Syan
Junior Member
The Wyrd of the Black Dogs
‘The king is dead. Long live the king!’
In the year of our Lord, 1325, his highness Edmon Reyard—Edmon the First—passed away at the hands of an unknown assassin. The court of the Duinar Empire, located in its capital Ironway, is now in shambles. Two princes, Edmon the Second and Half-Jon, fight for the right to rule; and all the while a third force, Frei the Malcontent, is amassing forces in the provincial south. Of the assassin, there is no hint and news, although some suspect the Chain had a hand in it. The Duinar Empire, once one of the mightiest empires of the continent of Eld, is slowly breaking apart. Civil war is on the horizon; decadence and hedonism is leeching money from the empire’s coffers; and corruption, violence and theft are on the rise. From outside the Empire, there are troubles brewing in the continent of Eld, in the Varian Republic and Dreadgloom. Everywhere people are turning their plowshares into swords. The time for peace is over.
Amidst the chaos in the capital arrives the Black Dogs: a professional mercenary company made up of misfits, outsiders and various other people from all over the continent and outside of it too. They have a long history of participating in small wars and skirmishes against the barbaric tribes of the Cantons. Now they are looking to make a buck from what is perhaps the biggest conflict to happen in the continent for decades. Will they succeed? Or are they digging their own graves? Only time will tell!
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The roleplay will largely focus on the Black Dogs—although the characters do not necessarily have to be part of that organization—and the Duinar Empire. The plot will be relatively free-form, with an overarching narrative, so there will be room to explore personal events, interactions and minor plot threads. Ideally, I am looking for a group of five to ten people, but there are no upper limits for this roleplay.
The roleplay will be semi-literate to literate. That means you do not have to write 1,000 posts all the time—only what is necessary for the story. But I do appreciate quality in writing.
The world is very much inspired by traditional fantasy, but with some twists here and there. Primary inspirations are the works of Tad Williams, the Black Company books by Glen Cook, the Thief videogame series and the First Law books by Joe Abercrombie.
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