Hey buddy. First off, unless your account is an alt (people with multiple accounts), Welcome to the Roleplayer guild!
So, with you being new to the guild and this being the second choice youve made in regards to rping on this entire site. (Very flattered btw) whats your style, preferences.. Not looking for a life story, but aho are you as an rper? What do YOU look for in a rp.
How did it come to this.. A quiet village in the eastern plains sat deafening silent. Near the entire population of the town and a few heavily armed soldiers were massed in the center of the town. Awe was upon the faces of all in attendance, save the soldiers who stood bravely before them. The central event that had drew this group and its widened attention was the sight of two freshly severed heads, and the still warm bodies that used to host them laying neatly upon the ground.
"You.. you there." A young woman's voice confidently commanded. "Come here."
Tears began to line the eyes of a older woman as she obediently approached the young woman.
"Please, Please spare me. We have nothing here but love of our goddess." she said calmly.
The young woman slowly shook her head. "You do not sound convincing." She said, pointing towards the two dead bodies. "Those two did not share love. Prove that you do."
"Oh Godess." The old lady said as she closed her eyes and turned her face to the sky. She began to pray, seemingly delighting the young woman who turned her attention away. "You see. To love her is to bask in her divine light. Why do you people bar her light?"
The group of people all at once dropped to their knees, blindly gazing to the sky. Except one man. He stood stoically in the face of the young woman. Sneering at her in clear defiance. "Inquisitor or not, this is clear violation of our laws! There is no taint of what ever you refer to as witchcraft. There is no evil here, only the light of the prophetess."
"An educated fool, I AM the law." the young lady brazenly declared. "However, you might be of help." she said with a growing smirk. "My name is Inquisitor Elise, and I know there is someone of ill beliefs present. As this man who seems to have a firm grasp on the situation, that there is evil afoot.."
The man interrupted, "I said there is no evi-" His words were silenced as Elise reached her left arm towards him. Stretching from her hand was a sickening energy, a vague black cloud that with utter clarity grasped his neck. Elise' sight narrowed as the now powerless man's face began to turn red. "I.. am..." he said, gasping for air.
"I am..." Elise replied. "I am to be judged by her glory.". It was her last words to him, as the blood in his head forced its way from his mouth, nose and eyes. The educated mans crushed head swiftly splattered against the ground, followed by a heavy thud from his body. "I grow tired of these games." she said to the group.
One female rose from the crowd, "I." she said, pausing while looking to the ground in shame. "I have seen the evil." Her gaze rose to meet Elise, who was rapidly approaching. "It was noises at first, then I saw hooded men walking into the forest."
Elise stopped her march mere inches from the woman, replying with a deep stare. She withdrew a pair of brown gloves and gently pulled them one at a time onto her hands. Elise's grip rose to meet the woman's face. Her palms firmly laying upon her cheeks. Elise leaned in, and cocked her head to the side before closing her eyes. There were a few moments of silence before the woman's eyes began shedding tears from not only fear of what was next, but pain from the pressure Elise was applying.
Heavy breaths, almost as if there were passion between the two, blew warm air over the teary eyed woman's face. "I can feel the Goddess light within you. Your words are true." Elise said while releasing the woman, who rapidly fell to her knees. Elise cared not for the woman and coldly turned away. "Shall we?" she said, motioning to the other warriors. As they formed on her, Elise announced to the crowd, "You are all free to go. Bask in the Goddess' light and you will never fear evil... for she will be your sword and shield."
A strange feeling washed over Elise as her attention turned to the tree line. Figures began to emerged, hooded figures that began to draw weapons. The townsfolk moved to Elise' side, who mere moments before terrorized them. "We stand by your side. The Goddess will protect us."
Elise acknowledged the group, who even weaponless and unarmored stood in the face of this well equipped force ahead of them, with a strong nod. "Stand tall. We will defeat them as one." Elise gripped her sword tight then strongly thrust it upright towards the sky. Without warning or any understandable force, dark clouds began to form and then proceed to swirl overhead, shadowing the area. "Fear not the darkness!" she shouted, with a voice that seemed to shake the very world. Elise stepped to the side and swung the swords tip towards the group of warriors. With a thunderous crash and a near blinding burst of light, a ray of pure brilliant energy burst fourth into the crowd of men. Screams could barely be heard as their bodies began turning to ash.
