TheyMostlyComeAtNight — Roleplayer Guild

UPDATE: I'm a bit further along, If you look in my ORGANISATION section you should be able to see what I've given myself for my Space Navy, I tried to pick a reasonable force but it is hard without anything to compare to :) If you think I have gone overboard or not gone far enough just tell me! I'm trying to be militarily strong but at the same time bound and below the Lyseni. Somewhat similar to Germany or Japan after WWI but without the breaking the rules, well maybe I might break the rules hehe we shall see :P

House Name: House Callidum
Location: Island in the South West of the map.

Region name: Maridia
Population: 200 Million beings
Motto: Arcana imperii (the secrets of power)
Colors: Black and White.
History: The Callidum family claim to be descended from the head of engineering on the old Starward destiny, however it is an open secret that there is absolutely no proof or even indication of any links to be found between the family and said engineer and many speculate that the claim is merely imitation of the Lyseli's claim. The house colours are black and white, these represent life and death, a reminder that what good we have made of life has been built on the death of our people. House Callidum rose to prominence and eventual rule during the civil war of 4326. Grand Admiral Henry Callidum seized the Capital with his marine forces and with his naval forces gained control of the food supply routes, resistance soon crumbled in the face of mass starvation. Maridia being an island has always had a strong naval presence, with the rise of House Callidum the navy and air-force expanded further. In 4380 House Callidum invaded the eastern continent conquering a large swathe of land along the Eastern coast (as seen on the map), this gave House Callidum a stable supply of food to feed the large population of the island.

In the year 3000 huge expansions in the navy and airforce began in response to increasingly hostile moves by the Lyseli, an arms race of sorts soon began. Harsh diplomacy eventually spilled over into war and despite initial success House Callidum's naval surface fleet took heavy losses. In the continental territories claimed by House Callidum, House Callidum's small yet well trained army fought valiantly but were hopelessly outnumbered, The airforce took many losses in operations to evacuate as many men as possible from the eastern continent. Perhaps the Lyseli would have decided to invade the weakened Maridia, however House Callidum's submarine fleet was still almost intact and invasion would almost certainly bring nuclear fire to the Lyseli. Instead the Lyseli waited, without the eastern continental farms Maridia starved, within six months House Callidum sued for peace. In the next 1000years Maridian soldiers, aircraft and ships fought the Lyseli's enemies across the globe.

IMPORTANT PEOPLE:

Name: Henry Callidum VII

High Lord [+]

Description:

Gender: male
Age: 38
Title(s): Head of House Callidum, Arch of the Nine tides, Blessed of the people.
Relation within the House: High Lord of House Callidum.

Personality and skills: Henry is a military man, as all who rule House Callidum have been. He displays all the idealistic images of the military man, concerning himself with honor and justice, being blunt and too the point. However to take him at his image would be a huge mistake. House Callidum have their fingers in everything, their nation is dependent on imports to survive, as you can guess this put undue pressure on House Callidum to ensure these imports do not cease. Henry is cunning and devious and he has to be as leader of the Nine tides, an organisation loyal to House Callidum with the primary goal of infiltrating the other houses. Henry loves his children however he often does not have the time for them, a recurring problem since they were young, he particularly despairs of Kylara who seems to bring scandal after scandal down upon the house. Despite the duplicity of his public image verses his actual self Henry really does value the blunt approach, if he see's that he has the advantage he is bold enough to make the move. He will operate in the shadows or in the open, whatever he see's best.

History: As his parents only child Henry has been taught to rule from a young age, Always placed in charge of group work and his peers when he was young this lead to a growing arrogance in him. However at the age of 16 he was sent to join the infantry as a grunt as all rulers of House Callidum have been, it gives the military a connection the the house and a sort of shared interest, and helps beat any of the nonsense of childhood out of the young heirs. Needless to say after a stint in the infantry did him good, his arrogance was replaced by a calm confidence in himself and those under his command. He was now apprenticed in the Nine tides where he learned of the world of espionage, needless to say he found it fascinating and showed a flair for undercover work, although he was never sent on any particularly dangerous missions and none off island. At the age of 22 His father tragically died in an 'air car accident', that duplicity was involved has been confirmed though the Nine tide still search for the origin of the attack. His mother, distraught was simply not fit for rule, she stepped down and Henry was raised to the position. For the early years of his reign Henry began and continued training for strategical command of military forces relying on advisers to take up the slack in paperwork that he missed in doing so. By 27 he had done all the learning that needed to be done and only practice would improve him, he took full reign of the house and has been ruling fully ever since.

He see's space as an opportunity, there is of course the dream of a Callidum Carrier in orbit demanding the surrender of all other houses but even apart from that the resources and possibilities of expansion are numerous. He has invested in a large space fighter program in the hopes that one day House Callidum might be rich enough to build the full alloy carriers to carry them.

Name: Kylara Callidum

Heir [+]