A Life Unknown

The Story

Once upon a time in the land of Ilena lived a King and Queen. The King ruled his Kingdom with great pride, treating his people well. The people of Ilena were proud to be from there and they were proud of their ruler. For in Ilena there were no thing as different classes, such as peasants and royalty. They were one in Ilena. The King made sure that each person had food and shelter. So, even though the King was rich, he shared his riches with the Kingdom to make it something him and his people were proud of. And, everyone was proud of Ilena. It was a few years later, the Queen fell pregnant and the King was overjoyed at the thought of having an heir to the throne. The King started to plan everything as the birth drew near and one night in October, the Princess was born. Unfortunately, the plans didn't last.

It was a stormy night over the Ilena. The Princess, who had been called Kayla was now eight months old. The King and Queen personally took care of her, despite the numerous capable maids, they both loved to take care of their daughter right up until they put her to bed and this night was no different. The King had said goodnight to his daughter as the Queen took her upstairs while the King finished up a meeting. That was the last he saw of his daughter, and the night his family fell apart. As for Ilena, a deep sadness spread throughout the Kingdom for that night, the Queen was murdered and the Princess was taken.

Since that night, the King has been sending his best Knights out in search of his daughter. Even after 19 years, he still hasn't found his daughter or his wife's killer. Despite knights thinking the search is fruitless and useless, they still go out hunting for her upon the King's orders each year. But every time, they come back with nothing. Now, four of the King's best knights have been sent out in search of the Princess, but there is still little hope.

Down South, another land, Ayia, was ruled by a greedy King. The land was poor and unhealthy as the King took everything for his kingdom. The people that lived there were poor and unhappy, most having been starved due to little or no food, the land not strong enough to produce it. Anything that was produced was either in the kingdom itself, or taken to give to the King once found. The Palace was green and alive but the rest of the kingdom outside of the palace was more like a wasteland.

Here, if you didn't agree with the King, you were tortured and killed, along with your family. Any crime committed, guilty or innocent, you and the family was killed. The King was cruel and merciless, killing anyone in cold blood without a second thought. And his family in the palace, did nothing to stop him. But then again, they didn't know. The princess was sheltered, having never left the palace before due to the Kings orders. The Prince though, was a lot like his father and the heir to the throne, having left the Kingdom countless of times with his father to see the state of the land. It looked like he would become a ruthless ruler though, just like his father.

The King of Ayia has a lot of hidden secrets though. With his wife dead a little over 19 years ago, how did he get a 19 year old daughter? Was the date of the Queen's death wrong, or is the Princess' birthday wrong? Or, are their hidden secrets here that no one is telling?

And, does the King of Ilena find his long lost daughter? Does Ayia ever improve or do the people there continue to suffer? Will Ilena always have the question of what happened to the King's daughter solved, or will it continue to go unsolved, leaving Ilena without an heir to the throne?

The Characters

Not all the characters will be around all the time like the two Kings. Rather than NPCing them when needed, and taking them out as a character to be played, if anyone wants to double up a character, then feel free to have a main character, and then one of the Kings. The Kings will be around at the start and then will be popping in and out when needed, so to avoid players been stuck, if with the King they had another character, that would make things a lot easier.

Characters Needed:

Ilena

Knights: [Four places available. Have the option to know magic.]

1. SatoDraygonFIST{Tas}
2. Armored Ghost
3. Irish Wolf
4. ethreal_dreamz

Ayia

Prince: Taken by Saken
Princess: Taken by CriminalMinds
Prince's Friend Taken by Lunar Eclipse

NPC's

King: [If this is taken take up another player as well so you can interact more as this character won't be around 100% of the time, due to staying in Ilena while his 4 best knights go out in search of the Princess.]
King: [If this is taken take up another player as well so you can interact more as this character won't be around 100% of the time.]
Gaurds:
Townspeople: [Of Ilena and Ayia]
Maids: [Also of Ilena and Ayia]
Agents: [Of Ilena hiding in Ayia] These could be more than just NPC's if someone took one on. They could definitely be worked into the plot line. ^_^ Mr.Hyde

If you want any of the NPC's to be a character that you use often, or you have ideas to use them constantly in a plot for the roleplay, feel free to put up a character sheet and let me know your ideas as some things I might not have thought of and I'd love to hear other people's ideas.

