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Welcome to James Kemp's Wiki
This is a collaborative web platform that allows people to edit1) the web pages to provide additional content for some of the stories I have written and the roleplaying games that I am involved in, whether as a player or GM.
There are several namespaces operating slightly different wiki subjects. These are, in no particular order:
- Skyss - Story Background - a fantasy novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2016.
- Perfects - background for the near future story and some police roleplaying that I ran in that universe
- Theocracy of Daprav - A D&D campaign that I ran with Glasgow University Games Society around 2002-3.
- Jim Wallman's Universe - a roleplaying by e-mail campaign that I play in, this is an unofficial wiki and none of it is canon unless Jim says it is.
- Interstellar Freelance Unlimited - subset of the Universe pages covering the activities of a mercenary company that we are currently roleplaying every Full Moon.
- Earth Imperium pages. These cover the activities of the Government of the Solar republic (aka Earth Empire) in Jim's Humanity Will Prevail campaign, including the Earth Imperium News Items.
- Free Worlds Alliance - covering the activities of another emerging polity in the Humanity Will Prevail campaign. Mostly contributed by Eric Moroney.
- Universe Background - page collecting the various bits of background info that have come up in various e-mail discussions for the campaigns set in Jim Wallman's Universe.
- Master map of the Universe (6Mb PDF, as at 3212).
- Delta Green - some roleplaying campaigns about horror and conspiracy. The main one was set in Berlin in 1953.
- Free games rules - a collection of free rules for wargames and other sorts of face to face games that I have designed or run.
- Wargames rules - I'm not just a player of games, I also do rules for them from time to time as well as one-off games. A primary outlet for this is through Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group.
- Other free rules - at the moment just those for the 1689 (Orange or Lemon? and Bonnie Dundee, respectively about the debates in the Scots Parliament and then the military campaign of Viscount Dundee during 1689) and The Other Side of the COIN (about what makes people become insurgents). All games that I have have produced for Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group.
- Background for a near future universe where I have written some fiction and also run some roleplaying games in.
Comments and complaints to me at webmaster@full-moon.info please.
James Kemp
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Theocracy of Daprav
A DND3e Campaign
This was a campaign originally played at GUGS (Glasgow University Games Society). It should be said that I wasn't a student at the time nor were some of the players, so there isn't any requirement to be invvoled with the university, merely able to get there on Tuesday evenings.
I've now moved to Merstham in Surrey (just outside the M25) and although I can't go to GUGS I do hope to run more sessions in the Daprav setting with the group I am currently roleplaying with at home.
Click on the links below to find out more about the campaign, it's background, the player characters, some key NPCs and what's happened so far.
Welcome to James Kemp's Wiki
This is a collaborative web platform that allows people to edit2) the web pages to provide additional content for some of the stories I have written and the roleplaying games that I am involved in, whether as a player or GM.
There are several namespaces operating slightly different wiki subjects. These are, in no particular order:
- Skyss - Story Background - a fantasy novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2016.
- Perfects - background for the near future story and some police roleplaying that I ran in that universe
- Theocracy of Daprav - A D&D campaign that I ran with Glasgow University Games Society around 2002-3.
- Jim Wallman's Universe - a roleplaying by e-mail campaign that I play in, this is an unofficial wiki and none of it is canon unless Jim says it is.
- Interstellar Freelance Unlimited - subset of the Universe pages covering the activities of a mercenary company that we are currently roleplaying every Full Moon.
- Earth Imperium pages. These cover the activities of the Government of the Solar republic (aka Earth Empire) in Jim's Humanity Will Prevail campaign, including the Earth Imperium News Items.
- Free Worlds Alliance - covering the activities of another emerging polity in the Humanity Will Prevail campaign. Mostly contributed by Eric Moroney.
- Universe Background - page collecting the various bits of background info that have come up in various e-mail discussions for the campaigns set in Jim Wallman's Universe.
- Master map of the Universe (6Mb PDF, as at 3212).
- Delta Green - some roleplaying campaigns about horror and conspiracy. The main one was set in Berlin in 1953.
- Free games rules - a collection of free rules for wargames and other sorts of face to face games that I have designed or run.
- Wargames rules - I'm not just a player of games, I also do rules for them from time to time as well as one-off games. A primary outlet for this is through Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group.
- Other free rules - at the moment just those for the 1689 (Orange or Lemon? and Bonnie Dundee, respectively about the debates in the Scots Parliament and then the military campaign of Viscount Dundee during 1689) and The Other Side of the COIN (about what makes people become insurgents). All games that I have have produced for Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group.
