• It isn't any fun when people adopt a mentality along the lines of 'the good guys must always win'. For role-play to be truly interesting there needs to be losses and victories on both sides. 
  

• Things need to be reasonably fair. I don't want to see any meta-gaming if the remnants decide to hole up in a secluded location and then suddenly half of the server arrives for no reason other than to treat us as fodder to fuel their characters' heroics.
  

• There's a lot of stuff we don't know about the Garlean Empire and it's people. We'll be striving to do our best to work with their lore as it is depicted though we'll need to take some liberties in order to fill in the gaps. I want this to be done in a way that doesn't feel contrived or immersion breaking.
  

• This isn't about ranks, titles or being the next Gaius van Baelsar. It's about the intrigue that arises when individuals fighting for a cause they feel strongly about are forced into hiding. This may include a power struggle, rivalries and even doubt towards the methods and motives used during the campaign in Eorzea.
  

• If suitably disguised we may venture into some of the smaller settlements in order to acquire information and supplies, though this will be a very rare occurrence with a strong chance of things backfiring for the sake of realism. 
  

(10-01-2013, 11:48 PM)LandStander Wrote: I am already ahead of you. I have a character who is still loyal to the empire, but he is basically acting as a saboteur. He spreads rumors, lies, etc., in an attempt to sow seeds of distrust and chaos in Eorzea. Though on the outside he seems like a nice guy. If you would love to get together and collaborate. I am mostly on my main Dennthota Ahtahrmwyn if you want to talk in game.

(10-02-2013, 12:01 AM)Naunet Wrote: One character of mine, Sah'ot Kith, was a Garlean spy embedded in one of the many poacher groups within the Shroud. There was an incident, things went wrong, and certain interests stepped in just in time to save her cover from being blown. She's currently serving as the Commerce Regulation Agency's primary "eyes and ears" in the Shroud and is very much a Garlean loyalist. It's entirely possible your character would have regular but secret contact with her - or the other "top" members of the CRA (Illira Carceri, Ildur Vaernian, and D'hein Tia) - to get updates from the field, intel, plan and plot, and maybe even just commiserate every so often.

I also have another character, Naunet Brandt, who was a native Ala Mhigan involved in the insurrection that toppled the ruler of the city-state and put the Empire in his place. She is currently on the run after deserting her legion following an incident that left her feeling ashamed and unfit to serve. Obviously the Empire doesn't take kindly to deserters, so she is doing her best to blend in with Eorzeans. However, she still maintains loyalty to Garlemond and though she is in hiding, she is ever looking for a way to get "back" with the Empire that wouldn't leave her shot dead.

So yea, definitely interested in making connections ICly!

(10-02-2013, 12:35 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: This sounds great, although my character wouldn't fit in with it.

On the other hand, like I said to you in game, Theo, if you guys are subtle about it, it's totally possible for you to move relatively unhindered since there doesn't appear to be any real "checks" on population/trade between areas.

(10-02-2013, 02:44 PM)Ildur Wrote: This is why I have reseves about your proposed scenario, Theodric. I do think that it is an interesting one and that it would be great fun exploring it, mind. It's just that I think it has too much potential to lock people out of each other's roleplay.