The Rules

1. No God Modding.
2. What I say goes.
3. Please be literate. No text talk. Try to use proper spelling and grammar, posting a couple of paragraphs rather than a couple of lines.
4. No one liners.
5. This is the OOC thread. All OOC is to stay in this thread and none in the IC thread.
6. Have a question? PM me or post it here.
7. Active players. I have no internet at home, but I can get internet access in the day at least twice for an hour or so. If you're going to be away and not able to post, let us know. Igf you want to drop out, let us know and we can arrange something, but please, don't just disappear.
8. Respect other players. If someone in the roleplay doesn't like a lot of swearing then keep it to a minimum please. Romance can happen, though I'm not looking for romance to be an active part in the story and if for some reason it heads that way and you want more, take it to PM's. Violence is the same. Don't be unrealistic with it.
9. I'm thinking of giving the 4 Knights of Ilena the ability to have magic. If you want to be a Knight and want magic either PM me with ideas about it or just post them here. I'll be looking closely at these. Don't go over the top with the magic though. It will mainly be used for protection, not for fighting. Also, if the friend of the Prince is to be a knight in training, they also have the possibility to have some magic, but again remember he will be in training and it won't be anything powerful like the Ilena Knights might have. A Knight doesn't have to have magic though.
10. Have fun.

Character Sheets

Please reserve a character first if you can't get your sheet up straight away. This avoids all the spaces been taken before you post your profile to find that you can't be that character. This will make things easier hopefully.

Code: Select all

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Character to be Played:[/b] [i.e. Ilena King, Knight of Ilena, Prince of Ayia...]
[b]Appearance:[/b] [Few written lines describing the basics, looks and clothes. Option at the end to supply pics but still a written appearance.]
[b]Personality:[/b] [1-2 paragraphs at least]
[b]Background:[/b] [At least 2 paragraphs]
[b]Other:[/b] [Anything else you feel needs to be included. If a Knight, talk about any magic here.]
[b]Picture:[/b] [Can be added.]

So, I'll be constantly adding to this, so I'll post any updates or edits that I make. Other than that I hope people enjoy the idea and also contribute and join. Remember, have fun and I'll have my profile up soon.

CriminalMinds

EDIT: IC is now up! HERE!

Name: Sir Miles Elrik Roark.

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Character to be Played: Knight of Ilena.

Appearance: A tall and swaggering man, with the brawn to fill his frame. Bears the Ilenian crest with pride. Possesses a strong yet prematurely lined hawkish face with two set eyes of blue. Wears a scarf around the lower half of his face--his mouth was terribly mangled in a bought of hellish intent when he was younger. Miles rarely talks because of this happenstance, but when he does open that gash and comment, you'd best listen. There are various interesting scars all over the man's body. You can tell that he's no saint despite the shining armor.

Personality: When Miles is in one of his moods, its a good idea to try and draw him. You can get the features of his strong expressive eyebrows in just a few casual strokes. Everything about him seems hardened and burned through with a calming fire. Because of his injury, he rarely makes effort to speak, and because of this oftentimes comes across as cold and uncaring. This just isn't true, though. He is quietly empathic and seems to emanate a feeling of security in people.

Background: MIles spent his first sixteen years wandering the Westerns, in and out of some nasty mercenary business. Having been the bad guy for a good part of his life, the last ten years of training under the Code have shaped his mind in new ways. His moral compass is spinning unnoticed.

