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Welcome to HRE NES! If you're new here and would like to join up, the following spaces are available:
Duchies: No Duchy is available at present. If you would like to be notified when one opens up, shoot me a PM and I'll contact you as soon as an opening pops up.
Others: Other realms not mentioned above are not intended for players at this time; other big powers like Italy, France, the Vikings, and so forth are mine. If you have something creative in mind, I'll hear you out by PM, but I would prefer if you chose something that's open above. I'll be more likely to let you do something unorthodox if there aren't any free spaces above.
HRE NES
Rise of the Holy Roman Empire
It is the Year of Our Lord 911. Charlemagne, Imperator Augustus and King of the Franks, has been dead for nearly a century, and his empire is a shadow of its former self. The Christians of Europe are split into petty kingdoms and duchies, and Charlemagne’s crown sits in a Papal vault in Rome – its last wearer, Louis of Burgundy, was humiliated in an abortive invasion of northern Italy, and had his eyes put out by the master of Friuli, Berengar. Berengar has assumed the title of Emperor, though the Pope has yet to officially recognize this, and he is yet uncrowned.
The Throne of Saint Peter is also not what it once was. The current Pope (as was his predecessor, Sergius III) is deep in the sway of several powerful Roman families – more precisely, he is in the sway of powerful women within those families, and the illicit affairs that are rumored to go on in the holiest parts of the Eternal City have become the source of many derisive jokes and ribald rhymes. For now, these powerful families control the Papacy, and use it chiefly for their own immediate gain in the environs of Rome.
Not all is decaying, however. In the dark forests of Germany at the edges of Charlemagne’s empire, new powers are emerging. The tribes of the Germanic peoples have only recently restyled themselves as feudal nobility, and have appropriated large and independent realms for themselves. The four most powerful of these German Dukes, rulers of the tribal regions known as the “Stem Duchies,” have banded together this year and elected the first true King of Germany (or East Franconia, as it is more properly known), Duke Conrad of Franconia. Threatened by the ruthless Magyar horsemen from the southeast, the Dukes have – at least superficially – submitted to a Monarch. Make no mistake, however, that they will humbly accept vassaldom and servile obedience to their new King – it was not long ago that their ancestors were pagan chieftains plundering the ruins of the Roman Empire, and they thirst for the power and wealth that could be theirs as Duke, King – or Emperor.
Playable Factions and Leaders:
Duchy of Saxony – King Heinrich (Micha)
Duchy of Franconia – Duke Eberhard III (foolish_icarus)
Duchy of Bavaria – Duke Arnulf (appleciders)
Duchy of Swabia – Duke Burchard II (bipolarbear)
Duchy of Bohemia - Duke Vratislaus (Nimitz)
County of Friesland - Count Dirk (Giovanni Wine)
Unplayable Powers:
Kingdom of Italy – Emperor Berengar I
Kingdom of Upper Burgundy – King Rudolph II
Kingdom of Lower Burgundy – King Louis III “the Blind”
Kingdom of Western Francia and Lothairingia – King Charles III “the Simple”
Duchy of Normandy – Duke Rollo Ganger (fealty owed to Charles III of Francia)
Republic of Venice – Doge Orso II Participazio
Magyar Horde – Fejedelem Szabolcs
Kievan Rus – Prince Igor
Papal States – Pope John X
Kingdom of England – King Edward “the Elder”
Eastern Roman Empire – Empress Zoe Karvounopsina (Regent for Constantine VII)
Croatian Duchy of Dalmatia – Duke Tomislav
Emirate of Cordoba – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III
Kingdom of Bulgaria - Tsar Simeon "the Great"
Kingdom of the Danes - King Hardeknut
Rules and Guides
The general manual on playing this NES can be found here. Note that some of this info may become outdated as the game develops, so stay tune for changes, and just ask via post or pm if you have any questions.
For orders, I prefer that everything be public and in this thread unless it needs to be secret - then you pm me. There is no limit on pms, and detail is good, but filling 10 pms with descriptions about the finely detailed mustaches on your Angonmen won't help you any.
Updates will occur when all players have submitted orders; updates will be postponed if players are on vacation. The GM reserves the right to update in a player's absence if the player just dissappears.
I have only two big rules to participate: First, make sure you pm me if you are leaving for a while, so I don't remove you or update without you. Be courteous! Secondly, if you find yourself unable to play, send me a pm, so I can give your spot to somebody else.
Note that new duchies will probably open up over time, so if you're reading this thread but there's no room for you, pm me anyway - when a duchy opens up you can join in.
