Of Princes and Power- OOC Thread 3

Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:44 pm

Enter the Queen.

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Name: Kelmena Thagor
Title: Her Majesty the Queen of Daggerfall
Age: 22
Race: Breton (Camlornese-Anticlerian)
Gender: Female

Appearance: Kelmena has always been said to take more after her southerner mother, and quite rightly so. At five feet seven, she is not extraordinarily tall, of a slightly tanner complexion than most Breton aristocrats tend to be – much like is common for Anticlerians. She carries herself with the dignity of expected of a lady and the queen of one of the greatest powers in Daggerfall, and even those in her husband’s court who are loathe to have a queen from the ‘barbarian’ distant north cannot fault her there.

It is fortunate for western High Rock that Kelmena is among the more attractive noblewomen in the west; otherwise, King Camaron may have simply refused her father’s proposal of marriage and doomed High Rock’s west to a potential war. With thin, slightly arched eyebrows that sit above her expressive light green eyes, a small, slightly snub nose and thin lips, the Queen of Daggerfall is almost the very image of a Bretic noblewoman, further aided in creating such an appearance by the curly dark brown hair that frames her face.

Skills: Kelmena was not raised to be neither a warrior nor some free-spirited marvel; she was to be a noblewoman, to act as is appropriate for her station and to carry herself with dignity no matter what situation she was in. That is mostly what she can claim to do best, along with having something of a thirst for knowledge; she can speak not only her native Bretic and Cyrodiilic, but also ancient Yoku, old Bretic and Aldmeris, being familiar with many famous texts and poems and having a reputation as the patron of musicians in particular.

Equipment: Kelmena’s wardrobe is suitably grand and varied for the Queen of Daggerfall; though Camaron can often be an inattentive husband, when his (actually genuine, despite what some might say) love for her takes hold, no gift is too lavish and no expense too great to assure that his wife does not feel embarrassed in the company of even the richest women of Tamriel. Her own tastes tend to steer towards the famed Nibenese silks, and she is particularly well known for possessing a dress of true moth soul-silk, its exquisite material seemingly alive in how its colours shift and change with even the smallest of the queen’s movements, settling to a sky-blue when undisturbed.

Background: The oldest of the daughters of Archduke Senhyn of Camlorn, Kelmena was always destined to be a bargaining chip in the grand game of High Rock’s thrones; a fate that infuriated her at youth but which she has since grown to accept. What she did not expect, however, was that she would be married off to Daggerfall, sealing a vital alliance between that land and her father’s domains and becoming the kingdom’s new queen. She has since settled into this life, giving birth to twin boys for her husband – Willem and Telwen, who are now of aged two – and apparently managing to adapt to the unpredictable pace of the infamous Camaron of Daggerfall. On the outside, it seems that the young queen has since come to terms with her husband’s infidelity and approached the responsibilities of her new rank with an energy characteristic of her, but what she truly feels no one can tell.

Nice sheet :)
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:09 pm

Enter the King

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Name: Daric Caron, First of His Name, King of Northpoint, Lord Sovereign of Sharnhelm, Darguard, Thornvale and Eagle Brook, Lord Protector of Thorkan, Auvernge, Alsace and White Haven.

Age: 43

Race: Breton

Gender: Male

Appearance: 6"2 tall. Daric has a hard face, strong laugh lines, dark, unflinching eyes and a sharp nose. His hair is dark too and he wears it very short, in a military fashion.

Daric has a slim frame and is in peak physical condition. Every dawn, without fail, Daric puts himself through a rigorous regime of swimming in the cold, choppy ocean, before training in melee combat with one of his honour guards.

It would be a cold day in Oblivion when you found Daric Caron wearing any clothing that might be considered fashionable or flamboyant. Dark, simple clothes line his wardrobe, most of which have a military design to them.

Skills: Daric was never meant to sit the throne of Northpoint, that honour was reserved for his elder brother. Daric only inherited the throne when his brother fell from his horse while he was out hunting. Despite that, Daric received the same training his brother received and thus sits the throne easily. From a young age, he was trained in all the arts a prince should know. From horse-riding to sword-play to etiquette to battlefield strategy. He runs his realm with efficiency and skill - strengthening hugely the Kingdom of Northpoint during his 20 years as King.

Equipment: When in public, Daric wears dark, military style clothing. He also wears the crown of Northpoint - a heavy piece of wrought iron ringed with 10 small swords pointing skywards. In battle,Daric wears full ebony plate and wields an ebony clay-more.

Background: Despite being born second son to the King and Queen of Northpoint, Daric received the same training his elder brother did. From a young age, Daric showed enormous talent for battlefield strategy. His father, King Barathon Caron III, would let him sit in on council meetings and before long Daric had summoned the courage to speak up, pointing out flaws, advising men more than twice his age.

