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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
After an exhaustive search covering nearly the entire Equestrian Empire, I am relieved and pleased to announce that the hunt is over. The lost parts belonging to the formerly-deceased engine, Jerry, have been located. Unfortunately, they are located inside a fortress village named "New Berlin", which is the subsequent home of the Second Nazi Reich. While these humans and various lycan-type beings have been cooperative in the past, the previous civil war has brought a cry for blood. They believe the civil war was a sign from the deceased Fuher to take back the lost gains from 1941. Our last count was around 650,000 trops in the walls. We will attempt to negotiate the transfer of said parts, but will mass troops nearby incase of refusal.
Axeldonia, Percyton
I'm rewriting all of my factbooks about Ludania, changing a couple of major things. I'm focusing on the beginning of the early modern period here at the moment, but I haven't changed anything yet. Here's what I've written so far without fleshing it out. Any thoughts?
[spoiler]It will now be a King seeking to divorce his wife (Anne of Valentia) on grounds of consanguinity, although there was a papal dispensation. He wants to marry his German Protestant mistress (Mary of Cleves) and legitimise their children, disinheriting his own with Anne. After being denied the divorce, he puts Anne on trial on trumped up charges of treason and plans to have her executed. After several days of a very public trial, she defends herself perfectly and convinces the people of her innocence. On the day of the final verdict, she wears martyr's red and is condemned to death by the judges who fear the King more than the public. Locked in the Tower of Glanbrenin, she awaits her fate but is rescued by a group of noblemen and devout Catholics who adore her as Queen and fear the outcome of the King's new marriage.
The enraged King again petitions the King for a divorce, but the marriage is upheld. Furious, he breaks with Rome and declares himself head of the church and begins to enforce the reformation on the country, including dissolving monasteries and other religious houses. Mary of Cleves is married to the King and crowned Queen in the same ceremony, and the people of Glanbrenin riot during the service, cutting it short. Anne evades capture and a brutal civil war is sparked. Riots and massacres take place in the cities, while Catholic and Protestant nobles slaughter each other in pitched battles. Queen Anne establishes her own rival court and receives ambassadors from sympathising countries. After several years of fighting, Anne's troops rescue her children from captivity. They had been put on trial for treason and were awaiting execution. This act by the King outraged even his most hardcore supporters, and the Catholic troops lay siege to Glanbrenin. Realising the hopelessness of their situation, the King poisons his children with Mary. The King and Queen commit suicide before Queen Anne's troops enter the city, which surrenders an hour later.
The nobles of the land are grateful to Queen Anne for saving them from tyranny, and her eldest son asks that she remain Queen regnant until her passing. She obliges, and rebuilds Ludania from the ashes of civil war and feudal society into a modern state with a functional bureaucracy. She bans contemplative monastic orders, instructing them to educate the poor instead. Ludania's first universities and schools for girls are established during her reign.[/spoiler]
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
I would like to take this time that the great country of Auxillium has agreed and accepted membership into the Iron Union. We look forward toward the establishment of meaningful and prosperous coexistence, collaboration, and cooperation among our now united people.
Auxillium
Hey Luda! I like it but you do happen to say "The enraged King again petitions the King for a divorce" and all I could picture was an insane Robespierre looking into a mirror saying "may I have a divorce...yes, of course I may!"
Ludania, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Haha! Thank you, I hadn't noticed.
When I write it out a bit better I'll be sure to show you for proof reading :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I didn't tell you about the typo just to be mischievous.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Typical Norsk behaviour.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hey now, no need for racism.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
As the saying goes here in Ludania,
'It's not racism if they come from a Crowned Commonwealth.'
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
This from our supposed friend and ally. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Ludania, Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Gordon said it was painful at first, but once the boiler actually burst, it was more of a numbness than a pain. Thankfully the people at the Great Railway Show were able to fix Gordon up pretty quickly, and Victor and the others at the Steamworks also helped repair Gordon when he returned to Sodor.
Extra engines? I think we can fit them in. An extra Main Line engine or two wouldn't hurt, some of the branch lines could use help, and the Earl of Sodor is always looking for exhibits for his new railway museum at Ulfstead Castle. How many engines are you thinking of sending? And what kind of engines are they?
