GUIDE - How to be a Karamani

[Draeris 3124]

 

 

HOW TO BE A KARAMAN

 

Greetings my man. You wish to become a Son of Karaman? Do you picture yourself as a Dothraki, master of the steppes? A Mongol horseman? A proud Ottoman Janissary? Or perhaps a mystical Prince of Persia-esque character? Frankly, our community is open to a lot of playstyles and experiences: you just gotta know some basic stuff.

 

PART I.

WHAT ARE WE?

 

Turks, Ottomans, Tengri, “Caliphate People”, Draeris’ Turks, MadOne larpers.. Those are a lot of nicknames to go by. Let us clear the air by giving you a basic idea about the components of our identity: 

 

We are.. OTTOMAN-CULTURED

Our language is based off Turkish and our art, skins & mannerisms are based from certain chapters of Ottoman history. We are however, not muslim nor a state.

 

We are.. TENGRI

Our god is a white goose named Kashgar and we communicate with the spirits of our ancestors. You’ve guessed it, we follow a shamanist religion that is fully unique on this server. It is slightly based off the Tengri religion. While our daily interactions with infidels create fun RP, our religion also organizes the way our community operates. Read up on it when you get the chance. 

 

We are.. A NOMADIC CLAN

We travel from city to city, interacting with all kinds of groups and being friendly to most. We chose to be nomadic as it makes us truly independent, but it also gets us a seat at the table with nearly all the events that happen on the server: from weddings in Oren to feasts in Morsgrad, despite both being at war with each other.

 

We value horses and are historically from the plains. We frown upon people that hide behind stone walls and iron armor, for it separates them from their true nature: being one with the nature around you and the steed you ride on. 

 

We are.. NEUTRAL

Usually communities are a part of a bigger group or OOC friend group. However, our group interacts with everyone and doesn’t take a side. This means no door is closed to us, and being apart of us doesn’t come with friends or connections as a cost. 

 

PART II.

COMMON KARAMAN ARCHETYPES

 

With archetypes, we mean the general character that a Karamani could have in broad strokes. This by no means is supposed to tell you how to RP your character: but you could use it as an inspiration, or to answer the question: “How can I fit in?”

 

ADVENTUROUS - Fearless of the unknown, of the strange or the unexplained. Karamani travel a lot, and should have no problem taking or demanding their seat at the table when visiting a “Stone Yurt”.

 

ABSOLUTE - Having lived a lifestyle that went basically unchanged for centuries, Karamani are absolute about their convictions and deem their truth, THE TRUTH. How you express that, is up to you.

 

HONORABLE - Going out of your way to fulfill a promise, having to challenge someone to Matrak protect your integrity, respecting foreign laws but also punish those that harm your dearest, engage in blood feuds over past wrongs and reject those that are decadent or deceitful. A Karamani is an honorable person with a very simple moral compass that makes the distinction between right and wrong.

 

TRANSACTIONAL - The only place for your true emotions and affection, is to those of your clan. All that fall outside of that, are merely good or bad to you depending on their behavior. You don’t engage with the realm’s nobility to serve them for rewards, but to gain invitations, a network or money. If a son of Karaman is not engaged, or has no reason to respect this person, we simply don’t care. This also makes us not-racist, for most people (except other Nomads) are simply Stone Yurt infidels that have to prove their trustworthiness and kindness to us. 

 

PIOUS - The Kashgari religion has a prominent role in Karamani society: whether it is living according to the will of your ancestors, respecting birds or consulting the Böö over your emotions, to seeking the faith to solve disputes or to decide on action towards foreigners and infidels. By Kashgar! For Kashgar! Whatever, this White Goose is important to us, and therefore a prominent presence in your character’s worldview!

 

PART III.

THINGS ANY KARAMANI WOULD KNOW

Someone that hasn't caught up on Karamani RP before, or simply is a new player, might be confused by some statements that we consider factual. We hope that this trivia helps you understand some references, conversations, etc.  

