Imperialism - The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations.

As we saw from our own world, one nation can gain patriotism from seeing another rebel.

The New America was tired of being a province; ruled about by the distant and unfair English Monarchy.
Therefor, they rebelled against their rule, and defeated the British, creating the United States of America.

This single event caused a massive chain reaction, resulting in the rebellion of many different nations.
The biggest one we have seen was the French Revolution, was when the poor people rebelled against the French Monarchy.
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After the events of the Oblivion Crisis, the Fourth Age began. It was proclaimed to be the most prosperous age of all time; but oh were they wrong. Vast amounts of money were being spent on the reconstruction of destroyed cities, like Kvatch and parts of the Imperial City. Therefor, in order to make these changes possible, taxes would increase.

It all began with the Redguard revolution, 4E 23. Nobility was too rich, the ones in poverty were too poor. So the poor rose up against the Imperial ways, even though they had no chance at winning. They grabbed clubs, dull and rusted swords, shovels, hoes, and everything alike; and they ambushed guards and nobility alike. Plundering and riots swept the interior of Hammerfell.

The legion wanted to quickly extinguish this fire, so they moved in troops. However, the Imperial Legion needed resources to move troops into Hammerfell, and so they imposed taxes on all of their provinces to help pay for it. Because the revolution was so wide spread, they had a tough time finding and eradicating all sources of anarchy.

Also, Imperial Troops were moved into Hammerfell Civilan Homes because they were fighting a terrorist-like group; making the middle and high-class citizens of Hammerfell angry. Food was to be supplied to the troops by the family, as well as hygine, water, and entertainment. After thirty years of this going on, Hammerfell was nearly broke, but the Legion had made great progress.

However, 4E 55, the other Redguards of Hammerfell had finally had it. Before the legion could blink, they were fighting well-armed, and rich nobility and middle class people; so all of the Redguard people were up in the revolution. Ambushed in houses, and attacked from all sides; it was a brutal fight. Legionarres that survived were scarred from the war; images of children grabbing swords and swinging at them still woke them from their sleep.

But when a tree is lit on fire, it is only a matter of time until the entire forest is engulfed.

Before long, Vvardenfall became tired of the outrageous taxes, which they had no say in, and decided they wanted to rule themselves. The Three Great Houses set aside their differences, and focused on this shared foe. Many of the Fighters' and Mages' guild branches were lost in the war. While the Arcane University and most branches of the Warriors' guild stood true to the legion, others in remote areas defected.

The world soon erupted into a forest fire as every province rose up against the legion. Trained, and professional forces were now attacking the Legion, as well as the poor, middle class, and nobility of the different provinces. Neutral forces, such as the Dominion, did not take a large role in the overthrowing of the Empire. Nords also kept their heads down, and waited to reap the rewards that soon followed. Soon enough, the forces of Tamriel pushed the Empire into the Imperial City, where the Legion made it's last stand. 4E 134, after a long war, and a long seige of the Imperial City, the Legion surrendered, and nearly all Imperial Political Figures were executed right then and there.

And so, as the many guilds of Tamriel lie in ruins, Kvatch only half-rebuilt, the Imperial City a skeleton of its former self; the war is finally over.

Cyrodiil, now, is an unclaimed area. Nations quickly expanded their borders and tried to gain as much land as possible. However, disputes over borders quickly followed, but a peace treaty was quickly made to end all fighting.

But the treaty would not hold long. Elsweyr and Argonia were still arguing over who gets Leyawiin, Argonia claiming that Elsweyr already had Bravil. Hammerfell and Valenwood were arguing over Anvil. High Rock was isolated from the land, and was trying to throw their hat in for Chorrol. Hammerfell already had Chorrol though, and thus disputes rose. The High Elves of Summerset Isles had claimed Skingrad without dispute, and every province was looking to grab the Imperial City.

Even half-destroyed, it is a strategic place to defend and overlook the regions.

