(IR) The 5th IR - 3rd OOC Thread (OPEN)

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

Knight Otu:

Gallador sends a message to Ashardolon:

"I am willing to join your alliance, Great Dragon of the Death! Those that proclaim themselves forces of good would refuse to grant my children their rightful place in this world! They are full of arrogance and vanity, declaring themselves the judges of things that are beyond their comprehension! Together we can give them a bloody lesson!"

OOC: What is this TEC alliance?

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

And yes Darkness, I guess I could use a few more quotes for my sig Actually I'm just happy that I have another chance to participate in an IR because I was much less knowledgable and mature about roleplaying when the 3rd IR came around (although I'm still glad I got to participate in it). I no longer consider myself a full-fledged munchkin and find extreme levels of power-gaming distasteful. I am much more keen on roleplaying in this IR.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

To Bugbear and Serpenteye.

Done. Roster changed.

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To Knight Otu.

Velsharess Eclavdra is happy - obviously genuinely happy - with the signature of the Dragon on the TEC Pact.
She is almost girlish in her enthusiasm, a strange thing consider this is a very old woman who just happens to look youthful.
Some mighty passion, concealed and tempered, is within her. The Dragon can perceive the passion in Eclavdra: it is raging like an entrapped fire elemental in a furnace, unseen from without, but ready to leap out and incinerate all within reach.
A great Darkness is about her (not so great as that of Iuz or Acererak, however) shrouding her in it's cloak. And Eclavdra obviously feels it, perhaps even physically, and seems to take pleasure in it's embrace.
Eclavdras' power is subdued, and her posture is humble and deferential. All her passion and power and also her current intense anger (which is directed at Al'Akbar) is locked away inside.

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

Those are news coming from Sahuagin Empire of Solnor- Edena can add it to the roster:

Emperor Sarkhor the 5th has been turned into a Vampire, alongside Royal Court. He allied himself with Lord Gallador, joining his Concord. The Priests of Sekolah are being purged without mercy, defenseless after losing contact with their God. Strange new machines are being created in the cities of the Ocean depths, and there are rumors of Undeath armies being raised.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Sollir, Melkor, I've made the changes.

Melkor, TEC is for Treaty of Erelhi-Cinlu, the drow capital.
- The TEC Pact specifies that if one nation in the Pact is attacked, ALL nations in the Pact are considered attacked.
- The TEC Pact requires retaliation by all the TEC countries against the offender, in force equal to the force used in the attack (if 10,000 men attack a TEC country, then every TEC country sends 10,000 beings to attack the offending country. This was meant as a deterrence against attack.)
- The TEC Pact grants the leaders of each TEC country, and their loyal servants (significant NPCs) safety and refuge in each other's countries and strongholds.
- The TEC Pact requires that if an assassination attempt is made against one TEC leader, ALL the other TEC nations IMMEDIATELY send whatever amount of force is required to protect that leader and beat back the assault.
- The TEC Pact requires that Wishes and Contingencies be cast, so that if one TEC leader (and/or significant NPCs) is attacked, all the other leaders (and significant NPCs) will know immediately.

The following powers have signed the TEC Pact, in chronological order of signing:

The Queendom of Eclavdor (the Drow) (Edena_of_Neith)
Iuz and the Empire of Iuz (Rikandur)
The Wolf God and his People (Paxus)
King Ogrim Scarseer of Orcreich, Greater and Lesser Khanate (Venus)
The Dragon, Cult of Ashardalon, and the Great Kingdom of Aerdi (Knight Otu)

The City of Greyhawk and Empire of the Bright Lands (Anabstercorian) refused to sign.
Greater Nyrond (Bugbear) refused to sign.
The Illithid (Creamsteak) refused to sign.

The offer of the TEC Pact remains extended to:

Your power (Melkor)
Album Xs' power (Suhfang)
Devilishs' power (Acererak, the Solistarim)
Guilt Puppys' power (The Scarlet Brotherhood)
Nac Mac Feegle's power (the Kaballim, the Iron League)
Sollirs' power (the Empire of Lynn)
Uveneleis' power (the Tempest)

 

[Evil Ujio]

wow an IR, are all positions taken?

 

[Melkor Lord Of ALL!]

Edena!

My power joins the TEC!

[sblock]The good news are once again delivered by Prince Allator, shadowy Drow Vampire. He looks at Eclavdra with a mix of respect and desire:

"You are growing in power, for the first time the Drow race is trully united, and only true greatness could achieve it. You could have even greater power if you become one of the Nosferatu. My father is satisfied that the number of our allies is increasing, yet he wonders if your diplomacy isn`t a bit too agressive and blunt, it is better not to reveal hostile intentions until the right time comes to deal a fatal blow. Angering Al`kbar and his Bakluni is not a wise move."[/sblock]

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Edit-How do you do one of those spoiler link things? Edit2-NM

To Edena:

[sblock]A note is sent to Eclavdra, along with a boquet of exotic, Abyssal flowers with the appearance of black roses, all laced with the scent of oblivion. Should anyone take a whiff of the flowers, it threatens them with forgetfulness while bringing about a sense of nostalgia that is somehow pleasing and darkly seductive. The boquet is not truly dangerous however, as it seems a larger concentration of the flowers would be needed to produce any lasting effect, and even then the petals would have to be diluted into some foul mixture first.

