual human sacrifice, those rituals will not be permitted regardless of their importance to that religion. The demands of the theological bend to the requirements of the secular in Noctua.

-Religion Demographics: The largest faith is Justiniaism, closely followed by worship of the Old Gods. Followers of these two combined practices comprise upwards of 90% of Noctua's population. The remaining tenth of the citizenry either belong to smaller religions or do not profess any faith at all.

-Holy Relics In Possession: TBA

-Holy Sites Under Control: TBA

-Magical Schools and Curriculum: TBA

MILITARY

-Military Details (Focus on unit types, ect. You can keep numbers vague)

NATIONAL DRAMATIS PERSONAE

-Head of State/Monarch:
-Ruling Dynasty (If applicable):
-Military Chief (If applicable):
-Religious Head (If Applicable):
-Persons of interest:

CULTURAL

-History: (I will add key historical episodes to the history timeline above.)
-Historical Relations and Greivances
-Cultural Notes

The Seven Cities

^ Don't post your NS in the IC. Either OOC or the Characters tab.

Swords & Septims: Adventures in Tamriel (The Elder Scrolls)

The low, booming voice that all at once filled the crypt would have caught Elayne's ear even if it hadn't caused the draugr to abandon their fight and flee back into the darkness. Elayne knew just enough of the language to identify it—as Dovah-Zul, the language of the dragons—but could not understand it with nearly the fluency that Balen seemed to. The words, apparently, had been an order to the draugr to retreat, and to allow their master to face the intruders. Elayne felt a lump form in her throat at the thought of a Dragon Priest laying in wait further inside this dark, foreboding tomb. She was unsure that she could pose adequate challenge to such a being, even with her allies, powerful mages among them, at her side.

Yet, Elayne's curiosity did not disperse altogether even in the face of such an incredible danger. If this ruin held a Dragon Priest, an ancient, long-dead servant of the Dovah that ruled these lands long past, it would without a doubt hold artefacts of immense historical value. The young merchant's daughter from Camlorn now had a chance to shine light upon one of Skyrim's greatest historical enigmas: the nature of the relationship between the Dovah, the children of Akatosh, and those most fervent and powerful of their Merethic Era worshippers. The origin of the Dragon Priests' power was a secret that the Dovahkin had been all too happy to ignore in the events preceding Alduin's defeat, and to be the one to both defeat one of the priests and have the knowledge and curiosity to discover all that could be discovered about the fallen dragon-worshipper would be a point of immense pride to Elayne. It could perhaps even win the young mage a name for herself in Tamriel's magical and scholarly circles, something which would be sure to come in handy in Elayne's future adventures.

Of course, there was also the possibility that the master these draugr obeyed in their hasty retreat was not one of the Dragon Priests, but merely another draugr of higher rank. That would be considerably less frightening, but also considerably less interesting. A careful balance always needed to be struck between the desire to discover and the desire to live, and for Elayne, that balance may very well have required she not run into any dragon-worshipping Arch Mages from the Merethic Era. With all of these thoughts running anxiously through her head, and ambient magical energy slowly flowing back into her now somewhat spent body, Elayne spoke a simple, tired word of agreement to the grubby pirate that offered that the group keep moving. "Let's."

Welcome to the beginning!- A post-apocalyptic NRP

@Brink_ The 'Consulate of Rupert's Land' apparently occupies "Alberta to British Columbia (and) all of the Territories". Saskatchewan and eastward are not included, but the northern islands are, as part of the Territories.