1. Kashgar is our main god that we worship.

2. We respect our great ancestor Timur, who united our clan.

3. The Böö is the equivalent of a pope for the Kashgari faith.

4. The Bey is the equivalent of a duke for the Karamani.

5. Birds are holy creatures and should be respected.

6. We refer to cities as Stone Yurts

7. We do not sit in chairs, but on the ground, for cultural reasons.

8. We are in principle friendly with everyone, but react hostile when attacked.

9. Taking your shoes off is a sign of feeling home and thus, an important gesture to do during conversations to show intimacy or gesture to the stranger that you recognize his hospitality.

 

PART IV.

OUR RULES & EXPECTATIONS

 

Roleplay is one thing, but every community has a goal and certain expectations that come with it. For us, it is pretty simple:

 

We want to PROVIDE QUALITY RP

“But Draeris”  you may scoff “doesn’t like, everybody want to provide quality RP?”.  While you’re not wrong, there’s a distinct difference between how communities treat RP. In most nations and groups, we feel that your character is basically “Citizen #214525” and you do the daily grind: Get gut, get positions, get land, a title, grow bigger, etc. There is nothing wrong with this cycle, most people truly enjoy this and that's fine.

 

But our group doesn’t have titles of power to share or land to give: all of us log on to 1. Have fun, 2. Hang out with friends & 3. Create an epic story for everyone to enjoy. When you take this into consideration, your mentality shouldn’t be:”Ohh I want to be a Count and then lead an army, etc”. But it should be: “I wonder what my character will experience today”. Understand this, and you’ll really let yourself be driven by a story we meticulously write, plan & work out with each other.

 

We want to AVOID DRAMA & CIRCLE-JERKS 

Every community once it settles, gets intoxicated by cliques and echo chambers. Newer players are not welcomed by older players, who don’t want to sacrifice their power. Other ideas, families & initiatives are frowned upon: as it disturbs the current way things are done that the older players had established.

 

By the time you read this, there are probably about 2 generations of Karamani playing in our community. To avoid that they stand in your way of growth & enjoyment, we internally delegate a lot of tasks to a lot of people: making everybody a stakeholder and involved in the way that they like the most. If a member seems to target you specifically and keep you down, contact anyone: we take this very seriously. Though some issues are inevitable: being conscious of them is already a step forward. 
 

PART V.

HOW TO MAKE POSTS ON THE FORUMS

To create an aesthetic that is distinct, there is a certain theme one can follow that fits. We have chosen the colors that you see because we think it has an Ottoman/Arabic-esque appearance, but doesn't come off as too primitive or is hard to read. While we would never force you to format your posts like this, it would be of great help to us. Anyone would be willing to help you if you find the editing too tedious or complex.

 

Example from: A Last Son Returns by @Miniguy15736

The lost son Turan in the audience of Başıl & Kübilay Karamanoğlu

 

A LOST SON RETURNS

 

“A Tartışma in Helena?” Turan muttered, looking up to the sky “By Kashgar, I haven’t heard that word in ages.” He marched forward through Helena, observing a couple of guards chatting near the courthouse. “Arkadaş, have you seen my people pass through this stone yurt?” 

 

“Stone yurt? The feck he on ‘bout?” the Guard scratched his head, staring in confusion at the young Turan. He looked around awkwardly, before simply walking away: that ordeal wasn’t worth anymore of his time. He went to the tavern across the courthouse in the hopes of finding people. There he found no living soul, but the remnants of Hookah ash & emptied mugs. Had he heard correctly, about this Tartışma? Or was he merely enchanted by the temptation of wishful thinking, wishing for him to be reunited by his people again.

 

BASIC RULES:

1.  A picture in a similar style above the post, usually found by googling “Ottoman art/Persian art/Ottoman drawing/Ottoman court art, etc.

