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Let's refer to the current RP date as AL [Alusine]. The current year is the 199th year of the Alusine calendar. The Primordial Order renames the calendar around the 200-year mark, following a cyclic pattern in their pantheon. The current calendar is dedicated to Alunsina, the goddess of the skies, but common translation from the Luzvimin and Lidaran peoples have shortened/bastardized the name to Alusine. Former shifts are usually categorized with a number before their names: ex. 2:AL, meaning, the second Alusine shift.
Gualtierrez: [Currency - Gualtierran peso, or just 'peso,' composed of quarters [centavo/s]. These are heavy medallion-like gold coins stamped with the profile of the current ruler on one side and the Carnation of Gualtierrez on the other. The coins are recalled and reminted at the death of a ruler and the succession of an heir, making some preserved pieces extremely valuable for collectors and loyalists. Gualtierran economy draws heavily from maritime trade sourced from its coastal villages and island colonies. Their artisans and intellectuals are also considered the best in Luhain, prompting many budding industries to court their employment, and Gualtierrez is still widely regarded as the primary source of luxury goods throughout the world. Mass production and R&D for naval warfare, as well as the training of ground troops, fluffs up a chunk of the gross national product. The Queendom and its colonies fully use the currency system.
Luzvimin: [Currency - Gold/Silver pieces, 'gp/sp' for short. A simple round coin emblazoned with the logo of the Luzvimin Alliance. 1 gp is equivalent to 10 sp.] Primarily a resource and food supplier to the other continents, Luzvimin manages to thrive in a nearly-equal mix of bartering and money-based exchange.
Lida: [Currency - Lidaran paper bills, or just 'bills/credits.'] The idea of a uniform currency did not sit well with the clans and settlements of Lida, entrenched as they were in the ages-old bartering exchange in the unforgiving wastes. Only now that the continent has turned into a technological power—exporting processed products, valued ores and rare alchemical reagents—does the old economy seem to be shifting, but only just and limited to the most developed centers. The Steel Enclave's continuous support for the technological advancements of the Lidaran collective has buffed export capabilities while minimizing local deficits, though now they are spending quite a bit on squadron outfitting, weaponry, and other military R&D.
Mind that there are clear exceptions to these observations.
World Exchange [BASIS; not strictly followed in the RP] = 1 peso -> 5.7 gp/57 sp, 2 credits
1 credit -> 2.9 gp/29 sp, .5 peso/2 centavos
Price Sampling [gp/sp]
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Subject to updates.
- More than 1200 years pre-AL, the Empire began its expansion. Then, it was a basic monarchy pitted against clans who used classic weaponry such as bows, spears, and axes. The basic outline of the Primordial Order was formed.
- Around ~1000 years pre-AL, it had already amassed a fair number of colonies within the soon-to-be Gualtierran continent—the Primordial Order was already a national institution at this point.
- Around ~850, Gualtierrez commenced massive naval warfare with nearby countries as well as target archipelagos, and the Primordial Order expanded from a national church into an intercolonial religion as it was used as a tool of colonization. During this time, Lidarans have already settled as different clans over the wastes of Lida. Luzvimin was as of yet undiscovered.
- ~650, descent of the Empire, slave-colonies who broke off discovered Luzvimin and pioneered the first settlements. Formation of an intra-Lidaran initiative called the Ironskins, a bunch of volunteers sworn to protect the settlements from hostile Magicals.
- ~550 Ironskins became a paramilitary organization. Lidaran Magicals engaged in hostile combat for ~25 years before being temporarily driven off by an alchemical bioweapon, created by master alchemist Samara Sucre, grandmother of Alexander Sucre.
- ~438 Alexander Sucre united Lidaran clans, Alexandria built within the same year using a prototype steam engine powered by the hot fumes of the Firelizard Pits.
- ~437 - 400 Technological push throughout Lidara, each and every settlement is upgraded with basic steam-power engines. The Ironskins were reborn as the Steel Enclave under Sucre's hand, who oversaw the development of Lida before passing away from old age.
- ~400 - 350 Lida continued upgrading its technology. Prototypes of aero- and solar-powered tech is presented in Alexandria. Settlements are developed accordingly by the Enclave once the trials succeeded. Almost, if not all, Lidaran settlements by this time have been rendered capable of self-sufficiency in terms of power source and food production. Lidaran pioneers began the push to expand into Luzvimin.
- ~350 A Luzvimin coastal colony composed of Lidaran inventors exhibited the first case of Withering, instantly killing scores of Magicals who had been camped around the area and freely interacting with the humans prior. Magicals who stayed to investigate the case were weakened by the subsequent Withering.
- ~300 Magicals retreated from civilization as technologies from Lida are introduced worldwide. Gualtierrez attempted to compensate.
- ~200 The Magic Circle was formalized in the city of Aesyth, in central Luzvimin. The AL calendar begun the next year.
- ~150 Most of the known world has been upgraded to using steam-powered technology, since those are the only ones allowed to be exported by the Enclave. The development of hybrid weaponry to compensate for the shortcomings of enchantment- the norm- was initiated.
- ~AL: CURRENT TIMELINE
Currency and General Economic System
Gualtierrez: [Currency - Gualtierran peso, or just 'peso,' composed of quarters [centavo/s]. These are heavy medallion-like gold coins stamped with the profile of the current ruler on one side and the Carnation of Gualtierrez on the other. The coins are recalled and reminted at the death of a ruler and the succession of an heir, making some preserved pieces extremely valuable for collectors and loyalists. Gualtierran economy draws heavily from maritime trade sourced from its coastal villages and island colonies. Their artisans and intellectuals are also considered the best in Luhain, prompting many budding industries to court their employment, and Gualtierrez is still widely regarded as the primary source of luxury goods throughout the world. Mass production and R&D for naval warfare, as well as the training of ground troops, fluffs up a chunk of the gross national product. The Queendom and its colonies fully use the currency system.
Luzvimin: [Currency - Gold/Silver pieces, 'gp/sp' for short. A simple round coin emblazoned with the logo of the Luzvimin Alliance. 1 gp is equivalent to 10 sp.] Primarily a resource and food supplier to the other continents, Luzvimin manages to thrive in a nearly-equal mix of bartering and money-based exchange.
Lida: [Currency - Lidaran paper bills, or just 'bills/credits.'] The idea of a uniform currency did not sit well with the clans and settlements of Lida, entrenched as they were in the ages-old bartering exchange in the unforgiving wastes. Only now that the continent has turned into a technological power—exporting processed products, valued ores and rare alchemical reagents—does the old economy seem to be shifting, but only just and limited to the most developed centers. The Steel Enclave's continuous support for the technological advancements of the Lidaran collective has buffed export capabilities while minimizing local deficits, though now they are spending quite a bit on squadron outfitting, weaponry, and other military R&D.
Mind that there are clear exceptions to these observations.
World Exchange [BASIS; not strictly followed in the RP] = 1 peso -> 5.7 gp/57 sp, 2 credits
1 credit -> 2.9 gp/29 sp, .5 peso/2 centavos
Price Sampling [gp/sp]
- Prized alchemical reagents: ~1,000 gp due to economic sanctions, preservation techniques, and quality.
- An average potion: ~200 gp
- A kilogram of apples: 100 - 140 gp, based on type, quality, and shipping.
- A kilogram of fish: 60 gp for the poor man's fish, the cheapest medium-sized fish on the market.
- Minimum wage: ~650-800 gp per fortnight
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