Snork Maiden
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This is the long awaited SRP by moi, is an initially an invitation thread only for Ariosto and Snork Maiden who will be playing the leading roles, there will however be parts for other notable members of the ‘Borgias’ Family, a couple of Popes, Several High ranking Cardinals of Rome, and other characters hopefully as the plot progresses. If you have a particular character you would like to play please PM Ariosto or myself. If you want to join in, please post in this thread and one of us will get in touch with you.
This is the OOC – Thread so any comments suggestions, which are always welcome whether good or bad (especially bad, you can’t improve if you don’t receive criticism)
The Borgias, everyone has probably heard of them notably Lucrezia (or Lucretia) Borgias often over venerated as being a nasty piece of work. Lucrezia was in fact a very loving Mother. That doesn’t diminish the parts she plays in the violent history of the family, not actually committing murders but instigating and planning was her forte. This Italian family with Spanish ascendancy was based in the Vatican. They reigned on Avarice, Power, Lust and Murder. The Borgias could be regarded as the Mafia of the Renaissance.
The Borgias weren’t all bad however – that is to say their activities weren’t all bad. They were all very talented in their craft; they encouraged the arts and did much for the rebuilding of Rome and the Renaissance generally.
Machiavelli modelled his ‘Ideal Statesman’ on Cesare Borgia and Leonardo Da Vinci designed many war machines for Cesare.
Here is a run down of the Cast
The Villains
Rodrigo Borgia (Spanish)
Cesare, Rodrigo's favourite son (Italian)
Juan Borgia (Italian), brother of Cesare and murdered by him.
Juan was very vicious and short-tempered and he used his father's power in clever but evil dealings.
Lucreza was the sister of Cesare.
Her first marriage, at the age of 13, was to Giovanni Sforza, but it was annulled. She was then married to Alfonso of Aragon. (Cesare dispatched poor Alfonso quite efficiently).
Her third and last marriage was to the Duke of Ferra.
In the Borgia family there were two popes.
The first was Pope Callistus III and the second was Pope Alexander VI.
Some enemies of the family were the Medicis, Sforzas, Savonarolas and rulers outside the Italian Peninsula. These families may provide character roles, both female and male.
The Borgias where romanticized by Alexandre Dumas, the French author, who’s other famous works include ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ and ‘The Man in The Iron Mask’
It is hoped that the thread will work within the framework of factuality and Dumas’ work but there is scope for improvisation naturally. There are going to be casualties along the way.
I wanted to do a thread with a dark underbelly; I personally have a passion for Dark Literature as opposed to the ‘Rose Tinted Glasses’ view of life. I find it more realistic to believe people are motivated more by ambition and lust for power and wealth than a Utopian yearning for a life of pleasure and undying love.
This is an SRP from the ‘Dark Side’, kind of a ‘Snuff’ Thread, so it’s close to the line.
Snork
This is the OOC – Thread so any comments suggestions, which are always welcome whether good or bad (especially bad, you can’t improve if you don’t receive criticism)
The Borgias, everyone has probably heard of them notably Lucrezia (or Lucretia) Borgias often over venerated as being a nasty piece of work. Lucrezia was in fact a very loving Mother. That doesn’t diminish the parts she plays in the violent history of the family, not actually committing murders but instigating and planning was her forte. This Italian family with Spanish ascendancy was based in the Vatican. They reigned on Avarice, Power, Lust and Murder. The Borgias could be regarded as the Mafia of the Renaissance.
The Borgias weren’t all bad however – that is to say their activities weren’t all bad. They were all very talented in their craft; they encouraged the arts and did much for the rebuilding of Rome and the Renaissance generally.
Machiavelli modelled his ‘Ideal Statesman’ on Cesare Borgia and Leonardo Da Vinci designed many war machines for Cesare.
Here is a run down of the Cast
The Villains
Rodrigo Borgia (Spanish)
Cesare, Rodrigo's favourite son (Italian)
Juan Borgia (Italian), brother of Cesare and murdered by him.
Juan was very vicious and short-tempered and he used his father's power in clever but evil dealings.
Lucreza was the sister of Cesare.
Her first marriage, at the age of 13, was to Giovanni Sforza, but it was annulled. She was then married to Alfonso of Aragon. (Cesare dispatched poor Alfonso quite efficiently).
Her third and last marriage was to the Duke of Ferra.
In the Borgia family there were two popes.
The first was Pope Callistus III and the second was Pope Alexander VI.
Some enemies of the family were the Medicis, Sforzas, Savonarolas and rulers outside the Italian Peninsula. These families may provide character roles, both female and male.
The Borgias where romanticized by Alexandre Dumas, the French author, who’s other famous works include ‘The Three Musketeers’, ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ and ‘The Man in The Iron Mask’
It is hoped that the thread will work within the framework of factuality and Dumas’ work but there is scope for improvisation naturally. There are going to be casualties along the way.
I wanted to do a thread with a dark underbelly; I personally have a passion for Dark Literature as opposed to the ‘Rose Tinted Glasses’ view of life. I find it more realistic to believe people are motivated more by ambition and lust for power and wealth than a Utopian yearning for a life of pleasure and undying love.
This is an SRP from the ‘Dark Side’, kind of a ‘Snuff’ Thread, so it’s close to the line.
Snork
- but there's the rub - everything should be in balance. Lucrezia on the other hand was more a pawn in her father's masterplan, but she too manipulated and plotted her own destiny becoming a well love matriarcal figure in her later years. (she was 35 - 37 when she died, but was a fervent patron of the arts)