Other: His quiet fury on the battlefield is legendary. The citizens of Ilena still talk about the Battle of the Thousand Roses where an enraged yet still silent Roark fought back the entire Trinity Battalion before General Axon made it through the Sherpenes Pass. He had been very young.

{I'd like to reserve a knight...will alter this to have bio sheet shortly, thanks, AG~}

Name: Sir Arlight Guffendt the Shadow-wash

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Character to be Played: Knight of Ilena

Appearance: As apperances go Arlight seems not a man to take notice of when you look upon him, but this is the same for many illusionists. As truth be told he was born with a magic illusion casting eye the light color of the sea. All else about his looks is speculation for one may not know the face of an illusionist. He is a thin man and wears the color of white and strong non-reflective near black armor upon which he bears the crest of Ilena. Arlight is imediately identifiable by his eye and armor.

Personality: Arlight is a coward and a liar, never trust an illusionist and Arlight is no exemption, he would rather lie to your face then be honorable, if he thaught he might lose favor. Although he will fight hes more content to hide till dangers past. He's not an evil rogue hes just not a very good knight. More at home in the flithy underworld than palace politics Arlight would rather be away from kings and courtly afairs. More or less hes not a traditional knight.

Background: Having been born of Ayia, lost his mother at birth and father at ten, Arlight had a rough and sad childhood, stealing food and shelter he made a reputation for himself amungt the townsfolk of Ayia as the "Goblin of Ayia" of which rumor still exists. At the age of twelve he was aprehended attempting to cut the purse of a visiting knight of Ilena, for such had been forced to squire for said knight as punishment. Around the age of nineteen the knight having died in his sleep, his armor and residence was open for grabs and having taken it was knighted by the king the next year. For the next eght years thing went well having helped in driving off barbarian raiders in the north earned himself the title of Shadow-wash for his clever use of illusionary tactics on the feild of battle.

Other: (This just concerns illusion) When Arlight casts an illusion it stays till is is either broken through touch, removed by Arlight, or one day has passed since he cast it. There is a 10% chance that the illusion will be realized when first seen, and 50% chance when fimilar with Arlight's Illusions. When illusion is quick-cast there is a 50% chance that when not seen directly it will be realized, and 100% that in direct sight that it will be realized. Arlight is illusion immune, and is cloaked in Illusion giving enemy a 5% additional chance to miss, and 2x stealth bonus. I'm just laying it out.


{I'll put in the personality and background later...when I get them worked out properly.}

I'll take a Knight and will post a profile once I get back from work.

If possible, I'd like to reserve the Prince's Friend. I'll try to have the profile up soon. EDIT: Here is the profile. I honestly have no idea why the profile got so long... >.<

Name: Alexander Connor Bard

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Character to be Played: Prince’s Friend

Appearance: Alexander has short, messy brown hair that sticks up in various places, in fact, there is very little difference between actually brushing his hair and just walking around with a bed head. He is relatively tall and, unfortunately, quite scrawny. He is not mere skin and bones, especially with the strong muscles he gained while training, but malnourishment and the lack of fat are very obvious physical features. Multiple scars colour his body, mostly as a result of difficult training, especially around his calloused hands and arms. Fatigue appears to be a permanent feature, but the effect is diminished by the frequent smile decorating his face. Sometimes the smile is warm and genuine, but usually it appears to be directed to some dark, inside joke he keeps to himself. A long scar reaches from his left cheek bone up to his brow, but luckily the damage had only been superficial so it has no real effect on his actual eye.

Personality: He is quite realistic and, in a sense, laid back. To some, he appears to give up easily as he doesn't like to take risks and such, but this is all because he weighs the possibilities of success and the amount of 'reward' he would get as a result of the input effort. If something appears impossible, he won't bother to try in hopes miracle, instead he'll try to find another way around it or compromise the solution. Paranoia is also something quite well-known to Alexander, probably a side-effect from his love of manipulating others. Even when he appears to do a rare self-less deed he always leaves behind words that claim it was for his personal benefit. It’s even stranger still as people can sense that he is not trying to be modest, he is telling the truth.

