Welcome! In this game, we take on the roles of a group of people turned slaves in the eastern province of Morrowind, where our characters will become involved in events of such magnitude that they might change the fate of Tamriel forever.
Story
In the year of 225 of the 4th Era, following the defeat of the Stormcloak rebellion, ideas of independence has spread like wildfire across the continent. The Imperial army, decimated by the war in Skyrim and stretched to the point of breaking, is having a hard time repressing insurgents in the many provinces. The Great House Telvanni of Morrowind has seized the opportunity to openly but informally secede from Imperial rule, sparking further conflict. And all the while an old enemy is waking beneath the ashen surface of the land of the Dunmer, unseen in the shadow of Imperial invasion.
Rules
The rules are simple. Don’t sabotage the game for others, heed my advice, don’t break the rules. Offenders will be warned. Repeat offenders will be banned.
Characters
Your character is a slave. You might not have been born as such, but you have been one for some time now. Life has taken you by carriage and boat, through rain and shine to the northeastern tip of the continent, the Telvanni Isles. Life here is strange, and the people stranger still. Whatever you had heard about the Argonian invasion of Morrowind, you realize it must never have made it here. The people on the isles live as though they were unaware of the world outside them. That or they just don’t care. Either way, you’re here now and your chances of freedom have never looked bleaker.
The guideline for creating a character in this game is growth. Don’t submit a finished piece of perfection. Plant a seed and see what happens. Let the events and circumstances shape your character into the hero s/he’s eventually going to become.
Please post your finished CS in the Character tab.
Below are some rumors and topics of conversation sometimes heard in taverns and cornerclubs throughout the land. Your character may know of some or all of these things already, or could find out in the game, at your discretion.
Since the death of the Emperor, the political climate in Cyrodiil has reached a boiling point. People are speaking of civil war, and many Imperial Legates are said to be withdrawing from their provinces to steal the throne for themselves.
The Aldmeri Dominion is having a hard time. Elsweyr and Valenwood is in open rebellion against their Thalmor oppressors, leaving the Dominions forces too preoccupied with internal affairs to take advantage of the growing crisis in Cyrodiil.
The Cult of Talos, a sect within the Imperial faith, has grown strong and is surfacing all across Tamriel. Members of the Cult are described as aggressive and have been reported terrorizing villages and towns into submission under strict religious rule under the god of men.
Some say that the Redguards of Hammerfell are building a large fleet to attempt the impossible: invading the Dominion. Most wave these news of as lies but emissaries from Hammerfell are suspiciously silent on the matter.
It’s been a long time since any news came out of Argonia, which is unsettling in itself. Trade has diminished drastically and no one seems to know what is going on.
What do you mean by sabotage the game for others?
So let's say my character wasn't exactly a good guy, but just another slave that wanted something another character had. (Say a doll they had on the side of the road) My character decides to attack that character when they are alone, or steal it when she's asleep. Is that sabotage?
If not, what is an example of sabotage?
@thegreenleafe, @Pathfinder: accepted.
@WilsonTurner: I'm not sure what to think about your character. On one hand, it's well written and interesting. On the other, it doesn't fit the feel of the game at all. I'm not convinced I should accept this character, but I'm willing to hear your case.
@Golem But hey! What's more mysterious than a close-mouthed man who seems to suffer under the daylight rather than under the whip, who takes whips with barely even a flinch, and yet is constantly disappearing and reappearing during the workless times? Someone could find some dirt on him- such as him being a vampire- and force him to join and help the ragtag group of slaves to escape, otherwise be turned in and hunted/killed in the unfamiliar desert. You want character development, no? He's forced into a group and slowly begins to like and/or care for them, or maybe he just hates them more but gets conflicted. I dunno. We're all slaves, right? What's the difference between a slave that's been broken by it and a slave that's immortal but has been whipped so many times he cares for little but a childhood passion?
Or something.
I think my vamp and his/her mage will get along very fine, or not at all. Being a mental librarian- as in having an ungodly amount of books in his head- he'll have so much knowledge, most of it being more or less useless for the practical world. But for a mage, oh, he might as well be a master (even though he never practices) to her, whatwith undoubtly reading hundreds of books, some of them being magical.
