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| − | + | That was the first Role Play in the Free West Sirion Republic! It took place after the SECOND elections within 12 days, after accusations by the old council about the use of "Black Magic" and such! For the second time the same persons were elected! It is rather important to point out that this time a UN Peacekeeping Force (OOC: Tom Himself!) was present to verify and validate the procedure! Lord Intro was the new ruler of the realm and a new era begun! | |
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| + | The People of West Sirion are jubilant, hailing Lord Intro the new Prime Minister, celebrating the new era that has already begun, hailing the overthrown of the corrupted regime of the past! | ||
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| + | Small parties have been set up by villagers even at the smallest corners of West Sirion and free drinks are given to all! | ||
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| + | In Avamar, the long-abandoned parliament is been hastily rebuilt… From now on, the voice of the people will be heard from our fair Ruler and the Council! | ||
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| + | People have been gathered in front of the Capitol, hailing Master Intro, singing, dancing, partying… It seems that the celebrations will last all day long! | ||
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| + | But... | ||
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| + | A hooded feature approaches the entrance of the Capitol riding a black stallion. He unsaddles and enters the Hall while the crowd surrounds him with obvious curiosity… The man wears a scarlet cloak with a pitch Black Hand painted on the chest, where his heart lies… He approaches Lord Intro, who is sitting on his office, already working hard on the changes that shall be done, not having time to celebrate with his people. The stranger uncovers his face and a smile of joy can be clearly seen on the fine features of Sir Lalakis, Grand Justiciar of West Sirion, and devoted Brother of the Black Hand Society! | ||
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| + | “I hail you Lord Intro, Prime Minister of West Sirion, Leader of the new Era, Commander of Change, Bringer of Peace!” Sir Lalakis says, as he kneels in front of his Ruler. | ||
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| + | It seems that he is the third that arrives here… He can see Sister Pipeta, wearing the same scarlet clothing, standing besides Lord Intro. Nocturne the brave brother of Intro stands there as well. Before even greeting them, more Brothers arrive… | ||
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| + | Sir Loungra, Tzekos and Satinistas, the three brothers from the Punisher family and initial members of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand enters the Hall swearing fealty to the new Government. Sir Tzoutzoukos and Sir Yimelos the Second of the Mastermind family follows in order. Their contribution to the establishment of the Brotherhood was also considerable! They all bow kindly in front of Lord Intro, showing their respect, remembering the old times that they fought together in Commonyr! Kolobaro and Gousgounis of the Paparas family, relatively new members of the Brotherhood bring a fine full armour made of an exotic alloy as a gift to the Prime Minister… Ice Wolf, Fearless and Kamenos still stand behind, looking in astonishment and curiosity the silk scarlet robes they wear, as they haven’t used them a lot…yet! | ||
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| + | It seems that a ceremony will take place soon in this Hall… Candles are lit, an exotic perfume fills the air in the room and a bard sings a tale about the glorious deeds of West Sirion in the short-coming future. Some of the finest scarlet cloaks rests on a gem decorated silver table, waiting for their owners to wear them! And suddenly…Master Draco enters the room, fully equipped with his weapons, amongst the finest in the continent! His face is also full of joy but also with skepticism about the work that has been done very soon… Draco is followed by friends and supporters of the Brotherhood… One, Duncan, Seifer Almasy, Syther and Jake are looking around for their scarlet robes with the honoured emblem of the Black Hand on the chest… | ||
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| + | “Welcome my Brothers, welcome my friends” Sir Lalakis greets them all… | ||
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| + | “We are gathered together today, to celebrate the establishment of a new fair and democratic regime, based on equal opportunities and common action. Together we will meet a common future, where all people will act and decide together, being fully responsible and respected by the Government! Please allow me to introduce you to each other, as our brotherhood remained a secret organization for too long and up to now you didn’t know who participate!” | ||
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| + | After a brief discussion between the Troop Leaders, Sir Lalakis speaks up again… | ||
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| + | “Unfortunately we don’t have time for long ceremonies…there is much and hard work to be done as we have to rebuild a whole realm and action is needed soon. But enough with the words! The time pressures us! You are all free men and it is up to you to decide if the Scarlet Robes of the noble Brotherhood will become yours! However, you have to know that no matters your decision, to me at least, you are already something more than brothers…you are friends!” | ||
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| + | …and by these words Sir Lalakis kneels in front of each of the newcomers, showing his respect and devotion… | ||
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| + | ==Trial of the Demon Council== | ||
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| + | October 2, 2004 | ||
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| + | It should be pointed out that although the public court was held one day after the elections, the bans were delayed as there was a last-minute effort to persuade the accused Tyrants to accept the situation and the new status... That was the biggest mistake that ever took place in Avamar! | ||
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| + | The corrupted ignobles, during the negotiations had enough time to destroy utterly the infrastructure of Avamar (they didn't left a single building!), disband the militia, cash bonds and recruit army, contact Doc and his puppets to invade Flismar/Elmbar/Limbar and later Avamar and to organise a rebellion simutaneously with a Srion's attack! | ||
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| + | Pandora's box was now open... | ||
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| + | People of West Sirion, | ||
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| + | A public trial will be held, as we promised and in accordance with our mandate. Give your opinion in a Democratic way, publicly and freely! The Will of the people will be followed to conclude to a verdict by tomorrow. | ||
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| + | All votes go as “Guilty” or “Innocent” of the accused Troop Leaders. | ||
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| + | This will be a PUBLIC VOTING. A new era has begun! Don’t be afraid to speak up loudly and express your opinion as a FREE man or woman! All votes counts equally… | ||
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| + | And here are the Accusations: | ||
