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At The Edge of An Empire: OOC Thread

Huzzah for triple post!

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Stupid lag.

At The Edge of An Empire: OOC Thread

Okay, I think a lot of my misunderstanding comes from my assumptions about the number of townsfolk and bandits in this RP. I read 'town' in the description (and missed 'village') and assumed it to mean several hundred people living there (as opposed to a village's few dozens), therefore meaning that for the bandits to fully threaten to take the town, they would number +100.

To (hopefully) clear this up, how many people live in and around Nehlm and how many bandits did you plan on there being? I may have to adjust the numbers of my NPC followers accordingly to make Kareth definitively a minor commander.

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AkiBlue said
What movie is that?

( ಠ益ಠ)

You need to watch that movie (The Princess Bride, I mean, the linked video is just Borderlands stuff used for the purpose of an exaggerated reaction).

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Prince said
"Dumped" doesn't quite describe what happened to this guy.Imagine if he was launched from a ballista in a straight line at a high velocity, impacting the hull of a ship, breaking through some wood, and then being pinned down to a support. He shot out like a living cannon ball.

He dead. Unless, of course, we're using anime physics (which I'm fairly certain we are, correct me if I'm wrong), in which case...

(I love that movie.)

At The Edge of An Empire: OOC Thread

Sleepy said
Nice sheet, Gronthor. The character is accepted, but his role as the leader of the bandit clan is not [yet]. I would like to let other players have a chance to apply for the leader.20 members in the bandit clan seems a fair number, also. Any apposed to the figure?

That's why I made him the leader of a bandit clan as opposed to the leader of all the bandit clans who have their sights set on Nehlm. If you give the okay for him to become the overall bandit leader, I can have him gradually prove to other clans that he has the know-how to organize a full-scale bandit raid. If not, he stays the leader of his small group, taking orders from whatever leader you choose. I'm amenable either way.

Also, I intended for the 20 guys under my command to be NPCs, unless anyone wants to be one of them. I was under the impression that there were going to be far more than 20 bandits running around Nehlm.

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You want a big hat, you got one:


:P

At The Edge of An Empire: OOC Thread

Kareth of Lendria

Name: Kareth of Lendria
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Ethnicity: Northman
Physical Description: Kareth is rather short for a Northman, standing only at 5'9''.


(note: Kareth doesn't actually know anything about blacksmithing and is not a blacksmith.)
Faction: Bandits
Rank/Role: Mercenary Commander

Items/Equipment: Axe, shield, iron breastplate, iron helmet, hunting bow, quiver, 7 arrows, rough hide cloak, clothes.
Skills/Talents: Kareth is a skilled warrior, adept in the use of almost any weapon, though he prefers fighting with a sword and shield or on horseback with a spear or lance. He knows basic survival skills, but they alone are insufficient to keep him alive though the next winter. Kareth also has a firm grasp of warfare and tactics; though no genius, he can easily outwit any novice commander.

Personality: Kareth is a soldier and has been for most of his life and so behaves like one. He is gruff and straightforward and prefers not to bandy words. He prefers honesty, believing lies to be too much work. He takes pleasure in what he can, but the past two years since the end of the Valtakundan wars of succession have harrowed him, making him wary of outsiders, especially the constabulary. He is reluctant to turn to banditry, but his survival and that of his few comrades depends on it.

Background: Kareth hails from the Kingdom of Lendria, a small nothern Kingdom known for it's skilled and fierce warriors and for their rivalry with the much larger and hostile Kingdom of Cerania, maintaining their independence for the past 200 years.
Kareth was trained as a knight from youth, and fought in the most recent war between Lendria and Cerania, some 12 years ago. He was then known as the Crimson Serpent and as the Butcher of the Culvert. When the war ended, he didn't settle down as most Lendrian soldiers did, but joined a mercenary company and fought all across the Northlands.
His company's most recent work was found two years ago during the Valtakundan war of succession, hired as raiders sent to pillage and harass behind enemy lines. Unfortunately, their paymasters were defeated, meaning the company had only earned what they had taken from their raiding. Within a month, winter set in and the company of 300 men barely survived, spending all they had earned to survive. Unable to find work due to mistrust of mercenaries, the company split apart, 250 following the commander back to the life of banditry in order to survive, and the 50 who refused to stoop to such a low or reluctant to become criminals following Kareth.
Kareth's group, living in the wilderness, barely managed to survive the year, and so when winter came again, they were forced to sell most of their weapons and arms to survive. Despite that, barely one in ten lived through the cold season, and when spring finally came again, Kareth and the other 6 survivors realized they would not survive another year unless they turned to banditry, joining forces with other bandits set on seizing the town of Nehlm.

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Hey Aki, I read Shouta's sheet and I noticed the blanked out parts, and I gotta ask how you did that. It's kinda cool and a slightly better than just typing out '[REDACTED]' or '[DATA EXPUNGED]'.

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Name: Kareth
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Nationality: Vale
Appearance:

Kareth

Except Kareth knows nothing of blacksmithing.

Equipment: Estus flask, walking staff (actually a spell catalyst), Longsword (also a spell catalyst), amber herbs, book of sorceries, brown hooded robe.
Backstory: Born in Vale, Kareth grew up believing that knowledge was power and attended the nation's most prestigious school of magic. After a few years, he left for a few reasons, firstly he had radical views on miracles, believing them to be simply a different kind of sorcery, and secondly he believed he had learned all he could at the school. Finally, the last thing to make him leave was the dark mark that had appeared on his skin. Kareth was quite enthused by the prospect of undeath, believing he could spend all eternity learning the secrets of the world. He doesn't quite remember how he got to Terrace, but he does know that he would like to unlock the secrets of the soul, and he could find answers in Terrace.
Covenant: None, but is willing to join any covenant that concerns knowledge.

Let me know if I should flesh this out any more.