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CrimsonStar:House Värnamo

2011-09-19T00:40:25Z

Sven:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Noble House Värnamo "1st house of Tyr"

'''General:''' Currently THE most powerful house in Tyr. Skilled in the way to a rediculous degree, there are secrets that NO ONE else has (and are desperate to steal). lendarily loyal to Kalak. While they have a not insignificant military presense there are very few Värnamo left after the recent ascent of Kalak and the resulting wars.

'''Economy:''' Värnamo have large fertile land holdings a small iron mine a number of oasis and the right to tax one of the causeways into Tyr. Their holdings are amongst the most profitable of any house.

'''Military:''' House Värnamo also contributes the best soldiers to the Grand Army of Tyr. The "black legion" is an extremely well equiped force that centers around a heavy infantry core with varied "auxileries" (archers, scouts, skirmishers, and cavalry). While decimated during the wars following Kalak's ascendency the "Black Legion" is still considered vital to the Grand Army of Tyr.

'''Political:''' There is no single faction in Tyr outside the Templarate of Kalak more powerful than house Värnamo. That said the very small number of actual members is proving problematic.

'''Known Goals:''' Maintaining their position. Finding a suitable match for thier princess Nicessa.

CrimsonStar:House Värnamo

2011-09-19T00:26:09Z

Sven: Created page with "'''Game:''' Children of the Crimson Star Noble House '''General:''' A very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for ..."

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Noble House

'''General:''' A very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for being VERY skilled in "The Way" as well as having several Scions skilled the arcane arts (Arcanist are mostly seconded to the Templars). Due to bargains with primal powers, their elder ranks are touched by elemental magics, becoming the not-quite-human beings called "genasi" by the learned.

'''Economy:''' Tartaros has exclusive noble privilege to a small aquifer to the north of Tyr. While the lands are somewhat further away from Tyr itself than many other noble holdings, Tartaros lands are very prosperous. Tartaros is VERY adept at growing crops and various types of herbs/vegetables/mushrooms. Tartaros is also very adept at concocting a number of different types of alchemical substances such as the variants of "Dream Honey" the regular type is used to keep the vast number of slaves in line and docile a slightly altered form of "Dream Honey" (known as "Nightmare") turns a recipient into a berserker. The number of slaves that Tartaros has and seemingly produces at an astonishing rate no can say if it’s by forced enslavement or forced breeding. The slaves serve a secondary function as the main portion of the military (see below).

'''Military:''' House Tartaros also contributes the most soldiers to the Grand Army of Tyr. That being said these tend to be slave soldiers deliberately addicted to "Dream Honey" a powerful narcotic. What the Tartaros battle-slaves lack in skill and equipment they make up for in their berserker frenzy from a slightly altered formula of "Dream Honey" known as "Nightmare". The battle slaves are followed quickly by the regular house troops, a much smaller contingent of sane well equipped regulars.

'''Political:''' Powerful due to number of soldiers they can contribute the contingent of seconded Templars, and wealth. The weakness of the house politically is their implied connection to several plots that fell flat.

'''Known Goals:''' Total destruction of house Erinyes. Become the "First house of Tyr" Keep the formula of "Dream Honey" and "Nightmare" secret (thus far very successful)

CrimsonStar:House Markae

2011-09-19T00:24:09Z

Sven:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Noble House Markae

'''General:''' A house of some political influence, moderate military strength and very lucerative land holdings.

'''Economy:''' Markae has relatively small land holdings but quite a few holdings are oasis or water rich areas. Quite a bit of the wood in Tyr comes from Markae (or associated merchants).

'''Military:''' Markae does not have much in the way of heavy infantry or anything in the way of cavalry. But they DO have a large amount of archers. A good section of the Army Of Tyr's archery compnent is supllied by Markae.

'''Political:''' Markae has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in terms of political matches etc. Recently one of their most eligable bachelors died when his bed burned with him in it.

'''Known Goals:''' Cornering the lumber market (easier said than done). Revenge house Erinyes for the lose of their bachelor.

CrimsonStar:House Markae

2011-09-19T00:23:25Z

Sven: Created page with "Noble House Markae '''General:''' A house of some political influence, moderate military strength and very lucerative land holdings. '''Economy:''' Markae has relatively small ..."

