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I've been thinking about this for a while, so here's a couple of points:

1...This is about the fall of the KINGDOM of Xeraph, not the Empire. The Empire consists of 10 nations, one of which is the Kingdom of Xeraph.

2...This is going to be a primarily MT thread. Xeraph does have holdings out in space, but I'm going to keep that aspect to an absolute minimum: recon/surveillance, transport, etc. No weaponry.

3...I expect that this will be a fairly long and involved story. However, I don't want 50 nations involved. Probably no more than 10 or 12. And certainly no dog-piling. I'm not interested in seeing an army of 14 million with 7,000 ships, 12,000 aircraft, and 8,000 tanks coming against an opponent similarly outfitted. Let's keep it realistic. A few hundred thousand, maybe up to a half-million per nation tops.

4...If you can't spell or write a cohesive sentence, don't get involved.

5...This thread is going to contain what you might consider "supernatural" beings: angels, werewolves, vampires (no magic). If that type of character bothers you, stay out.


For a background of what's leading to this thread, see threads "The Invasion of Nekro-Salaam" and "Angelianum seek Allies".

Additional Info: Xeraph, GAPTS, and others in the past tangled with The Black and Grey Imperium and the Essenian Dynasty spanning continents and oceans. You can do a search of the contents of those conflicts in order to get a good background feel for where this thread might go.

One last thing: I have been accused in the past of having my "puppets" gang up on opponents. I am going to state from the beginning that I am now in total control of all of the nations of the region of Mercenary Lands with the exception of Vhammpyr and Ancient Shadows. I am not going to involve more than 1 or 2 of those nations, those nations being involved in a very limited manner. So...nobody get your undies in a bundle, okay?

Nations presently involved:

Xeraph
Mandalore Prime
Angelianum
Wiccan Shadows
The Burnsian Desert
Tarlag
Taleloron
One or more of the nations of the regions of The Pagan Borderlands and Ur Mesop (I don't yet have a clear answer from those guys).

The IC thread will begin one week from today.

I'll probably use Burns Island as a base of operations. Sign me up.

I'll probably use Burns Island as a base of operations. Sign me up.

Your'e in.

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I guess I'll become involved as I'm in the same region as wiccan shadows. Is there any type of itinerary? Also, I'll have to renege my alliance with angelianum.

Hey, I would love to get in on this one.

Hey, I would love to get in on this one.


Taleloron: from what I can gather of your nation, your'e basically a non-aggressive, peaceful nation. Which makes you a relative pushover for the bad guys. What kind of military stats can you provide? That'll give me an idea of how to proceed with some sort of protection.


Tarlag: Welcome, my friend. This is going to be quite the interesting thread.

I'll probably use Burns Island as a base of operations. Sign me up.


You currently have 1 CBG, 1 platoon of armor, a squadron of aircraft, and 500 soldiers there. There's room for about five times that amount. You also have a few subs.

Ancient Shadows is coming to the aid of Wiccan Shadows. I'm kind of new, so there isn't much I'll be able to do, but I'll do what I can.

You currently have 1 CBG, 1 platoon of armor, a squadron of aircraft, and 500 soldiers there. There's room for about five times that amount. You also have a few subs.

Alright, that gives me some room to work with... I'll probably have to move several CBGs and SAGs there at some point.

FYI: The only nations of Pagan Borderlands who are going to be part of this thread are Baael, Pharex and Gothreich. Black Warrior Cult may join later. The Slayer Commune doesn't exist anymore, and Magogg, Osatael and Barbaranossa are controlled by myself. So what I'm going to do is name my nations Imperium IV.

Best of luck to you all. Your'e going to need it....heh, heh.

FYI: The only nations of Pagan Borderlands who are going to be part of this thread are Baael, Pharex and Gothreich. Black Warrior Cult may join later. The Slayer Commune doesn't exist anymore, and Magogg, Osatael and Barbaranossa are controlled by myself. So what I'm going to do is name my nations Imperium IV.

Best of luck to you all. Your'e going to need it....heh, heh.


Yeah, right. We kicked your ass twice over already...strike 3, your'e out...

Good idea w/Imperium IV. Easier than logging in 4 different nations all the time.

Ancient Shadows is coming to the aid of Wiccan Shadows. I'm kind of new, so there isn't much I'll be able to do, but I'll do what I can.


