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EDIT: Ver 2.0 Lord Commander Viktor Von Voss  "Before we begin here, let me inform you of my credentials." "50 years in the service of the Sevvran Legion from private to sergeant all the way up to a full blown commander, I have seen action in every corner of this continent from the last two dragon wars to the full duration of the Dark Empire's final collapse. I fought every bugger within a hundred miles of Sevvran for king and country and for this honour I was made into Lord Commander of the Legions by his majesty Leopold III in recognition for my continued service. I respected his majesty and I didn't hesitate for a moment about the righteousness of our causes, he was a good king and that was all there was to it. "His son... I was present for the conquest of Hissin and even led the assault on the palace, and in the annexing of the Red Desert harrying of our supply lines would have crippled us were it not for several surgical strikes ordered by me. But we have pushed too far, too fast, and we are starting to buckle under the strain of managing this empire. I tried to inform his majesty of this eventuality, cautioned him to consolidate our current holdings but he didn't seem to want listen to my council like his father would have and after the last military campaign was concluded I found that I was being sent on a very important assignment by the king himself. To enforce Martial Law back home in Sevvran and assist the Lady de Wulfe in her regency. "Martial Law has been declared I was informed, I must return to Sevvran and see that order is kept, by force if necessary and such orders brooked no disobeying from the King himself. The Lady De Wulfe was one of the greatest fighters of the new generation and has requested aid to deal with dissident elements in the crown-lands. For although a demon on the battlefield she was, she could not solely handle the enemies arranged against her on her own. And so, I stepped in and between Sevvran's greatest warrior, and it's greatest tactician we have held fast against all those who would see our nation destroyed from the inside. "And yet in my heart, I am troubled. For the first time in the history of my career I am having, doubts about the orders of my beloved king. I have studied the military histories of many nations and they tell me one thing and one thing only, a nation that extends it's borders in this manner has never stood the test of time, it always fails and in my hearts of hearts I know that if this was to occur, it would take my beloved nation with it. This course of action is unwise to the extreme, but his highness will not heed the council of his father's advisors, and no military power can match our own in equal strength. We won't be destroyed from a force without, we'll be brought down from factions from within" "And I cannot allow our nation to be destroyed in this manner, no matter what the cost is I will defend my homeland to the death. Be it my death, or the death of some bastard who wises to see it ground into dust." The Bear of the North [+4] Viktor Von Voss did not reach 50 years in a dangerous profession by being a bad fighter. Viktor's skill with the sword and shrewd tactical mind have made him a boon to his allies, and a man of great infamy to his enemies. A man like that is not afraid to fight dirty today, to live to see tomorrow. And everyone knows the legacy of 'The Bear', in his long and storied history as a warrior he has made a name for himself that has spread all across the world, or at least those parts of it that he might have set foot on. Captain and Commander[+4] Even if he may have been forcibly retired from the front lines of the war, Lord Commander Von Voss is still one of the highest ranking officers in the entirety of the Royal Legion, and has his hands on so many strings that he may pull at any one time that people often suspect that he ran the foreign legion even before his official appointment. As such he can call upon almost every aspect of Sevvran's expansive military infrastructure, and even some vaguely related civil structure to attain what he may need. Honourbound to a Fault [-2] Lord Von Voss has spent most of his adult life in military service, a role that does not offer much in the way of duplicity or subterfuge a lot of the time. As such whilst he has a good grasp of stewardship to run the backbone of an army, and knows everything about soldiering back to front he isn't home to the political manuverings that is normally part of his class. Hence why he got reassigned to a position back home without knowing about it until the orders were in his hands. --- Arks Landing  Heart of the Empire [+2] Arks Landing, greatest of cities, first of nations, founder of empires. All roads lead to the Ark as the center of Sevvran's political and military structure and all subject nations serve it's whims. The Crossroads of Trade [+2] And with those roads comes trade from nearly all corners of the world, The Capitol is the beating heart of commerce for hundreds of nations, thousands upon thousands of people toil endlessly to sustain the Capitol. It is said that you could get just about anything on the busy streets of Arks Landing. Barely Holding Together [-2] And it's coming under considerable strain. The King has put all his efforts behind the conquest of his neighbors, but without his presence a lot of important functions cannot move properly, and his Regent isn't much better at handling the sprawling bureaucratic mess that is maintaining order at the center of an empire. The moment something breaks down, it will all start to break down. TheNabster fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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Changed Von Voss from Salty Copper to Salty High Commander and Right Hand of the Regent. Now he has more power.
