Greetings! I've been out, but am now back; here comes the wall o' text! I'm glad you've found your way to our applications section; I'm Duke Nicholas, your Minister for Applications and Settlement and /u/Captain_Mayday.
To start with, I must say I'm really impressed with your start here: one of the best things an applicant can do to get a great reaction is, guess what, familiarize themselves with our lore and history and have a stab at creating some of their own. With that in mine, I'm loving your lore her so far; the tale of a newcomer arriving at the gates of the Empire from a far-off land is an old one, but each variation has it's own unique spin that makes us eager to learn more.
I'll also mention my interest in your description of your religion. Wit so many facets of our ore to focus on, our religions don't always get the most love; and so I'm intrigued to learn of a new one. Your goal - to create a settlement in which to preserve and introduce to the community your unique culture and lore - is one well-known to us; you would no doubt find many a liege, myself included, eager to learn more about you and your people.
Though we have recently emerged from a Dark Age where a number of our oldest historical documents were lost to time, some of our faithful scribes have compiled a history of much of the Old World (from our founding in 2010 to 2013):
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=193You might like to check out some of our highlights as a community here:
http://imgur.com/a/vGyJP#0 ; it shows off arguably our greatest strength in our great group of players.
If you have any other questions about our history, please do ask: many of us have been around for yonks and can provide some historical context.
Finally, I would appreciate it if you could provide some answers to a couple questions I typically ask of new applicants:
-Are you particular to building in certain biomes?
-If you ran into conflict where you and another player wanted to build in the same location, how would you resolve the issue?
And, extra finally, I would like to extend you my vote good sir! While subsequent votes will no doubt be slower in coming as teh community continues to ask and receive answers to questions, I myself feel comfortable to vote for you based on the great work you've done so far. I've created a ducal bill here:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=240 , which, if you've followed our description of the application process, can with a majority of ducal assent lower the required kingly votes from 4 to 3.
I'll leave these thoughts with you good sir! Over the next bit you should see some more of the community respond to your application; many will no doubt have questions of their own. Again, I'll refer you to our discussion of the application process (
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=58) for the run-down of what you can expect next. While you're waiting, I absolutely encourage you to take a look around the forums at the many different aspects of life in Hermertia, and to shoot me a pm or reply here with any questions you might have.
Until then, I'll leave off with an introduction to the Imperial motto since time immemorial:
For Glory!
P.S Would Kris happen to be a
swordsman?
wink wink nudge nudge