bm_2555_europe_desc:0 "A mere fifty years ago, the thunderous collapse of the French Empire echoed across the continent. The power vaccuum it left behind still lies unfilled, and outsiders prey on the disunited lords of the former empire from all directions. To the east, the Christian zealots of the Alpine Empire prepare to pacify the pagan French masses. To the north, the nascent Empire of Europa seeks to succeed where all others have failed in order to unite the whole continent under one banner. And across the seas, the reformed British Empire aims to plant its flag in every corner of the earth in the name of its ghastly Queen.\n\n#bold Can France restore its rightful place in the world? Or is it doomed to an eternity under foreign rule?#!"
start_year_2555_01_01_desc:0 "In the year 2555 AD, five and a half centuries since the apocalypse known now as the "Event", civilization has rebuilt itself. Yet, times are always changing; warlords and empires rise and fall overtop the bones of those that came before as history marches on."
bookmark_WE_france_bonaparte_aragorn_desc:0 "Barely a century ago, the writ of Gallia extended from the Rhine to the Pyrénées, and millions of voices rose to the sky to sing the praises of the Author everlasting. Today, what remains of the once-mighty empire are a few paltry provinces crushed between the heathen states of Britannia and Europa. Very few men are more aware of this fall from grace than Aragorn, last king of the House of Bonaparte, who seethes in Amiens while a British invader sits in his ancestors' palace in Paris, and rebels, opportunists, and traitors turn France into their playground. But let no man say that Aragorn has been an inactive ruler. A wise lord and peerless swordsman, he has swallowed his pride and gone so far as to wed Adele de Veurne, whose father was one of the very men who broke the Empire. Now, with three sons at his back and lands as prosperous as they will ever be, it is time to look outwards.\n\n#bold Can the fallen prince defy all odds and restore France from the brink, or will his rule remain a footnote in history?#!"
bookmark_WE_moselle_schengen_jean_desc:0 "The first child of Emperor Leopold, Charlotte idolised her father, cherishing the few times she got to spend time with him, as he warred with the vile King Jaan and consolidated his new Europa. She always expected to inherit his title, to carry on his work. But as her father’s mind wasted away and the duke of trier wormed his way out of the empire to join the Rheinbund the greedy ungrateful lords of her father’s empire conspired. Upon her illustrious father’s death, they chose one of her younger half-brother, Hendrick to be emperor instead. Affable as he is, he is too trusting and too easy to manipulate. The empire is strong but newly born, and Charlotte fears for her family and her father’s project. Furthermore, the alliance with the Bonapartes her de Veurne siblings have perused has opens the door once more to French domination.\n\n#bold Can the firstborn of the emperor guide and shape the growth of the empire her father built? Or will the dream of Europa end before it has truly begun?#!"
bookmark_WE_venice_robecchi_marco_desc:0 "In the after math of the event proud city of Venice was sorely tested, by riots, by food shortages, by acquisitive mainlanders, and even by its long-time ally, the Adriatic. The waters rose and for some years the city in the lagoon was inundated. but its people endured, returned and rebuilt and once again became prosperous, forming the centre of the republic of Triveneteo, until the disastrous rulership of Gentile family, which culminated in the reduction of the once powerful state to the city and mainland environs. In desperation, the city council was compelled to depose the last Gentile ruler invite the famed Lombard adventurer Marco Robbechi-Bruchetti to become their new Doge. Famed for ambitions, hunger and rapacity, he is quite unlike the Gentile rulers of old, and no doubt will seek to expand the holdings of his new kingdom.\n\n#bold Will the Most Serene Republic continue to endure or will the year 2555 mark the beginning of the final chapter of this once proud city?#!"
bookmark_WE_portugal_avril_vinicius_desc:0 "The Kingdom of Portugal has long stood as one of the last bastions of Roman Catholicism in the Iberian Peninsula. For centuries, it has held off the schismatic Sevillian lords of Spain. But while the sands of time were not cruel to the kingdom, its queen cannot say the same. Queen Leonor d'Avril, a skilled monarch, beloved by her people, has worn only mourning dresses for years, since the tragic passing of her soulmate. With her wife's untimely death, Leonor's mind stands on the precipice. Sevillian kings plot to replace her with one of their own, and her own vassals begin to doubt her ability to rule.\n\n#bold Can the grieving queen guide her realm through troubled times and find love once more, or will she descend into insanity?#!"
bookmark_WE_windsor_windsor_sior_desc:0 "One of the only families of old Anglia to speak queens-english, the Windsors, true scions of the heavenly Queen herself, are a respected family within the empire. The elevation of there ancestral province to a Royal Honour by the current First Lord is no small testament to the diplomatic skill of the current family head George. But Britannia is not well. Ireland is lost, the Eastern Anglicans and the so called 'True Welsh' are still in rebellion, and though the rebellion in the southwest has been crushed it was more than a simple close call. George, hidbound by honour as he is, now faces a difficult choice. Remain loyal to the crown in its ineptitude, or stake his honour and the future of his family on a bid for the throne. Even if he does not choose to ride with his armies east along the Thames there is no telling what his own scions will do once he is gone.\n\n#bold Can the Scions of the Heavenly Queen steer Britannia back to her righful place as the supreme power, or will they finally inevitably, be erroded by the sand of time?#!"
bookmark_WE_tirrenia_bollani_albertu_desc:0 "For centuries, Sardinia was an isolated land of pagan tribes existing on the outskirts of Catholic society. It was not until a papal bull in 2434 authorised the establishment of the Archontate of Tyrrhenia that the Church finally got a foothold on the island. Today, Albertu stands as the heir of a long line of Sardinian Archons, and the ruler of his very own Mediterranean thalassocracy. As the first line of defense against both the Sevillians in the west and the Muslims in the south, the fate of the entire Catholic Church lies firmly on his shoulders.\n\n#bold Can the great archon lead his people to glory, and dominate the whole of the Mediterranean Sea?#!"
bookmark_WE_munster_colburgha_micheal_subheading:0 "The Rebel Judge"
bookmark_WE_munster_colburgha_micheal_desc:0 "The entirety of Mícheál Colbrugha's life has been marked by rebellion. His leadership against the British governors in the Irish Uprising has earned him a reputation as a controversial, yet undoubtedly important ruler. To the British, he is a lowly terrorist that must be put down. However, to the Irish, he is a liberator and a leader, and the other rebel lords of Ireland unanimously agreed to elect him their first High Judge. For the first time in centuries, the Irish have a united, independent realm of their own, free from British oppression.\n\n#bold Can the rebel king guide the Emerald Isle to unforeseen prosperity, or will the British Empire return to crush his experiment?#!"
