Looking for help with remaking my character into a politician.

[Vyse de Valorous]

I am remaking my character into a politician. I know mostly where I want the story to go, but I am having a bit of a hard time with the details. If you have any experience with these kinds of characters, I would love some help. I have Skype in case you prefer that.

PS: My bio, as of right now, is still my very first one, and that was rushed out the door. Working on the new version now.

 

[Jsc]

Depends on where you live IC. In Republic or Rebel Space you do charitable things for your planet, raise money often, and talk with Senators and the like. In Sith or Imperial Space you spend most of your time crushing rebellions and maximizing profits. Espionage, spying, socializing, and making a good contact list just comes with the territory and builds your power base. In any Faction.

You can magnify up or down too. Such as representing a whole Sector, Planet, Continent, Nation, City, Business, or Noble Family. And anywhere in between. Its very open.

Enjoy!

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

Thank you for the advise. While it does help, my main problem is details in my story. For instance, I have a part where he is regaining his family's power and wealth. I want to show not tell it, but am having a hard time coming up with ideas on how exactly he would have.

Jay Scott Clark

 

[Zoltan Rarsk]

[member="Lord Vyse"]

I'M AN EVIL ESPIONAGE MASTER I WANT IN ON THIS

Anyways, I might have a solution to your troubles: With his family wealth, perhaps he gained it through a "venture capitalist" type of thing, and simply show his opulent lifestyle and maybe show him making a toast to his ancestors, rather than just saying "i regained my family's wealth look at me".

Hope this helps!

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

This is close to exactly what I need! Funny that it comes from a evil espionage master, that is where I wish Vyse to go .

The thing is, I am trying to show how he did it, so they can see how he is competent, instead of just saying he is.

Zoltan Rarsk

 

[Jsc]

[member="Lord Vyse"]

Then you need RPs. Grab a partner and write it out. Flashbacks are a thing. Go nuts.

 

[Allana Badeaux]

Having a good sense of who [member="Lord Vyse"] would help you greatly. That means what is the personality type of Lord Vyse? That and at least know a couple of likes and dislikes. If you know that then you will know exactly how he would have tried to take back his family fortune. Not only that you would know exactly how he would react as soon as he has it.

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

[member="Jay Scott Clark"]
I don't want to go into that great detail, just enough to say how he did it. Like as a example, he started a company and funded both sides of a war and kept the war going.

[member="Allana Badeaux"]
I understand his personality, but am having a hard time coming up with what he could've done in his position. His story takes place on Serenno, maybe I should consider changing that so I could have more freedom.

 

[Raien Keth]

[member="Lord Vyse"]

Once upon a board, Raien actually did also fund both sides of a war as a dark jedi on Serenno vs Thyrsus IC , so you could piggyback off that. Although we'll have to line up the timeline a bit maybe you could use it as a historical mark, something you read in a history book and then copied, or maybe raien got the inspiration from your family history hundreds of years ago, and you've been taking the family mantle and legacy with you, manipulating the situation planetside.

Just throwing ideas out for your backstory, but you could use the past, maybe your families got strong connections stretching back, maybe they were one of the nobles he used to work with? Sounds like a dev for an NPC contact or two might help.

 

[Zoltan Rarsk]

[member="Lord Vyse"]

I WANNA RP WIT' YOU

Obligatory caps lock out of the way, perhaps your family used to have connections way back until a stock crash or one member wasted all the cash. Anyways, show him gaining his money back, but instead of saying "Vyse was a prudent businessman" show him making these smart, clever deals with other nobles. Eventually, you get your cash back, toast to the ancestors to show he regained his opulent lifestyle, and done!

Once again, I hope this helps

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

[member="Raien Keth"]
I really, really love that idea! It would fit so well thank you! I think I will go with either you copied from his family or his family worked with yours.

[member="Zoltan Rarsk"]
I WANNA RP WITH YOU

Thanks for the advise. Blow to the answer to some of you suggestions.

Let me fill you people in on a bit of the plot I have.
His mother was head of their house. She was a good person but also a idealist and populist. Being those on a world run by nobles meant they were under attack all the time. Causing them to lose their fortune. Her last action as Countess was to step down to stop her former husband from taking over as Regent. Letting Vyse as ruler.

Now tell me how this sounds.

