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[adwarf]

Spoiler: Lord of the Ironpeaks (click to show/hide)

Name: Trent Greysteel

Character Bio: Trent is the second son of the now deceased Walther Greysteel, the position of forced on him by a brother to reluctant to give up his life of drunken revelry and a sister who would rather simply aid managing the lands rather than directly rule them. Trent was raised by his father in the areas of business and diplomacy rather than the arts of war for Walther had assumed it would allow him to aid his older brother in ruling the Ironpeaks once he passed. Thus at the age of twenty the reluctant Trent was forced into taking up the mantle of Lord of the Ironpeaks.

A man of average height with light brown hair and a face that could be best described as unremarkable. Trent can commonly be found wearing clothes similar to that of the scholars Velkyrod's University and with a sword at his side, though whether it'll be of actual use is another matter entirely ...

Character Traits:
Leadership 8
Marksmanship 8
Swordmanship 8
Strategy 10
Charisma 15
Subversive 8
Logistics 12
Administration 14

Name Dynasty: House Greysteel

Dynasty Members:
Julia Greysteel, Sister, 26: Julia is the sister of Trent and a rather outstanding businesswoman, a fact that was revealed when she took over control of House Greysteel's finances during the later years of Walther's sickness riddled rule. While she has seemingly fallen in love with overseeing the numerous mines and tithes that ensure House Greysteel's continued wealth she has no interest in ruling the Ironpeaks and seems content to aid Trent as steward. She can best be described as a gorgeous woman, quite at odds with the appearance of her two brothers, with silk like black hair and fair skin that makes her rather unique silver eyes stand out somewhat less.

Calmont Greysteel, Brother, 31: Calmont is the first born son of Walther, and brother of Trent and Julia. However, despite the fact that he should've inherited the position of Lord of the Ironpeaks he tossed the role to Trent in order to keep his fairly carefree life of drinking, fighting, and pretty much anything that would be unfitting for a ruler. All things told Calmont is a fairly competent commander and an outstanding swordsman, though in order to actually command an army you'd need to catch him sober first.

Description of dynasty and domain:
The Ironpeaks are a mountainous region that was claimed by House Greysteel and its followers when they first came to this land, and it has been under their rule ever since the first Lord settled here. It is a land of mineral rich mountains, untouched forests, and countless ravines that has given birth to a hardy people who try their best to exploit the wealth of ores in the hopes of bringing about better lives. While the land is rich in all forms of ores it is also a land with a pitiful amount of arable land where every strip of farmland is a precious commodity forcing a great deal of the populace to turn to hunting which can be a truly life threatening ordeal in the predator filled woodlands.

In the heart of the Ironpeaks is mountain to which clings the region's seat of power, a fortress that was named the Iron Keep due to its gates that are forged from solid iron. It is from here that House Greysteel rules, and it is around it that the Ironpeaks only city grew and came to be known as Stonebrook. A simple city, a simple name, given by a humble, hardworking people. It is to this city that the countless wealth of the Ironpeaks flow and its from here that it finds itself out into the outside world in the form of processed ores, or freshly forged tools, weapons, and armor.

Master blacksmiths and seemingly endless mines are what the Ironpeaks are known for to most, but it has gained no small amount of renown through the years for its military force known as the Iron Legion.

Of course, over the years the Iron Legion has declined and can is no longer truly deserving of the title legion but though its numbers have fallen its men still retain their unwavering loyalty to House Greysteel for all of its members are descendants of the families who served the first Lord of the Ironpeaks. Long ago those families made a promise with the first Lord that every in every generation should a third son be born to their family then that son would serve in the Iron Legion until death, the shield and sword of House Greysteel. Since then those families have upheld their promises and every generation's third son is sent to train under the Iron Legion until they are seen as fit to serve the House in battle during which they will be given their own suit of armor, sword, spear, and shield by the current Lord of the Ironpeaks making them official members.

Due to the terrain of the region House Greysteel has no cavalry, and has never really invested in a ranged military force instead relying on recruiting local rangers and hunters in times of war and only maintaining a small garrison of crossbowmen at the Iron Keep.

[High tyrol]

ptw

[Ardas]

Hmm, I see a lot of interest, so that's good. I'll leave the applications open till weekend, then I will begin choosing and preparing the start.

[FallacyofUrist]

Fallacy, your math needs correcting - since I am rolling 3 d6 dice, the minimum roll is 3, and you cannot score under it, so those skills with 0 have to be 4. Same thing with that 20 - you cannot roll higher than 18 with three dice so the max skill ceiling is 17, so adjust accordingly.

