That Time of the Year

Dug up the sigil I made for Sam's Vale of Arryn game. It would work for a merc company if you guys like it, though making our own as a group might be more fun.

Well there is an advantage to having a company NPC.. if I pass the ball to Zack, and he has a great idea for a Stepstones campaign, and the new PC Captain rejects the contract.... well that sucks.

So like Duncan from Dragon Age?

[Horas] I kinda liked the idea of the Valyrian general on a campaign far from home

[Marie] i was reading comments on the NAB, apparently some evil people on amazon were purposely giving TWOIAF bad reviews   

[Marie] yeah i like that too

[Horas] Maybe it goes disastrously, he bleeds men, has to hire on other foreigners to compensate

[Horas] and by the time they finally get back to Valyria

[Smith] Well I liked it too mostly cause it is mine.

[Horas] It's gone

[Marie] hmm

[Horas] So they have to set out and make ends meet

[Smith] Yeah... its all ash in his mouth

[Marie] that sort of reminds me of the roman writer who saw the chaos of pompeii

[Horas] It can't just be a straight up Valyrian army though, I think

[Marie] agreed

[Horas] It's important there's a mix, and they are starting a new thing

[Marie] there should be people from different cities

[Marie] and nations

[Marie] exiles from different lands

[Horas] The 6th Valyrian Legion died that day, the ___________ was born

[Horas] Something rising from the ashes

[Horas] A phoenix?

[Smith] Yeah were there other nationalities in Valyrian

[Marie] oh a phoenix would be good

[Marie] Born in Flame?

[Marie] well

[Smith] Yeah... do they know what a pheonix is in Essos?

[Marie] in the book it says that some of the free cities were already there before the valyrians got there and they bent the knee

[Marie] so they would be interbred and stuff

[Horas] We can fudge it if they don't

[Marie] i'm sure i've seen a reference

[Marie] but maybe i made that up

[Horas] Born in Flame is pretty good

[Marie] i got meraxes' scales the wrong colour   i was 100% sure she was red

[Marie] but the book says silver

[Horas] I like the idea of those that are left being this broken down, war-battered survivors, who build things up again and take on new blood

[Marie] yeah

[Marie] er guys

[Marie] are any of you logging the chat

[Smith] Yeah... that makes sense. And really works for what we want to do. Just need more variety.

[Horas] I'll post what we got for posterity

[Horas] That's why I was wondering about what other nations there were then

[Horas] Cause it seems like Valyria just being a massive sprawling thing with no one else competing

[Marie] thank you, Horas. i know zack and sam at least will have comments and no doubt some others too

[Marie] hmm

[Marie] hang on i will go back and check

[Marie] right now i am reading about winterfell

[Smith] Is Winterfell still the north Capital.

[Marie] ok so valyria destroyed Old Ghis

[Marie] yes!

[Smith] I thought maybe we got that wrong too.

[Marie]  

[Marie] but ok

[Marie] book says slaver's bay was under valyrian control until the doom

[Horas] Ok

[Marie] so we'd have a bunch of cities breaking free of valyrian control

[Horas] so everything's pretty much Valyrian nationally, but they'd be culturally/ethnically distinct

[Marie] hmm

[Smith] Yeah... which gives tons of things to do

[Smith] How did the Valyrians deal with the Dothraki?

[Horas] And I assume everyone is at war with everyone in the chaos

[Smith] Just feed them to Dragons?
[Smith] Yeah except Braavos.

[Horas] Yeah Braavos would be free

[Horas] I assume Dothraki too

[Marie] ah it says that the remnants of the ghiscari culture took over slaver's bay

[Horas] And anything east of Dothraki, like Qarth, etc

[Marie] not sure if i am reading it right but it sounds like they build astapor too


Ongoing

That rings a bell. Perhaps the general had relations who survived the incident and founded the company.

so this game would be starting in a month or so?

