THE ROYAL PLEGIAN FACTION

[Maeve]

ROYAL PLEGIA

Hey, guys! I just wanted to share all the current info I've got on how the Plegian royals+their military works. If you want to get involved with Royal Plegia, tag me with a post here, and I'll try come up with plots for you! Trust me, you want to get involved with us. We are really cool, I swear. Morally grey. Terribly attractive.

No, seriously, we're the best looking crowd, don't you even front.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
NAVY LIEUTENANT
ROYAL GUARDS
ARMY CAPTAINS
SOLDIERS
MERCENARIES
PLEGIAN NOBLES?

THE ROYALTY
Ascher was the actual crown prince. He was a pretty shitty prince that wasn't really interested in doing, well, much of anything. Maeve, believing that Ascher is a devout Grimleal (he's not), ousted him after their father died. Because Grimleals on a throne would be bad. I am currently trying to talk Klaus into having Ascher make like Daenerys and recruit a manakete army to retake his throne by FIRE AND BLOOD.

Maeve is the current queen. She's actually really nice minus the part where she hates Grimleals. She believes anything her inner circle tells her, is in love with her captain, and she's really into brokering a long term peace for Plegia. Later though. After she wins this war. All wars are bad, except for her war. Duh.

Beatrice is the third child. She's the one Maeve was closest to, and she actually has a great deal of power and influence because Maeve trusts her judgment. I imagine if Maeve can't do anything herself but needs a diplomatic/royal presence, she'd send Bea to handle things for her.

Inessa is the actual culprit of the Grimleal activities that Ascher was blamed for. While Royal Plegia is incredibly anti-Grimleal, Inessa is drinknig their kool-aid. She's a bit of a family black sheep (even moreso than Ascher), and Maeve loves her dearly, but she doesn't expect Inessa to get anything done.

Mother? - I actually have no idea what happened to mom. Kuroya didn't say she died, so... The only requirements is that she is half-Ylissean (with Exalt blood) and half-Plegian. The man she called husband was assassinated quite recently. What she thinks of the current mess in Plegia is up to you.

THE MILITARY
The Plegian Guard - In my mind, these are elite crack troops meant to guard the castle and the royal line. Think GoT's Kingsguard, SnK's Police Brigade, the Varangian Guard, etc. Saar is the captain of the Plegian Guard. They number a few dozen, and you're welcome to apply as one! They should either be excellent combatants or from a very well-connected family (ideally both). ibarra is a former member of the Guard, and Alto is currently one of the Guard.

The Army - pantaleon leads the Plegian army, and he's a badass. The ground troops are what you'd expect and includes air cavalry (wyverns!) too. They (and the Plegian Guard) are pretty much the only reason Maeve's sitting on the throne. She spoils the army rotten, okay. Anything they want, she's happy to give. Because without an army, she doesn't have the throne by birthright or divine right, so it gets awkward when she doesn't have a bunch of people marching behind her. Our army is recruiting captains, soldiers, and support personnel!

The Navy - Admiral of the formerly great Plegian fleet is kamille, the unproven successor of Maeve's uncle, the illustrious Prince-Admiral Tremere. Kamille has big shoes to fill, and so far, all he's managed to do is have his entire fleet destroyed by Grima. Good start, bro. Despite being a bit of a laughingstock, the navy is super important! Maeve gives the navy over to the Knights of Cydonia to spy on them assist them in all their endeavors in exchange for help against the Grimleals. The Admiral is her main liaison to the Knights, and the navy are her eyes and ears. Kamille is looking for a lieutenant and former sailors!

Mercenaries - Maeve is actually hiring, yes. The crown has money, yes. You do want money, yes?

Lastly - Ansehelm is sort of the King's Queen's Hand. He gets shit done, by which I mean he is a one-man secret service. He knows how to create risen, but he doesn't know how to control them--he's working on that. It's very hush hush. Don't tell anybody!

[Ascher]

pls join Plegian royalty we'll have a ton of fun and lots of things to stir the pot with

Maeve Dropping by to say hi and also to say that I think it'd be a ton of fun for him to find a bunch of Manaketes and take back the throne. He currently doesn't have much interest in taking it back at the moment, but he's 100% up for using force to take it back if he ever sees Maeve's rule start to grow shaky. Not that it's very strong to begin with but. Yeah.

Sidenote that Jehiel and Ascher are threading and by proxy might ask you if you're up for a thread between Ascher and Ender which could lead to something. Who knows?

[suna]

I'M GONNA DO IT, I'M GONNA MAKE A YOUNGER SIBLING FOR ASCHER AND MAEVE
and if nobody takes the admiral position for a while ill take them too but seriousl yconsider it THEY HAVE THE MOST POTENTIAL FOR HILARIOUS ADORKABLENESS

[Maeve]

Ascher Oh my god klaus, I have my own plotter for that sort of thing. Yes, we can thread.

ANYWAY, veri is bringing the bestest most awesome kid to the family. Behold our superior lineage of cool. And doom. Really cool doom.

An excerpt to describe why the admiral is the absolute best canon spot though:

[9:36:40 PM] Katya: admiral is srsly the saddest canon spot
[9:36:51 PM] Katya: I cannot think of a worse position to be in.
[9:37:02 PM] veri "beri-san": i.
[9:37:04 PM] veri "beri-san": can you imagine
[9:37:12 PM] veri "beri-san": 'i USED to have a cool navy'
[9:37:20 PM] veri "beri-san": 'then the ylisseans burned all of my ships'
[9:37:21 PM] Katya: THE STRONGEST NAVY ON THE CONTINENT
[9:37:32 PM] Katya: er, the only one too
[9:37:34 PM] Katya: but it was legit >.>
[9:37:52 PM] Katya: like you wanna know why valm never invaded?
[9:37:53 PM] Katya: THAT WAS ME
[9:37:54 PM] Katya: THAT WAS MY MEN
[9:38:02 PM] Katya: but no more.

