Blood and Iron OOC/Sign Ups

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Nineteen years have passed since the Great War ended in a costly stalemate for the Central Powers and the Entente. The United States by the strangest of fates avoids direct involvement on the Western Front. However, due to its economic ties with the Allies during the war the country suffered financially. The burden worsened with the cost of a highly controversial and failed intervention into the brutal Russian Civil War following a series of archaist bombings in the States that was blamed on the Soviet revolutionaries.

While recovering for a time during the Roaring Twenties the nation subsequently suffers the disaster of the Great Depression. Taking advantage of the chaos and desperation all around them, radical parties and paramilitary factions swell in greater numbers than ever before. Chief among them is the fascist organization known as the United Nationalist Party of America(UNPA) or Iron Eagles led by their charismatic and ambitious leader Albert Thorne.

Despite making a strong showing in the 1936 presidential election Thorne loses to (Democrat-Republican) coalition candidate Marcus Reynolds. Openly disputing the election results, the Iron Eagles prepare for war. By the spring of 37 it begins.

That’s the general background of the verse I decided on. One where the United States experiences a second civil war that takes place in the late 1930s. To be honest I took some inspiration on that aspect from the plot of the Kaiserreich mod from the Heart of Iron game series. Feel free to ask questions.

The main threat in the possible series is the fascist faction known as the Iron Eagles who are an alternative equivalent to the German Nazis in this scenario.

If interested here is an plot prompt for the verse we could do together. On the latter we can discuss here or make an discord chat for it if requested;

A unit from the US Marine Corps has just returned to the States following overseas service in China. Soon their unit is called up and find themselves fighting against the Iron Eagle forces in the West. Or you can RP someone else gets involved with the unit fighting alongside them against a common threat. Like for example other military branches, law enforcement, national guard, or civilians(man or woman with the latter) and even uncover operatives from various countries or Great Powers like the German Empire or the Entente.
(Think of HBO’s Band of Brothers and the Pacific as a theme for this idea.)
(Between two or four writers can be involved.)

Here the characte template, using my character for this

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Name: Petros Sahakian
Nickname(optional): Pete
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Citizenship: Armenian/US Citizen
Age: 22
Height: 5’8
Date of Birth/Location: April 5, 1915, Ottoman Empire
Profession: US Marine
Rank: Corporal
Hometown: Glendale, California, USA

History: Petros was born in Eastern Turkey to a family of herders. Weeks later their village was raid by Chetes with Ottoman backing during the Armenian genocide. His older sister escaped with him(an infant). Eventually they were rescued and evacuated along with other survivors by the allied forces at Musa Dugh in Syria. The pair stayed as refugees in Egypt before heading to the United States shortly after the Great War ended.

The siblings went to live with their fraternal uncle’s family in Glendale, California. Petros grew up there, embracing his new home vigorously much to Nayat’s concern. Years later in 1933 turning eighteen he enlisted with the US Marine Corps to escape the ongoing Depression at home. Following basic training the young man was shipped overseas in Shanghai, China to serve garrison duty for its international settlement.

Within four years Petros earned the rank of corporal and was finally sent home in 1937...

Personality: Determination is the key word that defines Petros. While conscious of his Armenian roots and tries to uphold it in a certain matter, it is conflicted with his fascination for his adopted homeland. As a young man Petros wants to make something of himself and believed he found a purpose in the Marine Corps. On the other hand the growing crisis in America concerns him, especially for his family.

While he can be proud and quite stubborn at times, Petros likes to think of himself as a practical fellow. Dependable to his friends and loved ones, he has leadership potential but still has much to learn.
 
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Name: Andrew MacGowan
Nickname(optional): Andy; Mac
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Citizenship: Scottish/British Citizen
Age: 30
Height: 6 foot 1
Date of Birth/Location: Calcutta, British Raj
Profession: British Spy/Barman
Rank: Operative/Barman
Hometown: Dover, England
History: Andrew was born in India and raised by his family there for the first few years of his life before moving. His father was an officer within the British Army and they were moved back to the homeland when war was declared on Germany and the other Central Powers. His father was a cavalry officer from a rather distinguished line of military leaders, though this did little to save him from a death caused by mustard gas in 1917.

Too young to enlist himself during the war itself, Andrew came into his own in the aftermath of the actual combat. Growing up admist a Cold War on the Western front and a brutal war of classes on the Eastern front, Andrew was destined for combat. It wasn't until he was due to graduate from Oxford when his life's direction took a turn as he was approached by an old school friend of his father's and invited to serve the Empire in another way; Military intelligence.

Having studied languages and other classics at Oxford, Andrew was fluet in German and French, with passing familiarity with Dutch and Italian as well. Trained by the intelligence community, Andrew undertook several missions in Canada, Belgium and Russia. It was during his time in Russia that Andrew developed something of a twitch when it came to snow and was moved onto assignment in California.

Personality: Andrew is, mostly, not what he appears to be because what he appears to be is a rather boisterous Scottish barman in a dive bar in California who enjoys chatting about whiskey and other such things. In reality, Andrew MacGowan is about as far from that description as possible - despite his last name, he has only ever spoken the King's own English when not undercover and is a rather dry man.
 
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