July 27th, 2020
One common Obrexian tradition that spans the entire length of the country, from Hawk's Landing up to the Lian Clan holdings is to be kind to strangers. It isn't uncommon for someone of great means to not show it, and the general belief that the more kindness in the world the better. This does not extend to those that are known and notorious freeloaders, but if you need a bed for the night, or a meal or two, most are willing to provide it free of charge. This has largely cropped up as a tradition across Obrexia since around 900 FC, but it is still going strong today with no signs of stopping.

(Semi-living post/jumping off point)
By spring of the year 56 SC, diplomats have been spread across a good portion of the known world. They all arrive bringing great gifts, composed of fine wines and quality quilts. Gifts brought to help pave the way for future diplomatic negotiations, as some set sail quicker than others, to arrive at roughly the same time the world around.

Some ships more beleaguered than others, arrive in the realms of Domoutso, Kisaevin, Martoise, Teltebhann, Anaetyr, Bryborough, Inoa Ranas, and Coghan. Some of these realms, such as Bryborough and Coghan had been heard of, but diplomats and merchants had likely never encountered them, but they came prepared, with multiple methods of communication, as well as any interpreters that could be found along the way.

All come bearing a treaty, one to clear out the Black Fog pirate scourge the world around. Many realms, such as Helios in the west, were generally thought to be too far to bring any naval forces to bear, and other realms such as Ornthas were seen as falling to infighting in recent years, and were thought unready to step onto the world stage to help with problems at large.

The treaty is outlined thusly:

Greetings, Rulers of your respective realms, I, Bryson Hawkson, Ruler of Obrexia, have seen in the world at large a threat to us all. I would request your aid in securing our waters, for the purposes of trade, as well as to eradicate this threat once and for all. I have been in office a long time, and I think I have many years left in me, but most of the navy have not faced these before, as many of those veterans have retired since the first arrival of the this scourge.

I would seek your cooperation, as well as safe harbours to buy supplies as well as receive repairs, and would offer the same in turn. I am willing to put forth considerable portions of my own naval forces, a good half of what is available to help fight, and I am more than understanding if you are not able to do so. If you are lacking in naval assets, all I ask is for our ships to be able to dock within your harbours.

Furthermore, I would hope to open lines of protected trade, between our realms of Obrexia, Domoutso, Kisaevin, Martoise, Teltebhann, Anaetyr, Bryborough, Inoa Ranas, and Coghan. If this is not possible at the current point in time, I would understand, but I think it would be beneficial to us all to promote trade between our great realms, so that we may prosper together.

I think it fair to extend the offer to all realms with ports upon our fair seas, and should others that you know wish to join, I think it fair to send a ship to all of our realms, outlining that they will follow this treaty, before receiving the benefits therein.

I would coin the name the Coalition of the Azure Hunt, as we attempt to hunt these dastardly pirates into extinction. I hope that you join me in this endeavor, as well as enjoy the gifts that I have ordered be sent, along with the messengers and diplomats.

The Hawk of Hawk's Landing with the cityscape behind it.

July 14th, 2020
The city of Hawk's Landing does not come from the current Ruler's title as The Hawk Druid, but rather from a more ancient Hawk Druid, also of mixed descent between the Daoine and the Obrex tribes. Leival Isle was settled many years ago, around 740 FC. The specific Hawk Druid that Hawk's Landing was named after was Albright Hawkson, and the current Ruler, Bryson Hawkson, took inspiration from the name before adopting the name Hawkson for himself. It has since become a tradition for all druids to take a kind of ancestral name of past druids of the same breed of animal, with many Deer druids taking on the last name Doe, and many wolf druids taking on the name Gealach.

I would say that first and foremost, we are a Minecraft worldbuilding server. I joined this community about 3 months prior to the fishening. I have had an amazing time, and I plan to stick with it. Meeting the basic requirements that we set for others to meet is not a hard goal in my opinion. We agreed to these numbers, as well as adding more stipulation when we first recognized the charter, all the way back in December of 2018. Specifically, we did not and are not invalidating the work that we have done previously. That was done by Cerdic. He blew up the server that we were all having a good time in. Literally hundreds of thousands of collective man-hours gone in an instant.

I heavily resent the blatant calling of what Drew is proposing as something that the previous dictator would do. I don't believe that he would have given a chance, nor that he would have put as much effort forward to get people to meet the requirements that we all agreed on. Why is it fair that new members have to put in more effort now to gain the benefits that you gained from the previous server, that had a lesser requirement? Why is it fair that people that are not actively participating in the worldbuilding aspect of the community that is built on Minecraft worldbuilding, get a say in how that worldbuilding is run?

