Culture/affiliation Ononthakan Tribe - Native (see concept notes)

OOC contact name and email Andrew Rogers, email darkana9 @ yahoo.com

Approximate size 2 active. 1 possible new player, a few if i die, a few ooh maybe

Concept blurb -A native snake tribe.  Played colony? trade house? church? looking for something to be a radical change? try the snakes, its a different experience and with some ideas for setting the tribe apart this one will be different again

 basically thoughts came about for lets have a new ophid tribe with some different cultures and have a starting concept so that people who want to come and try the native game can come in at the ground level, Colour scheme is suggested brown base with green scales but tribe has many adopted members allowing a range of snake makeup / prosthetics / masks such as to suit your skin problems and personal preferences, tribe power structure will be intended to be a strict gender equality in that responsibility is shared between IC married snakes so perfectly happy to have both men and women join and help make the ophidians more vibrant with more tribal interplay and the ability to forge our own connections and relations with colonials from a fresh starting point,

Although to be a full member of the tribe means being a snake there is a limited capacity for awakened (dryad or facet not golem) though this will require extra discussion and work on details and ophidians are both preferred and strongly recomended

Currently there is a position available directly in the power structure if a player of the female variety (no cross dressing men, seriously it never works) to play the mate of the Tain thus being the joint IC leader of the tribe with equal authority over the tribe where most decisions would be privatly agreed between the two of us but if time presses either can just make a snap call, though i will be the listed group leader and am the ooc contact,

There are some fun plans for tribe traditions, and some plans will allow FOIP and when FOIP happens it will make people go huh? wtf? and oooh

There will be faith and interplay of faiths internally as the group is intended from its creation to include all the native faiths rather than being full of a single one

Give something new a go, help make a new lasting impression and a fresh face in the native game, serious applicants are welcome to discuss by email character plans to help with character creation, integration and history and it will be encouraged to put at least one point towards something useful to the tribe as a whole if possible

currently
PD Tain of the Ulathaa Tribe

CP Viktor Mikhailovich Szekele of the Hei Ravni

Dont have Mikes email ATM but here is mine: (Sam) ihateporkpies@hotmail.co.uk

Basically, the Novaks are gypsies, roaming both land and sea in 'family' groups. Were a big bunch of Circus Entertainers/Traders/Gladiators/Musicians/Dancers etc... can you play an instrument, dance, sing? or failing that can you stage fight, tell bad jokes, juggle or just be an extra? basically anything that is vaugely carnival related is good! We have about 30 to 45 people in the carnival ATm and numbers vary between that... the strange thing is were getting bigger every event!

Secondarys are also welcome. We've had a few people that wear huge suits or makeup rigs during the day and just want to relax and have fun and take part in the shows we put on in the evenings and can bring some form of entertainment skill with with them. you dont have to be some amazing acrobat to join just as long as your willing to join in with the shows in the evenings and help out.
A great bunch of people with everything from old LARP vets to new players a fantastic bunch of RP'ers and most importantly people that want to enjoy the game and have fun!

Look:
Costume-wise the different nations vary so you can get away with most looks that, again, aren't jarringly Modern. If you're a born Novak then you'll either be Malathian or Fidelian in origin so C18th piratical is a good look or even C19th showman, as is Russian peasant. Novak first names tend to be either Irish or Russian depending on whether you were born in Malathia or Fidelia. However, the Novak's "recruit" all sorts, being pretty much blind to race, gender and background so most things are acceptable. Bear in mind here that once part of the family you can be form anywhere (ie not born a novak) and still hold the name of Novak if you join the family.

History:
The origins of the group lie in the coastal water of Malathia and Fidelia. Two families, one from each of these nations, have spent many years trading and interacting with one another, always operating slightly outside of the normal cultural constraints. They also had similar outlooks and made money by legitimate trading and providing entertainment to whomever they encountered. Very similar to Romany Gypsy families in eastern Europe. Some time ago these two families became joined through marriage and took the single family name of Novak. The traveling/caravan/carnival aspects of the family also increased during this period. They also took in many people from different cultures who didn't feel they could be part of their original culture any more. As long as they added to the families activities, worked hard and didn't endanger the family no questions where asked. At some point groups of ex soldiers and mercenaries joined and this developed into organized gladiator arena fights for the entertainment of the carnival's spectators.

Knowing that the their activities and world view was at odds with many societies they made it a policy to never stay in one place for very long, instead favoring the nomadic life either as wagon trains traveling across the land or by loading the whole family onto rough and ready ships and setting up in any port that would have them. They have over the years traveled all over the Old World and have just about managed to scrape an existence together but are still very small and insignificant.

Hearing about the New World they held a meeting and decided to risk everything by uprooting and moving the entire carnival across the Maelstrom with the intention of making a new life, never to return. All the families resources where pooled, a huge loan was obtained from the Sacuza Trading House and used to purchase a Mallathian Corsair that could carry the entire family and all our equipment. It would not be flying any traditional colours and instead would fly the flag of the Novak Traveling Carnival, a ships wheel representing the helm of the ship that transports us from port to port but also reminding us of the wheels of the wagons that we sometimes use to travel.

We arrived in the New World early in June 1658 and we set up our carnival with the intention of making enough money to allow us to survive.

This is actually one of the driving points to our group as we have imposed a 1 ton of food per carnival member per event handicap on ourselves so we really do have to put on shows to survive.

Sam

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PD: Vald Novak of Novak's Traveling Carnival
CP: Mage Prime Sgt. Johnathan Pierce of the Arcane Tempest.
UKM - Southampton: Then: Max of clan Brujah - a verry bad boy...
Now: Mr King of clan Malkavian.
Cold Horizon: Unrest - Egotistical DJ extraordinaire
RL: Sam