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Welcome to the Crown Estate Commission, Citizen

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"Unless you prove to be an official from a far-off land entrusted with the responsibility to communicate here, I think you may well be in the wrong place, sir/ma'am. I will assume by your confused look that the latter may be more true. Allow me to explain what this building, and the people such as myself whom perform their duties within them services. We are the Crown Estate Commission, and those whom you see seated against the great desks towards the centre of the large room of which we are standing in are known as Magistrates, or Commissioners. Our honourable duty, a service entrusted onto us by the Royal Family of the Queensland themselves is to catalogue previously accepted Holdfasts of the Queensland, and accept and/or deny potential communities for Holdfast status. Now then, if you are not here for any reason that coincides with the topic of the Queensland's various scattered Holdfasts across the Warren, perhaps it would be best if you leave. If you are lost, perhaps I may point you towards the right place? A tavern, or the market?"

If said visitor was able to get past this "greeter" and explore the building of which looked not at all unlike a repurposed throne room, they would find quite the regal sight, if a regality that was not only just for show. Against the walls that extended vertically for quite some distance would lay many a bookshelf, some empty and those which are not full of books that seemed less so random like a library, and more purposeful. Ladders flanked these shelves at many an interval... Toward the end of the two walls to the side - sometimes the monotony being broken by archways and doors leading to hallways and rooms out of sight - would be a huge window not unlike one seen in a cathedral, not of stained glass but still rich and regal all the same. The floor would be made of rich wood, directly centre would be an equally - if not moreso - rich red and white carpet, leading up to a raised platform with many a desk manned by Magistrates... This, is the Crown Estate Commission.

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Well then, welcome all to the new and improved version of the previous Royal Office of the Crown Estate Commissioners thread! I am, of course your residential Non-Corporeal Blob of Energy known as the Oracle! Of Caer Sidi mostly. Do I have connections to other Warrens like Chaosium, Syvsia or dare I even say, someplace called "The Universe" ? Maybe, maybe not.
Now then, what is this thread all about, you may ask? Well, allow me to explain! This will be the place where you can submit an application to the Official, Canonical Roleplay of the region of Caer Sidi, that takes place in... Well, the "Warren" of Caer Sidi. Even now, I have said quite a few things that might be leaving you scratching your head, for instance what even is a warren? And whilst this place isn't where I am going to answer them, what I will do is leave a few links to a few other topics that will hopefully answer your questions... As in, right now!

A Beginner's Guide to the Warren of Caer Sidi This isn't complete yet, but don't worry! It will be as soon as possible

The Timeline of Caer Sidi ‏‏‎ ‎

The Caer Sidi Magic Compendium ‏‏‎ ‎

Right then, with that out of the way, let me tell you about the sign-up...
Whilst there is - and for that matter, most likely will be - other ways of participating in the roleplay, the main way to do so and... Well, the easiest way is to sign up for a "Holdfast" within Caer Sidi. First of all, and this is important to note: A Holdfast is not at all like a Nation or a Country as you might think of it as, but similar to vassalage within the Feudal System ( Here's a link to it here: ), where a small civilisation or group of people in this case swear loyalty to the Queensland and the Royal Family of Caer Sidi to become an official Holdfast, with all the perks that come with it such as trade, protection from hostile threats such as the Chaosium and more.
Your Holdfast can be a whole lot of different things, as long as it fits with the rules and guidelines of which are set for it, which of course I will define in due time here. You can get creative with your potential Holdfast, and I myself encourage such creativity!

Now then, whilst I would like to continue talking and talking like I oh so like doing, I think what would be best now is to get into defining the rules and telling you what you can, and can not do when making and creating a Holdfast.

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Rules and Guidelines

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1. For reference when creating a Holdfast, the technological and - for the most part - societal level of the Warren of Caer Sidi would be comparable to A.D 1100 to A.D 1200. Please don't apply modern terminology, politics, technologies etc. to your holdfast. Examples may include: Socialism and/or Communism, Nationalism, Fascism, Imperialism... Modern Medicine, Firearms ( of any type. Even Cannons and Muskets won't be allowed in the Official RP ) and more.
   
   
2. There is magic, but for the main functions of it it's moreso a Hard System rather than Soft, with specific ways in which it could, and can only be used... Please refer yourself to the link I sent above to the Magic Compendium if you need more information.
   
   
3. So, unless it's ever changed in the future, for now due to balancing and to keep things level, your holdfast can't include flying creatures - to be specific, creatures that can fly for extended periods - in any capacity, such as Dragons or Gryphons. No exceptions, no ifs and no buts.
   
   
4. You can add custom races to the setting in whatever capacity you want, but if you are to do so please bring this up to the Oracle ( Me ), any of my Clerics or Ayu, the Seasonal Queen and have ready at least a basic brief of what they are. As for races that already exist, you can find a list of them in the Beginner's Guide. But for now, basic reference is High Fantasy, so things like Humans ( Syvsians ), Elves ( Sidhé ), Dwarves, Satyrs, Merfolk, etc. etc.
   
   
5. This one is important... The cap on the population any given new Holdfast can have is 87,500 people. You can absolutely have anything lower than that number, but anything higher is a strict no no.
   
   
6. Your Holdfast can include no more than five, contiguous hexes, which equals out to 2,925km² altogether.

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I may, or may not add rules and guidelines later... But don't worry, I'll make sure to let anyone who might be affected know of this beforehand