The Chronicles of Brythunnia
Summary
Brythunnia, 1264 AC. Five years ago the Grey Plague claimed thousands of lives, and now the Heartlands and the Crownlands are again heading into a conflict, as the murder of King Edward IV Mawr's own cousin Count Henry in the town of Whitecreek has sparked friction between the court and the High Lady of the Heartlands. Who did the deed, as Count Henry was a well loved man in the eyes of the nobles and commoners alike.
So, I am a green GM (this is my second RP I host). My first RP, the Dark Age of Brythunnia ended quite quickly. Now, I'll be hosting a sequel reboot to that game. I've recycled most of the elements from that RP to this interest check. The game takes place in a original fantasy world, and centers on the Kingdom of Brythunnia, a realm that is similar to many European medieval nations, mainly England and other British kingdoms of the High Middle Ages. If compared to the real world history, the Brythunnians are living the High Middle Ages, between the Crusades and the era of European expeditions beyond the Old World.
I'll be playing as the members of the royal family, while the Co-GM Lexicon has agreed to play as the High Lady of the Heartlands. In this RP, the players goal is to find a peaceful solution to the crisis between the Heartlands and the Crownlands. Some of the details are still work in progress.
So, who's interested?
Summary
Brythunnia, 1264 AC. Five years ago the Grey Plague claimed thousands of lives, and now the Heartlands and the Crownlands are again heading into a conflict, as the murder of King Edward IV Mawr's own cousin Count Henry in the town of Whitecreek has sparked friction between the court and the High Lady of the Heartlands. Who did the deed, as Count Henry was a well loved man in the eyes of the nobles and commoners alike.
So, I am a green GM (this is my second RP I host). My first RP, the Dark Age of Brythunnia ended quite quickly. Now, I'll be hosting a sequel reboot to that game. I've recycled most of the elements from that RP to this interest check. The game takes place in a original fantasy world, and centers on the Kingdom of Brythunnia, a realm that is similar to many European medieval nations, mainly England and other British kingdoms of the High Middle Ages. If compared to the real world history, the Brythunnians are living the High Middle Ages, between the Crusades and the era of European expeditions beyond the Old World.
I'll be playing as the members of the royal family, while the Co-GM Lexicon has agreed to play as the High Lady of the Heartlands. In this RP, the players goal is to find a peaceful solution to the crisis between the Heartlands and the Crownlands. Some of the details are still work in progress.
So, who's interested?
Brythunnia is a coastal nation divided into several regions that are ruled by local aristocracy. In the eastern coast that ends to the Old Sea, is the Crownlands, a rich area that is held by the king, here is where the capital city Lundine, along with few minor town and the Kingswood where the king has the sole hunting right. A lot of merchant caravans and ships travel in and out of this region. Other important towns and castles include Laketown, Stonehold and Dale.
However, the honor of being the most fertile region goes to the Heartlands, located in the south and south-west to the Crownlands. It has the most farms and rivers, and has the greatest population. The sun often shines to the Heartlanders, and they often have positive attitudes. The capital of this region is the city of Whitecreek, founded on the banks of a large river known as the Milksnake Stream. Other major towns and castles include Morton, by a lake known as the Lady's Pool, Hawkfield, near the coast and Castle Greenstone, located in the centre of Whitecreek. After the Hawthorne Rebellion, the House Maddox carved a great throne known as the Rose Throne to commemorate the victory over the rebels. The Circle of Thorns was also founded to advice and help to rule the Heartlands. In the recent decades, the ruling Maddox family has gained much influence over the kingdom by holding some of the best farmlands. Combined with the power of the Vandemar and Traven families, they have woken some worries in the king and other high lords and ladies. The Heartlanders have become more and more independent-minded, and some local nobles have started to discuss of armed revolt.
To the north are the Highlands, a hilly region that has sturdy people and lots of sharp axes. The Highlands resisted the longest the attacks of King Aed, being the last region to fall to the hands of Aed. This mostly thanks to the renowned adventurer and warrior Hildebrand the Dragonslayer, who is said to have killed the last dragon in the world. Hildebrand was a clever tactician, but he was outmanned and outmaneuvered at last at the battle of Camlainn, where he met his destiny. The population centers Highlands are mostly castles built in the centuries after the conquest. The "capital" is Kaer Camlainn, a large castle named after the battle of Camlainn. Other major castles include Candlekeep, situated in the western Highlands near the Northwood, and Townsend Keep in the eastern coast.
In the far west are the Dragon Mountains, which are hardly passable, and serve as the western border for Brythunnia. There are a few mining towns providing the kingdom with precious gems and metals, along with much of the metalwork, mainly armor and weapons. The capital of this region is the town of Edithburg, founded by Queen Edith during the third century of the Calendar. Though the city, the great river Dragonstail flows all the way to the Old Sea. Other major settlements are Hollow Tree and Ravenholm, both situated near the mountains.
