The Year 1034 of the IV Eon,It has been some time since I have had respite enough to commit my quill to the records of these library. This troubling juncture within my Kingdom's history has been a test of resilience on this old man of almost seventy years. It is important however today that I recollect to you the troubling turn of events that have befallen our humble realm of Obrecia. It has been a fortnight since my King received the demands of the dogmatic Empire of Man came via their own rider, an exaggerated looking Knight wearing more silks than a whore. It was more for the show as our King opened the parchment sealed in violet wax, a bird of prey flying upwards to the stars, the sigil of the Iconic House of Requient.
This ruling dynasty has been in power since the great storm between the Dark Lord and those who dared raise arms against him. Since then the champions of the Storm, the Reuqients have not let us live down their triumph. For over a thousand years they have expanded their influence through all amounts of despotic and violent means over the realms of men. They have stopped at nothing to force all others to bend the knee to the pretentious man who would call himself the Emperor of All Men. A ludicrous title in my opinion but through force of arms it has stood for this Eon and seemingly into the next.
Today sadly our King has been brought before the court of all men and given the choice that most others have taken years prior. Bend the knee, or be put to the sword. It was not a choice that our King was willing to make, to bend the knee at the life of his own beloved daughter. So the Knight who delivered the message cursed the King's name and gave several examples of how his life now was forfeit before he left hurriedly to give word to the Emperor of his rejected proposal. The Princess Corinna sobbed as she felt the fate of her own Kingdom had been destroyed by her transgressions. I did not learn of those transgressions or the contents of the letter sent to the Emperor until a day later. But before I did learn my King decided he would not take the blustering threats of the Emperor sitting down. He summoned his messenger and heeded him to send word to the Tomekian Imperium sworn enemies to the Empire. Events will soon come to a climax now over our little kingdom as their two powers square off on our fields, and bleed into our rivers. But what they do here will not cost them a single crop of wheat or herd of ox. Just another Kingdom that they will trample under their royal feet in their feud of who should rule the world. Perhaps though there can be salvation in another realm to come to our aid, less we become polarized between two giants. I advised the King this much but he assured me no other realm could summon enough martial power to fend off the Empire, not for our sake.
Raphael Wilhelm, Scholar of the Court of Obrecia
A World of Dark Fantasy, Introduction-
"Semi-realistic fantasy in the gritty world of the past."
The Forgotten Eon is the creation of a world in the setting of a Dark Age/Fantasy time period. This gritty atmosphere is a place to role-play the realm of you dreams. Quality RPs are more important to us than the number of RPs, and to that extent we hold our members to the same standards. While that being said this World is for the fun of the players and we all like to enjoy a good RP.
This isn't your usual fantasy RP either, we consider this Low-Fantasy, Dark Age Tech. Meaning magic is a rare, hard, gritty, and hard to harness thing. There is no college of mages running around teaching twelve year olds to float feathers with a wand. Magic is a powerful and dangerous thing to behold and for the 1/1000 who has even the slightest ability to use it, it can kill you just as easy as anyone else. We also limit the number of races allowed within the world. There is an approved list within the rules section but it is always being added to.
The setting of this world is a thousand years after a great apocalyptic event known as the Storm in which the many mortal beings revolted against the Dark Lord who had enslaved them for centuries. Now in this new age the population of the world are trying to consolidate and rebuild. At the center of this is two large factions known as the Tomekian Imperium and the Empire of Man. Known largely as the Men Vs. The Eves this conflict has been the center of the past eighty years of the worlds history. Smaller realms have taken to either side or even tried to stay out of it completely but eventually the conflict consumes all.
Players are encouraged to build relationships with others both prior to their start in Forgotten Eon and during to better foster the environment and story that we are creating. We do not waste out time with boring relationship building RPs but rather work together as a group and with the new players to have a joint history and canon so that our RPs are at a level that all can enjoy. Whether you are a fan of A Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings, Warhammer Fantasy, or any fantasy story this is the place for you to explore this niche tech level and world.