Noble House Markae

'''General:''' A house of some political influence, moderate military strength and very lucerative land holdings.

'''Economy:''' Markae has relatively small land holdings but quite a few holdings are oasis or water rich areas. Quite a bit of the wood in Tyr comes from Markae (or associated merchants).

'''Military:''' Markae does not have much in the way of heavy infantry or anything in the way of cavalry. But they DO have a large amount of archers. A good section of the Army Of Tyr's archery compnent is supllied by Markae.

'''Political:''' Markae has a habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in terms of political matches etc. Recently one of their most eligable bachelors died when his bed burned with him in it.

'''Known Goals:''' Cornering the lumber market (easier said than done). Revenge house Erinyes for the lose of their bachelor.

CrimsonStar:House Tartaros

2011-09-19T00:14:31Z

Sven:

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

Noble House Tartaros

'''General:''' A very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for being VERY skilled in "The Way" as well as having several Scions skilled the arcane arts (Arcanist are mostly seconded to the Templars). Due to bargains with primal powers, their elder ranks are touched by elemental magics, becoming the not-quite-human beings called "genasi" by the learned.

'''Economy:''' Tartaros has exclusive noble privilege to a small aquifer to the north of Tyr. While the lands are somewhat further away from Tyr itself than many other noble holdings, Tartaros lands are very prosperous. Tartaros is VERY adept at growing crops and various types of herbs/vegetables/mushrooms. Tartaros is also very adept at concocting a number of different types of alchemical substances such as the variants of "Dream Honey" the regular type is used to keep the vast number of slaves in line and docile a slightly altered form of "Dream Honey" (known as "Nightmare") turns a recipient into a berserker. The number of slaves that Tartaros has and seemingly produces at an astonishing rate no can say if it’s by forced enslavement or forced breeding. The slaves serve a secondary function as the main portion of the military (see below).

'''Military:''' House Tartaros also contributes the most soldiers to the Grand Army of Tyr. That being said these tend to be slave soldiers deliberately addicted to "Dream Honey" a powerful narcotic. What the Tartaros battle-slaves lack in skill and equipment they make up for in their berserker frenzy from a slightly altered formula of "Dream Honey" known as "Nightmare". The battle slaves are followed quickly by the regular house troops, a much smaller contingent of sane well equipped regulars.

'''Political:''' Powerful due to number of soldiers they can contribute the contingent of seconded Templars, and wealth. The weakness of the house politically is their implied connection to several plots that fell flat.

'''Known Goals:''' Total destruction of house Erinyes. Become the "First house of Tyr" Keep the formula of "Dream Honey" and "Nightmare" secret (thus far very successful)

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-19T00:13:22Z

Sven: /* The Noble Houses */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Ryleh|Ryleh, Ancient very powerful Demon (Devil?) summoner]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===
*[[Red Tower District]]

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Markae|House Markae]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Värnamo|House Värnamo "1st house of Tyr"]]

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==
* No biting
* No loafing
* No biting of loaves

== Outside Influences ==
* "Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard

Red Tower District

2011-09-19T00:07:20Z

Sven:

Game: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''The Red Tower District'''

The Red Tower District is built in the shadow of the "Red Tower" originally built by [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]] (though this fact is mostly lost to the ages). It is the WORST part of the Tyr, which is saying somthing. Templars tend to go during the day time with significant brute squads. Currently the red tower is active there are wards preventing virtually everyone from entering the tower itself. A variety of Devils are ranging OUT however.

Red Tower District

2011-09-19T00:06:32Z

Sven:

Game: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]]

'''The Red Tower District'''

The Red Tower District is built in the shadow of the "Red Tower" originally built by [[Ryleh]] (though this fact is mostly lost to the ages). It is the WORST part of the Tyr, which is saying somthing. Templars tend to go during the day time with significant brute squads. Currently the red tower is active there are wards preventing virtually everyone from entering the tower itself. A variety of Devils are ranging OUT however.

Red Tower District

2011-09-19T00:05:21Z

Sven: Created page with "'''The Red Tower District''' The Red Tower District is built in the shadow of the "Red Tower" originally built by Ryleh (though this fact is mostly lost to the ages). It is..."