A very difficult person to read. As far as anyone is concerned, only a handful of people (including the prince) are able to tell when he is being sincere or sarcastic.

Background: It is common knowledge in Ayia that the Bard family has sold their pride and loyalty to the unjust king. They are often jeered at as the king’s dogs or the scum to sold their souls to the devil. Still, by offering their eternal services and most of their material possessions, they are one of the few families that are able to survive in this kingdom without much worry. His lifestyle may never be very luxurious or bountiful, but he’s always had, sometimes literally, the minimal required for survival.

As a middle child, and the only son, it had long been decided that Alexander would train to be a knight and pledge loyalty to the king. By chance, he met the prince at a young age as he visited the castle with his tutor. Many years have passed since then, and friendship developed between the knight-in-training and the future heir. Though he truly believes the prince to be his closest friend, Alexander realizes the incredibly dangerous and thin line he walks from this relationship. If all goes well, he will undoubtedly have a favorable position beside the next heir of Ayia. On the other hand, anything that sets their friendship on a rocky path would end up destroying his entire family.

Other: To make up for his lack of experience and training, he has learned a single spell to cast on his sword. When active, the spell enables the sword to automatically move in reaction to quick movements that are directed at the user. Needless to say, this spell cannot take into consideration the actual state of the user so the chances of the weapon flying of out Alexander’s hand or twisting his arm into strange positions as it automatically moves is quite high. It also does nothing to actually enhance the fighting abilities of the user, it merely places the sword between the user and the incoming object. To successfully block any attacks, Alexander himself would need to have enough strength and grip to withstand the impact.

Picture: Alexander

I would like to play the Prince! If possible, and request the spot untill i can get the character sheet up.

@ IrishWolf: Knight reserved.
@ Lunar Eclipse: Accepted. Like the profile. It doesn't matter that it's long :3.
@ Saken: Prince reserved.
@ Armored Ghost: Nice start, looking forward to the rest.
@ Sato: Accepted.

Looking forward to seeing the profiles and I'm working on mine as we speak so it will be up shortly either in this space or another ^^.

Name: Jasmine 'Jazz'
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Character to be Played: Princess of Ayia
Appearance: Jazz has long blonde hair and green eyes and is around 5'6. Her skin is fair and she is of medium build. She doesn't look anything like her father or the Prince, her brother leading people to wonder if she really is Ayia's Princess.
Like all Princesses, and because her father likes to show of his riches, she only dresses in the best of the best of clothes. Expensive dresses made of the finest materials with workers hand making them through hours of hard labour.
Personality: Jazz is stubborn and hard headed, something she gets from being around her father and brother all the time. This leads her to sometimes been demanding, bossy and argumentative. The only people she follows are her father and Shane. She also listens to Shane's best friend and gets on wit them both, despite her brother's over-protectiveness of her.
With all the cruelty that her father and brother possess, it's surprising that she has any sort of soft side at all, but she does. It's seen occassionally in front of her brother, father and his friend, but Jazz is rarely seen out of the Palace or in the public eye to show others.
Jazz could never be as cruel as her father and brother are though. Despite the upbringing she's had, she still has a soft nature about her. If this is due to her been female, or from being sheltered from the poor ways of Ayia, it's unknown but despite all this she may have kept some qualities that are known in Ilena.
Background: Since been in Ayia, Jazz has had a fairly good upbringing, despite all the different ways things could have gone for the girl, considering she was taken by such a brute. Jazz has not been mistreated in any way, shape or form, but has been looked after and cared for rather well, considering she is not Ayia's Princess or the King's daughter.
Jazz has no idea about her true background and has been told that her mother, the queen died giving birth to her and so she never had a chance to know her. Except for the maids of the Palace been female, Jazz is the only female around which has lead her to try out sword fighting with her brother, though she failed miserably at it. She does have a wooden version of a sword though for messing around which she doesn't use much anymore, it was more of when she was child and wanted to play with Shane.
Nowadays she much prefers to sit and watch Shane and Alexander practise sword fighting in the courtyard while she reads. Another activity that she is well versed horse-riding. Jazz has a black stallion called Midnight who she adores. The King dotes on Jazz and therefore has given up the stallion to her instead of having him for the Knights and fighting. Another thing that the King looks after well are the horses, some would say better than the Knights.
Other: Has no idea that she isn't from Ayia and that she is the kidnapped Princess from Ilena.

