[EdinSumar]

Hey there, you looking for something to play?

I am looking for some goons/minions/mooks for my new character. Matching costumes, clear purpose, devious goal, spiffy logo, supervillain boss and a fascist chain of command will be provided for free upon joining.



If you want some more info, feel free to PM me.

It is going to be fun, that much is sure.

[EdinSumar]

Since it's not really a secret, or really meant to be, here is a bit more background information as well as uniforms, symbols and so on.

This project is Xvimlar in nature, that is, it is an attempt at creating a Xvimlar organization on the server.

The project will be known as The Cult of the Remnant.

Now, what is a Xvimlar?

To answer this question, we must first introduce and codify a rather well-known and popular deity in the Forgotten Realms, that is, Bane, the Lord of Darkness, the Black Lord, the Black Hand. As you surely all know, most High and Mighty Bane, Lord of All, was once the most powerful, most beloved of all the Gods. Bane was a deity of strong authority, in constant vigilance against all manifestations of chaos and disorder, a deity one could truly rely upon and trust. With his church, the Lord of Darkness was able to spread much security and control in the Forgotten Realms, and where his worship grew, there was peace and stability. Such centers of learning and civilization as Zhentil Keep, and even the benevolent nation of Thay gained much from the patronage of the Black Hand.

Sadly, not everyone was an ally of security and peace. Anarchists and dissidents, foremost among them the wretched neer'do'well Torm (buuuh!) fought the church of the Black Hand and sought to weaken its mighty pillars, so that civilization might fall to their whimsy and disorganized ways. The Might and Stability of the church, as well as the awe-inducing strength of the Lord Tyrant Bane Himself kept these dissidents in check for a long time, alas, during the Time of Troubles the dishonorable miscreant Torm managed to slay the Black Lord after he had cruelly empowered himself with the souls of thousands of misled cultists, leaving behind many, many orphans in the streets of Faerûn.

But all was not lost! Many years before, Lord Tyrant Bane had sired a child, the Godson, Iyachtu Xvim, the True Heir of the Lord Most High. While Iyachtu Xvim is but a shadow of His father, He is still the True Heir of the Lord Most High, and as such, all true followers of Lord Tyrant Bane flocked to His banner and made him their new Lord Tyrant, carrying now for Him the banner of civilization, security and Law.

Many cults grew, and one such cult is the Cult of the Remnant, under the leadership of Potentate Zhentar Eisen, a child born to Damaran immigrants in that fabled Zhentil Keep, who fled as the keep fell to the followers of the Heretic, Cyric. Now, Potentate Zhentar Eisen seeks to spread the influence of the church of the Godson, to make yet more powerful the faithful of the Lord Tyrant in all spheres, and usher in a new Golden Age of Law and Order. Will you help him?

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So, to explain it in less colored words, a Xvimlar is a follower and cultist of Iyachtu Xvim, the Son of Bane. Bane is basically Mussolini as a God, and the classical Banites (and those in the near future, but we don't know that yet ingame) were basically fascists who sought to impose a brutal tyranny on Faerûn to safeguard Law and Order, or simply because they were power hungry. Now that Bane is dead, the church of Xvim is the sad remnant of what was once a big threat to Faerûn, and while Xvim is by no means harmless (and neither is his church), it is a mere shadow of the threat that the church of Bane once posed. The Xvimlar seek to increase their meager power, as well as their influence in various spheres of public life, to make everything a little more tyrannical and strictly controlled. Like his father before him, Xvim is the God of Tyranny, Hatred and Fear, but Xvim also has an aspect of Strife to his portfolio.

When thinking of how a Xvimlar cult differs from the Banite church, basically, think of the difference between Hitler's NDSAP before and during WW2 and a modern Neo-Nazi group. The modern Neo-Nazi group pathetically clings to a past that they at least see as glorious, they are much less powerful, have much fewer connections, are much more embittered and spiteful, and less popular by far.

So anyways, what I wanted to do and what I hope you would want to help me with is really going as far with this concept as possible. I got a command structure planned out, I got all sorts of stuff planned out, and all of those plans can go awry without much sweat! I'm sticking close to source material when it is there and focusing on serious religiously motivated quasi-fascism, seeking to portray a religious cult led by a rather eccentric individual who is nonetheless completely devoted to a goal that might seem twisted to many.

Here is the symbol of the cult, based on Bane's pre-ToT symbol:



Here is the Potentate Zhentar Eisen in his robes, as well as the standard uniform (at least the male version) for anyone who joins up:



We will probably make some distinctions if (when) we develop a more complex command structure.

I really hope you will want to give it a chance and join up, if it interests you even slightly. Otherwise, feel free to leave your thoughts in this thread, I am interested to hear.

[EdinSumar]

Joyous news!

NEW UNIFORMS!



We found out that not everyone wears cloth (imagine our surprise!) so we did a fancy thing, the chainmail is technically a robe, so people can just change the torso underneath to whatever armor they use without changing the appearance of the piece. Uniformity and crushing of all individuality has been saved yet again! Huzzah!

Also, we are around now. You might have seen Grigor about, trying to talk you into joining the cult. We still have some openings if people want to make a new character, too.