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<blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7531337" data-attributes="member: 6790669"><p><strong>SUPPLEMENTAL INFO POST: THE SCARLET BROTHERHOOD</strong></p><p></p><p>[gm]</p><p>As a prelude to answering Sylvar's questions, I thought I would begin with some background information on The Scarlet Brotherhood, which most common people of The Flanaess should have knowledge of.</p><p>[/gm]</p><p></p><p>[gm]</p><p><strong><u>Things That Everyone Knows About The Scarlet Brotherhood:</u></strong></p><p></p><p>The Sovereign Empire of the Brotherhood of the Scarlet Sign (their actual, proper name) purports to promote equality and enlightenment. They claim to have a government which provides equal resources to all citizens, through a "communal republic," and that they even allow Humanoids a place in their society, and they constantly tout how the Demihuman races "villainize" and "oppress" Humanoids. For this reason, Demihumans (especially Elves) are openly criticized by The Brotherhood, being called the "true villains of The North."</p><p></p><p>The Brotherhood's borders are closed to all foreigners, except for Humanoids, and for those who are of Suel descent. (This includes the Barbarian tribes of the North, who are all purported to be of ancient Suel descent; it is said that the tribes of Cruski, Fruztii, and Schnai derive their names from Royal Suel Houses that had long, royal bloodlines, back to the foundation of the Empire of The Suel.)</p><p></p><p>The Brotherhood does send merchant vessels to friendly Northern ports for the purpose of trade, and all sailors and crewmen are known for their outward cheerfulness and pleasant demeanor, almost to the point of being ludicrous.</p><p></p><p>The Brotherhood has always vehemently denied accusations of spying and espionage. During the Great War, The Brotherhood attacked The Great Kingdom, and occupied it, but according to their diplomatic ministers, they did not attack the sovereign armies of The Great Kingdom; instead, they helped The Great Kingdom put down an internal rebellion, supposedly led by Celenian Elves. The Kingdom of Celene has denied this accusation. The Brotherhood said that once the rebellion had been quelled, they occupied the Great Kingdom, in order to ensure that it would be safe from Elven invasion.</p><p></p><p>The Brotherhood also openly attacked Celene itself during The Great War, in retaliation for inciting a rebellion in its allied state (The Great Kingdom, above); they made no pretense, saying that they would use whatever force necessary to "put the dastardly Elves in their place."</p><p></p><p>Eventually, The Brotherhood was driven out of both Celene and The Great Kingdom, by the armies of The Barony of The Five; they were pushed back to their own peninsula, where their position was so strongly fortified, that the armies of The Five dared not press further.</p><p></p><p>Most of the Northern Kingdoms view The Brotherhood with distrust and suspicion. Much of this suspicion has to do not only with their open hostility with Celene (which is known to be a benevolent kingdom) and with their open acceptance of Humanoids such as Orcs and Gnolls within their borders, but also with their open admission to allowing slavery. According to the Brotherhood, slaves are only taken during military conquest, or through the capturing of criminals (espionage and treason carry a penalty of enslavement) and they claim that by doing so, they are far more humane than other kingdoms of The North, whose laws allow for the execution of criminals accused of such crimes. </p><p></p><p>The Brotherhood claims that even slaves (called "Thralls") have rights in their society, which is said to consist of the following social ranks, from lowest to highest: Thrall, Indentured Servants, Communicants (Including most Humanoids), Sub-citizen (Including some Humanoids), Citizens (Including Citizen Merchants, Citizen Tradesmen, Citizen Artisans, Citizen Priests, and Citizen Soldiers) and "True" Brothers & Sisters.</p><p></p><p>When criticized about not allowing Humanoids to become full citizens, The Brotherhood's response is always the same: they have nearly the same rights, and the difference between Sub-citizen and Citizen involves many cultural obligations that Humanoids don't desire to participate in to begin with. The Brotherhood claims that the Humanoids are treated so well, that they freely accept their place in the social order, because they are at least allowed a place and a voice, whereas in The North, they are unjustly hunted, persecuted, and ostracized.</p><p></p><p>The Brotherhood has also been accused of enslaving native peoples, namely The Touv, although they claim that this accusation is false; The Brotherhood says that The Touv are not Thralls, although as part of a trade agreement with the various Touv tribes, The Brotherhood allows The Touv to join their society as Indentured Servants, and that after their period of servitude is up, they are promoted to Sub-citizens.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Duncan's Eyes Only]</p><p>This is a half-truth; some Touv tribes, in addition to normal trade activities, sometimes sell their worst, most violent criminals to The Brotherhood, which claims that they will be rehabilitated, and either allowed to become a Sub-citizen, or to return to their tribe of origin, but no one has ever seen such a Touv return to his homeland; those that are sold to The Brotherhood are never seen again. There are also rumors of Brotherhood raids, where whole villages are captured and enslaved, but the Brotherhood denies involvement, saying that such raids are perpetrated by pirates not associated with The Brotherhood. The feeling among The Touv is that this is a lie, but no one has ever been able to prove it.</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>For the most part, a state of "Cold War" exists between The Brotherhood and most of the kingdoms of the North. The Brotherhood trades freely with the Ice, Snow, and Frost Barbarians, although there is growing unrest among Cruski, who see the Brotherhood as wanting to assimilate them. They also trade freely with the Olman Islands, and the Lordship of the Isles, as well as with The Pomarj Empire and The Hepmonaland. (Although Hepmonalanders trade with them out of suspicion and fear, rather than mutual respect.)