Line #20 Roleplay/RisingCrowns


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[http://fav.me/d4s5ozy The world thus far.]]]]
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4	->''''[[CreationMyth Eons ago]], the world was a bare and lifeless place until the two gods, [[SolarAndLunar the Sun and the Moon]], gave it life. Eventually, they became jealous of their creations and [[GodInHumanForm descended to their]] [[{{Utopia}} peaceful world]] [[GodInHumanForm to join them]].
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6	-> The goddess of the sun even bore a child: Inferio. His birth revealed unmasked their identities and they returned to the heavens where the child could not follow, for he was only half-divine. He was cared for, honored as a king, but as he grew, [[OrderVersusChaos so too did his dissatisfaction with the "perfect world".]] He developed followers and [[ChaosIsEvil sin spread across the land]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens as they waged war against the heavens]]. Eventually, he was sealed into TheUnderworld but the damage had been done: [[ApocalypseHow civilization was all but destroyed]].''''
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8	-> [[OffscreenRebuilding 500 years of slow, painstaking healing passed]] until the seeds of civilization again took root in a sheltered archipelago tucked away in a corner of the world: the Orsa Isles. This is where our tale begins.
9	--> -- '''[[TakeOurWordForIt The history of Noverra]] [[DistantPrologue up until the year 500 AI.]]'''
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11	[[http://rising-crowns.deviantart.com/ Rising Crowns]] is a RealTime Website/{{DeviantArt}}-based fantasy roleplay in which members join as citizens of one of the fledgling kingdoms of the world of Noverra. Currently, the kingdoms available are the Immortal Goblin Empire of Karsh and the Aomori Empire. While there had initially [[RuleOfThree been a third kingdom]], the Kingdom of Arden was absorbed by Karsh.
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13	The group is split into 3 parts: roleplay, story and a TabletopGame/{{Risk}}-style game that the monarchs of each kingdom participate in via weekly moves to explore, conquer and develop various parts of the world as it gets discovered. The world of Noverra is moderated by the Gods, while the monarchs administer their own kingdoms.
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15	Members complete quests given by their monarchs (or other members) to earn stars, which strengthen both their character and their kingdom. Members can even create their own kingdom, should they earn enough stars. That's just scratching the surface. For more information, check out the dA page.
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20	[[folder:Genera Tropes]]
21	* AfterTheEnd: The present-day setting. It's a pretty optimistic post-apocalypse world, all things considered.
22	* AncientTomb: What the heart of [[http://mopomoko.deviantart.com/art/RC-Baal-Draresh-Moor-430925816 Baal Draresh Moor]] can be considered to be.
23	* ApocalypseHow: Class 2.
24	* EasilyConqueredWorld: The other regions of Noverra. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in-universe in that after the war, most of the world was wiped out and any infrastructure that would've been in place vanished.
25	* FunctionalMagic: All magic comes from the gods and is split according to deity. There's [[SolarAndLunar sun magic from the goddess Orianna, moon magic from the god Lucise]], and [[TheDarkArts dark]]/[[CastingAShadow shadow]] magic which come from Inferio. [[http://rising-crowns.deviantart.com/journal/Magic-293988559 The system's more complicated than that]], but that's its basis.
26	* HomeOfMonsters: Again, Baal Draresh Moor.
27	* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Part of the reason Inferio was able to strike a blow against the Sun and Moon in the first place. For every follower he gained, their power waned. Now ''Inferio'' needs more followers--this time [[OrpheanRescue to bust out of]] TheUnderworld.
28	* Matriarchy: Drow.
29	* MedievalStasis: The setting has started out this way, but it probably won't remain so.
30	* {{Mordor}}: Again, Baal Draresh Moor.
31	* OrpheanRescue: What Inferio's followers want to pull off.
32	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're once-living beings that fell into the Underworld and have been [[TheCorruption twisted by the Underworld's darkness]] into AlwaysChaoticEvil monsters. Their appearance, level of power and intelligence depends on what they were before their fall.
33	* OurDragonsAreDifferent
34	* PhysicalGod: Orianna and Lucise, the Sun and Moon deities. And the Demigod, for that matter.
35	* StandardFantasyRaces: Since the setting [[WhiteAndGreyMorality isn't exactly black and white]], there are no "good" or "evil" races. Different races do have different dispositions to certain alignments, though, and each race has its own natural attunement to different deities' magic. There are:
36	** [[HumansAreAverage Humans]], who are not instinctively aligned with any type of magic.
37	** [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]], who are a pretty magical species and are naturally talented at sun and moon magic.
38	** [[OurElvesAreDifferent Drow]], who are most talented at moon and dark magic.
39	** [[PlantPerson Dryads]], who are [[OneGenderRace an all-female race]] exceptionally gifted with sun magic.
40	** [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]], who aren't all that magical but are best at dark magic.
41	** [[LittleBitBeastly Beastmen]], who can be pretty magical but whose alignment depends on their spirit animal.
42	** [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]], who are not at all magical. At all.
43	** [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaids]], who are best at lunar magic but [[ImAHumanitarian will probably try to eat you]].
44	** Finally, [[BirdPeople Avisians]], who are a DyingRace that were formerly the messengers and warriors of the gods.
45	* StandardFantasySetting: Noverra's got some of the ingredients.
46	* TimeSkip: A standard feature. Though on a day-to-day basis the story operates in RealTime, every 6 months there's a 6-year jump into the future. By the time one year's passed in real life, 12 additional years have been added in-universe.
47	* TheUnderworld: It's not neutral, like most of this trope's incarnations, but it's not {{Hell}} either. Rather than a place that actively causes pain and suffering, it's a place utterly devoid without light or purity; living creatures that stay there slowly become [[TheCorruption corrupted]] over time. Inferio's trapped there, and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent it's also where demons come from]]. It's not a very nice place.
48	* {{Utopia}}: What the world before Inferio is commonly believed to have been.
49	* WhiteAndGreyMorality: There's no absolute "good" or "evil" but by and large the setting and characters present aren't terrible, though it varies on where you are.
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52	[[folder:The Aomori Empire]]
53	* GhibliHills
54	* MerchantCity: Aomori runs on trade and its capital, the Sea Lotus Haven, is the heart of it all.
55	* RedLightDistrict: And man is business booming.
56	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
57	* StandardRoyalCourt: More closely embodies this than Karsh does, but the imperial court is pretty out of focus.
58	* TreeTopTown: One of Aomori's settlements, the Shirobashi Village, is this.
59	* Veganopia: Kind of? The Empress is a dryad and PlantPeople make up a hefty chunk of the population. They can't eat meat or dairy, but there's no taboo preventing other citizens from doing so.
60	* {{Wutai}}
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63	[[folder:The Eternal Goblin Empire of Karsh]]
64	* BoomTown. Damn do goblins work fast.
65	* CityOfAdventure: Any Karshan town.
66	* CityOfSpies: Yep.
67	* TheCityNarrows: All of the Fissure, Karsh's capital. All of it.
68	* TheEmpire: Falls somewhere between this and TheHorde.
69	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Yeah.
70	* {{Steampunk}}: Has shades of this. Karsh is heavily slanted towards industrialization, so it's natural.
71	* TreasureRoom: It's where the first emperor, [[MeaningfulName "Grabby" Goldpaw I]], died. He was [[DeathByMaterialism was crushed by a mountain of gold]].
72	* TunnelNetwork: The Fissure, in spades.
73	* UndergroundCity: Karsh is ''really'' fond of these.
74	* WretchedHive: Gloriously so.

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