The Dawning of the Celestial Being

Welcome to the forums of the Undead Dominion of Lazarus. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features

Pages:
1
2

The Dawning of the Celestial Being
Tweet Topic Started: Jan 31 2017, 01:53 AM (235 Views)
Funkadelia	Jan 31 2017, 01:53 AM Post #1
Posts: 2,155 Group: King of the Undead Member #86 Joined: Apr 22, 2015 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Socialist Nation in Lazarus Funkadelia	Funkadelia for Celestial Being The people shuffle into the giant, quiet cathedral. Once everyone is settled, an ornately cloaked priest walks on stage silently. As he walks toward the rear-center of the chamber, a button on a stand about the size of his palm rises out of the floor to about elbow height. He reaches out and presses the button, and once he does, it sinks back into the floor. The priest scurries off the stage, and a large holographic looking cloud forms in the main part of the cathedral, within the vaulted ceiling. An ethereal voice booms: LAAAAAZAAAARUUUUS... YOU HAVE FINALLY AWAKENED ME FROM MY SLUMBER. I have heard your calls. I have felt the rumbling as great temples and armies were constructed in my name. Now that you have learned to transcend your binds to Uniterra, I have decided the time is right to rebuild the Pillar of Heaven and reclaim my place on the cosmic throne. I am here not to rule as a tyrant or a child-king throwing his toys around, but to nurture the interstellar community that you have crafted for yourselves. You started by constructing huts and small buildings, to mega-structures that dared the heavens to tear them down, and now you have begun your search into the stars, it is appropriate to rebuild the Pillar of Heaven that was destroyed so many eons ago and return balance to our realm as you embark on your journey into the cosmos. As I return to my place in the Universe, I shall seek to guide you and protect you against all demons and intruders. During the time ahead, I shall seek to preside over you, not as a paternal being, but as one committed to help you navigate your way through the challenges you will face ahead in your space age. In this, I request your full support and attentiveness through the temples, your officials in the faith, and through the Holy Inquisiton. I shall be in constant contact with not only the Sovereign and the governance of Lazarus, but with the entirety of the populace. With my guiding light, we shall defend the Pillar of Heaven and extend as far as the heavens can take us. ... NOW BEGONE The voice echoes through the otherwise completely silent cathedral walls. After an extended period of motionless silence, some of the convened worshipers slowly began to make their way out of building. Everyone seemed to universally acknowledge that the new age was upon them. So I've decided to run for Celestial Being. As many of you who frequent our discord have possibly seen, I am really engaged with this new theme that we have adopted. I think with the right stuff, we can make it work really well. My angle on this is that we just immerse ourselves with the lore and atmosphere, and use it to make really crazy propaganda and literature and things like that. I don't think the Celestial Being really should have much of an agenda in terms of regional functions. That is why we elect a Sovereign in the first place. Although I will note here that I believe it is very important to work on how we recruit people from the site to join our off-site communit. For years, our efforts have really been lacking and I think someone or some group of people should really take that issue head on. In terms of the post above, I firstly want to note that this isn't really anything that has to be taken as if it were set in stone, but I just wanted to write a cool introductory post for what I plan on making my persona to be like in Lazarus during the time ahead, if I am elected. While I understand it may come off as a bit narcissistic, I think all god figures in literature should talk about themselves with the acknowledgment that they hold a lot of power over reality itself. I anticipate the biggest question to be regarding the "Pillar of Heaven" referenced a few times above. It's not an actual tangible object, but I drew a lot of inspiration there from the Chinese goddess 女媧 where the Pillar of Heaven might have been an actual thing in terms of mythology, but was really representative of harmony in the world. That's sort of what I mean it to be. I don't intend on it being some object people revolve around dogmatically. Anyway, I hope you like my proposition and I will be more than happy to field some questions in this thread. Edited by Funkadelia, Jan 31 2017, 02:04 AM.



Aumelodia	Jan 31 2017, 02:03 AM Post #2
🌺 His Divine Eminence Posts: 584 Group: Accused Member #495 Joined: Dec 20, 2016 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Aumelodia Discord Somyrion#8047	Nice



Katie	Jan 31 2017, 02:37 AM Post #3
Lazarene Posts: 80 Group: Accused Member #486 Joined: Dec 14, 2016 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Political Views Independent Nation in Lazarus Rybeck II Skype kolbaser924 Discord OrangeBirb#3933	Very nice. I like it



Constie	Jan 31 2017, 02:49 AM Post #4
Chief Justice Emeritus of the Grand Court Posts: 830 Group: Accused Member #132 Joined: Apr 28, 2015 Alignment Lawful Good Military Stance Neutral Political Views Independent	I'm very impressed.



