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Fatal Souls

“In truth, it was all but a matter of time. Even the most cynical of ours surely did not expect what was to come upon us all as our realm fell into disarray and madness whilst greed, ambition, hunger, and pride would lead us all into the darkest hell.”


"Advanced roleplaying should focus on developing interesting and complex characters that become part of plot-lines which catch the imagination and inspire the writer behind them to exercise creativity. It is mature, humorous, imaginative, tragic, terrifying, passionate, and rife with descriptive language and characters with real personality and relatable cares. Quality posting is far better than needless novels, yet one should never neglect detail when one feels the need. However, while word and paragraph requirements ought to be unnecessary, single paragraphs cannot contain enough detail to suffice."​







You might recognize this from two months ago as it was an attempt to generate interest, however it ran into some speed bumps as interested parties had other responsibilities as well as the fact it launched “mostly finished” during a hectic college schedule for many of the players. I feel like I understand where it all went wrong and if people can trust me I can show you a fulfilling world that I would like you to be a part of. If it feels too extensive, I will try to minimize it more, but a lot of things are founded. However, unlike last attempt I will be more on point with helping players creating their house and make sure we have a decent launch schedule.

Anyway, on to the summary:

Much like @TJByrum, @Sini, and @GreivousKhan have developed in the past this is a RP of a medieval scale. I want to thank them for their role-plays in the past and the inspiration as well as acknowledge their vision. – this is a role-play built from the backbone of dynasty role-playing inspired by George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, and video games such as Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Unviersalis. In a way it is a “nation” role-play but not in the sense of playing medieval RISK but rather focusing on characterization, politics, intrigue, and conflict over nation game mechanics. Players will take control of a House from the Continent of Orlandis such as the ruling house of Terijas, Euritia, Gradiar, Caelia, Reinoa, Stormtir, and Erayis. As a player of that house you decide the subtleties of their membership, vassals, custom specialties, house words, and recent history.

Great Houses are not the only playable options, of course; understandably minor houses serving under a great house will need for a great house player to be there. From there people can also play mercenaries, former pirates, lowborn, etc. if they so desire.

Here’s a bit from an old pre-alpha interest check for more information on direction:

So, was sitting down thinking back to a few of the threads from before the guild had its downtime in December and being pretty inspired but intimidated by the role-plays inspired by A Song of Ice and Fire that seemed to be high in quantity at the time. I had only read so much of the series and seen only two seasons of the series at the time and felt pretty intimidated to even try my hand at it. “I can’t do this canon setting justice at all” I thought so I recalled something ages ago from the depths of my role-playing experiences from around 2003. That’s where I recalled a light fantasy called Fatal Souls which I had some lore built up on an old hard drive, so I dug that out and got to work rebuilding it. It didn’t come to me until hours and hours later that it would’ve probably been exceptionally easier if I just went to a Game of Thrones wiki and absorbed information rather than world-building from scratch. But what was done was done.

As a sandbox role-play, this can mean stories of a sailing hiresword, a corrupt prince, a flamboyant merchant, or an exiled knight for rough examples. As GM my role outside of telling my own stories, will be helping guide the setting with events from non-playable actions as I doubt we need to have a writer for each individual country. I love multiple perspectives and throwing something out there. What you write may affect others and what I write likely will as well. This isn’t an authoritarian show, everybody can create a possible outcome that affects things around them. Of course player-on-player interaction is encouraged as it is a cooperative effort.

I believe that gets my foot out the door, but I will provide any information I have on hand about anything regarding the setting if needed. Feel free to ask questions!

Have interest!



Q&A


What exactly are ancestral weapons?

Dynastic Weapons. For example in the Northlands they tend to have ancient runesteel weapons that were acquired centuries prior whilst in other parts of Orlandis mythrite is more of the standard.

What makes a great house different from a minor house? Will there be separate sheets for each?

A Great House is a Kingdom, or Imperium. A Minor House is a Duchy, County, Barony, or Knightdom. The House sheet works for both.

What is a house specialty?

