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MAP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF AAUN
TABULA AAUNICA
AUTHORED & DRAWN BY
HIS HIGHNESS, JOHANNES VON ALSTREIM
OF MERRYWEATHER
CROWNLANDS
The Crownlands are the jewel of the Union. It is the most populous region of the Kingdom, consisting of the Royal Capital of Whitespire, New Conkerhove, Applebie. Further west you will find the Principality of Merryweather, where the rural village of Apfelberg is attached to Castle Ulrichsburg, home to the von Alstreims. The region is packed with industry and trade, all matter of peoples ploughing their trades, be it from the sea, the mountains or the land. Nearly all types of enterprises are found here.
The region consists primarily of Heartlanders who migrated from the Petran and Cathalon regions of old Oren. Going further west, towards the Langkette where Merryweather is, you will find those of the Arentanian alps, primarily Waldenians and Lechians, who make up a large percentile of the United Kingdom.
FLOODPLAINS
Moving further east one arrives at the floodplains, sometimes referred to as the Waterland, it consists of small noble estates, that of de Lewes, Varoche, Tiber and Renshin. Who are each of different cultures. There is hardly any industry in the region, the marshlands makes any profitable businesses difficult. Thus most nobles make their income from the capital, working in the palace, running companies or serving in the guard.
The cultures of the aforementioned nobles are Savoyard, Illatian, Heartlander and finally Oyashiman. All excluding Renshin, have a much involved history with Aaun and Oren of old, such as the Pertinaxi houses of Varoche and Tiber. As of writing this, the Savoyard house of Ashford de Lewes serves leally as the chancellors of Aaun.
PAST THE LANGKETTE
Past the Crownlands, going west you will find yourself in the lands of Minitz, Styria and Lemonhill. These lands are ruled mostly independently by their own governments. The ruling families of Minitz and Styria are Barclay and Ivanovich, both founding families of the Union. Further west from Minitz and Styria is Lemonhill, lands overseen by the Mother Church and ruled by a Ser Morgan, a knight of great repute.
Andregrad and Kanunsberg (The city names of Styria and Minitz), are both great urban centers with smaller castles dotting the outskirts of the cities. The main industry of both cities are agriculture, specifically that of various foodstuffs and alcohol. Kanunsberg developed a small iron mine to the mountains, which is mainly used in the making of tools, but is without a doubt also used in the arming of the Minitzian Warbands.
SpoilerSo, once again I post a map before war. This truly is the curse of the mapmaker. Just a cute lil' hobby :)
pls let me know if there's any major errors21 -
"Tandem Triumphans" Cried Johannes
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DER DOOMTAG
By dictation of Johannes Lothar von Alstreim
Penned by Scribe Konrad Lipa
On the 6th of Harren’s Folly, 1952
FRIEDEN UND SEGEN,
The children of the late Heinrich, Johannes and Adelheid reached the age of majority some years ago. But no celebration was ever made. War, crisis and death have marred the Union and made such festivities irresponsible.
Yet now, with a short stint of peace on the horizon. Merryweather invites peers, friends and commoners to join us in Merryweather to celebrate the journey of life of both Johannes and Adelheid.
The doomtag is a rite of passage for young children, a tradition brought to house Alstreim, over three generations ago by Prince Ulrich Lothar von Alstreim, while exploring the cultures of Atheran Salvus. It is a day of festivities with friends and family, which towards the night turns to one of the foretelling of one's death.
The event begins in the early morning, where a sermon shall be given, about life and death. All will then move out to the feast area, where blood pie, beef and plenty of drink shall be served. The siblings will not partake in the feast, restricting themselves to water, committing themselves to the rite of dooming.
When daylight fades and the night takes over, the two siblings shall be taken one by one to speak with a doomsayer in private - Exactly what happens is known only to those who go through the rite. No matter the details, one thing is certain, the two will resurface pale-faced with the knowledge of how they will die.
