Leaders, politicians, heros, villains and the like

[Schme]

By the way, is your name supposed to be Shme, or Sheme?

It's supposed to by Schme.

It's written right on the side of the page.

[Nixit]

I know. But since many were calling you Scheme, I was wondering if you had mispelled it.

[Schme]

No. I spelled it exactly as I wanted it spelled.



I was also wondering who Scheme was. I could not seem to find his posts. I was getting very confused.

[Nick]

It's written right on the side of the page.

Left....

[Nixit]

I think he meant it was right there.

[Schme]

Yes, that is what I meant.

[Nixit]

Yess!

[Slowness_Incarnate]

-Random crazy fangirl scream- OMG Zahlmann is awesome! *.*

pay me no mind, I'm not all there.

[Sarah]

Obviously, none of this is to be used IC. Please note that Lan and Lan Farseer are different characters. . . .
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Maria Herron was spawned in Olipifirovash, probably between days 50 and 80. She traveled to Olipifirovash Forest and worked on a coaster harbor (I don’t know if I started the harbor or not - if it has a really generic name like “Olipifirovash Forest Coaster Harbor” it was probably me ). She eventually ran out of food and ended up in Olipifirovash (west), where she decided to stay. Somewhere around that time, Matthias Zahlmann was established as king of Olipifirovash (west). Maria supported King Zahlmann and defended him when some crazy guy (was that Miner Cap?) tried to overthrow him. Then lots of uneventful time progressed, Maria made trips to Olipifirovash Forest for resources, but other than that she didn’t travel or do much worth mentioning. But, she did have a part of her that was greedy and ready to kill if the opportunity arose to . . . easily further her material possessions with little risk to her life. Well, the opportunity did come, in the form of Andrew Polly, the King’s Guard. She didn’t really have a problem with him or dislike him, but it was a good opportunity and she was somewhat bored with her life in Olipifirovash (west). He was killed inside the King’s Guard Office building, Maria took all of his items that seemed valuable, she locked the body in the Guard Office using Andrew Polly’s key, and she left Olipifirovash (west) for Olipifirovash. No one followed her of suspected her of anything, apparently.

She proceded to wander around the region pointlessly, until she arrived in Moku. She decided she wanted a bike that was in Moku, a bike from Moku (north) with two passengers. There were very few people in Moku, no government or organization, almost no locked buildings, and few weapons and shields. She took over Moku with only and axe and an iron shield. She did have help, though: Kakarotto was his name. She, in the beginning, did have the intention to kill him too, but he agreed to help her. He also proclaimed her his queen, and after everyone was killed, he convinced Maria to stay as Queen of Moku. She had no intention of ruling anything, but she decided there might be some benefit to being queen, and it wouldn’t be very difficult (heh, that was quite wrong). Kakarotto later became her adopted son, the Prince of Moku, and the captain of the guard. He referred to her as “mother,” and Maria liked him and eventually came to trust him. Maria did have the intention of ruling Moku fairly, but the reality of it is that anyone that opposed her was forced to leave or killed, and thieves rarely survived. She did do some things for the good of the community, such as making buildings and machines for community use, providing food, tools, etc. to those that needed them, and protecting the city as best she could. The citizens of Moku were better off with her as queen than with no government. She was generally a nice person unless someone went against her or her laws. The Queendom of Moku wasn’t incredibly organized, efficient, or successful, and there was next to no economy, but people could live happily and safely. She sent people to gather resources, such as iron and wood, but for the most part they never came back, which inhibited Moku from developing much.

Then, one day, a man named Lan arrived in Moku in a car from the desert. He gave Maria a huge pile of valuable items: sabers, crossbows, iron, etc. and a key to the car. Maria had never known him, but Lan said he had heard of her kindness and decided to give her all of his things. (I think, OOC, that they were stolen from Blojt Forest (east), but that’s just speculation). Then he said he wanted to die. Maria convinced him to live, and he was given a position in the guard. One day, years later, the bodies of Kakarotto and Lan were found in a building together: there’s no explanation for the deaths, they might have been played by the same person who unsuscribed.

