The Black Tide
The Orcs are coming...
Between the northernmost reaches of the region of Gholgoth and the Arctic shelf lies the Northern Wastes, a hostile environment which serves as home to deadly creatures such as the Dire Bear and the Gothic Mammoth, as well as both human and proto-human groups who fled from the advance of Gothic civilisation. In the darkest corners of this unforgiving land, however, horrid creatures and daemons from your deepest nightmares lay low and wait patiently for the perfect chance to strike. One such creature is the Orc, known simply as the "Vulgar" to some, who while humanoid in appearance are actually nothing more than a corruption of man's flesh to the benefit of whatever dark force twisted them.
Throughout most of recorded history these violent creatures are disunited and fight amongst themselves, their highest activity coming at the advent of winter when they use the expanded ice shelves and cover of violent snow storms to raid and terrorise the human populations in order to expand their own. This has led the Gothic Regional Alliance to maintain a constant monitoring of the Orcish bands, and at the start of the winter months to institute a cull in order to control their population and limit their expansion. However, with the Alliance currently still trying to get back on its feet and meteorologists predicting a winter in the next few years of Fimbulwinter-like proportions, the risk of the Orcs expanding and uniting into a Horde under the leadership of a deadly Warchief grows ever greater.
Will the Goths be able to stop them?
So yeah, for those of you who weren't on the Discord when this conversation was had, we found out through digging through old Jolt posts that it was canon that Orcs are roaming around up North, and since I have an itch to do some more FaNT-type stuff, I was like "I like the sound of bashing in some Orc skulls", so this is a thread for Goths to register their interest and put forward their own thinking as to how we want to go about engaging in this story and mixing (Post)Modern Technology with Fantasy Technology and creatures, as well as key characters we want to feature etc.
Some things we need to decide include:
Update 14/08: After a discussion amongst region members, while we weren't originally planning for outside involvement, we're welcome to outsiders taking part as long as they're willing to take part through characters primarily. Drop a post down below and let us know what you're thinking, and we can work something out!
Update 19/08: New, updated OP in the works. I (Kylarnatia) will likely be busy with RL affairs until after the 8th September at the latest, so it's unlikely anything new will be up before then.
There's probably a lot more as well, so do raise it if I've forgotten. Also, just to reiterate (though it should already be known): Nobody in Gholgoth or elsewhere will have to recognise these Orcs as canon if it doesn't suit them. One of the reasons this is all set in an "uninhabited" part of the region is that it's fairly self-contained, and therefore you can completely ignore this canonically should you so wish. This is all primarily for fun, first and foremost, so lets just have some fun by hunting some Orc!
Throughout most of recorded history these violent creatures are disunited and fight amongst themselves, their highest activity coming at the advent of winter when they use the expanded ice shelves and cover of violent snow storms to raid and terrorise the human populations in order to expand their own. This has led the Gothic Regional Alliance to maintain a constant monitoring of the Orcish bands, and at the start of the winter months to institute a cull in order to control their population and limit their expansion. However, with the Alliance currently still trying to get back on its feet and meteorologists predicting a winter in the next few years of Fimbulwinter-like proportions, the risk of the Orcs expanding and uniting into a Horde under the leadership of a deadly Warchief grows ever greater.
Will the Goths be able to stop them?
So yeah, for those of you who weren't on the Discord when this conversation was had, we found out through digging through old Jolt posts that it was canon that Orcs are roaming around up North, and since I have an itch to do some more FaNT-type stuff, I was like "I like the sound of bashing in some Orc skulls", so this is a thread for Goths to register their interest and put forward their own thinking as to how we want to go about engaging in this story and mixing (Post)Modern Technology with Fantasy Technology and creatures, as well as key characters we want to feature etc.
Some things we need to decide include:
- What's an Orc? - Warhammer Ork Boyz? Tolkein's Uruk-hai? D&D's Orcs? A combination of all of them, perhaps. There's been no hard decision on this as of yet, and my personal preference is to pay homage to a lot of them, but we should probably come up with a common theme that we're all open to.
- "You have my SMG." "...and my AXE!" - Some of us want to stick to [P]MT technology, while some of us want to throw in with cold steel and magic, and some want to do both. So we need to figure out how to balance that so we can all have fun and engage in the story. Also, if we're going to use magic, do we want to set any limits on its use or not?
- When, and Where? Pretty straight forward one really, but important. I was personally thinking of the main arc of this idea taking place after the next Kraven War, but we could start planting the seeds in roleplays like Chains.
Update 14/08: After a discussion amongst region members, while we weren't originally planning for outside involvement, we're welcome to outsiders taking part as long as they're willing to take part through characters primarily. Drop a post down below and let us know what you're thinking, and we can work something out!
Update 19/08: New, updated OP in the works. I (Kylarnatia) will likely be busy with RL affairs until after the 8th September at the latest, so it's unlikely anything new will be up before then.
There's probably a lot more as well, so do raise it if I've forgotten. Also, just to reiterate (though it should already be known): Nobody in Gholgoth or elsewhere will have to recognise these Orcs as canon if it doesn't suit them. One of the reasons this is all set in an "uninhabited" part of the region is that it's fairly self-contained, and therefore you can completely ignore this canonically should you so wish. This is all primarily for fun, first and foremost, so lets just have some fun by hunting some Orc!
