One of the main reason this thread is created is of course to continue the story as we left it, but also because with time (and over 45,000 posts) “the evil council shenanigans” had developed a very big world that can still hold many opportunities if used like an open world.
I will also say now that everyone who once did something in this story can come back anytime and continue where they had left it (Japony’s kid of Trashboat, Ore-O the gryphon, the blind changeling of Mobster octavia…) or do something new if it’s impossible.
Now for a summary of the world building in case some new faces would like to join from now.
The world situation.
First a map made by Dr_Robotpony for the last thread it remain mostly valid, if more nations have to be include they’ll either be added to Gryphonia’s mainland to expand it into a continent or the minotaurs/donkeys’ little continent to make it a big one.
Map
Black = Natural borders/mountains.
Red = Country borders.
Black stars = Capitals.
Black circles = Large cities.
Green = Heavy floral areas.
Yellow = Parries.
Light green = Mixture of Green and Yellow.
White = Frozen areas.
Light yellow = Desert.
Faded red = Water zones.
Purple = Borders that no longer exist.
To this I’ll add that the diamond dogs have a complex civilization that isn’t featured on the map since it is underground and Appleloosa was an independent micronation under the join protection of the diamond dogs’ and the knights of the raven, MarauderPilot’s faction, for some time during equestria’s occupation.
List of equestrian counties and which players control them. In case ThanotosOmega or Dr_Robotpony aren’t in this thread (as in, don’t play at all, not just temporarily absent), their territories will be played by Cerebrate19, though I suggest to avoid them if possible.
Equestria (Free to be taken by anyone)
The crystal empire (Free to be taken by anyone, will likely come to me as the one playing both Cadence and Shining but I can consider handing it to someone else)
The badlands (Inhabitable as far as we know, Free to be taken by anyone)
The minotaur kingdom, Crete (Robotpony)
Zegypt (ThanotosOmega)
Lions (ThanotosOmega)
Hyenas (ThanotosOmega)
Japony (Cerebrate19, controlled by the brotherhood of NOD)
Saddle Arabia (Cerebrate19)
Indoa (Cerebrate19, controlled by the brotherhood of NOD)
the diamond dogs’ underground nation (Boz)
Gryphonia (Boz)
The donkeys (Boz, I’m willing to let this one to someone else too if there is an interested)
The dragons galapagos (Free to be taken by anyone)
Appleloosa (Free to be taken by anyone who want to give a shot at taking the challenge of be either a lone cowboy’s town or the Buffaloes)
Note: Controlling a country represent playing the role of its armies and government and don’t keep other people from controlling other things inside their territory.
Also a little list of other planets and species this thread got with time.
The NOD of C&C by cerebrate19
Halo by MarauderPilot
RWBY (considered as coming from another planet here) by MarauderPilot again.
Stargate by MarauderPilot (only the gate itself is there though)
Star wars (clone war era) by MarauderPilot first but will be mostly played by LunarGhostRedMoon
The next one are of very little importance in the story, most of the time because nothing of importance happened around them.
zerg like creatures, but nothing like a full crossover (A mix of cerebrate and myself)
Mass effect (post control ending) by MarauderPilot
And I made a some space races that are neither present often nor of comparable power level to the previously presented ones.
The canon characters’ situation.
The mane six, Spike and most of their families are in Equestria.
Celestia, Luna and Blueblood are there too.
The great and powerful Trixie, Fleur-de-Lys, Fancypant, Photo Finish, Zecora, Shining Armor, Princess Cadence and Queen Chrysalis (Yes these two work together now) Are with me and my group with the diamond dogs.
The rest of the ponykind is spread between Zegypt, the tunnels and equestria/crystal empire, the changelings used to live in the badlands before it became badlands and followed their queen.
Some of the upcoming actions.
Right now with Robotpony getting less present, the two main conflicts with likely be the fight against RWBY’s grimms brought in a crossover by MaurauderPilot and the tiberium contamination from Cerebrate19. The Gryphons’ rebellion could also be revived by me if someone is interested to join either the loyalist or the rebel on this side. Also to fit with the open world idea of this thread some more emphasis will be put on exploring new areas, doing slice of life events and player vs environment than player vs player conflict from now. These will likely happen in the tunnels since this nation turned out to be the most deeply explored one so far but if a lot of things happen elsewhere it may change.
Some rules.
As usual be nice to others when OOC.
To keep the power level escalation from going further, I have to ask for every new things that will be include to be either negotiate OOC or be beatable by the average equestrians population themselves if they overlap with them in RP. Though, since there will be at least one player playing exclusively on the space side of this rp I leave things more open when it come to space race vs space race in term of power.
I’d like retcons to be done with the edit button when the retconned post is still recent (on the same page or only one page before).
Try to keep the story coherent and avoid creating setting that can lead to a paradox. In the same idea, no surprise superweapon arrive at the last moment of a battle unless you made some posts before said battle where you prepared this and no characters that aren’t from equestria can be randomly introduced in equestria.
No doing things to someone else character without his consent.
@MarauderPilot
Jak: They’re one of the oldest business still in activity in that field for a reason I suppose. * yawn * tomorrow we should give our results to the local security and if you want we’ll go knock at the door of the two or three worst.
@Desertderp
OOC: Which country? I may not let equestria be taken instantly though because cerebrate was the last one who played the royal sisters a really short time ago.
@MarauderPilot
The next day Liala is the first to wake up for not having read a single page of what she appropriately called “monument of boredom”.
@MarauderPilot
OOC: Probably because of their behavior so it shouldn’t affect how she deal with others. As a faunus it would be immensely inappropriate for her to have an instant dislike of the local population based on that.
Liala * surprised *: Oh hi you are already awake, ah right you don’t sleep.
@Desertderp
OOC: There could be place for a western themed area. Mp and I are controlling the two forces actually there so if you have any idea of action the other character would be from either of us.
@Desertderp
OOC: A Private Military Corporation(Still not sure when a merc group becomes a PMC.) called the knights of the raven. Just a name no relation to the chapter.
@Desertderp
OOC: Well, MP have his, and cerebrate have the NOD plus a few country. I control a lot of diamond dogs and gryphons faction. I used to have equestrian rebels but now there is nothing for them to fight against despite the fact they are still together for now. It’s fine if you play in Appleloosa, form a groups there with a few chars and they’ll make their way to the top.
@MarauderPilot
Liala: It’s fine. Wanna prank Jak or Max? You stand right in front of their eyes and then I scream to wake them up.
@Desertderp
OOC: Depend of the faction, MP and doc are futuristic, some other are modern and a few are behind the rest in term or tech but compensate by being magic oriented. Appleloosa can be at any level.
@Desertderp
(after robotpony and a few Aliens visitors dropped by you can excuse almost anything, gunpowder weaponry is the most present trend though.)