Alright, here's a game I'm planning to run. This game will not be advertised in the Players Wanted section. Only those who are members of these forums will be allowed into the game. I'm going to take on a group of five players, plus I'll entertain four additional players (either all solo, or some combination thereof up to a second group of four). I'm still working out some of the details, but here's a little backstory on the game. All interested can RTJ.
Crynin was at one time an empire, one that spanned the whole of the known lands. At least that was the rumor, but in reality the further from the seat of power one ventured...well, the empire was not as solidified as those at its heart believed. Such, as it is understood, is the way of such things. Without a strong line of communications to transmit the desires of the Seat, well again, power has a way of making things function unintended.
Darik Lev, or as he was known in the outer lands, Darik the Meek, did understand the ramifications of his precarious situation. He did seek to retain his position as Emperor of Crynin and pass on to his heirs a land united. The fates, it seems, had other plans. His wife, Shartia and their three children went missing months before the end of his reign. Scholars will likely point to that single event as the beginning of the end of Crynin.
While he focused on the search for his family, those Regents appointed to oversee smaller portions of Crynin were left to manage the government as they saw fit. Within eight months the end of Crynn began. The Regents, ten men appointed to their positions as a means of retaining political control, quickly began passing Writs that empowered their positions. If one Regent was able to put into law some measure that gave them more power, yet were not stopped by the Seat, then the others quickly followed suit.
Within a quarter of a year the Regents had given themselves the power to build military forces that were not controlled by the Empire. Some lands, such as Grathny, intended only to maintain the laws of Crynin. Regent Tanth Grathny continually implored the Seat to reconsider what it was doing. But the Emperor had only his family in mind. Other regions, such as that of Urithl, sought every opportunity to undermine the authority of the Seat. Of the ten Regents, Lacnek D'ri was the one that most openly pushed the others away from the Emperor.
The precipice was crossed nearly two years ago. The Emperor had not heeded the warning from Grathny, the Regents had all but openly declared rebellion. But then the end began, an assassin took the life of Darik Lev, and with his life so too did the empire fail. For the last two years there has been a civil war raging across the lands once known as Crynin. Ferocious battles have left neighbors as enemies and the land has slowly fallen into a realm where lawlessness rules. These are the lands that will be explored in the Hero's Tale.
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