Yokuda, Some things should never return... Options

[Colonel Mustard]

Well, this is an idea I had a wee while ago. I know we've already got a few RPs going, but I like this one and Chorrol seems to have one of the most active (not to mention skilled) Roleplaying communities out there. So, here goes!

It is thirty years after the Oblivion Crisis. The Elder Council now rules Tamriel in the stead of the Emperor, and through their political skill and diplomacy, peace has been secured in a period of dangerous turbulence.

But once again the Red Horseman threatens to ride.

Many millenia ago, through causes widely speculated yet still unkown, the island-continent of Yokuda sank into the sea, displacing the Yokudan people native to the island and forcing them to relocate to Hammerfell, where they became the modern day Redguards. Now the island has risen again.

Threatening echoes of war rumble through the land, and the fragile peace the Elder Council has constructed threatens to be shatters as every nation on Tamriel threatens to descend into war in a massive land-grab. In a desperate attempt to halt the oncoming war, the Elder Council have summoned together representatives from all the nations of Tamriel. Unless an agreement is reached, then Tamriel could erupt in a civil war more brutal than ever seen before.


Well, you've seen the premise. This is, as you may have guessed, a diplomacy roleplay, one that will be a lot less combat focussed than The Ghostfence (well, it's not that combat focussed but there definitely will be fighting) or The Flying Bullets. In fact, unless there happens to be a rather sneaky attempt at assassination, there may well be no combat whatsoever. So you should probably make a character with that in mind-while a strong sword arm can be handy, it will most likely be no use in these circumstances and would instead a sharp tongue and quick mind would be a more powerful weapon.

I'm not sure whether we should be a party of delegates for a nation, or each play a single ambassador for seperate nations (say person 1 does Hammerfell's ambassador, person 2 does Skyrim's etc.) but if we decide on that we can always fill the gaps with NPCs.

So, what do you think?

[jack cloudy]

Fair enough. But mind if I add something to the scenario?

Now I personally believe that mere lust for more land is not enough to go to war against each other. Tamriel has been big enough for several eras and while there was that invasion of Akavir (both ways), I've never heard of any real overcrowding.

But what if it isn't just land everyone is after? What if say...the Redguards carry great tales about the mineral wealth of Yokuda? And maybe exotic plants/spices? (Please don't ask why the plants should have survived underwater so long. Maybe they're magical) And for the Redguards themselves, some holy lost scrolls of the Ansei, documents on the royal bloodline or whatever.

If trade monopolies are a good enough reason to go to war in our world, it's good enough for Tamriel, I'd say.

Also, a question. How do we know it is Yokuda and its exact location? Has there already been an expedition there that came back and went:"Yep, I'd darn bet the teeth of a shark that there was Yokuda, matey."
Or is it more like a group of thinkers analyzing the waves and figuring out that there must have risen a landmass of x-size at the rough theoretical location of Yokuda?