'''The Red Tower District'''

The Red Tower District is built in the shadow of the "Red Tower" originally built by [[Ryleh]] (though this fact is mostly lost to the ages). It is the WORST part of the Tyr, which is saying somthing. Templars tend to go during the day time with significant brute squads. Currently the red tower is active there are wards preventing virtually everyone from entering the tower itself. A variety of Devils are ranging OUT however.

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-13T02:31:25Z

Sven: /* Outside Influences */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Ryleh|Ryleh, Ancient very powerful Demon (Devil?) summoner]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*House IkeaBookName-os (MJ doesn't remember.)

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==
* No biting
* No loafing
* No biting of loaves

== Outside Influences ==
* "Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-13T02:30:19Z

Sven: /* Erik */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
* Added explaination of [[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]to its page. It could use input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]]

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's Page]].

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-13T02:27:15Z

Sven: /* Erik */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
* Added explaination of "Noble House Tartaros" to its page. It could use a link back to the main page and input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

* Added an ifluence under "influnces"

* Added page on Ryleh

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's Page]].

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto's Page]]

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.

===Sonya (Boes0083)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra]]'s page.
* Filled out [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]].

Talk:CrimsonStar:Ryleh

2011-09-13T02:25:30Z

Sven: Created page with "I think if this was fudged together in more of a story form that this would be better."

I think if this was fudged together in more of a story form that this would be better.

CrimsonStar:Ryleh

2011-09-13T02:24:40Z

Sven: Created page with "'''Game:''' Children of the Crimson Star. '''Ten Facts About Ryleh''' 1) Ryleh was alive 1,000 years before the current age (when the game is taking ..."

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

'''Ten Facts About Ryleh'''

1) Ryleh was alive 1,000 years before the current age (when the game is taking place).

2) Ryleh probably knew more than anyone else ever about the occurance of the "Red Star".

3) Ryleh was aformidable Demon (Devil?) summoner a power in of herself in her time.

4) No one knows what became of Ryleh only that she died and her tomb has been lost to the ages (her sarcophocous has recently appeared however).

5) Ryleh was a female said to be extrodinarily beutiful.

6) Ryleh was the only Tiefling of note in Tyr NOT related to (or of the line of) Erinyes.

7) Ryleh eschewed the eating of the flesh of any animal, or their milk, or ovum. She derived some power from this though what ... no one can say only that it made her... better somehow.

8) Ryleh was a lover of Set a Sorcerer(?) of some power she betrayed him and his wrath new no end. As to what this betrayel was or why has been lost to the ages...

9) Ryleh built the "Red Tower" (that gives the Red Tower District its name) to assist with her astronimical studies. It was one of the grandest Manse's of its time considered a treasure by the sages, aristocrats, and the fashionable elite of the time.

10) The secret that Ryleh kept for quite some time is the the Red Tower while beutiful is a weapon of great potency it GREATLY enhances demonic/devil summoning.

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-13T02:02:54Z

Sven: /* Ryleh */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
'''Ryleh''' is an ancient pwoer somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star [[CrimsonStar:Ryleh|Ryleh]].

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade.

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was the Scion of his house, until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-13T02:00:58Z

Sven: /* Important(?) to the Crimson Star */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
'''Ryleh''' is an ancient pwoer somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade.

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was the Scion of his house, until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Notable Names

2011-09-13T01:59:46Z

Sven: /* House Erinyes */

'''Game:''' [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].

These are the notable non-player characters in this campaign. When adding a character to this list, please be sure to use the proper heading level so everything stays neat, and add categories if you need to.

==Important(?) to the Crimson Star==
===Ryleh===
""Ryleh"" is an ancient pwoer somehow relevant to the prophecies surrounding the Crimson Star.

==House Erinyes==

===Stheno===

'''Stheno''' is Lady of [[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]].

===Tisiphone===

'''Tisiphone''' is the middle child of Stheno, a son of House Erinyes. Notably, he enjoys fighting in the arena, and has some reputation for skill with a blade.

===Euryale===

'''Euryale''' is an elder of House Erinyes, Great-Aunt (and possibly several more greats) to Alecto and Megaera. She trained Alecto in both the Way and in arcane magic.

==House IkeaBookName-os==

===Reacar===

'''Reacar''' was the Scion of his house, until his unfortunate demise by burning while playing bedroom games with [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera]].

