Western AU

## Premise

Western AU set in the 1800’s, out west in a fictional town named Crowns, where the characters all the characters have adopted new lives/professions. Per usual Crowns rules, all factual and time period customs are abandoned, for the comfort of all players/characters. Members are free to pursue any creative liberties with their portrayals, and should you need help coming up with a profession/storyline, reach out in the server!

## Plot Synopses

 *“What God? You clearly don't know where you are. Look around. There ain't no higher-up around here to watch over you. This here's the paradise of the locust the lizard the snake. It's the land of the blade and the rifle. It's godless country. And the sooner you accept your inevitable demise, the longer you're all gonna live.”*

**1878. Old West, Crown territory; freshly painted sign marks Crowns, population two hundred.**

  When it’s all said and done, they’ll start the story in the middle; when the town had reached a roaring peak of success, but cracks had begun to run down the dirt road that divided the banks and the hollering saloons. It was one of the first settlements out west — families came from all over, settling onto fertile soil in search of fortune, freedom, adventure. The West promised it all, but an unhidden price hung in the balance — they talked about bandits, thieves, blowing into town and stealing everything — but they didn't tell you, it'd just as soon be your neighbour, the preacher, the deputy, who would sew disorder and chaos. Out west, nothing is sacred, and nothing is safe; so grab your wife, hold her tight, and keep the gun aimed at the door. Best be careful, though -- nothing's stopping her, from aiming her own pistol, right at your heart.

Crowns territory runs red with blood, the Neville Opera House harbouring married men with an army’s worth of skeletons in their closets, Sheriff's dealing under the table, cattle ranchers riding out at dawn — Madame’s striking out against crooked customers, wives burying disgraceful husbands, bandits sweeping into town; only to meet the end of a gun, wielded by the magnificent three. The stories here carried on, long after Crowns territory was swept beneath the jurisdiction of the government -- these tales are set in a lawless land, where good and bad often bleeds together. Where the villains, wear the same colours, as those sworn to dole out justice.

Here lies, the true history of the crowns gang.

## Characters

### *Character Name*

Description goes here. Try not to exceed a few paragraphs.

### *Apollonia Colonna*

Folks who remember say Apollonia Colonna's daddy was a good man - preacherman - did everything lawful and right. They say, when bandits strung him and his missus up, and left 'em to die, the preacher prayed for their souls with his last breath. Apollonia was only just bloomed, then - came back home from town to find her parents swinging from a noose and her younger siblings hidden in the dusty cellar of what remained of their home. She dug her parents graves, saw 'em put in the ground, and swore to rebuild all that had been lost. When Apollonia came back to town, again, it was with a vengeance. She shot down the bandits what killed her parents in the street, one by one, huntin' 'em down, little by little, and restored order to Crowns, one by one. They say that when she first appeared, she looked a gleamin' gold angel - but no one saw the hellfire that blazed beneath her feet.

The grateful people applauded the appointment of Apollonia as their sheriff, at first, confident that here, at last, was a woman capable of cleaning up their town and protecting them from the bandits and ruffians who festered and circled like vultures all around. Oh, and at first she did, as she rose to seize up more and more power, it was by casting the other powers down. When all that was said and done, however, Apollonia's true colors began to show. She began takin' bribes, even inviting crime what filled her own pockets into town, so long as they abided by her rules. Sheriff keeps the order, but she ain't got nothin' 'gainst crime. Truth is, though her daddy was a preacherman, Sheriff Colonna is the devil's own daughter.

## Locations

### The Badlands

I've seen my death. This ain't it.

Mahidvran was rumoured to be born punching the air, her fists made of iron from infancy. She was always too rough, they said; she took her liquor hard, spat at men who leered, gambled and swindled whatever she liked -- sat on her porch with a shotgun, shooting anyone who tried to loot her goods. Always trouble, they said; so when the husbands, who came home late stinking of drink with loose fists, who stole their wives jewellery and wasted fortunes, started disappearing, it didn't take long to come knocking at her door. Her own husband, a sleaze and drunk, had gone missin' on a trip some years back - never to come home, leaving her all his gold.

   Sure, she did it - wouldn't you? Yet Mahidevran went too far -- when the rich Plantagenet rancher went missin', enough was enough. And so the town came in the dead of night, setting her farm ablaze, crying that she'd be taken in, in the morning. The fire claimed the life of her lover; the only person, she'd ever cared for. And so she filled up her cart, kissed her son goodbye, and ran; hell, if they were bringing her in alive. Mahidevran took her women with her, found a patch of land; three leagues over, they say, is the badlands: where god has abandoned those women, who live as depraved outlaws. But they thrive -- a newly established mining town, trading and building a small fortune. Women from all over the west, settle within its walls. They live under a law without mercy: no men, within the walls. Take your lovers in a barn two miles over; but this town, this place, shall not be taken down, by swine with a spare appendage. Mahidevran has blood back at the main town: she'll be back one day, for the gold, the land, her revenge. To make them pay.

Good Book says pain is its own teacher.

tldr: Mahidevran runs a women-only outlaw town, three leagues away from Crowns

* Outlaw Kingpin Mahidevran

### Church of Yin

* (note: the church adheres to not specific religion per say; crowns verse, nondenominational spiritual house) The Church of Yin borders grass fields and the cemetery, its white pain kept in perfect condition by the constant efforts, of Preacher Jianjun. He settled into town from a long line of preachers, promising to provide religious guidance and stability, out the in West. The congregation meets every Sunday to commune and partake in prayer - the church is also a refuge for those seeking shelter, food or clothing, or a sympathetic ear. After a series of robberies, security was installed 24/7 -- if you're looking to come in after eleven, prepare to move past a small group of armed citizens, protecting the church's safety.

### The Plantagenet Farm + Mine

* The Plantagenet's were some of the first to settle into Crowns, and their wealth helped turn the once dismal patch of land, into a thriving territory. Their farm is on the edge of town, spanning many acres, with a variety of livestock -- it is a popular place to find work if you've got good hands, or to work in the kitchen, serving the lively brood. The Plantagenet's are also in control of a mine, several leagues outside town -- they struck oil once when digging up coal, and hope to find more lucrative resources, once more.