[OOC] Blood on the Sands: Azoth at War (Open!)

[Flagg]

Hmmmmm.... I'll think on that.

@Nieszka

To be clear, it's completely fine if you want your faction to be from the Broken Lands. They'll just need a way and a reason to show up to the Red Desert over the course of the RP.

[Nieszka]

@Flagg

What lies in the Great White Erg?

I'm looking for a place far away enough from the Dratha empire that Cerys will seem to come from nowhere and close enough to be raided for ichor or slaves.

[Flagg]

@Flagg

What lies in the Great White Erg?

I'm looking for a place far away enough from the Dratha empire that Cerys will seem to come from nowhere and close enough to be raided for ichor or slaves.

@Nieszka

Great White Erg is sand and salt flats and Sahara/Empty Quarter type desert. There certainly could be tribal peoples there, living in the desert that get raided by the Dratha.

The Broken Lands make perfect sense too and would be raided by Drathan hirelings for slaves etc. You can make up what you want about the Broken Lands too, no need to ask my permission. My lore notes are meant more to be prompts and foundations for folks to build on.

I apologize, I confused myself- you kept saying Broken Lands in your posts, and I just read it as Red Desert.

[Nieszka]

I think the Great White Erg fits my needs better because it'd be more difficult for Cerys to build an army in a land that already has a set government. I had imagined something less fixed, a number of lose tribes governed only by themselves. I am sorry to give up the cold climate though. I love my pale-faced priestess.

[Flagg]

I think the Great White Erg fits my needs better because it'd be more difficult for Cerys to build an army in a land that already has a set government. I had imagined something less fixed, a number of lose tribes governed only by themselves. I am sorry to give up the cold climate though. I love my pale-faced priestess.

@Nieszka

Another option is the Godsfang Mountains or some of the unnamed mountain areas on the map. so you can have your cold, lawless wilderness filled with tribal peoples :)

[Nieszka]

@Flagg

You know just how to warm a nerdy girl's bloodthirsty heart. I'll edit that into my lore sheets and write up a bit on the place and culture.

[Flagg]

@Flagg

You know just how to warm a nerdy girl's bloodthirsty heart. I'll edit that into my lore sheets and write up a bit on the place and culture.

@Nieszka

If the location you choose is closer to the Salished, they may also have raided your tribes, since the Salished Empire is based around a giant cult of human sacrifice, just as the Drathan Union is built on slavery.

[Dead Cruiser]

Still feeling some acceptances, laddie?

Pitch: lovecraftian cultists mixed with tech priests, but with giant robots. Militant machine-worshipers dedicated to recovering and venerating the "Deus Machina" of the Old Ones. Still working on a name for the faction.

[Cairo]

The Kings of Monsters

The Beastlords

Description: A Drathan-allied company of mercenaries specializing in taming and corralling the monsters of the Red Desert to use as beasts of war. Notorious for their blase approach to collateral damage - many of the beasts they use are only 'domesticated' by the loosest possible definition, and their tribal roots combined with their habit of using mutant auxiliaries results in an incredible level of battlefield savagery. Their most recent Beast King has made an effort to tame some of that savagery and build the Beastlords into a more disciplined company in recent years, though the process is slow going.
Race: Originally an Aelg tribe, they've become largely multicultural as part of their transition into an effective military force.
Faction/Unit: Independent. Currently hired by the Drathan Union.
Location: Red Desert
Synopsis of Role: Monster-taming mercenaries fighting for the Drathan Union under the command of the Beast King Har-Dok.

The Beast King Har-dok

Race: Aelg
Faction/Unit: The Beast Lords
Location: The Red Desert
Synopsis of Role: Leader of the Beastlords mercenary company who was promoted three years ago after serving as the second-in-command under the old Beast King. Working to shape the company into an efficient army instead of a gaggle of berserk war criminals (or at least, reign the war crimes in a little).

[Flagg]

@Cairo Accepted! Love it- looking forward to coming up with beasts to 'tame'.

[Cairo]

@Cairo Accepted! Love it- looking forward to coming up with beasts to 'tame'.

@Flagg

Thank you kindly! I'll probably throw up a list of some tomorrow for approval, and we can all maybe add more over time.