Despite Daric's gifts, it was his brother, not he, who was destined to become King. Daric's brother, Barathon Caron IV, was Daric's direct opposite. Rash, emotional, charismatic, flamboyant and a hugely talented mage, Barathon was the perfect Breton King. As a young prince, he was loved by the people and encouraged loyalty from the Lords. When the young Barathon was killed falling from his horse while hunting, the realm went into mourning. The Queen, Daric's mother, in a classic case of Bretonic melodrama, couldn't contain her grief and threw herself from a cliff. The King, having just lost his first-borne, and then his wife, withdrew from the world, often staying in his private rooms for days on end. It was at this point, when Daric was 17 years old that he, with the help of his father's advisors, began managing the day-to-day affairs of the realm. His father never recovered, and five years later, slipped into death and Daric officially took the throne.

At the age of 25, Daric married the daughter of a powerful Arch-Duke, uniting the aristocracy of Northpoint behind him. It was a political marriage but was not loveless. In time, the pair grew to care for each other deeply. A year later, the Queen, Abelle Caron, gave birth to a daughter.

During the 20 years of his rule, Northpoint has prospered and Daric has forged a strong realm - uniting Northpoint with Shornhelm - a war in which Daric's strategic planning was key to victory.

Making use of Northpoint's coast, Daric established trade routes to arround Skyrim. This trade has been crucial to Northpoint's economic growth. When they came under attack from Nordic reavers and Redguard pirates, Baric reacted swiftly, setting sail himself to take the war to the raiders.

Daric Caron is not a classic Breton. He is not passionate, poetic or flamboyant. Nor does he have a close affinity to magic. Despite years of training, Beric struggles to conjure the most meager of spells. His enemies would use that against him, whispering that he is not a true Breton and should not seat the thone. Despite these rumors, careful political maneuvering has given Beric a level of dominance as King rarely seen before in Northpoint. The only thorn in Daric's side remains the recently conquered Shornhelm.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:31 pm

Enter the King

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Name: Daric Caron, First of His Name, King of Northpoint, Lord Sovereign of Sharnhelm, Darguard, Thornvale and Eagle Brook, Lord Protector of Thorkan, Auvernge, Alsace and White Haven.

Age: 43

Race: Breton

Gender: Male

Appearance: 6"2 tall. Daric has a hard face, strong laugh lines, dark, unflinching eyes and a sharp nose. His hair is dark too and he wears it very short, in a military fashion.

Daric has a slim frame and is in peak physical condition. Every dawn, without fail, Daric puts himself through a rigorous regime of swimming in the cold, choppy ocean, before training in melee combat with one of his honour guards.

It would be a cold day in Oblivion when you found Daric Caron wearing any clothing that might be considered fashionable or flamboyant. Dark, simple clothes line his wardrobe, most of which have a military design to them.

Skills: Daric was never meant to sit the throne of Northpoint, that honour was reserved for his elder brother. Daric only inherited the throne when his brother fell from his horse while he was out hunting. Despite that, Daric received the same training his brother received and thus sits the throne easily. From a young age, he was trained in all the arts a prince should know. From horse-riding to sword-play to etiquette to battlefield strategy. He runs his realm with efficiency and skill - strengthening hugely the Kingdom of Northpoint during his 20 years as King.

Equipment: When in public, Daric wears dark, military style clothing. He also wears the crown of Northpoint - a heavy piece of wrought iron ringed with 10 small swords pointing skywards. In battle,Daric wears full ebony plate and wields an ebony clay-more.

Background: Despite being born second son to the King and Queen of Northpoint, Daric received the same training his elder brother did. From a young age, Daric showed enormous talent for battlefield strategy. His father, King Barathon Caron III, would let him sit in on council meetings and before long Daric had summoned the courage to speak up, pointing out flaws, advising men more than twice his age.

Despite Daric's gifts, it was his brother, not he, who was destined to become King. Daric's brother, Barathon Caron IV, was Daric's direct opposite. Rash, emotional, charismatic, flamboyant and a hugely talented mage, Barathon was the perfect Breton King. As a young prince, he was loved by the people and encouraged loyalty from the Lords. When the young Barathon was killed falling from his horse while hunting, the realm went into mourning. The Queen, Daric's mother, in a classic case of Bretonic melodrama, couldn't contain her grief and threw herself from a cliff. The King, having just lost his first-borne, and then his wife, withdrew from the world, often staying in his private rooms for days on end. It was at this point, when Daric was 17 years old that he, with the help of his father's advisors, began managing the day-to-day affairs of the realm. His father never recovered, and five years later, slipped into death and Daric officially took the throne.

At the age of 25, Daric married the daughter of a powerful Arch-Duke, uniting the aristocracy of Northpoint behind him. It was a political marriage but was not loveless. In time, the pair grew to care for each other deeply. A year later, the Queen, Abelle Caron, gave birth to a daughter.

During the 20 years of his rule, Northpoint has prospered and Daric has forged a strong realm - uniting Northpoint with Shornhelm - a war in which Daric's strategic planning was key to victory.

Making use of Northpoint's coast, Daric established trade routes to arround Skyrim. This trade has been crucial to Northpoint's economic growth. When they came under attack from Nordic reavers and Redguard pirates, Baric reacted swiftly, setting sail himself to take the war to the raiders.

