…Or maybe not. During the campaign, the fall of Washington, D.C. saw a burst of sudden defiance. The report of “Washington, D.C. submits to Equestrian Empire, USA surrenders” was followed almost immediately by “Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day Saints defies American surrender, seizes Great Basin, executes ‘Protocol Emmet’, proclaims restoration of ‘Theodemocratic Republic of Deseret’.” Soon, more statements of defiance followed: “Scotland rejects London surrender, invites House of Dunkeld to assume throne of Scotland, proclaims ‘Kingdom of Scotland’,” “Alexander Dunkeld crowned as Alexander IV Dunkeld, ‘King of Scots’”, “Wales rejects London Surrender, proclaims ‘Principality of Wales’”, “Claimant to House Pendragon crowned as King Arthwyn II Pendragon of Wales. Wales moves capital to Caerlon, constructs ‘New Camelot’, proclaims ‘Kingdom of Wales’”, “Montgomery, Alabama: Virginia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, southern Arizona and southern New Mexico defy surrender of Washington, sign new Confederate Constitution, new Confederate Arizona and New Mexico proclaim State of Arizona in region. New Confederate States of America proclaimed.”, “Hawaii defies surrender of Washington, restores House of Kamehameha to throne, proclaims restoration of Independent Kingdom of Hawaii,” “Akahi Nui formally crowned as King of Hawaii, Hawaii annexes neighboring Polynesian nations for protection.” “CSA claims Caribbean as protectorate named ‘Golden Circle’”, “Quebec defies surrender of Ottowa, proclaims Republic of Quebec.” “Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia agree to reunite, proclaims ‘Republic of Gran Colombia’, issues statement of defiance to Empire.”, “Israel annexes Palestine after Palestinian surrender to Empire, seizes Jordan and Sinai Peninsula, proclaims ‘Greater Israel’.”, “Lakota Region defies Washington, proclaims Lakota Republic.”, “Swabian region defies surrender of Berlin, Invites Hohenstaufen family to assume throne of new Kingdom of Swabia.” “Papal State redeclared by cardinals rebelling against Pope Francis II’s statement of surrender. Francis deposed, new Papal election underway.” “Greenland refuses Danish demands to surrender to Empire, declaring independence from Denmark as Republic of Greenland. Annexes Newfoundland, renames ‘Vinland’.” “Greece seizes Istanbul following Turkish surrender to Empire, renames ‘Constantinople’. proclaims reborn Byzantium.” The list went on and on, every few minutes, another nation would form and swear to fight until the bitter end, using religion as a base for eternal resistance. Eventually, all resisting nations signed a pact of cooperation, forming the “Anti-Equestrian Alliance”. But minutes later, the report was that the Alliance had been destroyed, all areas of the alliance reduced to mere wasteland.
The human condition was terrible under the Equestrian Empire. Men were nothing but breeding stock, their own carnal weaknesses employed against them to render the armies useless. Pony magic had ensured that human males breeding with pony mares always resulted in foals. Women weren’t allowed to have children except to create the next generation of breeding stock, and they were forced to care for, nurse, and teach pony foals, while humans had been reduced to mere slaves.
One billion humans had escaped the horrors, but they were also out of the picture for quite a while. In the Ark II Ultra-Bunker, designed to withstand a direct hit from an extinction event asteroid without a scratch, they waited, underground, presuming they’d need eons to grow numerous enough to take back the surface.
But humans were already being indoctrinated on the surface. To be a slave was wonderful. You were cared for, were free from need and want… what point was there but to blissfully submit?
To some ponies, this was horrible. Within a few months, slaves were vanishing, either stolen, or bought and never seen anywhere again.
This was by design. Like the Underground Railroad of old, the Freedom Express had formed to combat human slavery. Led by the enigmatic Railmaster (or “RM”), they were hard to track by the Empire, with the RM seemingly able to hop around the globe in an instant, personally bringing agents under suspicion to one of multiple HQs across the globe for an interview, intimidating all into keeping quiet about the true nature of the RM.
And in the wastelands, where defiance had been crushed brutally… The lands were still fertile, still populated, and still defiant. Their existence covered up by propaganda to ensure enslaved humans didn’t get any ideas.
The stage has been set. Four factions exist, with the fate of humanity’s future hanging in the balance. Who will you join? The Empire, to keep mankind subdued in eternal idiotic bliss? The Freedom Express, to liberate man from their masters and instill love of freedom in them once more? The Remnants, hiding in Ark II, training generation after generation, in the hopes of creating a super army to take back the surface? Or the Alliance, still fighting strong, day and night, to ensure the safety of your friends, family, and people, and in the hopes to some day take the offensive, and smash the invaders to pieces? The choice is yours.