Adjustment made, methinks.

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: I Think this Looks Good, But Perhaps someone Else Should Look at it... (click to show/hide)

Name: Zacherus Black Black Dagger

Character Bio: Zacherus Was his Father's Thirteenth Wife's Eighth Son and Thought not to have any Chance At Winning the Succession. The People who thought that Are Dead. At the Age of ten He Went off to Join his Female Relations in the Art of war, and Although he didn't get Very Much Experience At Strategy and Proved Useless with All Known Weapons he did Gain a Good Amount of Contacts with his more Combat Worthy Relatives. At the Age of Eleven Nine of his Eldest Brothers Dropped dead From a Slight case of Severely Poisoned Soup at a dinner He was Told he couldn't Attend. By the Age of twelve Most of his Competition had Suddenly Dropped dead For One Reason or Another, Disappeared into the Wastes While Hunting and Never Found, Or Been Found Murdered Outside Low Class Brothels. By the Age of Sixteen he was the Only Surviving Son of his Father, and Therefor the Only One able to Succeed Him. When he was Nineteen His father "Suddenly" Caught a Case of "Acid To Face" Syndrome and Died soon after without revealing who caused it. Soon After Succeeding to the Throne Zacherus Married several of his Cousins. That was nineteen Years Ago.

Character traits:

Leadership (15)
Marksmanship (3)
Swordmanship (3)
Strategy (7)
Charisma (13)
Subversive (18)
Logistics (
Administration (16)
Name Dynasty: The "Black Dagger" Dynasty

Dynasty members:
Axectia: Zacheus's Ninth Wife and Only Sister. She is Well known as a High Quality Assassin, Archer, and Poisoner But Has Little Skill in anything Else. She is a Beautiful woman Devoted to her Husband.
Shazera: Zacherus's Only Daughter, She is Seventeen and Known for her Skills with a Blade, and At Strategy. She is Devoted to her Mother and Brother.
Miakeeth: Zacherus's Only Living Son, He is Thirteen and Known for his skills at Negotiating and Leading, he was Practically Raised by his Sister.

Description of dynasty and domain:
The House Black Dagger Is One of the Oldest Houses in all the Lands, This is Partially do to How They Run Everything, Laws Exist Mostly to Protect The King and his Sons. Women of the Royal Family Aren't Allowed to Rule and are Trained as Assassins or Healers, Being "Rented" to other Lands For Varying Purposes Often. And The Oldest Living Son Is Named Heir, and After his Father's Death has all of his Younger Brother's Killed off or Enslaved.

The Kingdom itself is Referred to as Shaterrnus and is Mostly Jungle that Grows Almost Faster then it can be Cut. Where it isn't Jungle it is Either Mountain or River. the Main "Exports" of Shaterrnus are Poison, Narcotics, and Medicine. These three Exports Are occasionally Interchangeable and Quite often Come from the Same Sources. Weather Wise Shaterrnus Is Quite Nice With Slightly Warmer then Average Summers and Winters that Don't Normally Get Cold Enough to Freeze Water. The People Of Shaterrnus can be Described as Criminals and Barbarians, as More Often then not They are On the Run from their own Homeland. the Military of Shaterrnus is a Mix of Woman archers, Woman Raiders, and Varying Mercenary Troops Hired by one Person or Another so they won't get conscripted in times of war. The Working Class of Shaterrnus is Divided into two Levels, Slaves: Which are Owned by People with any amount of power, and Peons: Who can be seen as Payed Slaves Who can Quit their Jobs when they are Abused without Dyeing first.

[Taricus]

...As someone else, that sheet needs some serious reworking. It's more fucked up than a lannister. Between the formatting and the content it practically needs a total overhaul. At the very least it needs less capitalised words in there.

[griffinpup]

Maybe jump on the waitlist? Looks like I"m too late to really join

[Ghazkull]

its not first come first serve

[GiglameshDespair]

Spoiler: Dun (click to show/hide)

Name: Fenri, Fifteenth Fang, Husband of Forests, Wife of Ulfric, Grand Chieftess of the Seven Tribes, Chieftess of the Saberclaw Tribe, Daughter of Grandarr of Saberclaw, Daughter of Alri of Whisperwater, slayer of Barktooth

Character Bio:

These are cruel times we live in, but when have times ever been kind? We must be strong, for the weak are nothing but prey. Enemies or beasts... we'll consume them both if we must!

