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Dwilight / Re: Asylon Realm Thread

« on: October 14, 2011, 02:56:41 AM »

There are quite a few powerful people who want to keep feeding the Zuma, and religion is playing a part of that as well. Also, the Zuma are so very nice, who would want them to starve?

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Atamara / Re: Caergoth - Traitor or King

« on: October 01, 2011, 06:39:26 PM »

A minstrel picks up his lute, and begins playing:

"Lend me your ear and I shall sing
the tale of the great Traitor King.
Who made a splash
but left in a flash,
and is a bit embarrassing.


"Once in the land of Caerwyn,
there was born a great nobleman.
Merodak von Igelfeld his name,
and with it he sought great fame.
Taught in the ways of rhetoric,
He found the skill could do the trick
and gain him power great wide
over men and mouse, even maiden hide.

"Yet still young he traveled far,
for his father sought lands far from there.
In Atamara the found a home
after much a want and a much more roam.
Amidst the stretched Empiric arms
they settled under Corian charms
where long his father served as scales chief,
and later they chanted “thief, thief, thief!”
Mad Man of Coria; his fathers renown
as he stole all funds from that daft crown.
“I shall rule” was his call,
and for it he did fall.
Slain was he for his crimes,
and for Merodak it was the worst of times.

"But justice came to his waiting arms,
as Coria hosted Darka's crueler charms.
Burn and rape those Darkans did,
and with them Merodak rid.
He shouted and stormed that city on the lake
and for their crimes he made them bake.
Jubulent was young Merodak
as their courtly flag he did defrock.
Burning with intense hate
he struck the duke for fathers sake.
But when the sedge had run its course.
They tore him from there by great force.
He swore one day he would return
again to see those towers burn.
But then some rest did he take,
as other Igelfelds more interest make.

"When he returned slightly older,
his temper grew a bit colder.
Making his home in Caergoth
a land of Viking creed and wrath,
He found it ruled by fearful men
who loved hiding in their secret den.
He pledged that day to live by virtue,
to courage and strength he was true.
He gathered men for revolution
to restore Ceargoth's true vision. 
But then those leaders heard the plot
and placed Merodak in a confounding spot.
For they chose to turn his world round
by having their queen quickly step down.

"He sent out his call and stood for election,
but his plot was reveled and he stood for ejection.
“traitor!” was chanted by those in power,
But “King!” came the call from every tower.
They people had chosen their first traitor king,
and of Caergoth's new age did the heralds sing.


"The election was won
but his work just begun.
As piles of papers threatened his life,
with requests and diplomacy and dangers rife. 
“do this! Do that!” demanded his people
while traitors hid behind the steeple.
“Enough!”, he said as he headed to bed
“I simply must demand a free weekend!”
So he slept and he slept as the papers did pile,
and for two days he averted and smiled.
But in the end that would be his doom
as the piles of letters blossom and bloom.
The pile did grow until no more could it fit,
so it fell to the floor and a candle it hit. 
The king woke with a start with his eyes all aglaze,
for the tower of letters was now all ablaze.
And that my friends is the end of the story,
for the traitor king died in a great blaze of glory.

"And if you seek a moral to come.
Perhaps you may think on this one.
Although the young may have passion and fight,
with experience and wisdom they might be light.
this poor King did try his best,
but as many who know little, he failed with the rest.
So now I shall warn all of you,
to not bite more than you can chew."

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Atamara / Re: Caergoth - Traitor or King

« on: September 18, 2011, 04:12:49 AM »

  Honestly, that was one of the most fun RP's I have had in a long time, tensions were tight and all manner of bribes and threats were passed around. Anyway, I hope to live up to making Caergoth a truly interesting place. I have all ready changed the political system considerably and soon we shall see if Caergoth is actually ready for it.

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Atamara / Caergoth - Traitor or King

« on: September 14, 2011, 07:56:05 PM »

For those of you not in Caergoth you are missing a fascinating tipping point in its cultural development. Currently a nobleman, Merrodak von Igelfeld is on trial for treason and simultaneously running for King.

Warriors of Caergoth,

I stand before you now as either your traitor or your King, and I ask nothing more than for you to decide which I am. You know my stance politically, you know my words, and you know my goals. Am I traitorous or am I the future for this realm? Do I seek its destruction or its restoration?

High Justice you ask how I plead, I must ask what loyalty have I betrayed? When I arrived in Lanston, I pledged my loyalty to this realm, to Caergoth, to its virtues, and to my second cousin Viscountess Moria Von Igelfeld who lost her position fighting against the rebels who stormed the capital while our armies were off at war. If you claim that I have forsaken the oath I made that day, I most certainly plead not guilty. All that I have done, every action I have taken, every letter I have written, everything is towards the goal of living up to my words, to my oath. My soul aim is to be loyal to Caergoth, the Caergoth of virtue. The Caergoth of strength.