Lamb	Jan 31 2017, 02:50 AM Post #5
Posts: 884 Group: Regent Member #387 Joined: Aug 7, 2016 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Anarchist Nation in Lazarus Scum	Awesome post! I really like the roleplay aspect you're going for and I personally enjoy creative writing in general. I think establishing a rich lore and propaganda for the region will go a long way to help people get involved and stay interested with the theme and everything that comes out of it. Implementing this kind of stuff in the typically drab politics of a region can really help spur some activity in that area too. I was wondering if you had any elaborations on what could be done regarding the recruitment issues you brought up. Your opponent seems to have a more practical approach (one that has failed continuously), but I was wondering if you had any ideas on using the roleplay and lore we will establish to catapult some new players into the mix of the region.



Kondratev	Jan 31 2017, 04:27 AM Post #6
Lazarene Posts: 42 Group: Members Member #522 Joined: Jan 19, 2017 Alignment Neutral Good Military Stance Defender Nation in Lazarus Cape Chelyuskin Discord Kondratev	I like the fact that you want to put emphasis on the lore and recruitment. You seem to be really playing up the god persona. As you know, I've said I didn't like the idea of the CB being a position of real power, and in my lore concept I intentionally made the CB kind of an abstraction. In the case of the court, I imagined the CB "signing off" on judgments. The reason for all this is because I wanted to emphasize the CB's ceremonial role as one who rubber stamps the decisions of the Council and Sovereign. Do you think the CB taking on the persona of an actual deity might serve to rally the region around the CB, rather than the community as a whole? Do you think the CB should be more of a supportive figure who works in the background, or front and center along with the Sovereign or LLA leaders? Edited by Kondratev, Jan 31 2017, 04:28 AM.



Funkadelia	Jan 31 2017, 04:34 AM Post #7
Posts: 2,155 Group: King of the Undead Member #86 Joined: Apr 22, 2015 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Socialist Nation in Lazarus Funkadelia	Thank you everyone for your posts so far. I did not expect such a positive reception. lamb Jan 31 2017, 02:50 AM was wondering if you had any elaborations on what could be done regarding the recruitment issues you brought up. Your opponent seems to have a more practical approach (one that has failed continuously), but I was wondering if you had any ideas on using the roleplay and lore we will establish to catapult some new players into the mix of the region. This is an interesting issue to try to solve, and the response has to be multi-faceted. I believe that consists of regular RMB posting, regular telegrams to the region, and a welcome telegram that accentuates staying around and joining the forum. However, those alone will not make that much of an impact on our recruitment efforts. At the same time, I believe that our regional lore should be instrumental in internal recruitment in the sense of directly approaching people and inviting them to join and craft their own space adventure, or something along those lines. Obviously it would be a bit more polished when released for actual consumption. The key is to actively involve people, instead of passively messaging them alone.



Funkadelia	Jan 31 2017, 04:48 AM Post #8
Posts: 2,155 Group: King of the Undead Member #86 Joined: Apr 22, 2015 Alignment Chaotic Neutral Military Stance Raider Political Views Socialist Nation in Lazarus Funkadelia	Kondratev Jan 31 2017, 04:27 AM I like the fact that you want to put emphasis on the lore and recruitment. You seem to be really playing up the god persona. As you know, I've said I didn't like the idea of the CB being a position of real power, and in my lore concept I intentionally made the CB kind of an abstraction. In the case of the court, I imagined the CB "signing off" on judgments. The reason for all this is because I wanted to emphasize the CB's ceremonial role as one who rubber stamps the decisions of the Council and Sovereign. Do you think the CB taking on the persona of an actual deity might serve to rally the region around the CB, rather than the community as a whole? Do you think the CB should be more of a supportive figure who works in the background, or front and center along with the Sovereign or LLA leaders? Firstly, sorry for the double post, I didn't realize there was another reply. I believe that my approach to this entire thing reinforces the abstraction of a celestial being. I don't really understand the first part of the question. I think the wording is a little odd. I believe that taking on the deity persona is just a bit of drollery to inject a bit more depth into the theme. A lot of times people fall into the trap of being extremely passive with a theme. I believe the Celestial Being should serve to continue to keep that active, much as some roles during the time of the Peoples' Republic of Lazarus served to keep people's revolutionary gusto high. I believe, as always, that one of the best ways to maintain that is through funny and far fetched propaganda, and having something as ridiculous as a deity just helps to reinforce that point. I believe that in terms of regional culture, the Celestial Being should be a key feature of the region, if only because they are so unique (and that should not be the only reason). In terms of day to day regional activity, I believe their role remains to be seen. We are heading into uncharted territory in that regard, so I think it's something we'll have to see as we go.