I'm thinking these guys could be a good source of kinda dark comedic relief, with Har-dok playing straight man to his lunatic troops - not to say that they'd be complete clowns, of course, or that they wouldn't be as badass and capable as any other force when it came right down to it.

[Flagg]

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Thank you kindly! I'll probably throw up a list of some tomorrow for approval, and we can all maybe add more over time.

I'm thinking these guys could be a good source of kinda dark comedic relief, with Har-dok playing straight man to his lunatic troops - not to say that they'd be complete clowns, of course, or that they wouldn't be as badass and capable as any other force when it came right down to it.

@Cairo

Sounds good. Will make for some interesting interactions with the somewhat dour and sinister Coward's Men and the aloof and comically arrogant Drathan masters.

[ShwiggityShwah]

I know we just started but I'll be gone for 3-4 days

[Flagg]

I know we just started but I'll be gone for 3-4 days

@ShwiggityShwah

No prob! Jump in when you get back!

[Nib]

The Hermit

Name: The Hermit

Description: Tales of the the Hermit always describe him differently, but a common thread among them has been he appears as a man in sweeping robes surrounded by undulating shadows, holding a staff of charred wood etched with glowing runes. His facial features are hidden by the shadows, but they say he is pale of skin and that his eyes radiate with the power he holds.

Race: It’s said he was once human

Faction/Unit: The Hermit is his own master

Location: A labyrinth of ruins near the base of the Godsfang Mountains

Synopsis of Role: The Hermit was, in fact, once a human from the Rainlands. He left his home and traveled up the Godsfang Mountains to the Mountain Wisdoms. He asked the Wisdoms for the tools he needed to find answers in the ruin left by the Old Ones. He was mutated by them into a being of shadow and ichor. The tools they provided were small white-skinned creatures with claws and fangs called Shadowlings. He is convinced the Wisdoms cursed him and have sent him along a fruitless quest simply for their own amusement, but he is determined to use what they gave him to seek answers in the ruins.
My concept for The Hermit is for him to be a mythical, wiseman figure in the desert with a darker feel to him. Not evil, mind you, but definitely corrupted by the mutation/curse he suffered from the Mountain Wisdoms. I aim for him to have some illusionary magic along with his servants.

[Flagg]

The Hermit

Name: The Hermit

Description: Tales of the the Hermit always describe him differently, but a common thread among them has been he appears as a man in sweeping robes surrounded by undulating shadows, holding a staff of charred wood etched with glowing runes. His facial features are hidden by the shadows, but they say he is pale of skin and that his eyes radiate with the power he holds.

Race: It’s said he was once human

Faction/Unit: The Hermit is his own master

Location: A labyrinth of ruins near the base of the Godsfang Mountains

Synopsis of Role: The Hermit was, in fact, once a human from the Rainlands. He left his home and traveled up the Godsfang Mountains to the Mountain Wisdoms. He asked the Wisdoms for the tools he needed to find answers in the ruin left by the Old Ones. He was mutated by them into a being of shadow and ichor. The tools they provided were small white-skinned creatures with claws and fangs called Shadowlings. He is convinced the Wisdoms cursed him and have sent him along a fruitless quest simply for their own amusement, but he is determined to use what they gave him to seek answers in the ruins.
My concept for The Hermit is for him to be a mythical, wiseman figure in the desert with a darker feel to him. Not evil, mind you, but definitely corrupted by the mutation/curse he suffered from the Mountain Wisdoms. I aim for him to have some illusionary magic along with his servants.

@Ink Blood

accepted!

[Nib]

Thank you.

[Slamurai]

Hey, @Flagg! Long time no see.

Question for you: since it seems a major focus/POV of the RP is the Coward's Men, and they serve the Dratha, will the Salished be the defacto antagonist, or do you encourage players to take up both sides of the conflict?

[Flagg]

Hey, @Flagg! Long time no see.

Question for you: since it seems a major focus/POV of the RP is the Coward's Men, and they serve the Dratha, will the Salished be the defacto antagonist, or do you encourage players to take up both sides of the conflict?

@Aristo

Both sides are welcome- sorry if that's not clear in the OP. Especially playing as Salished mercs, clients or vassals is fine.

[Squad 404]

Put up a post for Glory. Let me know if anything needs to be edited/fixed/changed/whatever.