LavenderT
2024-05-12, 02:30 PM
Several decades ago, the Woodland was ruled by The Eyrie Empire, a feudal system comprised entirely of birds. Rather suddenly, the Empire fractured when the different types of birds began arguing over what infrastructures needed to be prioritized. Each group had a different name, but most historians just call them collectively The Eyrie Dynasties. It wasn't long before the Dynasties began fighting each other viciously. The entire Woodland was gripped by a civil war.
In the midst of the war, Marquise de Cat I came to the Woodland. The Woodland was rich with resources, but also rich with strife. She certainly couldn't allow a civil war to destroy the Woodland, so she called in the soldiers under her command. Their orders were to return peace to the Woodland - at any cost. The Marquise's soldiers were successful in their mission, and in the process, they utterly stamped out The Eyrie Dynasties. Civilian birds were spared, but any bird that carried a banner was cut down or imprisoned. Sensing that the Woodland was in a precarious place, the Marquise elected to establish a Keep, but she also maintained distance from the Woodland.
The Woodland has been able to replenish itself. Only the truly ancient citizens remember the war, and few of them speak of it. There has been peace in the Woodland for so long that no one cares much to linger on the old days. This time of peace with almost no governing body has made the Woodland and its people vulnerable to ambition. From the mountains to the west, emissaries from The Grand Underground Duchy arrived and settled in Mosshorn. A clever and resourceful merchant's guild cobbled together and formed The Riverfolk Company. Marquise de Cat IV continues to hold territory in the Woodland and has slowly gathered more. The Woodland Alliance formed, swearing to banish outside pressures from the Woodland - though they hadn't done much more than talk.
The peace was rocked at the beginning of spring last year. Suddenly soldiers from the Grand Underground Duchy burst from the ground in Lakerest and took control. A mere week later, the Woodland Alliance erupted into action. With backup from a new renegade settlement they had slowly been forming, they violently threw out the Marquise's forces from Newlight. A month later, a bomb exploded and destroyed the Riverfolk Company's stronghold in Shadowspell. No one has come forward to claim responsibility, but there are whispers in the wind about the last shreds of the Dynasty.
The Woodland is changing. Suddenly, dastardly skills are a commodity where they once were pushed to the fringes of civilization. With the right choices, enterprising individuals may be able to sway the Woodland in favor of their ideals. There's money to be made, change to be enacted, settlements to protect - or extort if one were so inclined.
https://i.ibb.co/cTSHLb1/Where-Go-Birds.png
What I need from you:
The playbook(s) you are interested in
The first three Background questions
The two Drives you would like to start with
Your Nature
The animal you would like to be (nothing much larger than wolves please)
Elevator pitch character concept
Multiple concepts are fine, just hit the bullet points for each playbook you are interested in. More character creation/setup will happen in an OOC thread later.
I don't have enough posts to put a link to the resources oops. I should be able to send messages to people who need it though! The playbooks are available on the publisher's website, Magpie Games, for free (Products > Root scroll until the purple banner)
In the midst of the war, Marquise de Cat I came to the Woodland. The Woodland was rich with resources, but also rich with strife. She certainly couldn't allow a civil war to destroy the Woodland, so she called in the soldiers under her command. Their orders were to return peace to the Woodland - at any cost. The Marquise's soldiers were successful in their mission, and in the process, they utterly stamped out The Eyrie Dynasties. Civilian birds were spared, but any bird that carried a banner was cut down or imprisoned. Sensing that the Woodland was in a precarious place, the Marquise elected to establish a Keep, but she also maintained distance from the Woodland.
The Woodland has been able to replenish itself. Only the truly ancient citizens remember the war, and few of them speak of it. There has been peace in the Woodland for so long that no one cares much to linger on the old days. This time of peace with almost no governing body has made the Woodland and its people vulnerable to ambition. From the mountains to the west, emissaries from The Grand Underground Duchy arrived and settled in Mosshorn. A clever and resourceful merchant's guild cobbled together and formed The Riverfolk Company. Marquise de Cat IV continues to hold territory in the Woodland and has slowly gathered more. The Woodland Alliance formed, swearing to banish outside pressures from the Woodland - though they hadn't done much more than talk.
The peace was rocked at the beginning of spring last year. Suddenly soldiers from the Grand Underground Duchy burst from the ground in Lakerest and took control. A mere week later, the Woodland Alliance erupted into action. With backup from a new renegade settlement they had slowly been forming, they violently threw out the Marquise's forces from Newlight. A month later, a bomb exploded and destroyed the Riverfolk Company's stronghold in Shadowspell. No one has come forward to claim responsibility, but there are whispers in the wind about the last shreds of the Dynasty.
The Woodland is changing. Suddenly, dastardly skills are a commodity where they once were pushed to the fringes of civilization. With the right choices, enterprising individuals may be able to sway the Woodland in favor of their ideals. There's money to be made, change to be enacted, settlements to protect - or extort if one were so inclined.
https://i.ibb.co/cTSHLb1/Where-Go-Birds.png
What I need from you:
The playbook(s) you are interested in
The first three Background questions
The two Drives you would like to start with
Your Nature
The animal you would like to be (nothing much larger than wolves please)
Elevator pitch character concept
Multiple concepts are fine, just hit the bullet points for each playbook you are interested in. More character creation/setup will happen in an OOC thread later.
I don't have enough posts to put a link to the resources oops. I should be able to send messages to people who need it though! The playbooks are available on the publisher's website, Magpie Games, for free (Products > Root scroll until the purple banner)