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| + | Evylears, former Ruler of West Sirion. Accused for ruling as a dictator for an extremely long period, never giving opportunities to TLs other than the council to be involved in political or military decisions. He has never explained his decisions to the people as a ruler in a Republic should do. Now that he felt his power being at stake he has suddenly awaken sending messages and talking about potential problems. Additionally he maintained the close circle of TLs in the council, never opening it to others no matter how devoted, experienced or active there were, not even in times of crises. | ||
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| + | Areardo, former General and Judge of W.Sirion. Accused for showing the most arrogant and indifferent behaviour towards the non-council TLs. As a general he never issued a single order and he only knew how to insult TLs who were trying to get the initiative for the good of our Realm. | ||
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| + | Redyleye, Brother of Evylears. Believe it or not but the same player was holding for long time and quite often TWO places in the council while other TLs were longing for some involvement! Accused with the same crimes against the People of West Sirion with his brother. | ||
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| + | Dimarus, former Banker of West Sirion. As a TL he was NEVER addressed to another fellow leader or tried to undertake some common action. As a Banker he maintened a situation where all money were going to the corrupted council while other TLs were trying desperately to get some gold! | ||
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| + | Sceptre, although was the only one from the corrupted government of the past that showed some respect to new players and he was the only Tyrant that ever spoke to newcomers, he did nothing serious to change the situation although he had the power to do so. He was always negative even to the smallest initiatives taken by TLs. Sceptre would be never able to adopt himself in a true democratic regime and would be a continual potential threat for rebellion. | ||
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| + | Handow former Banker of W.Sirion. Same accusations with Sceptre. Additionally he showed his intentions as he agreed to undertake the Bankers position although there were more experienced TLs than him! | ||
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| + | Ghrommnir and Ulath. these two were the less involved persons with the tyrannical regime they didn’t attempt to change things even a bit. Their roles were rather pathetic. As a Judge, Ghrommnir was quite arrogant sharing punishments, fines and continually threatening TLs. | ||
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| + | PLEASE READ! | ||
| + | The Process. | ||
| + | Please send your votes ONLY TO ME by tomorrow 17:00 GMT, in order not to influence others towards a certain verdict. You have to know though, that before announcing the verdict ALL the voting will be circulated PUBLICLY so we will all know what the others have voted. That is TRANSPARENCY we have promised! | ||
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| + | In order NOT to influence the verdict through announcing my preferences now, please allow me to vote last. | ||
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| + | The results will be announced tomorrow evening. All that will be found guilty will have an opportunity to apologise for their crimes. | ||
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| + | Thank you all for your concern, | ||
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| + | Sir Lalakis, Grand Justiciar of West Sirion" | ||
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| − | + | Finally some of the above TLs were banned while they were rebels the rest of them automatically when their attempt failed, as expected, because they were lucking public support! | |
| − | The | + | The tiny realm of West Sirion had managed to withstand a major offense by the greatest realm at that time (Sirion), alogside with a rebellion and few rogues marauding our former regions! |
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| + | ==Governance System: People's Repubic of Avamar== | ||
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| + | October 13, 2004 | ||
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| + | Just after the second victorious elections a series of assasinations begun... It is true that although West Sirion had 20+ devoted TLs during that time, there had been day where it was not possible to find 5 healthy TLs to form the council!!! Sirion was attcaking and every couple of hours the council was changing due to assasination or combat injuries! We had craved for peace and co-existance! Sirion offered war and destruction...and sealed its fate! It was the begining of its fall from the position of the Super Power in the East Continent.... | ||
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| + | However, during these hard times a discussion concerning the future governance system in West Sirion was one of the main concerns of the survivors.. They had promised to change the whole political system and they had to do it, no matters the cost! | ||
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| + | Sir Leo Abandonas and Lord Intro Defecio were met in secrecy (to avoid infiltrators, there was no other reason for secrecy anymore) and decided the following in order to present them to the People for verification: | ||
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| + | Here are my suggestions to put some order in our governance system…. In case of course that we will manage to survive as an entity!!! It is an effort to make competencies of each position clear and avoid fragmentation of responsibilities… | ||
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| + | Governance Structure | ||
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| + | Prime MinisterThe only responsible person for our external affairs. Additionally, he overviews the functions of the whole realm offering policy recommendations. None is allowed to contact rulers of other realms without asking the permission of the Prime Minister. Exception: when the conditions are extremely critical and pace is vital (e.g wounded or inactive ruler) | ||
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| + | Minister of Defense . Competent to all military affairs. He is giving general instructions to the BG Leaders whose are responsible to carry out and implement his decisions. He must motivate BG Leaders to undertake incentives, but under his supervision. Decisions of major importance (attacks, wars, looting etc)he must consult the council and the people first. He is also responsible for all police work, raids, patrols etc done. The Minister of Defense plans the whole strategy of the military forces and is not engaged with purely tactical issues. | ||
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| + | Grand Justiciar . He overlooks the proper function of the chain of command. Responsible for small punishments (fines). For banning or large fines he must consider first the council and the public opinion. He held courts in regions that needs his services, informing the council. | ||
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| + | Minister of Finance . Competent authority for all economic functions of the realm. He set up taxes and controls the trade and the food support. However for any changes in tax rates or major changes in the food supply chain he must discuss first with the council. The good stats and productivity of the regions should be under his supervision. | ||
