Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24685738-20170813151003

For nearly four hundred years, dragons have roamed the open spaces both beneath Tamriel and above it, under the thrall of their masters, the Dragonlords, the greatest family to ever walk the face of the earth: The Morgans. It was with the power of their great beasts that the Morgans took the Ruby Throne, with blood and steel and fire. But that was one hundred and thirty six years ago, and the dragons are now extinct, brought down by the recent civil war, the War of the Blackfyre Usurper. Fear of the Dragons has long kept the Morgans on the throne, the only threat coming from other Morgans. Now, however, with the dragons gone, things stir in the dark…

The year is 136 of the Fifth Era, in the reign of Emperor Maerys I. The dragons have been gone for twenty years, and already the first aftershocks have been felt. Revolts, riots, bandits, anti-Empire hate, and beastliness are once again spreading, as they have in the declining years of so many other Empires. In an attempt to secure the purity of his line and make the lines of his children unable to be questioned, as his own was by the Blackfyres, the Emperor has decided to marry two of his children, Prince Aerion and Princess Dera, to each other, a move that has been both widely praised and widely criticized. It is on this auspicious day, the 7th of First Seed, the Day of First Planting, in the City of New Imperia, that our story opens, with the wedding of the century.

And remember…

...Beware the Dark.

Important Plot Points:
 * Emperor Maerys I, fourth son of Emperor Daenar the Good, is Emperor. It is the twenty-third year of his reign.
 * Emperor Maerys has six children: Prince Dane, Prince Aerion, Prince Aenis, Princess Dera, Prince Arik, and Princess Rhaela.
 * Twenty years ago, the last of the Blackfyre usurpers was executed, seemingly causing House Blackfyre to go extinct in the male line. With them went the dragons.
 * The Underland has been quarantined for eighty-four years.

Rules:

1. You can have as many characters as you want but try not to go overboard, only create as many as you can handle.

2. Take this seriously. No messing around!: If you find yourself bored, then write a flashback or a dream sequence and develop your character and if you can’t be bothered doing that, then go away and do something else for a bit. Do not annoy others, simply because you are bored.

3. You can not kill or maim (remove the limbs off of) other player characters, without the creator’s permission. You can if they agree to it, or if the contributor has left the RP some time ago.

4. You are not any of the TeS protagonists as their names, races and pasts are unknown. You can hint towards it if you like but it'll only be the case in your head.

5. You can not be a Divine or a Daedric prince or any over powered super race.

6. You cannot be overpowered: By this I mean… No avoiding damage or ignoring it: You take hits, just like you dish them out. You may block or dodge attacks but one in three musthit you. No ridiculously over powered super-spells: Anything that allows you to destroy powerful enemies in one hit or gives you a majorly unfair advantage over other players and NPCs will be considered over powered. You cannot destroy a building or a settlement in one post: Depending on the building’s size; you must destroy it over the course of several posts. The only exception is during Flashbacks, dream sequences or during written plot pieces (over the course of a paragraph or two). ‘Fridge Magic’ is also considered a form of overpoweredness. Fridge Magic is spontaneous luck, which allows the player to avoid damage or consequence for their actions, where the stars align to always make sure that one character stands tall and is completely invulnerable to whatever is thrown at them. It can be done accidentally, so it’s not treated as harshly, but please undo it if multiple people call you out on it or if the GM calls you out on it.

7. This RP takes place in the year 5E 136 (232 years after Skyrim, 433 years after Oblivion, 467 years after Arena) (136 years since The Aubeanic Reign, 129 years since New Imperia, 467 years since Reign of Chaos, 433 years since Unsung Heroes, 215 years since Legend of Nirn, and 205 years since World of Ruin )

8. Your character can be from any province in Tamriel.

9. You can be any of the nine races, as well as one of the races of the Underland. (No modded races, Half Breeds are okay and non vanilla races maybe accepted, so long as their presence makes sense.)

10. You can take control of any NPC (e.g.Toutius Sextius VI), as long as no one else is controlling them at the time. (Also don't go to over the top with powerful NPC's); if it is an NPC created by another player, ask them if you can control them first.

11. If you write a piece, you can add the occasional song or track in a link to the RP, use to state that you are adding a track.

12. You can have Flashbacks: Unless you have arrangements with another player, you cannot interact with another player’s characters in a flashback, you can with NPCs.

