Across the Seas
A Fantasy RP
“This is how they survive. They paint the world full of shadows, and then tell their children to stay close to the light. Their light. Their reasons. Their judgements. Because in the darkness, there be monsters... But it isn’t true. In the dark there is discovery, there is possibility. There is freedom in the dark. All it takes is someone to illuminate it…”
Sunrise Over Casavana: Capital of the New World - 4E-171
Minern:
For millennia, man, elf and vampire alike have all fought for control of this vast yet poor continent. Millions have killed for it, millions more have died for it. When the Dark Prince, Vlad Van Drak ruled over all but a few tiny hold outs, he was declared to have ‘conquered the world’...
It was a convenient lie.
There are those who have always known that the world is far bigger than a single continent. There are even those who have lived far beyond Minern’s borders. Van Drak himself is said to have originated in a mystical realm hidden behind the eastern Borags, while the Great Vasharan Empire traces its origins deep into the deserts of the south, and from the frozen wilds to the north, the tribes of the Ice Queen Pryscylla once emerged, threatening to throw the world into chaos. Many expeditions to map these vast uncharted territories have been launched, and just as many have failed.
The one frontier that has never been questioned however, lies to the west.
The great Western Ocean was named precisely because of its infinite permanence. From time to time it has been skirted, as the powers of the day ship goods and soldiers along the coast, but there have been none brave enough or foolish enough to try and search for land in that direction. Sailors told stories of legendary sea monsters that preyed upon those who sailed too far out into the blue and of ships that had fallen off the edge of the world itself.
To many, the idea of land, and life, existing to the west seemed impossible. But, in recent years this too has been proven to be another convenient lie...
The all-powerful Golgothan Empire, an industrial titan, has forged for itself a Commonwealth that reigns supreme from the shores of the Western Ocean to the foothills of the Borags. Once just a few frantic men and women huddled together in the last human hold out, their unlikely victory against the vampires allowed the Golgothans to rise to greatness, and successive emperors have made no secret of their desire to conquer the world itself.
The other powers of Minern have struggled to offset Golgotha’s irresistible rise. Some; like Hoch, Rivièreroux and the Kharadron attempted to use diplomacy to delay the inevitable. Others like the Eastern Kingdoms and Carvania attempted to fight back with force. All of them failed. Now following the dramatic conclusion of the War of the Two Empires, Golgotha’s hegemony is the order of the day. This new simple fact is now enshrined by the Congress of Vishoch and the adoption of the ‘mutual understanding’, an agreement that has secretly cemented lasting peace between the Golgothans and their age old enemies, the Conclave of Vampires.
Now, Golgotha and the Conclave stand poised to take advantage of this peace and grow once again, united in their ambitions for the first time in history. The remaining powers look for any means they can to restore balance, and the Kingdom of Estraliana have found their hope far beyond the edges of the map…
Nuevalyr:
For millennia, man, elf and vampire have lived with no knowledge of this faraway tropical paradise. Millions have been spent just on getting to it, but millions more have already been pulled from its shores…
Estraliana, once reliant on Golgothan aid to fight the Greenskins, has now become a rival power in its own right. With the help of others who would resist further Golgothan expansion, the heirs of Lyrius have built themselves the largest navy to have ever existed, and through cunning and guile managed to lay claim to this new world across the ocean. In recent years, they have even profited from this further, auctioning off islands and territories to the other powers of Minern; to Farragas, Harmonia and Vashara, and then also to Golgotha itself.
The sudden build up of this new region far to the west has become a multinational endeavour. It has defined the times. Thousands take to the seas to begin new lives in the colonies.
But such journeys are fraught with peril…
Piracy has always been a blight on Minern’s rivers and seas, a blight that even consumed the once-great city of Renej, but now it has become something altogether more threatening. An entire society grows in the shadows of the great powers, as more men and women choose to live under the black, obeying no laws and paying no taxes. The wealth of Nuevalyr has lured many of them to the region’s shores and now their brazen defiance of the principles of civilisation threatens to destabilise the new world order…
To add to that worry, another threat emerges. For the powers of Minern are not alone in this new world...
Across the seas newcomers also sets eyes upon Nuevalyr for the first time. A previously undiscovered empire hails from an unknown continent, standing united behind a mysterious faith led by two immortal Saints. The Blessed Domains of Creation have been awoken as a result of this wave of colonial adventuring and have sent forth three mighty Arks to spread their faith, whether through words or through war. Their ultimate intentions as mysterious as the spectres of their homeland…
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This is a fantasy RP for the nations of Latica, the factions in which have been agreed collaboratively. It is currently closed but may open more widely in the future so feel free to TG if interested in taking part. This thread will not be used for OOC posts.
As an aside this RP may contain some themes that could be considered adult in nature, including mild sexual references, violence and gore. Please go away if such themes might offend you.
The factions:
- The Second United Empire of Golgotha - Greater Latica
- The Blessed Domains of Creation - Sarrin
- The Pirates of Nuevalyr & The Conclave of Vampires - Cheye
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A colonial map of Nuevalyr in 4E-175: