A thread involving news regarding the new realm. Currently we just had the regions of Aegir and Nimh join us, bringing two more nobles into our fold.
In other news, we may be involved in a conflict here soon. We shall see.
What happened to Morek was a fitting end for empire, they proved that they could survive everything yet ultimately broke apart. Im really looking forward to the next few months, I was actually falling out of love with Dwilight until this happened and opened up so many new possibilities and stories. Glaumring is 82 years old and for a long time Ive been playing him as a slowly withering old man way past his prime, all of a sudden its like hes gotten a second wind and a second chance to go out and make more stories. Really looking forward to Dwilights future. Maybe i'll actually die in battle or something!
I want to know how the name was chosen and what it means and if it has any relation to Pillars of Eternity's Dyrwood.
Quote from: Glaumring the Fox on June 16, 2015, 03:48:05 AM
What happened to Morek was a fitting end for empire, they proved that they could survive everything yet ultimately broke apart.
We're not dead yet!
And you're welcome. ;D
LOL so now I got dragged into Helyg as well. Oh well, I look forward to working with you guys.
Quote from: Indirik on June 16, 2015, 05:40:53 AM
We're not dead yet!
And you're welcome. ;D
Are you in Morek?
Yes. One of my characters is in Morek, and played some small role in the implosion.
This would be me currently, minus the nazi bits (hellsing abridged, meant as a parody, don't get offended plox):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeEZuiUtFA&spfreload=10 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeEZuiUtFA&spfreload=10)
... what the hell did I just watch?
Quote from: Ossan on June 24, 2015, 06:29:58 AM
... what the hell did I just watch?
Hellsing Abridged. It's a redubbed and edited version of the actual show meant for laughs.
Currently just taking Bohai, though I hear some migrants are coming to Morek. Should make things interesting.
Does Morek even have a capital yet? My advie was forced to go rogue after getting out of jail.
Also please no Lurians, I went north because I was bored of their bad RPs, lazy "lets just join the biggest realm" worth ethic and general stench.
Morek moved their capital to Muspelheim recently.
Now we're ready to rock!
Quote from: Ossan on July 14, 2015, 02:03:39 AM
Also please no Lurians, I went north because I was bored of their bad RPs, lazy "lets just join the biggest realm" worth ethic and general stench.
So much for playing the game as if with good friends, I see.
As far as bad roleplays and general stench, it wasn't a lurian player who sent an inappropriate OOC link of a humorous dick gif to other players via an IC stepdown notice, on an SMA continent.
This is not a Lurian thread. Please make one of your own if you want to talk on that topic, positive or negatively.
Quote from: Vita on July 14, 2015, 03:50:46 AM
So much for playing the game as if with good friends, I see.
Sorry I really should have made that post clearer about not being serious and I thought it was clear it was about Lurians in-game/IC and not at all to do with the players. You really don't need to take everything bad said about Luria or your characters so personally. I have nothing against you personally and have no desire to attack the player even if I don't like their characters or realm.
I'm also not a very good RPer either, I know :p
QuoteAs far as bad roleplays and general stench, it wasn't a lurian player who sent an inappropriate OOC link of a humorous dick gif to other players via an IC stepdown notice, on an SMA continent.
Yeah that a real screw up on my part. Sorry I shouldn't have done that.
You have to admit though it was kind of funny. It definitely is not something I wish to do again though.
Quote from: Ossan on July 14, 2015, 04:59:53 PM
You have to admit though it was kind of funny. It definitely is not something I wish to do again though.
Sorry, no. That kind of thing on an SMA continent isn't funny. It's juvenile and pathetic, at best, and at worst it's malicious.
We have SMA standards for a reason. If there had actually been a Titan report on something like that, there's a very strong possibility the perpetrator would have found himself on an involuntary trip to another continent, where that kind of behaviour is only terrible and strongly frowned upon, not outright banned.
Yeah and I agree about it not being appropriate, which is why I didn't intend to actually send that in the first place. As I already said I screwed up and I regret it. I quite like Dwilight's SMA, one of the best things about the place.
I had it in there as a joke to blow off steam while I was writing it, whatever it was... I honestly do not remember the content of that message in the slightest. What I do remember is getting a few OOC messages from other rulers who thought it was hilarious and a fun medal. It is never something I will do again, but clearly some people found it hilarious (everyone's sense of humour is different, I don't approve of all of them either but what can you do?). Regardless, it was a dumb message sent a long time ago. I regret that mistake and moved on with life.
And let's move on past that incident and get back to the topic at hand: Helyg Derwyddons groundless attack on Morek!
