Britwitch
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In the times when the stars were still young, the neighbouring countries of Valantia in the North and Astria in the South were peaceful. Astria was ruled by King Nathan and Queen Arevig while Valantia was ruled by Arevig’s sister, Queen Elanor, and her husband, King Marduk. Valantia was a land of harvest and nature, while Astria had learned to use the waterways to trade with distant lands and had grown wealthy.
Not long after Nathan and Arevig had been blessed with their second child, Princess Serenia, darkness entered the land.
To the east lay the swamplands. A dank and evil place, ruled over by the self proclaimed Lord Ilya. He had long since watched while Astria grew in prosperity and had grown jealous. His own lands were sparsely populated, as they couldn’t support much life. To be honest, they couldn’t support any life, all the supplies Ilya attained were through plundering the ships trading with Astria. Ilya wanted the power and the wealth of Astria for himself. Control of Astria would also give him control of the waterways and the ability to covet even more land. Ilya amassed his troops and invaded Astria.
Having never been under attack before, Astria was not prepared for such an assault. Their armies had been trained to protect the Royal Family but they were not equipped or trained for battle. As such, Astria’s first attempts at stopping Ilya failed and he marched on towards the castle and the Royal family.
In an attempt to save their lives, those in the castle and its walled city had fled towards the North, looking for sanctuary in Valantia. However, Ilya’ scouts discovered their escape and captured the family and those travelling with them. Seeing no need for excess prisoners, Ilya let the servants go and in doing so he allowed the young Princesses to escape with them.
Arevig and Nathan were taken before Ilya and stripped of their crowns before being killed as an example of Ilya’ power. As soon as the discovery was made of the children’s escape, a party of assassins was sent after the fleeing Princesses. The eldest Eloise, escaped. Serenia was never seen again, the servants she was travelling with were found butchered. Eloise, in the meantime, was taken to live with her Aunt, Queen Elanor, in Valantia where she was raised in the knowledge that her kingdom had been taken away from her but that one day, she would get it back.
Twenty years later, having ruled Astria through terror, Ilya’ son, Otieno, had discovered a problem when he took over his father’s throne following his death. Their troops, whilst maintaining ‘control’, had managed to destroy the crops that were grown on the lands and since his occupation of the throne, other countries had ceased to trade with him. The land could no longer offer food and this was a problem that needed addressing.
Otieno scoured the land for resources and his greedy eyes, so like his father’s, turned to Valantia. He knew that the land was fertile and would provide ample resources for his people and army but something stopped him. A prophecy. A legend. A story that had been told to children for generations prevented his immediate invasion of Valantia.
Hundreds and hundreds of years before the countries of Valantia and Astria had been named, before Ilya’ rule over the swamp lands, a group of wise ones had control over all who lived between the mountains to the very North and the Desert to the South. They were a council, selected by each area of the land to protect it. They had in their possession a magical crystal that could harness the powers of the sun, the moon and the very earth itself. The crystal was the goal for many greedy rulers of faraway lands and to prevent it falling into the wrong hands, the crystal was shattered and the pieces divided amongst the council. Over the years, the pieces went missing as the wise ones died or moved around. As time passed, new rulers came to the lands and the countries of Valantia and Astria were created.
The crystal was gone but its power was not forgotten. A myth sprung up among the people, everyone knew that should the crystal ever be reassembled then the magic would be reborn in those who reassembled it. Should it be in the hands of the wrong person or group then evil would stalk the land and goodness would be a thing of the past. But should a righteous person or group reassemble the crystal then evil would be renounced and joy and peace would be everlasting…
It was this belief that had caused the young Queen Eloise, acting on the advice of her Aunt and Uncle’s advisors to send a notice to all villages in Valantia, calling for the best swordsmen, archers, trackers, scholars to come to the great walled city of Valantia to take part in a quest to find the crystals…
Care to join me on a quest...?
The roles at the moment are:-
Queen Eloise – 25 years old (Lady_Mornington)
Nia – 22 years old (Britwitch)
Glyndwr – a Meander, one of the wanderers, he is the leader of his tribe and has been ‘volunteered’ to take part in the quest. Good with a sword and in hand to hand combat, he lost his twin brother in one of the many battles to bring freedom to Astria and feels a certain ‘debt’ is owed by Otieno to his family and to the tribe. Mid to late 20’s. (FenixZero)
Dedra – A former royal tutor and ex-associate of Otieno. There are those who doubt his honesty and real reasons for joining the quest but he does possess knowledge of the dark Lord which could prove very useful. Early to mid 30’s. (poohlive)
Otieno – The villain of our piece, power hungry and something of a loner. Brought up by his demonic father to believe he could have whatever he wanted and whoever he wanted. Early 20’s. (qerasija)
As well as a hench woman/female sidekick for Otieno. (MelancholyBaby)
Am also open to suggestions for other characters…the more the merrier…
The basic plot idea is that the quest begins with our small band, some people get on with each other, others do not…
Lord Otieno is trying to get to the crystals too and so there’ll be plenty of scope for action type sequences and drama…
I won’t be GMing things but I do have some things I’d like to try and work in but will let peoples know by PM when they arise
For example…at some point Nia and Eloise will be captured by Otieno…either at the same time or at different points depending on how things unfold given certain plot and character twists I kind of have in mind….*rubs hands together with an evil grin*…
So…PM me if you’re interested in any of the roles or have an idea for a character of your own creation and, once approved, post a bio here…
Not long after Nathan and Arevig had been blessed with their second child, Princess Serenia, darkness entered the land.