The Southern Marches has been a contested area. For centuries, conflict between Brythunnia and Rivania has molded the countryside and the castles to reflect the changing tides in the kingdoms' military campaigns. The Marches have been influenced by the Rivanians and Brythunnians alike. Brythunnia holds the northern marches between the Heartlands and the Panther River, while the Rivanians hold the southern marches beyond the river. Major settlements include Castle Osfred near an important river crossing Oxford, Fort Aren and Greyhammer.
The Panther River is the border between Brythunnia and Rivania. It's a deep river, and crossings are far from each other.
However, the honor of being the most fertile region goes to the Heartlands, located in the south and south-west to the Crownlands. It has the most farms and rivers, and has the greatest population. The sun often shines to the Heartlanders, and they often have positive attitudes. The capital of this region is the city of Whitecreek, founded on the banks of a large river known as the Milksnake Stream. Other major towns and castles include Morton, by a lake known as the Lady's Pool, Hawkfield, near the coast and Castle Greenstone, located in the centre of Whitecreek. After the Hawthorne Rebellion, the House Maddox carved a great throne known as the Rose Throne to commemorate the victory over the rebels. The Circle of Thorns was also founded to advice and help to rule the Heartlands. In the recent decades, the ruling Maddox family has gained much influence over the kingdom by holding some of the best farmlands. Combined with the power of the Vandemar and Traven families, they have woken some worries in the king and other high lords and ladies. The Heartlanders have become more and more independent-minded, and some local nobles have started to discuss of armed revolt.
To the north are the Highlands, a hilly region that has sturdy people and lots of sharp axes. The Highlands resisted the longest the attacks of King Aed, being the last region to fall to the hands of Aed. This mostly thanks to the renowned adventurer and warrior Hildebrand the Dragonslayer, who is said to have killed the last dragon in the world. Hildebrand was a clever tactician, but he was outmanned and outmaneuvered at last at the battle of Camlainn, where he met his destiny. The population centers Highlands are mostly castles built in the centuries after the conquest. The "capital" is Kaer Camlainn, a large castle named after the battle of Camlainn. Other major castles include Candlekeep, situated in the western Highlands near the Northwood, and Townsend Keep in the eastern coast.
In the far west are the Dragon Mountains, which are hardly passable, and serve as the western border for Brythunnia. There are a few mining towns providing the kingdom with precious gems and metals, along with much of the metalwork, mainly armor and weapons. The capital of this region is the town of Edithburg, founded by Queen Edith during the third century of the Calendar. Though the city, the great river Dragonstail flows all the way to the Old Sea. Other major settlements are Hollow Tree and Ravenholm, both situated near the mountains.
The Southern Marches has been a contested area. For centuries, conflict between Brythunnia and Rivania has molded the countryside and the castles to reflect the changing tides in the kingdoms' military campaigns. The Marches have been influenced by the Rivanians and Brythunnians alike. Brythunnia holds the northern marches between the Heartlands and the Panther River, while the Rivanians hold the southern marches beyond the river. Major settlements include Castle Osfred near an important river crossing Oxford, Fort Aren and Greyhammer.
The Panther River is the border between Brythunnia and Rivania. It's a deep river, and crossings are far from each other.
To the south is the Kingdom of Rivania, a rival nation to Brythunnia. To the north is the kingdom of the Nordland, a loose confederate-like kingdom. These nations' will be expanded.
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The regions are ruled by a select few of people, and the first come, first serve. If you want to make a character that rules a certain region (Heartlands, Highlands and Dragon Mountains), then be quick about it. You can also make a minor noble who just rules a castle or a town in a certain region. A rule of thumb for towns and castles: towns provide higher taxes, but also a great number of low-grade troops to be levied, while a castle provides a smaller number of taxes and a medium amount of moderate to good troops.
The regions are ruled by a select few of people, and the first come, first serve. If you want to make a character that rules a certain region (Heartlands, Highlands and Dragon Mountains), then be quick about it. You can also make a minor noble who just rules a castle or a town in a certain region. A rule of thumb for towns and castles: towns provide higher taxes, but also a great number of low-grade troops to be levied, while a castle provides a smaller number of taxes and a medium amount of moderate to good troops.
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The timeline is divided into two eras – Before the Crowning (BC) and After the Crowning (AC). King Aed the Lion's crowning serves as the year zero in the Brythunnian calendar.
During Aed's time, Brythunnia was divided into small tribal kingdoms who often fought with each other. Aed wanted to end the fighting and dreamt of one united kingdom. Aed was born in the Heartlands, but not much is known anout his childhood and teenage. During his adulthood, he became a prominent warrior and commander and the leader for minor tribe, and soon used his skills and diplomacy to conquer his rivals.