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| + | Dukes.Responsible for the good performance of their regions and the maintenance of infrastructure. In case that a investment is needed they bring up the issue to the council, asking assistance from the competent authority (help from police units through the Minister of Defense or the BG Leader to increase loyalty or control, lowering of taxes, bureaucratic work or funds from the Minister of Finance, courts to increase moral from the judge). | ||
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| + | Battle Group Leaders. They are following the instructions and general guidelines given by the Minister of Defense having the greatest possible degree of independency. In case of Minister’s unavailability they are fully responsible for their Battlegroup. | ||
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| + | The People - Troop Leaders. They have to follow suggestions, instructions, orders, issued by their BG Leaders or Ministers, according to their competencies. However it is vital for the whole realm to express loudly their opinions even when they are conflicting with the issued orders, but not deny to implement them! They participate directly or indirectly (through the elected representatives of the people) to all decisions taken. | ||
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| + | These are the main guidelines of the People's Republic of Avamar, even today! | ||
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| + | ==An Attempt to halt Sirion's Aggresion== | ||
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| + | October 14, 2004 | ||
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| + | Lalakis who was the Prime Minister of West Sirion at that time, made a final attempt to avoid both allinaces and conflicts with other Realms until the resolve of the internal problems of Avamar. However, Doc responded with another attack... Our final chance was to form alliances with al willing nations to halt Doc's aggression! | ||
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| + | That was the plan he proposed: | ||
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| − | + | Rulers of the World, People of the East Continent, | |
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| − | + | This message aims to short out few things and ask for your intermediation in this conflict! I took the initiative to contact you as the new elected ruler of our realm, after the assassination of Master Intro. | |
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| − | The | + | Doc has attacked our little realm using lies as petty excuses to mobilize his troops against us! He has insulted us, tried to threaten our people, even ask from the UN (OOC:Tom) to find possible cheatings…But you have to know some things…First of all, There is NOT a single party in West Sirion but there has been a single political movement against the past situation… And it is logical!The majority of ill-treated Troop Leaders were uprised against a corrupted governement! Actually it was not the majority but the total sum of TLs APART the tyrants who withhold positions in the government! And these were ALL banned indeed!After elections between the rest TLs of our Realm!But before even negotiating with us, Doc has started attacking our lands, setting his troops to murderous mode and protecting the rogues while they were marauding our regions! He used all possible tactics to support Sceptre and Evylears to organize a rebellion that we have managed to overcome! They tried to negotiate with us, we gave them a second opportunity (we intended to do the same with the rogues but their behaviour made that impossible) and the thing they did was to assign militia set up by US to begin the rebellion! |
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| − | + | Secondly, the Black Hand is an organization FOR the people, against all forms of violence! It is not some kind of a bunch of religious fanatics eager for power! It is rather a political-philosophical organization, which had to remain secret in order to avoid the continual threats and punishments the former government used to assign in order to keep the people submitted. Although its structure is democratic we don’t fight against a certain regime or political system. There are Monarchies and even Tyrannies that worked much better, giving much more initiatives and freedom to simple TLs than the Former “Republic” of Sirion. We fight against individuals that behave in an arrogant and insulting way, believing only to themselves! And that is why we used the legal means to gain the ruling of West Sirion, not beginning a rebellion or trying to assassinate the legitimate rulers. We passed them though through a public trial and the people decided for their banning. I was the “bad” guy, the Judge, who had the unfortunate task to execute people’s order. So Doc is mad with me, not accepting that 20 TLs stand against his mighty will and his puppets! He preferred to wipe us out, than try to have a dialogue and bargaining! So that explains why we had to turn ourselves on you and ask for any available help or intermediation! | |
| − | + | We are willing to forget Doc’s fanatic behaviour and all the evil things did to our people…but we need to be assured for his true intentions. We cannot be based simply on his lies again! | |
| − | + | Here is my plan and I ask for your support: | |
| − | + | 1. From now on West Sirion will be an independent Republic form Sirion. Our Diplomatic relations with Sirion will be set to neutral and any further changes will be based on further negotiations. | |
| + | 2. Doc will resign his troops IMMEDIAETELY from our lands and he’ll pay 1000 Gold to compensate the damages his troops have done to our regions. Additionally he will stop spreading lies and doing a hideous propaganda against us! | ||
| + | 3. The Brotherhood of the Black Hand will be disbanded and all its members from Sirion will return to their homelands within the next month, without causing any troubles to the legitimate government of Sirion. In case that Doc is willing to offer shelter to our hated enemies, banned forever from our lands, we will accept it without considering it a “casus beli”. In case that he still doubts for the legitimacy of the current government he is welcome to observe the upcoming elections, count the results and think if there was any chance for the few tyrants to win the elections. One of the reasons, the tyrants were banned it was because we were afraid of a rebellion…rebellion it was what we got anyway, but we won’t do the same mistake again! Additionally we won’t post to the entire world his messages that uncover his true face and the tricks he assigned to submit our people to his will and disorganize our defenses (all messages of Doc and his puppets are kept in an archive in Avamar! Finally, all infiltrators send against us by foreign governments will be freed and there will be no diplomatic impact, nor compensation will be ever asked. | ||
| − | + | In case that you are interesting for any further details please contact me and I’ll do my best to enlighten you about past and present conditions in the former West Sirion! | |
| − | + | With the utmost respect, | |
| − | + | Sir Lalakis, Prime Minister of the Former Republic of West Sirion | |
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BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLACK HAND
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The Brotherhood has been accused by its enemies for various perverted doings, evil things, criminal acts or even terrorism! However, it had always been a political-philosophical organisation which aims to bring Justice, Equity and Freedom to all Realms that are ruled by arrogant councils, isolated from the People, lost in their perverted views and the twisted desires of their leaders...