The note itself is written in a neat, very clean script in blue ink and reads:

To Lady Velsharess Eclavdra,

I appreciate the extension of your treaty towards the Empire of Lynn and thus to myself, this overture of friendship helps to make me feel more welcome in this crystal sphere and I am appreciative. However, I'm afraid I am not really a lawyer when it comes to contracts and treaties, so I would like a little clarification on some aspects of the treaty before signing anything. I would like to ask under what terms would the treaty be dissolved, if there is a procedure for breaking the treaty peaceably and if so what it would be, the procedure for forcibly kicking out a member of the treaty for violating one of its own rules-the seven heavens forbid-, how such a violating nation would be treated by the members of the treaty, and under what terms can the treaty be amended and by who's consent. I also imagine you have scrutinized the countries to which you offered this treaty-may I ask as to how you chose the Empire of Lynn as well as all the others who have been offered the treaty already?
I'm afraid I have been a part of a few bad deals in my past and I hope that you will have patience for my tedious questions. Do not take this as a sign of doubt in your abilities, for I am truly interested in this treaty. Respond whenever it is convenient for you.

Arch-Merchant Glu'boise, Minister of Foreign Relations for the Combined Merchant's League, Overseer of Lynn.

P.S. I hope you enjoy the flowers.[/sblock]

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

First, let me welcome the ambassador of the wolf god to Rel Mord. My Seneschal tells me that you and your guards have behaved in a civilized fashion during your stay in my city. This pleases me and helps your master's case that he does not seek to spread Anarchy across the land.

I wish to apologize for some of the harsh words I have said about your master. Many have tried to unite the wild humanoid tribes of the mountains in the past. Most of them have been madmen seeking to carve an empire from the flesh of surrounding nations. My statement was based on these past experiences. Hopefully you will prove me wrong.

As to your masters request. I am still unsure about joining such large alliance and about some of it's members. However, I may consider a pact between my nation and the nation of the Wolf god, though. Before I can sign such a document, I must know more of the wolf gods intentions for his peoples and for the Flanaess. Please, have a seat and some wine, and tell me of your master and his lands.

[would like to take this to e-mail, Paxus, to allow more freedom in our discussion? or we can keep it on the boards if you like, it's all the same to me ]

[sblock]As it's to the advantage of the Wolf God to make these discussions public, I'd prefer to continue on the boards.[/sblock]

"My master's intentions are, broadly and simply speaking, the following: He intends to make the strongest nation possible. To this end, it is his practice to assign individuals to professions for which they are suited; as you can see, my own heritage ensures that I am a capable diplomat, where my honor guard is chosen from those whose race grants them martial prowess and discipline. Equally, he builds his nation with those social elements which suit strength and solidarity; a unified church and government, the dissemination of only that knowledge needed for tasks to be properly carried out, et cetera. His ultimate intention is that all shall give as best they can, receive all that they shall need, this being carried out under the infallible eye of his divine ministry.

What you are in truth asking, though, is how this affects the people of Nyrond. Certainly, the Wolf God would desire to bring his practices to them; two or more strong nations welded together are stronger than one alone. However, it is by no means his intention to force this upon your people. Union can only benefit either party when both wish it, and he knows that any attempt at annexation would be met with unwavering and highly capable resistance. It is precisely that resistance which he wishes to benefit from; if you are not as mighty as he, yet you are still mighty, and close to his borders. Even the slightest non-aggression pact still means that both our nation and yours need not waste strength against each other; the proposed mutual defense treaty would free your people, and my master's, from much fear of assault. The Treaty of Erelhei-Cinlu proposed by the Velsharess would do even more, but I understand and accept that you do not trust all who have accepted this treaty.

In short, my master sees that you and he will both benefit by joining arms to oppose those who might attack either of us. He assures you of his absolute sincerity in this matter, and grants every assurance that he will do his utmost, both diplomatically and militarily, to ensure that, should you agree to this treaty, your borders shall remain inviolate to any and all aggressors."

 

[James Heard]

Spam and Pineapple Cheese

Depends... James, how big would you guess the population of Aestia would be? I would probably set it higher than you'd feel comfortable with.

After some real world comparisions I added the countries that I loosely based my writeup off of up and divided it by two - that comes up with 6,300,000 more or less. Feel free to assume that my IC is rather lower than the population would suggest because, while we're rapidly trying to industrialize, there's still an awful lot of reindeer herders and rare lichen farmers in southern Aestia.

Two demigods is one too many. Divinity is a rather big deal in the IR, having a deity boosts a faction considerably and giving you a reserve god would be a bit unfair to those who have no deity at all. Besides, deities generally dislike obeying beings of lesser or equal rank.

It's not a problem to have the hero deity Murlynd hanging about Zagyg is it? I don't remember if you ever ruled on that before or not, and I've just been sort of operating as if that were the case. Murlynd and Zagyg always seemed like they just...went with each other. Like Spam and Pineapple. Exactly like Spam and Pineapple.