Fenri of Saberclaw is the fifteenth Chieftess of the Seven Tribes, by right of blood, right of marriage, and right of strength. A tall, powerful woman, with visible muscles and scars. She bears the tattoos of all the tribes, as the Grand Chieftain. No soft maiden, is Fenri! Her hair is long, never cut, and the natural black dyed red with the blood of the monstrous carnos. She wears the thick hide of Barktooth, the rambunctious beast that devoured her sister, and its hard-as-steel skull as a helm. A cloth wrap covers her missing eye. Her remaining eye is green, piercingly so, like a chip of emerald. She can almost always be found smoking a long, delicate pipe of an aromatic smoking herb, and the musk clings to her over the smell of blood and leather. Across her chest is a great scar, courtesy of old Barktooth.

A bold, brash woman, she appears little more than a backwards savage to more 'civilised' lords, but she spits at the miserable people, who cower in their towns and fear the beasts of the forests! All beasts and men were once brothers, after all. Still, she has a mind to her, and her vibrant actions and booming voice are powerful tools in motivating others. She has a great skill with weapons at arms, and as a Chief, rightly ignores the use of ranged weapons. No dishonour in it, but not the place of a Chief.

Once someone pointed to the skull she wore, and asked if that was the action of a brother. She smiled.
Sometimes brothers fight.

Fenri was born to the Chief of her Tribe, Grandarr, as one of three children: a sister and a brother also. As tradition dictated, to keep peace among the Tribes, he had taken a wife from another tribe, so that power was shared. She was raised and taught in the arts of her tribe - hunting and war, beast taming and riding, how to speak and how to command. When she was thirteen, the vile beast Barktooth devoured her sister, and Fenri was of great wroth; she raised a war party, and hunted and slew the vile beast, though she lost an eye and nearly her life in the attempt.

When she reached sixteen, the age of adulthood, her Father knew he was too old to lead the tribes, and seceded the position to her, full of life. As was sensible, she took a forest wife and a husband from the next strongest tribe, the Beastbite, where she had earned much respect in the slaying of Barktooth. She has, with charisma and strength, established herself as the undisputed leader of the tribes, and turned her eyes outward, to the prey-men of the other kingdoms...

Character traits:

The carnos respect their alpha because of his strength. Men are the same. If he weakened, they may fall upon him and devour him.

Leadership 12
Marksmanship 3
Swordmanship 16
Strategy 8
Charisma 14
Subversive 12
Logistics 8
Administration 10

Name Dynasty: The Seven Tribes
Dynasty members (up to 3 in addition to head of the house):

Tamar of Talloak, The Forest Wife, Wife to Fenri: The Forest Wife is traditionally taken from the Talloak Tribe, no matter the gender of the Grand Chief: the Talloak Tribe is the smallest, but most holy, able to perform communion with the forest and the beasts, contact the spirits of ancestors, and beseech the world to change for the Tribes. Such is believed, anyway. Tamar is a surprisingly delicate woman, with dark brown hair and eyes. The voice of reason, she tempers her husband's more forceful impulses, and calms her mood when she is wroth. She is skilled with words, with a natural grasp of logistics and administration, but no skill at arms. No Forest Wife could slay a man.

Ulfric of Beastbite, Husband to Fenri, Son of Undarf of Beastbite, Son of Zari of Swampsmoke: A great, strapping fellow, but more inclined towards strategy than his wife. A son of a Chieftain in his own right, he would have been Chief of Saberclaw by marriage if Fenri was not Grand Chieftess and Fifteenth Fang. A keen strategic mind, and also a strong combatant, he is a good match for his wife, who is keen to listen to his advice.

Grandric of Saberclaw, Chief of Vinetwist, Husband to Saran, Son of Grandarr of Saberclaw, Son of Alri of Whisperwater: Fenri's brother, who married into the Vinetwist Tribe to become its chief. Smaller than Fenri, with a cunning mind. Loyal to his sister, for she is elder to him.

Description of dynasty and domain:

In the belly of the world, all animals were brothers, and men cavorted with the beasts. The Night-Mother split the earrth where she walked, and man and beasts emerged into the world.
"Who are you?" Night-Mother asked.
"We are beasts and we are man, and we are all brothers," they replied.
But soon Night-Mother departed, and the gross incandescence of the Sun-Father shone on the beasts and on man. Some howled at the light, and squirmed away to shadowed corners. Others learned to love the day, and fear the dark. Soon all forgot they had once been brothers in the belly of the world.

