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| ==='''Dikost'''=== | | ==='''Dikost'''=== |
| Centered in the middle of a stable magical whirlpool above the city, Dikost has long been the center of magic, mysteries, auguries, and thievery. The Community of the Mystics, the Community of Gold, and the Community of The Hook do not interact often but the three dominate the lives of millions of people in the realm Dikost commands. | | Centered in the middle of a stable magical whirlpool above the city, Dikost has long been the center of magic, mysteries, auguries, and thievery. The Community of the Mystics, the Community of Gold, and the Community of The Hook do not interact often but the three dominate the lives of millions of people in the realm Dikost commands. |
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− | The City of the Moon. This is the Regorian version of Tir-na No'gath in Amber or [[Tir Ma Gala]] in Mandalay. A place of visions, oracles, oddities.
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| ==='''Zirgoz'''=== | | ==='''Zirgoz'''=== |
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| =='''Genealogy and Warfare of Regor'''== | | =='''Genealogy and Warfare of Regor'''== |
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− | In discussing the wars of Regor it is helpful to consider the realms of conflict in several specific ways; Family Conflicts, External Conflicts, The Scourge of Regor-Borlak and the Flowing Horde. | + | In discussing the wars of Regor it is helpful to consider the realms of conflict in several specific ways; Family Conflicts, External Conflicts, The Scourge of Regor-Borlak and the Bloody Horde. |
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| The Family Conflicts split are mostly connected to the dynastic warfare over the throne of the realms. These are the Borna-Regor wars, Zhenya-Illiam Eam Conflicts, and the Pherick-Zhenya Wars. | | The Family Conflicts split are mostly connected to the dynastic warfare over the throne of the realms. These are the Borna-Regor wars, Zhenya-Illiam Eam Conflicts, and the Pherick-Zhenya Wars. |
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| External conflicts include the Black Years War & Patternfall Conflicts, as well as smaller conflicts erupting from special interests groups throughout Regor and from shadow systems of [[York]] and [[Azcala]], as well as smaller neighbors in a cosmological sense. The squiggle of [[Bursain]] abuts the closed system of Regor and has had a great deal of inter system commerce and skirmishes. The Lords of Regor have coveted [[Bursain]] for millennia in the hope of adding its length of Squiggle to Regor's own. | | External conflicts include the Black Years War & Patternfall Conflicts, as well as smaller conflicts erupting from special interests groups throughout Regor and from shadow systems of [[York]] and [[Azcala]], as well as smaller neighbors in a cosmological sense. The squiggle of [[Bursain]] abuts the closed system of Regor and has had a great deal of inter system commerce and skirmishes. The Lords of Regor have coveted [[Bursain]] for millennia in the hope of adding its length of Squiggle to Regor's own. |
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− | *'''Mihael I Regor (Andoalin) with Eudoxia Strashneva. Married Concubine Maria Dogorukova of Zirgoz'''
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− | *'''Alexis I Regor with Maria Miroslavskaya. Married Concubine Natlia Naryshkina Zhenya'''
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− | *'''Ivan I Regor with Praskovia Borna'''.
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− | *'''Tanya I Borna'''-Single.
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− | Daughter of Ivan I. Her father convinced her to choose Borna as the house name to distance her reign from the Regorian line. His control over her was magically based. It is believed, but unproven, that he fathered Tanya's daughter Anna and 3 unnamed daughters. Tanya arranged for three of her daughters to escape to Brunswick.
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− | Military actions reclaimed the Royal Line upon Tanya I Borna's death.
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− | *'''Peter I Regor (Simeon)'''-Single.
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− | A Militant Cleric thoughout the long wars, Peter took the throne on Fyodor's assasination. Asexual and probably a lifelong virgin, he had no children.
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− | *'''Ivan II Borna'''-Single.
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− | Myodoris defeated Ivan II Borna on the field of battle and claimed the royal line. Remaining members of the original royal Regorian line had various reasons for not contesting the line passing them over.