[Jon] I'd be proud on killing a self made Emperor douche and his dragon

[Jon] So it could work out

[Zack] either way, zero political motivation to rebuild valyria

[Zack] let me see what else is in here

[Zack] there was a giant war aftert that

[Smith] Yeah... I think they can work... but we would have to decide what happened to the Last Dragon Dude

[Zack] volantis took lys and myr

[Marie] his dragon went mental when valyria was destroyed and ate him

[Zack] then tyrosh and pentos stopped them

[Erik] Then killed most of the company

[Smith] I like it better if we murdered the fucker.

[Zack] i do as well

[Horas] Yeah same

[Zack] douche was calling himself and emperor and wanted us to march into an apocalypse

[Marie] i dont care either way

[Zack] its a fitting end

[Horas] actually

[Marie] but i am in favour of the phoenix banner

[Zack] sigil could be a dragon skull

[Zack] we could carry it around as a war banner

[Horas] If we carried around his dragon's skull as a banner, that would be cool

[Zack] haha great minds Horas

[Horas] haha

[Zack] well the phoenix doesnt really make sense if we have no desire to rebirth valyria

[Zack] depends on how you look at it i guess

[Smith] THough we still need to decide what happened to the other 30000 men

[Horas] Well it would be emblematic of the company itself being reborn from the ashes

[Jon] So... We killed a Valyrian dude and his dragon... We could be

[Zack] the dragon skull carried around in the same way the golden company carries around the captains skulls is pretty cool

[Horas] Used to be a legion, broken, reborn.

[Jon] The DOOM

[Marie] yeah that was the reason behind the phoenix

[Smith] A pheonix clutching a dragonskull

[Zack] thatd be cool

[Horas] That is a metal as fuck sigil, Smith

[Smith] We can be fucking Metal

[Zack] either a lot of folks died killing the dragon

[Zack] or like a broken khalasar, most of it scattered to the wind

[Horas] It could be cool if it broke into many separate bands, with different goals

[Zack] returned to their families

[Horas] that way we have built in rivals and friends among other companies

[Zack] thats a cool idea

[Marie] ah yeah they could have formed different companies, some died off or tried to colonise places, and our band was just one of them

[Zack] the different officers broke off and formed their own companies

[Horas] Some actually do want to restore Valyria, some go back to protect Qohor

[Horas] etc.

[Marie] maybe some became pirates

[Zack] yeah im sure one group actually liked him

[Zack] could be one of our rivals. the emperor's children or some shit

[Smith] The Emperor's bitches you mean.

[Zack] boom

[Marie] led by his lover maybe

[Zack] but yeah theres a huge war right after that guy vanishes

[Zack] volantis takes lys and myr in an attempt to reforge valyria

[Zack] then gets stopped by pentos and tyrosh

[Zack] we could get hired by one of them

[Erik] The Emperor's Bitches can be another company

[Zack] then myr and lys rebel

[Zack] then the sealord provided a fleet of 100 to lys

[Smith] Sealord, what what!!!!!

Smith begins a slow clap for Braavos

[Zack] abd argilac the arrogant of the stormlands leads a host into the disputed lands and defeated a volantene host trying to retake myr

[Zack] so westeros was involed slightly

[Zack] then qohor and norvos destroy the volantene flee with fire galleys

[Zack] and then the dothraki attack volantis too

[Jon] Fire Galleys = Greek Fire?

[Zack] and thats the end of that conflict because the elephants take over

[Erik] And Ironborn are pirating all over, throughout

[Zack] and force peace

[Zack] yeah thats an incredibly aweseome time for mercs

[Smith] Then begins the time of BRAAAAAVOSSS

[Horas] What are the odds Erik makes an Ironborn merc?

[Horas] I'm saying 2:1

[Zack] haha im going ashaii

[Marie] Horas are you still saving this stuff>

[Zack] so we'll have a crazy mix already

[Horas] Well

[Horas] Not so much, but it's a copy and paste away


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[Zack] yeah we need a lot first

[Marie] but it would be a good way to hold the info

[Zack] like a name

[Jon] We have our origins, our banner, our troop strenght... What's next?

[Erik] Just move things around on Dragons.

