THE AMERICAN SOUTH. 1877.
The Emperor has died.
In the years after the Civil War, the American South was governed not by the democratic Confederacy that had fought so hard for its independence, but by a feudalistic collection of aristocrats who did their best to stay in power of a socially and economically decimated South. The empires, kingdoms, and republics of that era were colorful — ripe with political backstabbing, murder, and sex scandals — but the history books don't tell the full story.
The Medieval South offers a new answer to an old question: what if the South had won the Civil War? While the Union thrives to the north of the Mason-Dixon Line (and in West Virginia), the Confederacy has collapsed, and the South has reverted into feudalism after the death of self-declared Emperor Cornelius Vanderbilt. You will control characters in these Southern Dark Ages from the old rulers of a plantation empire in Georgia to the new railroad aristocrats of North Carolina; from the unescaped slaves of the south Virginia countryside to the poor city dwellers of north Florida. The Union's return looms over Dixie: will you be the one to make the South rise again?
THE AMERICAN SOUTH
MAP OF ITS ENVIRONSCHARACTERS,THE CAROLINAS
♟ Robert Astor III. Underboss of the Ferryman's Network. (Exucular)
♞ Charles Lucas Maximillian Hurst. Lord-Commander, Order of the White Knights of Christ. (GCCS)
♞ Benedict Church. Commander of the Appalachian Partisan Rifles. (No)
♜ Bernard Kelsey. Duke of Charleston. (United Empire of Exucular)
♚ George Washington Vanderbilt III. Emperor of the South. (Vienna Eliot)♚ Cornelius Vanderbilt. Emperor of the South. (Vienna Eliot)
ARKANSAS
♛ James Churchill Conway-Johnson. Archduke of Arkansas. (Xathuecia)
FLORIDA
♛ Stephen Mallory II. Archduke of Florida. (Baton Rouge Free State)
GEORGIA
♜ James Longstreet. Duke of Georgia. (Dentali)
LOUISIANA
♟ Eugène Thierry Broussard. Mayor of Beaumont. (Sarderia)
♜ Amelie-Marie Philippe D 'Orléans. Viscount of Belle-Chasse. (Mediama)
♜ Vincent Duchamp. Lord of Baton Rouge. (Lux Pulchrae)
♛ Ernestine-Louise Charlotte de France. Queen of Louisiana. (Khasinkonia)
MISSISSIPPI
♜ Jefferson Davis Jr. Grand Persuivant of Arms of the Mississippi. (Archism)
TENNESSEE
♟ Jimmy Chambers. Private investigator. (Joohan)
♜ Jeb Stuart. Inspector General of the Grand Army of the Grand Duchy of Memphis. (Vaktovian Empire)
♜ Nathan Bedford Forrest. Archduke of Memphis & Her Provinces. (Vaktovian Empire)
TEXAS
♟ Caldwell Hart Colt. Chairman of Colt Manufacturing Company. (Union Princes)
♟ Benny Thomas de Tejada. Bounty Hunter. (Lux Pulchrae)
♟ Fannie Grace Jones. Freedwoman. (Alaroma)
♞ Nate Brandon Jones. Chief of the Texas Rangers in Texas. (Alaroma)
♞ Ted Gardner. Lord Commander of the Texas Rangers. (Norv)
♜ Elias Harvey West. Viscount of Galveston. (Sarderia)
♜ Iris Madeline Boykin. Princess of Texas. (Alaroma)
♜ Israel Anthony Boykin. Prince of Texas. (Alaroma)
♛ Benjamin Ethan Boykin. King of Texas. (Alaroma)
VIRGINIA
♞ Bill Mercer. Bodyguard of Stonewall Jackson. (Capile)
♜ James Hardy Dillard. Viscount of Norfolk. (Baton Rouge Free State)
♜ Arthur Henry Rotschild Lee. Viscount of Petersburg. (Sarderia)
♝ Stonewall Jackson. Chancellor of the Emperor’s Council. (Sanabel)
ELSEWHERE
♟ Harold Johnson. Slave. (Endem)
♟ Joel Carter Brewster. Outlaw. (Rodez)
♞ Christian Franklin. Grand Commander of the Tranquil Path. (SangMar)
♞ Leonardo Márquez. Marquis of Rio Grande. (Inis Eagla)
♛ Dr. Samuel Youngdeer. Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. (St. George Territory)
♛ Newton Knight. Union Governor of Maryland. (Dahyan)
Rules
- - Same rules as always apply: forum rules still exist and I am the OP.
- You can have multiple characters if they're working on multiple storylines. Don't be afraid to let your characters die and start again.
- The whole roleplay takes place in the South. If someone's story involves them escaping to the North, that's fine, but their story ends there.
- Some terrible things existed in history, violent racism and sexism among them. Keep in mind the social strata of the setting, but be willing to play both sides of the coin: mavericks and revolutionaries as well as traditionalists and bigots.
- Political leanings are encouraged. Religion plays a role in this.
- Be realistic.
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