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− | Pregnant at the time of the death of her husband Mydoris I she managed to convince the state to allow her to rule on her own. Her daughters Elizabeth and Natalia were raised away from the feuding of other Regorian royals under the house name of Alasaga.
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− | *Current: '''Nicholas II Zhenya With Clarissa I Zhenya'''
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| The Founder of the Line of Regor was Mihael of Regor and his two wives Eudoxia & Maria. Euxodia had one son; Alexis I. Maria was barren. The three lived long happy lives with their one son considering both women his mother. | | The Founder of the Line of Regor was Mihael of Regor and his two wives Eudoxia & Maria. Euxodia had one son; Alexis I. Maria was barren. The three lived long happy lives with their one son considering both women his mother. |
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| ==='''''Borna-Regor Wars'''''=== | | ==='''''Borna-Regor Wars'''''=== |
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− | The son of '''Mihael & Eudoxia''' was '''Alexis I''' who would father 13 bloodthirsty children who fought bloody wars among themselves for 1500 years over the succession to throne of Regor. The Eldest, '''Ivan Borna''', and his younger brothers '''Dimitri''', '''Alexi''', & '''Fyodor''' contested over the bloody centuries. Ivan and Fyodor traded off the throne repeatedly. Ivan murdered his father and mother to seize the throne of Regor. His brother Dimitri Petrovna lead the battle to dethrone Ivan, but disappeared. While the sons of Maria and Alexis battled among themselves the children of '''Natalia''' and '''Alexis''' stayed out of the wars. Natalia Zhenya was a married concubine, a second wife, and under Regor laws all her children were legitimate, bore the '''''Zhenya''''' name but despite age and timing of birth came behind the Regor children. | + | The son of '''Mihael & Eudoxia''' was '''Alexis I''' who would father 13 bloodthirsty children who fought bloody wars among themselves for 1500 years over the succession to throne of Regor. The Eldest, '''Ivan Borna''', and his younger brothers '''Dimitri''', '''Alexi''', & '''Fyodor''' contested over the bloody centuries. Ivan and Fyodor traded off the throne repeatedly. Ivan murdered his father and mother to seize the throne of Regor. His brother Dimitri Petrovna lead the battle to dethrone Ivan, but disappeared. While the sons of Maria and Alexis battled the children of '''Natalia''' and '''Alexis''' stayed out of the wars. |
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| Eventually both the Borna and Regor Lines bled themselves out and Ivan and Fyodor's half brother Mydoris Zhenya took the ruined realm's throne to rebuild it and the Regor line. | | Eventually both the Borna and Regor Lines bled themselves out and Ivan and Fyodor's half brother Mydoris Zhenya took the ruined realm's throne to rebuild it and the Regor line. |
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− | Mydoris Zhenya had one wife and one mistress. The three of them were constant boon companions. His mistress Eudoxia Illiam Eam bore one set of triplets who carried the Illiam Eam cadet branch name. His wife Catherine bore 7 children under the Zhenya line. Warfare among the two branches of Zhenya and Illiam Eam covered over a thousand years. These conflicts were mostly peaceful, characterized by political movements, cold wars, and sabotage rather then bloody open warfare untill near the end of the epoch. | + | Mydoris Zhenya had one wife and one mistress. His mistress Eudoxia Illiam Eam bore one set of triplets who carry the Illiam Eam cadet branch name. His wife Catherine bore 7 children under the Zhenya line. Warfare among the two branches of Zhenya and Illiam Eam covered over a thousand years. These conflicts were more peaceful characterized by political movements, cold wars, and sabotage rather then bloody open warfare. |
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| During Mydoris's long reign members of both family branches were active in court life. In those years many situations arose where members of both branches worked well together. | | During Mydoris's long reign members of both family branches were active in court life. In those years many situations arose where members of both branches worked well together. |
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| He is considered one of the worst people in shadow. He is not, however, stupid. He never leads troops into realms that allow faster then light travel, blocking Amber's Star Fleet and space forces from attacking him. He does not go into worlds where a wide variety of firearms systems work without adequate preparation. | | He is considered one of the worst people in shadow. He is not, however, stupid. He never leads troops into realms that allow faster then light travel, blocking Amber's Star Fleet and space forces from attacking him. He does not go into worlds where a wide variety of firearms systems work without adequate preparation. |
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| The royal family of Brunswick became embroiled in the early Borna-Regor wars. Prince Anthony Ulrich married Anna, daughter of Ivan I. After terrible family conflicts the two fled into Brunswick with their 4 children. Rumor has followed them that she also stole her three sisters away, leaving the youngest, Tanya, behind. | | The royal family of Brunswick became embroiled in the early Borna-Regor wars. Prince Anthony Ulrich married Anna, daughter of Ivan I. After terrible family conflicts the two fled into Brunswick with their 4 children. Rumor has followed them that she also stole her three sisters away, leaving the youngest, Tanya, behind. |
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− | '''Dimitri Regor''', '''Marfa Regor''', '''Ekterina Regor''', '''Feodosia Regor''', '''Natalya Regor'''.