[Zack] we have a thread in dragons for that at the moment

[Horas] We have this board to hold the info

[Marie] oh i know

[Marie] but still

[Erik] Everybody already has an account

[Horas] It's not like anything else is going on using up the space

[Zack] i guess we could use the dragons site but its still called dragons of westeros   

[Erik] Eh

[Zack] but doesnt bother me if it doesnt bother you guys

[Erik] Close enough

[Marie] yeah and then we'd have to move stuff around again

[Smith] We can use where ever.

[Marie] i'd honestly rather it was separate

[Marie] also

[Zack] also would keep folks from having to make new accounts for the billionth time

[Erik] So many accounts.

[Marie] there would be an issue with admin permissions and stuff

[Marie] as most people would be needing it

[Marie] that or we made a generic account for whoever was adminning

[Horas] It's not a big deal to make a new board

[Horas] but it's not something that we should do until we got shit in order

[Zack] its not

[Zack] agreed

[Marie] haha see i am the other way round

[Marie] i make the board first and fill in as i go

[Erik] Do we have a starting admin?

[Zack] plus we always lose a few folks when we move a community from one site to the other

[Horas] We don't even have a name for the game yet, what would the board be called?

[Zack] think smith volunteered to go first

[Horas] Indeed

[Erik] Mercenaries of Essos, clearly

[Marie] haha more like everyone else said "i dont want to go first"

[Smith] I can go first

[Smith] PLus I am beloved by all... so you know thats a thing.

[Zack] haha smith is the only one that was open to it

[Zack] thats volunteering

[Zack] and its smith, so we know we'll be starting on a strong note

[Horas] Haha, clearly, Erik

[Smith] Yeah... and here starts the sucking up

[Zack] oh shutup. that was genuine

[Zack] all the folks of similar skill to you already said they wouldnt go first

[Zack] except stranger, who is mia

[Erik] He does that

[Marie] yeah

[Zack] dont let it go to your head big man

[Marie] i sent the message so we can but hope

[Smith] Stranger and I have a monthly phone call... I can bring it up on the next call

[Marie] haha wait stranger gave his number to someone?

[Zack] i cant tell if hes kidding or not

[Marie] nor me

[Horas] He is

[Smith] Come on... you can't stop true love.

[Horas] They really meet in a secret volcano lair.

[Zack]  

[Marie] thought it was a dungeon

[Erik] They have a private game on the deep web that they take turns adminning

[Marie] by themselves?

[Smith] Anyway... can we pretend I did not bring up our phone calls... he gets really uncomfortable with other people knowing.

[Erik] Yep

[Erik] Sometimes Stranger's brother gets in on it

[Smith] And Rolland

[Zack] now im just assuming its admin phone sex

[Marie] who is rolland

[Horas] Roland*

[Marie] oh

[Smith] Stranger's other RL friend.

[Horas] Stranger's bro

[Marie] hmm its a shame stranger's brother got swamped by real life

[Marie] he was a good rper

[Zack] Smith: "you're the best admin ever. your ideas are so unique and characters so well developed."

[Zack] Stranger: "god you're getting me so hot baby."

[Smith] Roland is no the bro... thats Alex Irwyn

[Marie] stranger's bro was trant

[Marie] and my ally on the rome game

[Horas] Bro is slang for friend, Horas recovered

[Marie] and i dont know who else

[Smith] Come on... stranger doesn't get hard until some one gets dead.

[Marie] haha and also zack, the stranger comment is more suited to smith

[Zack]  

[Zack] yeah the flip of the gambler's dreaded coin failed be that time

[Zack] its actually morbidly amusing to pull that silver dollar out of my wallet now and know how many online deaths it was responsible for

[Horas] there's an actual coin?

[Zack] yeah you dont remember?

[Marie] do you sit in your office and flip to decide if your colleagues live or die?

[Zack] 1885 silver dollar. 100 years before i was born. lucky coin. i used it for all the coin flips in dragons

[Zack] and yes, i felt like two-face and it was awesome

[Marie] haha when i had to, i just used the one on random.org

[Zack] thats less fun

[Marie] cos otherwise i had to go fish a coin out my purse

[Zack] i like using real coins and real dice

[Marie] and then i found an old coin and lost it

[Zack] gives it more meaning

[Marie] i had a bunch of six sided dice at one time, lost them all   

[Zack] though the dreaded random number generator grew on me

[Smith] My friend lives at 222 second st apartment 2.