</p><p></p><p>[/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tellerian Hawke, post: 7531337, member: 6790669"] [b]SUPPLEMENTAL INFO POST: THE SCARLET BROTHERHOOD[/b] [gm] As a prelude to answering Sylvar's questions, I thought I would begin with some background information on The Scarlet Brotherhood, which most common people of The Flanaess should have knowledge of. [/gm] [gm] [b][u]Things That Everyone Knows About The Scarlet Brotherhood:[/u][/b][u][/u] The Sovereign Empire of the Brotherhood of the Scarlet Sign (their actual, proper name) purports to promote equality and enlightenment. They claim to have a government which provides equal resources to all citizens, through a "communal republic," and that they even allow Humanoids a place in their society, and they constantly tout how the Demihuman races "villainize" and "oppress" Humanoids. For this reason, Demihumans (especially Elves) are openly criticized by The Brotherhood, being called the "true villains of The North." The Brotherhood's borders are closed to all foreigners, except for Humanoids, and for those who are of Suel descent. (This includes the Barbarian tribes of the North, who are all purported to be of ancient Suel descent; it is said that the tribes of Cruski, Fruztii, and Schnai derive their names from Royal Suel Houses that had long, royal bloodlines, back to the foundation of the Empire of The Suel.) The Brotherhood does send merchant vessels to friendly Northern ports for the purpose of trade, and all sailors and crewmen are known for their outward cheerfulness and pleasant demeanor, almost to the point of being ludicrous. The Brotherhood has always vehemently denied accusations of spying and espionage. During the Great War, The Brotherhood attacked The Great Kingdom, and occupied it, but according to their diplomatic ministers, they did not attack the sovereign armies of The Great Kingdom; instead, they helped The Great Kingdom put down an internal rebellion, supposedly led by Celenian Elves. The Kingdom of Celene has denied this accusation. The Brotherhood said that once the rebellion had been quelled, they occupied the Great Kingdom, in order to ensure that it would be safe from Elven invasion. The Brotherhood also openly attacked Celene itself during The Great War, in retaliation for inciting a rebellion in its allied state (The Great Kingdom, above); they made no pretense, saying that they would use whatever force necessary to "put the dastardly Elves in their place." Eventually, The Brotherhood was driven out of both Celene and The Great Kingdom, by the armies of The Barony of The Five; they were pushed back to their own peninsula, where their position was so strongly fortified, that the armies of The Five dared not press further. Most of the Northern Kingdoms view The Brotherhood with distrust and suspicion. Much of this suspicion has to do not only with their open hostility with Celene (which is known to be a benevolent kingdom) and with their open acceptance of Humanoids such as Orcs and Gnolls within their borders, but also with their open admission to allowing slavery. According to the Brotherhood, slaves are only taken during military conquest, or through the capturing of criminals (espionage and treason carry a penalty of enslavement) and they claim that by doing so, they are far more humane than other kingdoms of The North, whose laws allow for the execution of criminals accused of such crimes. The Brotherhood claims that even slaves (called "Thralls") have rights in their society, which is said to consist of the following social ranks, from lowest to highest: Thrall, Indentured Servants, Communicants (Including most Humanoids), Sub-citizen (Including some Humanoids), Citizens (Including Citizen Merchants, Citizen Tradesmen, Citizen Artisans, Citizen Priests, and Citizen Soldiers) and "True" Brothers & Sisters. When criticized about not allowing Humanoids to become full citizens, The Brotherhood's response is always the same: they have nearly the same rights, and the difference between Sub-citizen and Citizen involves many cultural obligations that Humanoids don't desire to participate in to begin with. The Brotherhood claims that the Humanoids are treated so well, that they freely accept their place in the social order, because they are at least allowed a place and a voice, whereas in The North, they are unjustly hunted, persecuted, and ostracized. The Brotherhood has also been accused of enslaving native peoples, namely The Touv, although they claim that this accusation is false; The Brotherhood says that The Touv are not Thralls, although as part of a trade agreement with the various Touv tribes, The Brotherhood allows The Touv to join their society as Indentured Servants, and that after their period of servitude is up, they are promoted to Sub-citizens. [sblock=Duncan's Eyes Only] This is a half-truth; some Touv tribes, in addition to normal trade activities, sometimes sell their worst, most violent criminals to The Brotherhood, which claims that they will be rehabilitated, and either allowed to become a Sub-citizen, or to return to their tribe of origin, but no one has ever seen such a Touv return to his homeland; those that are sold to The Brotherhood are never seen again. There are also rumors of Brotherhood raids, where whole villages are captured and enslaved, but the Brotherhood denies involvement, saying that such raids are perpetrated by pirates not associated with The Brotherhood. The feeling among The Touv is that this is a lie, but no one has ever been able to prove it. [/sblock] For the most part, a state of "Cold War" exists between The Brotherhood and most of the kingdoms of the North. The Brotherhood trades freely with the Ice, Snow, and Frost Barbarians, although there is growing unrest among Cruski, who see the Brotherhood as wanting to assimilate them. They also trade freely with the Olman Islands, and the Lordship of the Isles, as well as with The Pomarj Empire and The Hepmonaland. (Although Hepmonalanders trade with them out of suspicion and fear, rather than mutual respect.) [/gm] [/QUOTE]
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