[OOC] Knighthood (Closed)

[Antediluvixen]

@Rockin Strings

It's the city this all takes place in, silly.

[Themerlinhawk]

@Rockin Strings please read the geography section of the Codex.

[Rockin Strings]

@Themerlinhawk There's a lot of lore there. But where's Angel's Landing? I saw a vague mention of it in Titan's rest but...

[Lucius Cypher]

@Rockin Strings

It's located on the continent of Lorrath. It's the central province of Galendar. If you mean real world location, I don't think there's a real world equivalent that I know of.

[Themerlinhawk]

@Rockin Strings roleplayerguild.com/posts/4107146

Fourth paragraph.

Though I do need to address this. The point of the Codex is to avoid too much exposition on my part that can end up confusing if something changes. If only ever point at the Codex for details then everyone has access to basically the same info to run with. Additionally it keeps me from going crazy every time I hop on trying to answer questions in the OOC. I know there is a lot of lore in the Codex but Knighthood has been billed as high casual for a reason. The low end of posts is a couple paragraphs, the reason for the High casual has to do with the world complexity. I filled in a lot of the details and provide the vast majority of them. The level of detail in Knighthood is high and I provided the Codex to make sure that everyone has the same shot at understanding the lore and so that they can ask questions not addressed in the codex to continue world building and things of that nature. Angel's Landing is smack in the center of the whole country/continent of Galendar which is the largest landmass on Orius (the planet this all takes place on, also in the Codex). The Continent of Galendar is made up of three 'Kingdoms' The southern, middle and lower kingdoms. The middle kingdoms are typically referred to as Galendar, even though that is also the name for the continent. Angel's Landing is a mega city that ranges in culture, architecture and affluence giving it an at best 'colorful' swath of backgrounds and upbringings for its inhabitants. Its also the center of trade, continental government and culture for the whole of the middle kingdom

[Rockin Strings]

@Themerlinhawk Alright. Where are the Knights' barracks? Any description of the buildings?

[Fairess]

@Rockin Strings

Heya, I'mma do you a solid and write up a quick FAQ with all the pertinent information already existing about Angel's Landing and where things are headed right now. Lez go!

What is Angel's Landing like?

From the first post of the OoC:

Setting
Knighthood takes place in the city of Angel’s Landing. Millennium of war and peace have ground the city of Angel’s Landing to dust repeatedly only to have the city be rebuilt upon the old cities bones. Now it is home to towers that rise from slum streets, to the pinnacle of opulence in the homes of the rich and powerful. Below them the poor scrape by in the muck beneath the towering heights of the city.

The setting is Fantasy turned sci-fi. Galendar started out as a fantasy setting that has seen progress towards a higher tech future. This can be seen in the way that the line between technology and magic is not always clear. It can also be seen in the appearance of races that are traditionally seen in fantasy settings making use of 60th century top of the line tech in conjunction with their 5000 year old magic.

@Themerlinhawk

Fun trivia, though, The Tower of Stars (y'know, where our merc group operates) might actually not be inside the city, but rather, just outside of that. I'll leave it to Merlin to clarify.

From the Codex:

The Treaty of Angel’s Landing (5805 aft)- The Stygian Empire finally signs a lasting peace accord with Galendar after the death of the Stygian God-King. Kevin’s Watch issues a decree of absolution and province on behalf of Christian Highfell giving him a tract of land outside of Angel’s Landing where he had originally begun construction of the Tower. The decree also prevented any action against Shard or his Knights for their operations on behalf of the Stygian Empire.

@Themerlinhawk

Additionally, from the Codex:

Lorrath-

The central province of Galendar; a small valley surrounded on the Northern side by high mountains. Lorrath is also the location of Angel’s Landing which prior to the second Stygian War was the capital of all of Galendar. After the war the provinces officially became sovereign with their own monarchs and governments agreeing to a set of accords which govern trade and agree to non hostility and free travel within all of the provinces. Beyond Angel’s Landing Lorrath is largely a metropolitan center of commerce and culture for most of Galendar; they are also the technology center of the world with most of Galendar’s tech companies taking up residence in Angel’s Landing.

@Themerlinhawk

Is There Another Important Location in the RP Right Now?

Yes. This is from an IC post, which talks about where the first mission and its members are going. The location happens to be the Narrows, which I believe is a district somewhere within Angel's Landing.