13. You can also write dream sequences: In a dream, most rules do not apply but only, because dreams have no bearing on the plot or actual world. Anything that happened in the dream stays in the dream; therefore dreams should only be kept to one or two post.

14. Do not forget to add a Character card…

15. If you are going to embark on a subplot that may significantly impact the Roleplay, please run it by me first.

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DATE: 18th of Sun's Dusk, Hel Anseilak

SYNOPSIS

The wedding of Prince Aerion the Bright to his sister, Princess Dera, did not go as well as expected. Although the actual ceremony went off without a hitch, the Prince took it into his own hands to execute the King's Justice, deciding that all people who had supported the Blackfyres twenty years ago-or the families of those who had-must be punished for their treason. His Personal Guard began to execute foreign dignitaries, setting off a panic that sent noblemen fleeing, peasants attacking each other, and the gates of New Imperia being closed. Prince Arik and Princess Rhaela, Aerion's younger siblings, escaped with an assorted group of noblemen and commoners into the forest around the city.

The royal party joined with a group of Bandits, the Crimson-Cloaks, and headed into Hackdirt to rest before they headed for the Gold Coast, despite the horrible rumors about the town. The handmaidens of the Princess were kidnapped, unraveling a conspiracy taking place throughout the village.

The conspiracy in the village proved to be the work of a cult, which showed itself through ritual scarring of the Daedric Letter 'D' on their bodies. During the Festival of Black Sun, an event taking place during an Eclipse, one of the Princess' handmaidens was stabbed with a ritual knife to release an Ancient Being, a powerful creature that devoured the handmaiden and used its power to turn the entire village upon itself, sending even children into a frenzy that bade them to tear apart everything within reach. The Royal Party escaped the carnage, but not unscathed. It has been one month since the Reaping of Hackdirt, and the Royal Party has finally reached the Gold Coast, near the fortress of Crowhaven.

The Royal Party investigated the tower, only to find a vicious Senche Tiger attacking them. Upon the slaying of the beast, they found five cubs, which they took for themselves. After a night of tensions, the Royal Party awoke to find themselves surrounded by the Thirty-First Legion Incendia. Due to the quick thinking of the most recent addition to their group, they were able to evade capture and hid in a cave by the seaside.

The Royal Party sent off some of its finest to find themselves shelter with the Theronian Family in Anvil, and they did so. After spending the night, the Princess chartered a ship, paid for with her own jewels, and now the alleged traitors set sail for Cespar.

Gunnar, the Captain of the chartered ship, got them near Cespar before he revealed his true colors, drugging them and informing them of his plans to sell them to Aerion. After holding Ollie as a hostage, Gunnar killed Edwin and blew up his own ship, only to be killed by the Stone Giant. The Royal Party escaped and made it to Cespar, only to find their reception a bit more chilly than expected.

The Royal Party were sent on a mission to the Temple of the Dragon to learn more about the Dark God. They quickly discovered a hidden sect of cultists to the god, whose name they learned was Rha'atar, and were able to mostly destroy it. Upon their return to the palace, they were told of their true task: to unite Tamriel against the oncoming invasion by the god, and thus they were given their various tasks.

The Royal Party set off on their various tasks. On Cespar, in the last six months, it has been extremely slow, without many findings regarding the Cultists. Their most recent findings involve a manor house, near the city. The journey to Wayrest took almost the entirety of the six months; The Princess and the Legion were forced to land at the entrance to the Iliac Bay, due to the dominance of Sentinel and the terrible storms that ravaged them, and then travel from there to Wayrest along the coast. The Princess stayed at a manor house, while the Blademaster and the Legion continued on to the Reach. It is there where they have left off, the Princess' Party on the ride for Wayrest and the Blademaster within sight of the mountains that separate the Reach from the outside world. While it only took the Taneth crew two weeks to arrive at Taneth, longer than usual due to the aforementioned storms, the King of Taneth has ignored them and refused their attempts at contact for six months. We find them at an inn, when a letter arrives for them, on the Day of Hel Anseilak.

In the Reach, the Blademaster and his apprentice experienced a horrific defeat at the hands of bird-men, leading to the destruction of their Legion and their subsequent capture. On Cespar, the Prince and his Party have traveled to the outskirts of the city to help a nobleman solve a murder. In Taneth, the group was unable to convince the king to support them unless they got the support of the god Diagna, who now has a task for them. Finally, in Wayrest, the Royal Party was able to convince the Queen to support their cause, but at what cost? 