A good question, for example House Hafrek's specialty yields Hafrstaka Calvary which are Mounted Calvary that uses Dire Goats. Whilst this doesn't have to be military in capacity, it can be economic or what have you.

Must individual characters serve an existing house?

Not necessarily no, there can be characters that are self-serving such as pirates and sellswords. Though collaborating with other house players will probably be useful in more than one way.

How do we establish house relations before the IC starts?

Discussion between members and of course the GM's are here to help you with that if needed, as well.

Oh, and by the way, do minor houses have vassals?

A minor house can have vassals, yes. Because a Duke has Barons, Knights, and Counts under him. The only nobility that really wouldn't have vassals would probably be knighthood.

Sir or Ser?

Ser!

I don't like the canon House Name or words, can I change them?

Unless they are Antar or Thralon, you could probably do so. Yes.

Can I ride a Dragon?

No.
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I want to know if the following people have free schedules since they showed interest previously:

@Heat, @Vahir, @Liar, @Darkmatter, @Brimmlocke, @clericbeast, @ethanjory, @The Harbinger of Ferocity, @Katabasis, @Lone Wanderer
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Yeah, sorry, I flat-out forgot about the Guild for a few months. I might be inclined to come back to the fold, but not as my previous nations, I think. Too much old canon just weighs me down.
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I'll mark down my interest for now, then. Big fan of the mentioned inspirations.
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Yeah, sorry, I flat-out forgot about the Guild for a few months. I might be inclined to come back to the fold, but not as my previous nations, I think. Too much old canon just weighs me down.


You sure?
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I'm definitely interested! I've been keeping an eye out for a while for a ASOFAI inspired role-play, that actually had some thought put into it. This certainly looks like it's been well thought out.

If it's available, I'd love to take control of House Marlowe. I'm imagining an almost Ironborn-esque nation, that is more so dependent on the plundering of its neighboring kingdoms than producing its own resources. It would be a baron, infertile land, constantly at the mercy of the sea that is slowly but surely chipping away at the western-shore. Of course, this is unless you had a specific idea for what the landscape would look like.

I'll type up a sample piece from the point of view of House Marlowe if you like, before you decide on whether or not you'd like me to take control of them.
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I would like to express the most ardent interest in this roleplay!

If possible, I would love to control the House Tahren of lovely Gradiar. They would be an elitist and xenophobic house that, despite an absence of the strong familial values and love that tie many other great houses together, has always thrived - possibly due to their supreme confidence and willingness to act upon their entitlement paired with their location.

Situated immediately north of Veronia on the outskirts of the heart of the "Lands of the Harvest," Gradiar is relatively fertile, lending to the respectable wealth of House Tahren. House Valian, however, has always surpassed House Tahren in every aspect from farming to alliance-building, trade to morality, imbuing a petulance - and even truculence - within the Tahren noble family. This angry passion has inspired the family while also putting a distinct pressure on each subsequent Tahren generation to overturn the established status-quo. Opulence and frequent revelry contrast starkly with betrayal and self-serving schemes in Gradiar.

Let me know what you think!
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You sure?


No offense, but last time, you not putting out all the canon at the start made me develop my nation into a mess of contradictions and impossibilities, patched over with duck-tape to make it fit in with your emerging details on the world.

Should I do this again, I'd want to restart from the ground up, so that I can build on the bones you've laid out without having to worry that it'll all be invalidated in a week's time.
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Hey @Gowi I have to say this is interesting. Would love a ch ace to play a house Gahnt. They'd be Northmen/Stark inspired. Might want to change the family name though because I don't really like the sound of it. Another question though, do we have to use the king, duke, count title name system or could I do a Viking/Nordic High King, Jarl, Thane system?

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Actually would it be to much to ask for a large island chain past the eastern coast of Terijas? Or maybe that Vyntarland place at the northern edge of the map is an island chain? I really want to play as a Viking inspired nation right now. I would start it out as a young Jarl who unites the Islands for the first time in recorded history. Obviously through bloodshed in the sight of the gods! Naturally we'd get mixed up in the politics of Orlandis by either raiding your pathetic continental fishing villages or looking for allies to unite the Islands.

