[OOC] Battle of Kingdoms

[Pripovednik]

Edited my previous Kingdom post. Still in progress, let me know your thoughts.

[GoddessSophia]

@Pripovednik Good work so far Prip.

[Capra]

Would a nomadic, horde-like "kingdom" be fine for you?

[GoddessSophia]

That sounds interesting @Capra, what type of creatures do you plan on having in there though? Humans are to a minimum in this rp.

[Capra]

To be fair, I had humans in mind. I could change that though, but I don't understand your hostility towards Adam's issue.

[GoddessSophia]

I don't have anything against Adam. I just prefer the rp to be with more mythical creatures, than full of humans due to the Fantasy Aspect. That's all.

[Capra]

Oh, don't worry, there will be plenty fantasy aspect.

[GoddessSophia]

Alright, you're good to go then. :)

[Inlaa]

@GoddessSophia So, just to be clear: I notice you wrote Kingdoms / Settings. Does this mean there are different worlds people can RP in?

I ask this because I looked back at the other posted sheets a few times today and I've noticed some real world references in those posts. Namely: Catholicism (in Sriverton) and England (in Haley's character sheet). Meanwhile, the nation I wrote was for a more traditional fantasy setting. Is it set on a different world / planet than the other two?

As an aside, Sriverton would be a hamlet by most real world measurements. A city will normally have thousands of people; a hamlet is roughly one hundred or less. Sixty people would be a hamlet.

[Inlaa]

Also, going to make a few edits to my old post and include this differently colored flag. I'm happier with this one.

EDIT: link to the edited post.

[Sugar and Spite]

@Inlaa Thanks for liking the name of my kingdom xD

@GoddessSophia So... I wouldn't feel right creating a kingdom without having my own personal character to go in it. So, if I did make another Kingdom/Setting is there any such way that I could have more than one character?

[GoddessSophia]

@Inlaa There are different settings that people can rp in, that the characters will be seen ect. Just like there are different countries in the world...it doesn't make them on a different planet.

There can be some real life references, but it's still a fantasy rp!

Sriverton may be Hamlet, but I was not referencing Hamlet in this case. In this rp, Cities can be as small or as big as people want them to be. There is no right and wrong, when it comes to the rp. We're not basing cities in real sizes like we would in reality.

I'll check out the edit in a minute, thanks for letting me know about the update.

@HaleyTheRandom Like I said before, the settings/Kingdoms ect...are the places that characters come from...it's extra information to go with a character. The Kingdoms will also be used as a setting.

Like I mentioned to someone else, people can make as many characters they like, within reason of course (as many as they can handle)

[Sugar and Spite]

@GoddessSophia Sorry to make you repeat yourself, I must have missed that somehow. I think maybe I would do another Kingdom with Witches/Warlocks and um... Shape-shifters as there main population. If that's okay with you, of course.

[GoddessSophia]

@HaleyTheRandom You mentioned Witches/Warlocks in Red River Valley. You can make a character to go with that setting as well.

And another Kingdom with Shape-shifters in and make a character to go with that. Hope that makes sense...if a specie is referenced somewhere, you can make them to go into that first Kingdom...not necessarily make a new one for Witches/Warlocks as it might confuse people, as to which Kingdom they belong to.

[Sugar and Spite]

*facepalm* Indeed I did.

I understand perfectly fine. I'm thinking of maybe... Half-lings, Mage's and Shapeshifter's. Like a happy, brightly colored little place.

[GoddessSophia]

If you want, another character/s to go into Red River Valley go ahead.

That sounds fine, I don't think anyone mentioned a Mage yet.

[Sugar and Spite]

Well, tbh, I think I will make another character to go into the Newer Kingdom, though I appreciate the offer. I think having two different race's of character would be interesting, though I might go ahead and do another for Red River... I'm sort of undecided but no worries, three characters would be my absolute maximum.