Ralrisk, from the IC:

“It's in the Narrows”

The Narrows were a testament to the phrase urban decay. They were a blighted segment of the city that had never really been rebuilt after the second Stygian blade. Fittingly the disease ridden, poverty stricken, desolate section of the city was also home to the more militant segment of the Stygian Blade.

“The outer edge right where it hits high rises, call it the suburban portion of the Narrows.” It was still incredibly dangerous to send a team even to the edge of the Narrows. The Lawbringers of Exandar that patrolled the Narrows did so with some of the heaviest weaponry that Ralrisk had ever seen their kind operate with. Understandably so. Even with the incredible fire power, Lawbringer precincts and check points within the Narrows much of the decrepit city blocks still managed to run amok, there was not much they could do without leveling the Narrows and that was not something the Church of Exandar had the authority to do. Angel’s Landing had its own internal problems so the Narrows remained a bastion for the Stygian Blade. One of far too many in Ralrisk’s opinion.

@Themerlinhawk

What is the Stygian Blade, you might ask? Well...

From the Codex:

The appearance of the Stygian Blade (5902-present aft)- not even a hundred years after the treaty of Angel’s Landing a terrorist group calling themselves the Stygian Blade appears and begins carrying out ‘missions’ on behalf of the Stygian Empire. The Stygian Empire has made no comment on the actions of this group and have refused all envoys from Galendar since the Twilight Blades emergence. Two years after their appearance Christian Highfell disappears and Clarisa Silversun inherits the title of Mistress of Stars from her husband. Shortly thereafter the last of the Original Masters leaves as Master of Sight Urthar takes almost all of the Old guard and disappears leaving the Tower of Stars to fight the Twilight Blade in the streets of Angel’s Landing with few veterans and to find the Master of Stars Christian Highfell.

@Themerlinhawk

This bit of info is important because this is the present situation you should definitely be aware of.

What is the Narrows Mission?

Well, Crow tells it pretty simply in the IC:

“The mistress of Shadows has requested our service for finding out what happened to an individual who we recovered from the Narrows earlier today. I couldn't determine from the body so I suspect his spirit is still in the Narrows somewhere. Though it is stygia blade territory so we are being sent with a lot of people that carry large weapons..."

@Themerlinhawk

Who is this Mistress of Shadows?

From the Codex:

Orders of the Tower

The Tower is home to a varying list of Orders with a few consistent Orders that are headed by The Masters and Mistresses of the Tower.

• Order of Shadows- This Order of the Tower is responsible for information gathering, espionage and sabotage. One of the original Orders within the Tower there has always been a Master or Mistress of Shadow. Occasionally this organization is also responsible for the elimination of the targets dictated by those who hire the Tower

@Themerlinhawk

A brief blurb about her from the IC:

The Mistress of Shadow’s calf length skirt swished ominously as she cut through the few other Knights in the hall which had business in the top most levels of the Tower. Irritation rolled off the notoriously sweet and quick to anger woman. The Knights that knew her were quick to leap aside as she moved towards the elevator. What was Calrisa thinking? She’d dispatched a team to recover a corpse from Stygian Blade territory without a thought to the potential fall out. Without consulting Ris which really if she thought about it was what pissed her off. There were Knight Captains that Lady SIlver relied on more than the capricious Mistress of Shadow, even though Ris was the last of the remaining Mistresses and Masters. The others had slowly faded away over the years and the last three had left shortly after the disappearance of Christian. Urthar had claimed he had to take care of something, Ris had decent enough intel that said Kordus, the master of Steel had been murdered by a Talon of the Covenant of Shadow but Ris couldn’t prove the money had come from the remains of the Stygian High Command. Then there was Moory she’d simply up and left in the middle of the Knight, no doubt fleeing back to the Courts of Winter no doubt finding it safer that trying to occupy the massive boots left behind by Lady Akime and before her Thomas Pavaine. Ris almost wished that Christian had instituted a Master or Mistress of Fist before he’d left. That would have curtailed the rampant politicking and cowardice that the Tower was facing right now.