In 4E 200, the peace treaty was broken as a force from Argonia took Bravil by force. Elsweyr retaliated with an Argonian slaughter in Leyawiin. Enraged, Argonia sent a massive invasion force into Elsweyr, lusting for revenge for their fallen brethren. In all this confusion, the Nords sent a force to get control of the Imperial City, but were cut off by a small Altmer skirmish force.

Soon, every nation spiraled into chaos. Ungodly amounts of gold are being spent on war supplies and troops, leaving the citizens of the provinces poor and in poverty. Politicians face the threats of other countries, as well as assassination and famine. Commanders are having to fight in new ways, as they could be fighting two foes at once.

Who will survive? Who will take control of Tamriel?
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RPers would begin in Cyrodiil, or close to it. Like, Gideon would be a good place to start, as it is smack on the border. Political figure heads are going to keep their heads down, of course, but all the other RPers will stay in Cyrodiil for the duration of the RP.


I'll get more info up if people want to join.
Also, tell me if it is truly realistic. Trying to be as realistic as possible.

Thanks!
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Character Sheet

Name:
Race:
Loyalties: Where do your loyalties lie? Morrowind? High Rock?
Class/Position: Political Figure, Soldier, Civilian, Scientist, or maybe Chef? Endless possibilities.

Physical Appearance:

Personality:

Regular Apparel: What you usually wear, non-combat.
Armour: Armour worn, if any.
Weapons: A Civilian is not going to have a Daedric Weapon, unless you have a good reason (Family Heirloom will not pass)
Other Items: Enchanted Rings, Sword Hilt, Backpack, etc.

Items: Soldiers will have more then Civilians, and Nobility/Royalty will have a good sum of money.

Defining Features: Scars, Tattoos, over-sized ears...

Goal/Motivation: What is your character's main goal? Why?

Any Favorite/Hated Races: I, personally, hate Dunmer.

Short Biography: And on the 24,443,231st day I was alive...

Family: Where/Who is your family? Maybe your father and mother are in Skyrim, but you live in Cyrodiil. Maybe you were adopted, maybe your family was a pack of wolves or trolls. You would have to explain why you weren't devoured alive if you chose the latter, though.

Faction Name: ONLY put this if you are COMMANDING FORCES, or have A GROUP OF SOME SORT
Faction Forces: Same as above
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This is the basis, you must include this info. IT IS VITAL; the more depth you give your character, the better. Feel free to add things, like favorite food, if you want.
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Finally, a decent political explanation for an apacolytpic war! Not perfect, but better than most people's thoughts.

The main problem I see is that you make it sound like a revolution is an easy task. Perhaps move things along a bit more slowly, adding in more and more detail, specific to each province (Skyrim would probably get the least angry, seeing as how ninety percent of Imperial Legion are racist). Perhaps also have one neutral nation, like the Summerset Isles, so it isn't just "Everybody WAR!"

I would make the battles over Cyrodiil land more city specific (trying to control the Cheydinhal region from Morrowind, Leyawiin is disputed between the Black Marsh and Elsweyr) and adding in more diplomatic relations. Civilizations tend to opt for peace more often than war, believe it or not, and I like the treaty idea, but expand on it more. Perhaps even have the countries form alliances, maybe even a few break the alliances :hubbahubba:

Mostly just add more detail. Good idea though, keep it up :goodjob:

Well EB, what would your character exactly be doing in such time?

I'm curious. Like Darkom, I'd like more detail. Here are some questions to stew on:

What year does this leave us at, and do you have a timeline to fill in events? Did Hammerfell rebel in the vaccuum left by the Oblivion Crisis, or is this some time after that? If this is later, what happened to the Empire in the intervening years? What's happened to the Elder Council?

What about the Guilds? Have the Mages' or Fighters' Guilds taken sides, remained neutral, prospered, disbanded, what?

What about society? Are people generally living in poverty? What's happened to the upper classes; have they started losing their riches or are they profitting off the wars and how? What are the crime rates like? Is trade still possible, and between whom?

