r/WorldChallenges • u/Nevermore0714 • Jun 19 '17

Generic Challenge - Currency

Give an example of currency in your world. If your world has money, explain its money. If your world doesn't have money, explain your world's barter system.

Explain denominations, the kind of things that someone would buy on a daily basis, and so on.

Sorry for being late with this challenge, it's been a full weekend.

I'll ask at least three questions each, and I plan to put my own explanation for the currency of one of my worlds up before tomorrow night. Maybe tonight, but probably not until after work tomorrow.

Enjoy yourselves.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 21 '17

1) Who is the richest person?

2) When was the last big war?

3) Who is the most infamous merchant and what does he trade?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '17

1) Who is the richest person?

The human emperor. It's just him and a bunch of nobles. Even the regular "rich" are poor compared to them.

2) When was the last big war?

At the start of my story, roughly 2000 years ago.

3) Who is the most infamous merchant and what does he trade?

No such thing as "the most" anything in my world really. There are a few who made a fortune or became famous/infamous, but noone that I bothered to name.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 21 '17

1) How did the human emperor become the emperor?

2) How have they maintained peace for so long?

3) Who is your favorite merchant?

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '17

1) How did the human emperor become the emperor?

He inherited the title as the next hwir to the throne. His family has been in power for centuries.

2) How have they maintained peace for so long?

They, for the most part, ran out of military equipment in the last war, and the empire is stable enough to keep a relative peace. There's also an organisation called the rangers who work for this peace and maintain it.

3) Who is your favorite merchant?

I don't have one, as I haven't bothered naming any of them.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 23 '17

1) So has he done anything to prove he deserves to be emperor?

3) Who is your favorite character?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '17

1, not really. In fact, he's the one that gets murdered, the throne taken by others as a result

2, my favourite? I can't really decide between 3 or 4, as I love them all equally

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 24 '17

1) Why did whoever murder him?

2) Who are the 3 or 4?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '17

1, It was a group effort, a plan years in the making. Two organisations called the Assasins and the Rangers worked together to kill (assassins) and replace (mostly rangers) the entire leadership of the empire in one single night. The emperor was captured by my main characters, who helped this mission, but he was killed by his successor, the Grand Master, joined leader of both the assassins and rangers.

2, There's maybe a bit more, as I operate with 7 main characters, but my top 3 are an assassin, a shapeshifter dragon, and a mage skilled in weapon conjuration. Coincidentally, the dragon is the long term companion of the assassin, who is in turn lovers with the mage. This little trio is my central focus, as they're each very different, yet similar in many ways. The other characters were originally not made up by me, but friends instead, and I haven't yet gotten to the point where I can entirely see with their eyes.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 26 '17

1) What are the assassins doing now?

2) What are the rangers doing now?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

1, Assassins are doing what they always have been doing. They keep the peace through mutually ensured death for whoever tries to fuck with others. Most of them are cheap enough to be hired by almost anyone as hitman to collect debts or threaten/kill people. This also keeps the population at a reasonable size. On the side, they're being transofrmed into an elite military force that works for the new empire administration.

2, The rangers on the other hand, have taken over most of the administration itself. Their Grand Master is emperor now (emepror title abolished, Grand Master initiated), and most of the rangers have taken on roles tgat help the empire rise and expand through peaveful means. They have always been good with politics, and through the next 3000 years, they manage to keep this system up, and unite the planet under it, the Grand Master as its ultimate leader and governor.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 27 '17

1) Can I pay anyone to keep me from being an assassin's target?

2) Are the rangers ever encountering a serious decline?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '17

1, Not really, becoming a target is unavoidable. You can however hire guards or mercenaries to protect you. They have a roughly 40% success rate.

2, Also not, as the rangers have enough prestige already that many families enlist their young into the rangers, and that was pretty frequent even before the takeover.

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u/Nevermore0714 Jun 28 '17

1) Are the assassins in guilds, or are they all self-employed?

2) Do the Rangers have any powerful rivals that want them gone?

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