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So this a thread for all those stupid things you did as a child or baby. Because at that time I'm pretty sure we all suffer from a severe lack of common sense and any form of embarrassment. Which ends up with really great stories.

I will start off.

So when I was only a year or maybe less old. I was on a plane on my mothers lap, we were sitting next to this really fancy guy in a pin striped suit and with a gold plated watch.

Me as a baby thought the watch was really interesting so I started playing with his watch and doing that weird gurgly smile things that babies do. The guy did not like this at all and was trying desperately to ignore me.

Soon I started to get hungry and my mother fed me this solid baby food thinking I could eat it. I could not and a bit of food got caught in my throat. To get it out my body decided to projectile vomit... right into the fancy guys lap.

Afterwards I just continued playing with his watch while gurgling and smiling at him. Needless to say he was not happy and was probably getting ready to haymaker backhand me or something. Specially since he said he had a really big important meeting straight after he got off the plane.


So that's my, probably best childhood story.

Generations

As you stare across the bonfire, flames dancing in the light breeze, throwing their light and illuminating the faces on the other side. In a moment of thought, you experience, the trodden blades of grass massage your feet. You hear, the breeze rustling the leaves of the tall fir trees that surround the clearing, interspersed by the crackling of the fire. You feel, the mellow heat of the fire reaching for your body, warming you. And you think back on your childhood, the events that lead to this moment.

I was born in this village and named (Name). my father. His brown eyes, dark tanned skin and black hair were opposite to my mothers who like the other villagers, having blond hair, blue eyes and pale, if somewhat tanned skin. I myself, look more like my father, with my black hair and darkly tanned skin but unlike him I have dark blue eyes.

The village is isolated from most things, the only intrusions into the daily life being tax collectors. But other than that we live off the land as best we can. The sun beats down hard on us during the summer, then leaves again in the winter, allowing the snow to escape the heavens. It can be cold. But we survive. Through supporting each other if nothing else.

When someone needs a house built, we build it. When someone needs some food, we give it. When someone needs a a field cleared for farming we all help out. Only a hundred or so live here. My father tells me elsewhere there are massive town containing thousands, but here everyone knows everyone else. We pray every Sunday at the fortified wooden church on the hill.

The Lord who owns the village rarely visits. But he seems nice enough from what I have seen, if a bit large in the belly. But his wife and son live here with their servants and tend to stay out of the village main. Instead staying safely in their manor.

That's the village. Small but tighnit.

Unlike the others in my village my father taught me to read and write as well as speak in his own tongue. And other skills when I got even older. My father is from across the mountains in the east you see.

I remember the day he told me how he arrived here...


Notes

Setting
Generic fantasy setting with a huge unexplored wilderness filled with places to explore. Every kind of mythical creature i can think of.

The balance between humanity, elves, dwarves and orcs the four main races, was balanced for centuries.

Elves, defensive and unambitious they wanted nothing more than to inhabit the wilderness and live care free without disturbances. Spread though out the continents vast wilderness, still untamed they seemed to be low in numbers. But the wild is their territory and the wild is vast, every corner inhabited by the Elves. They do not mind when individuals and small groups travel in their territory but any sort of large war party would face fierce resistance from not only the Elves but the land itself. In time of need the Elves form an elder council.

The Dwarves, ambitious and inventive. They live in the mountains. They had been caught up in a war against the denizens of the underground, mainly trolls. It was a defensive war with impenetrable armoured steel Dwarves facing against the nightmarish sickly green trolls with unnatural strength. This was lucky for the other races as it stopped the Dwarves from expanding and kept their population down. The Dwarves do not see race, they see skill and usefulness because of this dwarves can welcome people into their forts only to kick them out again when they have no use. They are united under a King and Queen.

Orcs, war obsessed but not ambitious. They live in the great plains. Tribal and nomadic in culture, the interior tribes are constantly fighting amongst them selves, while the exterior are raiding human villages and towns. They travel around the plains constantly on the move, they use Dire wolves to carry their things and as mounts during fights. They are respectful of fighting skill so any visitors must first prove them selves in combat before being allowed in.

The Humans the most ambitious. They were formed into individual city states, each completely independent and constantly waging petty wars to claim villages and towns. The exterior city states fended off the raiding Orcs as best they could. They allowed most traders and visitors into their towns and cities without trouble. The second most technologically advanced after the Dwarves, the second most populous after the Orcs and the second most adept at magic after the Elves. They were a jack of all trades.

But then the "Expansion" happened. The Humans had been united under a strong leader. They massacred any Orcish raiders attacking their borders before sending a massive army to subjugate the Orcs. At this same time the Dwarves managed to mount a large offensive against the trolls and decrease their numbers drastically. They soon were looking elsewhere for expansion and sent a elite Dwarves force into Elvish territory. The Dwarves also started supplying arms and armour to the Orcs as they were getting increasingly worried about the Humans. The Elves seeing what was happening formed an Elder council which came to the conclusion that all other races must be weakened indefinitely as they could not be trusted when strong.

The Gods
Humans: They worship different deities depending on the city state
Orcs: Sacrifice food and valuables to the god of war
Dwarves: They do not have gods
Elves: Worship the Dark elves

Dark Elves:
8 Dark elves each have mastered a form of magic. Most live in solitude while some move around under illusions.

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Choose what Age
Before the Expansion
During the Expansion

Choose your fathers race

Choose your mothers race

Choose where you were born
Caravan
Human town
Orcish tribe
Dwarven mountain hall
Elvish mother tree
Any other suggestions

You are...

(also I'm going update this like every hour for the next few days cuz i am bored)

(also also first game gming yay)

You guys will be all separate colonies/towns and you can choose 2 actions you want to do per turn they have to be kinda of within in reason(mostly it depends on what i roll). The ultimate goal is to beat everyone else or have an alliance who beat everyone else.

You can do whatever role playing you want but this is mostly just to see how quickly the world blows up

Someone reply I know you want to