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This is the interest-check for Serenia. ^^ If you're interested in making a character as soon as I have everything going, add a reply in this topic saying so and I'll be sure to PM you when the creaton is done.

If you want an overview of each existing nation, look here ^^ It should help you choose the faction (or factions) that you want your characters to work for! :)

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They knew that the price of victory would be a steep one - but it was one that they had to pay to survive.

An entire world of people, filled with dozens of races, thousands of cities... millions of beings with their own thoughts and their own lives united against a single, terrible foe. Anything less would have been suicide against the dark, unnamed god that threatened their existence. Countless arcs of magic burned the sky and made the earth tremble and groan as if fearful of the scale of the war that was taking place... It had begun as a task that seemed hopeless. A voice too deep and too ancient for them to possibly comprehend had spread its black tendrils throughout their world, corruption and death drawing the people into despair - but the defiant outcry that had almost been extinguished began to fight back, and after more than a decade of war, the being of chaos that had threatened them gave an enraged death cry that reverberated throughout the land - reaching into even other realms in its rage.

They had finally defeated the god, but the cost was almost incomprehendable. As a final act of malice, the god tore the continent in which it had made it's last stand, taking with it every race that had occupied the land, and cast it from the rest of their planet - into another reality. The united races found themselves quite suddenly on a different planet, their entire continent being magically barricaded in a way that prevented anyone from entering the dome of their land .. and likewise kept them from leaving.

By now, disputes and old wounds between races have created rifts in the populace, each now forming into separate nations of their own as the need for land and resources grew. It has been decades since the Felling had occurred, and by now many nations have cast aside the idea of a unified society after they had defeated the universal threat. Each nation is plotting and preparing .. and soon, they will begin to move. The nation that comes out superior to all of the others will become the new ruler of Serenia, but will any of the ten be strong and cunning enough to take the title?


creator of pic: Pygar on deviantart.

Alright, these are just some basic rules, but likely many more will be created and elaborated on as the roleplay develops - doing a nation rp is new to me, as is looking after a roleplay with more than like .. 3 people, haha. :) Bear with me - there's a good chance that many of the rules and things will be formed as the situations arise that need them. I'll try to cover everything here however, and in a concise manner:

General/OOC Stuff:
Many of the things that you guys already know and do (because you're just so wonderful! :D). Courtesy, try to practice fairness, no spamming the chat or something .. that kind of thing. This is a battle for dominance, but that doesn't mean that you can Godmod/powerplay to get there. Let's make this strategic, full of action, and (most of all) fun :D

There are currently two people who are counted as GM's in the RP - Myself (Daimayo) and Patch. Feel free to ask me questions if you have them, either in chat or as a pm... and if I'm not around, you can obviously try him too!

This is a medieval fantasy RP (as you may have realized), therefore, the technology doesn't really get any more advanced than a basic crossbow. This is obviously affected by the magic that exists, but use logic. If it seems too technologically advanced to match the RP .. it likely is.

When IC in either chat or forum posting, please keep the writing to the applicable room - The areas will be roped in-chat by City, and points of interest. There are likely going to be a lot of rooms to keep it organized, is what I'm trying to say.

Also, the roleplay will use both Chat-style roleplaying, as well as forum posting. Chat will be used for a majority of the happenings such as conversations and small battles, but Forum posting will be used for things that require longer, essay-style posts - Any forum announcements will be put on-forum (alliances, declared wars, new laws.. etc), and grand, epic battles will likely be put onto forums as well, to give battlers time to think through their post without having to worry about things such as their opponent(s) going AFK.

Characters
Your characters will be automatically accepted in order to speed up the process of them actually entering the RP - however there are a couple of rules. The first is that when it comes to character creation, there are three people who are allowed to reject a character - The two GM's, and the leader of the Faction that your character is listed as being in. This means that I'm also asking all ten of the Faction leaders to be fair and unbiased if they are looking through the others in their faction - Is the character someone you'd consider to be a fair benefit if they were in another faction? Do they match up with your ideas for the nation that you've created?

Anyone making a new character in another faction (even other faction leaders): Make sure you read and try to remember the facts/customs/etc of the faction that you are in! Every character should mesh nicely with their surroundings! The only obvious exception to this would be a mercenary or delegate character (or something simliar), who aren't native to the land. These are allowed, but still keep in mind all of the interesting things that your faction leader has created, to reduce headaches.

Politics
Feel free to make alliances IC, if your character has the authority to do so: However keep in mind that all but few of these will likely be a mere matter of convenience - there will likely be betrayals, assassinations, and intrigue - Don't rage if you fall victim to it, because it happens in the real world as well. However, the one who reneged on the deal will have to realize that they will develop a reputation as .. well, you know. A reneger, and that could come back to bite you later.

Battle
In a battle, it acts like how it would in real life - typically the commanding officer makes the order, and then the subordinates act on it - this is the same whether the 'commanding officer' is the oldest peasant in a mob, or the God-King of the Universe. (or .. whatever.)
(Please no naming any character 'God-King of the Universe' to be a smartass or something. >>)

This is more a recommendation .. but try to be descriptive in your fights. More description means less confusion, and leads to a more involving battle, besides!

Keep in mind.. this is a war. Although there will obviously be retreats (and very little actual 'deathmatches', assuming your units have a mind of their own and therefore have morale/fear to deal with), many people will die, and some of them will be your characters.

Although things like Assassination will exist, it should be known that assassination has always been a -very- risky business. Not only could identifying information about the Assassin lead to a thoroughly soured relationship with another country (or countries), but any killer is working in a setting where there are not only physical defenses to surmount, but magical ones as well - realistically, this way of killing someone is extremely difficult to pull off except for in the most fortunate of circumstances. If you use this method keep it realistic - there will always be targets that are impossible to get near enough to to kill this way.



I think thats all for now. Keep a lookout though! Rules may get changed or added as time passes, like I mentioned before.

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