Dear reader, open your mind! Read the original documents that were circulated amongst the Brotherhood and the People of West Sirion and decide by yorself! Do not listen to rumors but only the true voice of your heart!
Here is the whole story of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand through our Mandates, Declarations, actions and "plots" that led to the sucesfull -but nevertheless peacefull- Coup D'Etat in West Sirion. It can be seen as the History of West Sirion or Avamar as well, or as a tale of conspiracies, rebellions, uprises and treasons. The involvement of Sirion and the attempt of Doc not to loose a "puppet realm" is clearly visible and the whole current situation in the East Continent can been explained through the study of the following documents:
Enjoy....
The Initial Contact
This message was sent privately to most TLs of Former West Sirion in September 4, 2004:
"We, as members of The Brotherhood of the Black Hand, aim to change the order of things in the W.Sirion, reversing the status quo and the political conditions concerning the way our realm is governed.
We will attempt to establish a council, consisted ONLY of trusted troop leaders, which are enthusiastic, active and not yet experienced.
We strongly protest against the way decisions are taken and implemented, against the offensive character of (most) old players. This is going to change either by legal means or violence. The current leaders will have the choice either to remain in our side abandoning their political rights, or to be expelled from W.Sirion.
We believe in a future, where all decisions will be taken in harmony. Diplomatic relationship with other realms will be based in realistic reasons and not to some strange and unknown facts of the past.
Each of our decisions is based on participatory procedures, discussions and common ideals. No leader exists and Sir Lalakis is the only one, which act as our representative and link between us all. In case that Sir Lalakis is not available, the Brotherhood will remain inactive, until the appointment of a new representative. In such case, the contacts between our brothers will remain in minimum level and ONLY between brothers already known.
More plans will become known, as brothers will prove their faith.
VENCEREMOS
The Brotherhood of the Black Hand"
The Plan for a Peaceful Coup D'Etat
September 21, 2004
That was the plan circulated amongst the members of the Black Hand and the supporting TLs of West Sirion:
"I forward you the following suggestions, it’s up to you to follow them or not.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL!!!
“Being fully responsible for our actions we SUGGEST to our Brothers and Supporters the following:
1. The key date is the 1st of October. Set your JUDGE voting to: Lalakis. Leave the second and third voting boxes empty. Concerning the ruler, keep voting the current Tyrant.
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE!!! DON’T FORGET IT!
2. Try to gather prestige, participating in combats until the 28th of September BUT KEEP YOUR MONEY! Try to recruit only few men, just enough to gain prestige through combat. In case of money shortage, ask the council to send you money!
3. From the 29th of September CEASE all combat activities and move back to Avamar! Don’t recruit more men, just wait there saving money. Find an excuse NOT to move further than Montijo for the following days. You have to protect yourselves from any potential wounds! We have to participate ALL into the following elections! Only through collaborative actions we can expect a positive result!
4. From the 2nd of October things will dramatically change. You have to remain active during these days. Further instructions will be issued just after the elections. All given promises to our Brothers and Supporters will be fully kept.
Although we are based on dialogue and participatory procedures we realize that the only way to change the current situation is under secrecy. However, we believe in common action and we treat ALL troop leaders as individual thinking and fully responsible persons. And that is why, as a Brotherhood we ONLY suggest and NEVER order. That is our commitment.
We call you all in Action! The time has come!
For West Sirion!
Brotherhood of the Black Hand”
The Mandate
September 30, 2004
Here it was the Mandate of the Brotherhood and the final call for action! It is impressive that ALL TLs that were contacted replied positively! The corrupted regime was experiencing its last days...
"Dear Brothers, Sister and Supporters,
It seems that there has been a traitor amongst us! However, it doesn’t matter anymore as the time for change has come!
But before revealing you the whole story, please allow me to put some things at the proper order…
It is rather important to know that THERE IS NOT A PLOT to surrender our beloved realm! I repeat…: THERE IS NOT SUCH A BETRAYAL UNDER CONSIDERATION! We fight for a truly independent realm, not ruled by Oligarchians or Sirionese or Coimbrans!!! That is why we intend to renegotiate ALL our diplomatic relations and links with ALL other realms, without being based on historical elements, personal empathy, or past treaties but ONLY on the benefit of our realm! If we reach favorable agreements we are ready and willing even to break old alliances and form new ones! The good of W.Sirion is above all other things!
So, dear Brothers, Sisters and all that you have decided to fight for a change…Here is the mandate of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand:
1. We will attempt to win the elections. Right afterwards all diplomatic relations with other nations will be set to peace or neutral. Negotiations will begin!
2. The newly elected Council will be TEMPORARY and it will be consisted ONLY by Brothers/Sisters or Supporters of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand! Its main task will be to handle this critical situation of change.
3. From now on, there will be EQUAL opportunities to ALL TLs of W.Sirion! ALL decision will be taken in a participatory way, through dialogue and voting between us!
