Reply With Quotehmm whats the relative amount of lore in this, like is relegion unified or singulat. All those key details.
I'm intrested just a lots missing.
OOC
IC not started
"A cold Iron Throne,
Holds a boy barely grown,
A crown laced in lies,
You win or you die."
In the land of Westeros the Mad King Aerys Targaryen was relieved of his rule by his Small Counsel and by his son, King Rhaegar Targaryen. Through this action the Seven Kingdoms were able to avoid Robert's Rebellion and the events that followed it. Westeros existed in relative peace through Rhaegar's reign and through that of his son, Aegon VI Targaryen.
However, several generations have now passed and a king barely into manhood sits on the Iron throne. Inflamed by lust, and against the advise of his Counsel and his Hand, he steals the wife of a young Dornish Lord for himself. Now the Seven Kingdoms teeter once more on the brink of war as the Dornish Lord marshals forces to reclaim his bride, and schemers in the Seven Kingdoms try to use the situation to their advantage.
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Maester Tywin's Rookery - Storm's End - The Stormlands
Dark wings, Dark Words. In the past month Maester Tywin had received more ravens then he had in his entire time working for Lord Edric Baratheon of Storm's End, and with each one his heart dropped a little more into his stomach. The first raven had come from The Citadel at Oldtown, bearing the long awaited news that winter had finally come to an end. This news had been fowled before it could even reach Lord Edric's ears when a second raven had arrived in his rookery, this one came from Kings Landing. King Aenys II Targaryen had not survived to see the Spring.
Maester Tywin had met the new King, Daeron II Targaryen, once when his father had come to Storm's End. At the time he had just turned thirteen, and his behavior had not impressed the Maester or The Lord of Storm's End. Just three years later and the pretentious, entitled boy sat on the Iron Throne as the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Tywin said nothing, it wasn't his place, but he could see this going very, very badly.
As it turned out, he had been right to worry. King Daeron's first act had been to make a tour of his Kingdom and receive his oaths of fealty in person form his Lords. For whatever reason he had decided to start in Dorne, and had arrived in time to attend the wedding of the young Heir of House Uller to Nymella of House Wyl of the Boneway. Some rumors claimed that Nymella had fallen madly for the young King, others claimed that the King had been inflamed with lust by Nymella's beauty and decided to exercise his Kings Right.
Either way he had seen the results personally. The King and his Kingsguard had come rushing down the Boneway, the stolen bride in tow. They had stopped at Storm's End only long enough to command Lord Edric to call his banners and hold the Boneway against any Dornish that would dare pursue him.
They hadn't weeks had passed, and ravens had come and gone. Most were from Lord Edric's bannermen, a few were from the King demanding Lord Edric's oath of fealty and trying to direct his forces. Today though a raven had come from the south. It brought with it two letters, identical in content. One was stamped with the seal of House Uller. The second was stamped with the seal of House Martell and bearing the signature of Prince Symon Martell's heir, a close friend of Gerold Uller. Both letters were addressed to Lord Edric personally, and both appealed to The Storm Lord to either join them in seeking justice or to grant them passage through the Stormlands unhindered. In return they promised to leave the people of the Stormlands unharassed.
Maester Tywin could only mutter darkly to himself as he descended the stairs of the rookery. Defying the Iron Throne would surely garner consequences that these young lords hadn't considered, but a war with Dorne would take a terrible toll on the Stormlands if the other Great Houses didn't answer their call... and why should they, the Dragon King had incited this rebellion before even securing oaths of fealty from the Great Houses.
He could only hope that wiser men than him would steer the seven kingdoms toward a safe future.
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General Information
-This will be an Individual RP. Players will be playing single characters, not factions or nations. However if you are confident in your abilities you can play up to three characters, provided each character is accepted on individual merit.
-This is an Advanced RP, I expect creativity and effort. Spelling and grammar are important, but you will not be penalized unless it makes your writing overly difficult to read.
-Politeness OOC is a must. You don't have to be friends with anyone, but don't be and ass. (You can be as much of an as IC as you feel is appropriate for the story)
-There will be no official character sheet. To submit a character you will write an introductory post that introduces the character. We are maxing out at six players (excluding myself) or ten characters, if we hit that number then players will be chosen on the merit of their introductions.
- You are free to include a traditional character sheet if you so choose.
-We will start IC once we have four accepted characters.
