Post by Octavio Moreno [Velasquez] on Aug 12, 2012 0:25:08 GMT -5
So here's a brand new plot that you can dance to -
FFU and Drakborough are mostly English-speaking towns with a foreign population in magical Spain. In the past they have settled right in, inviting all sorts of foreigners from America and the rest of Europe (and apparently Asia and at one point Africa) into Spain without any permission from Las Familias, the five ancestral feudal ruling pureblood families of Spain.
They are:
Los Ramaraiz ('The Ramaraiz', House Ramaraiz), the most powerful house that 'speaks for the families', the most liberal due to their high status and power. Their current leader is El Magus Don Carlos Ramaraiz, the father of Melia Birchheel and speaker for Las Familias to the International Confederation of Wizards.
Los Velasquez ('The Velasquez', House Velasquez), the second most powerful house, obsessed with blood purity and family superiority, views the Families as 'La Diamente' (The Diamond), not the current 'La Estrella' (The Star) due to significant hatred for the 'impure' Moreno family. Their leader is El Magus Celestino Velasquez.
Los De Quesada ('The De Quesada', House De Quesada), tied with Los Velasquez for second most powerful house, Los De Quesada are less into blood purity than Los Velasquez but still hold themselves in high dignity and respect. Their current leader is El Magus Alfonso de Quesada.
Los Espada ('The Espada', House Espada), viewed as the 'lowest', (relatively) poorest and weakest of the original 'Diamente' houses, the Espada often try harder than expected in order to be respected by the other Familias, but still show great sympathy and solidarity with Los Moreno due to their mutual position 'on the bottom' of the hierarchy of houses. Their current leader is El Magus Cesare Espada.
Los Moreno ('The Moreno', House Moreno) are viewed as the absolute lowest and 'dirtiest' of Las Familias. The youngest family, they are descended from mixed-blood wizards and witches from the time of the Muslim occupation of Spain in the Middle Ages. Regardless of their racial heritage, they have risen to become rather powerful and wealthy, but not respected in the least. Their current leader is the elderly El Magus Claudio Moreno.
The families do not like FFU's existence. They view it as disrespectful to their ancestral power and land. For the most part they have been content to ignore it, sending their prized children off to Nostri Magi (a magical school in the Vatican in Rome) and giving the school a complete cold shoulder.
Until now - an extremist wizard by the name of Octavio Moreno Velasquez, a bastard of the two families, has returned from an extended stay in Rome alongside two of his companions - Caterina Asada, a witch associated with the Asada Crime Family of Wizards, and his cousin Ricardo 'Rico' Espada Moreno - to return Spain to its original owners.
SO HERE'S THE PLOT
Octavio needs followers. Dark wizards, good wizards who sympathize with the Spanish, whatever. He's going to try and clear out Triangle Tunnel and restore it to its original status as 'capital of Magic Spain,' and then turn his army on Firefox and Drakborough to wipe it off the face of the Earth and drive the foreigners out of his land once and for all.
SO WHAT CAN I DO?
You can play a member of Las Familias. Alfonso de Quesada is a played character - he has a Cuban wife, a foreigner! Because of that, he is very friendly towards the foreigners. This probably isn't a very popular idea...should he be deposed from his position? Should he be defended? If he is deposed, will they throw their lot behind Octavio and his followers? Or do you want to play a member of the other four families, and throw your lot behind Octavio OR try and sway that family against him, bringing them closer to FFU?
You can play one of Octavio's followers! You can have one of your characters team up with him, OR you could make a brand new character to side with him - a Spanish citizen of Drakborough? A Refugee from Triangle Tunnel? The options are there!
Later on we might be interested in bringing in ICW agents and Aurors, people to actually fight Octavio, but as for right now we need to work on actually creating people to back him up/create inner politics within his own family.
POST HERE IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED!
FFU and Drakborough are mostly English-speaking towns with a foreign population in magical Spain. In the past they have settled right in, inviting all sorts of foreigners from America and the rest of Europe (and apparently Asia and at one point Africa) into Spain without any permission from Las Familias, the five ancestral feudal ruling pureblood families of Spain.
They are:
Los Ramaraiz ('The Ramaraiz', House Ramaraiz), the most powerful house that 'speaks for the families', the most liberal due to their high status and power. Their current leader is El Magus Don Carlos Ramaraiz, the father of Melia Birchheel and speaker for Las Familias to the International Confederation of Wizards.
Los Velasquez ('The Velasquez', House Velasquez), the second most powerful house, obsessed with blood purity and family superiority, views the Families as 'La Diamente' (The Diamond), not the current 'La Estrella' (The Star) due to significant hatred for the 'impure' Moreno family. Their leader is El Magus Celestino Velasquez.
Los De Quesada ('The De Quesada', House De Quesada), tied with Los Velasquez for second most powerful house, Los De Quesada are less into blood purity than Los Velasquez but still hold themselves in high dignity and respect. Their current leader is El Magus Alfonso de Quesada.
Los Espada ('The Espada', House Espada), viewed as the 'lowest', (relatively) poorest and weakest of the original 'Diamente' houses, the Espada often try harder than expected in order to be respected by the other Familias, but still show great sympathy and solidarity with Los Moreno due to their mutual position 'on the bottom' of the hierarchy of houses. Their current leader is El Magus Cesare Espada.
Los Moreno ('The Moreno', House Moreno) are viewed as the absolute lowest and 'dirtiest' of Las Familias. The youngest family, they are descended from mixed-blood wizards and witches from the time of the Muslim occupation of Spain in the Middle Ages. Regardless of their racial heritage, they have risen to become rather powerful and wealthy, but not respected in the least. Their current leader is the elderly El Magus Claudio Moreno.
The families do not like FFU's existence. They view it as disrespectful to their ancestral power and land. For the most part they have been content to ignore it, sending their prized children off to Nostri Magi (a magical school in the Vatican in Rome) and giving the school a complete cold shoulder.
Until now - an extremist wizard by the name of Octavio Moreno Velasquez, a bastard of the two families, has returned from an extended stay in Rome alongside two of his companions - Caterina Asada, a witch associated with the Asada Crime Family of Wizards, and his cousin Ricardo 'Rico' Espada Moreno - to return Spain to its original owners.
SO HERE'S THE PLOT
Octavio needs followers. Dark wizards, good wizards who sympathize with the Spanish, whatever. He's going to try and clear out Triangle Tunnel and restore it to its original status as 'capital of Magic Spain,' and then turn his army on Firefox and Drakborough to wipe it off the face of the Earth and drive the foreigners out of his land once and for all.
SO WHAT CAN I DO?
You can play a member of Las Familias. Alfonso de Quesada is a played character - he has a Cuban wife, a foreigner! Because of that, he is very friendly towards the foreigners. This probably isn't a very popular idea...should he be deposed from his position? Should he be defended? If he is deposed, will they throw their lot behind Octavio and his followers? Or do you want to play a member of the other four families, and throw your lot behind Octavio OR try and sway that family against him, bringing them closer to FFU?
You can play one of Octavio's followers! You can have one of your characters team up with him, OR you could make a brand new character to side with him - a Spanish citizen of Drakborough? A Refugee from Triangle Tunnel? The options are there!
Later on we might be interested in bringing in ICW agents and Aurors, people to actually fight Octavio, but as for right now we need to work on actually creating people to back him up/create inner politics within his own family.
POST HERE IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED!