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The year is 1964.
The world as we knew it fell apart over 30 years ago, but humanity, as always, kept fighting on. The League of St. Lawrence, a bastion of civilization led by the Quebecois, is under assault on all sides. Her southern neighbors are jealous of her success, and have launched an invasion of her territory. The League stands strong, but not strong enough. Not enough to overpower the brutal realities. Oil is scarce, with only the fields in Michigan sustaining the war effort, but now the Americans have launched another attack on the territory, turning the whole theater into a meatgrinder in land, lake, and sky. You are a soldier in the 4th Army Group, a son of Canada who vowed to protect her from enemies. When you were assigned here, on guard duty in the west, around Lake Nipigon, rather than Michigan or New York, what did you feel? Disappointment at not being on the front lines? Relief from not being in danger? It doesn't matter now, because the Americans did the unthinkable, they pushed past Thunder Bay and launched a massive campaign in the dead of winter to capture the northern coast of Lake Superior. Your orders were to hold the Nipigon river and her vital dams, but you failed. The entire defense failed, and you retreated with the rest of your platoon into the blinding flurries of snow, while the enemy simply let you all die of exposure.
But you didn't die.
Neither did your platoon.
Now, the whole lot of you must make a journey to the nearest League outpost miles and miles away without knowing where you even are to begin with. All you know is you're being hunted, and nature and man alike will try their damnedest to make sure you never arrive at your destination.

Well guys, I'm sorry to say but I'm officially putting Wild Men on ice. Instead, I decided to use that same setting and go back a few years to the Alliance War I mentioned in that RP. This is set during said war, as a decimated platoon of Canadian troops must trailblaze across a post-apocalyptic northern Ontario, past unfriendly natives and contingents of enemy scouts combing the woods for stragglers all while the coldest and snowiest winter in years rages on. So, any takers?

Alright, lads, I need some information before I can sign you up for service in the Army
Name:
Appearance: (Keep it realistic, you have to either be a man or disguised as one, you'll be wearing a uniform and hair can't cover eyes)
Position in the platoon: (Medic, Engineer, Rifleman, etc. If you don't have any earthly idea just pick through Battlefield Classes )
Personality/Biography:

*moonwalks into the room*

I feel like this RP has the same problem that I had with Wild Men. A very cool concept, but simply too niche. However, I don't have anything constructive to add that would make it not this way, so take my words however you choose. I'll probably join this, though.

*moonwalks into the room*

I feel like this RP has the same problem that I had with Wild Men. A very cool concept, but simply too niche. However, I don't have anything constructive to add that would make it not this way, so take my words however you choose. I'll probably join this, though.

We have a relatively small group of role players here anyway, so I don't worry too much about broadcasting. I just wanted to make an RP in this setting with some faster pace, more easily defined premise, and stronger atmosphere.
Also, @Crushita I don't know if you want to join or not but I figured I'd mention you because it's set in Canada this time.

Also, @Crushita I don't know if you want to join or not but I figured I'd mention you because it's set in Canada this time.

On the other hand, Quebec

This looks like an interesting story and I might be interested although I would have to figure out how to participate in an RP.

I like the basic idea, though limiting the troops to Canadian seems to be somewhat limiting in the way of character creation, which is a little bit of a turn off, but overall I am interested

I like the basic idea, though limiting the troops to Canadian seems to be somewhat limiting in the way of character creation, which is a little bit of a turn off, but overall I am interested

I like the basic idea, though limiting the troops to Canadian seems to be somewhat limiting in the way of character creation, which is a little bit of a turn off, but overall I am interested

I know how much you love your Russian characters so I tell you what, I'll let you be a second-generation immigrant to Canada from Russia because I consider you a friend

This looks like an interesting story and I might be interested although I would have to figure out how to participate in an RP.

You only need look at some of the RPs going on in the gathering portal right now to get the gist of it. If you mean whether you need to join the RP Guild or not to participate you don't, that's just if you want to start your own. Any resident of Wintreath can join an RP. Since there appears to be enough people interested to start signups I'll be doing that soon enough and you can create a character if you'd like, though I might postpone putting up the IC thread until next week as that's when winter break begins for me and I assume plenty of other people in America and there'll be a big boost in activity when finals are done.

I like the basic idea, though limiting the troops to Canadian seems to be somewhat limiting in the way of character creation, which is a little bit of a turn off, but overall I am interested

I know how much you love your Russian characters so I tell you what, I'll let you be a second-generation immigrant to Canada from Russia because I consider you a friend

Not what I meant, but lol

Name: Sgt. Jaime LeMay
Appearance: Tall, lean young man of 26 years, with short black hair, a well trimmed mustache, and piercing blue eyes.
Position in the platoon: Originally the second in command of the platoon (in Commonwealth armies this is the duty of a Sergeant), now the leader of the remnants of the platoon.
Personality/Biography: A well-tempered young man, Jaime's calmness under fire and clear thinking allowed him to quickly ascend to the highest rank an ensign can achieve as more and more NCOs were killed in the fighting. Serving under Lieutenant Émile Deveaux, LeMay proved to be an uncompromising XO who would advocate rigid discipline and precise planning. When Lieutenant Deveaux died during the retreat, LeMay organized the rest of the platoon in their march north. As it has become clear that the party would have to march a considerable distance before reaching the nearest friendly outpost, however, his reputation has grown more sour. Many of the men consider his rigidness and chauvinistic patriotism a burden in the deteriorating situation and see the march as possible suicide if the weather takes a worse turn; A far worse fate than what surrendering would have brought them.

Hey, I assume I can play a female character yes?

Hey, I assume I can play a female character yes?

I did mention a loophole for that. The societal values aren't very progressive so the army is only comprised of men (militias on the other hand have varying rules on membership, but they're on the home front) but I will allow a "Mulan" kind of deal where a woman disguises herself as a man to enter the army. However, this does come with some additional challenges. You are deliberately decieving your comrades, and when you're caught (I'm going to assume if you take this route you'll decide to be caught at some point otherwise you wouldn't have chosen it) you'll probably be subjected to anything between execution as a spy to simply being expelled from the army. So if you decide to be a woman I'd recommend having a plan on what you want to happen whenever it is that you're found out.

I'm only going to join this because you SET IT WHERE I'M FROM. I didn't realize that this was set where I was born until now. Time for you buggers to find out how utterly bleak Northern Ontario is.

Count me in as well.