Quote from: Ossan on July 14, 2015, 04:59:53 PM
Sorry I really should have made that post clearer about not being serious and I thought it was clear it was about Lurians in-game/IC and not at all to do with the players. You really don't need to take everything bad said about Luria or your characters so personally. I have nothing against you personally and have no desire to attack the player even if I don't like their characters or realm.
I don't have anything against you personally and am glad you have no desire to attack the players. But it really did
not read like discussion of how horrible our medieval-period nobility are when you're specifically mentioning OOC things like bad roleplay. Our characters don't go around talking to each other about how such and such character is such a bad roleplayer. At least, I haven't found an active LARPing guild on Dwilight for Seoras to join, yet. :P So I'm not sure how your statement could be interpreted other than at the player.
I'm perfectly aware of how arrogant, stubborn lurians can be, and its hardly their only 'negative' qualities, so don't mind such neutral-observer, or even admitting-to-character-bias-perspectives, discussion of IC events. I only bothered to login and reply because it seemed so much like it was not aimed at characters, but if it wasn't, then its all good. :)
And it would probably totally make Gundam a happy man if a mod split this tangent off to its own thread.
Quote from: Indirik on July 15, 2015, 04:32:26 AM
And let's move on past that incident and get back to the topic at hand: Helyg Derwyddons groundless attack on Morek!
Arnor's attack is even more groundless!
Quote from: Vita on July 15, 2015, 04:50:53 AM
Arnor's attack is even more groundless!
Actually it covered quite a bit of ground, we put our own flag up on top of the Morekian one.
Interesting rumors are heard in our realm, though I'm not at liberty to disclose what.
Also, our ruler might step down.
Rumors are awesome! (Especially when you start them yourself.)
I heard that Indirik has moles that form the shape of the Bloodstars on his buttocks.
No, that's Urtagoth.
I can into importance! By that I mean I'm getting many private messages IG. >.>
Things are about to get very, very interesting. Let there be war!
Letter from Zhukov Kuriga
Message sent to the Rulers of Dwilight (10 recipients)
The region of Caiyun belongs to all Astroists, but so long as it remains under the control of Astrum, this will never be so. Therefore we have decided to take the region by force, and save it from the theocratic rule that dominates the old SA church with politics.
Zhukov Kuriga
Druid of War of Helyg Derwyddon
Earl of Huanghai
[Scribe:275659|a0584969275396f7] Battle in Caiyun 1 turns
You'll have to copy paste this into the message box on dwilight and press preview, but we began the assault.
Such a brave assault from HD, attacking a region cut off from the rest of its realm by the Lurians :p
Quote from: Ossan on August 16, 2015, 02:05:28 AM
Such a brave assault from HD, attacking a region cut off from the rest of its realm by the Lurians :p
I'm a firm believer in Realpolitik. That's the same reason we took the regions of Zhongyuan and Bohai from Morek Empire while giving our northern regions to Antiqualia. So taking a region that provides to a uniting symbol to all Astroists while Astrum is too busy to defend it is also within my aims.
Lurian pawns.
Quote from: Indirik on August 16, 2015, 05:15:00 AM
Lurian pawns.
It serves my character's purposes for now. Well, that and he's part of Ecclesial Astroism.
If wars were only fought for bravery... There would be so many foolish wars.
That would be different from normal because...?
Its not different beyond ones definition of bravery. We aren't running our realm on some checklist of approved strategic actions. We do things to benefit our survival in so many different ways, bravery being one of them somewhere on that list. Sometimes things are done out of fear bravely.
Quote from: Indirik on August 17, 2015, 01:10:54 AM
That would be different from normal because...?
Because I don't plan on forming any alliances. At most we will agree to recognize sovereignty over specific core regions, if I have my way.
Quote from: GundamMerc on August 16, 2015, 03:24:23 AM
I'm a firm believer in Realpolitik. That's the same reason we took the regions of Zhongyuan and Bohai from Morek Empire while giving our northern regions to Antiqualia. So taking a region that provides to a uniting symbol to all Astroists while Astrum is too busy to defend it is also within my aims.
Oh I totally agree it's completely fitting and IC. I honestly wish more wars were fought over border regions and less of these conquer and divide the enemey total wars. Especially when one side is willing to drag it out for multiple years because they can and are bored.
Quote from: Glaumring the Fox on August 17, 2015, 01:03:23 AM
If wars were only fought for bravery... There would be so many foolish wars.
... most wars in BM are fought because people get bored :p
Thats why our realm will be active in starting small scale wars that do not involve large alliances. We will fight within immediate area and if we have any alliances they will be short term goal oriented alliances under a sort of contract and once achieved terminated. We aren't trying to rule Dwilight like the old kingdoms, we are going to try something different.