Who's ruling each of the provinces these days? What alliances and enemies have they each made? Is there anyone who wants to renew the Imperial way, like an underground organization of rich Imperialists, or something?

My suggestion is to try to make a detailed timeline. Then, tackle each province individually and try to figure out what's gone on in each one and why. Figure out who's in power, who they're fighting against, what other factions are prevalent, and what society is like.

For example, Morrowind has returned to slavery, which means that the Morrowind planters and labor barons are probably earning themselves a hefty profit, and likely have some sort of sway over the government. At the same time, the Tribunal Temple has lost their figure-heads... is it still hanging on, and how? If the Ordinators are no longer policing things, who is? What's going on with the Great Houses, and who's the head of the monarchy these days, if anyone?

You may have to do a bit of research to make it extremely detailed. Each province is its own beast, and should be treated as such.

Finally, I'm wondering where the RPers would start in this. This is a huge RP prospect, spanning the entirety of Tamriel, but it may be best to start RPers off in one area. In my experience, it is never a good idea to start characters off in different places; nothing kills an RP faster than player boredom, and nothing is more boring than lack of interaction.

Sorry, I tend to bombard RPs I'm interested in with questions. I'll post more if I think of any. :twirl:

I relize this is off topic but:

Bsparrow is still around! I didn't know that but then again I vanished for afew months.

@ the op:

This sounds like a solid idea and I have nothing to add that the other posters haven't.

Nilloc, Sparrow just came back.

Anyway, Yes, I was wondering where the RPers would start, and whet they would be doing. Also the detail factor.

This kind of post Oblivion 1000 years later requires a timeline of events and crap loads of detail.

I wouldn't call this a thousand , but it'd have to span a few hundred years, yeah. I completely forgot to mention where the RPers had a part in this; I guess I was looking at it like a fan fic So yes, BSparrow filled in most all that I left out.

Oh, and BSparrow's been back for a few weeks now, Nilloc. Maybe even a month or two...


EDIT: @Bmont- You can't sign up for a fan fic

I would join something like this. It would be fun to play a corrupt noble profiting from the war, or a poor beggar down on his luck that takes up arms. I would like to know a bit more of what is going on before the RP would start, but if this does become a Fan Fic I would sign up.

If I choose to be a mercenary, who would be willing to hire me?

Doesn't the title say Rp? Or is it just considered a fan fic at this stage?

I call anything that doesn't have other people writing for it a Fanfic. Just personal preference really. Guess it is a bit confusing. Anyway, I think we got off topic here.

its intresting....but needs to be fleshed out more...Cyrodil loosing all its power is very unlikely considering they conquered every other nation...

I disagree. Remember Rome conquered over 80% of their known world, and that empire lost its power. Now there was poor leadership, wars, famine, etc and that is where I agree with you. That would have to be explained.

I might do this, seeing as Cyrodiil Shattered probably won't be happening. I'll probably be some small dunmer guerilla group...

I don't think Cyrodill would become an unclaimed land - it remains a well-placed, densely populated area. The Imperial City is likely to remain around too, at least as a prize. If you want to remove them from the political equation, here's a suggestion :
- the Nibenese and colovian halves part
- the Imperial city gets claimed by the Nine Divine cult. Using their position as one of the few things common to all the provinces and capitalzing on the Mage Univeristy and other trade interest based there, they turn it into a holy city, keeping their distance from the various wars and offering a neutral ground. Fueled by trade, busy with diplomatic meetngs and rife with espionnage and intrigue. dAd to that the propensity of each province's church to push forward it's local peculiarites and push his 'home boys' carreer and you get a lot of animation.

One question to Forrest : engaging in a guerilla against whom ? holdout ahslanders vs the Houses ? Out-of-Morrowind dunmers trying to force the integration of their area into Morrowind ? Or somehting else.

Yes, I plan on it. I was just trying to get the main idea out, and then I was going to draw out the ideas later. Thanks for the support, Darkom!



