Official Knights Faction thread

[Dorian]

Okay, I've got a bit of a rough skeleton for what I'd like to see with the official Knights system. It's something that I've been working on mentally for a little bit, but lemme outline it as best I can.

LEADERSHIP ROLES -

Leader - Dorian. Obviously Dorian's in charge, and he's rather easy-going as far as how much any one person can do (hence why it's been a bit hard to get things moving with figuring out where he stands on the leadership structure). He believes that what he's doing is right and just, even if not everyone agrees with him... and even if he tends to be a bit of a fool sometimes. But he always means well and he tries his very best to ensure that he gives his all every day and to be better the next day, so really, what's wrong with that?

Head Tactician - Ydolus. As Dorian's go-to person for plans and strategies and what they're doing, this position is obviously going to be filled by someone with a bit more experience than just the average green tactician. Personally, I'd just like for them to be rather competent - they don't need to be perfect, mind you, but you know, they at least know what they're doing - and someone Dorian can rely on and become close to.

Lieutenant - @zyru. The unofficial second in command around the Knights, this spot is someone who would be showing up and helping to run things where Dorian would fall short. Likely someone who's more of a wizened hero of the battlefield than anything else, they'd be a bit more worldly, helping to steer Dorian in the right direction as far as combat goes. Optimally I'd like for Dorian to have known them while they were growing up but it's not required.

Pegasus Squadron Leader - unclaimed. Serving as the leader of a small group of wyvern riders and pegasus knights, the leader for this spot would essentially be in charge of scouting and keeping track of a lot of the supplies. They'd likely do a lot of the recruitment since they can move faster, and they'd be very close to Dorian. While this is probably the one I'm lightest about experience for, I'd prefer someone who's fought a few battles before, even if they're unfamiliar with the situation of being in command.

ADDITIONAL ROLES -

Ambassadors - Basil (Ylisse), unclaimed (West Ferox), unclaimed (East Ferox), unclaimed (Plegian Royals). This group of individuals will later become the main envoys for the Knights between the various ruling areas. While they can be younger and require little to no battling experience, they are more likely to be well-respected and hail from the area they're corresponding with, as well as they'd have to be skilled in diplomacy. The only one with a specific background is Basil, which you can find out more about by clicking his name.

Head Cleric - unclaimed. Yes, I know, I probs should include this is the leadership, but it's not as though they actually have much input in a strategy meeting, so I'm not including them there. Essentially this spot is for whoever ends up taking on the position of the main healer and then they spend all their time bustling around taking care of people when they're sick or injured. Bonus points if they have their own little thing going on with the other healers and extra bonus points if they usually go stomp over to Dorian and yell at him for bad decisions.

Recruiter - unclaimed. This is the person who's main job is literally to go from town to town and try to recruit people for the Knights. They'd also, however, be in charge of securing extra supplies for the Knights and making sure that they're going to have enough money to keep going, not to mention that they also have to help keep some propaganda going that the Knights are truly out to help and aren't some laughingstock. There can be more than one recruiter, but I'm only including one spot since I have a feeling it will not be a spot for the faint of heart.

Shipmaster - unclaimed. This will likely be filled by the Admiral from Plegia when Maeve agrees to lend the navy to us, but essentially this spot is the leader of the fleet that Dorian has imaginary, half-formed hopes of building. He hopes to be able to get across the sea to solicit Rosanne, Valm, and Chon'sin for assistance when he gets a little more settled, but right now it's so far off that he's not done more than briefly consider it before dismissing it.

Knights - Lilou and Aurelia. Essentially these two are Dorian's sort of bodyguards, appointed by Basil to look after Dorian. Personally, Dorian doesn't see much of the need to have them around like that, but any arguments are greeted with staring, so he's given up on trying to actually order them around very much.