He gives up his mother populist ideals in public, so the other noble houses stop attacking him. But in secret, funds them so they attack his business rivals. And he even has a few of his own stuff attacked to keep him in the clear.

And so it goes one of these three ways next.

1:Funds both sides until he is found out and flees.
2:Keeps funding only the populists and grows in wealth, until he attempts and fails to take over Serenno and flees.
3:Keeps funding both sides until full blown war breaks out, and in the chaos tries to gain as much money as he can and then flees.

 

[Raien Keth]

Any would work - If he's following Raien (or raien was following your family) 1 or 2 sounds good.
[member="Lord Vyse"]

Heck i'd love to even bring some ceremonial sun guard cultists to it, Thyrsians for old times sake towards the climax of the thread maybe? hey did burn a portion of the world. Your guy could perhaps at the end see the very real realities of letting a Sith in too far while he flees with the money, for me I can use it as a dev thread for some armor or a new weapon if you have no objections.

What Raien did first at Serenno as a Dark Jedi for a simple behind the scenes power grab, he then perfected on Thyrsus as a Sith when he fell further to the darkside, to give the people a cause to fight for, so they militarized themselves for war, to reshape the culture out of its decadence. Then he was toppled by peace waving hippies! [member="Hana Kae"]

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

[member="Raien Keth"]
Note to self: Kill all Hippies.

It sounds great! But I am new so let me ask a question; if I start a thread about the past, I can still be in other RPs right? I don't want to get stuck working on his backstory forever.

 

[Zoltan Rarsk]

[member="Lord Vyse"]

I love number three as it's absolutely diabolical. Go ahead man!

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

[member="Zoltan Rarsk"]
Go being evil diabolical monsters!

[member="Raien Keth"]
Number three could work as the way your character was able to get power maybe, the reason you were let in as chaos is getting out of control. What you think of that?

 

[Raien Keth]

[member="Lord Vyse"]
Sorry work was killer last couple of days, exams and training coming up

3 sounds good - As per the PM to answer that too I'd like to bring an alt, either [member="Kylath Amadis"], or [member="Sera Inkari"] into start, either of them. Priestess or Young Sith to give them some play, that's all I want out of the thread, decent RP and to flesh or develop them out.

I will personally support whatever you need from the story, perhaps bring raien in towards the end, or at small points along the way.

 

[Six-O]

Why flee? I won't say I actually have experience, I don't. But that out of the way, I think you could probably take over the political landscape of your World through calculated force, propaganda, and all manner of subterfuge.Combine them all! Play all sides, whether overtly evil, or more of a behind the scenes player.

Disease seems to play a huge role in the history of the community, maybe a small resurgence occurred. Maybe some other virus rose up from the ether, maybe it was entirely planned. The incumbent regime could have been hugely inept in handling that situation, painting them in poor light with the population. You could easily stoke that fire. Have a few agent provocateurs at your dispense to turn rallies and protests ugly. Maybe contract in some mercenary characters/groups with loose morals to spread havoc and generate high fear.

Raise that violent crime statistic, get the despair heavy, work some magic on burning out the job market. Then just come in as that magical, princely figure with all the right answers to the most hot button issues. Or go full monster mode and simply take over through sheer overwhelming violence against the downtrodden regime.

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

[member="Raien Keth"]
I would like [member="Sera Inkari"]. I think her powers would go well with the story, but she will need to prove herself to Vyse for him to get past her dogmatic attitude. And I would like Raien to show up at some point, sounds fun.

[member="Six-O"]
I would agree if this was another world. But Serenno is controlled by Mandalorians, so I can't just walk in and say I own the place without there. It's a popular planet so there are other Counts and I don't want to take the planet from them.

Though that does bring up a point. I should check to see if their are other Count/Countess of Serenno. As if I go with 3 I may be bringing them into a war.

 

[Sera Inkari]

[member="Lord Vyse"]

Sure thing, setup the thread whenever you like, let me know how you'd like her to enter, or i'll make something up! I am thinking we can start it off with a meeting.

 

[Vyse de Valorous]

Meeting would work great. Maybe you could say you have information on the rebels, that would sure get you in.

Thread will be up a few days. Just finishing off some details and parts of my bio.

[member="Zoltan Rarsk"] [member="Sera Inkari"]

And thanks everyone for their help and advise! I am truly grateful and it as helped me so much.