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The Races of the empire are few yet diverse, consisting of unlikely allies united by the dragon empress, along with those smashed and rent apart by the bloody conquests of the empress or otherwise neutral to the affairs of the empire.

DROW:
The dark elves, or drow as they're commonly known as, have been with the dragon empress since the beginning, being her initial army and her most wealthy supporters. Prominent in the empire for making up a major part of it's nobility, the drow have seemingly abandoned the depths of the underworld for that of their surface holdings, their striking white hair and dark skins a constant reminder of who rules in the empire for it's conquered subjects. The Drow have gained great wealth since throwing their support behind the dragon empress, profiting greatly from looting and pillaging the conquests. Serving primarily as wealthier soldiers in the imperial army, drow and seldom seen in the front line, being used mostly as infiltrators and raiders. What few drow are on the frontlines are typically strong foes to face, well armed and armoured, with a high chance of both weapons and armour being magically forged or enchanted after forging, and serve as officers.

Tangentially, the drown are known as plotters and back-stabbers, something that hasn't really left them even under the reign of the dragon empress, though any that plot against the dragon empress have themselves and their entire extended families executed. Drow characters cannot take Lower Class as a character option.

KOBOLD:
The kobolds are the fanatical supporters of the dragon empress, and the essential backbone of the empire. While only the kobolds know how many exist within the empire, their numbers and rapid breeding indicate that they are a major portion of it's population and economy. Almost every administrative position is filled by kobolds, their loyalty to the empire a factor in this state of affairs. The small, reptilian species has always had a reputation as crafty, and with their status of those maintain the law has ensured the law is effective though biased in the empire's favour. What soldiers the kobolds contribute to the empire are typically engineers, trained in the use of siege weaponry and trapbuilding most kobolds rarely see field action, only seeing combat in sieges where their creations can be used to best effectiveness.Kobold characters cannot take Veteran of the War as a character option.

DWARF:
Originally standing on opposition to the dragon empress, the allegiance of the dwarves came to the empress after a particularly harrowing set of negotiations, effectively annexing the dwarves into the empire. While hardly bedfellows with the other races of the empire, the dwarves co-operate with the others well enough with little trouble nowadays. Occupying all levels of strata in the empire, the dwarves have become a well-known and steady sight, with one peculiarity; the the high prominence of dwarven playwrights and poets. The amount of dwarven-made plays, poems and songs in the empire and the popularity of them are staggering, though the imperial policy of making any new works go straight to the empress first for judgement and the relative conservativeness of the works go a fair way of explaining their predominance. Seen as a arduous and honourable career choice, many dwarves young and old join the military, serving as the heavy shield wall that hold the empires lines, and bristling with spears to ensure no enemy gets close. A few end up training more severely, being assigned as stalwart and reliable bodyguards to officers.

ORC:
Serving as the mass of bodies in the empire, along as being a way to secure the borders, the orcs swearing fealty to the empire and the empress are the shock troops and horde used to batter an enemy into submission or crush them utterly. Typically settled apart from the other races in swathes of land called an 'Orc March', these swaths of land shift easily as the borders of the empire grow, though the inhabitants need little motivation aside from new foes and looting opportunities to emigrate. The Orc marches serve to destabilise a border whilst giving the empire a casus belli to invade and conquer; the orc raids from the marches desolate the border regions, and the empire eagerly waits a counterattack for it to send forth it's armies to conquer the offending nation that tried defending itself. Within the tribes orc culture has changed relatively little, save that the dragon empress is effectively their god.

Of course, not all orcs are tribal. The few intelligent and cunning enough to play politics have found themselves with their own noble houses in the empire. From these houses come lineages of warriors both intelligent and extraordinarily tough. Combined with heavy set bulls as their mounts (Horses cannot reasonably carry an orc, armoured or not.) and well equipped, these orcish knights are far more feared than their tribal cousins, and while a measure more disciplined still barrel into their foes with reckless abandon.

HOBGOBLIN:
If the other races in the empire have particular 'niches' in the empire, then the hobgoblins have carved their own by not having one. Effectively one of the more populous races in the empire, the hobgoblins are typically referred to as jacks of all trades. Equally adept in one trade or another the hobgoblins are are able to cover a variety of trades and roles with equal adaptability. The militaristic culture of the empire combined with the ethos of the hobgoblins ensure a steady supply of both troops and small landholders to keep the empire's people fed and it's armies staffed, with hobgoblin troops filling a variety of roles and forming the mainstay of the army.