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− | A devastatingly good archer. Thin, almost elfin in appearance, she was a valiant member of the Regor military for hundreds of the early years, and a member of its inner council. The Commander of many Regorian army archery corps in the wars of Regor/Borna and a frequent companion in battle with '''Dimitri Regor'''.
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− | Dainty, ladylike, and a prime mover in the politics of the court of Fyofor I Zhenya. In time she grew sad, bitter and resentful of newcomers to Fyodor's court. She was the prime motivator that placed Tanya Borna on the throne when Fyodor died and no children of his could be found. This attempt to settle the conflict by re-seating the ex-empress and daughter of Ivan I backfired and caused great resentment in the family and the populace, souring her reputation terminally. After that she started traveling the shadows and rarely returned to ''Gorod Bogov'' except during coronations and baptisms.
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− | '''Paval Illiam Eam''', '''Paval Zhenya'''. '''Borna Daughters''': 4 daughters of Ivan I fled Regor to Brunswick and were never heard from again in Regor. '''Clarissa Zhenya, Queen of Amber'''
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− | A thin, excitable man and not much of a warrior. Despite his Regorian heritage he seemed to be sickly and prone to chills and illnesses, though it was mostly believed he was a hypochondriac. He was a noted homosexual and was often seen with Pavel Zhenya. The two disappeared together and traveled the Regor Shadows. Pavel declined the throne after the sudden and uncertain death of Peter II Illiam Eam. Heis the last survivor of the Illiam Eam royal line though many of the family lines of nobles of the House of Illiam Eam live on as Dukes of Regor, other ranks of nobility and minor royalty in the Regor shadows.
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| + | Xander of Hesse-Kassal, Alexi Zhenya, Maria Feodorvna ''"The Dowager Empress"'' (Wife of Alexander III, Mother of Nicholas) |
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− | Funny, creative, artistic, wildly homosexual, and a sorcerer of great talent. He began the creation of the Trumps of Regor and the practitioners of Trump Artistry in Regor owe much to him. He was flawed and weak in many ways and on the death of Empress Catherine, his mother, he declined the throne and fled Regor with Pavel Illiam Eam. He is often blamed for the bloody war that erupted after Elizabeth I took the throne he declined. He travels the Regor shadows.