[GoddessSophia]

That's is fine, like I said people can make as many characters they feel comfortable with. Some can handle more, some can handle less. :) No worries.

[Capra]

Consider this a draft: more will come in next posts.

Enoch

ENOCH: the Wandering City
Raise the dagger, Abraham,
And slit the throat ov thy only son.

History: the early history of Enoch has been, for the most part, lost in the abyss of time, and what remains is shrouded in myth and legend: the earliest tales narrate of a city founded upon the corpse of a bloody sacrifice, and of ancient malediction bestowed upon a fallen king, still haunting the halls of Enoch. The first records come from an age when the clans and tribes of old were already well estabilished, and the Giants dragging the city forward in its ceaseless motion had long started their restless toil. For endless ages, the hundreds of petty clans and warlords fought over the ruins of the already long fallen Enoch, as it wandered land after land, bringing its curse with it. From the bloodshed, eleven cabals emerged victorious, and saved the city from oblivion by creating the Council of the Eleven, thus giving Enoch a semblance of internal peace. Then, the city looked outwards to sustain itself, as many of the Giants dragging it forward had already died or were about to do so, and thus the warriors of Enoch rode out for the first time to give the city what it desperately needed: slaves, and sacrifices. Hundreds of thousands of slaves, taken from the populations of the land where Enoch was roaming, were yoked together with what remained of the Giants, and the city kept moving, as it endlessly shall; and many others were slain on the altars of the ruined temples, to feed the ancient Heart that keeps the city from being destroyed by divine wrath.

General Description: Enoch is a city kept in motion by the perpetual work of an immense population of slaves, among which are the mourning Giants of the ancient past, dragging it forward; an horrendous curse looms perpetually over Enoch, and to stave off its end the inhabitants believe that they have to perform human sacrifice in order to feed the only thing, referred to as the Heart, that does not allow Enoch to fall under the wrathful gaze of God. The nature of the Heart is unknown, as it was lost to memory a long time ago: many believe it to be an immensely powerful demon, while some think it as a monstruous contraption devised in an ancient past. Yet, all agree that it must be fed blood and souls. Thus, as the city wanders around ceaselessly, cursed by divine fury, its inhabitants ride out from its gates, to enslave the local population either to add it to the Yokes, or to sacrifice one on its decrepit shrines. Enoch is immense, and much of it lies in ruin: in fact, only a small part of it is inhabited and explored, while the deeper parts of it, known as Sitra Achra, are uncharted, and none knows what horrors lurk there.

Places of Enoch: the known region of Enoch hosts some buildings of great importance to the city.

The Hall of Bones: in this large hall, the Council of the Eleven meets, to govern the city and direct its movements. It is ancient custom that dead council members are left to die alone in here, when nearing the end of their life, and once found dead, their bodies are never moved from where they fell: thus, much of the hall is covered in crumbling bones.

The Throne of the Forgotten King: a vast, ancient room, with a great stone throne at its centre. Once, a great king sat here, and it is said that as a king longs for its lost throne, so a throne longs for the lost king.

The Ashen Tower: in this ancient iron tower, those citizens who were found guilty of a crime are locked up, awaiting their sentence. Each year, the tower is set ablaze in a great ritual, and thus the souls of the guilty find redemption. Their screams echo ceaselessly in the nearby corridors.

The Black Sun Gate: the eastern gate of the city, used only during solar eclipses. Such events are foretold with great precision by the Cocytus cabal, and are believed to be a time when the acts of man are hidden from the eye of God. Thus, the warriors of Enoch ride out in huge numbers and commit acts of inhuman atrocity: they also say that in these times the beat of the Heart can be heard distinctly in silence, but the few who tried to listen to it went mad after a few moments.

The Shrine of the Evil Eye: a dark and almost forgotten room, where a bound demon, in the form of a great eye, restlessly searches for those who betrayed him. To this day, it writhes, and writhes...

[GoddessSophia]

@Capra This is some great stuff. I'll put up the final draft when it's ready and posted.