The Great Northern Empire or the Ravenskill Rebel Militia?

[Evermind]

Yeah, hey, got this e-mail too, these guys sound like dicks alright.

[TAC]

That e mail..WTF?

I signed up for both and haven't received anything.

[noxon]

TAKE HEED! People of the Great Northern Empire of the Americas, all of the Realm, as far as this message will be carried! I am Arhys, Son of Marhys, one of three remaining heirs to the displaced, forgotten, and forbidden Legion Of Sorrowful Song. I contact you from the fair and just village of Ravenskill, far from the Emperor's Palace, in the outer edges of the Realm, nestled on Endless Isleland. By means almost indescribable, we have biohacked the receivers implanted into the flesh so many generations ago, jamming the cacophonous lull of the NOMACS for however much longer our primitive tech will abide.

We are a simple people, like most of you. Our hearts beat, our skin cracks, our bones grow tired, like all of you, even the nobility, even those who set themselves above us behind the tallest of walls and heaviest of armaments, as they are as empty as us. BUT LO, of late, Ravenskill is energized by talk of a Chosen One, possessed of a forbidden sound, a stirring melody almost impossible to comprehend. You must've heard tale of this Chosen One, a humble servant with the innate ability to break the shackles of the mind and heart we must've forgotten how to perceive. This Chosen One's very existence portends not the doom of which our Emperor warns, but rather, is a harbinger of untold possibilities. Could you dream of finding power beyond powerlessness? Could it be that very idea is a lie, sold to us by those who benefit most from our endless struggle?

My brothers and sisters across the Realm, I send this message to spread word that a Rebellion is rising in Ravenskill, to bring glad tidings that even as the Chosen One has been drafted by the fates, I have been drafted by the people to be your Commander. I am here to tell you that not only is this Chosen One real, and not a fiction as the Emperor’s messengers insist, but this Chosen One is, in fact, my blood, and my brother. Seek the Songs for yourselves. There is true freedom beyond what we’ve been taught. There is more than the endless drone of the NOMACS. I have seen and moreover, I have heard. I am but a messenger of the Chosen, a soldier of his light, a commander of rebellion. He, the Chosen One, is the conductor, of a force once thought lost, a force unrivaled by swords, steel, or even fire, wind, and water. TAKE HEED and PREPARE!

[Metro]

DT RPG confirmed

[TAC]

IT IS DT's 2112!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ariich]

I was right about the dystopian setting. Cool, I dig that shit.

EDIT: Though I have to say the whole "forbidden sound" thing is pretty damn cheesy.

[Evermind]

Damn, I'm so excited for this album now.

Also, "Arhys, son of Marhys" suggests these guys aren't too creative with their names.

[King Postwhore]

I was right about the dystopian setting. Cool, I dig that shit.

EDIT: Though I have to say the whole "forbidden sound" thing is pretty damn cheesy.

Yo, yo.  U diggin' dat Sheeeeeeiiiitttttt? !

[425]

From Great Northern:
- "...Our thriving metropolis..."

nuggetz

AKA Metropolis Pt. 3 confirmed

[Crow]

"Lord Nafaryus"

[TAC]

I was right about the dystopian setting. Cool, I dig that shit.

EDIT: Though I have to say the whole "forbidden sound" thing is pretty damn cheesy.

Lord Nefaryus (isn't he a DTF member?)
Mantle Of The Makers

The whole thing is cheesy!

[Zook]

Someone has been playing Skyrim.

[GasparXR]

Damn, I'm so excited for this album now.

Also, "Arhys, son of Marhys" suggests these guys aren't too creative with their names.

Within the setting, maybe the naming convention for a son is to remove a letter from the father's name? Just speculating though.

I also noticed in the Empire it describes the date as being "two thousandth two hundredth eighty-five, A.D.", or 2285 A.D. Cool.

[TAC]

"Lord Nafaryus"

[MirrorMask]

I also noticed in the Empire it describes the date as being "two thousandth two hundredth eighty-five, A.D.", or 2285 A.D. Cool.

Rush could only go up until 2112, those wimps.

