Welcome, and strap in for an interest check that I think will scare most people away before they reach they end. I'll be honest I haven't sat down and done much of any writing in quite a while, admittedly I'm an old-school tabletop kind of guy, but this is the kind of story I have no real chance of getting my table to take seriously so here I am.
As the title suggests, sort of, I'm looking to start an RP that really circulates around the Saga's, specifically the Icelandic family Saga's. By which I mean I want to capture the spirit not copy any particular one. Blood-feuds, greed, sorcery, honor, lust, and romance will all be present in this story, the best and worst that people have to offer, all while trying to be 'accurate' to the setting if not always 'realistic'. My hope is to start with a pair of characters in the early ages of settlement and end many generations later perhaps spurning christian influence or doing battle with aggressive Norwegian Kings looking to claim the land. Obviously this story would involve multiple characters, with large time gaps at appropriate times. Some characters will change over the course of story with age and struggle, others will die horribly.
Now I predominantly play male characters and will gladly take the roles of farmers, huscarls, and godi. I would prefer a female partner to take the roles of powerful matriarchs, prophesying seidkona, the occasional shield-maiden, perhaps even a Gaelic slave should it fit. Though this isn't necessarily a 'requirement'. Do keep in mind these Saga's will involve many side characters and one characters could easily sail off towards the horizon for several years before coming back into the story much later to take vengeance on a rival.
As it stands I have a place to start this particular Saga, with a blood-feud that will likely become central to the story for some time. Starting the story at the start of the Icelandic age of settlement when there was still plenty of land to be claimed. My idea here is to start with a simple settler, a man who has only recently raised his own homestead along one of the fjords with the aid of his brother. From here my initial idea was to get a partner willing to start with a Seidkona or volvua who would come across the small homestead and request hospitality likely near the onset of winter. Now I usually don't press for attraction in my stories and I'd still like it to appear authentic but an attraction would form and a child would eventually be born. This child being the continuation of the saga. Now in this setting the brother would be source of the eventual blood-feud that would spawn here, and I have a few ideas for how make it happen but I think I've laid the groundwork for the story to start and would prefer to mull over the later details once I've found a partner.
Well I hope that lays the basic groundwork for what I'm looking for here and we'll dive into logistics. I guess I'd consider myself to be a casual level writer as I haven't done much writing in a while, but I do like to sink a lot of time into my work. I'm also a very busy man with my work and usually absolutely beat at the end of the day so I can only guarantee one or two post a week depending what I have to work with. Of course that means my aim is to go for four or five paragraphs per post as a minimum but again that will have a lot to do with what I have to work with. I'm not a stickler just give me detail and substance something to chew on, ask questions and feel free to shoot me ideas a good Saga should be dotted with twists, turns, and old treachery. Also without sounding like a pretentious douche I would like to ask that you have some basic understanding of the Setting, roughly 9th century Iceland, and that these are not the legendary saga's these are far more grounded and seemingly based on historical events. Beyond that just be open to various themes as things could get quite unpleasant in the saga's.
Anyways I think that gets me through the basics, so if anyone's interested shoot me a PM and we'll do some brainstorming, if not I'll just go skulk in the corner with the Egil's Saga.
As the title suggests, sort of, I'm looking to start an RP that really circulates around the Saga's, specifically the Icelandic family Saga's. By which I mean I want to capture the spirit not copy any particular one. Blood-feuds, greed, sorcery, honor, lust, and romance will all be present in this story, the best and worst that people have to offer, all while trying to be 'accurate' to the setting if not always 'realistic'. My hope is to start with a pair of characters in the early ages of settlement and end many generations later perhaps spurning christian influence or doing battle with aggressive Norwegian Kings looking to claim the land. Obviously this story would involve multiple characters, with large time gaps at appropriate times. Some characters will change over the course of story with age and struggle, others will die horribly.
Now I predominantly play male characters and will gladly take the roles of farmers, huscarls, and godi. I would prefer a female partner to take the roles of powerful matriarchs, prophesying seidkona, the occasional shield-maiden, perhaps even a Gaelic slave should it fit. Though this isn't necessarily a 'requirement'. Do keep in mind these Saga's will involve many side characters and one characters could easily sail off towards the horizon for several years before coming back into the story much later to take vengeance on a rival.
As it stands I have a place to start this particular Saga, with a blood-feud that will likely become central to the story for some time. Starting the story at the start of the Icelandic age of settlement when there was still plenty of land to be claimed. My idea here is to start with a simple settler, a man who has only recently raised his own homestead along one of the fjords with the aid of his brother. From here my initial idea was to get a partner willing to start with a Seidkona or volvua who would come across the small homestead and request hospitality likely near the onset of winter. Now I usually don't press for attraction in my stories and I'd still like it to appear authentic but an attraction would form and a child would eventually be born. This child being the continuation of the saga. Now in this setting the brother would be source of the eventual blood-feud that would spawn here, and I have a few ideas for how make it happen but I think I've laid the groundwork for the story to start and would prefer to mull over the later details once I've found a partner.
Well I hope that lays the basic groundwork for what I'm looking for here and we'll dive into logistics. I guess I'd consider myself to be a casual level writer as I haven't done much writing in a while, but I do like to sink a lot of time into my work. I'm also a very busy man with my work and usually absolutely beat at the end of the day so I can only guarantee one or two post a week depending what I have to work with. Of course that means my aim is to go for four or five paragraphs per post as a minimum but again that will have a lot to do with what I have to work with. I'm not a stickler just give me detail and substance something to chew on, ask questions and feel free to shoot me ideas a good Saga should be dotted with twists, turns, and old treachery. Also without sounding like a pretentious douche I would like to ask that you have some basic understanding of the Setting, roughly 9th century Iceland, and that these are not the legendary saga's these are far more grounded and seemingly based on historical events. Beyond that just be open to various themes as things could get quite unpleasant in the saga's.
Anyways I think that gets me through the basics, so if anyone's interested shoot me a PM and we'll do some brainstorming, if not I'll just go skulk in the corner with the Egil's Saga.