DRAGON:
Revered and honoured by the empire, the dragons are considered wizened and powerful servants of the gods. While the empire has gotten along with them, it has had issues with a few others. The empire sees little distinction between metallic and chromatic dragons, as both are considered equally regardless of shininess.

HALF-DRAGON:
Not so much a species as it is a combination of two by the usual method, half-dragons are revered in the empire as demigods, and for good reason. The empress has a standing order of a gift of land and the promotion of any half dragon into the ranks of nobility. For many lower class families the gift in itself is enough of an incentive to try wooing a dragon. Yet there are those who reject the gift, and thus choose the second option; service to the dragon empress in a direct manner, serving as her enforcers and agents in the empire, advancing her goals ever forward.

While most historians agree the empire was founded at 1046 SC, not many know what the catalyst for it's formation prior to the dragon empress appearing inside the Drow realm of Kvorgral, soon subjugating nearby areas in the underworld with it's armies of both drow and kobolds. This burgeoning realm soon had enough material and manpower to start expanding onto the surface, it's primary reason it could not being access. It wasn't long before it set it's sights on the neighbouring dwarves. Pre-empting what would've likely been bloody war the dragon empress managed to negotiate the integration of the dwarven realm into her empire, adding the potent dwarven warriors into the ranks of the imperial army.

It's sights firmly set on the surface after adding the dwarf realms, the empress made overtures to the orcs in order to add their strength into the imperial army. Given the orcs proclivities, the resultant violence committed by the empress that day had a resounding legacy amongst the orc tribes with the empress taking a seat at the top of the orcish hierarchy. To secure the orcs into imperial service would take a much bigger feat. With the ancient animosity between orcs and elves, the decision was made to invade the kingdom of Lonufari, with the goal of exterminating the elves there. Bloody and vicious with many dead on both sides, the war was eventually victory for the empire, driving the elves out of their ancestral home and turning it into an orc march, securing the modern south-eastern border of the empire. In the years following the empire expanded massively, carving out chunks from the old realms that were powerless to stop it, integrating the hobgoblins in short order.

Then the empire's borders reached those of the realms of Iavhlis, and paused. Consolidating it's gains while it looked ever towards the lands of Iavhlis. While orc raids were initially carried out as standard, an imperial decree come down a few weeks after the raid started; all humans were to be annihilated. Any consorting with them were to also be annihilated. The result of this were raids and counterraids that were devastating, with the realms of Iavhlis using bands of adventurers to retaliate against the brutal orc raids. With no proof of who had hired the adventurers, the empire was stymied in it's regular response to the raids on the orcs. Coming up with the bright idea to fake a raid against the orcs, the empire used a false flag to justify an invasion of the the realms, to devastating effect; within a week of orchestrating the raid the imperial army had driven deep into the realm, exterminating what humans had failed to run from the advancing armies and in a scant few months had managed to secure the entirety of Iavhlis.

Little is known about the ruler of the Dragon Empire, save for the fact she is half drow, half black dragon. The Empress' rise to power is hardly known and most never see the empress in their lives, and those that do see only the ebon black of her armour, with little speaking witnesses to any that have seen the empress in the flesh.

Combat:

-Orders can be issued during every phase, though some orders may be misheard, or misinterpreted. A d6 will be rolled for every order issued.

-Damage and destroying a unit:
To successfully hit and destroy a unit, two things are needed: A successful hit roll, and a successful wound roll that is not saved.
IF both of these are achieved, then the target unit is hit. If the target passes it's armour save, it ignores the wound.
All units are considered to have ten wounds, regardless of species, type or any other factors; this is just to track how much damage can take, primarily from missile fire, before it is removed from play.

-Deployment:
Units initially position themselves to face the enemy, generally attempting to keep their own flanks covered.
Most troops will try to deploy as cohesively as they can. Any orders issued to impact the deployment of of the issuer's side will be taken effect here.
If the enemy was scouted before the battle, this takes no roll. However, in any other circumstances this requires a roll.

Some armies will have an advantage in this phase depending on the terrain, however, ALL units need to have the related bonus in order to provide the full bonus to the commander, if not, then the commander only gains a partial bonus from these units

-Skirmish and Missile phase (AKA Manoeuvre phase):
This phase is where the initial battle is fought, yet nothing major happens here (unless the majority of an army is composed of ranged units).
Most rolls consist of a unit's to-hit from  unit's  ballistic skill, which if successful, leads to a to-wound roll based on the weapon's strength against the target's toughness.

