Heaven Aetherius or hell Oblivion, LET'S highROCK:

Welcome to the out of character and sign-up thread for OF PRINCES AND POWER, part of the Shattered Empire Series, now enjoying its third chapter. Of Princes and Power is a mostly political RP set in the entirety of early 4th Era High Rock. We are taking the events of Oblivion as our point of departure (as in, no lore official lore created after 2008/9 is canon here), and many of our writers have filled in all sorts of fantastically imaginative lore in deciding what has happened in the last twenty eight years since that day. Players control everything from the Queens, Kings, Princes, Dukes and Counts who rule High Rock, to the common people just trying to find their way in this dangerous time.

Your friendly neighborhood GMs are me, Vincent McCool, and aSaPp!5@ (though he's on a leave of absence). Pester us, or the thread in general, if you have any questions. We're a friendly bunch here and always looking for new life, so don't be afraid to bother us (me) as often as you like.

There is lots and lots of great information on this lovely RP In aSaPp's gloriously long OP in the http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1504252-of-princes-and-power-chpt3-the-exchange/, for anyone who wants it and there's even more on our fluff-filled wiki (see the link in the next paragraph). My best advice for anyone new is to read all you can stomach of that big post and ask here for help. Even though this is a new alternative timeline, we haven't gotten very far and there is very little you need to learn in order to start RPing here. In fact, if your character is the sort who doesn't really go in for the big political side of things, you yourself may need to learn almost nothing (though we have lots of great writers creating great stuff, so it's always worth reading). Although lots of people have been contributing lots of fantastic new lore, everyone who joins is invited to join in at whatever level they feel comfortable with, and to craft as much new lore-fluff as they like, if they end up with a little corner of High Rock to themselves.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE LOVELY RPERS

Almost all of the information on the RP is stored on our quite spiffing http://theshatteredempireseries.wikia.com/wiki/The_Shattered_Empire_Series_Wiki, and everyone who joins is invited to write up their own back-stories and new pieces of lore to fit into the tapestry we are making here. This RP is all about feudalism and tradition; those who care about it and those who don't. Princes and Power, that sort of thing. For anyone who is genuinely new/confused, I promise that everything you need to know about what little plot we've had so far is contained either in that OP, or this post Vincent wrote in the last chapter, http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1343716-of-princes-and-power-chapter-i-a-game-of-pawns/page-6#entry22481821.

NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO JOIN AS A NEW PLAYER: The Festival of Peace - a grand party held in Evermore where nobles from all across High Rock gathered to socialize - has ended, and the players have dispersed back to their native lands to deal with the fallout of the event. Daggerfall's king and Evermore's queen have had a scandalous encounter with one another, Prince Geruld of Wayrest has been murdered, sending ripples through that kingdom, Northpoint has found itself crowning a new queen and dealing with outsiders from Skyrim, and Shornhelm's captured prince is on the run, making his way back to that subjugated kingdom - these are only a few of the exciting plots currently taking place! There's never been a better time to join up and get involved, because there has never been more opportunity for story telling!

CURRENT QUEST FOR RPER'S: The Wiki's looking great, and there's lots and lots of new/improved information on there, lore and characters alike. If you have stuff - character sheets or random information - that's not on the wiki right now, let's continue to try to get that up so we can all enjoy each other's work! There have been minor retcons throughout the RP, particularly in Camlorn, and there will likely be some more as we adapt the characters and lore of people who have dropped out, so pay attention to what's being changed if you're playing characters in the affected areas. We're also trying to revive the RP at the moment, so remember: write, write, write!

- Broken