@MrDidact Perhaaaaaaps. ;P

Hello, are you guys open to new players? I know the thread says so, but I just wanted to check.

@ArisenMoon Yeah, we're always open. Feel free to drop a sheet.

House: House Rowan
Region: Reach
Liege: House Tyrell
Holding: Golden Grove, the North March

Recent History: When the Targaryen's returned to Westeros, House Tyrell answered the call to arms of the Dragon. House Tarly rebelled against their rightful lords, and sided with the Lannisters in destroying much of House Tyrell. House Rowan, led by Lord Matias Rowan, refused to betray his oaths as the Tarly's did. He led House Rowan in open battle against House Tarly and Lannister for many months, until the war eventually came to an end. With their victory, House Rowan became the predominant military House in the Reach, replacing House Tarly.

Family Members:

Name: Rycherd Rowan
Age: 19
Appearance:
Role: Heir to the Golden Grove, Commander of the North March
Equipment: Personal Master Forged Arming sword.
Skills:
Biography:
Notes: If your character has a unique emblem, describe it here along with any other special info.

WIP

@ArisenMoon I will say that the book canon does take predominance over the show canon, so the Tarly betrayal didn't occur in this timeline or at least not in the same way. House Tarly under Dickon is still supposed to be fairly prominent, but perhaps the Rowans could now be one of their rivals.

@ArisenMoon

Shit, I've made a lot of references to the Lord of Goldengrove, I don't ever think I named him but I shall search that up in my posts now in case I have, in which case I can retcon anything for yours- he looks pretty sick :D

Though yes as Didact says, the Tarlys weren't wiped out- Dickon fights alongside Garlan Tyrell, believe it or not. The Rowans still rule Goldengrove and a great amount of the north-west of the Reach, and contribute a sizeable force in the campaigns being fought in the Red Mountains, likely riding the wave that the Reach has in terms of it's agriculture and soft power in the Seven Kingdoms. Chances are, he's got a slot on Merlin's advisory position- so you could place him a great number of places.

That's an awesome character- if you're in the lands of the Reach have a lookey at House Tyrell as it stands and House Florent too. :)

EDIT:

Okay, there was roleplayerguild.com/topics/158165-gam…

which was an old CS but irrelevant and I believe the Goldengrove armies are predominantly in the Stepstones, though I imagine a good number ended up in the Red Mountains.

Also, Alys Rowan (Goldengrove I called her for ages, bleh my fuck up) was married to Willas and had four kids, one named after her by him- she died two years ago. Not sure what that may have as an impact, but they were close.

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@DrunkasaurusRex Understood Rex. It was good having you, hopefully we can be in a game once more sometime soon.

Is everyone else alive? I've been pretty busy with real life, but I get the sense that the passion for the game isn't there like it used to be. But I do love playing with you guys. I was thinking that if we tired of this game, we could reboot into a different thread. A similar future setting to this but with a more focused storyline and more larger-scale conflict and not just solely smaller rebellions.

@MrDidact

So

Dance of Demons?

@MrDidact

I'd be willing to rejoin if that was the case.

@DrunkasaurusRex Understood Rex. It was good having you, hopefully we can be in a game once more sometime soon.

Is everyone else alive? I've been pretty busy with real life, but I get the sense that the passion for the game isn't there like it used to be. But I do love playing with you guys. I was thinking that if we tired of this game, we could reboot into a different thread. A similar future setting to this but with a more focused storyline and more larger-scale conflict and not just solely smaller rebellions.

Uh. So you're closing this rp then?

@MrDidact Still present.

Can I keep my characters in the next game, should it ever come?

@MrDidact

Oh nos! I think Mono and I has a collab to put up to spur things on- it would be nice to get a post from your end and I think by Monday/Tuesday I might write up a spicy Tyrell post. I'm still really interested and I think the setting is good- we might just need to speed up the process a little and get to the carnage, beyond perhaps a couple of rebellions and really bringing out the fear. I really have enjoyed it and while my enthusiasm is there, it's simply as I'm busy too- I get my regular posts in where I can.

I think it's feeling like there's a world to all of it, so I'd really rather stay with this rather than redevelop my characters into future. If it did take a new thread, then it could be perhaps set six months later, in the aftermath of the campaigns and perhaps to a new threat, or a new arc that might have arisen through the land that may as a unified whole affect everyone. Say, a War of Ninepenny Kings scenario with a little more clout....