[Marie] that is weird

[Smith] WHenever I go over to her place I start looking out for twoface

[Zack]  

[Zack] alright so we want to nail anything else down tonight?

[Marie] name?

[Zack] hmmm

[Zack] phoenix sons?

[Zack] have no idea

[Zack] never been good wiht names

[Jon] We still lack name and motto, at least.

[Marie] we suggestd the Phoenix company

[Marie] and what was that motto i suggested>

[Marie] Born in Flame?

[Marie] i think

[Jon] Rising from the Ashes?

[Horas] I like some variation on the The Burned

[Horas] The Burned Company

[Horas] Ashes of something

[Smith] I like the Burnt something

[Jon] Company of Ashes

[Marie] From ash to flame>

[Smith] Its has to be a bit manly

[Jon] We have a metal as fuck banner, we need a metal as fuck name

Marie looks blank

[Horas] I like the Company of Ashes too

[Smith] We can put up a thread just for names.

[Erik] The Drakeskull Company

[Jon] The Emperor's Bane

[Horas] We can, but we should have some options for a poll

[Marie] for the motto how about, Burned to ash, reborn in glory

[Jon] Altough Emperorbane could be a better name for a VS

[Horas] Ooh, I like that Marie

[Marie] yay

[Jon] Upvote for Marie too

[Marie] a mercenary company should be boastful

[Marie] though i feel a fraud for saying it

[Marie] irl i am always the one downplaying things

[Horas] Definitely my favorite words suggestion so far, especially if ashes is in our name somewhere as well

[Jon] The Ashen Band

[Horas] I also like that one

[Marie] The Ashen Legion?

[Marie] Legion of AShes?

[Jon] Legion is a more impacting word, I like it

[Horas] Band sounds more merc-ish though

[Zack] sorry im abck

[Zack] lets see

[Zack] emperor's bane would be an awesome vs sword name

[Zack] for the company heirloom sword

[Zack] see a lot of traditions coming from that

[Zack] the captain being the one that actually struck the killing blow on the emperor

[Zack] so thats why he was chosen to lead

[Zack] and then the sword the slew the emperor being passed down

[Horas] that would be cool

[Jon] Awesome

[Smith] Burnt Offerings

[Marie] The Burned Legion? or is tha too obvious

[Zack] i like the ashen band so far

[Erik] All right, I'm going to bed

[Zack] and im not sure about burned. idea is that we survived the burning. killed a dragon haha

[Erik] Night all

User Erik has signed out.

[Zack] we are sans burns

[Marie] see you

[Marie] ah

[Marie] or something about fire and flame and stuff

[Marie] but i need to go too

[Marie] should have gone long since

[Marie] talk later

[Horas] Well, it could be the dragon burned the shit out of us before we killed it

[Marie] let me know what's suggested

[Horas] That's what dragons tend to do

User Marie has signed out.

[Horas] And burned implies we survived it

[Jon] I guessed that's why we were ashes

[Smith] I like Burnt or Burned something

[Jon] Most of us burned, but we managed to revive in glory

[Zack] hmm

[Jon] Is someone taking notes?

[Smith] Horas is saving and posting

[Jon] Good

[Zack] mmk

I was gonna suggest something like this for our banner, only more dragony. i43.tinypic.com/141m8i8.png

but I like the phoenix idea to. Maybe something like Red and White, or maybe even Blue and Silver.

You know we spent all our time last night talking about setting and forgot to forge some rules.

That all sounds sensible.
Would taking a turn at adminning be an absolute requirement to be allowed to play?

We would cut out a portion of the player base if that were so, so it would be counter productive.

Otherwise there'd probably be some "GOD DAMN IT HORAS IT IS YOUR FUCKING TURN, NOW MAKE A FUCKING ADVENTURE FOR US!", and nobody wants that.