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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: June 05, 2013, 10:41:32 PM »

Thanks for the direction.

Rynn JeVondair was elected in the 20th year of the Fourth Pentannual of the Second Decade. It is Now the 23rd year of the Fifth Pentannual, Third Decade.

3 years? What? Felt more like 30, guys. No lie.

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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: June 05, 2013, 10:03:54 PM »

We are throwing a 10th anniversary party in Rettleville soon (next spring). According to the Dwilight timeline Rynn hasn't been in office for 10 years yet.

Damn, maybe he should run again then?

Also is there an actually timeline in BM years available to look at or are you extrapolating from the RL dates listed in the family history?

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:25:42 PM »

Apparently the rouges of the region don't care enough about OO's future crown. I guess supernatural hunger born of an unnatural need to consume human flesh got in the way. Either that or the undead thought Kalixta shouldn't be "In the know"

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 03, 2013, 10:12:54 PM »

And those bloody rogues wounded OO Would have been perfect revenge from Kalixta if they would have killed OO

-Jaune

Now how can I do a proper RP if I don't even know OO is wounded? good thing it's been taking me so long to find the time to write one up... 

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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: June 03, 2013, 03:33:40 PM »

So, I saw what was written next to the BM logo at the top the screen and freaked a bit...lol

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Dwilight / Re: Dwilight Politics for Five Year Olds

« on: June 02, 2013, 03:45:28 PM »

Well, now Pierre has jumped into the mix, brave sod 

I think the fact that Rurik rarely addresses the public will hinder him, although Pierre speaks often in the House of Lords, the knights do not know him either as he rarely speaks to the realm at large.

At this particular juncture, diplomatic landscape being what it is, I think Pierre would be a better choice, yet he has a heck of an uphill battle just because Rurik is pretty much a D'Haran institution unto himself.

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 02, 2013, 03:41:16 PM »

Guys, lets be reasonable. Keep whatever that is happening IG. I have noticed most people are taking these too personally and OOC. Lets not spoil the fun for the others while you enjoy yours.

On another note, it is too boring keeping this realm at peace. Sorry Tandaros, i am not about to let this realm to be just another quiet realm like the rest. Heh. :p

If I know Tandaros at all, I am sure that he (?)    certainly doesn't want "just another quiet realm either. Go for it, whatever that may be!

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Dwilight / Re: Dwilight Politics for Five Year Olds

« on: June 02, 2013, 07:39:23 AM »

Is anyone even publicly running yet...?

Well, I did NOT see Rurik coming. Rynn may be a tough act to follow, but Rurik helped BUILD D'Hara, did he not? With him in the election, Rynn retiring, and Machiavel forbidden, who can realistically stand a chance to win the office against him?

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 02, 2013, 03:57:52 AM »

Kalixta should totally go into hiding in OG and see if that starts a war.

Nah, there's no way that would work. OG and Thalmarkin are homies...

Just like Melhed was...

hmmm 

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Dwilight / Re: Dwilight Politics for Five Year Olds

« on: June 01, 2013, 05:29:10 PM »

Election times are back again and I thought I'd dig up this oldie from the last round...

Re: What makes a D'haran?
« Reply #136 on: March 06, 2013, 01:06:44 PM »
QuoteModifyRemove
A CHALLENGER APPEARS!

TRAINER VONGENF want's to fight!

VONGENF CHOOSES PIERRE!

JEVONDAIR CHOOSES RYNN!

PIERRE uses DIPLOMATIC TIES...CRITICAL HIT!

RYNN prepares LOCAL POPULARITY. The attack will hit in 2 TURNS. RYNN'S DEFENSE INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY!

PIERRE uses BLOODSTARS...but the hit is unable to disrupt RYNN'S concentration.

RYNN is GLOWING!

PIERRE uses RALLY THE LORDS. PIERRE'S OFFENSE INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY!

RYNN casts LOCAL POPULARITY. It is SUPER EFFECTIVE!

PIERRE FAINTS!

JEVONDAIR has WON the match!

JEVONDAIR WINS the PRIME MINISTER BADGE!

« Last Edit: March 06, 2013, 03:30:47 PM by JeVondair »

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Dwilight / Re: What makes a D'haran?

« on: June 01, 2013, 05:26:51 PM »

I know, right? Nothing beats our arguments. I'll lose a rival and those 100 reasons to war D'Hara.

