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Rhuidhen Is a blooming world that has had horrible wars between the ancient races of the past. The world is still littered by artifacts of their reigns but large structures no longer exist. Now new factions have risen to vie for dominance. All the races have a chance, but will deal with horrible plagues both new and those that are remnants of the past, such as zombie plagues and the monster hordes that wander the land. These ages will be fraught with peril and diplomacy,and Religious fervor and social reform. The darkness that will come to these races will be horrible but each has it's way to the glory of domination. Beware though no matter how powerful you become, even the most unbeatable race may be brought down by decadence.

Rules and how to play.

Rules:
1. Follow Gaia TOS
2. Follow guild rules
3. This is a mixed genre rp. so the sky is the limit, try to keep a dark age theme but other wise go wild.
4. That wasn't so hard was it.

How to play:
In this kind of rp instead of playing one character you play an entire race. Now that does not mean that you only do third person writing, having characters you tell the narrative of what's happening in the post is important to help with keeping up with the history that the game will make.

Now at first you will fill out the skeleton for your race (to come in next post)and pm that to me for acceptance. Once you have your race down pat, I'm sure you will have decided on what kind of land they will start so choose one that is appropriate and pm me the location and I will mark it for you. Once all the races have set up I will then place the three event races secretly and move them every so often and split them up at times, they will be a big annoyance to the players and give them other things to fight other than each other.
THE NEXT PARTS ARE LEFT UP TO THE PLAYERS TO DECIDE WHAT FITS!
when you play take distance into account the normal time per post would be:
short(within same zone, one zone over if not a large zone): 2 posts
medium ( into another zone if the zone is a moderate size): 4 posts
large posts(moving two zones away, sea or ice travel, or the zone is giant): 6 posts

Building things also falls under this time:
new, or large technology: 2-3 posts
complicated technology: 2-3 posts
common technology: 1-2 posts

THIS NEXT PART IS DECIDED BY THE GROUP
Now on to battles:
Battles are decided upon either by consensus of the two (or more) players, or by a vote of the whole group(usually after both sides write their versions). Battles against event races are decided by consensus between my self and the player after seeing both sides written.

Magic, and developing technology:
The limits of technologies and magic are decided as the problem arises, and each case is looked at separately to avoid confusion on issues. and if your idea is shot down, you can come up with a post describing what happend to drive away your race from continuing the studies, (E.G. in sci-fi usually with teleportation the facility disapears to never be seen again.).

Name: Sharaiian
Physical description: The Sharaiian are very thin and beautiful with long white hair, ice blue eyes, and sharp features. They generally stand 6' to 7' tall and weigh only 120-135 lbs. they grow little to no facial hair.

culture: Jade Empire is militaristic and rigid. Honor pervades every inch of the ideals of the race. The species is split into clans but sub race, and then further by trade. The clans are:
Fox clan -largest students of the magics of their race.
Hare clan - defenders of the Northern plains
Wolf clan - Bandit hunters
Owl clan - hunters of daemons of the mountains
Mantis clan - The mightiest of the clans, their tactics are used by the lower clans
the roles each clan performs are split by the castes in each clan:
fox:
Sengoku - warriors
Shugendō - mages
Merchant
priests
artisans
Hare:
Sengoku
priests
artisans
Wolf:
Shugendō
Merchant
priests
artisans
Mantis:
Sengoku
Merchant
priests
artisans
level of technology:
early steel age


Land technology:

Troop Form:

Name: Sengoku
Description: These are the noble warriors of the Jade Empire. They maintain the order of day to day life, as they are the only ones allowed to carry weapons out side of war time. They make up the most beautiful and strong of the race.
arms: light armor, and the one sided sword
Build time: 2 posts

Name: Shugendō
Description: The Shugendō are they lore masters of the Empire. They have been collecting the magics used by the Empire since its dawn.
arms: robs, possibly armor, and a form of fetish to focus energy through.
Build time: 2 posts

Name: Militia
Description: These peasants are only armed with the base most equipment needed, and have little training.
arms: improvised armor, farm tools
Build time: 1 post

Name: scouts
Description: These Sengoku are trained only in the rites of stealth, they are sent ahead in small specialist squads to hunt the new territories in relative safty
arms: light armor, bows, one sided sword
Build time: 2 posts

Name: outriders
Description: These Sengoku are trained in horse back combat and are used as a second scouting wave or as a fast support unit for infantry.
arms: light armor, bow, one sided pole arm
Build time: 3 posts

Name: Priest
Description:The holy wardens of the Empire.
arms: monk robes, jade amulets
Build time: 2 posts

Sea technology:

Vehicle Form:

Vehicle name: Shirang
Vehicle Description: This light transport ship can hold forty men and move across the water quickly
Weaponry: none
Build time: 4 posts

Vehicle name: Kintai
Vehicle Description: this heavy battleship carries one hundred men and is armored to take a few blows before sinking
Weaponry: balistae
Build time: 6 posts

Vehicle name: Gon
Vehicle Description: This is a light merchant vessel, it's only real use is transport of goods but the Hare clan uses it at times to transport it's scouts to a bandit
Weaponry:none
Build time: 3 posts

magic: sōhei

spell name: Soft Breeze
description: the wind whips as the Shugendō chants.

spell name: Striking thunder
description:Lighting strikes randomly across the battlefield

Magic: sentau

spell name: jade bolt
description: the priest raises his amulet and a shard of holy jade launches from the amulet at the unholy being.