4. If we win the elections, we will enter a short (1-2 weeks) transitional period, during which we will discuss EQUALLY all priority issues of high importance, such as positions in the council, the fate of our former “rulers” (or I should say Tyrants?), the diplomatic change procedure etc, ALL in a TRANSPARENT way, ACCESSIBLE to all, INFLUENCED by ALL no matters which is their position in the temporary council!
5. After this period, the elected ruler will step down and FAIR elections will take place, to choose our Prime Minister AND the new council which will lead us to a new era of Glory! This council will be fully committed to keep W.Sirion a land of FREEDOM and EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES! The ruler won’t act as a dictator EVER AGAIN! His decisions will be taken after consideration and broad discussion with ALL citizens through a democratic process! The members of the council and the Dukes won’t rotate in an endless circle of the same persons again and again in an endless circle of indifference! We are able to decide in a mature way, who will be the one to represent as from now on-in each commanding post, from Battle Group Leaders to Dukes and Councilors!
6. All Brothers, Sisters and Supporters AND ONLY THEM, will form the “Esoteric Order of the Black Hand”, their trust level will be set to “Fully Trusted” and they will be informed for ALL political, military or financial developments, decisions, replies from other Rulers etc. In that way they will be able to protect a true democracy in that realm for the first unstable period to come!
IT IS CRITICAL TO LET US KNOW WHO IS WILLING TO HELP US IN THIS PLAN!!! PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, LETTING ME KNOW IF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO FOLLOW THIS PLAN! NOT ANSWERING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE CONSIDERED AS DISAGREEMENT.
Try to log in again BEFORE the elections! At that time the voting suggestions will be issued. Since then keep your voting settings unchanged:
RULER: Whomever JUDGE: Lalakis
We suggest you also to move back in AVAMAR as soon as possible! Recruit an army and set settings (In paperwork): Infantry, First Line - defensive, Archers, Second Line - defensive. Even if we win the elections the Tyrants may initiate a rebellion and we need to be prepared!
Awaiting for your reply,
Sir Lalakis of the Black Hand
Revelation: The Time has come!
October 1, 2004
This is the revelation of the Black Hand and its supporters. It was issued just few hours before the elections... You can read it also as a briefing (which actually was, as many new supporters were not fully informed yet)
The Brotherhood of the Black Hand
The initial idea was discussed between Sir Loungra, Sir Tzoutzoukos and Sir Lalakis. It was the behaviour of the council that forced us to act that way. Arrogant and indifferent toward new troop leaders, they had never attempted to bridge the chasm between the high level of political decisions with the simple troop leader that was fighting in the front line, not knowing why, and never informed about the decisions concerning him and taken for him. The only orders issued were concerning for a particularly long period only punishments, accusations and rude comments! Additionally all positions of power were always occupied by the same persons and there were never fair elections or even discussion for ANY position (not even for a BG Leader!), no matter how active and devoted a TL would be. We were all stuck in an endless circle of rotating power between the same persons again and again. Consequently, there was an increasing dissatisfaction between all the TLs although the initial spark was missing. That is what we tried to achieve… And we make it come true! The support of most TLs (actually all except from the council are either supporters or neutral!) was really amazing and we since then welcome many brothers and friends in our rankings… It was matter of time for the change to come!
The Commitment Although we are based on dialogue and participatory procedures we realize that the only way to change the current situation was under secrecy. However, we believe in common action and we treat ALL troop leaders as individual thinking and fully responsible persons. And that is why, as a Brotherhood we ONLY suggest and NEVER order. That is our commitment.
Rumors for a Plot It is rather important to know that THERE IS NOT A PLOT to surrender our beloved realm, as it was spread by the former Government! I repeat…: THERE WAS NEVER SUCH A BETRAYAL UNDER CONSIDERATION! We fought for a truly independent realm, not ruled by Oligarchians or Sirionese or Coimbrans!!! That is why we intend to renegotiate ALL our diplomatic relations and links with ALL other realms, without being based on historical elements, personal empathy, or past treaties but ONLY on the benefit of our realm! If we reach favorable agreements we are ready and willing even to break old alliances and form new ones! The good of W.Sirion is above all other things!
The Mandate So, dear Brothers, Sisters and all that you have decided to fight for a change…Here is the mandate of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand:
1. We will attempt to win the elections. Right afterwards all diplomatic relations with other nations will be set to peace or neutral. Negotiations will begin!
2. The newly elected Council will be TEMPORARY and it will be consisted ONLY by Brothers/Sisters or Supporters of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand! Its main task will be to handle this critical situation of change.
3. From now on, there will be EQUAL opportunities to ALL TLs of W.Sirion! ALL decision will be taken in a participatory way, through dialogue and voting between us!
4. If we win the elections, we will enter a short (1-2 weeks) transitional period, during which we will discuss EQUALLY all priority issues of high importance, such as positions in the council, the fate of our former “rulers” (or I should say Tyrants?), the diplomatic change procedure etc, ALL in a TRANSPARENT way, ACCESSIBLE to all, INFLUENCED by ALL no matters which is their position in the temporary council!