You found some lost parts? I'm surprised. I guess Jerry got some restoration work done in Russkov Soviet. Or he had another accident like at the quarry and they didn't clean up the mess. I hope you can negotiate for those parts, as every little bit of evidence of Jerry's history helps. However, those guys sound pretty scary, so I won't hold it against you if you can't get them. In the meantime, the Percytonian team will be working on searching the Langcliffe quarry where Jerry once worked, and I think a Kalaronian team will also be helping us with that.
Aside from that typo Andy mentions, it looks great to me! Nice work, Luda!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
Mate, I would take your friends over my enemies anyday :p
Ludania, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Interesting twist on the Henry VIII story, but I would change some of the names to make the comparisons less obvious (ex: Mary of Cleves - Anne of Cleves; Anne of Valentia - Anne Boleyn). Other than that, it's really good!
Ludania, Percyton
I use Anne in this version for the irony that she saves Ludania's beloved Catholic church :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Fair enough. I just don't want other readers to get the impression that you're copying Henry VIII and his marriages based on the names, because you've actually done something really interesting. But, it's up to you.
Percyton
It is inspired by that story; I find Anne Boleyn's trial really fascinating purely because it was the first of its kind. Plus I can put a picture of Natalie Dormer as her in a red dress on the page now lol. But I chose Cleves because I couldn't think of anywhere else that was Protestant on the spot lol.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Kinda' sad that we don't have an official portrait of Anne. That one with the woman wearing the B necklace is often touted as the most reliable one but even that is not an actual portrait of her so I've heard.
Ludania, Jaslandia
Oi! We may be communist but we don't share personal achievement!
So are you hopping back into RP's?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
The only contemporary image is a damaged medal. The rest are all copies of a lost original or copies of copies. I think the one most likely to bear resemblance to her is the one Elizabeth I wore in a ring. She did after all surround herself with her mother's relatives and they may have known if it was a good enough likeness or not.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I have a lot of free time on my hands between now and next months, so I want to get my factbooks in order purely because I'm bored! But I will definitely be a lot more active... Hopefully.
Jaslandia, Andromitus
Ah, Lizzie I. Cow lol
Mary was a moron get over it!
Mary was my Queen! And that bitch killed her! :P
Alright, lovely. We've yet to receive the full report from tje ministry of transportation, but we're talking about around at least 20 engines which will be decommisioneed over time, beginning with the least modern ones. 16 of them are steam engines used mainly for rural transportation and the remaining 4 are diesel engines operating in and around the capital.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Your Queen was too obsessed with England to run Scotland :p
And your queen was a big lezzie who couldn't produce her own heir. And she was fugly to boot. :P
Penguania And Antarctica
I read heir as hair and was going to remind you that when they cut Mary's head off it fell out of his hand cause she was wearing wig
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Aye well Mary had the last laugh because her son took Lizzie's kingdom.
Lizzie had the last laugh her son was a Protestant ;)
Jaslandia
It was still Mary's son. Still an uppity Scot.
Jaslandia
James I was so pro-union and Britain, he was the first British person :p
Jaslandia
That is true. James was an absolute bawbag. Cant stand him.
Are there any historical figures you actually like? lol
Yukona
Mary, Queen of Scots, William Wallace, Joseph II of Austria, John Crichton-Stuart the 3rd Marquess of Bute.
Jaslandia
I laughed at the William Wallace part :p
Yukona
Why? lol
20+ engines? Alright, I think we can manage at least most of them. We can put about 5-7 to work on the Main Line or branch lines, and the rest will go either go to museums around the country (which isn't a bad fate at all; we already have a few sentient engines like Neil and Atlas and Alfred who are museum pieces, and they're having a grand time hanging out with each other and museum visitors), or loaned out to Mainland railways that service Sodor (like what we did with Hiro recently). And no matter where on Sodor these engines end up, it's better than scrapping, which is what I worry would happen to them someplace else.
We'll also likely be bringing your engines alive if that's alright; we're so used to sentient engines, that working with non-sentient ones makes us kinda uncomfortable; plus, communication is easier with sentient engines. Do the engines you're sending us have names? And if not, do you want to name them, or do you have some sort of guidelines for naming these engines?