I did not ask this to be brought up, but Alric saw what he recognized as a growing problem in the community, and to straight-up compare him to someone that flips the table when they don't get their way is just straight-up wrong. He is not trying to disqualify literally anyone that is still active. He wants more people to be active. He wants it to be that everyone that has a say is meeting all the requirements.

Something that was brought in voice is the fact that old work is currently seen as superior to new work. This is a problem in my eyes, and certainly not mine alone. I am more than willing to help in any way that is possible for me to do, I will repair your tools for you, gather materials for you, help in any manner that I can, just to make it so that we all meet these requirements. Alric has said that he will do much the same. I am sure that there are others that would do the best they can to help as well.

To address some of the things Ioka has said; If you just went and blew up something, we could do something about it; as said above, there are multiple people that are willing to assist others; if a new member of this server could come in, and do all that is needed in two months, I see literally zero reasons that even if you have been burnt out up till this point that you could not start tomorrow and reach the requirements well before the deadline. The deadline proposed isn't exactly soon. Alric is not proposing that we kick people out of the community, he is proposing that people that are actively working on the worldbuilding aspect of the community have the ability to vote.

We are a democracy that has limits on being able to vote. We should all meet the requirements that we set for joining us in being able to vote. I would not say that old work should be valued more than new work in our current worldbuilding project. I would not say that there is a precise way to do this. It should apply to everyone, as singling people out is what Cerdic did. The fishening was caused by us as a community not supporting that bullshit.

EVERYONE on the server should meet the requirements that we currently set. EVERYONE has a voice regardless of the vote.
EVERYONE should be treated equally and that includes the standards we set for being able to vote.

The Hawk of Hawk's Landing with the cityscape behind it.

July 12th, 2020

News travels quite quickly across Obrexia due to the existence of a fairly large amount of messenger birds, usually hawks or kestrels trained to deliver messages to certain settlements before taking messages back to where they came from. This pattern is repeated, and thus word can spread faster than by land or sea would normally allow. Most messages have to be kept small, and nothing larger than a small stone can be sent, but many birds can be released with a chain of messages to get larger amounts of information across. This system has very little failure rate, as the birds usually only deviate for snacks mid-flight, and even then, not all of them do. There are not many natural predators to birds of prey in many parts of Obrexia, and thus the messages are safer than if left to a lesser type of bird.

July 15th, 2020

One Daoine holiday that is celebrated is the Star Dance, initially, this was a celebration only for those that managed to bring in enough food to survive the winter, but as the Daoine have become more communal it has extended into a celebration for all. It starts with a feast as the sun goes down on the Autumnal Equinox, lasting well into the night with games and other activities. One such activity is to release a painted pig to chase through the underbrush, and once caught, the family that manages to get it keeps it for their own winter larder. Children are the main participants, but it is an open competition for all adolescents. Many adults also participate to make sure the children don't stray too far or are put in any danger, though they don't get to chase the pig specifically. They sometimes give hints as to where the pig has gone if the children are lost or looking in the wrong area. Another favourite activity is the titular one, being the Star Dance. This dance is performed around an upright pole, and ribbons are weaved together around the pole by the participants. The dance starts when the moon is directly overhead and is about welcoming the stars as the nights get longer from then on. There is a similar dance during the Vernal Equinox, but it is about welcoming the sun and saying goodbye to the stars for a time.

July 17th, 2020
Druids can occur anywhere in the world, so long as a parter animal has been steeped in magic, and the soul binding ritual occurs in a place of concentrated magic. (Summary of last night's lore discussion, use druids if you want, I am saying that there is no reason to not use them, and it would be cool, thanks.)

Jan 2022 - Tywen

Jan 2022 - Iokastos

Jan 2022 - Bryson

Jan 2022 - Aron

I would like to extend the offer for you to join me in Obrexia, a land of magic and growth in a turbulent time. If you have any questions please feel free to ask on here or discord.

I am in EST but feel free to message me whenever or every minute until I respond, but I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Some more images can be found here on my imgur.

Join soon and get a free 13.00+ speed horse! Also, I am more than willing to do a tour whenever you want.

They have passed their interview and are now accepting offers!

Great, I will give you your first vote! 1/5

As of 1/8/2022, I formally advance @WallMarkberg to the rank of Knight

Thanks for the app, its a great start! If you could answer some common questions, that would be great! Would it also be possible to get some different angles and maybe the inside of that building? Thanks!

What is/are your favorite colors(s)?
What type of fantasy races are you most interested in?
Do you have a general understanding of progression in this server?
What's your favorite biome to build in?
What's your favorite type of wood in Minecraft?

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