The Gold, Steel and Blue Plotline – Who becomes the next regent?

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The Gold, Steel and Blue Plotline – Who becomes the next regent?

Hi community!
In order to communicate clearly and give you, our beloved players, the best possible understanding of what we are doing, consider this the “OOC introduction” to our current plot of who claims the seat of Regent.

The DM team have created three NPCs, each representing a very different direction for the future state of Arabel. Who wins, and what the outcome will be, is now entirely in your hands. For the next 14 days or so (might stretch a little further depending on OOC scheduling), the three potential regents are campaigning. Each NPC represents a direction, with PROs and CONs. It is entirely on purpose that each benefit from a particular regent also has a drawback. They will influence the judicial system quite a lot, they will influence the third DM faction we have cooking, and they will influence the outcome of the major Drow and Tears of Selune plotlines.
There is NO predetermined outcome. That is for you to decide. We have a huge arsenal of future plots and stories we can tell, depending on who wins, and the team is not playing favorites. That is important for us to communicate.

So what happens now you ask?
We have a secret tally in the depths of the DM forums, where we keep track and award points. During the next 14 days, we will run events that can add points (or remove points) from a potential regent, based on your decisions and actions.
But your actions matter more than you realize! So run your own events, to support your favorite candidate. For the next 14 days, we will allow faction players to add a dash of color to their uniform, to show your support. We also encourage all non faction players to use the colors (Gold, Blue and Steel/grey) to show your support. Just like a regular election.
But most importantly, we encourage you to run events, preferably without needing DM support. Call for a hunt to support Darendaal, and offer the food to the poor. Arrange a merchant fair, or form a merchant guild in support of Kraliqh, host tournaments, contests, brawls, whatever you can come up with. Use your plot tickets to inform us, in case we are not IG to see it. We will keep track.

The Three candidates (Just to help you understand a bit)
Morler preaches security and strength. He believes that brute power and effective thinking is the key to making Arabel prosper. If he wins, that will be the vision that forms Arabels future.
Kraliqh is a man focused entirely on wealth, and increasing wealth. He believes that a hefty gold pouch solves just about any problem Arabel may face. If he wins, that will heavily influence how he sets up his justiciar system.
Darendaal is a true believer of noblesse oblige. She believes that the burden and privilege of nobility go hand in hand. That as long as nobles set the right example, and the populace understands how great it is to be a noble, others will follow in their wake. She has a very romantic perspective when it comes to the rule of law.

The rest we will slowly let drip IG and is very much FOIG. But the outcome will be very much based on the mindset, that actions have consequences
Also, an important note. If you want to win the personal favor and sponsorship of one or the other, that is done through IG actions. We love the letters on the forum and all that, but try and let stuff occur IG whenever possible. Actions speak louder than words for all three, and your actions will generate the outcome.

Good luck, may the best candidate win!

The DM team!

Ps: Use the Ask a DM channel on Discord for your questions if they are not secret, or PM one of us. I am sure there is alot to clarify!