Dynasty & Decadence
One Hundred Twenty Years After: Dynasty & Decadence
A story of Dynastic politics and intrigue inspired by such authors as Alexadre Dumas and Jane Austen, set in Realm Year 733.
One hundred years ago, a family arose from the Dynastic forge as the Ones to Watch. Peleps Taric was recognised with his own household, the mark of true success in the Great Game, and as dashing swashbucklers, enlightened bodhisattvas and imperial super-soldiers, the youthful feats of his kin brought great prestige upon the family.
Over the years, Taric's relatives settled into a more mundane life under the his wing - scheming for power, honing their skills, climbing the ranks, making advantageous marriages and recruiting allies. But life - even centuries-long super-powered life - is not an epic, not the peasant's fantasy about square-jawed protagonists laughing in the face of the Seventh Legion or seducing Ragara's prettiest son. It is a history and history belongs to the winners. And the fragile sense of invulnerability that belongs to the young cannot last forever...
Peleps Taric has died. The body is not yet cold, and already, day by day, things slip away. Patrician families abandon the household in droves; the Order has reassigned a cousin to a small, inconsequential temple; a Satrapy in the East has been reassigned to the Mnemon's new favorite; there is even talk of the Taric household being reabsorbed into the Main House...
Taric's kin are not abandoning the field yet, nor dishonouring their namesake. Instead, their last best hope is to take one final shot at saving their family...
Contents
- 1 Campaign Information
- 2 Dramatis Personae
- 2.1 Household Taric
- 2.2 House Peleps (Main House)
- 2.3 House Cathak
- 2.4 House Cynis
- 2.5 House Iselsi
- 2.6 House Ledaal
- 2.7 House Mnemon
- 2.8 House Nellens
- 2.9 House Ragara
- 2.10 House Sesus
- 2.11 House Tepet
- 2.12 House V'Neef
- 2.13 The Immaculate Order
- 2.14 The Realm Legions and Navy
- 2.15 Other Notable Personages
Campaign Information
RPG.net Game Threads
- Recruitment Thread
- OOC Thread I: A Wake at the House of Taric
- IC Thread I: A Wake at the House of Taric
Additional Information
- Dynasty & Decadence House Rules
- Dynasty & Decadence Custom Charms and Spells
- Dynasty & Decadence Timeline
- Dynasty & Decadence Worldbuilding
Dramatis Personae
Household Taric
Player Characters
- Peleps Alaric, Fire Aspect, Immaculate Monk seeking to emulate Danaa'd, younger brother of Taric
- Peleps Tanic Pranzha, Air Aspect, Polymath of the Arts, seneschal of House Tanic
- Peleps Tanic Aisha, Water Aspect, Sorceress and Immaculate devotee, newly minted matriarch of House Tanic.
- Hinoko
- Hayabusa
- Peleps Taric Onais, Water Aspect, Spymaster of the All Seeing Eye
- Grolush
- Taen
- Peleps Taric Medoina, Earth Aspect, Reserved Manse-Architect
- Peleps Taric Korel, Fire Aspect, 7th Legion defector, warstrider pilot and adventurer, adoptive son of Onais and son in law of Pranzha and Sikandi.
- Peleps Tanic Sikandi, Water Aspect, Famed retired adventuress and surprisingly competent satrap governess.
Non-Player Characters
- Peleps Taric, Water Aspect, Household Founder (Deceased)
- Peleps Tanic Vasav, son of Sikandi and Pranzha, navy commander and home from his first Wild Hunt tour
- Peleps Taric Nimida, daughter of Sikandi and Pranzha, Korel's wife, served under Admiral Hinoko in the Navy
- Peleps Taric Aona, daughter of Onais and Ragara Calel Hajira, operates a trading concern in the West
House Peleps (Main House)
- Peleps Padjas, a well-spoken son of one of Taric's unExalted siblings
- Peleps Cyrelin
- Peleps Najalen
- Lord High Admiral Peleps Sorugan
- Peleps Jeikaro
House Cathak
- Cathak Garel, the most famous historian in Creation. Head of her own sub-House and of the Knowledgeable Advisors of Foreign Tributaries (more commonly known as Foreign Office).
House Cynis
- Cynis Wisel Appolatia, a local magistrate
- Cynis Chasms-Disgorge-Smoke, an outcaste Archon working under Appolatia
House Iselsi
- Enuma Preven, Onais's protege in the All-Seeing Eye
House Ledaal
- Ledaal Myanis, a historian
House Mnemon
- Pending
House Nellens
- Pending
House Ragara
- Ragara Calel Hajira, wife of Peleps Taric Onais, diplomat and socialite
House Sesus
- Sesus Vella
- Sesus Nagezzer
- Sesus Berim Thyima, decorated general
- Five Fathoms Full, noble general of House Sesus
House Tepet
- Tepet Borsa, an old rival of Peleps Taric
House V'Neef
- V'neef Aliset, daughter of V'neef
The Immaculate Order
- Thorn of Answers, Inquisitor of the Wild Hunt. Peleps Taric Vasav, Sikandi and Pranzha's son, served under him in the Threshold.
- Ponderous Spring, unExalted daughter of Sikandi and Pranzha. House name is Peleps Tanic Anjali, joined the Immaculate Order when she came of age.
- Pending
Other Notable Personages
- The Vodinik King
- Seafroth Mighty-Mighty, Potentate of Sunken Lemuria and God-Emissary of the Ocean Father
- The Three-Clawed Sages, god-crabs that reside deep inside Wavecrest