With a devilish smile, she gazed down her now red hot glowing blade. Visible heat and steam arose from it as she gently lowered the weapon towards the ground. "The Goddess will judge you now." She said before turning to the cheering villages, but their cheers turned to fearful cries as even more hooded figures emerged from the tree line, in far greater numbers. "Again?" Elise said, now obviously frustrated.
"What do we do now!" the older lady from earlier cried, fearing the growing number of figures appearing from the forest. Elise's frown began to fade as the ground shook once more, but this time not from her hand. The unified roar of marching and the thunderous quaking of heavy metal beating against the ground drew the attention of not only the townsfolk, but the figures as well.
From over the horizon, they could all see the horde approaching, and from them the banners were becoming visible, clear symbols of the inquisition. "What is happening?" one villager said.
Elise's answer was swift.
"Salvation has arrived."
---Hours later---
The stench of burning bodies had finally died down as Elise walked through the now crowded village. Soldiers had begun repairing the buildings to pristine condition. In the field nearby, soldiers planted crops and flowers. It was a reward for the villages steadfast defiance of evil. Elise made her way through the village towards the towns largest cabin, the villages inn. And from inside jubilation could be heard, a true sign of victory.
Elise's eyes closed as she basked in the sunlight and an genuine smile spread across her face, "The Goddess saves."
- - - -
All seems quiet along the borders of Utrye. A peaceful, yet eerie silence.
The Utrye government is a strict ecclesiarchy, under the Argenism faith. Though the Prophetess is hailed as the eternal god-queen, the King is the defacto leader of the nation. Below the King is the "Argen assembly" a legislative assembly that focuses on not only laws and policies, but interpreting the many ancient texts on the prophetess and of her worshippers of that era. The Argen assembly is led by a figure known as an archpriest(ess).
There is another institution that enforces law but in many cases operates above it, The Inquisitors. They operate as law enforcers, investigators, and judges when need be. Though they are not officially part of the nations ruling body, they have been known to influence the nations direction.
Utryean government is also heavily influenced by its now massive military forces. With many policies devoted to furthering the progress of technologies and tactics. This progress isn't merely fueled by the desire to beat all in an military engagement but rather to appease the Prophetess by creating a military that could be as strong as the ancient silver legion. Their sole belief is that when one in the service dies, they may become part of the legion and help in the foretold final battle in the east.
Geography
Utrye is flanked to the east by a large, near impassable mountain range. Its north is cold wastes with some towns built upon permafrost and in some rare cases, on ice. The central regions of the nation contain mostly gentle fertile plains and dense forests with a few lone mountains. To the south the land is more temperate, with small lakes ringed with many types of diverse wildlife.
Internal map coming soon!
Culture
Utryean Civil life; Simplistic.
In larger cities, most work in more commerce related fields. Large churches and schools foster more intelligent and pious citizenry. Various festivals occur throughout the year for various reasons. Smaller, rural areas tend to be far less educated. Their work is primarily physical labor, via farming, hunting and mining.
The Argent Church;
The Argent Inquisitors;
Military
Utrye armed forces utilize three separate branches.
The first is the standing army. This force consists of the bulk of the nations ground and naval forces. The standing army is composed of heavy infantry, archers, and mounted cavalry that operate in many mixed formations and tactics, supported in many cases by various siege engines from mighty trebuchets to a simple two-manned ballistae. Most soldiers of this group are volunteers. There are currently twenty-four armies
The Auxillary army is the guards, enforcers, and in times of war, conscripts. At the start of the story, A raised army would be decently equipped due to a large and well maintained stockpile. Levies from individual towns would be far less capable. With many using personal weapons and other objects for combat.
The Scarlet Legion was created nearly a century ago by a general who very much enjoyed female company. Though their historical origin is a forever embarrassment to the army's name, the truth is that the embarrassment created a vicious all-female volunteer fighting force. These soldiers are some of the best that Utrye has to offer, and many fear them as they are only called to the most important battles. There are currently sixteen scarlet armies.
