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The Card Titles - Royalty

Each card has a title. From the lowly Ace to the high and mighty king. Everyone has a title. “Well they are all small kingdoms.” Nope! Each kingdom is equal and large with several people having the same title.

Kings - Kings hold high position. They are powerful leaders. This doesn’t just mean one given the title “King of ______” is going to be ruler of their entire kingdom. They just have the potential to be a strong leader. Perhaps the founder of a prosperous trade, or maybe a King is a person others would follow to the ends of the realm. But, with such great leadership, they do have some cons. For example, Kings with no assistance from a “Queen” or “Jack” figure may become prideful or cruel to their followers. Their judgments can become foggy, making them unable to distinguish between right and foolish. Many crime bosses in the lands are usually Kings who have not taken any help.

Queens - Queens are the more gently and understanding of the three royal titles. A Queen is looked up to as a mentor or a person to share a personal moment to. Queens make a close net of people to spend time with and befriend, making a small community. They are good listeners and strive to find a solution for everyone. When paired with a King, a Queen can do wonders. The Queen shares with a King a more sympathetic side. A Queen is not very good without a King though. Since Queens want to solve the problems of others and listen well to news while unable to put through the proper leadership skills to give relief, they are more susceptible to suspicions and worries that can take over every thought. When this happens, Queens start assuming things that aren’t there. For example, if only a Queen rules an entire kingdom, they might suspect others may want to invade and reach to highly drastic measures like attacking any traveler that walks within their land.

Jacks - Jacks are more like the advisers to people. They take in every possible factor and come up with the best outcome. For this, they are often known as the scholars of the four kingdoms. Their information is built up by reading and working. They enjoy talking, but they are usually busy learning to really socialize. This ends in a horrible way. Without contact with other people, Jacks become more and more insane. Their brilliance transforms into insanity. They are usually watched carefully now by someone since this madness usually can cause damage to other people.

[britons-will-never-be-slaves]

World Building-Religions

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So I mention the old gods of the north. I mean that to be Norse Gods.

Currently, all of the Card Kingdoms have the same religion as their national religion. Though there are the smaller religions as well spiced in there. 

Only Diamonds mandates that their people follow the national religion. Those that do not follow the law can be killed or exiled from Diamonds. (This can be like how the Huguenots were forced out of France. And how Switzerland’s Calvanism, famous for odd religious zealots. Seriously, they exiled several families because their daughters were too beautiful in the traditional braids.)

When I drew up the map, I gave Hearts two close cities that held onto the old gods of that area. (I’ll eventually post the map.) Germany’s religious issues were numerous. Italy was almost overrun by Muslims. and Japan was pretty chill but loosing a lot of faith in modern day. So I gave them an official nationality but it was the freest kingdom. Though there are the crazy radicals that cause trouble. But pretty peaceful?)

Clubs is an issue. Basing off Russia, they do have an official religion but there have been many times where the rulers tries to break away. Clubs has had several “Great Awakenings” where religion flourished again and the people were coming back in waves.

Spades is kind of stuck. They have conquered a lot of land and figured out it would be more peaceful if the people were allowed to keep their religion, they used to force it like Diamonds.  Taking chunks of Clubs and Hearts, Spades has a lot of religions, but also they are the most developed country so they have a growing agnostic or atheist part amongst their young people (With America, England, and China as leaders, faith is probably less important than politics?)

Please feel free to talk about any changes but this is how I see the Card Kingdoms? I’d love to talk more about it with you.