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
I like Joseph II too; he's probably my favorite historical ruler. What I gotta ask: Why John Crichton-Stuart? From what I'm reading, he was an architectural patron and leader in the English Catholic community, which is cool and all, but maybe not enough to get him listed alongside people like William Wallace and Joseph II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crichton-Stuart,_3rd_Marquess_of_Bute
I'm not listing him alongside Wallace as in he is as important as he is. I just admire Stuart for a lot of what he did. He was extremely rich but used his money to fund the construction of beautiful buildings, he funded universities, he advocated for women's education, he helped the poor, he gave to Catholic charities because at the time they helped everybody whereas Protestant charities only helped Protestants. For a landed aristo, he was a decent guy.
Jaslandia, Percyton
He was also a passionate advocate of Scottish independence.
Jaslandia
Ah. Fair enough.
If you want to know more about him, watch the BBC documentary The Richest Scot in the Empire.
Jaslandia
Is that where you learned about him?
Nuremgard
Yeah. Need to watch documentaries and read books in order to learn about famous Scots because they certainly don't teach us about them in schools up here. It's all very Anglo-centric education.
Jaslandia, The Scottish Twins
Obligatory Braveheart reference to point out uber-Christian Amero-Australians cannot figure out Scottish history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEOOZDbMrgE
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Kalaron
No Robert de Bruce? Shocking Nurem.
S H O C K I N G
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
There seems to be a lot of logicians in here, not many social types
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion, Confederal States
INFP:2(Vista Major, Sulania )
[B]INTP:5 (Kalaron, Andromitus, Croyland, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia
INTJ:3(Jaslandia, Aghrabia and myself)
ENFP:2 (Friedensreich, Yukona )
ESTJ:1 (Continental Commonwealths )
ENTP:1 (The Empire Of Handland)
ISFP:1 ([Nation]Confederal States[/nation]
Total of 15. And actually, thinkers are 8, socials-feelers are 7. Introverts are common, 11/15
And [nation=short]Jaslandia[/nation] seems to be one of the few economicaly left leaning INTJs (correct me if I'm wrong, Jas!)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia, Yukona, Confederal States
And of course, Nuremgard as an INFJ. I forgot him in my post above ^^^^
Nuremgard
I quoted this cus it's smaller but well done for putting in the effort to compile that, props to you
Nuremgard
Actually, I had a previous post, two months ago about the topic, so I copied that one, and added the rest of the names to double it in size
;-)
PS: Your next poll could be about it. Think of it...
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Not gonna lie, WW kinda wigs me out since he did skin a dude :p
Nuremgard
Flailing was fashionable you can't blame him for wanting that Gorgio Armani skin suit
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I would like to take this time that the great country of Solla Ultima has agreed and accepted membership into the Iron Union. We look forward toward the establishment of meaningful and prosperous coexistence, collaboration, and cooperation among our now united people.
Magnatronia, Solla Ultima
Robert the Bruce was just a power-hungry wanker who changed sides whenever it suited him.
It was brutal times back then. Hell, times are still brutal now.
The whole flailing thing isn't really in vogue down here in England, what's it like up there in the highlands
I don't know, honey. I don't live in the Highlands.
Jaslandia, The Scottish Twins
You live in Scotland silly that IS the highlands, I know these things I'm good at geography
Jaslandia
We're such mystical people. Did you know we also wear kilts everyday (yes everyday) and dance around pyres sacrificing the English to our heathen Celtic gods?
Jaslandia, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Scotland has layers
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland, Magnatronia, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Ah, I see. We suspected it might be a little much for you, so we've got a reserve plan. We expected you to want to being our engines alive, which you have full permisssion to do. We'd like you to bring them all to life, even if they're not staying on Sodor, as we figured we could keep a few of our older engines as living historical documents that could remain a valuable source of Axeldonian history.
As for naming, we'd prefer the engines to choose their own names and "culture" so to speak. They'd be free to adopt similar names to you, but they will also have a list of Axeldonian names with them, with names in both south slavic and in the case of engines operating in the autonomous republics, names in that republics native language.
Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Just stay out of my swamp.