ROLE CALL -

Other assorted Knights (aka those who have officially joined the Knights of Cydonia, even if they're not one of these positions), are as follows: Kieran, ryth, Nascha, Lyrica

Future Knights (aka those who will be joining the Knights of Cydonia sometime in the near future) are as follows: Alisone, cassius

[katya]

@everyone THATS BEEN TAGGED SO FAR IN THIS THREAD, ie any koc character, specifically Dorian yo

Does anyone have a preference in going into Plegia or Ferox first? The original plan was to head into Plegia (as you can tell from our Background thread), but looking at how things are developing, I think having the Knights go towards Ferox makes a lot more sense. The plots in Plegia, while very active, are slow burning with a multi-faction civil war. Meanwhile, in Ferox, the Northern Feroxi need to be dealt with in a finite/shortish-term plot, the khans could really do with figuring out who's THE khan--I figure we shouldn't delay on that any more than we have to (and you know the champions' duel can't happen without the knights around!). Maeve's also sent a lot of diplomats towards Ferox (and any number of royal-aligned characters could just so happen to be part of either Ansehelm's or Inessa's entourage), so there'll be plenty of characters hanging around should all hell break loose.

[shamees]

I'm of opinion that the Knights should have their own direction and decide during the journey... I'm not sure why you don't think we couldn't delay the tournament anymore than "we have to." Tuyet and I actually had an idea for that so we - or at least me - would rather not rush through events just to give the Knights something to do.

So I think the Knight should keep on heading to Plegia UNTIL there is an appropriate reason in the plot for them to drop by Ferox. We're moving the Ferox plot appropriately with Plegia. The knights / Ylisse should do the same so we could create an overarching storyline. What the Knights should do is to get a move on in their journey and not sit around on their asses waiting and twiddling their thumbs. Where they should be going is not the problem, it's the lack of ACTION from the Knights completely. 

[katya]

shamees If you guys are okay with waiting, that's cool then. I personally feel like it's a little difficult to plot (as the person calling shots for your neighboring Plegia) with an un-unified Ferox, but that's probably IC considerations slipping into OOC meta stuff.

I do feel that there'd be more for the Knights to do in Ferox though, simply because they're currently not as big or as respected a force for the Plegian factions to worry too much about. The same is true for Ferox, but there they can at least prove themselves through their strength.

In any case, if the Ferox players are fine waiting... so is everyone else. @dorian would Dori want to be contacting the other factions? I know they're on a mission to look for the Fire Emblem, perhaps it'd be wisest to split it up into groups actually? I think we have enough Knights to split them up into parties to head into Ferox, Plegia, and Ylisse (well, to stay in Ylisse, that's not much of a road trip). I figure since we already have Xavier in Plegia, he could be with a group of people there? That's just for starters.

Just throwing ideas around. Let's get these Knights on the road!

[shamees]

In Ferox, the two khans actually get along unlike in Plegia. Though not unified officially, you could say that they're even more of a single country than Plegia and Ylisse.

And splitting up...is a terrible idea. The only thing you'd be achieving by splitting up is forcing everyone to go around in circles aimlessly and it would be a big mess with these big plots left and right.

What Dorian should be doing is making a speech and interact with anyone around. It's not necessary to keep on waiting on all the Knights. RP-wise, it's not realistic for all of them to be around at once simply because of numbers. Each of them can come out, make character introductions, and be on the limelight on paralogues or any events that would give them the opportunity.

This "should" I am saying is what I THINK naturally. Kuroya, you have to step up and do what you want. But you do have to do it step-by-step too. It's not about chasing plots but making progress in this journey.

[katya]

DISREGARD EVERYTHING. THIS IS THE PLAN:

1. You knights can herp derp around Ylisstol for a bit until ya'll feeling settled in. By which I mean I'm lighting a fire under Dorian's ass if you're not ready to move soon.
2. True to the backstory info, move into Plegia first, looking for clues about the Fire Emblem.
3. WE ARE TRYING TO COOK UP SOME COOL SHIT FOR YLISSTOL OKAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN PLAYING A YLISSEAN NOBLE, *WINK WINK* *NUDGE NUDGE* MATHIAS NEEDS COMPANY
4. Hopefully you Feroxi bastards are ready for the Knights by then.

[♠ Kuroya]

I AM GOING TO GO HOME AND GET SHIT DONE I S2N OKAY PLEASE DON'T LIGHT MY ASS ON FIRE.

On the other side of that though the Knights and Ylisse sorta did not pick up as quickly as y'all Feroxi and Plegians did. I'm trying to work as best I can with what I got but considering the only one of the high positions I have filled is Xave... -shrugs-

Which speaking of, Xavier, hmu with Skype since I am going to get us moving hopefully until we can get some higher roles to help us out.

