Creative Exercise: The Sovereign Dominion of Eyros

[Rystil Arden]

Isn't that contradictory?

I think he means that purebloods and first gens halfbreeds can be senators, but not second gen halfbreeds

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I think he means that purebloods and first gens halfbreeds can be senators, but not second gen halfbreeds

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. I'll go back and clarify.

 

[Sarellion]

Clarification:
The cities name was Garran-ka, house name is Garren. I thought that the city name was a little different because of reasons unknown. The official or proper name would be Garren-ka, but common usage was Garran-ka. I left it in there if someone has an idea for a contribution, I used it because I think it sounds better.

Rystil:
The Malarn own Malarn-ka as this is their house city as the name implies. The site of the library is not mentioned. It could be Malarn-ka or Eyrdeyn but the capital would be avoided because of potential outbreaks and Malarn-ka was destroyed in the war of blades and the library already existed beforehand.

Contribution:

During the war of the broken pillar, members of House Malarn feared for the destruction of their library. As it was clear that the first Malarn-Ka was a possible target for a siege and fearing that conquerors or civil unrest would threaten the books, librarians and scholars of House Malarn packed up the majority of the library in secret and deposited it in a secret redoubt in a mountain valley. The conquerors of the fallen Malarn-ka looted the library and brought everything they could find to Garran-ka. After the war, House Malarn founded the city of Jhazed´Khal at the site of the secret redoubt, that became the main building of the new library. Jhazed´Khal means "House of many words" in ancient orcish.
Every pillar later swore oaths on their family gods that never should Jhazed´Khal, keeper of Eyrosian history, be threatened by their house, as long as it will be a city of knowledge and scholars and not a city of war. In keeping the spirit of this oath, there is only a smaller imperial garrison in the city. The defenses are in the hand of the imperial masks and the Praes Thanatos who have a large library themselves in the city. the Praes Thanatos only show a small contingent but a large troop of undead has been squeezed in tightly in excavated underground caverns below the necromancer´s library.

Many scholars are upset that House Malarn restricts access to the library. They think it violates the spirit of the oath. They point out that the oath was certainly meant that the library should be a center of learning for everyone.

 

[Sarellion]

Doesn´t it contradict the fact that half-orcs are the ruling elite? What jobs do we have for half-orcs after the first generation besides joining the barbarians and working against the empire? I don´t think that a society could afford to lose a high number of their nobilty trained for battle in this manner. And I believe some of the grand monarchs or half-orc senators would lobby hard for a future for their children.

 

[Tonguez]

Doesn´t it contradict the fact that half-orcs are the ruling elite? What jobs do we have for half-orcs after the first generation besides joining the barbarians and working against the empire? I don´t think that a society could afford to lose a high number of their nobilty trained for battle in this manner. And I believe some of the grand monarchs or half-orc senators would lobby hard for a future for their children.

The Senate is still 3:1 in favour of Half-Orcs (though I'm not sure why the gnomes are in)

besides the Senators half-orcs probably make up the bulk of Ambassadors, Senate/Imperial and Diplomatic Aides de camp, Clerks, Judges and Military Officers. Then of course there are all the jobs that need doing in the House Estates - castellans, chancellors, city mayors, overseers etc etc etc.
Then there are the idle rich, scholars, artistes and adventurers

I'm sure that the second generation half-orcs of the population are quite busy

 

[Khorod]

Um, isn't it the destiny of all the first-generation Half-Orcs in the chosen Heir Pillar to be executed when the Grand Monarch dies? The Senate must get a little raucous around that time if they're all present and authoritative.


New Contribution:

Elven monuments were either made from delicately worked stone (preferrably marble), from wood, or even from bonsai'd trees. Trees of that sort were often quite large. Trees of this sort can be seen in Nistadeen. These monuments were sometimes covered in traceries of formal Elvish script, commemerating their purpose, or imbuing the monument with some magic, or anchoring some magic to the land around it.

This script translates from the Elvish as Silverlight. It has a reflective, silvery quality, giving it its name. When applied, it burns into what it touches by a half a finger's width. Under the light of certain stars the text glows with a matching light.

