In the days of Cyler's Tax Rebellion...

You are all residents of the Tremfast Viscounty, living in the lands surrounding viscount's keep. Recently, a heavy royal tax was instituted by the crown to pay for foreign mercenaries to fight in the wars. This outraged most of the populace, seeing that their money would be used to employ soldiers from another despised land. The peasants and freemen of the land protested, and marched to the bridge leading across the river so that they could reach the castle. However, the viscount had sent petty constables and volunteer watchmen to stop anyone from crossing said bridge.

It appears that violence may spark soon, as both parties are armed.

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Rules, Notes

This is a fictional medieval universe. It can be considered "dark fantasy". But magic doesn't exist, and there's also religious violence, war, misery, disease, stuff like that.

Your character should not have any edge over the others. You are not an ex-knight, a half-wolf, etc.

The viscount's men have no armour. Just caps, hoods and tabards bearing his coat-of-arms for identification.

If you're fighting a NPC or a player, decide how you want to attack, then allow me to decide the outcome. I use random.org.

If more players are on one side, I will balance it out with NPCs.

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In your CS, include a weapon. If you want something else, ask for my approval.

Watchmen's Arms

Shortened Spear
Quarterstaff
Pitchfork
Old Wooden Buckler & Cudgel

Rebels' Arms

Pitchfork
Hatchet
Cudgel
Knife
Sickle
Scythe
Spade

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Character Sheet

Name:

Age:

Appearance:

Personality:

Allegiance:

Weapon:

Other: [Optional]

On a scale of one to ten, ten being the highest, how high is the religious zealotry?

7-8? There are stake burnings and witch hunts occasionally, and people are generally superstitious. I can give information on the in-game religion's take on a specific issue, if you want. There are regions that are much more zealous than this one, however.

Yes please give me as much info on the religion/culture as possible, I'm planning a fanatical (insert religion name here)

Welp, peasants have assorted strange misconceptions about health/science/luck, that can vary. One person might think that eating vegetables raw is unhealthy, and another might think that having the guts of a swatted bug on their arm would bring bad luck. Generally silly things like that.

The state religion in this kingdom is the "Church of the Sacred Keeper". It's opposite is a religion called "The Truth". The deity of The Truth is the "devil" of the Keeperites, and the deity of the Keeperites is the "devil" of The Truth. Basically, the followers from them hate each other.

In the CotSK, each "good deed" you do equals a day in paradise. Each "bad deed" equals a day in hell. Good deeds usually involve killing heretics, and giving an animal sacrifice each year if you are a cattle farmer.

I gtg for about an hour, will be able to tell more about it later.

Ok

A question For when you return: what do most of the lords and kings worship? Is it balanced or uneven? In contrast whatsoever most peasants follow? Is it a blend?

High political figures always present themselves as following it to some extent. Most follow it casually. Some follow it zealously, while others are cynical of it or just use it as a tool.

Do the lords favor any particular faith over the other? Is there a majority faith among the lords?

They adhere to their nation's norm. In this case, it is the Church of the Sacred Keeper.

Ok I'll have a character soon

Karles Wilken

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Karles is 5.7f tall (Massive for the Middle Ages) and has dark hair and brown eyes, he has a beard that resembles a Machiavellian beard and his accent would be classified German in this world.

Karles is a simple man, not in mind but in the things he does for he works and toils for lords farmstead and does little else. He is also a rabid follower of the Sacred Keeper and his views so Orthodox that they could be classified heretical. He has worked hard all his life and will fight and die for it and his community if need be.

Weapon: scythe

Karles mother died when he was just a babe and his father ran off with a whore years before, Karles was then put into his uncles care who happened to be a drunk and a laggard and would beat Karles often. Luck smiled on Karles when he was 14 however when his uncle was sent to prison for robbery, Karles no longer had to put up with his drunken uncle and so he found himself not spending his days slaving for his uncle but working on a farm and living in his uncles, old, worn and beaten, home but it wa at least better than living outside which he had done prior. Due to these beatings and with nobody to turn to Karles turned to faith and quickly adopted the Sacred Keeper ideals. With the help of the kind if not strange church father Karles studied the Sacred Keeper texts and learned many of the forgotten sacred rites which had been abounded many years earlier.

'Cepted. Your allegiance is rebel, I suppose?

Yep

Freedom or Death!

Do you have a character? Otherwise I'm going to wait for at least another person to join.

Post goddamit!