Ike	Jan 31 2017, 05:10 AM Post #9
Minnowite Socialist Posts: 458 Group: Accused Member #43 Joined: Apr 11, 2015 Alignment Neutral Good Military Stance Defender Political Views Social Democrat Nation in Lazarus Ikania	I endorse this candidacy. Elect Funk for God 2017



Kondratev	Jan 31 2017, 06:52 AM Post #10
Lazarene Posts: 42 Group: Members Member #522 Joined: Jan 19, 2017 Alignment Neutral Good Military Stance Defender Nation in Lazarus Cape Chelyuskin Discord Kondratev	After he replied to my question here, Funk and I had this short Q&A in chat. [10:58 PM] Kondratev: Sorry if my question wasn't worded clearly. Pretty tired atm. But when you say " the Celestial Being should be a key feature of the region, if only because they are so unique (and that should not be the only reason)," what are the other reasons? [11:00 PM] Funkadelia: Just because they are the head of state of the region [11:00 PM] Funkadelia: And all that that entails [11:00 PM] Funkadelia: I'm on my phone but hopefully you can fill in the blanks there [11:02 PM] Kondratev: Yes, the CB is technically the head of state under the new constitution. But just last night you were critical of this even being the case. I suppose my ideal CB would be someone who would effectively pass executive responsibilities to the Sovereign and take on a more strictly community-oriented role. [11:03 PM] Funkadelia: I don't remember being critical of that [11:03 PM] Funkadelia: I was just critical of the fact that they were not WA delegate [11:03 PM] Funkadelia: My interpretation of the CB is community oriented [11:03 PM] Kondratev: [11:11 PM] Funkadelia: Why would you make the head of governemtn the WA delegate and not head of state [11:04 PM] Funkadelia: I don't think there is very much room for policy making in their purview [11:04 PM] Funkadelia: Yes, you just proved my point [11:05 PM] Kondratev: So do you believe the WAD should be head of state? [11:05 PM] Funkadelia: Yes, but it's a minor quibble in the grand scheme of things(edited) [11:07 PM] Kondratev: Also, I noticed this post came after you had declared your candidacy [11:07 PM] Kondratev: [11:11 PM] Funkadelia: the CB is the delegate.... [11:07 PM] Kondratev: Did you actually want to run for Sovereign? [11:07 PM] Funkadelia: No [11:07 PM] Funkadelia: Again, like I said last night, I had thought the CB would also be WAD [11:08 PM] Funkadelia: I have no interest in managing the day to day operations of the region [11:08 PM] Kondratev: Let me rephrase. Did you actually want to run for WAD? [11:08 PM] Funkadelia: Not necessarily [11:10 PM] Kondratev: You've said the CB should be highly visible as the head of state. You've also campaigned on wide-ranging ideas while saying you aren't interested in the "day to day operations," which can be left to the Sovereign. It seems to me like you're running on a platform of regional leadership [11:10 PM] Kondratev: How can you reassure me that my nightmare scenario of dual executive power doesn't come to pass? [11:11 PM] Funkadelia: I really don't have many wide ranging ideas [11:11 PM] Funkadelia: I think you're just looking for reasons to confirm your nightmare [11:12 PM] Kondratev: Amerion said he had the opposite vision for the CB. That the CB should be the one doing the day to day operations, and that the CB was proposed to help alleviate concerns over inactive Sovereigns. I think this intended vision is more visible in Roger's platform, who is an active and effective administrator. If you should win, could you be content to fill the role in this capacity? [11:13 PM] Funkadelia: The way the law was written it does not appear to be that way. [11:13 PM] Funkadelia: If the sovereign goes inactive there are processes to remedy that [11:14 PM] Kondratev: I agree but that's another conversation. My question was if you would be content to be "clerk in chief," as it were. [11:15 PM] Funkadelia: Again, thats something that will be worked out as we are in motion. When you step into new territory setting precedent is something that is difficult to predict and, in my experience, better to come up with as you go along [11:15 PM] Funkadelia: That's also why you have a court[edit_reason]colored responses[/edit_reason] Edited by Kondratev, Jan 31 2017, 06:59 AM.



1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)

Our users say it best: "A great way to make a forums for free and it is very reliable as well. Thank you Zetaboards." Learn More · Register Now
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · Elections Archives · Next Topic »

Pages:
1
2