"The year is 1650. The 30-Year-War has reached its end and new lands have emerged from it. This war was fought not just with soldiers, but with automata. For decades ago, the miracles of alchemy were discovered and from it, several new developments occurred. Greater and more exotic metals. Elixirs. The discovery of new elements. During this rise of science, technology also went to do so. With new metals, new devices of clockwork could be made. It was much easier to make large devices that can withstand the pressures. The Age of Enlightenment has begun and its a bold new world.
The strongest power would be the Catholic League. Led by the powerful and influential Habsburg family, they are the foremost champions of the Catholic Church. The royal family is centered in the Kingdom of Spain, where the Inquisition serves as a secondary peace-keeping force and to ensure the dominance of Catholicism and heathens are either hunted or forcibly converted via psychological torment. Filled to the brim with gold, silver and valuable gems, they view alchemy as a gift from God and thus only the most loyal are permitted to learn its secrets. However, Spain has few alchemical schools, preferring to leave their allies in charge of that side of education, especially Haemus. Their viceroyalities help ensure control over the lands and the ones who lead the war against their eternal enemy, the Ottomans.
The steadfast alley of the Habsburgs is the Holy Roman Empire. Having expanded and become enormously strong, they are the heartland of alchemy. In the Papal States, the Pope remains and commands the peaceful side of Catholicism, but still speaks against other branches and stands with the Holy Roman Emperor, The King of Spain and the other nobles. Furthermore, the Papal States serve as one of the most influential areas in the field of alchemy. The greatest alchemists are taught here in order to provide more insight for the quality of life, the secrets of God and the search for the Philsopher's Stone, or as the Church insists on calling it, the Angelicall Stone. Believed to be the pinnacle of miracles, it is the ultimate gift of God to the humble mortals and the Church hopes that its creation will allow them to crush their enemies. Beyond the Papal States, the Kingdom of Austria and the Kingdom of Germania are powerful states in the Empire as well. Germania serves to fend off their enemies to the north and Austria to their enemies to the east.
Standing against the potential dominance of Catholics in all of Europe is the alliance of the British and French. These long-time foes have decided to put aside theri differences and stand together against this new threat. Combining the land forces of France and the naval forces of England, they stand strong. Several protestant alchemists fleeing to France has also bolstered their ranks considerably. The forces of France's King stands strong thanks to these refugees. The British have also benefitted from alchemical gifts as they are applying them to their naval forces. Both countries retain a Protestant-domninant population. Their other main ally is the Dutch Republic. Done to prevent the lands from falling to control of the Spanish, they heped unify them into one single domain. Despite their size, they are a strong force and serve as the main communications between them and the Nordic Union.
The Nordic Union is a very powerful unity between Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland among other nations. They stand united although some nations, namely Finland, are somewhat more indepedent in doing their own matters. They are prosperous and doing well for themselves, a result of remaining out of the War. No one knows their reasons for doing so, but rumors have mentioned of Finnish ships headed westward with numerous supplies. They are less developed in alchemy than the other kingdoms, but they have formed connections with the Dutch to recieve some benefits as well as the occasional British or French alchemist.
Beyond them, the other neutral parties of influence are the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Polish Commonwealth. The Kingdom of Bohemia broke off despite the connection to the Habsburg and serves as a mercantile center of sorts. They are content with being business affiliates, but nothing more. They are close allies to the Poles for the sake of protection. The Polish Commonwealth is perhaps the only other nation who culd match the might of the Habsburgs. Being the most liberal and tolerant of the nations, they have benefited from having a diverse multitude of people from the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg Viceroyalities, the Holy Roman Empire and from the alliance. This had led to a boon in the studying of alchemy and in clockwork creations. They get into conflicts woth some minor nobles of Rome due to some of their people taking it upon themselves to free slaves from the lands.
The Ottoman Empire is still ruled by the Sultans and the Caliphs and have taken to practicing their own form of alchemy. The eternal enemies of the Habsburgs, they will ally with nearly anyone to ensure their defeat, barring Persia and a few other nations. They are fairly neutral otherwise, but rely on their allies that lay under Spain to fight the Habsburg at home while they fight against the Holy Roman Empire, with Hellas being the focal point for the conflict.