I'm going to reinforce the WS coast (if it's not too late) and so you can be part of the defense. If they attack before I get there, your'e basically on your own. Attack, retreat, whatever you think best. Foxton-Sunbury posted that he was going to send help to WS also. TG him and see what he's doing.

Yeah, right. We kicked your ass twice over already...strike 3, your'e out...

Good idea w/Imperium IV. Easier than logging in 4 different nations all the time.

You defeated him before only because we weren't fighting you. Things will be different this time.

You defeated him before only because we weren't fighting you. Things will be different this time.


I'm shaking in my boots....

I will bring in the Grand Fleet for naval operations and 250,000 troops. In addition I plan to bring in a special operations force that most of the role play will revolve around.

Time to roll up the sleeves on this one. I'm looking at about 8-10 million troops, and 8,000 vessels. I'll do a write up later.

Even at .75% of my pop...I have 13 million troops to use....though with my extra solar colonies... I'll use maybe a third of that...

So count me in for about 2 million troops... Gotta have troops on the homefront...

Time to roll up the sleeves on this one. I'm looking at about 8-10 million troops, and 8,000 vessels. I'll do a write up later.


hey...read the opening post. I want to keep this as realistic as possible. The bad guys don't have anywhere near those kind of numbers. Maximum of 500,000 soldiers/pilots/sailors per nation. No dogpiling.

That goes for for you too, sonny boy.....

Maximum of 500,000 soldiers/pilots/sailors per nation. No dogpiling.

That goes for for you too, sonny boy.....

Jeez grandpa... Go pop some geritol... before you soil your depends...Ok...that's doable...

If it's ok with you I would like to join. I probably have some sort of small base in TBD's land anyway. However I won't be involved in anything heavy, nothing more than maybe brigade size and mostly special forces. (the reason for this is that my entire navy is occupied with Kraven; really the whole damn navy) and this is probably close to the limit to how many rps I can get militarily involved in.

Anyhow thanks.

side note: TBD is it ok with you if I rp as having a small base in your land?, icly I did help rebuild your country so logically I would have some friendly presence: that's up to you however.

Xer: Fine, fine. I haven't got to move massive amounts of troops in... forever.

Groznyj: Yeah, that'd be fine.

If it's ok with you I would like to join. I probably have some sort of small base in TBD's land anyway. However I won't be involved in anything heavy, nothing more than maybe brigade size and mostly special forces. (the reason for this is that my entire navy is occupied with Kraven; really the whole damn navy) and this is probably close to the limit to how many rps I can get militarily involved in.

Anyhow thanks.

side note: TBD is it ok with you if I rp as having a small base in your land?, icly I did help rebuild your country so logically I would have some friendly presence: that's up to you however.


OK by me to join. When you get time, read the 'Angelianum seeks Allies' thread and the 'Nekro-Salaam Invasion/Annexation' thread for background info.

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OK, IC thread started. The actual war starts Saturday night. I have 'arrangements' with a couple of players ( Ancient Shadows, Taleloron, and Wiccan Shadows) who will post sometime between now and then, and then everybody can jump in.

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OK, boys and girls. We're going to wrap this up during the coming week. A 'final showdown' type of thing between Alaric and Azulun. I'm not giving away the ending, but it will have a twist or two.

All heads of state/commanders need to be in Duchy Valtane for the finale. There's about 2,000 enemy troops there, so we don't need much more than 5-10 thousand good guys landing there.

Stay tuned!

I'm going to extend this thread one more week. What I have in mind is our little group breaking up into bands of 3 or 4 and hunting Azulun.

I'm taking Sethanis, Vlad, and Vyossae with me (Alaric).

Let's have a bunch of small skirmishes with the remnants of the Horde on the island, take pot-shots at Azulun if you run into him....but don't kill him. He's mine.

After Saturday Noon EST I will be gone on vaction and I hope not near a computer so please do not kill him till I get back.

After Saturday Noon EST I will be gone on vaction and I hope not near a computer so please do not kill him till I get back.


Azulun will be alive and relatively well until your'e back.

My Mom died this morning, so I'm going to be away for a few days. See you later.

I am so sorry for your loss. You have my deepest condolences.