Depiction of Archaengul Aeriel, guide of the dead
SpoilerWEDNESDAY, 30TH ; 4PM EST
IN MERRYWEATHER
HIS HIGHNESS, Johannes I von Alstreim, Prince of Merryweather and the Rhine,
Landgrave of Alstreim, Baron of Corwinsburg, Lord of Blackwater,
Palsgrave, Master of the Langkette Pass
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"A man taken from us much too soon!" muttered the Alstreim Prince, Johannes.
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The New Prince of Merryweather, Johannes Lothar von Alstreim wept a tear over his father's body. He had died much too soon. Yet it seemed his time was now and not in twenty years or more, as Johannes wished - He would continue life and Merryweather and Alstreim until his time was to come.
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W I L L A N D
T E S T A M E N T
O F E D M U N D
Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty God to visit Us with long sleep and, being weary of Our present incapacities, but not doubting in His grace and goodness to restore Our former strength and to live, in this mortal and transitory world, as long as it shall please Almighty God; whereunto We do with all Our heart most humbly, wholly, and clearly submit Ourself to His mercy to Judge Us, as We have always endeavoured to do good deeds to the pleasure of Him, and to grant Us eternal life in His most perfect Skies;
And calling to Our remembrance the necessity to have the estate of Our Royal Crown of this Our Realm of Aaun, which is ordained by Almighty God from whom all things flow, and from which we enjoy Our continual prosperity in this mortal and transitory life, and which must be continued and preserved for the quiet preservation of the Common Weal; from which said Royal Crown We did come into by the just, lawful, and right inheritance of Our late and most dear Grandshire King James the Second of Glorious Memory;
And notwithstanding the tumult of these years past which We spent not fully in governance but being governed by the Executors of Our said Grandsire of Glorious Memory; and forasmuch as We do never wish to subject Our Royal Crown to the same, and knowing also according to the lawful succession of Our Royal House and the acts of Our Constitution, only those with the name of Our Royal House may accede to the Crown attached to the same;
Know ye that We of our Special Grace, Royal Right, and mere motion do by these Presents make and declare our Will and Testament concerning the Royal Crown;
We, having written Our earnest desire and express commandment on touching the limitation of the succession of the Crown of this Our Realm of Aaun and Our other Realms and Dominions; do, by Our special and absolute commandment Will that by these Presents immediately after Our decease out of this life, Our uncle John Alexander shall have and enjoy the said Royal Crown and Kingdom of Aaun, and of Our other territories King, the Principality of Alstion, the Duchies of Corazon and Balemena, Our Counties of Enswerp and Whitespire, Our Title as Protector of the Realm, with all dignities, honours, prerogatives, authorities, jurisdictions, lands, possessions belonging to him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and all of this is done according to the Laws of Almighty God.
Also We give Our said uncle all the stuff of Our household and all Our money and jewels also, saving that which is left aside for this Our Will and Testament, and also all Our munitions ordenances artillery ships and beasts.
For lack of issue of Our body, the Crown will pass to Lord John Alexander and to the next issue of his body male; then to the Lady Adeline, then to the Lady Augusta, then to the Lady Mary. For lack of issue, then to Lord Heinrich and his heirs male.
Neither We, nor any other mortal creature, knows the time or place when it shall please Almighty God to call him from this transitory world. Calling to our remembrance the dignity, estate, and honours that Almighty God has granted Us in this world, and reflecting of perfect mind that by God’s Grace We are never to return to the same such dignity or breath from Our mortal body from the moment of our decease until the ending of time, We do commend and bequeath Our soul to Almighty God, who has always been our protector and guide;
And knowing that We cannot write this Our Will and Testament without concerning the disposition of the Royal Crown of this Our kingdom of Aaun, which is ordained by Almighty God from whom all things flow, and from which we enjoy Our continual prosperity in this mortal and transitory life;
We put Our singular trust in them to do what is right for Our kingdom of Aaun, and to swear true allegiance to Our uncle John as Our Heir to this Our Royal Crown;
In the name of God we exhort and strictly charge Our Lords and Counsellors to have diligence zeal love and loyalty to the dignity and estate of Our said grandson, the proper affairs of this Our kingdom of Aaun, charging them to follow every part of this Our Will and Testament, reminding them that they will answer before God when they too depart this transitory world.