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− | In brief there were two sets. The ''Daughters of Ivan''(4th gen) & the ''Daughters of Anna''(5th gen)
| + | ''Marfa Regor'' is a devastatingly good archer. Thin, almost elfin in appearance, she was a valiant member of the Regor military for hundreds of the early years, and a member of its inner council. Eventually weary, she retired from the warfield after the death of Ivan I. Living deep in the woods of Regor she is a frequent presence in Elf halls across Regor. |
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− | *'''Daughters of Ivan'''First were three daughters, triplets, of Ivan and Praskovia Borna, born between Anna and Tanya. They disappeared right after birth, presumably stolen by the midwife. Who put her up to it is unclear and unproven. It was rumored that they were taken to Brunswick
| + | ''Ekterina Regor'' was the first High Priestess of the Tiger. The Primal Tiger followed her with passionate devotion. They were active parts of the Borna/Regor wars. During the second reign of Fyodor she resigned and went into seclusion after the Tiger left her to follow Borlok of Amber. |
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− | *'''Daughters of Anna''' Second were 4 daughters, children of Anna Leopoldoyna and Anthony Ulric of Brunswick. Anna fled Regor to Brunswick during the wars of Borno/Regor after many bloody centuries. Hating her father fiercely she and her husband fled after Ivan took their son Ivan and planned to put him on the Regor throne like he did with his daughter Tanya, as a puppet, cruelly controlled. They never returned to Regor and the details of the lives of their 4 daughters is unknown. Their identities were never revealed and after the death of Anna and Ulric all knowledge of them outside of Brunswick, was lost.
| + | ''Feodosia Regor'' was dainty, ladylike, and a prime mover in the politics of the court of Fyofor. In time she grew sad, bitter and resentful of newcomers to Fyodor's court. She was the prime motivator that placed Tanya Borna on the throne when Fyodor died and no children of his could be found. This attempt to settle the conflict by re-seating the ex-empress and daughter of Ivan I backfired and caused great resentment in the family and the populace, souring her reputation terminally. After that she started traveling the shadows and rarely returned to ''Gorod Bogov'' except during coronations and baptisms. |
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− | ===5th Generation===
| + | ''Natalya Zhenya'' Witty, Urbane, sarcastic, playfully cynical. She and her Zhenya siblings mostly stayed out of the Borna/Regor conflict, often supporting whoever held he throne as long as they left them alone in the family city of ''Petola''. When Myodoris became emperor she acted as Seneschal for many years. She has left the court and returned to it many times. A frequent face in court and city life. She is often considered, like [[Cymnea]] to be the "Elephant in the Room" of Regor politics. |
− | 4 grandchildren of Ivan I, children of Anna and Anthony of Brunswick left Regor during the wars and their identities were never revealed.
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− | ===9th Generation=== | + | ==4th Generation:== |
− | *'''Konstantine Pherick'''-Lord of Chaos.
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− | [['''Konstantine Pherick-Lord of Chaos.'']] This creature singlehandedly caused the Pherik/Zhenya wars. He manipulated great movements of peoples in war and sent assassins on a regular basis. He caused an environment of fear in Regor so intense that it caused the rabid xenophobia that Regor suffers under to this day. His whereabouts are unknown after his defeat.he was discovered to be a Lord of Chaos after his defeat in sorcerous combat with Clarissa Zhenya
| + | ''Paval Illiam Eam'' was a thin, excitable man and not much of a warrior. Despite his Regorian heritage he seemed to be sickly and prone to chills and illness, though it was mostly believed he was a hypochondriac. He was a noted homosexual and was often seen with Pavel Zhenya. The two disappeared together and traveled the Regor Shadows. Pavel is the last survivor of the Illiam Eam royal line though many of the nobles of the House of Illiam Eam live on as Dukes of Regor in the Regor shadows. |
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− | ===10th Generation===
| + | ''Margarita Zhenya'' |
− | *'''Xander of Hesse-Kassal''', '''Alexi Zhenya''', '''Maria Feodorvna''' ''"The Dowager Empress"'' (Wife of Alexander III, Mother of Nicholas)
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− | '''Xander of Hesse-Kassal''' is the son of Alexandra Pherick and Fredrick William of Hesse-Kessal. He took no part in the years of Blackness Wars. He is the Prince of Hesse-Kassal, a region of shadow in Regor. | + | ''Paval Zhenya.'' Funny, creative, artistic, homosexual, and a sorcerer of great talent. He began the creation of the Trumps of Regor and the practioners of Trump Artistry in Regor owe much to him. He was flawed and weak in many ways and on the death of Empress Catherine, his mother, he declined the throne and fled Regor whit Pavel Illiam Eam. He is often blammed for the bloody war that erupted after Elizabeth I took the throne he declined. He travels the Regor shadows. |
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− | *'''Alexi Zhenya Alabaster'''. A younger brother of Alexandir III. Prince of Dandilion Sweep, a region in the shadows of Regor. His wife Alexandra Zhukovskaya is a Duchess of Aliangere. It is rumored that they have children but they have never been brought to court. He is nicknamed the Alabaster for the deep white of his skin. He maybe an albino.