As if that were not enough now Ris had to collect up an inconspicuous enough group of Knights for her to send back into Stygian Blade held territory in Angel’s Landing to see if they could scrounge up evidence of what the hell had happened to the corpse the previous team had recovered. Ris was tempted to just go herself but she knew that it was not only not her place but that more than just her own talents were required. Best to start with Lilac, the woman’s nickname always made Ris giggle internally considering that she’d personally seen Adela bench press more than any human should be able to. Stepping into the elevator Ris hit the button for the training fields. “Senechal, locate Captain Laska for me. I need to speak with her.” The Tower’s second AI updated the Mistress of Shadow’s PDA as Ris flicked through the other on staff Knights. “Kirane, Crimson, Mal, Markus, Crow...Hmm” She continued to flick. Not lots of options which was becoming a theme for the Tower lately. Probably have to put Sirus on this detail too because of Kirane’s condition. That meant they could probably use a blade….her thumb hovered over his picture for a long moment before she tapped on Megelis profile. That ought to round the team out. Hopefully the fucker caught a bullet while he was out there. The thought made Ris grin like an angry teenager imagining the downfall of one of her school yard rivals.

@Themerlinhawk

Who's Going on the Narrows Mission?

Well, that would be:
Adela
Ayala
Crow
Kirane
Markus
Megelis
Nathan

Where is Everyone Else?

Well, last I read, Malakus and Crimson were brawling with peeps... somewhere. The rest of us newly approved people are supposed to be at the Tower... and presumably writing our introductions. As for what the tower is like, well... I think it's widely up to interpretation. Your character can have an apartment within the Tower or outside of it, it would appear. Anyways, the last of the peeps who are posted in the character tab who will presumably be set on a different mission are:

Eiishii
Jane
Eve and Adam Clarke
And of course, your character, Ulrich.

That's all I have for you now, but that should hopefully put you on the same page as everyone else. Hopefully.

[Rtron]

Whoooops.

Made a mistake.

[Rockin Strings]

@Fairess That helps a lot. One thing you forgot, though, is I have 2 characters, Ulrich and Abbadon. I'll work on my post after rereading all that tomorrow.

[Themerlinhawk]

The Tower was originally built some distance from Angel's Landing however the city has crept steadily closer to it so now it technically sits at the edge of one of the cities suburbs. So @Fairess is correct.

[Fairess]

Yay moar posts! And happy to be of service. <3

@Themerlinhawk
I realize I took a few creative liberties with my post, so if there's any boundaries I overstepped or something you disagree with lore-wise, feel free to say as much and I'll give it the ol' edit.

[Lyla]

@Fairess I am not worthy, lol... that was one amazing post!

[Themerlinhawk]

Yay moar posts! And happy to be of service. <3

@Themerlinhawk
I realize I took a few creative liberties with my post, so if there's any boundaries I overstepped or something you disagree with lore-wise, feel free to say as much and I'll give it the ol' edit.

@Fairess

You're good. I was one hundred percent listening to "Don't drink the water" while I read that XD

[Themerlinhawk]

@Fairess So this means I get to write for Lady Silver I take it? Given that shes the only other Mistress right this second.

double post aside

[Rockin Strings]

And that was the biggest post I've ever done... Partially because I went a bit crazy with what the 2 characters were doing in the morning.

[CollectorOfMyst]

@Rockin Strings You ought to edit in the post structure that Merlin laid out earlier in the OOC.

[Rockin Strings]

@CollectorOfMyst What would mine be, though?

[ChickenTeriyaki]

@Themerlinhawk

Where are Nathan, Michael, Megelis, and Markus going to meet?

Also, we are making it clear that Nathan's office is located somewhere within the Tower of Stars' HQ itself, right? If that is so, then I'd rather have it positioned in the bottom portion of the tower. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

[Themerlinhawk]

@Rockin Strings up to you though I usually recommend titles be consistent for continued scenes and it's often helpful if people adopt the same title for a scene that they are all in. So for instance when everyone has been moved to the Narrows all of the people on mission will be using the title 'The Narrows' that way you can see which posts belong together more easily.

@ChickenTeriyaki
I don't think I mentioned a location for the office?? Maybe I'm just nutty. And yeah on the ground level is fine. No one uses the basements. With good reason intact that they exist isn't even common knowledge. As for meeting, I imagine they will just go with him but if you need them to meet him later it would be the Tower’s third tier staging ground. The implication being that the staging area would have been in the sent mission brief. Did that answer your question?

[Fairess]

@Lyla
Aw, thanku! I enjoyed reading your posts as well. 'Tis sad I joined too late to crash the Narrows party!

@Themerlinhawk
Is Lady Silver the Mistress of Shadows? Regardless, yeah, it should be fun! I'm ready to coordinate a post when you are!