Talk:Konig des Menschen Chapter VI (Map Game)/@comment-26044830-20200802000850

Dragon's Fire

 * Summary: A group of Dutch men who are literally sick of Westria even if they weren't part of the war. Initially just a group of people who are just tired of Westria, they decide to form a group of adventurers seeking to go to the New World, where rumours begin to arrive here of opportunity. (Warning, contents may change but this is their initial background I'm aiming for. I have permission from Eltool to use Westria and their army as a future plot device, but that depends on my motivation.)
 * Backstory: On 1502, with the war between Westria and Vesnia ongoing, there has been slight discontent in the Westrian Netherlands regarding the current seat and the Emperor. Being somewhat weak and incompetent, some disgruntled Dutch people around their 20s/30s have started banding together and silently resisting (temporarily, though I have a feeling that it might be long-term) themselves from the grip of Westria. With that in mind, a small group in Den Haag was founded initially as an underground, secret group, which was named as the Dragon's Fire. The group started off under that name at a small drinking session on 29th March 1502, which led to people discussing about creating a group of armed soldiers and prepare to resist the rule of the Emperor. They thought of that name while being drunk and the name eventually got stuck in the minds of these people. Once founded, there are few who eventually join in sessions and there are some isolated training grounds in the marshes of the Lowlands but none of them were ever used and so they were largely unprepared for a fight should they attempt to organise a peasant rebellion. But by the latter half of the 1500s, things would have changed for them as messages and rumours of something west begins to tickle their mind...
 * Leadership Structure: There is a structure that resembles some form of leadership and hierarchy, where most members are at the bottom and those who lead the organisation are at the top. They do have the authority and reserve rights to revoke membership. The Grand Dragon, created as a title to go with the de facto leader and obviously coming out from a tavern, has most of the power and the final say in its current leadership structure. There are senior chiefs, but they are small in number and are often appointed by the Grand Dragon manually. Though when there is planned restructuring of the group once the Grand Dragon moves away, there might be two operations and therefore, two members are required to handle operations of this group, including one in Westrian Netherlands.
 * Grand Dragon: A low-effort title to go for! His name is currently not known, but I'm going to do that next turn.
 * Senior Chiefs: Five figures
 * Membership: 370 members, all of them are concentrated in Westrian Netherlands and based around Den Haag. Most of the membership comes from secret meetings and invitations by word of select messengers. Most of them are untrained in fighting (though there are some who are getting there) and are young adults as they founded this group just lately, so around the age of their 20s but there are some in their 30s up until the mid-40s. Slavokans (or Jews, the sentiment of antisemitism in Europe is still prevalent so its expected) are not accepted however. Women are technically allowed into the organisation but they are smaller in numbers compared to men.
 * Diplomacy: N/A
 * Operations: N/A
 * Events:
 * Dissenting Against the Emperor: The group continues to literally dissent and recruit people around Den Haag, but for lower members it was getting around a message of freedom and disobeying the royalty of the Westrian monarchy. For the leadership, they held secret meetings in their own homes monthly but sometimes they are caught by the hands of local levies, but that is often rare as the war between Vesnia and Westria has not impacted Westrian Netherlands. By the end of the decade though the group's ideology still stands and supports and even encourage ex-levies and former soldiers to show their anger over the sacking of Vienna. There are no plans for these ex-soldiers to join, but they are still free to join this group if they have legitimate reasons and not to oust the group out, something that the Grand Dragon wants to prevent.
 * The New World?: Though the existence of the New World is known by western Europeans for over two decades now, it was on 1508 that the Grand Dragon began to consider going over to the west, where there is endless troves of riches to be found and that he wants his group to send members into training immediately in remote abandoned training grounds. This divided leadership and some of his advisors as they didn't want to raise any noises. But the Grand Dragon managed to convince them on bringing back wealth from the New World. Soon after, there was some discussion among some members on whether they should leave the group and form their own with similar intentions, but it was also knocked down soon after on another compromise of having part of the group staying in the area. The Grand Dragon made his strongest intention to leave the Lowlands within a decade, with at least 100 members. It is unknown whether this is going to be successful, since it would require a miracle to contact a country with colonies.
 * Budgeting and Secret Arrangements: Secret arrangements are being held over recruiting and appointing certain people into this proposed group of people that will be sent to the New World with the Grand Dragon. There is more training within those who were chosen, usually in remote areas, using melee combat as firearms are mostly out of bounds. Again, this might be conceived as a threat by local authorities, so they were held usually at a fortnightly or monthly basis in any location around Den Haag. New members are offered the choice of going there. Preparations are being made and a group of candidates for a messenger is already underway on 1509. The Grand Dragon is also seeking to break up operations into two should this happen.