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05-20-2007, 05:53 PM #1
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Rheulgard info
i am gathering material for my new campain in Rheulgard. so if some one have interestin idea please post it. Thanks in advance
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05-20-2007, 06:02 PM #2
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My first idea about barony of silent watch is that it is the oldest part of Rheulgard , firstly created by the rjurick legions under the banner of Roele in the early days of the empire as the ideal strategic point for the further advance in Vosgaard. Then the rest of modern Rheulgard was "pacified" from the humanoid taint .
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05-30-2007, 11:38 PM #3
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but what realy is confusing me is how the hell that realm continue to exist if the goverment is divided in 3 factions, and if the barony of silent watch is hereditary why they are not independent. And not to mention the cultural difrences .
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05-31-2007, 08:04 PM #4
Tradition can be a strange and powerful thing.
It is possible the factions fight bitterly amongst each other but unite to vehemently oppose 'outsiders'.
Or the barons for example may see themselves as the guardian of Rhuelgard - meaning that they cannot claim independence without breaching their core self image.
Alternatively the factions may have strong common cultural traditions that keep them united, English counties had (in some cases still have) strong identities and rivalries with other counties without ceasing to consider themselves a united English people (mostly) similarly for Scot and Welsh clans.
Another possibility is that the natives have a powerful distrust of their neighbours, etc. Fear of the elves might encourage the Rheulgarders to maintain a strong united front, etc.
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06-01-2007, 02:06 AM #5
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Lots of minor nobles are hereditary but not independent: consider the many individual province-ruling jarls of Rjurik lands who cooperate as multiple vassals of a king often chosen from their number. In fact, in a place like Anuire, I think every individual level of a law holding is composed of several different hereditary nobles, whose lands are too small to represent separately in Birthright scale, but whose existence and active participation in government are crucial to proper functioning of the whole feudal system.
Also, the tripartite and multicultural nature of Rheulgard is quite new: the Khinasi third was only founded 20 or 30 years ago. Up until now, there has been no conflict, but growing interethnic tension is a perfectly natural source of plot events for your campaign.
The two Brecht thirds cooperate in a natural division of labor. That is, the Stille Waechter are a purely military order concerned mainly with defense against the Vos, while the Poden area has a more typically Brecht focus on commerce. The two complement each other well. I see each side as having a job that the other doesn't want, and is perfectly glad to leave in someone else's hands. The historical success of this model may well be the inspiration for the more recent division of labor between the Count and Captain of neighboring Mueden.
Ryan
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06-03-2007, 12:28 AM #6
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first i am sorry for my theory obout rheulgard history( it is described in havens of the great bay page 48 ), 2nd yes you are right hereditary does not mean independent ( english history is a perfect example ),but there is no king of rheulgard ( or count, or graf.....), Richard Kaysun is just a maister of Poden, and the law holdings are few in all three factiones. It is natural to me that they will be at peace at the moment but if there is no greather outside threth they will be in state of civil war in no time .
P.S.-sorry on my english its a little rusty, but it will impruve in time.
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06-03-2007, 07:30 AM #7
Alternatively the Khinasi faction could be absorbed into the main Brecht faction, or take up a specialist role within it which reduces competition with the Brecht. That would depend on relative population sizes and wealth.
For example if the Khinasi are poor but numerous they could form the peasantry - farmers and bulk labourers, the Brecht the middle class. If the reverse then the Khinasi could take on the administrative role, etc. Either way reduces conflict as the two compete for different resources within the society. Alternatively they could form a single blended culture as one assimilates into the other or they form a new culture.
A lot will depend on the willingness of the two cultures (the Stille Waechter for a distinct military caste so can mostly be ignored) to mix and key spokesmen within the two groups. A single loud-mouthed priest proclaiming Brecht/Khinasi cultural superiority and vehemently deriding 'half-breeds' and the like could put back assimilation decades - or cause the conflict you describe. Alternatively a pragmatic regent of Rhuelgard could act harshly against any such 'troublemakers' and strongly encourage mingling - lower taxes on joint enterprises, hybrid families, etc.
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