[Evermind]

Damn, I'm so excited for this album now.

Also, "Arhys, son of Marhys" suggests these guys aren't too creative with their names.

Within the setting, maybe the naming convention for a son is to remove a letter from the father's name? Just speculating though.

Maybe, that's a nice idea actually. Seems like a bad luck for the children down the generations though.

Lord Nefaryus (isn't he a DTF member?)
Mantle Of The Makers

The whole thing is cheesy!

What's wrong with Mantle of the Makers?

[425]

I also noticed in the Empire it describes the date as being "two thousandth two hundredth eighty-five, A.D.", or 2285 A.D. Cool.

Octavarium 2 confirmed


Also: "this Chosen One is, in fact, my blood, and my brother"

LET ME INTRODUCE...

[Mindflux]

IT IS WITH THE GREAT STRENGTH born from the blood of Our Most Noble ancestral heritage, and otherworldly comfort forged by millennia of custom and tradition, in which We extend warmest of well wishes and greetings to you, Our Most Loyal Subjects, Our Beloved Citizens, O' ye the divinely appointed tributaries flooding the lake of prosperity manifested as Our thriving metropolis, Our beacon of freedom from struggle through freedom to struggle that is The Great Northern Empire Of The Americas. It is I, Lord Nafaryus, Emperor and Head of the Realm, Heir to the Mantle of Makers, Supplier of sustenance, Giver of purpose and reason, who hereby directly addresses you, Our blessed engines of productivity, you keepers of harmony, and collective responsibility, with the loving guidance We enduringly provide through the firm hand of Royal might.
As the NOMACS who tirelessly serve and protect you transmit Our message ever so wondrously across the Realm, utilizing the arcane technology embedded deeply into the flesh during the Forbidden Ages memorialized in the electronic tablets protected by Our Grace in Our Palatial Residence, We command you to exercise the utmost caution. From the perch of protective power of New Maineland, which freed you from the terror and tyranny of surrounding barbarism so many generations ago, We have learned there are those among you harvesting seeds of dissent, designed to undermine your very way of life. Do you not stride with confidence, secure in your collaboration toward the greater good defined in your servitude to the collective? Are you not given purpose by your powerlessness, freed from the burdens of choice and reason, blessed by Our decrees?
Do not be deceived by those who speak of new wonders born of "sound," as this is the work of devilish malcontents whose search for wisdom will result only in ignorance. The NOMACS have secured you just as your daily work has defined you. FEAR and BEWARE the destabilization of our most hallowed traditions that have kept you safe and serene.
Rest assured, in Our ceaseless task of providing for your happiness as you provide for Our sustenance, Our subjects of this Realm, and the dominions thereunto belonging, are bound by law to observe and report all traitorous conspiracies against Our crown, as aiding and abetting sedition will result in the swift and severe punishment any such threat to Our gracious rule demands. We command you to free your mind, unburden your spirit through the meditative emptiness of work. The Empire toils for you so that you may toil for the Empire.
THE EMPIRE IS OBEDIENT TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE OBEDIENT TO THE EMPIRE.
The Empire protects you because you protect the Empire.
This Noble Proclamation of G.N.E.A. Given at Our Court at the Palatial Residence of New Maineland, Great Northern Empire of The Americas, in this, the twenty-seventh year of the reign of your Sovereign, Lord Nafaryus, Emperor and Head of the Realm, two hundredth fifty seven A.C., two thousandth two hundredth eighty-five, A.D.

[Progmetty]

I was right about the dystopian setting. Cool, I dig that shit.

EDIT: Though I have to say the whole "forbidden sound" thing is pretty damn cheesy.

Lord Nefaryus (isn't he a DTF member?)
Mantle Of The Makers

The whole thing is cheesy!

It's a bit cheesy yeah and feels more directed to younger DT fans but I have dug some DT cheese before and I don't mind some more if properly packaged

[Crow]

plot twist:

lord nafaryus is actually the count of tuscany

[RoeDent]

By their very definition, rock operas have at least some element of "cheese" to them.