The Empire Of Handland, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Magnatronia, The Scottish Twins
Like an onion
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
As the regional constable I'm gonna have to tell you to stop being so racist lest I personally banject ur ass
Nuremgard, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
Do you too wonder where Sirona went? ;p
https://youtu.be/NbfZJyGChEk?t=6
IIRC in tales about Sirona (A Celtic goddess of healing), she only made it as far as Gaul and never "visited" Ireland and Scotland.
I might be totally wrong though.
Don't know much Celtic myth to verify that.
Lel :D
Anyhow, how are you?
I'm okay. Getting more nervous as my first day of uni draws closer. You?
Jaslandia, The Scottish Twins
Sorta. I'd say I'm somewhere between center-left and full-on left.
Cesorion
Post by Magnatronia suppressed by Yukona.
Listen buster, I won't take verbal abuse from u
Friedensreich, Yukona
I'm good, going to give my sniper some more hours for the nicknames and then design it, also the case for the carrier. Already decided on a name for the ICBM though, "Ludex".
I was nervous for my first day of school (Didn't get a wink of sleep from the feeling) too but I don't think you should worry. You're plenty smart enough to do great :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Thank you. :)
Kalaron
I remember my first day of University. The dorm is nice. I even got a nice poster set up now.
Nuremgard
I'll be staying in my own flat.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Euy52iNqL.jpg
Odd choice.
Well, aren't you a lucky buddy.
How so?
My unsolicited advice would be to take everything you're learning with a grain of salt and try not to get indoctrinated too hard by your professors. What they've got to share with you is no doubt fantastic and informative, but it's important to think for yourself and not factualize ideas that haven't been proven.
Also buy condoms in bulk.
Nuremgard
Ayyy
Croyland
3rd day of African Studies: Evolution isn't proven, it's a theory and not a fact.
My response: So... Does that mean that you don't believe in gravity, since gravity is just a theory?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Confederal States
Its very corporate.
I always planned to think for myself at uni. Too many students get pulled in by their professors and then think they know everything. They either become trigger-obsessed lefties or sanctimonious, superior righties. Universities are meant to be places of open debate but academia is a remarkably conservative place.
Hopefully someone takes an interest in me so I can then buy the condoms.
Jaslandia, Croyland
Ow my brain; Do these people not understand what "Evolution" "Scientific Theory" and "Natural Selection" even mean?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Had to suppress Mags post as he was being mean :^(
Andromitus, Confederal States
I see. That sounds like a good plan. If they're not going to be scrapped, then here's what we can do: We'll take 10 of your engines, with 5-7 of them being used for work, and the rest being used as museum pieces and spare engines. The rest can stay with you and go in your museums.
Alright then. We'll give them numbers in the meantime (either their old numbers or new numbers), and they can choose their own name whenever they're ready. They'll be free to choose whatever they like, be it English/Percytonian, South Slavic, or native. Although they should be warned that if their name is difficult to pronounce, we're likely to give them a nickname, and that could go either way depending on the engine's actions or personality (ex: 'Bear' is called that because of the growling-like noises his engine makes, 'Bowler' is called that because of an incident where a bowler hat got sucked into his air intake, etc.)
Jaslandia, The Scottish Twins
Why are you taking African Studies in the first place
No. It's easier for them to say "God did it" and then move on.
Jaslandia, Andromitus
Maybe he is interested in Africa.
Jaslandia, Yukona
Why would you be interested in a small South American country like Africa
Nuremgard, Confederal States, Serft
Right, right. Sometimes I have to shake off the "Only pay for things you require to survive/will further your economic goals" mindset. My bad.
Thanks for your input, Karen.
(Mean Girls reference)
Yukona
Knowledge for knowledge's sake is good. I am doing politics at uni but I need to do a secondary subject so I chose history.
*Jams face into wall* Am I rElIgIoUs YeT
Nuremgard
You don't jam your face into a wall. You dunk your head in magic water to be religious.
Jaslandia
Honestly, I wouldn't expect an African Studies class to deny evolution, since evolution places the origins of all humans in Africa. Evolution seems pretty compatible with African Studies.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
YOU JUST CROSSED THE LINE BOYO
Yukona, Confederal States
Depends on the religion, for one you go "face down asss up" 5 times a day.
Nuremgard
Good point. And in others you cut off a bit of your cock.
Kalaron
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