I have to go so I will finish it off in the morning. ^^

EDIT: Updated and finished.

Name: Sir Avark The Landless/Sir Avark the Laughing
Age: 38
Gender: male
Character to be Played: Knight of Ilena
Appearance: Avark is a massive bear of a man, standing closer to seven feet then he does six feet tall with muscles to rival a blacksmith. Shortly cropped black hair covers his head and erupts into a large bristly beard that reaches down to his collar bone. His eyes are a of piercing blue, which star around a rather broad and large nose, that fits just right into his broad face. When not suited for war in his mail hauberk, coif and conical helmet with nasal bar, he dresses in a plain green tunic, black wool trousers and heavy leather boots that reach his caff. No matter his dress, he always wears an arming sword at his left hip and a dagger at his right.
Personality: Sir Avark is named the Laughing, because that is almost the only sound you ever hear coming from his mouth or jokes. Jovial is a word that might describe him but unnerving is another, as he laughs all the harder when he gets into a fight. Wither its because he enjoys cleaving men is half with his favored two-handed bearded axe or because he knows its disturbing to fight someone laughing like a maniac. In either case, it has gained the huge man a reputation for fun times. He also is very found of tavern girls and should have several bastard children throughout the lands.
Background: Avark was born the third son of a lord from the north, in the country of Thingöllr, an confederation of islands that are each governed by a lord or two. With his father's lands already divided to form estates for his older brothers upon the old warrior's death, the young northerner was forced to find a new way to make his place in life. His father chose to send him south, to a knight he was friends with, so that his son could learn from the great warrior. Ever since that day, nearly twenty-five years passed, Avark has fought for the king of Ilena but keeps in touch with his father and brothers.
Other: Before Avark left his homelands, his father gave him one last parting gift in the form of hiring a skilled hedgewizerd to tattoo a ring of runes around his chest and back. Theses runes are marks of healing, which will make minor cuts and scratches heal over in seconds and major ones to heal over in a few days. They can also regrow lost digits, if he consumes enough raw material.




Oh and my good roleplayers, I shot Criminal Minds a Pm this morning asking about what style of knight we were going to be using. I was told we're using Norman type knights, like those from around the 1000s on Earth

So I'm guessing that the overall setting of the roleplay would be similar to the high middle ages?

xD My character must be a terrible student for not reaching knighthood by the age of 21.

Irish Wolf and Armored Ghost are accepted. Welcome to the roleplay both of you. And thanks Irish Wolf for supplying the information about Knights. I still forgot to put it in the first post after the PM.

I'll wait the rest of the morning and afternoon to see if we get a last Knight or if anyone else has ideas and wants to join, but hopefully, (if I don't get called to work for my dad), I'll get the IC up later on before I go home. It sucks not having the internet there at the moment, so I can't get on late of an evening until it's fixed unfortunately. Until then, I'm only on during the day time and GMT +1 been as I'm in Europe.

EDIT: Yes Lunar. And I'll set up everything in the first post that I've started writing. Also, you're in Ayia, things are different there and the way the Knights are trained and everything would most likely be completely different from what it is like in Ilena because of how things are run. ^^.

Crim, while your still on can you clearify the cultural ways of the people of your lands?.....good information makes for good roleplay.

