Romanian Civil Unrest

World Building [Josh Marsh – 1800927]

**Background**

After the Re-enchantment, several communities within Romania excommunicated
themselves from modern civilisation. Being dubbed as ‘gifted’ and ‘different’
these people embraced the strange world that connected them to their heritage
of stories told by their families and ancestors and began to live a simpler
life in smaller settlements erected out-with the main cities of Romania. Those
who did not welcome this new way of life were more often than not regular people
or gifted who rejected the abilities they now possessed. These unfortunate
souls who are troubled by their newly found powers desperately attempt to
obtain disenchanters through the government or by other means to numb their
pain and try living what used to be considered a normal life.

However, even those who do not accept this (what would previously be
considered) unnatural way of life, have had to make certain changes to ensure
they are safe from the unpredictability of the unknown. Paranoid from the
threat of the magical, paired with the conscious influence of the tales and
stories of Romanian folklore, towns and cities began erecting walls around
their borders in order to protect themselves from any magical threat or
influence. Within the walls of these cities, class systems naturally began to
divide the minorities, those considered gifted, despite their wish to remain
mediocre, began to be viewed at second class citizens and were forced to openly
bear ‘the mark of the tainted’; a symbol used to distinguish gifted individuals
from those without any abilities. Those displaying the mark were given restricted
rights and access to certain places such as hospitals and schools as well as
jobs such as the ‘Salvgarda’.

The Salvgarda is the agency entrusted with the protection of those
inhabiting the enclosed cities of Romania. The Salvgarda are a secret authority
presence within this region and monitor the walls and borders surrounding the
cities as well as the everyday activities of their inhabitants. This organisation
is primarily concerned with issues involving abnormal beings like the gifted,
while the Politie (police) remain the keepers of the peace. Those entering the
city are closely watched by the Salvgarda to ensure those imbued with magic are
not causing harm or trouble to the occupants of the city.

Due to the delicate class system that has formed, there is unrest within
the cities of Romania as those who are open about their magical abilities are closely
observed, it is this breach of privacy and the constant ridicule of those that
are considered different that has cultivated a seed of revolution in the minds
of those in major cities around Transylvania.

**Within the game**

When in the region of Transylvania, the player will be able to enter
these cities controlled and monitored by the Salvgarda. Upon entering a city,
the player will be automatically equipped with a ‘Peace-Keeper’ robot, this is
essentially a small flying robot that follows the player as if it were a
companion and monitors their activity within the confines of the city.

Every city in the Transylvanian region is divided into two factions, the
Salvgarda and the rebellion. When the player enters the Transylvanian region
for the first time they will be able to join one of these factions and share in
the rewards that they distribute among their members. Each city is controlled
by only one faction at any given time, but who controls the city can be changed
depending on how much influence has been obtained by members of those factions
by completing quests within the Transylvanian region. Having control of a city
results in benefits to the faction in control, such as increased rewards and
experience from quests and better bartering prices within that city.