(Please list your character by name, race (human, pony, dragon, griffon, etc.), tribe (for ponies), gender (male and female only, please. It’s far simpler. Want to be neither? Be a genderless sapient robot. I’ll allow those to an extent.), faction, place of origin (if from Earth, list the new nation, not the defunct one yours was born out of, except in the event of living in the subdued lands, in which case, add “former” to the front of your nation of origin), abilities, history, and misc. stuff. If you feel your region would have enough defiance to fight back, you may list the name of the former or concept nation that has been restored, then explain why they stood up, and further explain their government, like in this document. (California is out of the question, however. Much of California was seized by Deseret, and if the rest fought back, this would require the formation of Cascadia and the parts of California north and west of the Sierra Nevada being allowed into Cascadia.)
(This RP will begin some time after a previous one I’m in is completed. Until then, feel free to post your bios here. I’ll reply with my own, and as narrator, NPCs will be controlled in narrator posts, unless they are for the Empire, as I’m on a different side.)
Name: Israel van Orden
Race: Human
Age: 42
Ethnicity: White (Caucasian, Slavic, Celtic and 15% Native American)
Gender: Male
Faction: Anti-Equestrian Alliance
Place of Origin: Provo, Utah, Deseret
Abilities: Master of stealth, unbreakable will, years of military training, charismatic, excellent marksmanship.
Super ability: “Blessing of Rockwell” (Like Porter Rockwell, he was given the following blessing: “As long as thou never cut thine hair on thine head or face, neither bullet nor blade may harm thee.” His blessing included “spell” and “bomb” in it, so he’s immune to practically all weapons so long as his beard, mustache and hair remain untrimmed. If such a thing happens, he’ll become vulnerable until they grow back, forcing him to hide until they return.) (One super ability per character max, and they must be well explained. Invulnerability must always have a catch. leaders of nations/generals/religious leaders/other faction leaders may have more than one, but they must be related to their position in some way or another.)
Job: Soldier
Assignment: Deseretian Army: Zion’s Second Camp: Unit 000: Prophetic Guard
Rank: Colonel
Family: Wife and ten children: five sons, five daughters.
Religion: LDS
History: Israel joined the US Army at the age of 18, working his way up the ranks to Colonel before the invasion. He married and he and his wife were sealed at the age of 21, and they loved each other and children to such a great extent, they had a family of ten children before the invasion, as well. He defied the order to stand down when D.C. surrendered, taking as many loyal men as he could back with him to his hometown to prepare for the worst. When Russel M. Nelson called him to lead the Prophetic Guard, he obliged, and now he fights ponies on the border all the time, as well as commanding the defense of the Prophet-President and the Council of Fifty. He has seen many loyal friends die against the Ponies, but not one has caved, which has made him proud of his men. His blessing of invincibility was given in secret, but some ponies are terrified of him, thinking him some monster, or saying that they’ve seen light that makes Daybreaker’s light look like a dim candle intercepting all their attacks. None know how to kill him, as it requires his hair to be trimmed, and none have yet to even accidentally cut a single hair of his with anything.
@Twi_Clown
(Yes. Most definitely. But be aware, the rules set forth by the enemy has at least Twilight on the side of the Empire after being bribed with a harem of “the best human stock the Empresses haven’t taken”, as Daybreaker and NMM take what they consider “the best” for themselves, and then give Twilight those ranked just barely off that list, plus a few on it. The status of Cadence is unknown, but Trixie is supposed to also be on the side of the empire. I don’t know the status of any others, but the Empire does have the majority of the pony population on their side.)
EDIT: (Forgot that Lyra is against human slavery, as she wants to love them, not dominate them. She used her magic to give herself twin human babies instead of foals, and conducted a human wedding ceremony with the father, and now she’s wanted by the empire for committing “abominable acts”. The babies have unicorn abilities with the bones in their hands acting like unicorn horns, and the Tyrants want them killed.)
@Twi_Clown
(It involved Twilight, didn’t it? If so, you could play her as Imperial, but make her defect and secretly join the Freedom Express early on, sending her “stock” to agents of the Express and reporting them as “stolen” and demanding replacements, repeating it every few weeks, making the Tyrants more and more paranoid about how their security seems to be unable to prevent the thefts.)
