Ok, so as of yet, I do not have the lore complete. The basic story is: Your king, killed Prince Theatus, Monarch of the Seradane kingdom and son of King James, at the battle of the blood plains, an all out battle between every kingdom. Also, your king humiliated king James. One night king James send 500 soldiers into your camp, all of the enemy were killed and you lost few. Within two hours your king had send several volleys of arrows into their camp and had 700 of your elite Calvary storm their camp in retaliation. King James ran away about 40 minutes before this in fear that something like this would happen, leaving 1000 of his men to die.
Now not only embarrassed he is out for revenge, along with the Seradane army under the widow ruler Queen Desala and about 6000 highly trained and merciless mercenary killers from the outer islands, bought by King James. The Seradane have marched in 9000, and King James led another 7500 into your territory! Now at your gates are 22500 men, most of them angry for their king, others that will do anything for a gold piece, and the rest forced into service so their families can eat.
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Rules/Restrictions:
100% realistic and time correct. No other races but human.
If done in a chat room then one character only, unless you speak to me personally before making your profile.
If done in a forum then you may have as many as you like, as long as you RP with them at least once per post.
Your first character needs to be of nobility, or a high ranking officer of the Shadowsong. (This rule is subject to change.)
For your 2nd/3rd/4th character and so on you may be anybody you wish. (Ie. peasant, warrior, unlucky traveler)
OOC will be put into its own thread/chat room. If a chatroom is used it will likely be http://www.chatzy.com/
Other basic Information:
You will be defending Shadowsong Castle, deep inside Shadowsong wood. Its being ruled by King Kade Shadowsong.
Shadowsong Legend of arrival:The Shadowsong began as a small tribe, lead by their shaman, who always had the surname Shadowsong, the shamans last name was also the name of the forest they resided in. After about 700 years of tribal living one shaman decided to put in roots, and so they began to build Shadowsong castle, named after the forest of strong shady redwoods that he also was named after. They say that in the night, if you climb a red wood, when you get near the top you can no longer see anything but shadows, and if you sit still and listen, they will sing soft songs to you, therefore the name Shadowsong Wood was born.
Units of notice:Seradane: No real special units, infantry that will use sword & shield(Bucklar/kite shield), pikes, and spears. Crossbowmen. No Calvary.
Their men wear mail armor with a thin layer of leather underneath. Medium helms
King James: Nothing special, infantry with sword & shield(Kite shield), Archers and crossbow men. Light Calvary. Same armor as Seradane.
Shadowsong: Special units: Calvary, uses a javelin to throw and a one handed medium length sword. Carries a Phalanx-shield. Other units: Archers, crossbow men, Infantry with a 4 ft spear and a short sword, Phalanx-like shield. Full helmet decorated with red hair. (resembles Trojan helmet)
Mercenary: Studded leather armor. Battle axes, Mauls, any length of sword, small spears, likely to have two weapons. No shields. No helmet
Remember: These are warriors, nobles can equip themselves with w.e they want, they are not bounded by this.If you wish to partake in this RP please reply. Do not place any biographies for the RP, its likely that it wont be located at this site.
If enough ppl want to join I will ask that this thread be deleted and I will make another thread in its place containing the full lore, legends, bio skeleton, and bio section.