-~*This is the first post for this game. Recruitment is closed*~-
(Note: I will be using the thread Cyrus created as the official OOC thread for this game. It can be found here)
The Kingdom of Worceraugh is in shambles. This once peaceful nation has been under seige by a cavalcade of nameless entities for the better part of the last seven years. The royal guard is stretched to the breaking point trying to keep up with demands for their services to suppress the attacks across the kingdom. King Taenril Tanrodusk has vowed to never submit to any of the threats, responding to each new attack with the utmost force he has available, but even he is beginning to lose hope after so many years of unrelenting bloodshed.
However all hope is not lost. Seemingly from obscurity, an organization has come about to contest the evil; a group specially suited to rooting out all traces of any kind of evil. The Order of Illumination makes no secret that their ultimate goal is the complete and utter eradication of evil throughout the world. True to their word, wherever an Order outpost shows up, there is a sharp decline in the calamity that usually marks an average day. The king has recently taken up hiring the order as something of a private contractor to respond to threats that his own Royal Guard are unable to due to their thinned numbers.
As with everything, there are two sides to this coin. Stories abound about the excessive force some members of the Order use in their attempts to find even the slightest form of mischief. Wrongful imprisonment, extreme interrogation practices, executions on nothing more than a shady confession and highly suspect witnesses... all things the Order has been accused of. They respond through statements issued by their outpost leaders, denying the stories and questioning their validity. "Such stories are put forth by those we confront; evildoers who wish to turn public opinion against our righteous crusade! We must not relent, but pursue even harder those who would put forth such perverse and detestable lies!" one official has been quoted. Those close to the king say he is troubled by such reports, but has yet to be presented with concrete evidence that the Order is partaking in such actions. Fearing the collapse of his country without their help, he has given them complete control over the areas they establish an outpost in, all but throwing the country in to a state of martial law.
Such is the case as you find yourselves in North Korianth. It is a small semi-urban city, farms and huts on the outskirts and a bustling downtown area with many bazaars and shops. The Order of Illumination outpost looms large in the center of town, almost resembling a sort of castle. There's a constant cry from members outside attempting to recruit new members from the township or garner new information about the remaining criminal element in the city. The townsfolk seem to mostly ignore their shouts as they continue their daily lives. Children play in the streets and merchants move their wares from their homes to stands in order to sell. Every so often there will be a commotion as another shoplifter or pickpocket has a run in with a member of the order, but it is always short lived as the perpetrator is subdued and brought in to the outpost to undergo some of their "reformation tactics". Truly, any rogue-ish type that has eluded the Order thus far is either very good, or very lucky.