For instance architecture of the buildings, literacy of the population, musical and artistic style, and close early origins of culture....

Yup, I'll do that now and have this post edited once I have both up sorted out. I'm around for another two hours so I should get both that and the IC up by then. Though, I have a babysitting job tonight and I'm hoping to sneak the internet there if at all possible. But if I don't have them both up tonight, I'll at least have one. ^^

Ilena's Culture

Ilena are proud Ilenian's. The culture there is rich and full of life. The people happy and living a fulfilled life due to the King having looked after the Kingdom. Most know how Ayia's difference's if not from visiting Ayia, by the people that have fled the land and come looking for shelter in Ilena. The general belief in Ilena is treat people how you want to be treated. Respect is very important in Ilena, something that has to be earned. Though this is the common of people to act like this in Ilena, there are few people that aren't like the typical Ilenian. Also, despite the cultural ways of Ilena just been known in Ilena, maybe outsiders know of the festivals that Ilena hold and each year many outsiders travel to come to them.

Ilenian Architecture

Buildings in Ilena are strong and well built. Most, if not all, are built from stone. The buildings of the people of Ilena are built as strong as the Palace was built. When the King's grandfather was on the throne, many years ago, he wanted his people to be in the same safely built house that the Palace was built in and set about getting the houses rebuilt out of stone. It cost a lot, but after many years, Ilena stood proud the castle blending in with the city and the villages around it. To this day, new buildings built, are made out of stone. Very few are still the wooden ones that were constructed so long ago.

Ilenian Music

Ilenian's love their music. It's a big thing and there are constant festivals around with music played. Even though some Ilenian's can't play an instrument, one will be found in the home as you'll most likely have someone in the family able to play. One week during each month of the summer there is a big festival dedicated to music. The King still comes out to celebrate with his people, but his heart and happiness seem to have faded since the disappearance of his daughter and murder of his wife. He still makes sure to come out though and mix with the townspeople. Ilena like their festivals and parties so constantly have them in the summer when the weather is just right.

Ilenian Food

Food is another big thing in Ilena. Ilenian's love their food and each day, they always come out with a morning market of food. Once a week there is also a big food celebration. This is normally in the week after the music festival in the summer. The reason for holding the festivals in the summer, apart from the good weather, is because the children are out of school and so nothing is disrupted.
The people of Ilena love their fruits, especially their grape fruits which is popular in the land. Other foods which are popular in Ilena are bread and potatoes, and also pastries and pies of different kinds. Whatever the people of Ilena make, is sure to be popular and enjoyed throughout the Kingdom.

Ilenian Art

Along with food and music, Art is another loved thing in Ilena. If someone is not a musician, they are most likely an artist of some sort, creating sculptures, paintings or other fancy pieces of art. Many sculptures decorate the streets of Ilena while paintings decorate the inside of buildings. Again, there is also an art festival in the summer where the artists get to show their work and sell it to Ilenians or any other people that happen to be coming through Ilena at the time.

Ilenian Language

Ilenian language is posh and well spoken if the person has grown up in Ilena for many years, especially if been there from birth. Though, travellers tend to have less of an Ilenian accent due to travelling around and hearing the many other accents of surrounding lands. [Still working on this section]

Ilenian Education

The education system in Ilena is much like that in our human world. Each year a person completes and passes exams at the end, then they can advance to the next year. School is started at the age of nine in Ilena and most Ilenian's finish between the age of 21-25. People can chose where they want to go in life at the age of seventeen. If they chose to go into the line of fighting, with the possibility of one day been a Knight to the King, they then go to another school that specialises in fighting. Also, the possibility of learning magic is an option when going into that line of schooling.
Other lines of interest that Ilenian children can chose are also lines in music, art and food. At the age of 19, if they know what they want to do, they can chose a job to specialise in.

