History is beautiful. Full of its quirks and changes, where a bad role of the genetic dice can change the make-up of an entire continent. Even the most stable nation would be inherently unstable. Even with the most loyal of dukes and counts, the heir to the throne could catch a cold or have bad luck on a hunt... And the entire nation would be plunged into chaos. In a world like that, funny little things could happen.
Now, from the WritAAR of "Time of Conquest" comes the story of one of those funny little things. A tale of religious turmoil, cultural warfare, and historical anomalies. Of a war fought at courts and in castle, not merely to control the fate of a nation, but to control her very identity.
This is a story of love and hatred, sex and death, of faith and loyalty.
This is the story of House David.
The Ethiopian Kings of Scotland.
[Hi there! Just throwing up this preview now to make sure I actually do it sometime in this lifetime.
While it may seem like I'm just taking advantage of the fact that there's now a character creator, that's not ENTIRELY the case. While I am to start the game, "House David" did happen in one of my play-throughs as House Dunkeld. I married an Abyssinian princess (because she was the only one I wouldn't lose too much prestige marrying and there wasn't even a countess on my possible marriage list) who gave me two kids. She also had crazy high learning, intrigue, and martial. The older son lived only long enough to pop out a boy named David who I had her tutor. I started doing my last AAR, "Time of Conquest." After "Time of Conquest" was abruptly cut off. But still while I was writing Time of Conquest, the character of David kept popping back in my mind. I used him in some text-based RPs and a pen and paper game, and eventually I decided I really, really wanted to tell his story.
Sadly, I don't seem to be able to modify two people in one game, so this won't feature his arch-rival from the first play-through, Flora, Duchess of Moray, wife of the Duke of York.
Nevertheless, I expect this to be awfully fun. ]
Now, from the WritAAR of "Time of Conquest" comes the story of one of those funny little things. A tale of religious turmoil, cultural warfare, and historical anomalies. Of a war fought at courts and in castle, not merely to control the fate of a nation, but to control her very identity.
This is a story of love and hatred, sex and death, of faith and loyalty.
This is the story of House David.
The Ethiopian Kings of Scotland.
[Hi there! Just throwing up this preview now to make sure I actually do it sometime in this lifetime.
While it may seem like I'm just taking advantage of the fact that there's now a character creator, that's not ENTIRELY the case. While I am to start the game, "House David" did happen in one of my play-throughs as House Dunkeld. I married an Abyssinian princess (because she was the only one I wouldn't lose too much prestige marrying and there wasn't even a countess on my possible marriage list) who gave me two kids. She also had crazy high learning, intrigue, and martial. The older son lived only long enough to pop out a boy named David who I had her tutor. I started doing my last AAR, "Time of Conquest." After "Time of Conquest" was abruptly cut off. But still while I was writing Time of Conquest, the character of David kept popping back in my mind. I used him in some text-based RPs and a pen and paper game, and eventually I decided I really, really wanted to tell his story.
Sadly, I don't seem to be able to modify two people in one game, so this won't feature his arch-rival from the first play-through, Flora, Duchess of Moray, wife of the Duke of York.
Nevertheless, I expect this to be awfully fun. ]