Technology is strong as proto-factories are being built with clockwork. Automated carts have been useful and the many inventions of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci are being slowly being produced on grander scales as bolder and younger inventors take time to make the inventions more practical or look for new discoveries to make them useful. Automatons are more commonplace as either simple servants or entertainment purpose such as musicians and new sources of fuel are being searched. Windmills and watermills are seen to work with clockwork to better produce materials. Health and medicine has also advanced with new elements and growing ever closer to the panacea. Private bathing areas are being installed in himes and cleanliness has been championed by the Church to maintain the physical and spiritual health and purity of their followers. The first soaps have also been made and life expectancy has increased nicely. The newest subject has been artificial limb when the legendary "Iron Hand" of Gotz Von Berlichingen was discovered and studied by endless clockwork mechanics. Several notes were made from the ruin of the clockwork miracle and they have been managing to make better versions, but they are still available only to the nobles and the best warriors. Mechainisms and proto-computers like the Antikythera device are commonly seen on ships and some ships are even being powered by clockwork, but fuel remains a large issue, with some attempting to harvest wind or tide power.
Alchemy... the science of miracles. The lovechild of science and magic... it was a grand and noble pursuit, but now an occult precursor to chemistry and a footnote of history. But what if it wasn't? What if the miracles that were promised came true? And so with alchemy and with other advancements came the insights for a different future. This is an Earth, much like our own yet so very different. On the continent of Europa, it is wherenour story takes place. It is the Age of Enlightenment and alchemy has created advancements in everyday life. Only the finest of minds get to read the texts and learn about the transmutation of metals and the creation of elixirs or higher and purer metals.
Alchemy also changed and developed over time. With greater and purer glass and more complex telescopes created, three new worlds were discovered and named Uranus, Neptune and Pluton. Furthermore, new metals were discovered such as the light and strong aluminum from the salts, the mighty titanium or the durable wolfram (sometimes referred to as tungsten, based off the ore it came from). New noble elements were discovered, like hydrogen, believed to be a physical gaseuous form of aether. With new knowledge came udnerstanding and new technology. When a clockwork navigation device was recovered near the island Antikythera, kept in good condition due it being trapped in a box. it ushered a new age of clockmakers as the intricate designs and master craftsmanship inspired them to do more. Stronger and greater materials were available thanks to alchemy, which led to the creation of new clockwork devices.
Automata were being made and water and wind mills became more efficient. Furthermore, clockwork devices were being made all around. From small little devices to large gear-filled structures. Kingdoms were being built as more and more knowledge was being unlocked and wars were fought, with alchemy even being used to slowly create new weapons. Yet, the pursuit remains the same. The search for the Philosophers' Stone. Only a few have ever been made, and they are guarded by the Royal Alchemist of each empire. Hermits and secret-keepers, they keep the secrets to themselves. Some even claim they are not true philosopher stones, but simply replicas.
This relative peace is now threatened with the potential for a massive war when a falling star lands somewhere in Muscovy. Causing widespread destruction, there has been reports of irregular life activity and a sense of awe and power. Every faction has gotten interest, especially with sites indirectly affected by the crash have been reported to be filled with rich deposits of gold, silver and other precious metals while exotic plants have been reportedly seen growing. What is this miracle, no one knows, but everyone, even the secluded and isolated Swiss are deeply interested.
Whatever you think lies there is something mysterious when alchemical experiments began going haywire, icnreasing the rumors of something mysterious going on there. Rumors that forests of ice have grown and so on made matters even more curious.
What are you in this era? A warrior, an alchemist, a tinkerer, an engineer, a thief, a bowman, a knight, a doctor, a farmer, a merchant? Whatever you choose to be, what draws you over there in the distance to seek out the Truth of the Fallen Star?
Who will you ally against or with whom?
And can anyone truly prepare for what it may lie ahead?
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Hey everyone, I got a new RP. Sign up is still in the works, but make a reserve if you're interested!
Behold, the map. I will make edits to make things better over time, but for now, enjoy!
Now, the time place would be about the 1650s although maybe 19th century regarding technology. Alot of clockpunk here and some references to you history buffs. Now, you can be anything from an alchemst, to a tinkerer (those working with small clockwork devices) to an engineer (the large clockwork devices, all you wrench wenches sign up XDD ). There are also your more traidtional and mundane jobs like doctors, bakers, warriors, archers, gunman, hunters and so on.
Alchemy is a pretty subtle magic here. You won't see anything massive scale due to the scarcity of the Philosopher's Stone. Still, we have improved metals, glasses and materials as well as perfected elixirs and so on. You might be able to have a sword that can be set on fire, explosive arrows or possible things, but it requires some clever thinking and justifying. While the traditional alchemy exists, hints of others like Chinese and so on may appear later. Furthermore, the discoveries of new elements and so on have expanded on it so there is more that can be done. For now though, it's gonna focused on traveling, fighting and all that fun stuff.
Though once a Stone is made though... things get interesting...
