Goldeagle1221

The Color of Insanity

Holy fuck am I tempted to join this. But the fact that I have two RPs and that this has an Advanced tag is making me hesitant ><

@SgtEasy

Do iiiiiit. It is a relaxed Advance tag ;)

The Color of Insanity

The Kingdom of Auerbruck

The Kingdom of Auerbruck

National Overview

Auerbruck is only a state of which was recently formed, a union of former duchies and petty kingdoms, held together by a strong sense of national unity and faith in the centralized government. Known for its rolling hills surrounded by towering mountains, Auerbruck is remote to nations around it, but has recently bolstered its foreign policy to orient itself for changing times.

Government

The government of Auerbruck was formerly an absolute monarchy, but recent clamors for reform of the governing system saw the installation of a constitution along with a two-house legislature. The lower house consists of officials chosen by provincial governments, and is known as the House of Electors. The upper house consists of officials appointed directly by the monarch and their cabinet, and is known as the House of Nobles. At the head of everything sits the monarch and his/her cabinet of advisors. While the monarch has a great deal of power, the legislature keeps their decisions in check, preventing a catastrophe at the hands of an absolute ruler.

Ethnicity

The ethnic groups besides the main body of Auerbrucks are generally so minor, noting them is futile. But, to elaborate on the general body of the populace, Auerbrucks are generally similar to central Europeans of the period, having features of Caucasian descent. Languages spoken vary slightly by province, however they all stem from the tongue known colloquially as Auer, making intermingling between citizens of different provinces easy, as all the languages bear near the same alphabet, vocabulary, and sentence structure.

Geography

Claims

Culture

Auerbruck's system of society is not deeply rooted in wealth, rather in location. Those situated in more centralized and urban provinces are generally held as 'better' than those of surrounding rural and mountainous areas. Most of the wealth is held by the monarch, nobles, and electors due to their position of power. Citizenry general hold small amounts of wealth, but most in urban and surrounding rural areas are well educated, having skills in basic arithmetic and writing/reading comprehension. Only when you venture into the outlying mountains does education vary.

Economy

The economic situation of Auerbruck is rather stable, as they have a steady stream of tax flow from its populace, a currency with intermediate worth, and a focus on balancing exports and imports. They produce mainly timber and iron, and utilize those as their main exports. Though they are well situated on the agrarian front, they have a small, but still noteworthy deficit of foodstuffs, prompting their main import to be that of grains, vegetables, fruits, and a limited amount of salted meat.

Military

The Grand Army of Auerbruck

The Grand Army is that of recent creation, but constitutes an effective fighting force, drawing their mass amounts of line troops from the rural lowlands. Cavalrymen are generally of wealthier descent, but still a sizeable force is maintained. Skirmishers, though a very recent addition, play a vital role in the Grand Army's strategic position. Drawn from the mountains and highlands, these skirmishers are unrivaled marksmen when armed with longrifles, and are masters of the hunt, giving them great skill in lying stealthily or marching quietly against any opposing force.

The Grand Flotilla of Auerbruck

Auerbruck is by no means a naval power. They are not great shipbuilders, nor are their sailors particularly skilled. A small force, the Grand Flotilla consists of a mere 21 vessels of varying size, and performs a simple task of general coastal defense, and limited escort of merchant convoys.

Uniforms

Line Infantry

Cavalrymen

Skirmishers (Jagers)

Sailors

Sailors had no set uniform, and generally wore rough clothing which they brought of their own accord and forewent shoes for extra agility on-deck.