Sorry, I was playing Skyrim and then I started playing the Witcher 3 and fell in love with Skellige. I'm really feeling the Viking culture right now...
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I don't think I'm gonna be able to stay as committed as I would want to to this RP, been getting hammered by work IRL. Feel free to let another person take over the House and do as they wish.

Good luck with the RP!
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Due to interest here's some summaries I've got written up:

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Hey @Gowi I have to say this is interesting. Would love a ch ace to play a house Gahnt. They'd be Northmen/Stark inspired. Might want to change the family name though because I don't really like the sound of it. Another question though, do we have to use the king, duke, count title name system or could I do a Viking/Nordic High King, Jarl, Thane system?

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Actually would it be to much to ask for a large island chain past the eastern coast of Terijas? Or maybe that Vyntarland place at the northern edge of the map is an island chain? I really want to play as a Viking inspired nation right now. I would start it out as a young Jarl who unites the Islands for the first time in recorded history. Obviously through bloodshed in the sight of the gods! Naturally we'd get mixed up in the politics of Orlandis by either raiding your pathetic continental fishing villages or looking for allies to unite the Islands.

Sorry, I was playing Skyrim and then I started playing the Witcher 3 and fell in love with Skellige. I'm really feeling the Viking culture right now...


My GM is moving out of Skavia which is opening it up for play, if you want to run a Great House with nordic influence this is your best bet. However, the ruling system is still Anglican due to the culture synthesis during the Thralion Empire era. I can ask any questions related to Vyntic culture and history; though the OOC will cover much of this.

However, there is a linear event about a "viking who unites tribes and invades Orlandis" thing, I'm afraid.

I would like to express the most ardent interest in this roleplay!

If possible, I would love to control the House Tahren of lovely Gradiar. They would be an elitist and xenophobic house that, despite an absence of the strong familial values and love that tie many other great houses together, has always thrived - possibly due to their supreme confidence and willingness to act upon their entitlement paired with their location.

Situated immediately north of Veronia on the outskirts of the heart of the "Lands of the Harvest," Gradiar is relatively fertile, lending to the respectable wealth of House Tahren. House Valian, however, has always surpassed House Tahren in every aspect from farming to alliance-building, trade to morality, imbuing a petulance - and even truculence - within the Tahren noble family. This angry passion has inspired the family while also putting a distinct pressure on each subsequent Tahren generation to overturn the established status-quo. Opulence and frequent revelry contrast starkly with betrayal and self-serving schemes in Gradiar.

Let me know what you think!


See regional information for help on the matter, but I doubt we will have much issues with you as Gradiar!
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I was hoping I could do a Viking nation that wasn't really I the olandis continent so they aren't really affected by what has happened before and are just now being involved in this. If you'd rather not though I'd still be interested in house Gahnt and a northern type nation but I would prefer a Viking thing. If not I understand I don't wish to change what you had planned.
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Could there be a house within the Expanse?
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It's great to see that your starting this up again and once more, i profess my interest. Yes, my schedule is clearing up quite abit now so i should be alot more active than last time.
I would like to reserve House Crowe of Reinoa once more should it not be taken already.
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Still room in this? This looks great, grand strategy games like EU and CKII are some of my favorites.

I'd be interested in playing as House Antar if no-one else has expressed interest. What part of the continent do they rule?

EDIT: Nevermind, used my eyes and saw the political map.
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Could there be a house within the Expanse?


Caelia owns the lands within the Expanse, technically. Unless you weren't talking about a Great House?
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Hey @Gowi can you provide us with a character/nation sheet so I can start working on Erayis?
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Once I revise the OOC, I will be linking it. I feel it'd be a better information compendium than a brief interest check. CS skeleton's will be there.

Also, my co-GM should post in here who he's going to play so the prospects know it. I'm not sure myself. Anyway I have to prepare stuff for work. Bah.
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Interested. I have an idea I'd like to run with.
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