We'll start out seperate or rather in mini-groups though we may all become one big group eventually, so keep that in mind.
Identification Papers:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Land of Origin:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:
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VampirateMace
The strongest power would be the Catholic League. Led by the powerful and influential Habsburg family, they are the foremost champions of the Catholic Church. The royal family is centered in the Kingdom of Spain, where the Inquisition serves as a secondary peace-keeping force and to ensure the dominance of Catholicism and heathens are either hunted or forcibly converted via psychological torment. Filled to the brim with gold, silver and valuable gems, they view alchemy as a gift from God and thus only the most loyal are permitted to learn its secrets. However, Spain has few alchemical schools, preferring to leave their allies in charge of that side of education, especially Haemus. Their viceroyalities help ensure control over the lands and the ones who lead the war against their eternal enemy, the Ottomans.
The steadfast alley of the Habsburgs is the Holy Roman Empire. Having expanded and become enormously strong, they are the heartland of alchemy. In the Papal States, the Pope remains and commands the peaceful side of Catholicism, but still speaks against other branches and stands with the Holy Roman Emperor, The King of Spain and the other nobles. Furthermore, the Papal States serve as one of the most influential areas in the field of alchemy. The greatest alchemists are taught here in order to provide more insight for the quality of life, the secrets of God and the search for the Philsopher's Stone, or as the Church insists on calling it, the Angelicall Stone. Believed to be the pinnacle of miracles, it is the ultimate gift of God to the humble mortals and the Church hopes that its creation will allow them to crush their enemies. Beyond the Papal States, the Kingdom of Austria and the Kingdom of Germania are powerful states in the Empire as well. Germania serves to fend off their enemies to the north and Austria to their enemies to the east.
Standing against the potential dominance of Catholics in all of Europe is the alliance of the British and French. These long-time foes have decided to put aside theri differences and stand together against this new threat. Combining the land forces of France and the naval forces of England, they stand strong. Several protestant alchemists fleeing to France has also bolstered their ranks considerably. The forces of France's King stands strong thanks to these refugees. The British have also benefitted from alchemical gifts as they are applying them to their naval forces. Both countries retain a Protestant-domninant population. Their other main ally is the Dutch Republic. Done to prevent the lands from falling to control of the Spanish, they heped unify them into one single domain. Despite their size, they are a strong force and serve as the main communications between them and the Nordic Union.
The Nordic Union is a very powerful unity between Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland among other nations. They stand united although some nations, namely Finland, are somewhat more indepedent in doing their own matters. They are prosperous and doing well for themselves, a result of remaining out of the War. No one knows their reasons for doing so, but rumors have mentioned of Finnish ships headed westward with numerous supplies. They are less developed in alchemy than the other kingdoms, but they have formed connections with the Dutch to recieve some benefits as well as the occasional British or French alchemist.
Beyond them, the other neutral parties of influence are the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Polish Commonwealth. The Kingdom of Bohemia broke off despite the connection to the Habsburg and serves as a mercantile center of sorts. They are content with being business affiliates, but nothing more. They are close allies to the Poles for the sake of protection. The Polish Commonwealth is perhaps the only other nation who culd match the might of the Habsburgs. Being the most liberal and tolerant of the nations, they have benefited from having a diverse multitude of people from the Ottoman Empire, the Habsburg Viceroyalities, the Holy Roman Empire and from the alliance. This had led to a boon in the studying of alchemy and in clockwork creations. They get into conflicts woth some minor nobles of Rome due to some of their people taking it upon themselves to free slaves from the lands.
The Ottoman Empire is still ruled by the Sultans and the Caliphs and have taken to practicing their own form of alchemy. The eternal enemies of the Habsburgs, they will ally with nearly anyone to ensure their defeat, barring Persia and a few other nations. They are fairly neutral otherwise, but rely on their allies that lay under Spain to fight the Habsburg at home while they fight against the Holy Roman Empire, with Hellas being the focal point for the conflict.
Technology is strong as proto-factories are being built with clockwork. Automated carts have been useful and the many inventions of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci are being slowly being produced on grander scales as bolder and younger inventors take time to make the inventions more practical or look for new discoveries to make them useful. Automatons are more commonplace as either simple servants or entertainment purpose such as musicians and new sources of fuel are being searched. Windmills and watermills are seen to work with clockwork to better produce materials. Health and medicine has also advanced with new elements and growing ever closer to the panacea. Private bathing areas are being installed in himes and cleanliness has been championed by the Church to maintain the physical and spiritual health and purity of their followers. The first soaps have also been made and life expectancy has increased nicely. The newest subject has been artificial limb when the legendary "Iron Hand" of Gotz Von Berlichingen was discovered and studied by endless clockwork mechanics. Several notes were made from the ruin of the clockwork miracle and they have been managing to make better versions, but they are still available only to the nobles and the best warriors. Mechainisms and proto-computers like the Antikythera device are commonly seen on ships and some ships are even being powered by clockwork, but fuel remains a large issue, with some attempting to harvest wind or tide power.
