On the Mistveil Dominion and law, liberty, and freedom
Posted: Sat May 07, 2022 9:45 pm
We've been trying to get some little IC things going on to give people a clearer taste of what the Dominion is like, but I thought it would be prudent to make a post here on the BBS as well. As GMs we've seen a number of thinks and conversations and whatnot about people looking forward to the Dominion where they can be more free of harsh law or government meddling, or be treated better than the Shadgard law enforcement has treated them. If the context of these comments is specifically about sorcery or the occult in general, then that's understandable, but we want to make it abundantly clear that the Mistveil Dominion is all about authority, order, and control. For those who thrive in such environments it'll be great! But for those who struggle with authority or being strictly beholden to laws, licenses, registrations, bureaucracy and the like, you'd be hard-pressed to find a worse place in the Lost Lands to go than the Dominion. (It -is- called "The Dominion", after all.) The Dominion would crack down harder on most criminal acts than Shadgard ever would (with the possible exception of high-prejudice topics in Shadgard such as, again, sorcery).
If this has all been RP then all is well, but we didn't want anyone having a nasty OOC surprise when they packed up and left to the other faction expecting a bastion of personal liberty, freedom, and agency when the Dominion is in fact quite the opposite.
Of interest might be the article on the Mistveil Dominion here (or type HELP MISTVEIL DOMINION in-game): https://cogg.contrarium.net/wiki/index. ... l_Dominion
An incomplete nutshell of the two factions regarding this context might be:
- Shadgard is the more loose and chaotic rough-and-tumble frontiersy faction, with certain prejudices running hot (particularly against Sorcery and, to a lesser extent, the occult in general).
- The Dominion is the (relative to the Lost Lands) highly-civilized, fancy-pants, but also strongly authoritarian faction where the government is keeping an eye on as much as it can to try and keep its people under strict control to promote its vision of "order, peace, and prosperity."
So please keep all that in mind when considering packing up and leaving for Mistral Lake and the Mistveil Dominion!
If this has all been RP then all is well, but we didn't want anyone having a nasty OOC surprise when they packed up and left to the other faction expecting a bastion of personal liberty, freedom, and agency when the Dominion is in fact quite the opposite.
Of interest might be the article on the Mistveil Dominion here (or type HELP MISTVEIL DOMINION in-game): https://cogg.contrarium.net/wiki/index. ... l_Dominion
An incomplete nutshell of the two factions regarding this context might be:
- Shadgard is the more loose and chaotic rough-and-tumble frontiersy faction, with certain prejudices running hot (particularly against Sorcery and, to a lesser extent, the occult in general).
- The Dominion is the (relative to the Lost Lands) highly-civilized, fancy-pants, but also strongly authoritarian faction where the government is keeping an eye on as much as it can to try and keep its people under strict control to promote its vision of "order, peace, and prosperity."
So please keep all that in mind when considering packing up and leaving for Mistral Lake and the Mistveil Dominion!