[Cedar redaC]

There must be something that happened in 2028, the year you get when you subtract 257 from 2285.

[425]

plot twist:

lord nafaryus is actually the count of tuscany

No no no, the Chosen One is the Count of Tuscany... The email even says that he's "my brother"

[Mindflux]

TAKE HEED! People of the Great Northern Empire of the Americas, all of the Realm, as far as this message will be carried! I am Arhys, Son of Marhys, one of three remaining heirs to the displaced, forgotten, and forbidden Legion Of Sorrowful Song. I contact you from the fair and just village of Ravenskill, far from the Emperor's Palace, in the outer edges of the Realm, nestled on Endless Isleland. By means almost indescribable, we have biohacked the receivers implanted into the flesh so many generations ago, jamming the cacophonous lull of the NOMACS for however much longer our primitive tech will abide.
We are a simple people, like most of you. Our hearts beat, our skin cracks, our bones grow tired, like all of you, even the nobility, even those who set themselves above us behind the tallest of walls and heaviest of armaments, as they are as empty as us. BUT LO, of late, Ravenskill is energized by talk of a Chosen One, possessed of a forbidden sound, a stirring melody almost impossible to comprehend. You must've heard tale of this Chosen One, a humble servant with the innate ability to break the shackles of the mind and heart we must've forgotten how to perceive. This Chosen One's very existence portends not the doom of which our Emperor warns, but rather, is a harbinger of untold possibilities. Could you dream of finding power beyond powerlessness? Could it be that very idea is a lie, sold to us by those who benefit most from our endless struggle?
My brothers and sisters across the Realm, I send this message to spread word that a Rebellion is rising in Ravenskill, to bring glad tidings that even as the Chosen One has been drafted by the fates, I have been drafted by the people to be your Commander. I am here to tell you that not only is this Chosen One real, and not a fiction as the Emperor's messengers insist, but this Chosen One is, in fact, my blood, and my brother. Seek the Songs for yourselves. There is true freedom beyond what we've been taught. There is more than the endless drone of the NOMACS. I have seen and moreover, I have heard. I am but a messenger of the Chosen, a soldier of his light, a commander of rebellion. He, the Chosen One, is the conductor, of a force once thought lost, a force unrivaled by swords, steel, or even fire, wind, and water. TAKE HEED and PREPARE!

[rumborak]

I just got both emails. I'm trying to stay positive, but that was ... really bad. The Chosen One? "Nafaryus"?

[pdurbin22]

According to the Great Northern Empire email, this all takes place in the year 2285 AD, or 257 AC, hinting that something happened in 2028 to spur these events.  2028 is exactly 100 years after 1928, as in Overture 1928 from Metropolis Pt 2.  Just sayin'.....

[Crow]

#nuggetz

[Lowdz]

So far so Hunger Games. Without Jennifer Lawrence 

I was ok with it until the Lord Nefaryus bollocks. And I'm very glad I went with the rebels.

[MirrorMask]

There must be something that happened in 2028, the year you get when you subtract 257 from 2285.

I wonder what else happened a century earlier 

[425]

Wouldn't it be cool if they gave absolutely no indication that anything Metropolis was involved, but then the last song of the album included a brief Metropolis reprise and basically confirmed that this was somehow Metropolis Pt. 3?

[GasparXR]

I wonder if there's any kind of political undertones going on? It sounds like the Empire addresses its citizens as people who mindlessly, but comfortably work to provide sustenance to the Empire, while defining their existence as "happiness". If that's the kind of direction the album goes in lyrically, I would find it very interesting. I also wonder what a "NOMAC" is and whether or not it's the weird mechanical ball thing on the poster?

[TAC]

I also noticed in the Empire it describes the date as being "two thousandth two hundredth eighty-five, A.D.", or 2285 A.D. Cool.

Octavarium 2 confirmed


Also: "this Chosen One is, in fact, my blood, and my brother"

LET ME INTRODUCE...

Awesome!

[rumborak]

My guess is 1984 meets The Matrix.

[Lowdz]

Is this JP? Or have they drafted in a writer or the concept?

[425]

It's Kevin Moore.