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History:

The kingdom of Selachia ruled a portion of the ocean for centuries, headed by a monarchy and nobility who considered their shark-like tails to be a particular point of pride. However, the generations of corruption and cruelty displayed by the monarchy caused discontent within the kingdom, and the nobility rebelled against them. Most of the royal family were killed or captured, and for a short period of time, the rest of the nobility ruled the country. Unfortunately, the revolution by the nobles inspired a revolution by the common people, who overthrew their nobles (who were hardly better than the king they displaced). Selachia has since collapsed into warring states ruled by various generals and religious dictators.

One of the last surviving members of the Selachian royal family is the former princess Bathyra, known as Rytha to her friends. Rytha was arrested during the First Revolution and imprisoned for several years until the Second Revolution. She was freed by the commoners, but banished from Selachia. This suited Rytha just fine, as she has come to be convinced that Selachia is beyond saving.

Rytha left her home waters with her new friends--fellow convicts, prisoners, and criminals. Rytha’s actions while imprisoned showed her to be a leader they could respect, and they now follow her loyally. She has no intention of recreating her old royal title; she doesn’t want to be a queen, she wants to be a warlord. She’s shaping up her band to become bandits, outlaws, and marauders. Her goal is to strike terror into the hearts of Novas throughout the ocean, stealing, extorting, and murdering wherever she can. She even intends to organize raids onto other herds, though her band, who call themselves the Blackstones, are currently too small to risk head-on confrontations with most herds.

Modus Operandi

Bosses are given a certain degree of autonomy to run their gang the way they have always run it. However, each gang is taxed; a certain amount of the tax goes to Rytha herself, while the rest goes to improvements for the general good of the herd. How they raise the tax and how it is paid is entirely up to the Gang Bosses.

Base of Operations

The Blackstones are based around a small island in the middle of the ocean called New Black Rock. The surface of the island itself is mostly barren, but most of the island is hollow, forming a cave that can only be accessed from underwater. Loot and Flotsam are kept in the cave, as well as any other precious belongings or valuables they want to keep out of the water.

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