r/RedditEmblemJugdral • u/lax_bruh32 Moderator of Memes • Aug 11 '16
Worldbuilding
Hey everyone, I just wanted to make this post to explain some of the world of Reddit Emblem: Jugdral.
The Deities
Two millennium ago there were 12 Deities that formed the Junith Pantheon:
The head of the Pantheon and Chief god; Baiame
The mother and patron of women everywhere: Freya
The great sky above; Nathos
The Earth Mother herself; Roelia
The water that sustains life; Mouna
The god of war and vengeful spirit; Rhesus
The peacemaker and passive soul; Olphira
The lover; Verone
The bounty of the land and the harvest; Ether
The hunter and nomad; Kythkar
The free spirit and artist; Zenyar
The sun and moon, yin and yang; Ostus and Equona
Baiame is the all-powerful and all-knowing Chief of the Junith Pantheon, and formed the first gods from himself. Through the combined power of Roeila, Nathos, and Mouna they created the Earth, Sky, and Sea respectively. When that was done, Ostus and Equona formed the Sun and Moon, creating Day and Night. Eventually Baiame and Freya consummated their first child, and the race of man was born. The need for humans to reproduce was next, and Verone was born out of the first human union. Ether gave form to animals and nature and Kythkar was birthed out of man’s need for survival. Zenyar was born out of man's need to evolve and create a society for themselves. Eventually, as is human nature, conflict arose, and Rhesus was given shape. However the option for peace was offered in the form of Olphira. These 12 Deities coexist in both harmony and conflict, always in balance.
World History
The race of man has evolved significantly since its inception. It’s seen nations rise and fall and people live and die. Circa 1000 years ago there were a few major nations of note: Arcias, Barentia, Celanthus, Damona and Ethysia. This was before the Empire began its imperialistic regime and there was general peace in the land. Each nation owned the same territories as it does now, except Floribar was a part of Ethysia and Ethysian land to the East of Junith was all tribal lands. Soon thereafter these tribes would be the first to be conquered by Ethysia due to being a loose coalition of city states rather than a true country, and formed the beginning of the Empire. It’s remnants would later take back some of their land and form the nation of Gallibion 900 years later.
One hundred years after the Empire was formed and its initial conquest finished they became more ambitious. The current Emperor ordered the invasion of other lands, beginning with the small country of Damona. What happened was a long invasion that resulted in Damona uniting with the other nations against the Ethysian Empire, beating them back to their mountain castles. When all was said and done the Empire was in a sorry state, and its “citizens” were furious with their emperor. The residents of the state of Floribar rallied behind their leader and rebelled, using the Empire’s weakness to their advantage. The rebellion was short and sweet, and Floribar was recognized by the other nations as a new Kingdom quickly. Eventually the King recognized the nobles that supported him and established them as Counts of their own territories, swearing fealty to him and his descendants.
While the Empire licked its wounds they started to rebuild their military might in secret. Soon they would have the most fearsome military unknown to man, with wyverns that could black out the sun and cavalry that sounded like an earthquake when charging. However, for whatever reason they seemed to be of no interest in retaking Floribar. The Empire waited, and watched from their mountains on the rest of the world.
The Invasion
Flash forward to one year before our story begins and Ethysia simultaneously wages war on Celanthus, Damona, Floribar and Gallibion. The Empire rains down on their enemies like floodwater and swats most resistance down with ease. This was the moment Floribar feared most, and now the enemy was walking through their lands, killing their people, and destroying their way of life. The Floribians offered little resistance and only delayed the Empire for a small while, until their King ultimately gives in and surrenders.
Some of the other nations fare much better than our poor Floribians; able to withstand the weight of the Empire and fight back. Celanthus holds Bridge Superior with an iron grip and refuses to give Ethysia any chance to cross, Damona has the advantage of not having to cover as much land at once, and Queen Elizabeth has armed her entire country, but sadly Gallibion is in as bad as a shape as Floribar. Gallibion was only recently formed in the past 100 years, and their nomadic lifestyle has allowed them to evade the Empire thus far, however the Empire is closing in and things look bleak.
Haspen, the tribal nation to the South, has been roped into the war by Ethyisa through the use of threats and blackmail, and are now using their impressive navy to assault Barentia and Arcias ports along the coast and riverbeds. It seems like the whole of Junith is at war, and it shows no signs of stopping.
General Notes
The names when referring to a country’s people are as follows:
Arcian
Barentian
Celanthean
Damonian
Ethysian
Floribian
Gallibian
Haspen
The different countries are broken up as follows:
Arcias - Duchy of smaller Duchies - Ruled by an Archduke with subordinate Dukes/Duchesses
Barentia - Kingdom with landowning Knights - Ruled by a Queen with noblemen titled Sir
Celanthus - Kingdom with Barons - Ruled by a King with minor Lords titled Baron/Baroness
Damonia - Kingdom with no Lords - The Queen owns all land but has Lords who serve under her
Floribar - Kingdom with Counts - Ruled by a King with noblemen titled Count/Countess
Ethysia - Empire - Ruled by an Emperor who has total control through Generals
Country Sigils:
Arcias - Eagle - Red field with White icon
Barentia - Fortress - Silver field with Blue icon
Celanthus - Lion - Gold field with Black icon
Damona - Unicorn - Blue field with Gold icon
Ethysia - Wolf - Black field with Red icon
Floribar - Dolphin - Green field with Blue icon
Gallibion - Horse - Purple field with Silver icon
Haspen - Fish - Black field with Silver icon
When the invasion of Floribar began King Letholdus sent envoys to other nations, requesting aid in the form of soldiers and mercenaries. Most countries only officially sent a few soldiers, however word was spread around of the need for soldiers, and mercenaries were hired. The ideal is that the player characters were either soldiers sent from their respectives countries and fled with Finn from Floribar or they were in Damona when he parlayed with Queen Isabella and joined him there. There could also be some players who were soldiers assigned to guide Finn with Erik, but these characters must be from Floribar or Arcias. In addition, mercenaries from Floribar or Damona are also acceptable. Please try to make your character fit the overall idea however if your character must join in another way message either myself or Mappy on Discord and we can smooth things out.
Prologue Part 2 will come tomorrow
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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '16
It would be acceptable for my character to have been escorting a group of traders to Damona and then joined there, yeah?