[OOC] Tribalism

[AbysmalDemon]

@Odysseus

[ClocktowerEchos]

@Odysseus I have posted the Rizu in the Char tab and made some edits to them as well as adding in some trade and military stuff. Mind looking over to see if I derped anywhere?

[Slamurai]

I've finished the basics of my sheet; I intend to add more once I'm clear to throw it in the Characters section.

[Thang]

@Inuyasha: Accepted, feel free to post your tribe in the character section.

@Thang: I agree that you might have trouble fitting into the story without a unified tribe, but you're accepted as is.

@Odysseus

Thanks! :D I look forward to writing with you guys, this should be fun!

[Stormwarden]

Tribal Name: Ethicar

Demonym: The Ethicar, Ethicarians

Population: Approx. 550

Government Style: Cognatic Elective (Elected Chief or Chieftess) Advised by Selected Officials (Officials of Their Choosing).

Religious Beliefs: Agnostic

Location on the Map: The Ethicarians are a tightknit tribe of a few hundred people clinging to a sprawling central village that they know and love. They call this village Imara, named for the last mystic that advised the people.

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Regional Map

History before the Collapse: The Ethicarians were a people that led simple lives before being pulled into the confederation led by the Ascahara. The Ascahara promised them equality among men and protection from old rivals. The Ethicar took this opportunity in order to secure a lasting existence in the chaotic world they lived in. They served the Ascahara loyally, sending their strongest over the age of eighteen years to fight on their leader’s behalf. At the start of the relationship between Ethicar and Ascahara, the Ethicar were rewarded for their loyalty with gifts of gold and stipends of food to further increase their population.

Through these gifts and favors, the Ethicarian population once held nearly two thousand people, this, however, changed with the Collapse of the confederation and failed attack on the Far Men.

Survival Legend: The Exile was an island never before heard of. Their head mystic, Imara, told them of the islands location as the waves crashed upon their island shores. Their central village was in a panic, people were leaving and droves and none seemed to be going the right way. The Chieftess at the time, Tyri, gathered her loyal followers, her remaining army, family, and mounts and took to the remaining ships. They sailed off with a heavy heart, propelled by even heavier waves.

The journey was long and arduous, the ship that held the Ethicarite mounts sank leaving them with little choice but of travel but on foot when this new island was to be found – if it was to be found. Tyri held her now small tribe of men and women together by sheer will and determination, not allowing hope to waver as long as she stayed vigilant. Frequently she’d cross from one ship to another to check in on her people, she’d offer them words of encouragement and tell them that salvation was only a few more days away when she ignorant of that fact herself.

When the Exile’s shores happened upon their sights, Tyri grew ill but refused to let up until her people were safe. Her vigilant rule continued until their people were settled on the east side of the island, occupying a cove of their own and rebuilding the village they left behind on their old island. When the largest hut was finished, the hut deemed to be hers, she finally succumb to her illness, dying within the arms of those very villagers she encouraged to keep going. She was succeeded by her first daughter, Aisha, the Benevolent.

History Since: Years following the death of her mother, Aisha watched on as her trusted mystic Imara was taken by the gods. With Imara went the Ethicarite faith in the gods. If the gods were so benevolent, then why had their forsaken their tribe so? This feeling was not only possessed by Aisha, but soon rippled outward into her followers. They now knew that there were gods, but without proof they wouold rather not believe in smoke in mirrors. With this, the mystics were disbanded and Aisha was risen up as the people’s new spiritual leader. Aisha still searches for proof of the gods, but without that proof she’d rather not believe such beings exist only to bring Ethicar misfortune.

While the religious shift was happening, the unnamed village grew in size and the territory that Ethicar possessed grew with it. Though their military might was small, they grew without opposition and staked a claim on a chunk of the eastern coast of the Exile. Here they grew in culture and number. The survivors numbered at 300 when they arrived but in time they grew to 500 and now 550 with the practiced use of a census to keep their numbers monitored.

Aisha’s early rule proved to be a prosperous time and eventually the village without a name was named after the last mystic, Imara. Imara stands as a new beginning for Ethicar and they hold the village and surrounding outposts in high accord, willing to defend their claim tooth and nail.

Other: The Ethicar hold women on a pedestal, recognizing them as givers of life and thus deemed important. Due to this equality is a quality that the Ethicarians seek to maintain. Women make up a decent portion of the army, not only as nurses and doctors but as soldiers.

Ethicar’s army boasts prowess with spears. Their spear troopers are some of their best soldiers and are thus deemed as their elite, only making up a small portion of their army (50) and are called the Watchful. This elite force mostly protects the village of Imara and Aisha herself, always there when needed.

The Ethicar have tamed new mounts now. These giant lizards serve as their military mounts and are utilized as a small cavalry unit. They were once vicious things but now serve as a domestic service animal much like the horses the Ethicar possessed on their old island. Now though, these beings hold a strength slightly greater than horses and can defend themselves more effectively.