The seven tribes are united, through blood and marriage and strength - much greater threats are around, and there are no men to spare in blood feuds. Their land is that of thick forests, shrouded by fog, thick with endless beasts, and it is those beasts that are their strength. Their steel is rarer, their warbands less regimented than other nations, but they have found a brotherhood with the monsters in the forest.

Some, like the fearsome carnos, they walk besides, vast, scaled hounds with a poisonous bite. Others, like the sinuous, rattling gardwyrm, they ride, and hunt their foes in the mist like the wolf chases the rabbit. These creatures are more suited for the forests than horses, but perhaps less so for plains. Other creatures, larger, one of a kind, may sometimes be found among their ranks.

The land of the Seven Tribes is entirely coated in thick forests, bar the occasional hilltop cleared to build a fort. There are countless rivers running though the land from the nearby Ironpeaks, though the Tribes' territory is completely landlocked. It has good mines for gold, and more is washed down from the mountains, but the true wealth lies in the beasts, who are used as food and materials for armour, weapons, and more. The people tend to be simple, but resourceful, with great numbers of hunters. The military is in the form of warbands, raised by the nobles of each tribe.

The seven tribes are: Saberclaw, Beastbite, Vinetwist, Whisperwater, Swampsmoke, Laughshield, Talloak.

[Ardent Debater]

PTW

[Ardas]

Heh, the apps are still coming - I'll wait for few people to finish up theirs and post them if they still are looking to do it. I'll announce players by Sunday latest.

[GiglameshDespair]

Yeah, I'm still updating mine.

My nations utilises monsters for war, to make up for their general behindness of technology - is this ok?

How do dynasty members work - can they take over in tasks for the PCs?

[Terenos]

HAI GUYS!

Spoiler: Valden, and the Oberith Lineage (click to show/hide)

Name: Falrak Oberith
Character Bio: Falrak is a son of of the Stormfall in many ways, his family has been gutted by calamity and he longs for the days of plenty to come again. They say an Oberith hasn't died peacefully since the Storm began, and to hear the stories tell of it: Falrak has lost a brother, two sisters, both parents and a cousin recently enough that the wounds would still be fresh on his mind. Unable to determine what path lay towards victory over the Storm, Falrak chose to study most of the arts equally, before being thrust into a leadership position.

A man of stillness, his lithe frame full of purpose and intent. Muddy brown hair sits unkempt above piercing hazel eyes. A blackened signet ring sits on his left hand, the only display of his status. Falrak is in his mid twenties.

Character traits:

Leadership:10
Marksmanship:12
Swordmanship:8
Strategy:10
Charisma:11
Subversive:12
Logistics:10
Administration:10

Name Dynasty: The Oberith Lineage.
Dynasty members:

Acaetrem Oberith, Cousin, 22: Acaetrem has very pointedly never traveled beyond Backkeep, surrounding himself with ledgers, correspondence, and figures to help manage the financial clout of Valden. A large, quiet man in excellent shape, with brown hair and green eyes.

Aledrin Oberith, Uncle, 53: The stabilizing force in the region for several decades, Aledrin has kept the family together through each successive loss. Soft words spoken in force in the right place, at the right time, Aledrin knows his way around keeping morale high and the people working towards a common goal.

Description of dynasty and domain:

The Oberith Lineage and their people came from hardy adventurer folk who pushed far into the fresh lands of Eseria, staking their claim far from the original landing sites of the ships. Over time, they developed a certain measure of reclusiveness and independance from the other fledgling nation-states.

Once, Valden sprawled across idyllic meadows, bordering swamplands and spacious forests. Those were the times before the Storm. Monsters crept forth from the dark places, and pushed ever inwards. The forests, once tamed and pleasant became overgrown shadowy nightmares that have slowly, steadily reclaimed land from the intrepid colonists of Valden.

Valden's people have been pushed back to their most major strongholds, located along the major tributary Whiterun. A  mobile army primarily consisting of rangers maintains as much land as they are able.

[Ardas]

Gigla, as far as the descriptions go, go wild but be aware that mechanically, I have stats to make all troops fairly balanced between players, at least for the start.

The dynasty members are half NPC/PC - they serve as the extension of your player character and can act on missions and administer your domain in your absence. They can also be used in diplomacy to seal alliances or forward claims. The NPC part comes from the fact that majority of their actions and their disposition to these actions will be rolled as well - sometimes you might get them grumbling against this or that or outright defiance and rebellion for one reason or another.

[Knave]

Won't be making a nation sheet as there are already a ton of great apps here, but if there's a chance for other characters to come in and add flavour RP with the main nations I'll definitely add a character