Daric Caron is not a classic Breton. He is not passionate, poetic or flamboyant. Nor does he have a close affinity to magic. Despite years of training, Beric struggles to conjure the most meager of spells. His enemies would use that against him, whispering that he is not a true Breton and should not seat the thone. Despite these rumors, careful political maneuvering has given Beric a level of dominance as King rarely seen before in Northpoint. The only thorn in Daric's side remains the recently conquered Shornhelm.

Nice sheet man, I'll add it to the list.

And Gorbad, the distance between the port and the city of Shornhelm is quite massive for a nighttime carriage ride. It's close to 60 miles through mountains.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 12:19 pm

it's Shornhelm, no ? :P

btw, Asap I've pmed you? or have I forgotten to do so while my stupid brains make me believe I did?
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 9:10 am

I got it Gavril, just trying to sort through this stuff first, I forgot to add a few names to Characters in the list.

Who owns Allard Lariat? I've forgotten :facepalm:
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 5:58 am

You forgot to - haha that svcks atleast it isn't anyone who posted I think since he has no post yet.

I'm sorry, didn't mean to rush you.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 7:58 am

btw: it Erasmos who rps Lariat
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 4:33 am

Yeah I got it now, looked up and saw I had it marked on the Lords things. :P

You guys tell me if I don't add something to the OP, it's a rather monstrous and confusing thing and I have a tendency to forget.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 11:47 am

Hokey dokey, should probably get another post up with Queen Syllawen. When would be a good time, IRL wise, to start the feast, do you think? Happily we are coming up to half-term/Reading Week for most of British education, so I'll have a bunch of time.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 11:26 am

Well aparently I'm going on holidays in two weeks. 18/02 - 25/02. But I know there is an internet cafe which I can use. Just don't expect huge posts during that week since it isn't cheap, the internet cafe that is. sorry guys.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 4:21 am

Well aparently I'm going on holidays in two weeks. 18/02 - 25/02. But I know there is an internet cafe which I can use. Just don't expect huge posts during that week since it isn't cheap, the internet cafe that is. sorry guys.
Dont you have a laptop, bro?
And it's okay, no worries :)
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 12:46 pm

Nice sheet man, I'll add it to the list.

And Gorbad, the distance between the port and the city of Shornhelm is quite massive for a nighttime carriage ride. It's close to 60 miles through mountains.
It wasn't exactly nighttime, it was early evening. And the road has surely been built quite good by now, after years of use?

But, I can edit the post to him to have spent the night at the port.. Not that it will make any difference other than being -more correct-. What should I do?
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 6:55 am

It wasn't exactly nighttime, it was early evening. And the road has surely been built quite good by now, after years of use?

But, I can edit the post to him to have spent the night at the port.. Not that it will make any difference other than being -more correct-. What should I do?

In your post it just kind of sounded like it was a quick ride to town from the port in a carriage. I would guess it would take a little over an hour to make the trip
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:49 am

Horses only went 30 miles a day or so, iirc.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:16 pm

In your post it just kind of sounded like it was a quick ride to town from the port in a carriage. I would guess it would take a little over an hour to make the trip
Well, now it took -a few days-. :)

I actually like this version of my post better. (make sure to re-read it íf you already read it, as it has changed, slightly)
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 11:58 am

Dont you have a laptop, bro?
And it's okay, no worries :smile:

jep, I have a laptop, but no internet at the villa :( I'm taking it with me though, to work for school so maybe I can tap into a neighbors internet if it's unprotected. I can vaguely remember having done that a few years back.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 12:45 am

Depending on how hard you pushed the horses and how often you could change them you could theoretically do it in around 6 hours on flat ground but you'd have to allow for walking the horses up and down any hills, so a day or more is realistic really.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 10:10 am

Horses only went 30 miles a day or so, iirc.

Depends. In a hurry, you can cover a lot more then 30 miles a day on horseback. Hell, you can nearly manage 30 miles a day on foot.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 2:39 pm

Depends. In a hurry, you can cover a lot more then 30 miles a day on horseback. Hell, you can nearly manage 30 miles a day on foot.
The horse is dragging a carriage with about 7 passangers (including driver) with food for 4 days. It took 2 days at most to reach the castle.

Really though, let's not focus on that part: It's been fixed :)
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 3:50 pm

I don't really have much to post, so coming everyone's way is a lot of fluff on Syllawen Direnni. It seems a lot of people are showing off what their characters are good at in their posts, so I might as well do the same with the Queen of Evermore. Hope its not too dull :)
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 9:44 am

Vincent, that last post was freaking amazing. I wish I could write like that.
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 12:00 am

D'aww man, thanks. I seriously didn't mean to write a post that long about nothing.... It, erm, shows character at least..I guess?
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 1:41 pm

'Dull'... Hah. Try 'bloody brilliant'. Raurich sounds like he could have some anti-fun with Bridwell while Camaron... 'chats up' the Queen of Evermore, hooooo :P
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 2:37 pm

Writing up my first post now. Sorry it's a bit late.

BTW, it's extremely depressing when people like Vincent and aSaP complain about their posts being rubbish because when I read them, they're not rubbish at all, they're really [censored] good in fact. Depressing because probably means my posts are a constant monotony of droll :P
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Post » Thu May 03, 2012 4:10 am

I know how you feel :P
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