[babbysama]

Still room in here? I'd love to be a part of something like this.

Thinking of rolling a tribe inspired by Central Asia/Tibet/Mongolia/Xingjiang

[Odysseus]

Everyone who has submitted a character sheet is accepted, and I have no plans of closing applications so you can still submit a tribe. I myself will be making a tribe soon.

For those accepted, I will open up posting in the IC. Have fun!

[Thang]

Everyone who has submitted a character sheet is accepted, and I have no plans of closing applications so you can still submit a tribe. I myself will be making a tribe soon.

For those accepted, I will open up posting in the IC. Have fun!

@Odysseus

Sorry chief,

You will open it? Or you have opened it?

My brain is itching for a crack at this ;)

[Odysseus]

It is opened, anyone can post.

[Odysseus]

Update: I made a political map. The neanderthals are not featured on it, as they have no settled lands yet. For future tribes, territory can slightly overlap (especially with nomads like the Riza).

My Hider

[ClocktowerEchos]

@OdysseusIts Rizu not Riza :P

[Slamurai]

@Thang Since the settlement Org is making contact with is 'undisclosed,' I assume any one of us could respond on a first-serve basis? Is anyone already working on a reaction post?

[Stormwarden]

I haven't began one yet. Since they are undisclosed, I assume like you @Aristo.

[Thang]

@Thang Since the settlement Org is making contact with is 'undisclosed,' I assume any one of us could respond on a first-serve basis? Is anyone already working on a reaction post?

@Aristo

That's right -- or I was going to wait and pick myself.

I'll have a response to you up today, but i've got work first. See you guys later :)

[Inuyasha]

BAM! IC post is up.
@Aristo, You're gonna wanna see this

[Inuyasha]

Have to say @Thang, Im really enjoying your posts. Keep up the great writing man!

[Dinh AaronMk]

So I'm looking at joining this RP as a side-gig to my other shows. But I must ask: why only a population under one-thousand?

I can concede this if everyone's supposed to be playing villages or a small region of several villages. But looking at the map and the territory I'm really scratching my head at the population density I'm assuming is happening. I trust the map isn't depicting an area as small as Rhode Island where such territorial claims would be acceptable, since it seems to be showing a lot of geographic and natural diversity something the size of Rhode Island wouldn't have. Therefore, I got to to assume it's at least the size of Europe.

And guessing that before the advent of agriculture at least Europe may have had a population of maybe several million it seems very unrepresentative for the major tribes to be assuming populations of up to 900-999 on such large areas of land. Like, these tribes aren't even stable: they're dying.

A social group doesn't have to be small to be a tribe. It just has to have a structure that is representative of a status before anything could be called a "state".

EDIT - The impression I get from the enforced number limit is less everyone being a tribe but more of a clan in that it's the loose social structure of inter-related families than the structure of a larger society of self-sufficient groups/clans. This however still conflicts with the territorial claims.

[Thang]

-The next time Org visits the Sotraecan lands, he may find a cart set aside for him, full of linens and furs. Perhaps the first step towards civilization is clothing?-

@Aristo

Org is going to look FABULOUS.

So I'm looking at joining this RP as a side-gig to my other shows. But I must ask: why only a population under one-thousand?

I can concede this if everyone's supposed to be playing villages or a small region of several villages. But looking at the map and the territory I'm really scratching my head at the population density I'm assuming is happening. I trust the map isn't depicting an area as small as Rhode Island where such territorial claims would be acceptable, since it seems to be showing a lot of geographic and natural diversity something the size of Rhode Island wouldn't have. Therefore, I got to to assume it's at least the size of Europe.

And guessing that before the advent of agriculture at least Europe may have had a population of maybe several million it seems very unrepresentative for the major tribes to be assuming populations of up to 900-999 on such large areas of land. Like, these tribes aren't even stable: they're dying.

A social group doesn't have to be small to be a tribe. It just has to have a structure that is representative of a status before anything could be called a "state".

@Dinh AaronMk

I think you're taking up with a non-issue. Whether we have thousands or hundreds, the management of the few is the same as the management of the many in lots of respects. Population sizes wont get in the way of me trying to tell a story.

Hell, if the GM decides to relocate the RP to an actual planet, but retains the pop numbers, I've still got the creative fire power in my imaginary arsenal to make things work.

In short, grab a seat friend, close your eyes to some of the things that upset your perceptions, and join us!

[Inuyasha]

@ClocktowerEchos Just wondering, who was that Lance supposed to be directed at?

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ClocktowerEchos Just wondering, who was that Lance supposed to be directed at?

@Inuyasha

Its suppose to be any opening where anyone can start first contact with the Rizu. If no one decides to take it, I'll just say its a dead body of some poor unfortunate soul who got lost and Yaki will be on his way.