bickando 3389 Share Posted May 18, 2020 NEW PLAYER GUIDE TO APPLYING AS A HUMAN Written by @Draeris and @edelos The first thing you’ll want to do when joining the LotC community, of course, is apply to the server - and honestly, this is the most stressful part of joining LotC. What if you don’t know enough lore? What if you don’t get accepted? To avoid losing sleep over these questions, we will give you several tips to almost certainly pass. We’ll be starting from the parts after the basics - with Character Race, Gender, Age, and the rest. Note: You should already know the definition of Powergaming and Metagaming, and fill all of LotC’s other OOC requirements, before using this guide. Character Name and Culture Human names are pretty safe, since 90% of the ones you’d think of will work. You can spice up your application, however, with some neat tricks like picking an LotC culture. IMPORTANT NOTE: To play a Human noble, you need to have acquired prior permission from the head of that house to make a character in it (like if you want to be James Pruvia, you need to ask the head of House Pruvia). Here’s a basic list of the Orenian cultures that we’ve collected; Crownlander/Heartlander - Crownlanders, called by many names, occupy the heart of the Holy Orenian Empire (also called Oren), currently centered around the Imperial Capital of Helena. Helena, which has been fought for over the course of a few different wars (Like the War of Two Emperors, and the AIS War), is ruled by the Emperor of the Holy Orenian Empire. He rules with the help of the Imperial Government, a large bureaucracy with many different ministries - think of Harry Potter’s Ministry of Magic for a basic idea - and with a Senate to decide its laws - think of the US Senate for this, or maybe the British one. Helena is the largest city in Arcas, and the people there live in townhomes or slums and fight for the best accommodations. The Crownlanders are bureaucratic and capitalist to the core - if a fast-paced meritocracy where anyone can rise with some good old-fashioned effort is your cup of tea, look no further. Crownlander cultural names are based loosely off of the British Empire, and we’ve added a list of some typical names to help inspire you if you love that idea (most Orenian names are from British Empire-English); Joseph Carl Reeds Edmund Hastings Martin Desmond Green Anton Morgan Mary Jane A lot of Crownlander names, we’ve noticed, have middle names as well, so keep that in mind. Kaedreni/Rhoswenii - The Kaedreni, who occupy the Commonwealth of Kaedrin, find their capital in the City of Owynsburg, and their noble court is centered in the lavish Varoche Palace. Ruled by an elected King, who chooses a regent in the Governor-General, the Kaedreni are steeped in traditional ideals and live a more rural and court-centered life than their Crownlander allies. Until recently, their capital was the City of Ves, which collapsed after the War of Two Emperors. They take the same first names as their kings three hundred years ago (or seven real-life years!), and are focused on a peaceful, happy lifestyle centered around vineyards, farms, and countryside villas. If the Crownlanders are city folk of the British Empire, the Kaedreni are the French aristocrats or countryside of the Napoleonic Empire. If this sounds like it’s for you, here are some typical names - which are usually in the style of older English or French; Thomas Peter Laurence Robert Lorena Louis Mariana Anna Julia Lavinia Hildegard Note that in Kaedrin, many families are named after the lands they rule, or the places they were from. Some notable places in Kaedrin for you to use if you want to go this route are Guise, Mt. Saint Catherine, Ves, Rillsworth, Aldenburg, and Owynsburg. If you’re thinking of something else for your character, try names that sound like they could be villages or towns! Waldenian/Haeseni - The Waldenians of now-extinct Waldenia, and the Haeseni of Hanseti-Ruska, are the last of the Imperial Humans that we’ll be going over. Think of this as a more low-medieval Dark Ages setting, living in thatched huts that surround aged stone castles. They live in the frigid northern reaches of Oren/Arcas, where the population is thinly spread, but hardy and tight-knit. Here are some names we collected; Ludvik Edvard Heinrik Franz Gertrude Ekaterina Character Race After your character name comes race. Since we’re covering how to apply as a human, we’re just going to put good old Human here. You can get a little tricky with it by putting Human – [Culture], if you really want. Character Gender and Age Next is your character’s gender and age. Gender discrimination is slowly being eliminated in the Crownlands and Kaedrin, so don’t let it factor into your choice too much - play what feels right to you. Age, however, is important. Anything older than 30-ish is middle aged, and anything over sixty is ancient. While humans can live to be a hundred, it almost never happens in Oren (and a lot of people tend to frown upon it). Physical Description and Personality Traits A strong would-be knight or General; a thin, intelligent librarian-type; a beautiful maiden. Humans can be anything and everything, and are easily our pick for the most versatile race in LotC. Imagine the type of person you’d be in a such a world; are you a hopeless romantic searching for love through, or maybe a strong, silent agent of the Empire? Here’s where you put it into words. Tell the reviewer how tall you are, what you’d be wearing, if you’re lean, muscular, or even fat, and basic things like eye color and hair color. Brownie points if you add things like smile lines and wrinkles with age. Once you’ve done that, move onto personality traits - most Orenians, for example, are Canonists, or devout followers of the Church of the Canon, and believe in God. Many Orenians are ruthless money-makers, or bookish reader-writers, or avid swordsmen - this is where you’d put their favorite things to do, their religion of choice, and how they feel about such things as the political parties (in Oren that’s the Josephites and Everardines), noble houses (for example, in Kaedrin there’s Pruvia, Helvets, Armas and de Falstaff, to name just a few - and each rule over different counties, baronies, and duchies), and the military (in the Holy Orenian Empire, that’s the ISA - Imperial State Army). Character Biography Here, use the information we’ve given you about your starting location of choice - whether it be Helena or Owynsburg or anything in between - and write up a biography of your character. You can talk about how their parents were farmers in Ves, but passed away in the War of Two Emperors, and so you’ve left home to find a path of your own. You can talk about how you grew up as a street urchin in the streets of Helena, but you made it out of the slums - and now you have the whole world as your oyster. Take your favorite Dungeons and Dragons ideas, or what you imagine as the coolest plot of a personal character in such an era, and write some ideas - then turn those ideas into a story. Roleplay Scenario You’re in the final stretch. This should be easy with what you’ve got so far - now think about the scenario they gave you, and imagine how you’d respond. What might your stalwart warrior do or say? What about your fair lady, just stepping off your carriage? Don’t sweat it too much, just make sure it sounds reasonable! Skin If you didn’t already have a skin, the Skin Archive (Link to that here) has a bunch of basic, free-to-use skins. Otherwise, just make sure you have one that makes sense - a medieval, or 13th to 18th century, human! After you’re Accepted Congratulations! You made it! When you first join the server, a Cloud Temple Monk from the Community Team should be around to help - just go ahead and talk to them, they’ll help you learn how to play LotC, and then you can ask them to direct you to the area of your choice. Also make sure to read the New Player Guide, which covers the basics of RP and PVP mechanics on LotC, as well as how to improve in a huge variety of areas. (Here’s where we get to shill for Kaedrin because we wrote a guide lol) Want to be part of one of the most roleplay meritocracy-centric nations in Arcas (Kaedrin)? Getting involved with our community, at least, is pretty easy, and after you’re done with the CT Monks we can help with some more advanced Roleplay, or RP, guidance. All you need to do is tell the CT Monk you want to be led to Owynsburg or Kaedrin in general, and they’ll take you there. If you can’t find any of us in the city when you arrive, just hit us up on discord! Discords: Draeris#4899 Sliw#0001 cottage cheese#9620 bickando#5883 If you liked this guide, please leave a +1 with the arrow button right here VVV 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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