Sorry to hear that, Xer. See you when you get back.

You have my sympathies, Rich. Your Mom made your home a great place to be when we were all growing up.

DMG, Vhammpyr, Ancient Shadows thanks for your condolences. It's been a rough week, but life goes on.

Sorry to hear about your Mother. My prayers are with you.

Sorry to hear about your Mother. My prayers are with you.


Thanks, Tar. I'll be getting back to the IC thread ina couple of days so we can wrap it up.

ooc: OK, I know it's been a while, but I want to wrap this up. I'm going to skip a lot, if not most, of what I had in mind and go right to a point where the final fight between Alaric and Azulun is over...........



IC: The group pounded and hacked away at the door to the underground caverns until they got through. As Sethanis, Ozgood, and the rest filed in, they looked around, not seeing anything at first. As their eyes acclimated to the gloom, what they saw wrenched their hearts.

Down at the bottom of a long flight of stone steps, were the two combatants. Azulun was impaled by a four-foor iron spike that had passed through his open, laughing mouth and had pierced a heavy, oaken beam, pinning him to it. It was obvious he had struggled, but he could not free himself. His slack jaw hung open, the spike protruding three-and-a-half feet from his mouth, blood and parts of his skull and spine on the ground behind him. His chest was covered in thick, congealing blood, thrusts and cuts from Alaric's blade adding to the stench that was Azulun.

When they saw their Emperor lying on the low altar fifteen feet from Azulun, he was still alive.....barely. He'd lost a lot of blood, but they saw that his skin had aquired a bluish-grey tinge..........poison. As Sethanis cradled his cousin's head, they could all see the multiple fang-marks in his shoulder and neck, bites from the vampire's long incisors. Apparently, enough venom had been injected into Alaric's system to kill three men.

Alaric opened his eyes, and through a fog of pain and weariness lifted a hand and beckoned them closer. His voice was but a whisper, but they could hear clearly in the deathly silence.

"Vlad, Seth, Ozgood, Eklon, Vy....your'e all here. Good. I want it known that my last wishes were heard by more than these cold stones and a dead vampire. I want you all to lean on one another as you rule this empire without me. And all of you.....include Valtane in your decisions. He is very wise. A pain in the ass sometimes, but a good man." They all chuckled. "Tell the Duchess I'll see her around....someday."

He turned his head painfully to look at Teii. "M'lord, I don't see thing clearly right now, but there is going to come a time in the future that you are going to have to reign-in and correct a new emperor. You may even have to kill him to preserve the empire. Don't hesitate.....no one man is more important than the Empire."

He closed his eyes and took a long breath...let it out. He lay there for a minute. They thought he was gone when his eyes flipped open wide. "Don't let this bastard cause us trouble ever again. Make sure he's dead. Chop him up in small pieces, and encase them all in concrete and steel, then drop him into the deepest part of the waters on Neo-Gaia. Find and execute all who had rebelled with him........publicly." He looked at them all again.

"Goodbye, my friends. I'll see ya when I see ya................"

His eyes glazed over, his muscles relaxed, his eyes, open and staring, were now lifeless..........

Alaric Tan'it, Lion of Xeraph, King of Xeraph, Protector of the region of Avignon, Lord of the Taieuun and Typhon Expanses, Imperator Rex Xeraphus....was dead. Tears flowed freely from the rulers and warriors surrounding him, and as they picked him up and layed him across their shoulders, they stood straight and proud that such a man had held them in respect and friendship.

They went up the lichen-covered steps and emerged out into the sunlight, just east of the main gate of Duchy Valtane. All activity stopped at the sight of the men carrying the dead body of the Xeraphian Emperor, and one-by-one, every man and woman kneeled and bowed their heads.

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As word of the Emperor's death spread over the Empire and beyond, people all over Terra stopped for a minute to remember Alaric. Thousands began preparing for the journey to Ravennii to pay their last respects.............

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Are we restarting this thread from the point of Alrics death?

Are we restarting this thread from the point of Alrics death?

No...I just wanted the 'death of Alaric' post to be near the IC thread. I will eventually be doing a funeral thread for Alaric which will be sort of a continuation of this.

I 'bumped' this here so that anyone can see what lead up to the eventual crowning of a new emperor (coming REAL soon).........