Most Elven monuments today are in ruins. Many were specifically destroyed, though some later ones were carefully dissected as tokens of victory. Many old families in Eyros have a stone or piece of wood from such an Elven relic. A number of surviving monuments scattered across the countryside are treated with Silverlight. Out of superstition- or fear, they were never torn down. It is often the early work of a member of the Praes Thanatos to visit a number of these monuments, and in conjunction with a local priest, renew declarations that they are anathema and put magical wardings against them. There is often defacement with the blood of animal sacrifices and black paint.

The Praes Thanatos has always felt that renewing those once per five or ten years is surely enough for reasonable caution, but the people living near the monoliths and sacred trees know that on the Summer and Winter Solstice these places glow with a fearsome light, and even those who cannot see the light can feel it for miles around.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Doesn´t it contradict the fact that half-orcs are the ruling elite? What jobs do we have for half-orcs after the first generation besides joining the barbarians and working against the empire? I don´t think that a society could afford to lose a high number of their nobilty trained for battle in this manner. And I believe some of the grand monarchs or half-orc senators would lobby hard for a future for their children.

Second gen half-orcs can be aristocrats, they just can't hold the very highest positions.

Oh, and just a random flavour note that you can totally ignore if you want, but I think the name Malonia or Malania with an "n" would be better for the library-city since the sage who first compiled the library was Malani. But that's just a minor thing.

Edit: Forget that other thing, I figured it out.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Um, isn't it the destiny of all the first-generation Half-Orcs in the chosen Heir Pillar to be executed when the Grand Monarch dies? The Senate must get a little raucous around that time if they're all present and authoritative.


New Contribution:

Elven monuments were either made from delicately worked stone (preferrably marble), from wood, or even from bonsai'd trees. Trees of that sort were often quite large. Trees of this sort can be seen in Nistadeen. These monuments were sometimes covered in traceries of formal Elvish script, commemerating their purpose, or imbuing the monument with some magic, or anchoring some magic to the land around it.

This script translates from the Elvish as Silverlight. It has a reflective, silvery quality, giving it its name. When applied, it burns into what it touches by a half a finger's width. Under the light of certain stars the text glows with a matching light.

Most Elven monuments today are in ruins. Many were specifically destroyed, though some later ones were carefully dissected as tokens of victory. Many old families in Eyros have a stone or piece of wood from such an Elven relic. A number of surviving monuments scattered across the countryside are treated with Silverlight. Out of superstition- or fear, they were never torn down. It is often the early work of a member of the Praes Thanatos to visit a number of these monuments, and in conjunction with a local priest, renew declarations that they are anathema and put magical wardings against them. There is often defacement with the blood of animal sacrifices and black paint.

The Praes Thanatos has always felt that renewing those once per five or ten years is surely enough for reasonable caution, but the people living near the monoliths and sacred trees know that on the Summer and Winter Solstice these places glow with a fearsome light, and even those who cannot see the light can feel it for miles around.

Contribution:

House Taljik has only a tenuous claim to a legendary ancestor compared to the other Pillars. In this case, they are descendant of the second marriage of Talya, the wife of the martyr Garryx, who died resisting the call of the Twelve against the orcs (House Garren descended from Garryx). Although most histories claim that Talya was mind-controlled like many other orcs and it was she who betrayed Garryx to his enemies, thus earning the position of favoured concubine to the new orc leader under the Twelve, Garryx's brother Kalzan, some of the more creative scholars hired by House Taljik claim that Talya fought to protect Garryx along with Kalzan, and that Talya and Kalzan escaped and worked to free the orcs afterwards.

 

[Sarellion]

First Malarn-ka: Former house city of House Malarn, site of the original library
Garran-ka: House city of House Garren , thats the Malarn-ka of today.
Maloria: Site of the library today. Named it this way to keep things from confusing further, by adding a third city with the name Mala something. But i still wanted a name in honor of the libraries founder.

House Garren was a sea power and Malarn-ka today is the major port. So I thought it would make sense that it was House Garrens city earlier.

 

[Rystil Arden]

First Malarn-ka: Former house city of House Malarn, site of the original library
Garran-ka: House city of House Garren , thats the Malarn-ka of today.
Maloria: Site of the library today. Named it this way to keep things from confusing further, by adding a third city with the name Mala something. But i still wanted a name in honor of the libraries founder.

House Garren was a sea power and Malarn-ka today is the major port. So I thought it would make sense that it was House Garrens city earlier.

Thanks for the quick response, but see above. I figured it out myself, I was just confuzzled, and it makes perfect sense. I completely agree (except I would still prefer Malonia with an 'n').