We commit Our soul into the hands of Almighty God and trust that He will judge the good deeds of Our transitory and undeserving life to be worthy of His heavenly Skies.
To my People, I say this: go forth into the world in peace; be of good courage; hold fast that which is good; render to no one evil for evil; strengthen the faint-hearted; support the weak; help the afflicted; honour all people; love and serve Almighty God. The blessing of Almighty God be amongst you and remain with you always.
In witness whereof we have signed this Will and Testament at the Hand of Horen on the twentieth of Sun’s Smile in the fifteenth year of Our Reign.
✿
EDMUND R.
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MC Name:
Vylkmir
Character's Name:
Johannes von Alstreim
Character's Age:
19
What feat(s) will you be learning?
Alchemy
Teacher's MC Name:
exogens
Teacher's RP Name:
Sir Emir
Do you agree to keep Story updated on the status of your feat app?:
Yes
Have you applied for this feat on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app:
No
Are you aware that if this feat is shelved, it will be unavailable to use?
Yes
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"I just find it strange that they made all this fuss in Aaun, resisting to be tested and whatnot. Then as soon as the Church enters they bend over and let them do all the testing they want - All of this discord could've ben avoided, if they just cooperated!" retorted the newly inducted Count of Whisperwood, Johannes Lothar, scion of Prince Heinrich II
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IGN: Vylkmir
DISCORD: Balthy
SKIN: Northern Front: Giles
AMOUNT: 25 USD
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Little Johannes von Alstreim gazed upon the list of various knights. One illustrious day he would make it upon such a list!
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Little Johannes was so unfortunate as to be visiting Numendil at the time of the attack. Only returning home the day after the attack "I would've killed them all, AGAIN!" Spoke the boy in hushed tones...
SpoilerOOC: You guys do an amazing job, fills something the server needs (actually hostile/attacking darkspawn). Keep up the amazing work :)
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MERRYWEATHER PIE DAY
By dictation of Johannes Lothar von Alstreim
Penned by Scribe Konrad Lipa
On the 12th of Horen's Calling, 1942
FRIEDEN UND SEGEN,
The Principality hereby invites the United Kingdom of Aaun and its friends, from noble to common man to participate in the Merryweather Pie Day. All are invited to Apfelberg to participate. As we have more than entered the summer, many fruits and vegetables have already ripened, ready to be put to use! What other way than to participate in a celebration of summer, harvest and of course pie!
The day shall begin in the newly constructed fairgrounds, where farmers and merchants may peddle their wares. Some time after the event has begun, once people have arrived the pie day begins in earnest.
The first event on the list is naturally; how to make a pie. Mister Berthold will call upon the pie day-goers and give everyone a crash course in pie making. These pies may be used for the other festivity on the list!
The second event is the pie eating contest! Aspiring-contestants will have to purchase a pie for a mere five marks (also the entry fee that goes into the prize pool), once entered into the contest, one must compete with two others, the fastest pie-eater wins. Contestants will compete against one another until there is only one competitor left! The winner takes half of the prize money!
The second competition is that of the best or most unusual pie! Competitors either have made the pies prior to the festival or make them during it, for example at the crash course. Each pie is carefully examined; first it is looked at, smelled and finally tasted by three judges. The best pie-maker in the kingdom wins a golden pie trophy and a bag of minae! The second best a silver pie and the third best a bronze trophy - A badge of honor, for who else can claim to have made the best pies ever?
SpoilerIN MERRYWEATHER, AAUN AT 4PM EST ON THE 22ND
GOTT MIT UNS,
HIS LORDSHIP, Johannes Lothar von Alstreim
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"With law shall the land be built! - or something like that!" Said Johannes von Alstreim, having read the quote from a book while studying
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Little Johannes von Alstreim made preparations to accompany his father to the inauguration of Reinmar, a once in a lifetime event.