75 AC: Baldur the Wanderer is born. It is said that a star fell near his family's home.
57 BC: The Kingom of Rivania is founded.
24 BC: A young warrior Hildebrand kills the last known dragon somewhere in the Dragon Mountains.
4 BC: The Wars of Conquest start. Before this, Aed has already united the Heartlands under his wing and starts to expand his realm's borders. He invades the modern day Crownlands.
Year 0: Aed the Lion is crowned as the King of Brythunnia, or Bryhtwalda after subjugating the Crownlands. He turns his eyes to the Dragon Mountains and in two years conquers the lands around the mountains.
3 AC: King Aed starts an invasion to conquer the Highlands.
6 AC: King Aed conquers the Highlands after defeating Hildebrand the Dragonslayer in the Battle of Camlainn Hill. The Wars end.
0 – 38 AC: Aed's reign lasts almost fourty years before he dies of pneumonia. His title, Bryhtwalda, passes to his son, Egbert.
39 – 45 AC: The Highlander Rebellion. An independent-minded lord tries to secede from Brythunnia, and loses the war along with his head. Egbert punishes harshly the Highlander lords and other leaders.
45 – 155 AC: The Century of Peace in Brythunnia. New cities and towns are founded.
172 AC: The Kingdom of Nordland is founded.
198 AC: A new religion from Rivania lands starts to spread to Brythunnia.
209 – 215 AC: The Black Plague kills about one eight of population in Brythunnia, and even more in Rivania.
451 AC: King Ulster the Red gets seriously ill and starts to descend into madness, He is ousted from power by his closest nobles and allies. The interregnum lasts for three months, until the kingship was bestowed to Lord Rickard Mawr of the Stonehold.
460s AC: Both Rivania and Brythunnia start to expand to the Southern Marches, trying to claim the lands.
460s – 480s AC: The Long War starts. Rivania and Brythunnia were locked in a two-decade war over the Southern Marches. The conflict ends inconclusively. The border between the nations forms to the Panther River.
679 AC: The Nordlanders conduct a failed invasion of the Highlands.
708 – 714 AC: King Robert the First defends his crown against an usurper Lloyd Hawthorne of the Heartlands. Hawthorne loses his head and lands instead.
732 AC: The Miners' Revolt in the town of Hollow Tree. A band of miners revolt against an unfair tax and poor living conditions, and meet their demise. King Duncan the First lead an army against them and defeats them. Half a dozen of their leaders are hanged and left to rot on a hollow tree, hence the town's name.
790s: Local nobility start to gain more and more power, and the king's power is weakened by the reign of King Edward the Ill. King Edward was a sick and frail king, who delegated most of his duties to local strongmen and his friends.
830s AC: The Nordlanders start conducting raid and excursions from the north via the Old Sea, attacking against mostly coastal villages and towns in Brythunnia and Rivania.
921 AC: Aedin is born to King Lewyn III and Queen Alys.
940 AC: At the age nineteen, Aedin is crowned as the king of Brythunnia after his parents die at sea as their ship The Wyvern sinks.
942 AC: King Aedin marries Lenore Badon of Laketown. During their marriage, Aedin has at least three different mistresses across the kingdom.
959 – 963 AC: The Northern War starts. Rivania tries to claim the Southern Marches from Brythunnia, but is repelled. King Aedin dies in the field of battle in 963.
965 AC: The Nordlanders conduct their last raid to Rivania, losing about fifty longships and thousand men in a battle near the Rivanian capital city.
Circa 1000s AC: The Nordlanders start to turn to the Church of Mitras, but conversion is slow. Few raiders still conduct small scale raids to Brythunnia.
1229 AC: Prince Edward is born to King Thomas I Mawr and Queen Rowena
1241-45 AC: The Kaag invade beoynd the Dragon Mountains.
1254 AC: The Crisis of the Crown erupts. King Thomas sent a spy and assassin Claret of Lundine to get a hold of Jaden Cain, a royal bastard his father sired. She found him and convinced him to follow her back to the city of Lundine. When they passed though the town of Whitecreek, they were arrested by the High Lady Gwendolen's guards after Claret slapped by accident Gwendolen's heir and only child, Baradin of the Houses Vandemar and Maddox. A few days later, Lady Gwendolen was anomouysly informed that Claret was working for the crown and Jaden was in reality King Thomas' bastard half brother. The revelation was scandalous, and sparked animosity between King Thomas' court and the Heartlanders.
1257-59 AC: The Grey Plague spreads to Brythunnia. Approximately ten thousand people die across the country. King Edward's father King Thomas I dies after contracting the plague.
1264 AC: The present day
During Aed's time, Brythunnia was divided into small tribal kingdoms who often fought with each other. Aed wanted to end the fighting and dreamt of one united kingdom. Aed was born in the Heartlands, but not much is known anout his childhood and teenage. During his adulthood, he became a prominent warrior and commander and the leader for minor tribe, and soon used his skills and diplomacy to conquer his rivals.