Name: Prince Areo
birthdate: 03/06/1991
Age: 27
Occupation: Jobless but willing to work.
Reasons: Since the Earth has fallen, he’s willing to be any mare’s sex slave as long as he obeys the rules. He’s also fun to hang around with.
Edit: He was also given the chance to live forever with them and he took their offer in gusto.
@Prism King
(Well, it has more to do with the fact that I thought in a bat-mite character, but yeah, it felt out of place. Twilight was not the canon character I aimed thought.)
@Prince Areo
You left some things out: his place of origin, most importantly. If he’s from a resisting area, we’ll need to know why he’s in Imperial territory, or if he’s in Imperial territory, where in the world he’s from, so we know where he can be encountered.
(Resisting areas are listed in the first post, but in addition, further ones are: a reborn Kalmar Union of Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, formed by Norway and Finland after Sweden and Denmark surrendered, a reborn Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, containing Poland, Lithuania, and land taken from Russia after Russia splintered into multiple nations to avoid the fall of Moscow destroying them, the Caucasian Republic, fusing Georgia, Armenia , and a few other nations in the Caucasus region into one, The Republic of Siberia, the Republic of St. Petersburg, the Republic of Muscovy, and practically the rest of Russia in multiple regions, The Republic of China, consisting of Taiwan and Southern China, The Republic of United Korea, formed by South Korea seizing the north after the Kim family all died of illness, leaving a succession crisis, the New Japanese Empire, where they used Shintoism as a rallying point to continue on, the Republic of Alaska, using their frozen hellscape as an eternal guerilla warfare zone, The Republic of Oceania, where Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia united as a single nation, relying on how Australia can resort to conducting eternal guerilla warfare in the Outback to survive, Río De Le Plata: a Republic in South America consisting of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay, and the republic of Zealandia, where ponies against the Empire helped out New Zealand by using insane amounts of magic to raise the sunken 8th continent of Zealandia, making New Zealand one landmass with a ton of extra land to use as battlefields, with the two islands now just the highest peaks of a large mountain range, making getting up there a huge challenge for ponies. (And Zealandia’s a real thing. New Zealand is just the tallest mountains on the sunken continent.))
@Prince Areo
(Okay. That works, so long as no one wants to create Cascadia. But just in case someone does, be ready to explain how he ended up outside Cascadia. otherwise, Cascadia might’ve attempted to form, then collapsed, due to not enough of a moral unity to keep them together. Also: Deseret’s taken South-eastern Oregon, so they aren’t that far away. Washington will at least be a place where the close proximity to the “wasteland” will result in high activity by the Freedom Express, since they can easily smuggle slaves into Deseret for brainwashing reversal and freedom. You may wind up bought by a mare secretly working for the Freedom Express at some point, so be ready for that possibility. it’s also possible an agent of the Freedom Express might “steal” you from your owner to send you to Deseret for un-brainwashing, so be prepared for that possibility, too. They may also try to take you to Alaska, so there’s that, too.)
@Prince Areo
(Well, then you’ll need to be ready to resist them, because if they get a chance, they’ll scoop you up to try to put the human spirit back in you. Cry out for help, struggle, do whatever it takes. Even if the Empire loses this RP (as the winning faction has not been decided beforehand, so either side can win), don’t give the Remnants, Alliance and Express an easy fight. This is the battle for the fate of man’s future.)
(Okay, I’m going to start adding leaders. Anyone can pick up these characters to play as them, but they can’t be your primary character. Any leftover leaders will be relegated to NPC roles under narrator control, unless the leader is a member of the Empire, in which case, a player will be given control of all unclaimed Empire NPC leaders. If anyone joins late, they can take control of a leader in addition to their primary character, but they’ll need to get permission from the narrator/Imperial NPC user, first.)
Name: Russell Marion Nelson Sr.
Race: Human
Age: 93
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Faction: Anti-Equestrian Alliance
Place of Origin: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Deseret (Formerly Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
Abilities: Religious leader, political leader, military experience, surgical experience, unbreakable will, charismatic.
Super Abilities: “Prophet, Seer and Revelator” (As the leader of the LDS Church, he is considered one of 15 men with the power to speak as God’s mouthpiece to his religion.) “President of the Church” (As the “Living Prophet” of the LDS Church, he holds the only unelected seat in Deseret’s Executive council: the Council of Fifty, as well as being the final authority on Church doctrine and the Word of God in the LDS Church. He is considered to have power to act as God’s instrument for many things, and is believed to directly commune with God.) “Protection of the Lord” (So long as he remains pure of heart, he can speak directly to God to relay messages to the Church. Because of this, God will only allow him to be killed if a greater purpose demands it, or if he has become a fallen prophet, in which case, God will “remove” him immediately. Should he make up doctrine, God will smite him in an instant.)
