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Meanwhile in Kataylabinsk:

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So I have a rough idea for my first few main characters and I was going to throw them in the important figures section of my sheet. The issue is names. Names of characters are always something that I overthink.

What do you giys envision when you hear the name Bey Chugo? Bey is a title and technically it should follow Chugo's name, so it'd be Chugo Bey, but Bey Chugo sounds so much cooler I think. But anyways, does Bey Chugo make you envision a crafty little bastard? He's supposed to be pretty sly, so if Chugo doesn't sound like that sort of name I'll think of something else.
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So I have a rough idea for my first few main characters and I was going to throw them in the important figures section of my sheet. The issue is names. Names of characters are always something that I overthink.

What do you giys envision when you hear the name Bey Chugo? Bey is a title and technically it should follow Chugo's name, so it'd be Chugo Bey, but Bey Chugo sounds so much cooler I think. But anyways, does Bey Chugo make you envision a crafty little bastard? He's supposed to be pretty sly, so if Chugo doesn't sound like that sort of name I'll think of something else.


To me, when I first heard the name Bey Chugo I immediately imagined a leader, and also someone who was somewhat aggressive. It's up to you, of course. I've never put much thought in names myself, but I did try to make "Trek Dael" sound like a speaker and such.

I imagine someone crafty and subtle would have a more flowing name. The G in Chugo hits your tounge like a hammer, especially after the soft sound in the U. It also sounds very Hispanic and out of place in a desert setting, but maybe that's what you were going for.
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Finally added Tin's history with Avalia. It's kind of lengthy and pretty thorough

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Thanks for the honest feedback. Lol, surprisingly Chugo is actually a Mongol name. Really my main inspiration for Tin was the Mongols (more specifically the Timurids and Mughals) as compared to Syrians or Arabs. All of the words and names that I've used so far have been Mongolian.

Granted I usually go with the shorter names like Chugo because the more distinctly Mongol names like Bey Mongkeemur or Bey Borjigidai would just get ridiculous.

I could go with Bey Chugo if I can't think of anything better. Maybe Bey Khulan or Bey Narin. Uhg, I'll sleep on this and hope that Morgan Freeman comes to me in my dreams with the answer.
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Communism. It's a party.

I somehow managed to find a hybrid of the Byzantine coat of arms and a hammer and sickle, so behold the glorious new flag of the People's Republic:

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<Snipped quote by Alfhedil>And how a "ring of iron" is supposed to keep aircrafts away?
They can be paranoiac all they want. It doesn't change the fact that in WW2 there's no such thing as absolute AA defense.


I'm going to keep it simple, because you're inevitably going to challenge me on this again and again until one of us accedes the point.

First and foremost, thing to remember here is that Eisenkreis, and the Hegemony as a whole, does not have either a naval force or an air force. That means that all of that money that your nation and others spend on such things, is instead funneled into the defensive perimeter and the ground forces. I like to think that out of all the nations in the RP, Eisenkreis has the most advanced armor units on the ground and the best funded military, but I don't like to use absolutes in those regards, doing so makes it seem as if other nations are arbitrarily lesser. That's something I prefer to avoid, and so I use more vague terms for my nation than definites, because I don't want to start conflict over something as trivial as what one person has over another. Back to the point at hand, without a naval force or air force, of course it stands to reason that the nation will have better defenses with the expanded budget, and that's something I will get around to detailing out. The "Iron-Ring" as it is referred to, is a name given to the ring of mountains surrounding the states originally comprising the Hegemony, and have been fortified against the outside world. Think of the beaches of Normandy, except completely surrounding the nation and beefed up AA. Can one or two planes get through if they're particularly daring? Possibly, can't say for sure. However, what I will say is that the radar stations in each fort will detect them long before they get into range, and the skies will go black with flakk. Think about it. This is a highly industrialized nation with nothing else to spend their military budget on other than regular advancements to their ground forces. To brave the Iron Ring is suicide at best.

Second, think of the cultural aspect for a moment. The founding moment of the nation was against an outside threat which sought to change them, and since that day, they have lived in paranoia that the same would happen again. Almost the entire core speaks only Eisenkreis, and those who speak both the native language and our equivalent to common, they are the elite nobility and merchants. Out of ~18million people, perhaps a thousand have taken the initiative to grace the other nations of the world with the time to learn their language. This is not only because of fierce national pride, but also because they simply don't want your nations to have a presence in theirs. Even foreigners who have been allowed into the nation are treated as less than second-class citizens, and dignitaries are strongly suggested to remain within the embassies unless under escort. I mean, even Marianna herself was, and still is, discriminated against due to her heritage being that of human/lindai, and she was royalty. To those men and women manning the battlements of the Iron Ring, it's not a matter of just missing one or two aircraft flying over head. It's a failure to their families, to their friends, to their people, and to everything that makes them who they are. This is a society of paranoia taken to zealous extremes, and if the Iron Ring was to ever fall, they would sooner destroy everything than allow a single trace of foreign rule into their country.