To the east lay the swamplands. A dank and evil place, ruled over by the self proclaimed Lord Ilya. He had long since watched while Astria grew in prosperity and had grown jealous. His own lands were sparsely populated, as they couldn’t support much life. To be honest, they couldn’t support any life, all the supplies Ilya attained were through plundering the ships trading with Astria. Ilya wanted the power and the wealth of Astria for himself. Control of Astria would also give him control of the waterways and the ability to covet even more land. Ilya amassed his troops and invaded Astria.
Having never been under attack before, Astria was not prepared for such an assault. Their armies had been trained to protect the Royal Family but they were not equipped or trained for battle. As such, Astria’s first attempts at stopping Ilya failed and he marched on towards the castle and the Royal family.
In an attempt to save their lives, those in the castle and its walled city had fled towards the North, looking for sanctuary in Valantia. However, Ilya’ scouts discovered their escape and captured the family and those travelling with them. Seeing no need for excess prisoners, Ilya let the servants go and in doing so he allowed the young Princesses to escape with them.
Arevig and Nathan were taken before Ilya and stripped of their crowns before being killed as an example of Ilya’ power. As soon as the discovery was made of the children’s escape, a party of assassins was sent after the fleeing Princesses. The eldest Eloise, escaped. Serenia was never seen again, the servants she was travelling with were found butchered. Eloise, in the meantime, was taken to live with her Aunt, Queen Elanor, in Valantia where she was raised in the knowledge that her kingdom had been taken away from her but that one day, she would get it back.
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Twenty years later, having ruled Astria through terror, Ilya’ son, Otieno, had discovered a problem when he took over his father’s throne following his death. Their troops, whilst maintaining ‘control’, had managed to destroy the crops that were grown on the lands and since his occupation of the throne, other countries had ceased to trade with him. The land could no longer offer food and this was a problem that needed addressing.
Otieno scoured the land for resources and his greedy eyes, so like his father’s, turned to Valantia. He knew that the land was fertile and would provide ample resources for his people and army but something stopped him. A prophecy. A legend. A story that had been told to children for generations prevented his immediate invasion of Valantia.
Hundreds and hundreds of years before the countries of Valantia and Astria had been named, before Ilya’ rule over the swamp lands, a group of wise ones had control over all who lived between the mountains to the very North and the Desert to the South. They were a council, selected by each area of the land to protect it. They had in their possession a magical crystal that could harness the powers of the sun, the moon and the very earth itself. The crystal was the goal for many greedy rulers of faraway lands and to prevent it falling into the wrong hands, the crystal was shattered and the pieces divided amongst the council. Over the years, the pieces went missing as the wise ones died or moved around. As time passed, new rulers came to the lands and the countries of Valantia and Astria were created.
The crystal was gone but its power was not forgotten. A myth sprung up among the people, everyone knew that should the crystal ever be reassembled then the magic would be reborn in those who reassembled it. Should it be in the hands of the wrong person or group then evil would stalk the land and goodness would be a thing of the past. But should a righteous person or group reassemble the crystal then evil would be renounced and joy and peace would be everlasting…
It was this belief that had caused the young Queen Eloise, acting on the advice of her Aunt and Uncle’s advisors to send a notice to all villages in Valantia, calling for the best swordsmen, archers, trackers, scholars to come to the great walled city of Valantia to take part in a quest to find the crystals…
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Care to join me on a quest...?
The roles at the moment are:-
Queen Eloise – 25 years old (Lady_Mornington)
Nia – 22 years old (Britwitch)
Glyndwr – a Meander, one of the wanderers, he is the leader of his tribe and has been ‘volunteered’ to take part in the quest. Good with a sword and in hand to hand combat, he lost his twin brother in one of the many battles to bring freedom to Astria and feels a certain ‘debt’ is owed by Otieno to his family and to the tribe. Mid to late 20’s. (FenixZero)
Dedra – A former royal tutor and ex-associate of Otieno. There are those who doubt his honesty and real reasons for joining the quest but he does possess knowledge of the dark Lord which could prove very useful. Early to mid 30’s. (poohlive)
Otieno – The villain of our piece, power hungry and something of a loner. Brought up by his demonic father to believe he could have whatever he wanted and whoever he wanted. Early 20’s. (qerasija)
As well as a hench woman/female sidekick for Otieno. (MelancholyBaby)
Am also open to suggestions for other characters…the more the merrier…
The basic plot idea is that the quest begins with our small band, some people get on with each other, others do not…
Lord Otieno is trying to get to the crystals too and so there’ll be plenty of scope for action type sequences and drama…
I won’t be GMing things but I do have some things I’d like to try and work in but will let peoples know by PM when they arise
For example…at some point Nia and Eloise will be captured by Otieno…either at the same time or at different points depending on how things unfold given certain plot and character twists I kind of have in mind….*rubs hands together with an evil grin*…
So…PM me if you’re interested in any of the roles or have an idea for a character of your own creation and, once approved, post a bio here…
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