It doesn't get any better than that, folks.

[Shen'lon]

Maeve don't tempt me.
"i had power it was great where are my ships you ask DON'T LOOK AT ME"

[Ascher]

suna Glad to have you! I also heard that Ascher is the scapegoat of his younger sibling's fraternizing with Grimleal 100% up for it.

[Beatrice]

'Eeeeey, so I saw that the younger siblings thing is, y'know, plural, and if you're looking for any more I'm kind of like semi-interested! If someone could send me some deets either through PM or skype (you can find me at [e-mail]), I'd appreciate it!

If you're not looking for more youngin's, I'll probably end up making someone in the army anyway H3H3H3

[katya]

Beatrice GO FOR IT.

And because it's plural and I'm going to say NO MORE SIBLINGS at a third, here's the only established family details (that I know of, suna Ascher feel free to chip in) so far, in case someone wants a fifth child:

- Dad was a very smart and subtle man. He knew a thing or two about PR.
- Apparently, dad and mom loved each other very much because they have a ton of kids.
- They weren't raised to outright hate Grimleals. They were more raised to not subscribe blindly to any doctrine and to adhere to their own ideals--i.e., they're supposed to think.
- They were raised to play nice with non-Plegians though, specifically Ylisseans.
- They didn't have a harsh upbringing per se, but they were all under constant pressure to be, y'know, worthy heirs. Lots of prince and princess lessons, high expectations, no reprieve, imagine really hardcore asian parents okay.
- Ascher was a loser prince that didn't care about being a prince.
- Maeve was a natural-born princess and an overachiever.
- There is PROOF that one of the royal children is Grimleal. There is NO PROOF that it was Ascher, just a few coincidences.

...I think that's it. It's all I can remember before coffee anyway.

ETA: ON SECOND THOUGHT I THINK FOUR ROYAL KIDS ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH. SMELL YA LATER.

[Maeve]

Beatrice Inessa Saar pantaleon Ansehelm I know three of you aren't accepted yet but,

It says in Maeve's bio that she's tried talking to the leaders of her neighboring states. Would any of you like to, you know, go talk to the leaders of our neighboring states? I figure we shouldn't be doing any warmongering since the other countries haven't had as many canon spots filled as we do, but talking should be good.

For the record, what Royal Plegia WANTS is military aid, but they're not going to beg for it. What they'll be PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH is if other nations stay out of their civil war while they resolve everything. People that they should talk to are Matthias, Isabela (not accepted yet either), and sakalam. Or any of their most loyal, if they're too busy themselves.

If you're interested, just say so?

[Beatrice]

BEATRICE WOULD TOTALLY BE DOWN FOR THIS. She's a bit spoiled and maybe not so well attuned with the ways of the world (and war), but she would definitely get a kick out of acting as a would-be ambassador and getting the opportunity to travel to other countries. The fact that people will have to accommodate her wyvern could be a bit troublesome, though. 8I

[pantaleon]

I think I'd take the negotiation spot with Matthias. Although, what I think would be the most cool if my character accompanied Beatrice on her first srsn bsn trip then ending up doing most of the work because gurl mostly just want to do it for the travel.

Ps. I am a horrible person, and I kinda want a incompetent/weak person to talk with the eastern khan (Click image here for the full size image)

tag Beatrice Maeve Matthias

[Matthias]

i'm down with all negotiations!!!

and since i play inessa too, i'm going to say i'm totally willing to have her meet one of the khans (even have a threeway thread with beatrice and pantaleon where she starts off with them before going off on her own to meet with whoever??) but since there's only three other major players i'm also completely willing to let someone else grab the spot for chatting. (IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THREADSS...)

[sakalam]

Katya has already consulted with me about it and I agreed to having a thread. Perhaps we can start the story by Maeve ordering the concerned people to go forth as ambassadors in a short cutscene. It may be mentioned in the passing that the Feroxi ambassadors have already been notified and passed on the message to the khans. (I doubt the ambassadors would be doing more than that; all the other legwork falls on Plegia.)

And then we can continue it in a new thread in Ferox. I have nothing against anyone who Plegia would send to Sakalam. There definitely is a higher chance of failing if the representative is not very competent. Sakalam is more politically-attuned than any of the previous khans. It would definitely displease her instantly if the representative doesn't even come with some sort of bargaining chip. No ruler would want to have their time wasted.

And I think Ferox and Plegia never had a good relationship in the first place. Or Plegia with any country, actually.

[katya]

So.... the way I see it

Beatrice and pantaleon to go visit Matthias (this makes sense, since Ylisse is kinda historic enemy #1)
Inessa to see one of the Khans
and guru told me on skype that Ansehelm can go bug a khan too.

If Saar's game, we should probably send him with Inessa to make sure nothing implodes over there. Otherwise, I guess Inessa has a group of NPC advisers.

[ibarra]

I'm here again...

Imperial army was the term I used but with your definition, Ibarra was a former Plegian Guard. I doubt anyone from the royalty personally knows him but he did have a bit of a reputation as Ibarra the Heartless. I wrote in his profile that it may be him who first instigated the idea that Ascher was Grimleal though we will never know (meaning, it may be true or it could be whatever anyone else had in mind.) He liked Ascher and disliked Maeve 's hair color so when she became queen, he vanished and then joined the Grimleal.

So to anyone in the guards or in the army, you'll be meeting this traitor on the battlefield again. Everyone could have their own guesses why Ibarra betrayed the royal family. All their theories would certainly make more sense than the truth.

But it would be nice to have a flashback thread. Saar, if you're up to it.