Organization

(From largest to smallest)
Armee - 100,000-200,000 Troops
Korps - 30,000-50,000 Troops
Divisione - 10,000-15,000 Troops
Brigaden - 3,000-5,000 Troops
Regiment (Truppen) - 700-1,500 Troops
Battalione - 300-500 Troops
Kompanie (Eskadron) - 150-200 Troops
Platoon - 40-80 Troops

History

WIP

Relations

WIP

Characters

WIP

@CaptainBritton

You're good to post in the CS tab, just don't forget to get relations/history and maybe som characters

The Color of Insanity

So I do hope to get the IC started next week. So please continue working on your sheets, they don't need to be 100% done to be sent to me for revision. If they form an image fully enough I'll just let you join in and fill in the details on your own time. As always the IC has always been the most important aspect. Info on the Color and the last half year in Gattania is in the character section. Lemme know how you all are doing!

The Color of Insanity

OP map has been updated, some claims pending. I'm going to start reviewing all WIP's I haven't already "liked" if you find yourself without a LIKE, I haven't gotten to you. If I have a problem with anything I'd let you know.

EDIT: Went through what you guys have so far, very nice, keep it coming!

EDIT EDIT: Update on the color is in the NS tab

The Color of Insanity

I'm going to review all wip's tonight that I haven't already "liked" with the roleplay function. If I "liked" your wip you're on the right track!

The Color of Insanity

The Colour in your Face

A summary of what has happened in the past six months regarding Gattania and the Colour:

On a late winter day (as it is now mid summer) the sky opened up over the center of Gattania, only a few miles from the capital of Whitehead, named so after either the neighboring mountain or the booming dairy industry surrounding the largely agricultural center of the nation. From the opening a large beam of light struck a prominent lake surrounded by farmland. Soon after a meteor came rocketing out of the sky, guided by the light and slammed into the lake. The entire area erupted from the collision and the light beam was fractured into previously unknown color that seemed glossy by nature.

All that was left of the immediate area was a crater filled with the lake water, shimmers of unknown color snaking through its ripples, and the large meteor cresting above the water. Those who survived the impact but witnessed the fracture soon succumbed to gibberish, babbling, and overall madness, claiming to have seen something inside the color, that something was stuck on them. All examinations of the insane showed no signs of any physical damage but the insanity persisted. Glass like globules colored that strange color were found floating in the lake. Upon fracturing under examination they would shatter and then slowly shrink into nothing. Samples of the almost clay like meteor were taken, but the material would burn itself away in a matter of days. Some globules were left untouched, fearful of losing all evidence of the impact, as the meteor itself had started to shrink much like the samples.

That month spring came early to the farming lands, and crops bloomed months ahead of time. The entire nation had its eyes on the farming area, as barrels upon barrels of massive fruits, larger than any season before hand were brought into Whitehead for selling. The plants those few months were a glorious sight, thick and strong, and bearing more than one harvest in a matter of weeks. It was incredible, so much so it even seemed like the trees were waving in the wind when there was no wind, as if moving by themselves. Alas, things were not perfect: the fruit was bitter, disgusting, and vile. Buckets of the fruits and vegetables were thrown into the streets, the surplus disgusting. Farmers were forced to have to eat the fruits of their labors while the city refused.

Then everything came crashing down. City folk had started to be curious of the sudden taste of the well water, strands of that color being found in each pail, and the farming folk had started to show more signs of insanity, madness starting to grow outside the city has animals began to mutate, milk began to spoil before it was even taken from the cow, and the trees began to take on a dark, grey color, laced with strands of that unknown glossy colour.

Some people started raving, ranting, babbling, and so they were locked away. Farmers grew suspicious of everyone as their family members started to be confiscated by the government out of fear of some unknown disease among them. Some children and those of improper mind were being found drowned in the lake, along with dogs and horses. Soon the outbreak of insanity hit the streets of the city, vague and cryptic words being yelled about the colors, demons, things stuck on their skin and in their minds. The animals in the farms began to disintegrate much like the plant life. Cows legs would crumble, a person’s nose would fall off, and to show for it would be a pile of dust and a vapor of that unknown color escaping the pile. People claimed the lake pulsed at night, even glowing slightly, some claimed the well water was doing it too now. People began to flee as this plague was spreading out of Whitehead and the Farmland to other cities and towns, first the crops would come in, then everything would collapse. People were being driven mad by the sights, strange dreams, headaches and events, and those who weren’t were smart enough to leave. Fugitives both insane and sane were escaping Gattania as the events suddenly took over the entire country. The last words of the monarch before he collapsed into a pile of dust were raving mad rambles about something in the water. Those closest to sources of water seemed to lose their minds first as the plague erupted across the entire nation, until the colour had turned all to dust, leaving only hordes of the insane to escape the wasteland, some partially disintegrated themselves, some physically fine, but mentally belligerent, none to be reasoned with.