- Background for a near future universe where I have written some fiction and also run some roleplaying games in.
Comments and complaints to me at webmaster@full-moon.info please.
James Kemp
Tag Cloud
Recent Additions
Theocracy of Daprav
A DND3e Campaign
This was a campaign originally played at GUGS (Glasgow University Games Society). It should be said that I wasn't a student at the time nor were some of the players, so there isn't any requirement to be invvoled with the university, merely able to get there on Tuesday evenings.
I've now moved to Merstham in Surrey (just outside the M25) and although I can't go to GUGS I do hope to run more sessions in the Daprav setting with the group I am currently roleplaying with at home.
Click on the links below to find out more about the campaign, it's background, the player characters, some key NPCs and what's happened so far.
Characters
This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yngvild & Noren.
Primary Characters
- Yngvild Helgasdotir - the (unreliable) narrator of the story
- noren - the title character
- lady_helga - Yngvild's mother & Second Sea Lord.
People on Straven
I haven't named every one of the people on Straven, but some of the more notable ones are:
- Arne the Slow - the steersman on the boat, de facto second in command to Old Bjorn
- Alwilda - Arne's partner
- olaf - one of the boat crew
- Helga the Red - Old Bjorn's partner
- Leif - another member of the boat crew
- Birgitta - member of the boat crew
- Gunnar - also on the boat crew
- Erik the Dark - member of the boat crew
Other People
Ship crews
King's Ship Seagull
- captain_olaf - Captain of the King's Ship Seagull
- lt_snorri - Officer on the Seagull and interested in Yngvild Helgasdotir
Chantara
- Bo Thu Myat - Captain of the Mangandalese ship Chantara
- Maung_Yaza_Lin - translator for the Chantara
in Kronstadt
Kronstadt is the de facto capital of Skyss.
- Radulfr - not met, but he's a Hero involved in the government of Skyss.
Elsewhere
- Alfarinn - Noren's elusive mother
- alfinna - a sister of Noren, who acts as Alfarinn's mouthpiece
- oddmundr - Yngvild's father, the previous wielder of Jafnadr the Sword
- rojden - Noren's thoroughly disreputable father
- Major Duerte - Cottalem Horse Guards officer, assigned to escort Yngvild.
Full list of Characters with a page
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Lower Harwood Stories
So far there are two stories set in the fictional British village of Lower Harwood. The first of these was a short story called Rounds which was written for my Open University Creative Writing course. Rounds was also included in my book Themself.
The second follows on directly from Rounds and was written for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2017. It is called Down the Harbour and had to be written as a romance set in a harbour with a bandage in the story. It seemed reasonable to set it in Lower Harwood given that I only had a few hours notice to write it. The Challenge gives you 48 hours, but I was at cub camp that weekend and it left me only a couple of hours of writing time to get in a 1,000 word story that met the requirements.
Lower Harwood
I deliberately chose to label these as being set in a village rather than by character as I think there may be scope for a range of interesting short stories about vilage life. Lower Harwood is completely fictional, yet completely real at the same time. All of the locations set in the book are heavily based on real places, but they aren't all in the same place, nor do they all still exist. Using my memories of real places lets me give realistic descriptions and also fill them with authentic detail.
What I have done is move these around spacially and temporally. Most of the locations are drawn from the village I grew up in, and ones I've spent time in as an adult. Notably Old Kilpatrick, Merstham and Godstone have all contributed more than one location. What I need to do next is draw a map that shows how these lay out next to each other.
Characters
Both stories have the same main character. Alice (surname as yet unspecified) is a recently qualified midwife who works in the local community, her Granny Jack was a midwife pre-dating the NHS (she might be Alice's great grandmother, and would be in her mid-nineties at least if the story is set in 2017).
Other characters that feature are:
- Fiona - a childhood friend of Alice's, expecting twins. Her mother Gena died giving birth to her.
- Davie - a young man that does gardening for the elderly
- Rachel - a young woman, who likes Davie, neighbour of Granny Jack
- Billy Fleming - a Scot and a keen gardener who lives in Stuart Street, divorced with a four year old child (AKA Little Jock) he watches while his ex-wife is at work.
- Dianne Dowding - younger sister of a friend of Alice's. Just turned 18 and studying at the college. Has a crush on Ed Cairns.
- Mrs Dowding - Dianne's mother. Well meaning and concerned.
- Ed Cairns - a serious student with a wish to go to Cambridge. Usually found in the library.
- Mo - new chef at The Harbour. Shoulder length dyed green hair and striking hazel eyes. Early twenties (about the same age as Alice).