-Melee Phase:
Where the bulk of lethal combat takes place. Armies decide the fate of nations upon a furious, chaotic melee that rend and sunder thousands of lives.
The rolls in this phase consist of a to-hit roll based on the WS of the two opposing forces, and wounding roll based on the strength of the attacker against the toughness of the defender

-Pursuit phase:
This phase, while optional (If the victorious army chooses not to follow the retreating enemy), allows a victorious army to strike at the fleeing army one more time, making one attack per attacking unit that participates in the pursuit.
Only light units (Such as light infantry and cavalry) may attack in a pursuit, the heavy units just cannot keep up.

Army Logistics, statistics and equipment:

-Unit Types:
Most units encountered and used in warfare will be levies; drafted peasants and nobles thrust into the fires of war. These units consist of the bulk of any army.
Most levy units cannot be upgraded without upgrading the entire levy, a very expensive prospect. Levymen will provide their own equipment for warfare though, making them far cheaper than a standing army.
Of course, being taken from the bulk of the civilian population means that heavy losses to a levy can cripple the economy of a demesne. Noble levies are better equipped than peasant ones, though tend to suffer from poor discipline and tend to be available in far smaller numbers.
Most levies will typically be mixed race units as well, nullifying the bonus that require a unit to be composed of only a single species

The other unit encountered are a lord or captain's professional retinue/troop. These professional troops will loyally stand by their commander, and are generally expensive to equip and maintain, making all but the wealthiest lords wary about increasing their house guard substantially.

-Unit Statistics:
These statistics govern how a unit functions:
Weapon skill (WS): How skilfully a unit fights in melee, and functions as it's ability to hit and avoid being hit in melee combat
Ballistic skill (BS): How well a unit can accurately shoot. This functions as it's ability to hit with a ranged weapon
Strength (S): How strong a unit is, this governs how easily this unit can maim another unit with melee and thrown weapons
Toughness (T): How tough this unit is, this is a measure of how difficult it is to damage or wound the creatures in this unit
Attacks (A): How many attacks this unit makes per round
Leadership (Ld): This is an indicator of a units morale: How well it's led, supplied and eager to face the enemy. This is mostly used to determined if a unit has been shattered in a melee combat
Armour save (Sv): The quality and protectiveness of the armour a unit has, the number indicated what number is needed to save a wound (Or higher).

Armour piercing (AP): Not a unit statistic, but a weapon one. Every point of AP a weapon has raises the number needed by an opponent's by one, thus an AP weapon would turn an armour save of +3 into +6

-Equipment:
--Melee weapons:
Hand weapons: Axes, maces, shortspears; the basic weapons used buy most beings to try and kill one another. These weapons are free, they come with the unit as standard.
Reach weapons: A spear, and generally weapons of the same length and purpose fall into this category. Against charging cavalry, spearmen units gain +1 S and +1 AP. Costs 1 X
Long reach weapons: Often pikes, though a few other weapons may fall into this category. Units armed with pikes gain +2 S and +2 AP against charging cavalry. Pikes require two hands to use, and as such cannot take shields. Costs 3 X
Polearms: Halberds, glaives and the like tend are the sort of weapons in this category. Units armed with polearms gain a +1 S against most units, and gaining the benefits of spears against charging cavalry (+1 S and +1 AP). Costs 3 X
Great weapons: Most two-handed weapons, such as greatswords, greataxes and warhammers, fit into this category. Units armed with great weapons gain +1 S and +1 AP, though the requirement of the weapons preclude the use of a shield. 3 X
Lances: A large spear able to fit into one hand, the lance is only used from horseback, where it's weight is counteracted by the mount. Horseback units with lances gain +2 S and +2 AP on the charge. Costs 2 X

--Ranged Weapons
Short bows: Small hunting bows typically used by peasants. These weapons strike at S3 AP0. Costs nothing to bring with a retinue, though they cannot take a melee weapon upgrade if they do so. Can attack for two skirmish phases
Long Bows: Proper military bows, these weapons are deadly in the hands of a skilled bowmen, and their range grants them the ability to strike their foes from a longer distance. This weapon strikes at S4 AP0. This weapon costs 2 X, and requires high-quality wood. This weapon can attack in all skirmish phases
Crossbows: Deadly new weapons, the crossbow can punch through both flesh and armour with ease, capable of taking out the most brutish warriors with ease. This weapon strikes at S4 AP1. This weapon costs 4 X
Throwing weapons: Small, light weapons made to throw at the enemy. Generally used before the battlelines clash, these can easily soften up a heavy foe. This weapon strikes at the users S, and has an AP value of 0. This weapons costs 2 X
Javelins: Light spears made for hurling. A well-trained unit can easily fell a larger beast with these weapons (And luck). This weapon strikes at User S+1 Ap0. This weapon costs 3 X

