The Rhelk Satrapy
Seven years ago, the forces of the Realm's Dragonblooded Legions conquered the coastal kingdom of the house of Sarbok. Now his lands, the Rhelk Kingdoms, are moving from an administered province to a proper satrapy. Normally such an opportunity would have Dynasts of the Realm competing for such a posting, an opportunity to bring prestige and glory to their house (and no small amount of wealth), but the political climate of late has seen a disruption of the Realm's usual operating patterns.
The youth, distance and comparative poverty of the new satrapy means that few Houses find enough Terrestrial Exalted to man the many positions the restive government requires. The pirate clan that conquered the coast four hundred years ago has left behind seven competing families from which the next king or queen is chosen. All of them profess obedience to the Chosen of the Dragons, of course, but it takes time for such to truly be brought into the light. The Immaculate Order is a stranger to these lands, and the spirit courts terrorize captive villages and cavort amongst mortals in ways that are forbidden by the Immaculate Philosophy. The Font of Mourning lies to the south and Nightfall Island to the north of this satrapy, allowing for the dead to distress the living, and mortal raiders lie in wait to pillage at the first hint of weakness. Rumors of otherworldly forces backing these wild barbarians have yet to be confirmed, but spread like weeds.
Internally, the populace has seen little improvement in their lot in life since becoming protected by the Realm. The hill tribes that never accepted the Rhelk Kingdoms' authority over their lands stir themselves up for reconquest of the land their ancestors lost long ago, and the Guild's tentacles have strangled independent economic development in this backwater.
Still, it falls to the Blood of the Dragon to address these and other concerns, bring prosperity to this corner of Creation.
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We are seeking people interested in a kingdom-building game for Dragonblood Exalted, primarily social and political, with combat a distant third string. I, the wonderfully self-aggrandizing Slamu and my co-host bookworm702, will be trading off duties running this show. Dynasts of the Realm is the working assumption for characters for this game, though if both bookworm702 and I agree that another character would significantly add to everyone's enjoyment of the game, we could allow other kinds as well.