You can go ahead and try to quote me all sorts of sources on the effectiveness of AA in WW2, but in the end, you have to realize that we aren't dealing with a scenario in WW2. We are dealing with a fantasy world with non-humans and humans living together, sometimes in harmony and sometimes not, and there are going to be differences between reality and this world. Eisenkreis was a nation born of paranoia and the fear of outside change, and everything they have done has been in the name of preventing that change, and even change as a whole. Invading or even attacking their nation is not going to be as simple as doing so to another nation. They will bring the very skies down upon anyone who tries, and turn the mountains red with blood. Conversely, don't really expect them to come and get you in your nation. Marianna can say the nation is at war with you, but really, until you bring the war to Eisenkreis, nothing will really happen unless Kzechverin puts the man-pants on.

And let's be honest here, what are they really going to do? Kzechverin is the 1400's Poland-Lithuania of the setting, complete with horses and Men-At-Arms. If it wasn't for their nobility and the sheer amount of mans they can raise for an army, they could be rolled over by anyone.
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I think that post was more PM worthy. Just sayin. *Sips coffee*
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I think that post was more PM worthy. Just sayin. *Sips coffee*


Not really. The issue was brought up in the OOC, and I just resolved it OOC. That and it wasn't really that big of a deal. If it was something that I felt was worth taking to PM, I would have taken it to PM ;D
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I think that post was more PM worthy. Just sayin. *Sips coffee*


No, I'm glad Alfhedil said something this time. I agreed with Willy Vereb once regarding jet planes, but he constantly points out every single detail of someone's nation and brings up reference after reference to things that don't come into this RP. It's extremely aggravating.

I almost left the RP entirely because of him, and he's never even argued with me personally. People like him take the fun out of everything. I wouldn't mind him if he didn't constantly challenge and argue with everyone. I mean, I really like his nation and writing style, I just hate when I have to scroll past a whole page of him arguing with people who just want to enjoy the roleplay for daring to do something that didn't happen in reality
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*Continues trying to drink through gas mask*
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Sorry about that. I'm better now.
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I feel like it's entirely justified. Realism has its place, but sometimes it goes too far.

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I imagine Alfhedil's entire nation as barely pubescent Japanese schoolgirls


I missed this before, but they're Korean. :)
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I feel like it's entirely justified. Realism has its place, but sometimes it goes too far.

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I missed this before, but they're Korean. :)


Apologies. I will be sure to imagine Alfhedil's entire nation as prepubescent Korean schoolgirls, now.

I am still not afraid.
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Lol wat? Dafaq u talkin bout?

In other news, the release date of the IC has been much like Half Life 3: Highly anticipated and prepared for, but still not here.
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Apologies. I will be sure to imagine Alfhedil's entire nation as prepubescent Korean schoolgirls, now.

I am still not afraid.


I will pop-culture you until you beg for mercy! Fear the girl-groups of Eisekreis and Hegemon-chan! D:
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Lol wat? Dafaq u talkin bout?

In other news, the release date of the IC has been much like Half Life 3: Highly anticipated and prepared for, but still not here.


Ya, I'm rather impatient as well. But as the GM said, he does not have a computer at the time. Hard to write an interesting starting post a mobile, I assume ;).

Perhaps we should have someone start one off without him, or if he really wants to be the first poster (so as to write a decent introduction, as most GMs prefer to do) then he can, perhaps, just write "RESERVED!" as the first post and allow us to begin squabbling and going to war with eachother.

There is, of course, still the question of what sets off the events.
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@Voltus_Ventus I think I'm going to have to drop this, I thought I was ready for an NRP,but I'm finding myself very much overwhelmed by everything. My nation can be used as NPC one, and I'll answer any question's you have about it. Sorry about this, but it's just a bit too much for me right now.
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@Voltus_Ventus I think I'm going to have to drop this, I thought I was ready for an NRP,but I'm finding myself very much overwhelmed by everything. My nation can be used as NPC one, and I'll answer any question's you have about it. Sorry about this, but it's just a bit too much for me right now.


No. No.

I will not allow it. You get back into this RP right now or, I swear, the almighty god Kal will strike you down.

EDIT: on a serious note, it really sucks that you're leaving.
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Who else is contesting the Zanjir Islands? Other then Tin?
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