| A Gathering of Shadows: A Song of Ice and Fire RPG |
[03 May 2008|02:42pm] |
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A Gathering of Shadows A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE RPG
( opened 04.25.08 )
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"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come." --The Oath of the Night's Watch, A Game of Thrones |
The War of the Five Kings and its subsequent aftermath saw to Prince Tommen Baratheon, in all his youthful pliability, being crowned the rightful King. Meanwhile, Daenerys 'Stormborn' Targaryen from across the Narrow Sea dissolved the unrest in Slaver's Bay and prepared to make true her long awaited ambitions to sail into Westeros. It was not long before the news spilled into Westeros, whether by ravens or by spies and messengers. The mysteries surrounding the identity of Robb's heir notwithstanding, fealties were sworn and allegiances shifted as the West scurried to side with either the House Baratheon or the House Targaryen in anticipation of the Great War That Never Happened. Indeed, the Stags and the Dragons had been a blade's length away from the first blood spilt when the Wall gave. In spite of the fierce efforts by the Night's Watch, under the joint command of Lord Commander Jon Snow and Lord Stannis Baratheon, to keep the Others--and wights--at bay, it was simply not enough. Even as Wildlings lent reinforcements for the Watch, those who had been quick to dismiss the threats from the north soon learned that the Starks' warnings of old had not merely been fanciful tales as originally believed.
A temporary truce was declared by all sides of the impending battle for the throne, and the Others were once more driven back by the combined forces of men and dragons. The war that was placed on hold was reignited with barely a moment to breathe, the first strike hitting hard and fast for those still reeling from the War of the Frozen North. For them, the story was just beginning . . .
( It is now 908 AL. )
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A Gathering of Shadows is a role play game based on the world depicted in George R. R. Martin's epic series A Song of Ice and Fire. This community is made for non-profit entertainment purposes only. We are not affiliated with the venerated Mr Martin, the official franchise or to any persons or creatures hereby portrayed.
All copyrights belong to their respective owners, mostly to G. R. R. Martin, Bantam Books and Voyager Books.
Promotional graphics property of Lesiëm's Mystic, Spirit Voices album art.
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[03 May 2008|10:49pm] |
The Twenty-first Century: the modern age, the age of technology and innovation, of advancement and intelligence. It is now the year two-thousand thirteen, anno domini, and approximately seven billion human beings, Homo sapiens, walk the ancient planet they've called home for a mere two hundred thousand years, a planet on which only an eighth is inhabitable. Half of us starve. A quarter of us is uneducated. Less than five percent can read. We are the superior species among the innumerable neighbors with whom we share this planet called Earth, set apart only by our capability to manipulate tools, walk upright, and understand abstract ideas. And since the first moments we walked upon Earth's fertile soil, every step has furthered the planet's destruction and brought us closer to our own.
Indeed, we humans have proved ourselves nature's only mistake; we are the only species among all others that takes and takes from our planet's once-ample resources and never gives anything beneficial in return. We indulge in what we want and what we don't want, we toss away, careless of the repercussions; we smother the dirt and plants beneath us with the cement and stone that becomes the framework for houses and buildings. We force all other species into subordination, uprooting their natural homes and enslaving them to meet our needs -- and we do this to each other too. We crave control. We kill what frightens us, what confuses us, whatever we don't understand. With anyone that opposes us, we must defeat them and take what they have. All of our technology and our advancements have been only in the name of being better than another different group of us. We slaughter mass numbers of ourselves over imaginary lines and imaginary Gods and imaginary currencies; we force entire races and species to near extinction because what we believe is absolute. Human, the species that will kill any other in the name of an intangible idea.
Karma is a bitch.
THE STORY via CA9
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