5. After this period, the elected ruler will step down and FAIR elections will take place, to choose our Prime Minister AND the new council which will lead us to a new era of Glory! This council will be fully committed to keep W.Sirion a land of FREEDOM and EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES! The ruler won’t act as a dictator EVER AGAIN! His decisions will be taken after consideration and broad discussion with ALL citizens through a democratic process! The members of the council and the Dukes won’t rotate in an endless circle of the same persons again and again in an endless circle of indifference! We are able to decide in a mature way, who will be the one to represent as from now on-in each commanding post, from Battle Group Leaders to Dukes and Councilors!
6. All Brothers, Sisters and Supporters AND ONLY THEM, will form the “Esoteric Order of the Black Hand”, their trust level will be set to “Fully Trusted” and they will be informed for ALL political, military or financial developments, decisions, replies from other Rulers etc. In that way they will be able to protect a true democratic regime in this realm!
Good Luck my friends! Tomorrow a new day will rise!
Avamar Elections
October 13, 2004
That was the first Role Play in the Free West Sirion Republic! It took place after the SECOND elections within 12 days, after accusations by the old council about the use of "Black Magic" and such! For the second time the same persons were elected! It is rather important to point out that this time a UN Peacekeeping Force (OOC: Tom Himself!) was present to verify and validate the procedure! Lord Intro was the new ruler of the realm and a new era begun!
The People of West Sirion are jubilant, hailing Lord Intro the new Prime Minister, celebrating the new era that has already begun, hailing the overthrown of the corrupted regime of the past!
Small parties have been set up by villagers even at the smallest corners of West Sirion and free drinks are given to all!
In Avamar, the long-abandoned parliament is been hastily rebuilt… From now on, the voice of the people will be heard from our fair Ruler and the Council!
People have been gathered in front of the Capitol, hailing Master Intro, singing, dancing, partying… It seems that the celebrations will last all day long!
But...
A hooded feature approaches the entrance of the Capitol riding a black stallion. He unsaddles and enters the Hall while the crowd surrounds him with obvious curiosity… The man wears a scarlet cloak with a pitch Black Hand painted on the chest, where his heart lies… He approaches Lord Intro, who is sitting on his office, already working hard on the changes that shall be done, not having time to celebrate with his people. The stranger uncovers his face and a smile of joy can be clearly seen on the fine features of Sir Lalakis, Grand Justiciar of West Sirion, and devoted Brother of the Black Hand Society!
“I hail you Lord Intro, Prime Minister of West Sirion, Leader of the new Era, Commander of Change, Bringer of Peace!” Sir Lalakis says, as he kneels in front of his Ruler.
It seems that he is the third that arrives here… He can see Sister Pipeta, wearing the same scarlet clothing, standing besides Lord Intro. Nocturne the brave brother of Intro stands there as well. Before even greeting them, more Brothers arrive…
Sir Loungra, Tzekos and Satinistas, the three brothers from the Punisher family and initial members of the Brotherhood of the Black Hand enters the Hall swearing fealty to the new Government. Sir Tzoutzoukos and Sir Yimelos the Second of the Mastermind family follows in order. Their contribution to the establishment of the Brotherhood was also considerable! They all bow kindly in front of Lord Intro, showing their respect, remembering the old times that they fought together in Commonyr! Kolobaro and Gousgounis of the Paparas family, relatively new members of the Brotherhood bring a fine full armour made of an exotic alloy as a gift to the Prime Minister… Ice Wolf, Fearless and Kamenos still stand behind, looking in astonishment and curiosity the silk scarlet robes they wear, as they haven’t used them a lot…yet!
It seems that a ceremony will take place soon in this Hall… Candles are lit, an exotic perfume fills the air in the room and a bard sings a tale about the glorious deeds of West Sirion in the short-coming future. Some of the finest scarlet cloaks rests on a gem decorated silver table, waiting for their owners to wear them! And suddenly…Master Draco enters the room, fully equipped with his weapons, amongst the finest in the continent! His face is also full of joy but also with skepticism about the work that has been done very soon… Draco is followed by friends and supporters of the Brotherhood… One, Duncan, Seifer Almasy, Syther and Jake are looking around for their scarlet robes with the honoured emblem of the Black Hand on the chest…
“Welcome my Brothers, welcome my friends” Sir Lalakis greets them all…
“We are gathered together today, to celebrate the establishment of a new fair and democratic regime, based on equal opportunities and common action. Together we will meet a common future, where all people will act and decide together, being fully responsible and respected by the Government! Please allow me to introduce you to each other, as our brotherhood remained a secret organization for too long and up to now you didn’t know who participate!”
After a brief discussion between the Troop Leaders, Sir Lalakis speaks up again…
“Unfortunately we don’t have time for long ceremonies…there is much and hard work to be done as we have to rebuild a whole realm and action is needed soon. But enough with the words! The time pressures us! You are all free men and it is up to you to decide if the Scarlet Robes of the noble Brotherhood will become yours! However, you have to know that no matters your decision, to me at least, you are already something more than brothers…you are friends!”
…and by these words Sir Lalakis kneels in front of each of the newcomers, showing his respect and devotion…
Trial of the Demon Council
October 2, 2004
It should be pointed out that although the public court was held one day after the elections, the bans were delayed as there was a last-minute effort to persuade the accused Tyrants to accept the situation and the new status... That was the biggest mistake that ever took place in Avamar!
The corrupted ignobles, during the negotiations had enough time to destroy utterly the infrastructure of Avamar (they didn't left a single building!), disband the militia, cash bonds and recruit army, contact Doc and his puppets to invade Flismar/Elmbar/Limbar and later Avamar and to organise a rebellion simutaneously with a Srion's attack!