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Do we have any prompts to go through? I want to flex some writing muscles. Otherwise I'm hashing out character opinions because I like that poo poo. Spoiler alert, it involves a severe dislike of dragons, aristocrats, magic users and rabble rousers. Which is most of the cast, go figure EDIT: As for a title how about "They're called revolutions, because they always come round again." I dunno what the character limit is. But I like my Pratchett TheNabster fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jul 8, 2016 |
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From the War Journal of Lord Commander Von Voss posted:
TheNabster fucked around with this message at 11:58 on Jul 10, 2016 |
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berenzen posted:
A worthy warrior, a tremendous fighter, and so close to necromancy that just being near it makes my skin crawl, fighting the undead was almost as bad as fighting dragons. We have extended our hand to these people before and we should not turn our backs to them, especially not when the amount of willing allies of Sevvran we can count on one hand but... I still feel incredibly uneasy in their presence. Yami Fenrir posted:Lucius Do you have any idea how many times people have attempted to assassinate me? Too many, that's how many times. For this reason I do not like to involve myself with assassins, especially this one. Yami Fenrir posted:Amporus, Heresy Incarnate I am often asked why I am so vehemently opposed to any magical assistance in my army what so ever despite the cases for its inclusion being very reasonable and sound arguments. And I say this man, this man is why I do not suffer mages in my staff. One deserter with a sword is merely a thug, but one deserter with a spellbook is a catastrophe waiting to happen. I would hunt this man like a dog, but I am told hunting magical opponents is not within my duties and I should leave it to the church and the mages at Archor. They haven't been doing a very good job. Yami Fenrir posted:Verenas of Talrimas Ah yes, my successor on the military council. The lad is good at what he does no doubts about that, and he also seeks to ensure the protection of Lady de Wulfe as I do there is no quarrel there. But I am constantly reminded of the way I had command cut out from under me, and was unceremoniously shuttled off to the capitol away from the front lines for an early retirement, like it was meant to be a reward. I don't know who exactly made that happen, but let's just say I have my suspicions of who benefited the most from it. Yami Fenrir posted:Ludwig of Urios, the Snake I do not trust Aristocrats, and I especially do not trust this man. I like to keep myself away from courtly intrigues for my own personal safety more than anything else. After all, a battlefield has rules of what you can and can't do to a defeated opponent, but there are no rules in the cloak and dagger world of noble politics other than the old fashioned adage of 'Don't get caught'. And Ludwig is very good at that game. Yami Fenrir posted:Pope Sahalnir XI A few months back when our initial push into the Red Vale was under way, I had received specific orders from his holiness to come to the aid of a mission bastion that had come under siege by hostile forces, he said that his attempts to get the King and his military council to aid them had failed and he was asking me personally for help. I saw no reason to not come to the aid of these people, for although I had merely disliked the man at the time, I did not hate him enough that I would callously let people under his command die to just spite him, and this was a minor matter in the grand scheme of things. So I rode out at the head of a small relief force (Quietly, this wasn't entirely official after all) to dispatch the rebels assaulting the bastion, and relieve the garrison. When this was done I had entered the Bastion willingly in order to ensure that all souls indoors were safe and secure, and all was well, and then I went through a door I wasn't supposed to go through. I will not recount what exactly I had found within that dark little room but I knew at that very moment, that because of how I had handled this I would never be recount able that tale to anyone else, without proving that I had grossly broke military orders. I had been tricked into preventing a dark secret from being exposed and I was bloody furious about it, believe me. But I will tell you this. I will not see what I found within those walls get repeated anywhere on sovereign Sevvran territory any time soon. There are some things a man is not meant to see. TheNabster fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Jul 10, 2016 |
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I didn't have the time to roll at the time, being at work and all.
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