Loskalm

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From: Mark S. c/o Tom Yates (marks@slough.mit.edu)
Date: Thu 09 Jun 1994 - 07:32:16 EEST

        As Loskalm is being talked about again I thought I'd tell you how I dealt with some of the issues brought up. Your one true world may vary.  

        Land Ownership: My Loskalm is more Brithini than feudal. Farmers, Knights and Wizards work under the direction of Lords. Only Lords may "own" property; they are obligated to provide the other castes with tools and also the necessities and comforts of life. Hrestoli doctrine holds that only Lords have the spiritual mastery needed to avoid conflating identity with material objects. In practice, of course, no mortal Lord could direct the use of all of his holdings personally, and many resources are allocated by a Lord's officers or by tradition.  

        Virtues: I gave them energetic (especially important virtue for farmers), brave (knights), pious (wizards) , just (lords), proud (important for all Hrestoli!) Cultivation of these virtues is one of the goals of the Hrestoli relegion. Class progression mirrors spiritual progression. Childhood is left behind when one enters the farmer class. Having learned the life giving arts, one goes on to master the deadly skills of the knight. Once knowlege of the outer world is obtained, one must struggle with the inner metaphysical challenges of a wizard. Those who have shown ability in all aspects of life are those most fit to lead.  

        Is Loskalm bent on crusading world conquest?: No AND yes. Loskalm is the one major power not ruled by some god emperor. This means that it has lots of fun "normal" politics (no dart throwers need apply). Some people want to start a holy crusade, others want nothing to do with the outside world, still others don't care; they have other fish to fry. Factions vying for influnce in the court and the High Council has lots of role-playing potential. Why should a nation of three million people have one view on any subject?  

Shameless plugs: Most of my 'zine Pen and Sword ( in Pete Maranci's APA Interregnum) is background material from my Fronelan campaign. Codex #2 will be chock full of Fronelan information as well. (including a composite Fronelan timeline I worked on) 

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Alex:
>On the third hand, note that Loskalm had clearly annexed part
>of Junora long before anyone had even heard of the Kingdom of
>War. They'd probably have made a point of crusading against it
>earlier, anyway, had it not been so inoffensively sub-Loskalmi,
 

        Clearly!?! Could you please quote your sources? I've only heard that: "Loskalm led in the exploration of the new Fronela ... Yet the kingdom has exhibited no imperial intent and has scrupulously respected the territorial claims of nearby lands."  

Alex:
>Everyone seems to have it in for Jonatela these days, but I
>don't see that much evidence that it's all that stratified or
>repressive.
 

        The three COMMON events listed on the Kingdom of the Jonatings regional activity table are:  

  1. Assassination plot against King uncovered.
  2. Unhappy peasants threatening rebellion.
  3. Peasant rebellion brutally crushed.

MOB:
        Sorry to hear about the hard disk crash. Absolutely thrilled to hear about Soldiers of the Red Moon!  

Nick Brooke:

        " The Emperor who had No Clothes" One word - Wow!   

                catch you all later,
 
                                        Mark

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