2.  Times New Roman font.

3.  Small description in white under the picture.

4.  Title in CAPS and in gold

5.  Dialogue cursive, white and within “ “. 

6.  The rest of the post in Emerald green.

7.  If your character is the main subject of a post, you should (have the right to) post it. 

 

SPECIAL SYMBOLS AID:

1.  Ç

2.  Ü

3.  Ğ

4.  Ş

5.  İ

 

KARAMANI NAMES:

These links are the two lists we use to name our RP characters, people in our lore or ‘Honorary Karamani’ that converted to the Kashgari faith.

https://turkcetarih.com/turk-balalari-icin-gokturkce-ad-onerileri/

https://bilgideryam.com/oz-turkce-isimleri-gokturk-kiz-ve-erkek-isimleri-ve-anlamlari/

[ThatDutchFellow 1147]

Wouldnt be a harsh decision for me i would just join

[Mykei 385]

They see me rollin, They hating, the kebabs with beef are the Best, spicy sauce and pita

[thesaintjaleel 792]

Really good culture, I was interested and began looking through your posts when I saw the last name of some of your people – reminded me of the Ottomans. Good luck ?

[seannie 7443]

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tupac alive numbr one #1 in serbia ….**** the croatia ,..FUCKk ashol turks no good i spit in the mouth eye of ur flag and contry. 2pac aliv and real strong wizard kill all the turk farm aminal with rap magic now we the serba rule .ape of the zoo presidant georg bush **** the great satan and lay egg this egg hatch and bosnia wa;s born. stupid baby form the eggn give bak our clay we will crush u lik a skull of pig. serbia greattst countrey

[Draeris 3124]

33 minutes ago, seannie said:

REMOVE KEBAB remove kebab you are worst turk. you are the turk idiot you are the turk smell. return to croatioa. to our croatia cousins you may come our contry. you may live in the zoo….ahahahaha ,bosnia we will never forgeve you. cetnik rascal **** but **** ******* turk stink bosnia sqhipere shqipare..turk genocide best day of my life. take a bath of dead turk..ahahahahahBOSNIA WE WILL GET YOU!! do not forget ww2 .albiania we kill the king , albania return to your precious mongolia….hahahahaha idiot turk and bosnian smell so bad..wow i can smell it. REMOVE KEBAB FROM THE PREMISES. you will get caught. russia+usa+croatia+slovak=kill bosnia…you will ww2/ tupac alive in serbia, tupac making album of serbia . fast rap tupac serbia. we are rich and have gold now hahahaha ha because of tupac… you are ppoor stink turk… you live in a hovel hahahaha, you live in a yurt

tupac alive numbr one #1 in serbia ….**** the croatia ,..FUCKk ashol turks no good i spit in the mouth eye of ur flag and contry. 2pac aliv and real strong wizard kill all the turk farm aminal with rap magic now we the serba rule .ape of the zoo presidant georg bush **** the great satan and lay egg this egg hatch and bosnia wa;s born. stupid baby form the eggn give bak our clay we will crush u lik a skull of pig. serbia greattst countrey

@Telanir hello I'm being harassed by a Serbian nationalist??

[SiredFox 14]

Love it! Great job on the post.

[Guest]

17 hours ago, seannie said:

REMOVE KEBAB remove kebab you are worst turk. you are the turk idiot you are the turk smell. return to croatioa. to our croatia cousins you may come our contry. you may live in the zoo….ahahahaha ,bosnia we will never forgeve you. cetnik rascal **** but **** ******* turk stink bosnia sqhipere shqipare..turk genocide best day of my life. take a bath of dead turk..ahahahahahBOSNIA WE WILL GET YOU!! do not forget ww2 .albiania we kill the king , albania return to your precious mongolia….hahahahaha idiot turk and bosnian smell so bad..wow i can smell it. REMOVE KEBAB FROM THE PREMISES. you will get caught. russia+usa+croatia+slovak=kill bosnia…you will ww2/ tupac alive in serbia, tupac making album of serbia . fast rap tupac serbia. we are rich and have gold now hahahaha ha because of tupac… you are ppoor stink turk… you live in a hovel hahahaha, you live in a yurt

tupac alive numbr one #1 in serbia ….**** the croatia ,..FUCKk ashol turks no good i spit in the mouth eye of ur flag and contry. 2pac aliv and real strong wizard kill all the turk farm aminal with rap magic now we the serba rule .ape of the zoo presidant georg bush **** the great satan and lay egg this egg hatch and bosnia wa;s born. stupid baby form the eggn give bak our clay we will crush u lik a skull of pig. serbia greattst countrey

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