Rystil Arden
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Creative Exercise: The Sovereign Dominion of Eyros
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Rystil Arden
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Hmmm...only need to wait 3 posts, eh?
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The influential half-orc senator Arjok Faras Dal-Malarn Ty-Taljik has entered some sort of secret agreement with the Bloodsong Buccaneers, and he is on good terms with Captain Darrenback. During his years in the Senate, he has had ample time to witness Felra's charm, grace, and masterful debating skills, and he has secretly fallen in love with her, attempting to move himself into a position where he will be set as one of Felra's token husbands to represent the non-Presumptive Pillars (mentioned far above). The only one to whom Arjok feels safe confiding his secret dream is the garrulous and seemingly-trustworthy Darrenback.
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The influential half-orc senator Arjok Faras Dal-Malarn Ty-Taljik has entered some sort of secret agreement with the Bloodsong Buccaneers, and he is on good terms with Captain Darrenback. During his years in the Senate, he has had ample time to witness Felra's charm, grace, and masterful debating skills, and he has secretly fallen in love with her, attempting to move himself into a position where he will be set as one of Felra's token husbands to represent the non-Presumptive Pillars (mentioned far above). The only one to whom Arjok feels safe confiding his secret dream is the garrulous and seemingly-trustworthy Darrenback.
Arkhandus
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In the extremely far east, along the rocky highlands of the Luviar continent's east shores, live the highly civilized but militaristic people of the Nientei Coalition. Nientei is a scattered collection of city-states and villages of the 36 Imperial Compacts, each Compact ruled by a sovereign Imperial Family descended from the original Emperor of the Nientei Imperium.
The 47th Glorious Emperor of the Blessed Domains of the Nientei Imperium, Most Honored of Mortal Men, Dragon-Friend and Son of the Heavens, was murdered over a millenium ago by the demon lord Cururultar, the Bladed Tyrant, known to Nientese however as Ginachi-Hito Shinnaku no Oni Kai. Since the Emperor had no heirs or close relatives able to succeed him, the families closest related by earlier Emperors began competing to take the throne, but none was able to succeed, and by the ancient laws of Nientei they eventually had to concede that none could have the throne.
Ever since then, the Nientese have awaited a new Son of the Heavens to bless their realm and become Emperor, but they are exceedingly wary of pretenders. One such pretender was an avatar of Ginachi-Hito Shinnaku no Oni Kai himself in a disguised form, which Nientese yamabushi ("mountain warriors", fighting priests) found out and banished, though it cost the lives of a few valued priests. Nientese lands have since been ruled as individual provinces, or Compacts, by the Imperial Families, who battle frequently with eachother and neighboring barbarians for territory, glory, and resources. Nientese battles are highly ritualized and intricate affairs governed by honored tradition, though most Nientese laws of combat do not apply when fighting those whom Nientese deem "barbarians" (which is most everyone non-Nientese, so far as they're concerned). Nientei is warmed by an ancient blessing, one that has been fading slowly since the death of the last Emperor.
The 47th Glorious Emperor of the Blessed Domains of the Nientei Imperium, Most Honored of Mortal Men, Dragon-Friend and Son of the Heavens, was murdered over a millenium ago by the demon lord Cururultar, the Bladed Tyrant, known to Nientese however as Ginachi-Hito Shinnaku no Oni Kai. Since the Emperor had no heirs or close relatives able to succeed him, the families closest related by earlier Emperors began competing to take the throne, but none was able to succeed, and by the ancient laws of Nientei they eventually had to concede that none could have the throne.
Ever since then, the Nientese have awaited a new Son of the Heavens to bless their realm and become Emperor, but they are exceedingly wary of pretenders. One such pretender was an avatar of Ginachi-Hito Shinnaku no Oni Kai himself in a disguised form, which Nientese yamabushi ("mountain warriors", fighting priests) found out and banished, though it cost the lives of a few valued priests. Nientese lands have since been ruled as individual provinces, or Compacts, by the Imperial Families, who battle frequently with eachother and neighboring barbarians for territory, glory, and resources. Nientese battles are highly ritualized and intricate affairs governed by honored tradition, though most Nientese laws of combat do not apply when fighting those whom Nientese deem "barbarians" (which is most everyone non-Nientese, so far as they're concerned). Nientei is warmed by an ancient blessing, one that has been fading slowly since the death of the last Emperor.