On a more serious note, if you do not intend to be committed to this RP world then please do not make us the admins and the serious players waste out time. This world is a world of the players and of that the dedicated players make this a cohesive group to partake in. If you do not intend to put your full heart into this RP and give it that level of dedication do not join.
Administration-
This world is administered by a team of admins that review and approve applications, organize the world history and canon, edit and maintain the map, create group RPs and Quests, and moderate any member threads. It is very important that players respect and adhere to admin directions as to better facilitate a fun environment for all. As it stands not the team of Admins consists of Achesia, and Knights of Kings. Co-Ops for this RP are Nuclear Fist and Great Houses of Xie.
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Rules-
This RP world is meant to be a semi-realistic Dark Age/Fantasy setting. While this can be interpreted in many different ways it is our goal to explain that in simple ways through these following rules.
- 1. Membership whether as a Realm or Group is approved by the full admin staff. Applications are review based on past RP experience, capability of Realm concept with the world, and ability to write in a orderly way that can be read and understood. If the admin staff has something to give you a critique on your application do not take it personally but rather heed their words and work with them, they are willing to help.
- 2. Members must maintain an active status in the group to maintain their claim. If a players nation is deactivated for inactivity their lands are then open for claiming by old and new players. If a player does not contribute to the world whether IC or OOC in 30 days their lands are up for claim by old and new players. Members can go on leave of absence if it is need, but this must be coordinated with the admin staff.
- 3. Claims on the map are approved by the admins during the initial application process. Players must request a reasonable amount of land to be approved. It is always a option for players to expand through a quality RP story thread but this must also be reviewed and approved by the admin staff. Quality, not quantity is the name of the game here. Other players may contest expansion land claims but must be done in IC.
- 4. All players are expected to respect one and other at all times in their OOC speak and interactions with regarding to Forgotten Eon. If the admin staff feels a member is causing too much issues with other players it is within our right to terminate their Realm in the World.
- 5. God modding of any type is also forbidden in Forgotten Eon. RP is about story telling and is not a board game. While there is winners and losers, a certain type of strategy involved, players must agree to what they expect the outcome of the thread to be and how they are going to go about to do it. If players cannot agree or they feel there could not be an agreement the admin staff will gather the facts of the situation, and use an appropriate formula in a random number generator to find a solution. It is then in each players involved obligations to carry out that ruling in their RP to create the story. In addition to Godmodding there is also no ignore-cannon. All actions must be recognized unless overruled by an admin.
- 6. A certain quality is expected of members within their RPs, put your effort in to have fun and commit to the Forgotten Eon when you post in IC. Members who are found to be consistently posting half-assed IC posts will be talked to by the admin staff and if the behavior continuous will lead to dismissal.
- 7. Forgotten Eon has a joint canon and history and this is something that all the players must contribute to within the world. Please adhere to the existence of this history and try to actively contribute to it. If the admins deem necessary they will put someone in charge of forming the world history and canon to be put on file in this thread.
- 8. As stated above this is low-fantasy. Magic is a rare thing and should be treated as such. There will be no armies of magic users trancing about the world shooting fire form their hands. You must consider the dangers of magic when RPing it and also that only the most skilled and experienced have the ability to harness it.
- 9. Technnology is limited to everything dark age/medieval up until gunpowder, no gunpowder. Swords, bows, spears, crossbows, catapults, all of that. But no guns or bombs or such.
- 10. Approved races are as follows: Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, Orcs, Goblins, Dwarves, Gnomes/Hobbits, and Trolls. If you have another that you really really want to play. It must be brought to the admins to be approved.
- 11. The staff shall consist of 1-2 Admins, and 1-2 Co-Ops. The Admins shall be the holders of the Forgotten Eon password and make official edits to all official OPs and posts. Admins will have the power to ban or remove players from the game. Admins will be the final word on any decision of importance. Approve player applications. Admins will also hold all the duties that a Co-Op holds.