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High Pontiff Pontian IV welcomed his old friend into the Seven Skies with open arms
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"Long live the King!" proclaimed Johannes von Alstreim
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Little baby Johannes Lothar von Alstreim wailed as he was born!
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High Pontiff Pontian IV, otherwise known as Adrian Helen Sarkozic welcomed his nephew into the Seven Skies with open arms "At last we meet again, little Franz. It is good to see you!"
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"Slava Stran!" exclaimed the young Arpad Ivanovich
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It's an ok system if you know how to use it, but a lot of people don't know how to use it. There ought to be a warp to the pillars on the mainland instead of having to rebind it every time you need to go somewhere.
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Darkest thing I've done is probably ride with my buddies near elven lands and bring them back to our fortress to be hanged. This in itself isn't the worst, it was when I was in Owynsburg. We found an elf who was threatening to sue us or something (we had done something evil prior, i forget) we basically drowned him in a lake nearby, because he wouldn't listen to us. He was like 17 years old IRP.
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"Bah! Just a bunch of greedy people. The Canonist Church offers all of this free of charge!" spoke Arpad to himself on his travels, completely sane-like.
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Called this 30 weeks ago btw!!!
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THE HOST OF SAINT ARPAD
AFTER-ACTION REPORT: SCAVENGING WOLVES
Issued and confirmed by the Count of Vaška, Jan Arpad Ivanovich, 2nd of Sun’s Smile, 1921.
Dictated by Arpad Corvinus Ivanovich.
TO OUR COMRADES,
One Saint’s Day, as we write this, a small detachment captained by myself was dispatched from Florentine to investigate the howls of animals, missing foodstuffs and lastly the loss of baptised lives. The weather was temperate and the men were in good spirits.
Reported by: Arpad Ivanovich
Involved were: Arpad Ivanovich, veteran Kazak’s Felden Creech, Agathon Rhylan and newly inducted Straznik Žytomyr Volkov.
A quick debriefing was held at the square of Florentine, equipment was checked and once fully prepared the men moved out. Moving towards the abandoned mine southwest of the city, however as we neared the mine, we were led astray. Howl's noised not far in the opposite direction of the mine. Fully alert, we advanced in the direction of the howls, intent on returning to the mine should our search for the howls be fruitless. A handful of minutes passed as we climbed the low hills and back down again, which is where we would encounter a singular wolf holding its ground.
A fight ensued where the wolf pounced on Žytomyr, however, the rest of us were within two-sword lengths of Žytomyr and easily advanced and slew the wolf in unison. While we were occupied with the wolf another two had crawled from behind and were ready to pounce. Too late to effectively react, but not too late to result in major injuries. Žytomyr and Felden were locked in defence, unable to properly deal any damage. Once more the cohesion of our squad proved remarkable, myself and Agathon each attacked a wolf, Agathon going to help Žytomyr and I would go help Felden. One wolf was crushed and the other’s neck was cut wide, respectively.
Daring not to fight us honourably, another two had snuck up on us from the left! One jumped on me and went straight for the neck, however, I would hold off the huge wolf until Felden helped me and killed it for me. All the while this was happening, the other wolf had overshot his jump, aiming for Felden but hitting Agathon. Žytomyr debated which man to help, me, the son of the count or Kazak Agathon. In the end, he did the right thing and helped Agathon, crushing the wolf with his warhammer!
The pack of wolves had been slain and no more in the vicinity could be found. Covered in the blood of our enemies, we returned to Florentine to recuperate. I am satisfied with the conduct of the men, but I do not believe this is the end of the wolves. Another squad will be dispatched to secure the mine.
GODANI JEST WIECZNY,
His Lordship, Jan Ivanovich, Count of Vaška, Hetman of the Host of St. Arpad
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SS Pillars and Conflict?
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Hello Crafters,
I was in a discord and someone brought up conflicts near the "public" SS pillars. With the conflict between Veletz and the rest of the world. Is there anything preventing players from waiting at pillars for an unfortunate soul to teleport there and bandit/attack you or whatever?
Unsure if theres any rules already but pls lets talk about it :)