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− | *'''Maria Feodorvna "The Dowager Empress"'''' (Wife of Alexander III, Mother of Nicholas). After the death of her husband she went into seclusion in anger over her son's marriage to Clarissa. She is a follower of the Tiger.
| + | ===''The Lost Borna Daughters. 4th and 5th generation'' === |
| + | Like many legends the details of these 7 girls is complicated and intricate. |
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− | ===11th Gen & 12th Gen:===
| + | In brief there were two sets. |
− | All members of the known 11th & 12th generations are still alive and part of the current active court of the Kingdom of Regor.
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− | ===12th Gen===
| + | First were three daughters, triplets, of Ivan and Praskovia Borna, born between Anna and Tanya. They disappeared right after birth, presumably stolen by the midwife. Who put her up to it is unclear and unproven. It was rumored that they were taken to Brunswick |
− | The 12th Generation of the Line of Regor is a complicated one. The complexity comes from the inclusion of Clarissa, daughter of Czar Mydoris and Czarina Catrine. Clarissa is a member of the 4th generation. She married Oberon, King of Amber, and had 3 children by him. Bleys, Fiona, & Brand belong to the 5th Generation of Regor. She had another child, Cassandra after her return to Regor, who is also in the 5th generation. She married Czar Nicholas I and had 7 children by him; Olga, Charles, Maria, Mydoris, Alexei, Titiana, & Anastasia. These 7 children can be considered 5th generation as well as 12th generation. This complicates their positions in the various inheritances and claims for fiefs and property.
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− | ==Line of Clarissa==
| + | Second were 4 daughters, children of Anna Leopoldoyna and Anthony Ulric of Brunswick. Anna fled Regor to Brunswick during the wars of Borno/Regor after many bloody centuries. Hating her father fiercely she and her husband fled after Ivan took their son Ivan and planned to put him on the Regor throne like he did with his daughter Tanya, as a puppet, cruelly controlled. They never returned to Regor and the details of the lives of their 4 daughters is unknown. Their identities were never revealed and after the death of Anna and Ulric all knowledge of them outside of Brunswick, was lost. |
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− | Clarissa is the "elephant in the room" of Regorian politics. She is a force to be reckoned with. The survivor of many a war and many an affair.
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− | Over the course of an extremely long life she has created the Line of Clarissa with three distinct parts. The Children of Oberon, The Children of Nicholas II, and two other children to different men.
| + | [['''Konstantine Pherick-Lord of Chaos.'']] This creature singlehandedly caused the Pheriz/Zhenya wars. He manipulated great movements of peoples in war and sent assassins on a regular basis. He caused an environment of fear in Regor so intense that it caused the rabid xenophobia that Regor suffers under to this day. His whereabouts are unknown after his defeat. |
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− | ===Oberon, King of Amber=== | + | ===10th Gen:=== |
− | *Bleys
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− | **Nicholas
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− | *Fiona
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− | **Emma, Mark
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− | *Brand
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− | **Rinnaldo, Asher, [[Laravella]], [[Alexandra Mira]]
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− | ===Nicholas II, Czar of Regor===
| + | Xander of Hesse-Kassal is the son of Alexandra Pherick and Fredrick William of Hesse-Kessal. He took no part in the years of Blackness wars. He is the Prince of Hesse-Kassal, a region of shadow in Regor. |
− | *Olga. A Cloistered Nun of the Tiger
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− | *Charles
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− | *Maria
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− | *Mydoris
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− | *Alexei: an agent provocateur in the service of Regor
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− | *Tatania
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− | *Anastasia: Still a young girl.