Of course, Cyrodiil would still be populated! It's just, it was mainly ruled by the Imperial Legion, and the Dynasty of the Septims. With them gone, it's free land. And with no main government, it could not survive. Sure, the cities could become city-states like we have seen in early Sumerian and Greek civilizations, but the transition would be extremely difficult. Each city would have to supply it's own army, currency, and etc. etc.
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Thanks to everyone that supports this!
I PROMISE to flesh it out! Just give me time, I don't have alot.
Thanks!

HUGE refleshing. Added ALOT of crap to make it look good.

Maybe I'll post up some char sheets later?
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Here are some of the playable roles:

Political Figure: You'll have the hardest position: running your country in this chaos. With little gold in your pocket, what will you spend it on? Will you spend it on machines of war, or will you invest in your own land? Do you favor war or peace? How bad do you want the cities of Cyrodiil? What is best for your people?

Commander: You'll be commanding troops, being the tool of the Political Figures. They will tell you to attack, and you attack. You will face enemy armies, and will seige enemy cities. Will you command your troops to freedom, and be written in the history books? Or will you fail your troops, and die on the battlefield?

Soldier: You are the instrument of the Commander. The flesh and tissue of the army, you will face countless foes. Maybe you will keep a diary of the horrors you have to face? Maybe you will become a hero, and be the word on everyone's tongue. Only you can write your own history.

Mercenary: You see this chaos as a job. This is your sanctuary. You'll make out like a bandit, grabbing money and killing enemies at the same time. Heaps of gold to support this countries army? Sure, just be sure to backstab and plot like you should you evil merc you!

Adventurer: A dungeon delver is swept into the chaos of the land. Will you seek a peace to end this war? Will you go your own way, trying to find relics that you can sell? Maybe you will be a deadly political force; a group of geniuses that make the perfect assassination plan.

Civilian: No food, no water. How will you survive? Will you gain the hearts of your friends and family by bringing justice into your own hands? Will you rebel against this war-loving government? Will you take this any longer? NO! So grab your torches and pitchforks and let's RIOT!

So, it is sort of a war RP?

So, will get to conquer the desolated lands?

Let's do it!

It is an RP, it simply wasn't worded like one originally. It sounded more like a fan fic, thus the confusion. It is an RP, not a fan fic. I think...


The characters available are, I assume, just a guideline. I would highly advise allowing people to make up their own roles in that regard, though I would say you were thinking the same thing. And you are very welcome; I'm always here to help (usually)

I would be willing to jump in on this It looks very well done for an rp of this type. Though I can see some confusion with certain positions. Multiple character roles would we be allowed any? Or even form our own factions within larger factions? Say your a religious cult leader that stems from a larger gathering. Or a group of soldiers that have seperated themselves from a larger faction or hell even operate a small spy network within the large factions and sell information to the highest bidder?

I could have so much fun with the Political Figure role, under handed deals with other political figure to expand my power. Sending my army to...well I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise. As I type this I have realized that all these roles would be fun to experience. EB if you do decided to do this RP, you can count me in.

Indeed. RP's with war aspects don't come often.

What province would it take place in though?

Having a 'political' RP in all of Tamriel would be complicated, and would require many.

Yes, of course. My character roles I created were just to get the juices flowing. I was just putting some info on different positions, just so you guys can get a taste of what a character is pressured with. Yes, you can create your own factions, as long as it is within reason.

Heck, I even expect a 'New Empire' to pop-up, trying to reclaim the glory the previous Imperial World had.

And, this will be taking place in Cyrodiil, for the most part. VIP (Like the King, Queen, etc.) will be hiding out in their capital (if the player choses). You can have the King on the front lines, although I do not recommend that.

I'm glad to see everyone is wanting to join, I'm making a Char Sheet Template right now.
Thanks to all!

Edit: Char sheet up! Have at it!

Im very interested and think I have an idea in mind for a character.

LOL, what was one of my ideas. looks like we think on the same track. I will PM you my char sheet