Khorod
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Because the Royal Pass itself is guarded and patrolled by Imperial authority, the tolls on the transportation of gold out of Khemar are tremendous. In recent years, as the gold output has increased, the guards have had to be increased as well... just to guard their own toll-collections.
Pillar Zhal is petitioning to take over the management and protection of the pass, but the Grand Monarch sees this as a great source for the treasury of his throne. At his behest, Felra is leading the move to increase the number of Guards and post a Guardian Mask (and maybe a couple Enforcers) in the Blue Mountains.
One of the Gnomish Senators have responded with the idea of posting a unit of the Legion of the Dead under their general. The intimidation value alone would help keep things settled. It would also be useful to see if the Undead can be used in other than a massive conflict.
This has the added advantage (to the Praes Thanatos) of getting Bloodtooth far from the capitol and the bulk of the Legion of the Dead for the next few years.
Pillar Zhal is petitioning to take over the management and protection of the pass, but the Grand Monarch sees this as a great source for the treasury of his throne. At his behest, Felra is leading the move to increase the number of Guards and post a Guardian Mask (and maybe a couple Enforcers) in the Blue Mountains.
One of the Gnomish Senators have responded with the idea of posting a unit of the Legion of the Dead under their general. The intimidation value alone would help keep things settled. It would also be useful to see if the Undead can be used in other than a massive conflict.
This has the added advantage (to the Praes Thanatos) of getting Bloodtooth far from the capitol and the bulk of the Legion of the Dead for the next few years.
Nistadeen's naval superiority rests in its ships--true galleons and galleases, with multiple masts, capable of incredible speed and seaworthiness. With them, the Nistadeeni reach in weeks what the Eyrosians with their cumbersome galleys, and the Xal with their even more combersome dromonds can only reach in months of hugging the coastline, and sometimes cannot even reach at all. Ironically, Nistadeen's greatest strength faced heavy opposition from religious and political forces, and almost was never built at all, and its creator would die penniless, and be buried in a pauper's grave.
Elthias Delystas was a brilliant shipwright who wished to abandon the designs of the Xaleris Empire, and create a new, more distinctly Nistadeeni method of shipbuilding. Studying the halflings' techniques, he combined them with the more worthwhile aspects of the Xals' ships, and created the first plans for a caravel. However, he faced severe opposition from many Nistadeeni who felt that such a ship would offend their trading partners. (Which, in many ways, it did, but truth be told, Xaleris and Indracca both had bigger matters on their minds.) More severe, ironically, was the persecution for his ideas based on his religious beliefs--Elthias was a Hythatian, a set of beliefs that the more religious Nistadeeni hold in greater suspicion then the Eyrosians. Denounced as a foreign infiltrator (Elthias's paternal grandfather was Eyrosian-born), and accused of impiety, Elthias faced constant persecution, and was unable to recieve any funding for his project. Finally, selling and mortgaging all his possessions, Elthias was able to build his ship, which with typical Hythatian defiance, he called Transcendent Truth. He then set out on a voyage to Xaleris, vowing to make it in a month.
The voyage was difficult. His crew consisted of a handful of desperate elvish sailors, many of whom were looking to avoid difficulties at home, and quite a few halflings, who he'd hired for their expertise in ocean matters, and few of whom spoke the elvish tongue with any fluency. They faced storms, at least one mutiny, and pirates. (Ironically, their first encounter with pirates proved to be their last, when the halfling captain who boarded their ship discovered, with some delight, that his brother was the first mate. Afterwards, the Transcendent Truth sailed with a small accompaniment of halfling skiffs, who provided fish and other victuals to the larger ship.) But finally, the ship came to Xaleris. It had taken them in two and a half weeks. Elthias had in fact, beaten his own estimate.
The return voyage was one of triumph for the shipwright, who now rested assured that his innovation would at last be appreciated, and set to work on making even more advanced plans for ships. However, on his return, he was arrested on a variety of charges ranging from heresy to insolvency, and his papers were seized by the government, who promptly commisioned the building of a new fleet. Elthias spent three decades in prison, and when he emerged, it was as a bankrupt, ruined man. He died two years after gaining his freedom, of drowning. It may have been a suicide.
These days, Elthias's birthday is a national holiday, and Nistadeeni shipwrights regularly raise their glasses to man who in life, was deemed too dangerous to be relied on, and too foolish to be believed.