--Armour
Shields: A shield protects the bearer, allowing them to keep themselves safe from most attacks, if somewhat sparsely. Gives a +1 bonus to Sv (If none, A save of 6+). Costs 1 X
Basic armour: This category holds padded cloth, and other, primitive protective gear. Provides a 6+ Save, costs nothing
Light armour: Leather, chitin and hide falls into this category. Often the only type of armour worn by light units and levies. Provides a 5+ save, costs 1 X
Medium armour: Chain and scale mail fit into this class of armour, providing a decent amount of protection while still being relatively affordable. Provides a +4 Save. Costs 3 X
Heavy armour: Full plate and the sort lies in this category, named for the amount of protection the armour gives, not the weight (of the armour, the money needed to equip a unit would be very hefty). Costs 6 X, provides a +3 save

-Training:
Environmental training: Any unit this training receives a +2 bonus to positioning and logistics in the chosen terrain along with a +1 combat resolution bonus to combat taking place in the chosen terrain, making them more adept in preparing ambushes and marching through the chosen terrain type. Costs 2 X
Combat Training: Units with this training gain an increase of +1 A, +1 WS, +1 BS and +1 Ld. This upgrade may be taken thrice, doubling the cost of the previous upgrade. Costs 2 X for level one, 4 X for level two and 8 X for level three. Previous levels MUST be bought in order to get to the next level of training.
Military Drill: Units with this training receive a +1 bonus on orders, being able to interpret them better.
Riding: Units with this training are able (and receive) from the back of an appropriate mount, gaining +1 A and +1 T in most cases (Some mounts may be better at different roles than others). Costs 2 X for the training, and an extra 6 X or more (Depending on mount variety) for the mounts, along with an access to a supply of the chosen mounts.
Heavy Training: Unit gains a +1 S and +1 T bonus, but forfeits the ability to participate in pursuits. This upgrade costs 1 X

-Logistics:
Having an army is fine, but in order to best use it, knowledge of the art of logistics is required. Most strategic level movement requires a logistic roll, to see how fast an army moves and how steady it's supply line is.
Another thing to note is the upkeep of retinues and raised levies. Most levies cost 0.5 X per year, applicable even if they are raised for only a season, though higher quality levies require a larger sum.
Retinues have a base cost of 1 X per year, being far more maintenance heavy than a part-time militia. On-top of that, for every extra 2 X put into the unit, either by equipment or training, maintenance increases by a further 0.75 X. Retinues cost 1 X to raise initially (Though needs further upgrades to become effective)

-Basic Statistics:
Here is the base statistics and equipment of a newly-recruited retinue/Raised levy (Before any modifiers):

WS 2, BS 2, S 3, T 3, A 2, Ld 6

-Parcels:
A "parcel" of land is the basic measure of how much tax one receives from a demesne.
The amount of land and people in a parcel is nebulous and ill-defined, depending on how productive/valuable the parcel is.
Each parcel supplies enough manpower for half a unit, and 1 X.

-Cities and Castles:
Cities and castles make up the vital centres of life within the kingdom, and are recorded accordingly. Cities produce an income roughly equal to the amount of parcels within a demesne, up to it's current population (This income is in addition to the income the parcels produce).
This is then modified by the demesne trade multiplier. This cannot go below 0, or above 3 times the base income.

Castles work as separate strongholds, though most cities will have one either within it, or barely outside the city limits.
Towns can form around the outside of a castle's wall though, typically they are too small to count as a full-fledged city. A castle's trade rating works differently, since the castle itself is usually not a stop-over but does toll the merchants travelling through it's controlled lands.
A castle gains income from trade from the closest friendly city (AKA a city controlled by the kingdom, though events may change this.) at a rate of 0.5 X for every 2 X the city earns.

-Trade:
Trade is an important part of a kingdom's economy, allowing it access to resources and goods it would not otherwise not have. This generally represents itself as additional income (As described above).
Extra events may also form due to trade, or a lack thereof.

At the start of the game, the kingdom is assumed to have minimal trade with the wider world, focussing on mostly internal trade and the like.

-Resources:
Resources are abstracted to a point. It is reasonably assumed that the kingdom has access to most non-rare mundane materials, though more exotic goods may be available from events and such.