Quote from: Glaumring the Fox on August 18, 2015, 03:54:48 AM
Thats why our realm will be active in starting small scale wars that do not involve large alliances. We will fight within immediate area and if we have any alliances they will be short term goal oriented alliances under a sort of contract and once achieved terminated. We aren't trying to rule Dwilight like the old kingdoms, we are going to try something different.
Welcome to the club ;)
There was a club?
Yeah, right. :D
And finally, war with Astrum!
The age of stars is coming to an end it seems.
Quote from: Lapallanch on August 26, 2015, 04:57:49 PM
The age of stars is coming to an end it seems.
If you mean the old SA church, then probably. If you mean Astroists everywhere, I doubt it.
Does the original church exist as anything more than a name?
Quote from: Indirik on August 26, 2015, 09:59:17 PM
Does the original church exist as anything more than a name?
Astrum probably thinks it is still relevant IC, and Arnor probably supports it more than the other secessionist realms. Other than that, no.
I joined the church for a few weeks hoping there would be some sort of 'action' but it was pretty quiet. I eventually decided to go do something else.
Most religions have ceased to be anything other than a name used to add color to a demand. Nothing really happens in them, and they dln't do anything. But they will be named in various letters and rationalizations.
Yeah its too bad, well I think everyone should join either SA or ESA and we just do holy war.
Almost done taking over Caiyun. We'll see what we want to do next.
It's going to be sad yet funny if Luria gets attacked by HD for being the most predominantly ESA and SA realm around.
Those overly pious impious bastards! They don't even have many priests! Get them!
Quote from: Samboji on October 01, 2015, 05:23:11 PM
It's going to be sad yet funny if Luria gets attacked by HD for being the most predominantly ESA and SA realm around.
Those overly pious impious bastards! They don't even have many priests! Get them!
That's not a likely scenario. HD is pretty much centered around the idea of constant warfare against nearby realms, rather than the false-war that Morek had. Plus we're currently working with Luria.
I know. But it's pretty cool that Luria both broke with SA, yet probably has more SA temples than any other realm. And they still function.
Quote from: Samboji on October 02, 2015, 05:00:21 AM
I know. But it's pretty cool that Luria both broke with SA, yet probably has more SA temples than any other realm. And they still function.
We actually don't have anything against SA as a realm. Taking Caiyun was purely a self-centered motive by my character (the General of HD). Astrum is the one that decided to continue the war long after we would have left them alone, and possibly even joined the fight against Luria.
If you don't want to continue the war, you could just give the region back.
At this point it is too late, but I don't think anyone outside of Astrum really gives any credence to the religious connotations of this war. Certainly in HD no one sees it as religious.
Quote from: Graeth on October 02, 2015, 06:33:23 PM
At this point it is too late, but I don't think anyone outside of Astrum really gives any credence to the religious connotations of this war. Certainly in HD no one sees it as religious.
Oh, my character's motivations are entirely religious in order to make Caiyun open to ESA, but for the realm it was purely a political decision to make HD more attractive to ESA.
My point is that you can't blame Astrum for being unreasonable about continuing the war until they get their region back, while you are unwilling to give it back to end the war. I mean, you're willing to continue the war to keep it, why wouldn't they be willing to keep the war going to get it back?
Quote from: Indirik on October 02, 2015, 09:10:27 PM
My point is that you can't blame Astrum for being unreasonable about continuing the war until they get their region back, while you are unwilling to give it back to end the war. I mean, you're willing to continue the war to keep it, why wouldn't they be willing to keep the war going to get it back?
I never said they were unreasonable, I just said that they're choosing a more difficult path. :3
The war is over, Astrum has decided to cede Unterstrom to the new realm. Helyg Derwyddon and Astrum have signed a ceasefire. What will the future hold for Helyg Derwyddon?
Astrum is being smart. With West Dwilight opening up, they can expand west instead.
LAAAAAME.
Helyg Derwyddon has plenty of open lord positions, and I plan to go to war again real soon. So if anyone is looking for a place where they can get into a leadership position quickly, we would welcome you.
I get protested for not declaring war on the very turn I planned on declaring war. :P
I predict Helyg Derwyddon not lasting too long.
Well as long as they are willing to agree to reasonable terms if they end up losing, instead of refusing to admit defeat, going AFK and then leaving only people who don't have the time or interest to deal with running a realm or willing to surrender, they should be okay.
AQ doesn't seem to want to live anymore :(
Hey no worries, I'm quite reasonable.
;)