Ohnar West/Academy of Ohnar West

Lesson 1: Your Scribe Notes, A Lesson in Codeing.

Your first official lesson will be the coding of the notes your scribe writes down. While normally this is the job of the scribe it is a basic knowledge that must be know in the case of well... your scribe being dead.

"Letter"- Standard note. No colors just basic print like this note itself.

"Report"- Blue scrolls. These signify a report given to a superior or allies who otherwise would do well with the report themselves of yourself, your unit, scouting and battle reports. a moderatly important note but not neccisary.

"Request"- Green Scrolls. Just what it sounds like, an official request wether it be to move out for refitting or anything else you deem falls in the same category. Used more often within your army.

"Orders"- Red Scrolls. Extremly important, this signifies an order from a superior whether it be your Marshal or your liege. you MUST follow these orders else be open for punishment. Without orders a realm would be nothing but a gaggle of Nobles sticking their thumbs to everyone else.

"Roleplay"- Gold Scrolls. Hard to explain, but these are the day to day listings of your personal actions as recorded by your personal scribe. These scribes in particular have the uncanny ability to be able to write down even your feelings as they see it. it stays in your personal files that noone can touch. (OOC:guh, its your character's personal experience. imagine it like your playing a book... Siege of avalon anyone? And personaly Roleplays are something only your character can know since hes the only one involved. eg: "Damn, another student? i guess ill give him all the wrong info and he can go jump in a lake with full armour!! HAHAHA!" That'd be Fallin talking or thinking to himself,, noone, not even Bruiantt has any idea of these thoughts. but dont worry, he doesnt think that... i think.)

"Out-Of-Character"- Grey scrolls. I have no idea what they are there for, i think the head teacher of the scribe's training school went daft and gave these out for diplomas or some such. I've never bothered to ask as ive never seen one used in my life. (OOC: GUESS what thats for!! OOC stuff! whatever you write OOC your character and the others in the world to never know it occurred. its me the player Derek talking to you the player... i fergot.. sorry^^! im bad with names.)

Lesson 2: Heirarchy, who you are in the world

Alright, time to talk about Heirarchy. We'll start with the lowset link in the chain.

There are the Basics; peasants are of the lowest class, though an integral piece of a realm.therefore a good strong heel on them is required to keep them content.

Next are the Minor Nobility of which you once were, they spend all their time feasting and playing around. there is little use of them except as the occasional captain of your troop. (OOC: not really part of the game but i wanted to cover everything)

Then the Nobles; also called Troop Leaders or TLs. An unaligned noble has no fief ceded to him in a duchy or region. They can recruit a limited number of troops but nominally cannot afford them without running family funds low. There are many classes of nobles.

Ceded Noble; also called a Knight of ----Region----. A Knight is a Noble who has sworn Fealty to a Lord and thereof given an estate and a percentage of the region's tax income.

Lord/Baron/Count/Marquis/Senator; A region Lord not of a city or stronghold. They deal with policy in their region, act as reigning judge, and deal with economic infastructure. Appointed by the Duke if region is within a dutchy or otherwise by the ruler if without, Though that is in a Monarchy. in Ohnar west the other region lords and officials appoint new lords as well as Dukes, even the Prime Minister!

Duke; Lord of a City or Stronghold region and therefore that cities' (normally) surrounding regions. The duke has the most economic clout of all position in the realm, while not only controlling the great deal of wealth a city/stronghold can provide, if a Duke decides to cede his City to another realm... the whole dutchy goes with it.

Ruler/Prime Minister/etc; The political leader of your realm, these are the people who tell us to go to war and and otherwise control the very life of the realm.

Government Officials; Placed here as they can be of any level withing the realm heirarchy. Your Banker, Judge, General, Marshal are all part of defferent sides of the government; military or economic. But their purposes are a bit more complicated than i care to spend talking about, if your a loyal and intelligent Troop leader you'll find out Yourself!

And thats Heirarchy.