TheDuncanMorgan

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

Just thought i'd say; you don't need to wait on me for this round of posts. Feel free to post whenever you are ready.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

Or are things just going to get handwaved as political bureaucracy and thick diplomatic dialogue, and TDM give us a list of how things split and work out.

I think this is what I am going to do. As I said before I would like to move the story along and TBH there isn't really much more that can be added to the discussion. Also it's not really fair on our individual characters who don't have much to do or say during these meetings. The Kingdoms will not declare there alliance until a week or so after the meeting; this way everyone would have a chance to get back to the safety of there own kingdoms. The Alliances are as followed:

The Imperial Concord
Supports Duncan De Reimer for the throne

House De Reimer
House Du Paraquette - Due to agreement made with Duncan De Reimer and loyalty to the crown
House Anjervine - loyalty to the crown
House Tuania - Due to agreement made with Duncan De Reimer
House Greensworth - loyalty to the crown

The Soldier's Entente

House Blackwell
House Sutharlan - Due to agreement with Giles Blackwell
House Staghain - Due to agreement with Giles Blackwell
House Neptune - Due to fear of House Blackwell

Name to be created by @AndrewCooper

House Manshrew
Supports Andrew Manshrew for the throne

House Humber - Due to loyalty to House Manshrew
House Glarmion - Due to loyalty to House Manshrew
House Mazeltof - Due to loyalty to House Manshrew and fear of De Reimer family

Independent kingdoms
House Wulfrick - House Wulfrick has stated that they will ally with whoever can offer them the best deal.

These said kingdoms are now under the control of either me PW or AC. I will send the kingdom's stats to you ASAP (I have gotten a new PC today and I need to transfer over my Formaroth data onto this PC first).

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

OK Andrew apologises for the delay but his internet was down and was unable to post. He said he would get it up tonight. Once his post is up, Fox has a collab that we did in advance that she will post up. After that the next round of posts will start. I will give the nation RPiers a list of who the NPC nations are allied to.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@MacabreFox Very good.

Andrew said he would have something up tonight so we should be free to proceed soon.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

I'm back

@PhoenixWhite The meeting of succession will end once Andrew has got his IC post up. Fox and Kloomster can also do a post on how Aurelia and Claus respond to the negotiations if they wish. I don't want to spend to much time on the meeting so we can move the story along.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

Sorry about the short notice: But I may be unavailable this weekend. I will be back Sunday evening UK time.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

@PhoenixWhite Understood. I don't suppose you could give a rough estimate of when you think your next IC post will be up?

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

House Representatives:

Du Paraquette - Supports House De Reimer during the debate
-Charles Du Paraquette
-Unnamed Advisor
-Unnamed Advisor

Humber - Supports House Manshrew During the debate
-Daeron Humber
-Maerya Bernalys
-Unnamed Advisor

Greensworth
-Jullon Greensworth
-Colbat Greensworth
-Unnamed Advisor

Lanistark - Supports House Manshrew during debate
-Serala Lanistark
-Unnamed Advisor
-Unnamed Advisor

Tuania - Supports House De Reimer during debate
-Catryn Tuania
-Cerlina Tuania
-Anron Tuania

Staghain - Supports House Blackwell during debate
-Mylla Staghain
-Alfred Staghain
-Unnamed Advisor

Neptune
-Captain Nicol
-Unnamed Advisor
-Unnamed Advisor

Anjervine
-Henri Anjervine
-Unnamed Advisor
-Unnamed Advisor

Wulfrick
-Aureus Wulfrick
-Smaragdus Wulfrick
-Sappir Wulfrick

Mazeltof
-Henry Mazeltof
-Godwyn Mazeltof
-Alicja Mazeltof

Sutharlan - Supports house Blackwell during debate (I think it is now safe to assume that Cold Hands is no longer in the RP)
-Bearnard Sutharlan
-Cormag Sutharlan
-Unnamed Advisor

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

OK the new round of posts has begun :) :

@twannyman Don't worry about not getting your intro post out during the last round of posts. You are free to post during this round. I just thought it was fair for everyone else to get this round of posts started considering it has been a while. Also I'm sorry to hear about your computer.

@AndrewCooper @PhoenixWhite You have my permission to take control of the representatives of the NPC houses for these round of posts. This way you can make your speech more of a debate; similar to what I did with House Humber and Du Paraquette. I will write the representatives of the NPC houses bellow.