Heroes
Elise is a long time member of the Inquisition. Many years of devout and unquestioned service has made her one of the most popular among the inquisitors. Elise Totally adores the Prophetess, adores her SO hard.
She is the Top badass.
Lucette is well known throughout Utrye for her devotion and loyalty when she was in the Scarlet army. After serving a mere five years and nearly attaining the rank of general, she chose to retire from the military. No one was sure why, many think that the fame that followed her from her exploits began to change her as a person, or that being forced into a position such as a general frightened her.
She is a carefree person, whom after leaving the military chose to abandon Utrye altogether. Although Lucette has a undying love for her home, she doesn't wish to reside there any longer.
Ayaka is a Utrye-born, Heavenly-sphere descended "Hunxie", or Huan-Human Hybrid. Her father, Ichiro Saitou, left the heavenly sphere to become more than a mere stonemason, and to escape what he saw as the oppression of government through its shadowy ninjas. His many travels ended with him arriving in Utrye. As the nation is racially tolerant, they accepted him with open arms. As he began to adopt the Prophetess as the one true god, he met a young woman named Priscilla Belrose, a fellow churchgoer. They courted and after marriage, had young Ayaka. Her mother wanted her to be named in Utryean tradition but he didn't want her to lose sight of her roots. So he chose her first name, and the mother chose her middle name, something rare in Utrye.
Her father eventually succumbed to old age after a very fulfilled life, with her mother passing not soon after. Ayaka, though heartbroken to be alone, was not afraid as she had learned a life's worth of lessons from her caring and well travelled father and very loving mother. As soon as she could join the military, her life became devoted to the Scarlet Army. After five years of devoted service, the Utryean military decided to recruit her as an agent for overseas missions. Her role was officially called a Marshall. or to some, a huntress, as she would be sent often into hostile territory to secure people or objects that are important to Utrye and Argenism in general.
While her faith in the Prophetess is unwavering, she is a fast learner with well versed in the beliefs of other nations, well trained in combat, espionage and subterfuge.
History
Utrye draws its roots from the ancient migrating tribes from the far east. As they continued to pour in from beyond the great mountains, they developed communities and strengthened their bonds. Peace was the primary drive over the nations early history, until the prophetess arrived. Although at first no one seen her as divine, none could escape the belief that her silver legion was all that would save the people of this world.
When she died, Utrye changed forever. And two factions arose, the ones who wanted to avenge the prophetess with their new founded Argenism faith, and the other were still worshippers of the primordial. Nearly three years of intense violence split the nation in half. Argenites pushed deep into the heart of Utrye, pushing the believers of the old gods beyond the mountains that line the modern border. Once across, the Argenites devastated the land and on their way back destroyed many of the paths through the mountains, leaving only a few ways to keep open communication and travel should that time ever arrive. For nearly two hundred-fifty years have passed with no real communication except for the occasional border farmer venturing too far and seeing nothing but still devastated lands.
Modern Utrye is a heavily religious nation with many statues and monuments to the Prophetess. Its infrastructure is well maintained and economy is strong.
Relations
How does your country interact with its neighbors. I am not looking for a list of exports and imports, but feel free to add them if you want. At bare minimum I want a listed rival here, another country that yours viewed as an enemy and actively worked against during the past twenty or so years.
Characters
A towering and young man, Louis IV is the current reigning lord of the nation.
Coming from a long line of devout Argenites, Marcelles is not just a strong willed fanatic, but backs that up with a very well tuned knowledge of the arcane.. and how to use it.
The commander of the main western army near the holy land. He is a highly devout Argenite but is surprisingly open minded compared to some others. Edmond is a very accomplished tactician, winning many battles in the north against various barbarian hordes. His leadership saved two major cities from a then famous orge barbarian, Bragga Plaguebearer. The ogre's head now adorns a taverns wall named in Edmonds honor.
Clair is one of the most renown generals of the scarlet army. Her many battles have left her as a grizzled veteran but she still maintains a friendly personality. Her belief is far different than the Inquisitors, in that she believes death is not the only way to save the misguided.
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