Pandora's box was now open...
People of West Sirion,
A public trial will be held, as we promised and in accordance with our mandate. Give your opinion in a Democratic way, publicly and freely! The Will of the people will be followed to conclude to a verdict by tomorrow.
All votes go as “Guilty” or “Innocent” of the accused Troop Leaders.
This will be a PUBLIC VOTING. A new era has begun! Don’t be afraid to speak up loudly and express your opinion as a FREE man or woman! All votes counts equally…
And here are the Accusations:
Evylears, former Ruler of West Sirion. Accused for ruling as a dictator for an extremely long period, never giving opportunities to TLs other than the council to be involved in political or military decisions. He has never explained his decisions to the people as a ruler in a Republic should do. Now that he felt his power being at stake he has suddenly awaken sending messages and talking about potential problems. Additionally he maintained the close circle of TLs in the council, never opening it to others no matter how devoted, experienced or active there were, not even in times of crises.
Areardo, former General and Judge of W.Sirion. Accused for showing the most arrogant and indifferent behaviour towards the non-council TLs. As a general he never issued a single order and he only knew how to insult TLs who were trying to get the initiative for the good of our Realm.
Redyleye, Brother of Evylears. Believe it or not but the same player was holding for long time and quite often TWO places in the council while other TLs were longing for some involvement! Accused with the same crimes against the People of West Sirion with his brother.
Dimarus, former Banker of West Sirion. As a TL he was NEVER addressed to another fellow leader or tried to undertake some common action. As a Banker he maintened a situation where all money were going to the corrupted council while other TLs were trying desperately to get some gold!
Sceptre, although was the only one from the corrupted government of the past that showed some respect to new players and he was the only Tyrant that ever spoke to newcomers, he did nothing serious to change the situation although he had the power to do so. He was always negative even to the smallest initiatives taken by TLs. Sceptre would be never able to adopt himself in a true democratic regime and would be a continual potential threat for rebellion.
Handow former Banker of W.Sirion. Same accusations with Sceptre. Additionally he showed his intentions as he agreed to undertake the Bankers position although there were more experienced TLs than him!
Ghrommnir and Ulath. these two were the less involved persons with the tyrannical regime they didn’t attempt to change things even a bit. Their roles were rather pathetic. As a Judge, Ghrommnir was quite arrogant sharing punishments, fines and continually threatening TLs.
PLEASE READ!
The Process.
Please send your votes ONLY TO ME by tomorrow 17:00 GMT, in order not to influence others towards a certain verdict. You have to know though, that before announcing the verdict ALL the voting will be circulated PUBLICLY so we will all know what the others have voted. That is TRANSPARENCY we have promised!
In order NOT to influence the verdict through announcing my preferences now, please allow me to vote last.
The results will be announced tomorrow evening. All that will be found guilty will have an opportunity to apologise for their crimes.
Thank you all for your concern,
Sir Lalakis, Grand Justiciar of West Sirion"
Finally some of the above TLs were banned while they were rebels the rest of them automatically when their attempt failed, as expected, because they were lucking public support!
The tiny realm of West Sirion had managed to withstand a major offense by the greatest realm at that time (Sirion), alogside with a rebellion and few rogues marauding our former regions!
Governance System: People's Repubic of Avamar
October 13, 2004
Just after the second victorious elections a series of assasinations begun... It is true that although West Sirion had 20+ devoted TLs during that time, there had been day where it was not possible to find 5 healthy TLs to form the council!!! Sirion was attcaking and every couple of hours the council was changing due to assasination or combat injuries! We had craved for peace and co-existance! Sirion offered war and destruction...and sealed its fate! It was the begining of its fall from the position of the Super Power in the East Continent....
However, during these hard times a discussion concerning the future governance system in West Sirion was one of the main concerns of the survivors.. They had promised to change the whole political system and they had to do it, no matters the cost!
Sir Leo Abandonas and Lord Intro Defecio were met in secrecy (to avoid infiltrators, there was no other reason for secrecy anymore) and decided the following in order to present them to the People for verification:
Here are my suggestions to put some order in our governance system…. In case of course that we will manage to survive as an entity!!! It is an effort to make competencies of each position clear and avoid fragmentation of responsibilities…
Governance Structure
Prime MinisterThe only responsible person for our external affairs. Additionally, he overviews the functions of the whole realm offering policy recommendations. None is allowed to contact rulers of other realms without asking the permission of the Prime Minister. Exception: when the conditions are extremely critical and pace is vital (e.g wounded or inactive ruler)
Minister of Defense . Competent to all military affairs. He is giving general instructions to the BG Leaders whose are responsible to carry out and implement his decisions. He must motivate BG Leaders to undertake incentives, but under his supervision. Decisions of major importance (attacks, wars, looting etc)he must consult the council and the people first. He is also responsible for all police work, raids, patrols etc done. The Minister of Defense plans the whole strategy of the military forces and is not engaged with purely tactical issues.
Grand Justiciar . He overlooks the proper function of the chain of command. Responsible for small punishments (fines). For banning or large fines he must consider first the council and the public opinion. He held courts in regions that needs his services, informing the council.
Minister of Finance . Competent authority for all economic functions of the realm. He set up taxes and controls the trade and the food support. However for any changes in tax rates or major changes in the food supply chain he must discuss first with the council. The good stats and productivity of the regions should be under his supervision.
