[Pending Changes] [Settlement] Cape Lubba

[mika1278 3213]

 

 

Realms / Settlements
 

Type (Realm or Settlement): Settlement

Leader MC Name: mika1278

Leader Character Name: Mika Anarion

Realm/Settlement Name: Cape Lubba

Realm/Settlement ID (all lowercase, one word - used for regions etc - ie 'urguan' or 'oren' or 'malinor'): 

lubba

Primary Realm/Settlement Color: Aqua

 

Proposed Capital Tile / Region Location (Highlight 3 on the map): 

1. tile_alpine_northwest_2
2. tile_alpine_northwest_3
3. tile_tranquil_1

Lore (could also include previous roleplay posts showing involvement with the community):

A quick dump of forum links from Cerulia’s existence:
https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/264163-player-event-fashion-without-frontiers/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/263584-canvas-thread/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/263301-the-second-grand-auction-of-cerulia/ 

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/263501-the-purge/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/263321-lubba-press-eventful-events-v2/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/263206-lubba-press-a-performance-to-remember-v1/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/244712-to-cerulia/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/248330-omen-of-flight/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/244276-return-of-the-blue-ladybug/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/242967-no-more-taxes-for-the-capable/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/237166-the-cerulite-trading-company/

We are always up to something, though it was getting more quiet with war around the corner since that limited our interaction with all the other various communities greatly.

Now time for the lore drop (I recommend reading the culture document down below as it explains the basic ongoings)

 

The creation of Cerulia can be traced all the way back to Sutica, where very few still remain, where its fall then ended up creating The Silver Lubba company led by Mika Goldhand with some success during the golden age of mercenary companies (https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/209167-when-the-paper-doesnt-hold/)
(https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/209166-sutican-might-eternal/)

With this established company first formed in the ruins of the Osser estate in former Sutican lands, they eventually got a hold on Urguan territory where they made their very own outpost to operate from and steadily got a few contracts from the various powers, though the only one well documented was the hiring of The Silver Lubba Band by Ivarielle who sought to conquer Haelun’or. 

As time passed, the need for mercenaries slowly faded away and The Silver Lubba Band started to grow out their outpost to become a proper vassal under the dwarves, taking in groups and vassals of their own on their small plot of land. Here in Lubba’s Keep the mercenary company grew to become their own people and established well enough relations, coffers and citizenry to set out to form Lurin.

Lurin during Almaris was everything it should ever have been, a settlement away from major conflict and population hubs where it starts to thrive in benign neglect, taking in people and groups from the various corners of the realm while having their own adventures such as sending out parties to deal with hostage situations, dealing with darkspawn on their doorstep on a frequent basis and starting to form their own more well established culture.

With the arrival of the end of Almaris, the balance of the realm shifted as it bit off more than it could chew on Aevos, outgrowing its own purpose as it was forced to keep up with its neighbours. During this time of strife they ended up being one of the main members of the eastern alliance block named the CCC to maintain a semblance of balance within the east to aid its likeminded allies. Though this balance was quickly shattered with the leave of Mika Anarion from the throne, who wished to retire and gave himself as a final act as ruler a plot of land he named Cerulia.

From here Lurin started to crumble with external pressure and Cerulia remained mostly uninvolved with its politics as the Marq of Cerulia wished to stay retired. At the eventual conquest of Lurin, Mika’s earlier ties to Ivarielle and Celia’nor helped Cerulia to be re-established under Celia’nor where it once more was able to live its days out in peace as a massive fortress in the north. 

Though once more, not for long, as Celia’nor was hit with internal and external strife where it ended in a split of Celia’nor lands, of which, Cerulia ended up under Urguan rule once more. With Urguan as their new overlord, benign neglect started to set in once more, the fort started to grow and continued to house more and more people and eventually expanded to its prime on Aevos. 

Cerulia was not spared by the mountain and forced to go on as refugees once more, deciding to stay under Urguan to go along towards Azuras where an early Cerulia started to become a large hub for population, commerce and saw a shift in culture once more where traditions became more well established and cultural unity started to form.

Cerulia in due time started to grow as much as it did without expanding its borders, effectively becoming a city that was more densely populated than some capitals, though with this came its own set of challenges, which it had overcome until the very last one, war.

During this time of war they had an initial vigor to stay where they are, to defend their homes. Though battle after battle wore down its spirit, cutting a deal with imperials, though nobody is too sure how this deal went as the city that was once bustling with people had been razed to the ground without a trace left of it and vagueness surrounding the deal made it all the harder to trace back.

Now the Cerulites are wandering once more, hoping to settle where benign neglect may take over once more.
 