-Castle and City upgrades:
Depending on the lord's wishes, a city or castle may be improved with various structures.
The costs and and availability of these varies per demesne though.

A character starts of with 3 points that can be distributed in a variety of ways. ALL characters get these three points, though nobles only effectively get two due to having to buy their demesne with a point. All skills may only be bought once per players, you cannot start out with a level two skill.

-List of purchasable starting bonuses:
Weaponmastery (Weapon)
Charisma
Acrobatics
Leadership
Tactician
Logistician
Nobility: Required for nobles, landed or not.
Money: Each point here gives you a single X. This can be taken multiple times

Plus any other you can think of, that you can reasonably explain to me.

Name:
Starting point distribution:
Description:
Biography:

Kingdom name:
Succession law:
Prosperity:
Size:
Title names (King/Duke/Count): Leave this blank if you prefer to use the basic (english) ranks
Currency Name:

-Multifire, Autofire and Rapid shot now multiply, rather than add, attacks. This means at level six, you can make four attacks with multifire, or six with multifire and rapid shot.
-You get full attacks with both weapons while dual-wielding (Though penalties for dual-wielding still apply on ALL attacks)
-VP and WP are no longer separate, and you get max HP (See base VP growth for how much you get per level) for every level. The enemy has this apply to them as well, so be careful.
-Criticals are like they are in D&D or KotOR. In addition, most weapons have a multiplier of two unless noted.
-Armour provides it's equivalent in DR to the wearers defence.
-Humans lose their feat bonus (Non-applicable here, but I will use that rule in a game I may run at a later date.)

Sara: Sun (Light)
Dav: High Priestess (Heaven)
Cala: Star (Light)
Mia: Judgment (Heaven) Temperance (Anima)
Syl: Wheel of Fortune (Wind)
Cy: Lovers (Fire)
Tant: Death (Dark)
Ray: Justice (Thunder)
Dar: Emperor (Anima) Justice (Thunder)
Mel: Death (Dark) World (Water)
Arth: Temperance (Anima) Strength (Earth)
Seri: Justice (Thunder) Sun (Light)
Amon: Death (Dark) Hierophant (Anima)
Alaya: Hierophant (Anima)
Yokai: Empress (Ice)
Viego: Tower (Earth) Sun (Light)

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Nationality: (Country of birth/Residence)
Apperance:


STATS:
Strength: 5  (Used for weight limits, melee and climbing. 10 means a 60KG limit)
Agility: 5 (Speed and coarse motor skills)
Dexterity: 5 (Fine motor skills)
Intelligence: 5 (Brain power)
Constitution: 5 (What health you have. 4 points per point here)
Charisma: 5 (Used for convincing others, and general appearance)
Perception: 5 (How well you can 'sense')

Spare: 5

Skills:

Spare points: 15

Traits:
NONE (2 available)

March 21st, 2029 - Operation: Warhammer.
The start of world war three, with the first major assault being upon the North american west coast. Special operations are in effect in South america and limited wafare in indonesia.

The end of Operation Warhammer ended with the full annexation of the americas and several indonesian islands under Australian control.

August 17th, 2029 - Operation: Stormsea.
The first offensive of the European union. This leads to the naval campaign in the atlantic which savages both navies, with over half the australian battlefleet sunk. Two weeks later Australian ground troops invaded Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland and South Africa.

Stormsea concluded with most of western europe occupied by Australian forces, and the beginning of Australian operations in Africa.

October 28th, 2031 - The Ivory Towers.
The Ivory towers period is one of a cold war, with most military engagements happening in africa while all sides consolidate and prepare.

The end of the period was heralded by several space programs racing to build onto the moon, starting the war right back up again.

July 6th, 2038 - Operation: Deathstalker.
Deathstalker started with the Lunar war, and quickly spread back to earth. Australian forces once again march, now fuelled by resources once untouched in South america and Africa, While the Chinese have gained access to those in the middle east.

Deathstalker ended with the conquest of Russia, Eastern europe, Scandinavia, The Middle east and Japan.

April 25th, 2040 - Operation: Dragonslayer.
Dragonslayer was the Apex and final moments of WWIII, with an all out assault on all Indo-China Union borders, While the ICU is bolstered by Veterans of the americas, europe and Middle east.

Okay, just to inform you this MAY be a multiple character RP eventually, though for now it's a suggestion game. Suggestions, criticisms, advice and anything else related to those is welcome Any information you need just ask.

Also, the Redacted information is nothing that will burn you soul or eyes.