75 AC: Baldur the Wanderer is born. It is said that a star fell near his family's home.
57 BC: The Kingom of Rivania is founded.
24 BC: A young warrior Hildebrand kills the last known dragon somewhere in the Dragon Mountains.
4 BC: The Wars of Conquest start. Before this, Aed has already united the Heartlands under his wing and starts to expand his realm's borders. He invades the modern day Crownlands.
Year 0: Aed the Lion is crowned as the King of Brythunnia, or Bryhtwalda after subjugating the Crownlands. He turns his eyes to the Dragon Mountains and in two years conquers the lands around the mountains.
3 AC: King Aed starts an invasion to conquer the Highlands.
6 AC: King Aed conquers the Highlands after defeating Hildebrand the Dragonslayer in the Battle of Camlainn Hill. The Wars end.
0 – 38 AC: Aed's reign lasts almost fourty years before he dies of pneumonia. His title, Bryhtwalda, passes to his son, Egbert.
39 – 45 AC: The Highlander Rebellion. An independent-minded lord tries to secede from Brythunnia, and loses the war along with his head. Egbert punishes harshly the Highlander lords and other leaders.
45 – 155 AC: The Century of Peace in Brythunnia. New cities and towns are founded.
172 AC: The Kingdom of Nordland is founded.
198 AC: A new religion from Rivania lands starts to spread to Brythunnia.
209 – 215 AC: The Black Plague kills about one eight of population in Brythunnia, and even more in Rivania.
451 AC: King Ulster the Red gets seriously ill and starts to descend into madness, He is ousted from power by his closest nobles and allies. The interregnum lasts for three months, until the kingship was bestowed to Lord Rickard Mawr of the Stonehold.
460s AC: Both Rivania and Brythunnia start to expand to the Southern Marches, trying to claim the lands.
460s – 480s AC: The Long War starts. Rivania and Brythunnia were locked in a two-decade war over the Southern Marches. The conflict ends inconclusively. The border between the nations forms to the Panther River.
679 AC: The Nordlanders conduct a failed invasion of the Highlands.
708 – 714 AC: King Robert the First defends his crown against an usurper Lloyd Hawthorne of the Heartlands. Hawthorne loses his head and lands instead.
732 AC: The Miners' Revolt in the town of Hollow Tree. A band of miners revolt against an unfair tax and poor living conditions, and meet their demise. King Duncan the First lead an army against them and defeats them. Half a dozen of their leaders are hanged and left to rot on a hollow tree, hence the town's name.
790s: Local nobility start to gain more and more power, and the king's power is weakened by the reign of King Edward the Ill. King Edward was a sick and frail king, who delegated most of his duties to local strongmen and his friends.
830s AC: The Nordlanders start conducting raid and excursions from the north via the Old Sea, attacking against mostly coastal villages and towns in Brythunnia and Rivania.
921 AC: Aedin is born to King Lewyn III and Queen Alys.
940 AC: At the age nineteen, Aedin is crowned as the king of Brythunnia after his parents die at sea as their ship The Wyvern sinks.
942 AC: King Aedin marries Lenore Badon of Laketown. During their marriage, Aedin has at least three different mistresses across the kingdom.
959 – 963 AC: The Northern War starts. Rivania tries to claim the Southern Marches from Brythunnia, but is repelled. King Aedin dies in the field of battle in 963.
965 AC: The Nordlanders conduct their last raid to Rivania, losing about fifty longships and thousand men in a battle near the Rivanian capital city.
Circa 1000s AC: The Nordlanders start to turn to the Church of Mitras, but conversion is slow. Few raiders still conduct small scale raids to Brythunnia.
1229 AC: Prince Edward is born to King Thomas I Mawr and Queen Rowena
1241-45 AC: The Kaag invade beoynd the Dragon Mountains.
1254 AC: The Crisis of the Crown erupts. King Thomas sent a spy and assassin Claret of Lundine to get a hold of Jaden Cain, a royal bastard his father sired. She found him and convinced him to follow her back to the city of Lundine. When they passed though the town of Whitecreek, they were arrested by the High Lady Gwendolen's guards after Claret slapped by accident Gwendolen's heir and only child, Baradin of the Houses Vandemar and Maddox. A few days later, Lady Gwendolen was anomouysly informed that Claret was working for the crown and Jaden was in reality King Thomas' bastard half brother. The revelation was scandalous, and sparked animosity between King Thomas' court and the Heartlanders.
1257-59 AC: The Grey Plague spreads to Brythunnia. Approximately ten thousand people die across the country. King Edward's father King Thomas I dies after contracting the plague.
1264 AC: The present day