Other

Crime: It is known that most Ilenian's will lend a help in hand to complete strangers if they need it and this kindness goes around to everyone in the land and even visitors. There are very little problems within Ilena, but that doesn't mean that there isn't. Ilena has a fair justice system. If there is definite proof of a person commiting a crime they are punished and only that person in a fair way to reflect the crime commited.
Holidays: There are two major holidays in Ilena. The winter holiday and the summer holiday. The winter holiday is one month in which the new year is celebrated and then the summer holiday, in which three months for holidays is given. This is from the middle of May to the middle of August. In June, there is a day of silence for the Princess and the death of the Queen.

Ayia's Culture

Everything is about the King and his family. The King is a greedy man, a very very greedy man and everything is about him and not his people. People found to be hiding things are punished along with their family.

Ayian Architecture

Here, only the Palace is built out of stone. Of the scattered villages throughout the land, they are constructed poorly of wood. Most look like they could collapse at any second. Many of the houses get destroyed after bad weather in Ayia, so it is common to see the ruins of villages where people have moved on after houses have been destroyed, in an attempt to find somewhere new or better to live. Either that, or the occupants of the village that once lived there were killed.

Ayian Music

There is no music on the lands of Ayia (unless secretly hidden and played), only in the Palace is music played and then, it's only on special occasions. These special occasions are whenever the King calls for them, though birthdays are always one of these occasions in which are celebrated in the Palace. This is because it's about the King and his family.

Ayian Food

The King loves his food. He feels that because he is the King that he can just go and take whatever he wants from whoever he wants. So, not only does he have people in the Palace cooking for him, he also sends out Knights daily to go and take any food that looks good seen on the land of Ayia. The people tend to try and hide any good food for them and their family. Sometimes it's successful, but a lot of the time the Knights are successful.

Ayian Art

Any art on the land of Ayia is hidden from the Knights that are sent around hunting to find this. Art that is found is put on show in the Palace for the King. Many rooms in the Palace are known as art rooms, most of the art in the Palace having been taken from the people of Ayia.

Ayian Language

There is nothing posh about Ayia's speech or accent. It is very rough often with silent letters. A strong accent, so that if someone is from Ayia and are in another land, it is known. Ayia's language is distinct from no real pride on the land or any education on speaking properly. The King and Prince have a thick Ayian accent, but the Princess is well spoken. She has an Ayian accent but likes to speak properly, how she's seen some guests that have appeared in the Palace over the time. The King still allows guests from other lands into the castle, though it's rare that people come to visit Ayia and the Palace.[Still working on this section]

Ayian Education

Basically for the people of Ayia, there is no education. The Palace hires people to teach the Prince and Princess and also to train Knights, but other than that, there is no education for the people in the land. Due to the lack of education people can't read or write and struggle to survive out there, especially with the Knights coming and raiding their houses for 'illegal' items. The lack of education also causes there to be a lot of crime and fighting on the land, mainly for survival.

Other

Crime: The crime is high in Ayia. People kill others from protecting what little items they have, or to try and get items from other people that they need to survive. If the King finds out about these crimes though, or a crime happens against the Knights, or within the Palace, the King sentence's not only the person that committed the crime, but also their family. The King doesn't care who he kills. If they are accused of a crime, they are sentenced to death with any family that are alive. Sometimes, he's been known to kill the family rather than the accused. The King is not merciless either. He has killed women and children as much as he has killed men.
Holidays: The only holidays are when the King calls for them, and if they are about the King or his family.

Ilena's and Ayia's culture is complete except for any other things that I might feel to include, as well as updating the language. I hope that helps Armored.

OOC: Ah! I was waiting for a female Knight. I was going to go that route, but I think that you've managed it with the same caliber that I was going for. Huzzah!

Thank you very much, if you think that way! I appreciate it!

I love it! Accepted Ethreal, post when you want in the IC ^_^.

Thank you very much! I will post tomorrow morning since its already midnight here!I have classes to attend!!! Oh scratch that it is already the morning hahahaha! See you all later and in my post!