Gattania today consists of a dust wasteland, fit with rain showers of the colour, and hordes of partially disintegrated inhuman maniacs that will attack all on sight. Hordes of the latter are now escaping Gattania, and pose a threat to the livelihood of all that are sane.

Color traits

Increased time in areas affected by the color causes headaches and strange dreams
Area’s near water experience faster contamination
Wearing a mask in color deserts (areas completely disintegrated) may help marginally with immediate infection
Water laced with the color pulses at night if in great abundance.
Does not react to music or religious symbols
Mutates animals
For event timeline on how things react when infected, read the events of Gattania above.

I'm hoping this covers all the bases, but since I'm not perfect, it might not have and thus is always subject to change (albeit minor)

The Color of Insanity

I am doing some collective pondering and the like tonight. Tomorrow I hope to have some further information on the Color set up, including such things like what exactly causes the insanity, and the specific side affects of the color on local flora and fauna. Look forward to prematurely budding plants with massive fruits, trees that seem to sway without wind, mutating cattle, and strange rocks of indescribable color.

In short I'll try to have a detailed synopsis of the story so far by tomorrow! Also I am now accepting CS's.

Legend of the Silver Legion (A Fantasy RP)

<Snipped quote by Goldeagle1221>Yeah, I was a bit worn down yesterday so I just forgot that.
So @Darkspleen, I know we used to talk about this but just to affirm.
Elves:
+ They're sleek, slim and agile
+ They have superior senses to humans, especially sight and coordination/balance
+ They are gifted in magic and all elves have at least a minor potential to use it
+ They are more attuned to the nature, gifted with longevity and resistance to diseases and some poisons
+ They have considerable focus on air cavalry and conduct some of their travels/trade by air
? Omnivores that can eat both plants and flesh (albeit there are certain human foods they can't eat)
- Frail and at average physically weaker than humans
- They are more sensitive to noises and odors (ie.: smells that humans barely feel are already repugnant to elves)
- Elves are less fertile, pregnancy is riskier and longer and overall their children grow up slower
- There are specific poisons that work on elves and nobody else
- Longevity means elves have a much stronger attachment to life and survival (might occasionally seen cowards)
- Generational shifts happen in only every few hundred years thus elves are somewhat stagnant and conservative in comparison
- When growing elderly elves assume tree-like features and once they die of old age they turn into trees
- Elves understandably have a different view on lumberjacks than anyone else...
- Elves are weak to cold forged iron, it burns their skin, makes wounds heal slower and noises made by cold iron bells can be disarmingly painful

As for how long elves live? I thought the average would be 200-300 years with the maximum around 500 years if not occasionally more. The point is that entire nations can rise and fall under the reign of just one queen in Yllendthyr. They also have fairly decent records on history as for them even thousands of years is like a hundred for humans.

@Willy Vereb

So Spleen is actually on medical leave right now. So um, I should be the one accepting or denying this but the way I see it is I would be crazy to deny ANYONE to post in this RP n it's current state. So how about we run with it until Spleen gets back to us about it? Seems fine to me anyway.

The Color of Insanity

Thank you all! @Aristo will edit you all onto the map ;)

I will attempt to fix the OP.

The Color of Insanity

I will be a caste based society in the desert, okay?

@Arawak

Just plot a claim! :)

As for the discord, when I get home tonight I will fix it. I thought I set it so it didntnexpire. My bad. @aristo unless you can fix it in my absence.