If you have any questions please let me know.

Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

The main hall of Miserth Keep was a sight to behold. It was the heart of the once formidable Remonnet Empire and it was clear why. The hall was a huge cavernous room with four rows of humongous stone pillars. The floor was a pattern of white and black marble, across which ran a regal red carpet. The carpet ran from the entrance of the hall to the steps of the throne. The throne sat on the far end of the room atop a raised dais climbed up to by two set of wide steps of rough black stone. The throne was made from a special type of wood known as Othalea, carved from an extremely rare tree that only grew in the Elven Imperium. The chair was adorned with red velvet, gold and polished jewels. Personally Duncan thought of it as somewhat ugly, though even he couldn’t deny its grandeur. Around a dozen of the royal guard stood watch over the procession gleaming in their ceremonial armour, alongside several of the iron fist mercenaries. Wooden benches had been set up on the far sides of the hall for the hundreds of Nyhem Nobles who had arrived to watch the processions. Fourteen tables had been set up near the center of the hall, one for each of the high noble families of Formaroth. A banner hung behind each table depicting the crest of whichever house sat in front of it. Duncan sat in the middle of his table. On either side of him sat Alex and Aurelia. Several of the noble houses had already spoken, however none of them had said anything of particular importance yet. Many were just expressing their own opinion on what type of king they wanted and would support. Aureus Wulfrick had just finished speaking and it was now Duncan’s turn to speak on behalf of the De Reimer family. As Duncan rose from his seat the eyes of all the nobles in the hall turned to him.

“Greetings to all of you. As you all know I am Duncan De Reimer and I speak on behalf of both House De Reimer and the imperial court”. Duncan began, though the intro was pointless given that everyone already knew who he was. It was simply a formality and all the other houses had started their speeches in a similar way.
“I believe that many of you are aware that I do indeed plan to put myself forward as the next successor to the throne” Duncan could here murmuring from a number of different tables after this statement, namely from supporters of house Manshrew but he continued on without interruption “I assure you that I put myself forward not out of greed or lust for power, but because I believe through my knowledge and experience I can do what is best for Formaroth. I was given the title of head advisor by King John Remonnet himself. One of the many responsibilities of the head advisor is to act as ruler in a king or queen’s absence. King John believed that I was best suited to rule the kingdom should he ever be unable to. However now that John is dead there are no longer any Remonnets left to take the throne. By default I am next in line to the throne, it is my right. I know I am not tied to the throne by blood, but I was trusted by John to rule the Kingdom in the absence of a Remonnet, and I have more right to the throne than anyone else in this room”. Before Duncan could continue Daeron Humber violently stood up from his chair.

“Do you expect us to trust you snake”? He shouted “You or the rest of your traitor family. You have made it clear just how far you will go for your ambition after you turned on the Remonnets during the civil war”. Duncan turned to face Daeron

“We turned on a vicious Tyrant, not the Remonnets” Though Duncan’s remained calm there was a clear firmness in his voice “Also do be careful who you call traitor, as I remember your family turned on the Remonnets and joined house Manshrew without a second thought”. Daeron opened his mouth to protest but a glace from his head advisor Maerya (whom was sitting next to him) soon stopped him; making a scene during the meeting would reflect badly on him. He threw Duncan a rageful look before he sat back down. Once he was seated Duncan continued.
“To further my claim; I also believe that I am the most qualified individual to rule Formaroth. I have served on the high council for many years and have ruled in John’s absence numerous times. I have the experience and skills needed to rule as king of Formaroth”.

“I agree with Duncan” Said Charles Du Paraquette as he rose from his seat “Already he had proven that he is a competent ruler. In the short time that he has been acting ruler of Formaroth he has increased the well-being of the people of Nyhem and reduced the crowns debt considerably” As Charles sat back down he gave Duncan a small smile; it was clear that he would keep up his end of their bargain.

“Thankyou Charles, your support is appreciated” Duncan said “I trust that you will all make your decision on who to support based off logic and reason and not based off petty bias”. With that Duncan had finished his speech. Many of the nobles had started to quietly confer with each other. As he sat back down he learned over to Aurelia.

“Well I think that went pretty well, don’t you”? He whispered. Before either of them had time to say more Alex had already stood up and started to introduce the next representative.