Dukes.Responsible for the good performance of their regions and the maintenance of infrastructure. In case that a investment is needed they bring up the issue to the council, asking assistance from the competent authority (help from police units through the Minister of Defense or the BG Leader to increase loyalty or control, lowering of taxes, bureaucratic work or funds from the Minister of Finance, courts to increase moral from the judge).
Battle Group Leaders. They are following the instructions and general guidelines given by the Minister of Defense having the greatest possible degree of independency. In case of Minister’s unavailability they are fully responsible for their Battlegroup.
The People - Troop Leaders. They have to follow suggestions, instructions, orders, issued by their BG Leaders or Ministers, according to their competencies. However it is vital for the whole realm to express loudly their opinions even when they are conflicting with the issued orders, but not deny to implement them! They participate directly or indirectly (through the elected representatives of the people) to all decisions taken.
These are the main guidelines of the People's Republic of Avamar, even today!
An Attempt to halt Sirion's Aggresion
October 14, 2004
Lalakis who was the Prime Minister of West Sirion at that time, made a final attempt to avoid both allinaces and conflicts with other Realms until the resolve of the internal problems of Avamar. However, Doc responded with another attack... Our final chance was to form alliances with al willing nations to halt Doc's aggression!
That was the plan he proposed:
Rulers of the World, People of the East Continent,
This message aims to short out few things and ask for your intermediation in this conflict! I took the initiative to contact you as the new elected ruler of our realm, after the assassination of Master Intro.
Doc has attacked our little realm using lies as petty excuses to mobilize his troops against us! He has insulted us, tried to threaten our people, even ask from the UN (OOC:Tom) to find possible cheatings…But you have to know some things…First of all, There is NOT a single party in West Sirion but there has been a single political movement against the past situation… And it is logical!The majority of ill-treated Troop Leaders were uprised against a corrupted governement! Actually it was not the majority but the total sum of TLs APART the tyrants who withhold positions in the government! And these were ALL banned indeed!After elections between the rest TLs of our Realm!But before even negotiating with us, Doc has started attacking our lands, setting his troops to murderous mode and protecting the rogues while they were marauding our regions! He used all possible tactics to support Sceptre and Evylears to organize a rebellion that we have managed to overcome! They tried to negotiate with us, we gave them a second opportunity (we intended to do the same with the rogues but their behaviour made that impossible) and the thing they did was to assign militia set up by US to begin the rebellion!
Secondly, the Black Hand is an organization FOR the people, against all forms of violence! It is not some kind of a bunch of religious fanatics eager for power! It is rather a political-philosophical organization, which had to remain secret in order to avoid the continual threats and punishments the former government used to assign in order to keep the people submitted. Although its structure is democratic we don’t fight against a certain regime or political system. There are Monarchies and even Tyrannies that worked much better, giving much more initiatives and freedom to simple TLs than the Former “Republic” of Sirion. We fight against individuals that behave in an arrogant and insulting way, believing only to themselves! And that is why we used the legal means to gain the ruling of West Sirion, not beginning a rebellion or trying to assassinate the legitimate rulers. We passed them though through a public trial and the people decided for their banning. I was the “bad” guy, the Judge, who had the unfortunate task to execute people’s order. So Doc is mad with me, not accepting that 20 TLs stand against his mighty will and his puppets! He preferred to wipe us out, than try to have a dialogue and bargaining! So that explains why we had to turn ourselves on you and ask for any available help or intermediation!
We are willing to forget Doc’s fanatic behaviour and all the evil things did to our people…but we need to be assured for his true intentions. We cannot be based simply on his lies again!
Here is my plan and I ask for your support:
1. From now on West Sirion will be an independent Republic form Sirion. Our Diplomatic relations with Sirion will be set to neutral and any further changes will be based on further negotiations. 2. Doc will resign his troops IMMEDIAETELY from our lands and he’ll pay 1000 Gold to compensate the damages his troops have done to our regions. Additionally he will stop spreading lies and doing a hideous propaganda against us! 3. The Brotherhood of the Black Hand will be disbanded and all its members from Sirion will return to their homelands within the next month, without causing any troubles to the legitimate government of Sirion. In case that Doc is willing to offer shelter to our hated enemies, banned forever from our lands, we will accept it without considering it a “casus beli”. In case that he still doubts for the legitimacy of the current government he is welcome to observe the upcoming elections, count the results and think if there was any chance for the few tyrants to win the elections. One of the reasons, the tyrants were banned it was because we were afraid of a rebellion…rebellion it was what we got anyway, but we won’t do the same mistake again! Additionally we won’t post to the entire world his messages that uncover his true face and the tricks he assigned to submit our people to his will and disorganize our defenses (all messages of Doc and his puppets are kept in an archive in Avamar! Finally, all infiltrators send against us by foreign governments will be freed and there will be no diplomatic impact, nor compensation will be ever asked.
In case that you are interesting for any further details please contact me and I’ll do my best to enlighten you about past and present conditions in the former West Sirion!
With the utmost respect,
Sir Lalakis, Prime Minister of the Former Republic of West Sirion
2. The Plan for a Peaceful Coup D'Etat
3. The Mandate
4. Revelation: The Time has come!
7. Governance System: People's Repubic of Avamar
8. An Attempt to halt Sirion's aggresion
10. Five days that shook Avamar. Archive of actual discussions between TLs
11. Hall of Fame
12. Rumors (true or false) concerning the operations of the Brotherhood "new!"