Therefore High Justice, I shall hold my head high closing this letter as our predecessors and patriots have before me,

For Caergoth!

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Dwilight / Re: Join new realm - Terran, Asylon, Barca or D'Hara?

« on: August 23, 2011, 06:47:48 PM »

All you need is a convincing False Prophet, and split the Church right down the middle in each and every realm.

Can't think of anything that would be more entertaining than that, if enough players really got into it. Pity Church schisms never got worked out.

Or there could be a serge of Daimon worship , Cordatus Bestiarium is looking to expand after all.

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Dwilight / Re: Join new realm - Terran, Asylon, Barca or D'Hara?

« on: August 20, 2011, 07:32:12 PM »

 

opportunity!      War!         Tension!

   

    Expansion!       Religion!

Asylon Wants you!!

Join Asylon today and enjoy the realm of tomorrow.

Right now is a terrific time to join Asylon. It is quite likely that we will soon be getting an influx of nobles and war is just around the corner. Asylon has a great core group of players who are very active and keep the realms dialogue going. Honestly, we have some of the best role players I have come across and conflict between powerful people keeps the realm quite interesting. Not to mention Asylon is currently the only realm where Cordatus Bestiarium can be found.

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Helpline / Re: Priests - Private Sermons

« on: August 16, 2011, 07:26:29 PM »

I am the founder, so there must be some skill level needed.

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Helpline / Priests - Private Sermons

« on: August 14, 2011, 12:55:44 AM »

I recently became a priest and was looking to give a private sermon, but the option to request it did not appear for the player requesting the sermon. I told him it was in actions but apparently it didn't show up.

So I am just wondering, does a priest need a certain level of Oratory skill before they can give private sermons? is there some other limitation to consider?

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Dwilight / Re: Oh, Itaulond...

« on: August 11, 2011, 05:11:17 PM »

I hope you don't mean the Zuma. I have noticed Glaumring seems to be grumbling more and more about the Zuma ambassador of late. I don't think Akella would like that very much. Asylon would need about 50 Itaulond seceding to them if they wanted to start that kinda war.

Glaumring is always planning something, but you can be relatively sure it is not that. Asylon is unlikely to ever go to war with the Zuma Coalition.

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Feature Requests / Simplification of Travel

« on: August 08, 2011, 01:07:08 AM »

I don't know about you all, but I think one of the reasons we are having trouble with retention is that the game is sometimes overly complex and thereby time consuming. So i think we should start requesting features that make the game easier, not more complicated.

My suggestion is actually quite simple. instead of only allowing two regions to be set for travel, allow for as many as the player would like. If we made it so that a player could travel long distances without continually having to pull up the map to see where to go next it would make the game just a little simpler.

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Dwilight / Re: The Zuma

« on: June 08, 2011, 03:12:24 AM »

If you want to learn about the Zuma join Cordatus Bestiarium, it is essentially a religion based on learning from and about the Zuma. (Don't worry though, we will keep their greatest secrets within the religion).

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Dwilight / Cordatus Bestiarium

« on: June 08, 2011, 03:09:37 AM »

I know there is discussion going on in Dwilight university about the new religion in Asylon, but as I am not currently part of DU i don't know what they are saying. Here is the religion page so far: http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Cordatus_Bestiarium consider it a rough draft to be built on by followers of the religion.

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Wiki / Dwilight religion Template

« on: June 08, 2011, 03:04:10 AM »

Hey, I just created a new religion and really want to get it all set up. I just finished its page but don't know how to add it on to the Dwight religion template. Can I get some help on this?

Here is the page if you are interested: http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Cordatus_Bestiarium

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BM General Discussion / Re: Medals what whatnot

« on: April 18, 2011, 11:51:17 AM »

Are you sure? I've donated, but haven't yet had the option to give any out. 

Yes I am sure, speaking from personal experience.

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BM General Discussion / Re: Medals what whatnot

« on: April 18, 2011, 11:27:47 AM »

But those initial medals came from somewhere...from someone who had medals and who thought that that person was fun to play with or trustworthy...which means that they deserved them.  It would be almost impossible for some complete OOC person who only cared about their "OOC clan" and only played with them to ever get enough medals to pass them around to the clan.

You can't have it both ways...either your hypothetical person is an evil clanner or he's fun enough and open enough to get medals from people who have them already.

I like medals the way they are now (I would like two more of them but that is beside the point). So I would naturally be on your side in this one... but just so that all the cards are on the table I would like to point out that you can give away medals if you donate to the game even if you haven't received any.