Jobs: Religious leader, political leader.
Positions: Prophet-President of the LDS Church/President of the Council of Fifty of Deseret (One of 50 heads of state, but the “Face of the Council”, making him “first among equals”)
Family: Wife and 10 children (from previous deceased wife), multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Religion: LDS
History: For history up to before the invasion, click here. As soon as D.C. fell, Nelson called a meeting with the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his First and Second councilors to decide what to do. They inquired of the Lord to receive approval of a secret Church protocol: Protocol Emmet, named for the final letter in the Hebrew alphabet. With that protocol, they entered the Utah Governor’s office building, opened the display case holding the old Deseretian constitution, and proclaimed Deseret reborn. Acting quickly, they seized their old borders to protect them, and called for an emergency election. Only the religiously active could serve in public offices, and only clergy could serve in the Council of Fifty, but the case of religious just meant belonging to a religion, not being LDS. Nelson now works alongside 49 Clergymen elected to the Council, including Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, Coptic, Orthodox, Catholic, and other ministers, and even a handful of followers of Asian faiths, and a single Southern Baptist. The majority of the council is LDS because of the region, but almost half are not. The Prophetic Guard defend both the border and the Council, and Nelson has found himself the leader of an alliance of other nations who were emboldened by his people’s decision.
(More leader posts will come later, starting with Arthwyn II Pendragon of Wales. I’d make this post contain more than one, but I’m too tired to continue. Some are real people, others aren’t. nelson was only first because Deseret defied first.)
Name: Jonas Primeau
Race: Human
Age: 15
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Faction: Anti-Equestrian Alliance
Place of Origin: Rome, New York, USA
Abilities: Can fit into tiny places, Knows sign language, Immune to hypnosis and/or cuteness, Good at seeing when people are lying, very acrobatic, nimble, and endurant
Family: Deaf mother, two brothers and one sister (all younger and lived far away.)
Job: None
Religion: Just believes in God and ghosts.
History: Jonas was just an ordinary boy who was going into 9th grade before the invasion happened. He managed to escape and tried to find his mom, only to find that, since she was deaf, she wasn’t useful to them, so they killed her. He was absolutely horrified and scarred, and ran as far away as he could, avoiding ponies and stealing food to keep himself going. Eventually, he stumbled across the Anti-Equestrian Alliance, who knocked him out and questioned him. He told them he wasn’t a slave, that he had just ran away. They believed him, and he is now part of the AEA, seeking vengeance for his mother.
(How’s that? I, uh, didn’t know what to put for the Special Ability, so I just got rid of it.)
@Creepa-Bot Inc.
(Those without Super Abilities can earn one along the story. Those starting with one can’t earn one, except for the secondary leaders, and they are restricted to ones that help their position. But, with the AEA, which nation found him? If he fled west, he’d eventually be found by the Lakota Republic. South, and the new CSA would find him. North, Quebec, Northwest, the Iroquois Confederacy, and Southwest would find him in Deseret. Deseret’s not really that good of a place for those without an organized religion, except they still have all the rights of a religious citizen except the right to public office. The Lakota Republic is owned by the Lakota tribe, with their capital in the City of Porcupine (they’re a real concept nation in the US that claims they’re independent, as that land was given to them, but once the US expanded and engulfed them, they were told the Feds had changed their minds. The CSA dropped the racism stuff for better unity, The Iroquois Confederacy is basically a mini republic of 6 native tribes near one of the Great Lakes, and Quebec is well… Quebec.)
@Chef Unionista ZGU
(Only the most religiously rooted were able to resist, well, and others who were able to find it gross for various reasons. The majority of armies are still straight males (the transition is far from done), so with them removed, it resulted in homosexual soldiers being eliminated, and female soldiers being rounded up. The Empire has no use for homosexuals, as they make terrible breeding stock, and to the Empire, that’;s all male humans are. The surviving nations rely mostly on male soldiers because the male soldiers remaining have various ties that ensure their loyalty, although female soldiers are also a thing in some, some nations (such as Deseret and the new Papal State) have extreme beliefs in traditional values, so they have women in the armed forces relegated to the duty of medicine, but are ready to arm their entire populace for a final defense to ensure they win their freedom or go extinct.)