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− | ===Galbriat===
| + | Alexi Zhenya. A younger brother of Alexandir III. Princess of Dandilion Sweep, a region in the shadows of Regor. His wife Alexandra Zhukovskaya is a Duchess of Aliangere. |
− | *Cassandra
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− | ===Bunifrei===
| + | ''Maria Feodorvna "The Dowager Empress"'''' (Wife of Alexander III, Mother of Nicholas) |
− | *Callaba. Clarisa "fathered' this child while Bunifrei "mothered" it in switch of genders.
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− | ==Physiology of Regorians== | + | ==Powers== |
− | While the general race of Regorians in the shadows is as varied as anywhere else their royal line has distinctive elements.
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− | *The Regorian royal line descends from Miheal I Aldoalin and Eudoxia Streshneva. The establishment of the royal line is fraught with wars covering a thousand years before Regor even claimed a name fading into pre-history and shadow. What is known is at some point both Miheal and Eudoxia assayed the [[Squiggle]] of Regor, named it, and established a royal line, that caries the Royal line's physiology(Stats). Miheal I Regor {Aldoalin} and his mistress Maria Dogorukova had children but they were not considered a royal line. They established the oldest Grand Ducal line of Zirgoz. Their physiology was similar to other Regorian noble houses.
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− | *Regorians of the Royal line tend to be hardy and lusty. Strong, resistant to even extreme colds.
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− | **'''Stats'''The Basic Regorian of the royal line has Psyche, Strength, and Endurance, at Amber Rank. Warfare is easily brought to a Amber rank if the individual undergoes military royal training. Otherwise the average Regorian royal has a Warfare of Chaos rank.
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− | ***Many members of the nobility, even the gentry, have similar statistics, showing an ancient level of interbreeding.
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− | ***Most members of the nobility have psyche, endurance, and strength at Chaos ranks.
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− | **'''Standard Body temperature is 89.5'''. Can manage normally temperatures -90f to +110f. Can survive -150f to +120f. Some cities in Regor manage normally at -20f.
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− | **'''Poison:'''Regorians of the royal line are extraordinarily difficult to '''poison'''. Their bodies can tolerate and process foods and liquids many other races can not abide.
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− | **'''Regorian blood types''' do not transfuse well despite detection methods not finding differences in blood types.
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− | **While their eyesight is similar to human normal, they have a sense of proximity that amounts to knowing when something is within a few feet of them. They can see slightly better in the dark and worse under bright lights.
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− | **'''Life Span''':The lifespan of the average Regorian is 120 years. Normal examples have lived as long as 150 years. Those who have assay the inscription of Regor fall under terms similar to [[Aging in Amber]]. They age to a place they are comfortable then live on indefinitely. Certain rituals in Regorian ritual magic allow the [[Aging in Amber]]effect to be applied to those who have not essayed the squiggle.
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− | =='''Powers'''==
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| *''20 pip Basic Imprint. Frame can hold 8 Minor Spells and 4 Major Spell | | *''20 pip Basic Imprint. Frame can hold 8 Minor Spells and 4 Major Spell |
| *''40 pip Advanced Imprint. Frame can hold 12 Minor Spells and 6 Major Spell | | *''40 pip Advanced Imprint. Frame can hold 12 Minor Spells and 6 Major Spell |
| *''80 pip Lord's Imprint. Frame can hold 16 Minor Spells and 9 Major Spell | | *''80 pip Lord's Imprint. Frame can hold 16 Minor Spells and 9 Major Spell |
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− | *One who assays the imprint of Regor becomes immune to cold based effects and freezing, even flash or instant freezing.
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