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All right, so I'm thinking of dropping my faction on the northern peninsula by the Cursed Sea, as shown on this map:


They are a nomadic, horse-riding people originally from somewhere north of the Justinian Empire, who recently began migrating south due to longer and harsher winters in the north. They fear the Great Cold, a prophesied eternal winter that will end all life.
I figure they walked across the frozen straits from the north-west during the height of winter and began demanding tribute from or driving out whoever lived there already. Perhaps a mixture of petty kingdoms, city-states, and tribes.

Aside from that, I've got a question pertaining to the map: I'm assuming Nagath is the area east of the Justinian Empire, is that right? You say the world is big, but do you have any rough estimate of how big?

Edit: I guess I should specify that we're human, since there seems to be plenty of people who aren't.
Hello. Still room for more, I hope? I'm thinking of playing some kind of tribal nomadic people from the cold north, along the shores of the Cursed Sea.
I updated my sheet with some religious flavor. I'm hoping to get the biography finished tomorrow or on Sunday.
Still WIP, but the general idea is there


This is still very much a work in progress, particularly in the Personality department, but I have a decent idea of who my character is and who my people are. A lot of this is just my notes to myself.

I intend to finish this in the next couple of days, but until then, here's something for you guys to work with.



Something I wonder about is the geography of the region. In Vietmyke's sheet is described a desert region to the east. I imagined the steppes to be north of that, and sort of wrapping around the eastern and northern parts of the Godsfang Mountains, parts of it also bordering or being close to the kingdom of Aldebaran. Did you have any preconceptions about what a map might have looked like?
My character concept is a man from a tribe of steppe nomads, inspired by such peoples as the Mongols, Turks, Cossacks, etc. You know, horse and bow and all. Spruce it up with a touch of shamanism and tribal magic involving hallucinogens and ritual self-mutilation to channel the power of terrible things (unspecified) that lurk at the precipice between life and death, at the potential cost of the channeler's sanity.

I have an idea for my religious beliefs where it's thought that if a person is murdered, their spirit cannot find rest until they're avenged (some tie-in here with my shamanistic magic is quite possible here, I reckon), and it falls upon kin and tribesmen to carry out vengeance. Debts and especially revenge will be important in my people's culture.

I want to work this into my character's motivations for fighting Dagon somehow, but I'm not sure yet how I'll connect all of this. I've thought of my tribe having a kind of vassal relationship with the kingdom of Varyon, or maybe they're just rubbing up against Dagon's border enough to warrant his wrath. (These kinds of peoples are famed for being a menace to societies that border them, after all...)
Hey, I'm pretty interested in this. Still room for more, I hope?
In Judah 9 yrs ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay
I'm having problems with my hands, and it doesn't seem to be getting better very quickly. Writing turns uncomfortably painful after a while, so I haven't gotten much done. Frankly, even if I force myself to finish the sheet I don't know whether I'd be able to post regularly without detrimental effects. I'm sorry that this comes so late, but I've decided to pull out of this RP.
In Judah 9 yrs ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay
I've been down with the flu for the past couple of days and haven't had the energy to do much else than trying to sleep. But I do have about 650 words of backstory written, which I assume will be around 2500-3000 words when I'm done, if I continue at the current rate. I think I'll try to cut down a little, as it most likely doesn't need to be that long. I'm trying to write in the style of a biblical historical narrative, which is new to me. It seems appropriate, though. I've also been reading the Book of Enoch. Fascinating stuff.
In Judah 9 yrs ago Forum: Advanced Roleplay
Hi again.
So, my character, Malakai, was a warlord (self-proclaimed king) of a powerful domain within the city of Sodom, which he usurped by murdering his younger brother who was the intended successor. His subordinates attempt to have him assassinated, and while he survives the attempt itself, he is left with a wound that festers and threatens to kill him.
On his deathbed, he is plagued by visions of meeting his brother in the afterlife/hell, and pleads to God to save him from his fate, but God does not respond. Instead, Malakai pleads with Shamshiel, pledging to conquer the city of Sodom in the angel's name and build a great temple in his glory if only he will rescue Malakai from death.

This is where I intend to have him forge a pact with the angel Shamshiel, but I'm wondering how to perform the ritual in question. I also wonder about the gifts I can receive: I intended to give my character an unnaturally long life as well as the power to cure grievous wounds (including his own) and various diseases and other ailments. This seems within the specified scope of abilities, but I'm asking just to be safe.
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