Elthias Delystas was a brilliant shipwright who wished to abandon the designs of the Xaleris Empire, and create a new, more distinctly Nistadeeni method of shipbuilding. Studying the halflings' techniques, he combined them with the more worthwhile aspects of the Xals' ships, and created the first plans for a caravel. However, he faced severe opposition from many Nistadeeni who felt that such a ship would offend their trading partners. (Which, in many ways, it did, but truth be told, Xaleris and Indracca both had bigger matters on their minds.) More severe, ironically, was the persecution for his ideas based on his religious beliefs--Elthias was a Hythatian, a set of beliefs that the more religious Nistadeeni hold in greater suspicion then the Eyrosians. Denounced as a foreign infiltrator (Elthias's paternal grandfather was Eyrosian-born), and accused of impiety, Elthias faced constant persecution, and was unable to recieve any funding for his project. Finally, selling and mortgaging all his possessions, Elthias was able to build his ship, which with typical Hythatian defiance, he called Transcendent Truth. He then set out on a voyage to Xaleris, vowing to make it in a month.
The voyage was difficult. His crew consisted of a handful of desperate elvish sailors, many of whom were looking to avoid difficulties at home, and quite a few halflings, who he'd hired for their expertise in ocean matters, and few of whom spoke the elvish tongue with any fluency. They faced storms, at least one mutiny, and pirates. (Ironically, their first encounter with pirates proved to be their last, when the halfling captain who boarded their ship discovered, with some delight, that his brother was the first mate. Afterwards, the Transcendent Truth sailed with a small accompaniment of halfling skiffs, who provided fish and other victuals to the larger ship.) But finally, the ship came to Xaleris. It had taken them in two and a half weeks. Elthias had in fact, beaten his own estimate.
The return voyage was one of triumph for the shipwright, who now rested assured that his innovation would at last be appreciated, and set to work on making even more advanced plans for ships. However, on his return, he was arrested on a variety of charges ranging from heresy to insolvency, and his papers were seized by the government, who promptly commisioned the building of a new fleet. Elthias spent three decades in prison, and when he emerged, it was as a bankrupt, ruined man. He died two years after gaining his freedom, of drowning. It may have been a suicide.
These days, Elthias's birthday is a national holiday, and Nistadeeni shipwrights regularly raise their glasses to man who in life, was deemed too dangerous to be relied on, and too foolish to be believed.
Rystil Arden
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Hmm...100% of our pirates have been male so far. Time to end that once and for all!
Contribution: Captain Rhiana Nyvh is infamous among the halfling pirates for her incredible swordsmanship. In fact, many believe her to be the best duelist among the halflings. This is perhaps aided by her unique psionic size-changing tattoo, crafted for her from ancient inks from ancient Alkshalnjar by a near-dead Jagged Eye psion who she and her ship, the Aquilena, saved from a pursuing contingent of Eyrian warships (for more, see the Rules thread when I get the time to write it up).
Rhiana's reputation allows her to be choosy, and so she has surrounded herself with many of the most promising up-and-coming female halflings as her crewmates. Her all-female crew and flat disinterest with suitors has led some to speculate from afar that she likes the ladies, but anyone who knows her personally knows that there is room for only one man in her heart, the elusive Captain Darrenback. Because of his refusal of her love, Rhiana has playfully but semi-seriously declared that she will chase him down and make him hers.
Contribution: Captain Rhiana Nyvh is infamous among the halfling pirates for her incredible swordsmanship. In fact, many believe her to be the best duelist among the halflings. This is perhaps aided by her unique psionic size-changing tattoo, crafted for her from ancient inks from ancient Alkshalnjar by a near-dead Jagged Eye psion who she and her ship, the Aquilena, saved from a pursuing contingent of Eyrian warships (for more, see the Rules thread when I get the time to write it up).
Rhiana's reputation allows her to be choosy, and so she has surrounded herself with many of the most promising up-and-coming female halflings as her crewmates. Her all-female crew and flat disinterest with suitors has led some to speculate from afar that she likes the ladies, but anyone who knows her personally knows that there is room for only one man in her heart, the elusive Captain Darrenback. Because of his refusal of her love, Rhiana has playfully but semi-seriously declared that she will chase him down and make him hers.
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Rystil Arden
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Thanks for your support Sado! I doubt that we have the initial investment capital to do an actual print-run of Eyros (those things are expensive risks), but we are going to start working on a PDF very soon. We'll let you know when its done (I'm hoping we can get an announcement on the front page of ENWorld to the effect of "ENWorld's own Sovereign Domain of Eyros has become a PDF for sale from Lion's Den Press." or something like that).Sado said:
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