Duchies: No Duchy is available at present. If you would like to be notified when one opens up, shoot me a PM and I'll contact you as soon as an opening pops up.
Others: Other realms not mentioned above are not intended for players at this time; other big powers like Italy, France, the Vikings, and so forth are mine. If you have something creative in mind, I'll hear you out by PM, but I would prefer if you chose something that's open above. I'll be more likely to let you do something unorthodox if there aren't any free spaces above.
HRE NES
Rise of the Holy Roman Empire
It is the Year of Our Lord 911. Charlemagne, Imperator Augustus and King of the Franks, has been dead for nearly a century, and his empire is a shadow of its former self. The Christians of Europe are split into petty kingdoms and duchies, and Charlemagne’s crown sits in a Papal vault in Rome – its last wearer, Louis of Burgundy, was humiliated in an abortive invasion of northern Italy, and had his eyes put out by the master of Friuli, Berengar. Berengar has assumed the title of Emperor, though the Pope has yet to officially recognize this, and he is yet uncrowned.
The Throne of Saint Peter is also not what it once was. The current Pope (as was his predecessor, Sergius III) is deep in the sway of several powerful Roman families – more precisely, he is in the sway of powerful women within those families, and the illicit affairs that are rumored to go on in the holiest parts of the Eternal City have become the source of many derisive jokes and ribald rhymes. For now, these powerful families control the Papacy, and use it chiefly for their own immediate gain in the environs of Rome.
Not all is decaying, however. In the dark forests of Germany at the edges of Charlemagne’s empire, new powers are emerging. The tribes of the Germanic peoples have only recently restyled themselves as feudal nobility, and have appropriated large and independent realms for themselves. The four most powerful of these German Dukes, rulers of the tribal regions known as the “Stem Duchies,” have banded together this year and elected the first true King of Germany (or East Franconia, as it is more properly known), Duke Conrad of Franconia. Threatened by the ruthless Magyar horsemen from the southeast, the Dukes have – at least superficially – submitted to a Monarch. Make no mistake, however, that they will humbly accept vassaldom and servile obedience to their new King – it was not long ago that their ancestors were pagan chieftains plundering the ruins of the Roman Empire, and they thirst for the power and wealth that could be theirs as Duke, King – or Emperor.
Playable Factions and Leaders:
Duchy of Saxony – King Heinrich (Micha)
Duchy of Franconia – Duke Eberhard III (foolish_icarus)
Duchy of Bavaria – Duke Arnulf (appleciders)
Duchy of Swabia – Duke Burchard II (bipolarbear)
Duchy of Bohemia - Duke Vratislaus (Nimitz)
County of Friesland - Count Dirk (Giovanni Wine)
Unplayable Powers:
Kingdom of Italy – Emperor Berengar I
Kingdom of Upper Burgundy – King Rudolph II
Kingdom of Lower Burgundy – King Louis III “the Blind”
Kingdom of Western Francia and Lothairingia – King Charles III “the Simple”
Duchy of Normandy – Duke Rollo Ganger (fealty owed to Charles III of Francia)
Republic of Venice – Doge Orso II Participazio
Magyar Horde – Fejedelem Szabolcs
Kievan Rus – Prince Igor
Papal States – Pope John X
Kingdom of England – King Edward “the Elder”
Eastern Roman Empire – Empress Zoe Karvounopsina (Regent for Constantine VII)
Croatian Duchy of Dalmatia – Duke Tomislav
Emirate of Cordoba – Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III
Kingdom of Bulgaria - Tsar Simeon "the Great"
Kingdom of the Danes - King Hardeknut
Rules and Guides
The general manual on playing this NES can be found here. Note that some of this info may become outdated as the game develops, so stay tune for changes, and just ask via post or pm if you have any questions.
For orders, I prefer that everything be public and in this thread unless it needs to be secret - then you pm me. There is no limit on pms, and detail is good, but filling 10 pms with descriptions about the finely detailed mustaches on your Angonmen won't help you any.
Updates will occur when all players have submitted orders; updates will be postponed if players are on vacation. The GM reserves the right to update in a player's absence if the player just dissappears.
I have only two big rules to participate: First, make sure you pm me if you are leaving for a while, so I don't remove you or update without you. Be courteous! Secondly, if you find yourself unable to play, send me a pm, so I can give your spot to somebody else.
Note that new duchies will probably open up over time, so if you're reading this thread but there's no room for you, pm me anyway - when a duchy opens up you can join in.
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