Government Structure Explanation:

The document of general government:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SphwTSyueTG9SEJ8_SdcMS4aAMS0e10tHjzKOU-Bq8E/edit?usp=sharing

Succession if that ever happens:
https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/241419-cerulite-succession-law/

The document of general laws:

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/263168-the-codex-of-cerulute-law/

The Government Tldr:

The Marq Rules, the Council aids in the rule by overseeing a branch of government, those under the council each have their own tasks. The nobility is earned by one person and not the family, high nobility is council members, descendants of the marq or those who hold direct influence over the policy of the city. Low nobility are people who have sway in the city such as leaders within departments of family heads.

The main departments of the government are:

-Military
-Magic
-Knowledge
-Culture
-Stewards
-Industry
-Medicine

Though the ones necessary to make the city function regularly would be Military, Stewards and Culture.

The gist of the laws are:

Please just don’t mess with people more than you have to with a side of some funky rights you have such as embracing absolute freedom or working your debt away.

 

Capital / Settlement Build Concepts (photos of assets / layout / inspiration required):

 

I may or may not have world downloaded this part of the map just to mess around with building and ended up making a city on my own with the bit of free time I had with some help from community members

The inspiration is a continuation of Cerulia, though we are advancing the build style slightly each build, which stems all the way back from the Sutican build style in Arcas, then getting influenced by dwarven architecture in Almaris and is its own thing now

Spoiler

 

(five days after latest screenshot)

 

Though this time we learned, minimal underground shenanigans to make the city a little less laggy

 

How does this realm/settlement offer a unique niche not already found in an existing group on the server?:

 

It will corner the niche of unrestrictedly letting your character be who they wish to be, where there is unity in freedom. It does have its own little culture going on which shines different lights on certain matters such as a meritocratic system for nobility, constructs being able to get rights and ultimately it ends up being the melting pot of different cultures from the various clans, families, groups and people that reside within it. 

Culturally this settlement will always end up feeling much more different than what the average city on LOTC will feel like as proven by the people just calling everything done by the community odd. Though that is exactly what a different culture should feel like, strange to someone outside of it as it is different from what they are used to.

Attempts have been made to try to make this niche exist under a nation as a vassal, but oftentimes the thought of benign neglect irks those who wish to take in our group. Often met with demands that will effectively destroy the niche that is occupied by this settlement. This settlement could not exist under other nations as of this moment unless they wish to bend their own narrative.

It will fill the void of the missing multi racial nation, though I would not want to grow further than a settlement as it would harm my mental health more than lotc during covid did. 

 

How does your realm/settlement tie to the greater lore and narrative set by the community on LotC?:

 

Its to be existence is a continued journey of a community that has been on the move for the past few years, naturally it manifests in different shapes and forms from a nation to a mercenary band to a settlement with each part having their own story that has taken place.  A cycle that does not stop as the people of this group continue to go forth regardless of any hardships they have faced and change because of it.

Most of these people pick up knowledge along the way, in the most literal sense such as adding books to the library that continues to grow with time and gets moved with every iteration of this group. Though also in a more lore tied sense such as magics, alchemy recipes and other feats that one could obtain on the server, there is bound to be someone in the community who has some information on it. This has allowed previous iterations to be a pool of knowledge for other communities to tap into if they desire to do so if they are willing to put up with the idea of it. Most within the community are those who wish to spread the knowledge around and make sure that other characters can enjoy using the lore.

In the end it is a community that roams around and settles wherever possible as long as they can live in peace, though this does not mean that the community is closed. People will have a fair chance at experiencing what the general ongoings are within the group and are often free to interact with their character as long it is within reason and with good intent. 

I wish for it to be a place at the edge of the world where people can gather and be at home as I will be real with you and this is just an oversized project of my character needing to be put into a retirement home, but every single one he builds gets busted down and it is the funniest tragedy I can imagine happening to someone.

I can expand more, but ultimately I just send the culture document to anyone who asks and I will explain how every written word became a thing through roleplay interactions.

 

Have you ever run a realm/settlement on LotC before and what experience does your group have with leadership within roleplay communities?

 

Yes. From Sutica to Lubba’s Keep to Lurin to Cerulia.

I vouch for the competence of those I have assigned on the council, they have basically led the city with me as figurehead for the majority of the map.

 

Do you understand the metrics for upkeep, maintaining activity, and the grounds for realm/settlement removal?

 

Of course I do, I was there in the feedback team and have read it over quite a few times :)

 

[Riot 743]

Spoiler

Good luck. Sorry empire gave you such terms and conditions

 

[Arianthe22 242]

Fingers crossed 

[Daisy 9724]

This settlement application is now pending. A treasury and charter have been set up with ID lubba. Please have signatories do /charter sign lubba and you can do /treasury to manage the mina.

 

Once signatures and mina are collected, the application will be reviewed by the Implementation Team.

[Daisy 9724]

This application has been reviewed and is pending required changes. You have been contacted by staff with additional information.