11/14 — I am looking for one new character. The new character should either owe an existing character a favor or be inside the fight club (or both.) This is a collaborative story where I expect the players to find reasons for the party to stay allied, when possible (no PvP.) I expect any applicants to have read the story and be willing to commit to posting at least once a week. I am willing to consider a new-to-storium-ish player.
The Dark Lord has been slain. His tower has crumbled and his armies have scattered. The century of warfare that defined the Fourth Age is over. And after all the songs and feasting, the very organization that saw the Dark Lord fall - the Order of the Righteous Sword - is left to clean up the mess.
The monsters of the war have been herded behind the so-called Impassable Barrier (so-called due to the large gate in the middle of it.) Rumor has it that the land is safe. The elves have been slaughtered. The dwarves have grown fat off the bloodshed. The orcish armies of the Dark Lord have been assimilated into penitential labor. And humanity is forced to govern a world it wasn’t ready to inherit.
At the border of the Bleak Lands of the former Dark Lord, the port city of Coldrock is wrought from stone and iron. Humanity watches over Coldrock’s population: they are inmates as much as citizens. Some long-limbed humans with swept-back ears exist, mostly in hiding. They often find themselves in chains, living in unfortunate circumstances, often owned by scholars, as the elves were the last remaining powerful magic users. Now magic is distrusted and fading from memory.
The dwarven gang of Anc Mac Morne controls a thriving underworld. Orcish prisoners of war are conditioned to be integrated into the Order through brutal labor and harsh conditions. Some say they whisper about escaping across the Barrier back into the Bleak Waste.
Coldrock is a noose made of raw hemp tight around a criminal’s throat. Coldrock is a fat purse ready to burst once someone plunges a knife into it. Coldrock is the lowest pit in which all scum and filth eventually settles. Coldrock is the last candle in a stiff breeze, a shining light that will prove that the races of the world can move on and heal.
All of these are lies. All of these are true.
Coldrock’s people will decide.
Hosted and narrated by:
Chris Jason Michaels (Bellicist)
Started 09/05/21.
Scenes played: 6
License: Community License
18+
