RE: Crisis Cycles
05-27-2020, 08:40 PM
Culture Name: East Windrose of the Orcgarchy Praetorite
Banner Colour: Green! Surprise!
Government and Leader: Elected republic. There is still a leader, but their power is not absolute like the olden days. Ruling has become more complex, with various tasks been delegated to multitude of sub-groups, of various sizes and complexity.
During the last era, the Windrose Alliance joined the Tuvarii Republic and took on their form of government. The transition was smooth. This was not surprising, since the four districts already had a democratic system of election. The orcs felt it to be inevitability for the ruling parties to be decided by vote rather than by blood. Despite this attempt at equality, neopotism still existed. Campaigns tend to be prohibitively expensive and nobility tend to be the ones with the most wealth - leading to dynastic families that still trace their relations back to Yarthuryay.
The Wandering Listeners are split from government, per Tuvarii reforms. Despite the lack of offical governmental titles, the Wandering Listeners are integral to orcish culture and should not be considered "powerless."
While most thing stayed the same (relatively) speaking, a small percentage of orcs chafe at the modern rules. They long for the days of independence (they curse the name of Ordredmay) and when divine right was the only rule that mattered (despite the fact the Yarthuryay just used a combination of Wandering Listener magic and compromises to unify the Orcgarchy). They were an inconsequential problem - until one moonless night, a orc extremist was Ghouled. This orc - self-styled himself as Warlord Aculadray - embroiled himself in a guerilla warfare for the independence of Windrose and the reinstatement of the orc-monarchy!
However, this is not the leader of this era. The point-of-view politician is one Praetor Onfusedcay - Praetor Kay, as he is more well-known by. He has been recently elected and he is not exactly happy with the fact his part of the Praetorite is being increasingly ghouled. He needed to get down to the bottom of this mystery...who ghouled Aculadray...and why?
Society: While Windrose was still its own beast, Tuvarii had changed it drastically. Competitions are still a thing, but the cultural trend towards perfectionism had made meditation (or meditation-like) activities to be quite popular. After all, isn't meditation basically a fight against one-self, which is totally awesome?
Assimilation had died down in the Orcgarchy as Tuvarii Republic was large enough that it whetted the expansionist appetites of orcish school-of-though. However, the Windrose people did picked up pretension from their Tuvarii friends. They expect other people to act like what they expect, which is an ideal model of an Windrose orc.
Species: Windrose is a cosmopolitan culture composing of many species - the dominant population being the archetypical orcs - burly pig-people with might constitutions and legendary rage. There is other species, like Gadorcsu (Gadesu), Dworcs (Dwarves), Orcves (Elves), et cetera - each with the word "orc" in their names and no they will not explain it to you, outsider.
There is also the Tuvarii elves. There were already elves in Windrose but the Orcves and the Tuvarii are drastically different in their own snooty ways. Tuvarii elves tend to be tall and fair-haired. Orcves tend to be stout and sharp-teethed.
Stances on the three changes:
Discovery - Yes, because Kay would really want to get to the bottom of this.
Ghoul - No? No! NO.
Half - Yes. Maybe the halfling spiritual religion could help them?
Major cultural influence: Tuvarii and Windrose are to be expected. Windrose was originally an independent polity until they agreed to join Tuvarii. A surprising cultural influence would be the former Koon, as they seem to make a big move aganist East Windrose. Is it for shits and giggles? Or is it something more?
Banner Colour: Green! Surprise!
Government and Leader: Elected republic. There is still a leader, but their power is not absolute like the olden days. Ruling has become more complex, with various tasks been delegated to multitude of sub-groups, of various sizes and complexity.
During the last era, the Windrose Alliance joined the Tuvarii Republic and took on their form of government. The transition was smooth. This was not surprising, since the four districts already had a democratic system of election. The orcs felt it to be inevitability for the ruling parties to be decided by vote rather than by blood. Despite this attempt at equality, neopotism still existed. Campaigns tend to be prohibitively expensive and nobility tend to be the ones with the most wealth - leading to dynastic families that still trace their relations back to Yarthuryay.
The Wandering Listeners are split from government, per Tuvarii reforms. Despite the lack of offical governmental titles, the Wandering Listeners are integral to orcish culture and should not be considered "powerless."
While most thing stayed the same (relatively) speaking, a small percentage of orcs chafe at the modern rules. They long for the days of independence (they curse the name of Ordredmay) and when divine right was the only rule that mattered (despite the fact the Yarthuryay just used a combination of Wandering Listener magic and compromises to unify the Orcgarchy). They were an inconsequential problem - until one moonless night, a orc extremist was Ghouled. This orc - self-styled himself as Warlord Aculadray - embroiled himself in a guerilla warfare for the independence of Windrose and the reinstatement of the orc-monarchy!
However, this is not the leader of this era. The point-of-view politician is one Praetor Onfusedcay - Praetor Kay, as he is more well-known by. He has been recently elected and he is not exactly happy with the fact his part of the Praetorite is being increasingly ghouled. He needed to get down to the bottom of this mystery...who ghouled Aculadray...and why?
Society: While Windrose was still its own beast, Tuvarii had changed it drastically. Competitions are still a thing, but the cultural trend towards perfectionism had made meditation (or meditation-like) activities to be quite popular. After all, isn't meditation basically a fight against one-self, which is totally awesome?
Assimilation had died down in the Orcgarchy as Tuvarii Republic was large enough that it whetted the expansionist appetites of orcish school-of-though. However, the Windrose people did picked up pretension from their Tuvarii friends. They expect other people to act like what they expect, which is an ideal model of an Windrose orc.
Species: Windrose is a cosmopolitan culture composing of many species - the dominant population being the archetypical orcs - burly pig-people with might constitutions and legendary rage. There is other species, like Gadorcsu (Gadesu), Dworcs (Dwarves), Orcves (Elves), et cetera - each with the word "orc" in their names and no they will not explain it to you, outsider.
There is also the Tuvarii elves. There were already elves in Windrose but the Orcves and the Tuvarii are drastically different in their own snooty ways. Tuvarii elves tend to be tall and fair-haired. Orcves tend to be stout and sharp-teethed.
Stances on the three changes:
Discovery - Yes, because Kay would really want to get to the bottom of this.
Ghoul - No? No! NO.
Half - Yes. Maybe the halfling spiritual religion could help them?
Major cultural influence: Tuvarii and Windrose are to be expected. Windrose was originally an independent polity until they agreed to join Tuvarii. A surprising cultural influence would be the former Koon, as they seem to make a big move aganist East Windrose. Is it for shits and giggles? Or is it something more?