Get ready to tear up. Arundel. Rynn's retiring after a decade in office. Someone should throw a party.

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 01, 2013, 05:23:28 PM »

The thing is, Melhed isn't in a spot where it is allowed to voice its gripes. Gripes will get you killed. Moan and complain all you want about how Thalmarkin has got this that and the other thing, but remember: You couldn't beat them with Agyr flying your banner, you definitely won't without it. Antagonizing a bigger neighbor with a solid hold on the region you occupy is a terrible thing to do. If you want to spite someone who just won a fairly one sided war against you, swallow it, or be prepared to pay up for it. The thing is, you don't have to like Thal's attitude, but Thal certainly has to like yours.

It helps then that Kalixta acted independently. The blame cannot be laid on Melhed because Maya had no knowledge of what was happening until it was too late, only learning of the destruction just prior to Kalixta following the treaty and switching to Thalmarkin. Nor could she disciplin Kalixta for fear of alienating the rest of her subjects even further. Kalixta's actions have been disavowed as that of a rogue, which she now officially is, and she's been forbidden from returning to Melhed.

Ya'll should hunt her down instead. Make a special task force or something to bring the Red Witch to face Thal Justice 

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 01, 2013, 04:56:41 AM »

Why would they want melite influence scrubbed?  They're allies of DECADES/basically thalmarkins' entire existence! And before that, one of the founding influences of Thalmarkin were Ar Agyr, the realm that was based in Agyr prior to a long ago invasion and whose resurrection this war was about. Ar Agyr died in an invasion just after a war where most of the continent (Enweil, Riombara, and probably at least four other realms ranging across all ends of the continent) fought an Ar Agyr/Melhed alliance. They have a long history of close relations with Melhed.

I'd mention that some of those RCs might even be left over from Ar Agyr, but pretty sure Fronen (the first one that died prior to the second's founding) forced Melhed to destroy all their RCs and put a puppet king in charge, eventually allowing only weak (around 10/10/10) RCs to be frontline cannonfodder in one of their wars.

That makes a lot of sense, thanks for weighing in! I'm not certain this is an appropriate place to get into RP stuff and why who did what. Suffices to say, though, that Kalixta felt justified, even vindicated. OOC I was aware of the history, but Kalixta only ever saw Thalmarkin as an enemy. It was a small, petty thing, sure. But after losing everything, it was also the only way she could hurt Thalmarkin. The bitterest pill for her, besides being banned from Melhed as well, is that even burning Agyr even that will be erased in a month or so.

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: June 01, 2013, 02:25:12 AM »

So here I was thinking... finally a melite who understands!

And then I read the rest.

So let's take a quick look at the actual history of Melhed-Thalmarkin relationships: alliance for 82/~84 months, war for 2/~84 months (started by Thalmarkin for....reasons n stuff).

In my mind, the revival of good relations was not at all unthinkable (Because ya'll got exactly what ya'll set out to get, treaty n all) and in fact started when Maya accepted the peace treaty (which was totally designed to bridge the gap between the two warring peoples...not)...
.. And ended when Kalixta burnt our her duchy to the ground (only the shiny, melite bits).

Yes yes, how horrible it must seem from a Thal perspective. Simply awful.  If only Kalixta HAD starved all the regions of Agyr to nothing. At least then the whining would be validated by something. Really, ya'll should thank her for removing all traces of Melite influence. Of course, the Golden Palace is still there, but that's a minor detail.

End of the day, you have a whole new duchy, shiny from the clear-install she gave it, full of people, AND fed. It cost you a single battle and some gold. Why not just enjoy? It's done and gripping will help ya'll just as much as it helped Melhed.

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Beluaterra / Re: The War of Ice and Sun

« on: May 31, 2013, 05:45:19 PM »

apologies OOCly, not IC

The surprice of this was, because atleast i was naive and really thought and hoped to have good start with Melhed.

-Jaune

I'll take that, thanks! In addition,  Kalixta was contacted by several other Thal's stating that while what was going on was not normal, they do cultivate a more "gung-ho" culture.

In regards to starting good relations, come on, really? If all ya'll wanted were better relations, we could have had tea parties instead of wars. "Give us your richest duchy, nevermind that it's your capital, as payment for daring to resist our invasion launched because we wanted to do exactly that in the first place" is not the best way to start. In fact, it was probably the very worst way.