-11.1: Co-Ops shall moderate disputes between players both in IC and OOC. Conduct edits on the request of the admins (code to be sent to admin via telegram for admin to proof and input. Warn players who break any rules. Review applications and give advice. Host and administer official IC RPs.
Application-
To apply to Forgotten Eon you may either join as a Realm (Nation, Kingdom, State) or as a group (Mercenaries, Knightly Order, etc.). Bellow are the application formats as well as explanations as to what to fill in each blank.
Realm Application:
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[b]Realm Name:[/b]
[b]Realm Type:[/b] (IE: Kingdom, Republic, Tribe, Empire, Etc)
[b]Race:[/b] (Approved Races So Far: Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, Orcs, Goblins, Dwarves, Gnomes/Hobbits, Trolls, More to be added)
[b]Demonym:[/b]
[b]Capital:[/b]
[b]Ruler(s):[/b]
[b]Motivation:[/b] (To live peacefully, conquer the world, spread the religion, etc)
[b]Population: [/b](Needs to be reasonable, no more than around 12 million at the largest, myself and Knights are going to have larger pops due to the scope of our nations being a big part of the story and like I said before us being facilitators)
[b]Language: [/b]
[b]Religion:[/b] (If aplicable)
[b]Economy:[/b] (Give us a description of your wealth, not everyone is a wealthy nation, some are not as well off. You have to give us a good description of the factors of your economy, what you trade etc. )
[b]Currency: [/b]
[b]Military Size:[/b] (During peace time as with every other RP you shouldn't have more than 5% of your population in your military.... well you can but your economy wills suffer with it)
[b]# of Population fit for military service: [/b] (Should be only about 25% of your population.)
[b]Examples of Previous RPs: [/b](Please provide 3 for us to review)
[b]How Active Are you on NS:[/b]
[b]Alignment of Realm:[/b] (Vassal of the Empire, Member of the Elven Alliance, Neutral, Other) (Please note depending on what you choose it will effect how your nation is shaped. Being a vessel of the Realm gives you the ability to participate in a game of thrones like kingdom where you can attempt to rise to power under the Emperors favor. If you choose the Elven Alliance you have more autonomy but the security of being in a strong alliance, if you choose neutral you have all the freedom, but also the lack of security. Have fun with this and give us what you want to be.)
[b]Description of Realm:[/b] (Give us the run down of what your Realm is)
[b]Relationship with other Realms: [/b](Talk to at least 4 other players and pre-coordinate your history with each other, current relationship, etc) *For now ignore this, we can establish that here in the OOC thread. Once the main thread is up and going it will be applicable to new members.
[b]How you fit into the world:[/b] (Again they need to justify what their relationship to the world is.)
Group Application:
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[b]Group/Organization Name:[/b]
[b]Type:[/b] (IE: Order of Knights, Religious Group, Mercenaries, Traders, Etc)
[b]Purpose:[/b]
[b]Mission:[/b]
[b]Motivation:[/b]
[b]Race:[/b] (Approved Races So Far: Humans, Elves, Half-Elves, Orcs, Goblins, Dwarves, Gnomes/Hobbits, Trolls, More to be added)
[b]Home:[/b]
[b]Leader:[/b]
[b]Population: [/b] (Should be within the thousands at the most.)
[b]Language: [/b]
[b]Religion:[/b] (If aplicable)
[b]Examples of Previous RPs: [/b](Please provide 3 for us to review)
[b]Alignment of Group:[/b] (Vassal of the Empire, Member of the Elven Alliance, Neutral, Other)
[b]Description of Group:[/b] (Give us the run down of what your Realm is)
[b]Relationship with other Realms: [/b](Talk to at least 4 other players and pre-coordinate your history with each other, current relationship, etc)
[b]How you fit into the world:[/b] (Again they need to justify what their relationship to the world is.)