Alchemy... the science of miracles. The lovechild of science and magic... it was a grand and noble pursuit, but now an occult precursor to chemistry and a footnote of history. But what if it wasn't? What if the miracles that were promised came true? And so with alchemy and with other advancements came the insights for a different future. This is an Earth, much like our own yet so very different. On the continent of Europa, it is wherenour story takes place. It is the Age of Enlightenment and alchemy has created advancements in everyday life. Only the finest of minds get to read the texts and learn about the transmutation of metals and the creation of elixirs or higher and purer metals.
Alchemy also changed and developed over time. With greater and purer glass and more complex telescopes created, three new worlds were discovered and named Uranus, Neptune and Pluton. Furthermore, new metals were discovered such as the light and strong aluminum from the salts, the mighty titanium or the durable wolfram (sometimes referred to as tungsten, based off the ore it came from). New noble elements were discovered, like hydrogen, believed to be a physical gaseuous form of aether. With new knowledge came udnerstanding and new technology. When a clockwork navigation device was recovered near the island Antikythera, kept in good condition due it being trapped in a box. it ushered a new age of clockmakers as the intricate designs and master craftsmanship inspired them to do more. Stronger and greater materials were available thanks to alchemy, which led to the creation of new clockwork devices.
Automata were being made and water and wind mills became more efficient. Furthermore, clockwork devices were being made all around. From small little devices to large gear-filled structures. Kingdoms were being built as more and more knowledge was being unlocked and wars were fought, with alchemy even being used to slowly create new weapons. Yet, the pursuit remains the same. The search for the Philosophers' Stone. Only a few have ever been made, and they are guarded by the Royal Alchemist of each empire. Hermits and secret-keepers, they keep the secrets to themselves. Some even claim they are not true philosopher stones, but simply replicas.
This relative peace is now threatened with the potential for a massive war when a falling star lands somewhere in Muscovy. Causing widespread destruction, there has been reports of irregular life activity and a sense of awe and power. Every faction has gotten interest, especially with sites indirectly affected by the crash have been reported to be filled with rich deposits of gold, silver and other precious metals while exotic plants have been reportedly seen growing. What is this miracle, no one knows, but everyone, even the secluded and isolated Swiss are deeply interested.
Whatever you think lies there is something mysterious when alchemical experiments began going haywire, icnreasing the rumors of something mysterious going on there. Rumors that forests of ice have grown and so on made matters even more curious.
What are you in this era? A warrior, an alchemist, a tinkerer, an engineer, a thief, a bowman, a knight, a doctor, a farmer, a merchant? Whatever you choose to be, what draws you over there in the distance to seek out the Truth of the Fallen Star?
Who will you ally against or with whom?
And can anyone truly prepare for what it may lie ahead?
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Hey everyone, I got a new RP. Sign up is still in the works, but make a reserve if you're interested!
Behold, the map. I will make edits to make things better over time, but for now, enjoy!
Now, the time place would be about the 1650s although maybe 19th century regarding technology. Alot of clockpunk here and some references to you history buffs. Now, you can be anything from an alchemst, to a tinkerer (those working with small clockwork devices) to an engineer (the large clockwork devices, all you wrench wenches sign up XDD ). There are also your more traidtional and mundane jobs like doctors, bakers, warriors, archers, gunman, hunters and so on.
Alchemy is a pretty subtle magic here. You won't see anything massive scale due to the scarcity of the Philosopher's Stone. Still, we have improved metals, glasses and materials as well as perfected elixirs and so on. You might be able to have a sword that can be set on fire, explosive arrows or possible things, but it requires some clever thinking and justifying. While the traditional alchemy exists, hints of others like Chinese and so on may appear later. Furthermore, the discoveries of new elements and so on have expanded on it so there is more that can be done. For now though, it's gonna focused on traveling, fighting and all that fun stuff.
Though once a Stone is made though... things get interesting...
We'll start out seperate or rather in mini-groups though we may all become one big group eventually, so keep that in mind.
Identification Papers:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Land of Origin:
Appearance:
Personality:
History:
------------------------------------------
Reserves
DVB
Crash & Charm
VampirateMace
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