I will confess - the idea of a proper civil war entices me more than numerous small scale rebellions, so I'm biased.

@AtomicNut I'm only contemplating it, but I want to see how everyone else feels first.

@bloonewb Yeah definitely, you and everyone else could port your PCs to the new thread if there is one.

@kingkonrad That's another option too. I feel like this arc is kinda stalling out and we might keep the same basic setting, but kind of do a retooling or flash forward into the future to bigger threats.

So what do you guys think? I think our options are to either start a different thread with a different conflict or do a timeskip in this RP to a more engaging, more impactful conflict. Both ideas would still have us playing in a post-canon timeline like we are now and both would feature more of a civil war aspect. The former might be better in giving us more of a clean slate to work with though. And in any case, I'll probably reign in the depiction of magic in the RP. It'll still be present and powerful, but used more sparingly, mysteriously, and sinisterly like in canon. Or we can stay the course, but kind of accelerate things.

Chime in with your votes and once we decide from there, we can all work together to work out a clearer plot direction on the discord.

@MrDidact

Just posted, including a nice little KL bit. It's an interesting segment, as it shows another kind of reality with Alerie- she isn't entirely evil but she is brooding as fuck and knows the way the game works, she's already in full Olenna Tyrell mode here. I imagine that she goes from being this really cute, beautiful looking girl in her green/gold dress to being the equivalent of the most red thing in Westeros that isn't a Red Priestess in her red one, that change is actually a little incognito need for what might come next (and no, she's not off to go deal in fire and shit).

I think a flash forward would be quite cool. Setting it about six months after, with a few casualties and the impact of the aftermath that comes from the small wars would be good- my hat is in for a War of Ninepenny Kings scenario as it would perhaps be worth looking at a mixture of factions who want to dethrone the Targaryens, or a potential civil war after Jon/Dany pass away. Even one about a month after, so we can take a whole new bunch of people on board, closing in every conflict that happened back to a reset would be cool- allowing any narrative strands to carry on beyond. I still think it would be nice to carry it on- just perhaps with a little more speed to close down certain parts of the story.

I like the PvE element so I still think that a big war could still be contained (say, just one Red Mountains rather than lots), just in one place rather than all at once in lots of different strands. As cool as it is, I found myself hinging on collabs and having a lot to write across a massive Geographical range, which is doable for a while but I feel like it would have been nice to see the returns on some plans I'd laid out very early in the RP to start playing out, which due to the distances and long-term campaigns and focus on war, wasn't as possible. I'd like to write my way into a flash forward though- so say, setting up Alerie with the future of her cunning plans and her marriage/wedding to Tom, and perhaps more for Ellion's incredible sex life endgame in what his future may be, with a few hinted at before.

Personally, I'd really like to explore the intrigue of what a Lannister-Tyrell alliance looks like again, and I'm glad that magic may be reined in. It felt a bit too...common? It felt more like a different world compared to the grit and realism of the Medieval horrors of war- badassery felt good enough in the hands of swords rather than something confusing. I think if it exists, definitely that is awesome, but it needs to be more mystical rather than accessible broadly to more people, something properly frightening, even in friendly hands. It became a bit convoluted at times and while I might not be good at understanding that, it was the one bit I sometimes feel a little confused on.

If we fast forward and start a new arc, then I'm in.

I'm not sure I want to join anything new at the moment though... well depending on the plot I guess. I kinda feel both my characters fall flat though... Hm.

@Greenie

Aww you're so humble, Taria is awesome :P I couldn't start anything new so I'd be in the same boat as you :)

Id prefer a fast forwards I think though I guess that might be harder to do, I dunno

I'm still present and engaged to this. Just been busy with the holidays. If anything, a time skip forward would be interesting. Same characters, but older perhaps? Or their children more so? I like what's going on, like a cold war with all these little flare up conflicts.

@MrDidact I know I have yet to pm you for the Westerlands/Reyne rebels arc, and I will respond to you.

@kingkonrad Poor Amber, the world is just so chess boardy.

All in all, I'm in for the long haul, so my first vote is a time skip/fast forward X amount of years, vote 2 is stay the course, yet perhaps reign in magic, explain it as perhaps the over Abundance has subsided now, with powers now fewer and far between.