Hall of Clans and Tribes (- threads, 1757 posts)
Threads for active, growing families For open family gatherings & business ...
    GRAAL
    General Thread
    Google
    AncientWorlds.net Web

    Arthurian roleplay discussion and development thread

    GRAAL

    WHAT IS GRAAL?

    GRAAL (Germanic-Celtic Roleplay from Arthurian Accounts & Legends) is a cooperative roleplay project in Celtia and Germania, drawing from historical and geographic Arthurian research, early Welsh oral tradition, and later medieval literture (including Post-Vulgate materials like Thomas Malory).

    This is a roleplay environment that follows the AW rules of roleplay etiquette. While the writing is expected to be creative and original in nature, it is highly encouraged that the writer be familiar with the Post-Roman British setting in the 5th/6th centuries. While the actual date is left ambiguous, there should not be any suits of armor or jousting tournaments as such things would not be seen for several hundred years to come. Because of the magical nature of many Arthurian stories, a certain amount of the supernatural can be expected in the GRAAL stories. Dragons and unicorns appear in a few Arthurian stories. Using such beasts may be acceptable if used very allegorically (perhaps in a dream or a vision, where the line between the real world and the Otherworld becomes hazy).

    So much of what we love about the Arthurian legends is the medieval romance. We must have quests, lovers, and duels, as would make any great medieval adventure story. These romantic elements of the Post-Vulgate literature, such as Le Morte d'Arthur, are acceptable to integrate into the roleplay, as long as it is adapted to the context of the 5th/6th centuries, when the historical Arthur most likely lived.

    Please visit the various GRAAL Castles to read the different plotlines. For starters, action will take place at Camelot. As the story progresses, smaller story arcs will branch off into the other GRAAL Castle venues. Please post at this thread if you are interested in joining a story and wish to post. Let us know which character you wish to play and how that character will fit into the story, and I will update the Dramatis Personć below.

    While there are a vast number of characters considered "canonical" Arthurian figures, completely original characters are also encouraged. Some players may wish to create their characters from scratch drawing on research of 5th-century Britain. Aspects to consider in character development include social status (petty king, soldier, slave, tradesman, etc.), ethnicity (Briton, Gael, Pict, Angle, Saxon, Jute, etc.), and religion (Celtic pagan, Celtic Christian, Roman Christian, Jew, etc.). If you have any character development questions (or GRAAL questions of any kind), please post them here.

    GRAAL CASTLES

    Dinas Bran • Camelot • Camlann • Avalon • Brocéliande Forest • Merlin's Cave •

    WHERE DO I START POSTING?
    King Arthur's Hall
    EHANGWEN


    DRAMATIS PERSONĆ
    Peredur Brigantes ... Peredur (or Perceval), the Fool • Artoros Dumnonii ... Arthur, Pendragon • Nimue Dumnonii ... Nimue, Lady of the Lake • Modron Silures ... Modron ferch Afallach (Morgan le Fey), Enchantress • Bors Belgae ... Bors, a Gaulish soldier • Gillian MacRoth ... Grail Maiden • Merlinus Caledonii ... Merlin • Luned Dumnonii ... Lady of the Fountain • Arianwen Dumnonii ... Arianwen, Lady of the Gododdin • Galaad Meroving ... Galahad ap Lancelot • Victoria Aedui ... Gwenhyfar, wife of Artoros• Taren Ordovices... Artoros' priest and confessor •

    RESEARCH SITES

    Mabinogion • Early British Kingdoms • Timeless Myths • List of Arthurian Characters

    Players please take a GRAAL badge for your homesite!
    GRAAL Knight
    image 128136

    GRAAL Maiden
    image 128135

    Want a button to add to your posts to link to the previous and next posts?
    There are several scribes writing for GRAAL that will be more than willing to link the next post button after the additional posts are written.
    GrailPrevious
    image 129790
    GrailNext
    image 129789


    Created by:
    peredur.gif
     * Peredur Brigantes, Nov 9, 2007 - 01:00

    18 Members have made 65 Posts here to date.




Rome - Rome, Season 1 - The Stolen Eagle


Copyright 2002-2008 AncientWorlds LLC | Code of Conduct and Terms of Service | Contact Us! | The AncientWorlds Staff