We shall march to Plegia very soon so stand by for that everyone else. It's very hard to march from a phone so consider yourselves lucky. FOR NOW.

[Xavier]

do i even have ♠ Kuroya 's skype

[Nascha]

Nascha going back into Plegia already?

...well, okay. As long as they're getting stuff done.

I'm still okay with lighting a fire.

And I'm sad that I can't fit into a higher role. Oh well.

...yeah I really don't have much more to contribute and mostly posted here to get the thread on my participated list. I'll be leaving now.

[Dorian]

Xavier - No no you don't. YamiKuroya. You do now.

Nascha - You can though? It's not like most of the roles require that you're able to do a whole bunch lmao. Or you can just make a second charrie and run with that one I mean what

~ And now for the main purpose of this post ~

Kieran ryth Nascha Alisone Lyrica cassius Not tagging Shamees and Tres since they're not technically recruited and not tagging Xave since he's supposed to be busy in Plegia atm PLUS ANY OTHER KNIGHTS I MAY HAVE MISSED.

Get your butts up and start gathering your stuff together and recruiting anyone you can. We march for Plegia soon.

And yes I am going to give a speech soon so just calm your jets I'm working on it right now. A speech has been made.

[Lilou]

I figured I should check in. When in Ylisse, Lilou might go recruiting--once she approves of what Dorian's doing anyway. For now, she sorta just dogs him and tries to make sure the knights aren't eating themselves broke. Actually, if you need a quartermaster, she's game.

[Drake]

If the (Head Cleric) position is open I think Drake would be willing to help, hell he has a lot of free time on his hands. Just note that this is not where he specializes, so don't be that dependent upon him. He is how ever open to learning how to better this skill.

[Deleted]

I want to ask what the current plan is now? I feel like not everyone has been made known of the fact Maeve had come over to speak with the Knights, nor of the diplomats she had sent over to Ferox and Ylisse. When are we marching-marching and then doing paralogues?

I don't mind the pace we're in right now. From what I assume, Dorian's still busy threading it up with his tactician and with the knights from his speech. I just want to know the current and future on-goings we have with the knights right now so everyone is in the same page. I got a bit confused with the timeline with Maeve around.

Edit: Sorry if I seem impatient. I only want to know because I have several characters (Brendan, Tres, Shamees, Rikon, Kamille, Sakalam...well, all of them) that are fated to have an encounter with the Knights at a certain point. I want to know so I can have adjust my pacing on each of them accordingly. It's going well right now though.

[Dorian]

Drake - I'm pretty sure Tres was maybe going into that spot once I get that paralogue finished. IDK. Check with Nazt up there.

@ptolemy - I was waiting for a bit more with the paralogues to start happening before I started anything official since I wanted people to be comfortable with the system before I did anything major. But I do have a plan for a paralogue where the Knights are crossing the border, happen on some sort of skirmish with Tres in danger, and the Knights spring into action since yeah that's their thing. Then after that was going for a few rounds, or at least long enough that I was comfortable with where it was going, I was going to start a thread with Maeve where we hammer out what needs to be hammered out. Optimally in the background, the other Knights would be threadding with each other and picking up a few more people since I don't think I could handle having to recruit every single person. I'm fine with lots of threads, just y'know... don't overload me or I shut down.

And yes I'm aware I've been a bit slow. Monday through Thursday I don't usually try to move anything too big since those are my days when I'm in college and usually after that I can't handle too much more than bios + threads + a few planning things. Friday was a loss this week due to personal issues, but I cleared out most of my threads on Saturday, and since I came on yesterday to all the paralogue stuff, I was actually planning on turning around my threads again (or at least those on Vai, Layle, and Ceresi since I should have cleared those yesterday as well following my schedule) and starting to frame that paralogue, real life depending of course.

[Deleted]

Oh, I don't think you're slow actually. I just wanted to know any plans or an estimate around when we might do more paralogues and stuff. Also, I was a bit more concerned about Maeve because her being around seems underwhelming than it should be; I've not heard what and how she'd impacted the Knights with her arrival. Sorry if it sounds like I was rushing you. Like I said, I'm actually quite comfortable with the pace right now and have assumed you're still waiting on things to develop. Sorry again if I sounded impatient. 

And as for head healer, Tres could certainly hit that position someday though he's still too inexperienced right now for it.