-If you have any questions I would love to hear them, especially if they help to refine the mythos we will be working in. Please ask them in the OOC so other players can see my answers and give their positions.
Last edited by Toska; 03-24-2013 at 03:53 PM.
"Who shot that arrow in your throat, who missed the crimson apple? Well, it hung heavy on the tree above your head. This chaos, this calamity, this garden once was perfect. Give your immortality to me, I'll set you up against the stars."
hmm whats the relative amount of lore in this, like is relegion unified or singulat. All those key details.
I'm intrested just a lots missing.
Sorry about that. I wrote the IC with people familiar with the lore in mind. A Song of Ice and Fire, or Game of Thrones, has a quite extensive mythos that I won't try to go into in depth (There are multiple wikis, if you want to dig for yourself). However, I am more than happy to answer questions to make the game more accessible.
Westeros has two major religions (more in depth here). The Seven, which is something like medieval Catholicism, and The Old Religion, which can be over simplified as nature spirits. There are some minor regional/cultural religions, but those are the main ones in the South and North respectively.
The continent is divided into seven "kingdoms"(plus the Iron Islands and the Crownlands) each with their own culture and history, but all are ruled by a single King. (more here)
"Who shot that arrow in your throat, who missed the crimson apple? Well, it hung heavy on the tree above your head. This chaos, this calamity, this garden once was perfect. Give your immortality to me, I'll set you up against the stars."
I'm going to go ahead and bump this.
"Who shot that arrow in your throat, who missed the crimson apple? Well, it hung heavy on the tree above your head. This chaos, this calamity, this garden once was perfect. Give your immortality to me, I'll set you up against the stars."
I will play.
Can I fuck my sister?
Well, I love me a little bit of Song of Ice and Fire, so I'm interested. One query, though: in this alternate timeline, where do things stand as regards Red R'hlorr and his priesthood in Westeros?
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
Without the events of the books Melissandre would never have come to Westeros and Thorpe would never have had his awakening. However, there is still a Red Temple in Oldtown and I have plans to integrate R'hlorr into the story at one point.
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Between what I have seen here and at the other threads I feel safe making an PIC w/ more in depth info. Would those of you who are interested prefer it on the Casual or Advanced thread? (I lean toward Advanced)
"Who shot that arrow in your throat, who missed the crimson apple? Well, it hung heavy on the tree above your head. This chaos, this calamity, this garden once was perfect. Give your immortality to me, I'll set you up against the stars."
Well, I'd probably favour Advanced myself, but I'm quite content to go either way.
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
Definitely interested. Haven't been in a decent ASoIaF roleplay in ever. My comfort zone is Casual, but I can push to Advanced is need be.
If this is set in the future of Westeros rather than the past....that raises some questions...well....dozens, really.
1. Considering Rhaegar sat the Iron Throne and Robert's Rebellion did not take place, I'm going to assume he, Ned, Brandon, Lyanna, Benjen, and etc. all lived happily, Robert and Lyanna becoming Lord and Lady of Storm's End, Stannis and Renly doing fuck all, and Brandon becoming Warden of The North? Thus joining the Baratheons and Tullys with the Starks, etc. Would this mean Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, and Rickon would not be born seeing as Catelyn wed Brandon? Tower of Joy didn't happen, so what of Aerys' Kingsguard? And Ashara Dayne? etc, etc.
2. What of the Greyjoys? Did Balon still rebel? Was Theon taken captive? If so, by whom? If not, was their line simply executed and replaced via Kingsmoot? Or something else? If they didn't rebel and Theon took the Seastone Chair, what became of Asha? Did Jorah Mormont still become a Knight and marry the Hightower and get banished from the Seven Kingdoms, or marry some northerner and live happily on Bear Island?
3. The Lannisters.....with Tywin relieved of his duties as the Hand of The King, did he simply fall into line when Rhaegar ascended? Did he find out about and quell Jaime and Cersei's incestuous relationship? Did he still hate Tyrion with all his heart? Would Jaime still be regarded as an honorable man and practically a legend amongst the Kingsguard for his unmatched swordsmanship due to not killing Aerys? Did Cersei do some crazy shit and get herself killed? Did Tyrion ever get married and worship the god of tits and wine?
I could go on. Truly, I'm intrigued by the idea of a Song of Ice and Fire RP taking place in the future rather than the past, but it raises so many questions and what ifs.
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