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-09-13T01:54:17Z

Sven: /* Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Ryleh|Ryleh, Ancient very powerful Demon (Devil?) summoner]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*House IkeaBookName-os (MJ doesn't remember.)

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==
* No biting
* No loafing
* No biting of loaves

== Outside Influences ==
"Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard

CrimsonStar:House Tartaros

2011-08-16T02:40:36Z

Sven:

Noble House Tartaros

General: A very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for being VERY skilled in "The Way" as well as having several Scions skilled the arcane arts (Arcanitst are mostly seconded to the Templars).

Economy: Tartaros has exclusive noble privilege to a small aquifer to the north of Tyr. While the lands are somewhat further away from Tyr itself than many other noble holdings, Tartaros lands are very prosperous. Tartaros is VERY adept at growing crops and various types of herbs/vegetables/mushrooms. Tartaros is also very adept at concocting a number of different types of alchemical substances such as the variants of "Dream Honey" the regular type is used to keep the vast number of slaves in line and docile a slightly altered form of "Dream Honey" (known as "Nightmare") turns a recipient into a berserker. The number of slaves that Tartaros has and seemingly produces at an astonishing rate no can say if it’s by forced enslavement or forced breeding. The slaves serve a secondary function as the main portion of the military (see below).

Military: House Tartaros also contributes the most soldiers to the Grand Army of Tyr. That being said these tend to be slave soldiers deliberately addicted to "Dream Honey" a powerful narcotic. What the Tartaros battle-slaves lack in skill and equipment they make up for in their berserker frenzy from a slightly altered formula of "Dream Honey" known as "Nightmare". The battle slaves are followed quickly by the regular house troops, a much smaller contingent of sane well equipped regulars.

Political: Powerful due to number of soldiers they can contribute the contingent of seconded Templars, and wealth. The weakness of the house politically is their implied connection to several plots that fell flat.

Known Goals: Total destruction of house Erinyes. Become the "First house of Tyr" Keep the formula of "Dream Honey" and "Nightmare" secret (thus far very successful)

Talk:CrimsonStar:House Tartaros

2011-08-16T02:39:48Z

Sven: Created page with "This page needs: House Emblem: (of some kind) Furthur clarification of House goals WHo the mover and shakers are within the house Input form the two PCs directly affeted by t..."

This page needs:

House Emblem: (of some kind)

Furthur clarification of House goals

WHo the mover and shakers are within the house

Input form the two PCs directly affeted by this house

Link back to Mainpage

Talk:CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-08-16T02:37:04Z

Sven: /* Erik */

Oy, a Discussion Page! Some of you are familiar with this whole Wiki thing from the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] Campaign. There are some things that have changed, or rather are just more clarified, as far as what we need to do and what the etiquette is, so do MJ's OCD a favor and read through this whole page, even if it seems devilishly familiar, okay?

==Campaign Wiki How-to==

This page is where we can keep track of who's doing what to make this campaign wiki a whole lot more awesome. Just looking at all of the pages and the recently edited things isn't really enough information about what's been done.

I've added a subsection for everyone under their name, so we can keep track of who's done what, and know what's new to check out, etc. If you'll note the parentheses after Joe and MJ, that's our Wiki Login Names. That's what shows up when we edit a page. You need to register and get one of these, and then go ahead and add it here when you have it!

Remember that our goal here is to keep track of what happens in game as well as to make it a resource for things we need to actually play the game. Go have fun with the wiki-goodness, but please remember to '''''Sign In''''' before editing any pages! Just seeing an IP address (a series of numbers that looks like 111.22.33.444) is no fun when trying to figure out who did what.

If you're not comfortable doing any actual editing on the wiki, feel free to send your content to MJ, and she'll make sure it gets up on the wiki. It might take the whole week for it to get up, but she'll do her best to get it up before the next game.

===Creating and Editing Pages===

You'll all find that your character names on the Main Page here are red links. Red links in wiki-language means that there's not a page there and there should be. The link to your name is actually a link to CrimsonStar:YourName. Where YourName is whatever your character's name is, of course. CrimsonStar is our "Namespace". What that means is that every page we create for this campaign should start with CrimsonStar: Just like that. Capitals where they are, colon at the end, followed by your page name. In addition, your page names should have an underscore where you'd have a space. Like Main Page is actually Main_Page.

