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The Crimson Legion, the Red Chord, the Scarlet Helms

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#1
waxwingslain
Feb 14, 2013 14:07:45 Come on, TSR/WOTC. Come up with some names for groups in Dark Sun that aren't virtually identical.

I just call the Noble Quarter guards "The Helms" in my world, because the players were already making fun of the Crimson Legion/Red Chord symmetry.
#2
LustSwordsinger
Feb 14, 2013 23:16:28 the red chord? amidoinitright?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYLiau108EiFram... RemovediFrame Removed
#3
waxwingslain
Feb 15, 2013 6:01:49 I was never sure if the writer of Marauders knew about the band or not when he cooked up "The Red Chord" merc group in that adventure. I definitely wove in some grind-related in-jokes as my PCs chopped their way through the merc group.
#4
Raddu76
Feb 17, 2013 17:33:35 Hmmm, looks like Marauders of Nibenay came out in '93 and the Red Chord band didn't start until 1999
#5
waxwingslain
Feb 17, 2013 23:16:14 But Marauders of the Dune Sea came out a decade after the band Are the Red Chord slavers really in MoN too? I'll have to look back through my old DS stuff.
#6
Raddu76
Feb 20, 2013 8:20:54 Oh, I didn't look,I just assumed you were talking about Marauders of Nibenay and have pretty much blocked Marauders of the Dune Sea from my mind.
#7
waxwingslain
Feb 20, 2013 8:44:48 That is probably for the best.
#8
OskarOisinson
Feb 27, 2013 0:37:07 I actually had a lot of fun remodelling this very thing. In my post-Revolutionary Tyr, you have the Crimson Legion (Tithian's faction and roughly equivalent to the Bolsheviks), the Blackguard (which is led by the other heroes of Tyr and modelled on the Ukrainian Blackguards/Makhnovists) the True (The White something, maybe the White hand or something, representing reactionaries), the Blue Wardens, who basically are the salaried noble garrisons, and the greens (don't have a clever name for them yet), who represent the pauper farmers.
#9
zippy-zippy-no
Mar 15, 2013 20:13:47
I actually had a lot of fun remodelling this very thing. In my post-Revolutionary Tyr, you have the Crimson Legion (Tithian's faction and roughly equivalent to the Bolsheviks), the Blackguard (which is led by the other heroes of Tyr and modelled on the Ukrainian Blackguards/Makhnovists) the True (The White something, maybe the White hand or something, representing reactionaries), the Blue Wardens, who basically are the salaried noble garrisons, and the greens (don't have a clever name for them yet), who represent the pauper farmers.

That's a pretty good idea - especially with Tyr being such a riot of colour already with its 7-tiered ziggaraut.

Also note: Don't use the 7-tiered ziggaraut as a symbol for someone - it's a real pain to repeatedly draw on things.
#10
OskarOisinson
Mar 15, 2013 23:06:46 No worries... I may simplify it a bit anyway. The main contention is between the Blackguard/Crimson Legion with the True and the Blue Bloods (nobles) being swing factions, along with some of the artisan guilds and merchant houses.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 waxwingslain Feb 14, 2013 14:07:45	Come on, TSR/WOTC. Come up with some names for groups in Dark Sun that aren't virtually identical. I just call the Noble Quarter guards "The Helms" in my world, because the players were already making fun of the Crimson Legion/Red Chord symmetry.
#2 LustSwordsinger Feb 14, 2013 23:16:28	the red chord? amidoinitright?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYLiau108EiFram... RemovediFrame Removed
#3 waxwingslain Feb 15, 2013 6:01:49	I was never sure if the writer of Marauders knew about the band or not when he cooked up "The Red Chord" merc group in that adventure. I definitely wove in some grind-related in-jokes as my PCs chopped their way through the merc group.
#4 Raddu76 Feb 17, 2013 17:33:35	Hmmm, looks like Marauders of Nibenay came out in '93 and the Red Chord band didn't start until 1999
#5 waxwingslain Feb 17, 2013 23:16:14	But Marauders of the Dune Sea came out a decade after the band Are the Red Chord slavers really in MoN too? I'll have to look back through my old DS stuff.
#6 Raddu76 Feb 20, 2013 8:20:54	Oh, I didn't look,I just assumed you were talking about Marauders of Nibenay and have pretty much blocked Marauders of the Dune Sea from my mind.
#7 waxwingslain Feb 20, 2013 8:44:48	That is probably for the best.
#8 OskarOisinson Feb 27, 2013 0:37:07	I actually had a lot of fun remodelling this very thing. In my post-Revolutionary Tyr, you have the Crimson Legion (Tithian's faction and roughly equivalent to the Bolsheviks), the Blackguard (which is led by the other heroes of Tyr and modelled on the Ukrainian Blackguards/Makhnovists) the True (The White something, maybe the White hand or something, representing reactionaries), the Blue Wardens, who basically are the salaried noble garrisons, and the greens (don't have a clever name for them yet), who represent the pauper farmers.
#9 zippy-zippy-no Mar 15, 2013 20:13:47	I actually had a lot of fun remodelling this very thing. In my post-Revolutionary Tyr, you have the Crimson Legion (Tithian's faction and roughly equivalent to the Bolsheviks), the Blackguard (which is led by the other heroes of Tyr and modelled on the Ukrainian Blackguards/Makhnovists) the True (The White something, maybe the White hand or something, representing reactionaries), the Blue Wardens, who basically are the salaried noble garrisons, and the greens (don't have a clever name for them yet), who represent the pauper farmers. That's a pretty good idea - especially with Tyr being such a riot of colour already with its 7-tiered ziggaraut. Also note: Don't use the 7-tiered ziggaraut as a symbol for someone - it's a real pain to repeatedly draw on things.
#10 OskarOisinson Mar 15, 2013 23:06:46	No worries... I may simplify it a bit anyway. The main contention is between the Blackguard/Crimson Legion with the True and the Blue Bloods (nobles) being swing factions, along with some of the artisan guilds and merchant houses.