Recent content by Eansur

True, though I imagine that would mostly be a ceremonial and legal thing. A formal get together to reassert the old agreements. That in itself wouldn't do much to form any strong kinship between regions. But I imagine it would also serve as a chance for the local communities to get together and...

I'm so thankful for all the replies and opinions. Sorry I haven't been as active but life does make it hard to have time to post. Especially around the Christmas season. All your responses are great and have given me a lot to think about. To reply to some of them and expand on my thoughts. 1...

These are all fair questions and I think, part of a mistake in how I phrased the topic on my part. When I was starting the topic, I was inspired by Dithsmarchen as I listed. As a semi-regular EUIV player I'm so used to thinking of Dithsmarchen as a Peasant Republic because that's what the...

These are all amazing suggestions, some of which mirror my own brainstorming. I like the idea of decentralized power among each of the settlements within the country with only a few centralized elements so as to keep any one person from acquiring too much power. A term limit for positions of...

During the HRE period, Dithmarschen experienced a brief time as a peasant republic without feudal rule. In most High Fantasy the focus remains on great kingdoms and empires, royalty and such. But what might a larger peasant's Republic look like in a high fantasy setting and how might they...

I suffer the same thing in my writing. I'm excited and know what I want until I sit down and begin to type/write. Then it all evaporates like fine mist and I'm left grasping for sunlight in the attempt to bring it back. But what I've found helps, though not always, is to simply write. It...

Hello, my name is Eansur. I'm a hopeful writer looking to meet others who share my interests and hopefully expand my abilities while I'm here. I'm very excited to be a part of this forum and community.