Sometime later, a man named Lan Farseer gradually earned Maria’s trust, and he was made captain of the guard. Uneventful years later, Lan Farseer asked to leave Moku to recruit new citizens and guard members, and he mentioned bringing back a “surprise.” Maria let him go, and let him take a bike (the Moku (north) one mentioned before . . . the funny thing is that he went through Moku (north) and I guess they didn’t find it suspicious or want their bike back). Many years later, he arrived with quite a bit of valuable resources (gold, leather, etc.). Sometime after that, Maria got a letter from Matthias Zahlmann, saying he had heard positive things about her rule (I’m assuming from Lan Farseer) and asking her about how she became Queen of Moku. Maria lied, made it sound like she became Queen peacefully. I do remember that Maria did, at one point, tell someone honestly how she took over Moku (it was a man 30 or 40 years younger than her that was sort of hitting on her , I don't think he told anyone else or even lived long after that), but I don’t think anyone else ever knew other than Kakarotto and he was long dead.

Years after that, Lan Farseer left for what was supposed to be a short time. A thief came (a stupid notebomber too), took everything off of the ground, and Maria and some other people left to kill him. After he was killed and Maria returned to Moku, she found that almost everyone she knew was gone, or at least not outside, and people were trying to break her locks. She asked what happened, but the only reply was from Vladd Kurgen, a longtime citizen of Moku who had never from what I remember expressed any sentiments against Maria, asked aloud for help dragging her. Maria was not going to be dragged, so she whacked everyone that was armed with her crossbow and got on her bike. She suspected that they were trying to take over Moku, so she grabbed any valuable things she could carry on her bike and left for Moku (south). In Moku (south), she attempted to organize people to retake Moku and see if any of her citizens were still alive. She was not quick enough, because Bandit and his Crew came back to Moku (south) in their boat and dragged Maria onto the boat while she was asleep. If Maria had not stopped in Moku (south), she would probably still be alive today. On the boat, Maria cooperated and made a last-ditch effort to save her life, but was unsuccessful. The Bandit wasn’t even the one that ordered her death, he said “I will place your life in the hands of Vladd. Vladd, her life is yours to spare or take.” I believe the reply was “I want to see her head roll.” Ajax, who went with her to kill the previously mentioned thief, was also on there. While chasing the thief, he said “The Queen’s word is the Law” and he said he wanted to kill the thief because he laid hands on his queen, but on the boat Ajax decided she was evil and wanted her to die. I don’t know how all of those people decided Maria was evil, she may have been slightly not-as-good-as-possible, but they wouldn’t really know that. If people were taking over your town and breaking all of your locks, wouldn’t you smack them with your crossbow too? Anyway, Maria died on day 973, end of story.

Oh, and I feel like an idiot, but somewhere along the line the car was lost, and I didn't even notice. What idiot loses a car and doesn't notice?
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If I didn't explain anything thoroughly enough, I'd be glad to expand. All of this is from memory except the part when she died, so it could be wrong. I'm sorry about the timeline, and for all the "many years later," because I don't have even a general idea of when things happened. I also apologize for the not-so-great writing and editing, I didn't feel like spending hours on it today.

[mortaine]

Sarah, that was brilliant!

I suspect that the resentment towards Maria was building over time, every little case of injustice she enacted. I think rulers don't think the common folk notice. But we do....

Maria was like the French monarchs when the Revolution came. Beautiful! I'm glad you shared this-- I doubt I would ever have found out about it in game.

[TatteredShoeLace]

Ajax still likes to comment on his slaying of a queen.

[nitefyre]

What in character motivation led Ajax to betray his prized Queen?

[InsaneIrony]

Well, for motivation, it could've been the fate of the other passengers of the ship who didn't turn sides... Maria's wasn't the only head to roll on that ship

[InsaneIrony]

Hmm.... For one of these stories, does the character its about have to be dead already?

[The Industriallist]

Hmm.... For one of these stories, does the character its about have to be dead already?

I wouldn't want to give the story of a live character...having their background be a genuine unknown seems safer to me.