Here are some tips for editing pages:
* If you're unsure where to start for a page, check out what we did in the [[Orichalcum_Handbasket:Main_Page|Orichalcum Handbasket]] campaign. Feel free to click the edit button for a page if you want to see how to do something in wiki-language - just don't actually save the changes on the page!
* Any time you are writing along and you want to link to a page (Like if you're naming someone), put in a link instead of their name. Links in wiki-language are weird. Start with two brackets [[ Then, you want to put the name of the ''page'' you want to link. Like if you want to link the Main Page, you'd put CrimsonStar:Main_Page after the brackets. Then, you put a vertical line character | You can find it above your enter key, it's shift-\. After that |, you put whatever you want the link to actually say. Like Children of the Crimson Star. Then, another two brackets ]] . Put all that together, and it looks like this: [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Children of the Crimson Star]].
* Be careful with links. A few carefully chosen links are better than other links. A good rule of thumb is to only link something once per section. (A section is something that uses = in wiki-language. For example, if MJ is writing a scene between Megaera and Alecto, she'd only link to Alecto's page the first time she said her name. The whole scene should go in one section, so there's no need for another link.
* There are a lot more neat things that you can do. Two apostrophes makes text ''italic''. Three apostrophes makes '''Bold'''. If you're not sure it looks right, because it's hard to understand wiki-language sometimes, just hit "Show Preview" and it'll show you what your page looks like right now. Just remember that that doesn't mean it's posted yet!
* If you want to know how to do something and you can't figure it out, try looking at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing |Wikipedia's Editing Help Page]]. If that doesn't tell you what you need to know, try Google. You'd be surprised what you can find about wiki editing.

===Writing Story===

So, we're all part of this whole Campaign, where all sorts of things are happening, and it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. MJ and Devon will likely have their netbooks out during game and be keeping notes about the things that happen, but they'll all need details added to them once the session is over.

Here are some tips about how to write story for the campaign:
* Check out the [[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company]] which is the session log. This is the bare bones bullet points of what happens. There will be red links there after every session that need to be created and explained. If there's something there you can write about or add to, go ahead! This is a group project, we're all adding to it.
* On that note, below is a to-do list. We'll try to keep it up to date with red links that are in our wiki, so that we know what needs to get done. If you're in the middle of working on something and you'd like to make sure you get to finish what you were doing before other people add to it, put it in the "In Progress" section below, and we'll leave it for you.
* If something on one page is getting really long, write a short summary of it, and then take your long section and make it its own page.
* If you're not sure about something you're adding that hasn't happened, be sure to talk to Erik about it so he can approve / deny your plot point.

== To Do List ==

In this section, there are two lists. '''In-progress''' means it's something you're working on and would like to finish without someone else doing it for you. '''Things We Need''' is a list of links that will need creation and finishing, and are up for grabs by anyone. Basically, stuff we'd like to have but haven't gotten to yet. Ideally these things aren't only linked here, but are linked from wherever they would be in the actual content pages.

===In Progress:===

===Things We Need:===
From Nordmyra:

An explanation of the Noble houses and who is in them; I know Alecto and Megaera are parts of one. Is Nordmyra a noble of Svika?

A reminder about why Devon's character Harbek had to fight the gladiatiors and why Tsiphone will be fighting him next time

A description of all of the star-symbols we have seen so far: as far as I know, it has been a pentagram with an extended point, a pentagram with a serpent encircling the extended point, and a red pentagram with an eye over it. Add to this if there is more.

==Page Chatter==

This ''is'' a '''talk''' page after all. If you need to ask a question about the wiki, or suggest something for the wiki that you're not comfortable adding, or discuss a controversial change, or something I can't forsee, please please go ahead and add to this section, ok? That's what it's here for.

Hey folks - I made a page called [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] for our NPCs. Someone that's going to have one short paragraph doesn't need a whole page. If you want to link to them, just add #name after Notable_Names in your links. Like, if you wanted to link to Stheno, you'd do CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno And it'd go right to her. --MJ

==Players (Wiki Login Names)==
If you've added or majorly edited a page, add a bullet point under your name to say you've done it, and a link to the page. This helps us keep up on what's new, and provides an easy reference of who to ask if we have a question about a topic.

