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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 1828451" data-attributes="member: 8243">SIDEBAR: ON LIFE IN THE OLD WORLDSociety is ordered largely around the family clans. There is about a dozen or so in Analand, and most people claim membership of one of them. The heads of the clans are most powerful nobility of the Kingdom. Each clan claims part of Analand as its own. Honour and loyalty are the two foundations of society.Life is mostly pastorial and agrarian. A wise clan head knows as much about farming and breeding as he does fighting. Wealth is measured in heads of cattle and sheep and acreage of forest as much as it is gold and silver. The latter being more for displaying wealth. Who can eat gold when times are tough?One option for character's is to be a son or close cousin of one of the clan heads, starting to come into your own as a man and a warrior {1}. But not yet with a name of your own (in other words, still often known as so-n-so, son of such-n-such.) As such, you will be aproached by the head of the clan, or one close to him if he is not in the city, to undertake this mission.Bonus skill: Prof/agriculture: 4 ranks.Another is the Stone Guard. The Stone Guard carry the responsibilty of protecting the stone, and they move when it does every four years. While a presitigious, it is not particularly interesting. There has been no threats to the Stone since mad Morrissy attempted to keep it after his four years were up. Well, there was that group of bandits that attacked the caravan last year, but they really didn't seem to be aware of what it was they had bitten off, until it was too late.The Stone guard is made up of men from all five of the kingdoms. Anyone may apply, regardless of birth or station. Most of the Stone Guard are of young men of good families looking seeking political advantage, or of poor families looking to get a start in the world, and honoured veteren warriors happy enough to see another quiet day. But not all of them. The veterens are amoung some of the finest warriors in the five kingdoms, and many join for a year or two learn from them. And they have a reputation for being tough masters.The Stone Guard are an anomally in one way. Upon initiation, each member vows to put the Stone above all loyalities to family and King. They are not to take up the sword the for any purpose other than to protect the stone (or themselves, obviously). The wisdom of this policy was proved when Mad King Morrissey made his bid for the Stone.Bonus Skill: Know/nobility and royalty: 4 ranks{1} the term warrior also includes psions of a martial bent in common usage.Initial Post here: [sblock]Oh well. Who is the saddest bitch in a box?I think that its time to put this one out of its misery. Given that everythig else was fairly Core, it looks like its going to a challenge to get another game going unless I'm willing to live with HP's. Perhaps its time to put plans to start a new game to rest.the head of the dog.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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