Dystopianist
In peace an able subject, in chaos a crafty hero
It is said that an empire long divided must unite... and that an Empire long united must divide.
There have been two-hundred years of prosperity under the Kan Dynasty. But they have ruled for two hundred and fifty, and these last fifty years have not been kind to the nation of Suikai. Natural disasters plague the land, while bandits and barbarians roam wild. The Mandate of Heaven desperately yearns for a new lineage to take the throne. Within the year, the mystics whisper, the heroes of the empire will have a chance to claim it.
Character Template:
Name: your given, family, and courtesy name if applicable. Taoist name can also go here if you have one for some reason.
Age: Your age. I’ll usually give deference to players with a higher age in certain actions but do be aware your character might die later on so you’ll have to play as your character’s child if that happens.
Gender: Your gender. LGBTQ+ is okay, I‘m going to use a singular they in place of any neopronouns, though.
Background: Are you a peasant, a lord, a general? Barbarians and bandits also work as long as you have sufficient motive to either fight the Purple Wave Bandits or try and gain power.
Appearance: What you look like. Please no weird hair or eye colors, try to stick to dark brown or black when possible. I guess you cantake something like auburn if you’re a fire demigod or something, but I might veto that entirely.
Personality: How you act. Please don’t layer on meaningless things like “doesn’t like mean people.”
There have been two-hundred years of prosperity under the Kan Dynasty. But they have ruled for two hundred and fifty, and these last fifty years have not been kind to the nation of Suikai. Natural disasters plague the land, while bandits and barbarians roam wild. The Mandate of Heaven desperately yearns for a new lineage to take the throne. Within the year, the mystics whisper, the heroes of the empire will have a chance to claim it.
This nation-building game is set in the world of Suikai. The current ruling emperor is Quanfong, and he is largely regarded as corrupt and weak-willed. At the beginning of the game, the Purple Wave Bandits will launch a rebellion across the empire. Your job at first will be to gather an army and defeat them - establishing a power base will come soon after, because the emperor is too weak and has to give warlords regional power to defeat the Bandits.
It’s recommended that you start with at least one player controlling a noble scion, military corporal, or a rich peasant so to make it easier to build an army. The players should start in the same commandery and work together. Rough map will come soon.
It’s recommended that you start with at least one player controlling a noble scion, military corporal, or a rich peasant so to make it easier to build an army. The players should start in the same commandery and work together. Rough map will come soon.
Small note that this is largely correct but may be slightly off since I’m ABC, not pure Chinese. This list isn’t comprehensive, either.
- All characters have a given name and a family name which goes before that. Each is usually one syllable long but two syllabled family names make up about a fourth of the population while two syllabled given names are very rare but not unheard of.
- Educated males take a courtesy name, which is what they’re referred to by their peers. Female characters may also take one, I’ll leave it up to you whether you want to.
- Titles are important. Only elders may refer to one by their given name, while peers use the courtesy name (or given name, in the case of women). People lower than you use your formal title, such as a family relation or job position followed by your family name, ie Lady Shu or Merchant Zheng. In-laws can be referred to by your spouse’s relations to them or by their formal title.
- It’s quite common for losing generals to take positions under their conquerors to maintain their honor. This is why so many excellent generals are consolidated together under larger states.
- Adoption is very common and usually the adoptee takes the adopter’s family name. Everybody with the same-charactered family names are considered related.
Character Template:
Name: your given, family, and courtesy name if applicable. Taoist name can also go here if you have one for some reason.
Age: Your age. I’ll usually give deference to players with a higher age in certain actions but do be aware your character might die later on so you’ll have to play as your character’s child if that happens.
Gender: Your gender. LGBTQ+ is okay, I‘m going to use a singular they in place of any neopronouns, though.
Background: Are you a peasant, a lord, a general? Barbarians and bandits also work as long as you have sufficient motive to either fight the Purple Wave Bandits or try and gain power.
Appearance: What you look like. Please no weird hair or eye colors, try to stick to dark brown or black when possible. I guess you cantake something like auburn if you’re a fire demigod or something, but I might veto that entirely.
Personality: How you act. Please don’t layer on meaningless things like “doesn’t like mean people.”
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also I'm not done with my CS yet finishing background still but when I'm done should I just hold it till there's a CS thread?