===Erik===
Added explaination of "Noble House Tartaros" to its page. It could use a link back to the main page and input from the people who are directly affeted by this house (MJ and Joe) also I can't remember if Tartaros are Eldarin or not.

Added an ifluence under "influnces"

===David (Davvves)===
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek's Page]].

===Devon (Feyth)===

===Joe (Vargo Teras)===

===Mary Jane (Alydra)===
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Main_Page|Main Page]].
* Created this page.
* Created [[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera's Page]]
* Created the [[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names|Notable Names]] Page.

===Sonya===

CrimsonStar:House Tartaros

2011-08-16T02:33:32Z

Sven: Created page with "Noble House Tartaros General: A very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for being VERY skilled in "The Way" as well as having several Scions s..."

Noble House Tartaros

General: A very powerful house with vast fertile holdings to the north of Tyr. Noted for being VERY skilled in "The Way" as well as having several Scions skilled the arcane arts (Arcanitst are mostly seconded to the Templars).

Economy: Tartaros has exclusive noble privilege to a small aquifer to the north of Tyr. While the lands are somewhat further away from Tyr itself than many other noble holdings, Tartaros lands are very prosperous. Tartaros is VERY adept at growing crops and various types of herbs/vegetables/mushrooms. Tartaros is also very adept at concocting a number of different types of alchemical substances such as the variants of "Dream Honey" the regular type is used to keep the vast number of slaves in line and docile a slightly altered form of "Dream Honey" (known as "Nightmare") turns a recipient into a berserker. The number of slaves that Tartaros has and seemingly produces at an astonishing rate no can say if it’s by forced enslavement or forced breeding. The slaves serve a secondary function as the main portion of the military (see below).

Military: House Tartaros also contributes the most soldiers to the Grand Army of Tyr. That being said these tend to be slave soldiers deliberately addicted to "Dream Honey" a powerful narcotic. What the Tartaros battle-slaves lack in skill and equipment they make up for in their berserker frenzy from a slightly altered formula of "Dream Honey" known as "Nightmare". The battle slaves are followed quickly by the regular house troops, a much smaller contingent of sane well equipped regulars.

Political: Powerful due to number of soldiers they can contribute the contingent of seconded Templars, and wealth. The weakness of the house politically is their implied connection to several plots that fell flat.

Known Goals: Total destruction of house Erinyes.
Become the "First house of Tyr"
Keep the formula of "Dream Honey" and "Nightmare" secret (thus far very successful)

CrimsonStar:Main Page

2011-08-16T01:53:26Z

Sven: /* Outside Influences */

This is the main page for the Dungeons & Dragons 4e (Dark Sun Setting) game entitled '''Children of the Crimson Star'''. Interested in the story? Have a look around! Are you a player, looking for information on how to edit your character and other story pages? Check out [[Talk:CrimsonStar:Main_Page|the talk for this page]], and go ahead and get started!

== Dramatis Personae ==

===Myriad and Sundry Players:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Alecto|Alecto, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Daraek|Daraek, Wasteland Nomad]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Harbek|Harbek, Veteran Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Megaera|Megaera, Scion of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Nordmyra|Nordmyra, Elven Inkeeper]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Ouro|Little Ouro, Bodyguard]]

===Those who have come and gone:===

*[[CrimsonStar:Ka'Tho|Ka'tho, Thri-kreen Gladiator]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Hargrave|Hargrave, Plucky Rogue]]

===Notable Nobles and other Interesting Folk===

*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Stheno|Stheno, Lady of Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:Notable_Names#Tisiphone|Tisiphone, lesser son of Erinyes]]

== Location, Location, Location ==

===Places of Interest===

===The Noble Houses===

*[[CrimsonStar:House_Erinyes|House Erinyes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Sfika|House Sfika]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Orestes|House Orestes]]
*[[CrimsonStar:House_Tartaros|House Tartaros]]
*House IkeaBookName-os (MJ doesn't remember.)

== Records of Great and Not-So-Great Deeds ==

*[[CrimsonStar:Annals_of_the_Company|Annals of the Company (The Session Log)]]

== Rules of the Game ==

== Outside Influences ==
"Conan the Barbarian" by Robert E. Howard