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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rafael Martin" data-source="post: 7835784" data-attributes="member: 6888702">Hi!  I rolled a southern direction last time, so let us get random and see where this goes.Random words:  fare, unity, refund, sculpture, rent, certainRandom phrase:  Down For the Count.Random number 1-100: 61Fare-the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle like a ship!  This has to be a port.  The fare is for booking passage on a ship across the Senzo Sea, which is a medium sized sea along the southern border.Refund- the Signari who run the ports refuse to give refunds if the ships take the passengers to a wrong location or provide an unpleasant passage.  They also refuse to give refunds for the rents they collect each year.[ATTACH=full]115038[/ATTACH]Rent- a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.  Maybe the term Landlord could be important.  Here landlords are called Signori, and they lord over the land.Unity-What is The Unity?  I instantly thought about Unitarianism, which is a Christian theological movement named for its belief that the God in Christianity is one person, as opposed to the Trinity which in many other branches of Christianity defines God as one being in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Perhaps there are Unified Churches there, and they are a religion based on rejecting a larger religion’s beliefs.  It does not suggest to me a belief in one god, like the Balladrian’s belief in the Mistress of Music (Melodi) or the Handler’s belief in the God of Wealth (Lucre).  Belief in the Unity is a multinational religion and it is big in Patria.Sculpture- the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round. Maybe statues of long lost heroes?  In Patria art is very important, and sculptures are the most popular.  The Signori like to have statues of themselves made.[ATTACH=full]115036[/ATTACH]Certain-destined, sure to happen inevitable.  Something is destined to happen.  Maybe a natural disaster will happen or a creature from the sea will one day attack the city of Dimora, which is the capital of Patria.Down for the Count!  Someone or something that has been defeated, or nearly so.  They have been fighting Balladra for 61 months over the rights to the Fronteran River, and the conflict has been called the Fronteran War.  The military of Patria has been beaten badly in battle, but the local Signori refuse to concede.  The Sovrano is completely clueless about the war and is powerless to stop it.GovernmentThe name of the nation is Patria, and there the Signori rule their own fiefdoms and they charge the people there a tassa or rent to live there.  If they can’t pay they are thrown out.  However the Unity Church, or Unitians, stand with the people against the Signori and protest anyone thrown out of their homes.  The ruler of Dimora is called the Sovrano (see Namazio Natali), but he has little power over the Signori.  He lives in a palace in the capital city of Dimora, and has very little to do with actual governing of his nation.[ATTACH=full]115041[/ATTACH] PeopleSovrana Namazio Natali is a 61 year old Human and the ruler of Patria.  He comes from a long line of other Sovranos in his family, and each generation has become less intelligent than the one before.  Ministers under him make all of the decisions, and he only shows up for official ceremonies.  He is actually good at making speeches and acting like he knows what he is doing.Haazvod Cestaro is a 32 year old Half-Orc male and the bodyguard of a powerful Signori. He came to Patria from his homeland of (Insert name) to fight in the Frontera War.  Due to his large size and skill with fighting he quickly found work.  He chose to take the last name of the Signori he was protecting in order to fit in better.  It didn’t work.  Haazvod does not care who he fights for or protects.  He only cares about making money and fighting.Cristiana La Barbera is an 83 year old Human Cleric in the Unity Church of Patria.  She is mainly responsible for making her faith so popular in her land.  Cristiana prefers being called Nonna, and she sees herself as the grandmother of Patria.  Most of the Signori hate her, because she has actively stopped them from throwing out people who can’t pay their tassa.  They have made multiple attempts to assassinate her, but she is protected by her faith through miracles.  In the Unity Church the faith of the believers provides the power for miracles.  Ludmeck Blazingrock is a 55 year old Dwarven sculptor who is currently the most popular artist in Patria.  He was considered a young, artistic prodigy from his homeland, but he rejected the traditional restraints that Dwarven culture put on him.  Once he heard how popular the art of sculpture was in Patria he left his clan and traveled here.  Signori pay him very well for is work and he is very much in demand.  The secret that he keeps is that he is able to bring life to his sculptures.  Geography:  this place is separated from Balladra by the Frontera River along its eastern border just like Handel.  The Rand River is the northern border and it flows into the Frontera River, which flows into the Senza Sea.  This sea is has a length of 430 miles and a width of 300 miles.  It has several, small island chains within it.[ATTACH=full]115037[/ATTACH]That's it for now.  I will probably go back and edit some stuff.  I spin the random wheel and I roll a 1.  I will be headed north.  See you next time!</blockquote>

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