- Harry the handyman - a handyman, as his nick-name suggests…
- Debs - a work colleague of Alice's
Jafnadr the Sword
Jafnadr is a famous sword, blessed by the Goddess Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness. The name, in translation, means both equality and justice. It was made for Jafnadr, the daughter of Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness and fafnir by frijdodr.
Appearance
Like a slice of darkness. It is completely black, and the blade absorbs light, apart from a round matt white stone on the pommel. It can also disguise itself when asked to so that people don’t notice it (it still looks like a sword, but not a remarkable one).
Abilities
It is super sharp, and will slice through armour like it isn't there. Also Jafnadr absorbs the memories of its wielder, and those in the close vicinity (albeit more slowly, and it can have difficulty with anyone attempting to resist or with significant divine powers). As a sentient sword it can speak to its wielder via a mental link, but only when the wielder is touching any part of the sword.
Restrictions
Only those descended from the original owner, Jafnadr (a daughter of Malfin and Fafnir) can use it. Additionally it needs to be used without malice.
Other notes
Currently Yngvild Helgasdotir is the wielder of Jafnadr, she inherited it from her father oddmundr (who she has never met).
Characters
This is a list of some of the characters that I have created to include in Yngvild & Noren.
Primary Characters
- Yngvild Helgasdotir - the (unreliable) narrator of the story
- noren - the title character
- lady_helga - Yngvild's mother & Second Sea Lord.
People on Straven
I haven't named every one of the people on Straven, but some of the more notable ones are:
- Arne the Slow - the steersman on the boat, de facto second in command to Old Bjorn
- Alwilda - Arne's partner
- olaf - one of the boat crew
- Helga the Red - Old Bjorn's partner
- Leif - another member of the boat crew
- Birgitta - member of the boat crew
- Gunnar - also on the boat crew
- Erik the Dark - member of the boat crew
Other People
Ship crews
King's Ship Seagull
- captain_olaf - Captain of the King's Ship Seagull
- lt_snorri - Officer on the Seagull and interested in Yngvild Helgasdotir
Chantara
- Bo Thu Myat - Captain of the Mangandalese ship Chantara
- Maung_Yaza_Lin - translator for the Chantara
in Kronstadt
Kronstadt is the de facto capital of Skyss.
- Radulfr - not met, but he's a Hero involved in the government of Skyss.
Elsewhere
- Alfarinn - Noren's elusive mother
- alfinna - a sister of Noren, who acts as Alfarinn's mouthpiece
- oddmundr - Yngvild's father, the previous wielder of Jafnadr the Sword
- rojden - Noren's thoroughly disreputable father
- Major Duerte - Cottalem Horse Guards officer, assigned to escort Yngvild.
Full list of Characters with a page
| 10 Feb 2021 15:46 | James Kemp | |
| 24 Feb 2021 17:46 | James Kemp | |
| 8 Mar 2022 20:14 | James Kemp | |
| 21 Feb 2019 22:16 | James Kemp | |
| 27 Jun 2018 10:34 | James Kemp | |
| 6 Mar 2019 13:59 | James Kemp | |
| 17 Nov 2022 19:52 | James Kemp | |
| 23 Dec 2019 14:23 | James Kemp | |
| 6 Mar 2022 18:12 | James Kemp | |
| 21 Feb 2019 21:58 | James Kemp | |
| 16 Mar 2023 17:16 | James Kemp | |
| 27 Feb 2019 13:00 | James Kemp | |
| 24 Feb 2021 13:48 | James Kemp |
Lower Harwood Stories
So far there are two stories set in the fictional British village of Lower Harwood. The first of these was a short story called Rounds which was written for my Open University Creative Writing course. Rounds was also included in my book Themself.
The second follows on directly from Rounds and was written for the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge 2017. It is called Down the Harbour and had to be written as a romance set in a harbour with a bandage in the story. It seemed reasonable to set it in Lower Harwood given that I only had a few hours notice to write it. The Challenge gives you 48 hours, but I was at cub camp that weekend and it left me only a couple of hours of writing time to get in a 1,000 word story that met the requirements.
Lower Harwood
I deliberately chose to label these as being set in a village rather than by character as I think there may be scope for a range of interesting short stories about vilage life. Lower Harwood is completely fictional, yet completely real at the same time. All of the locations set in the book are heavily based on real places, but they aren't all in the same place, nor do they all still exist. Using my memories of real places lets me give realistic descriptions and also fill them with authentic detail.
What I have done is move these around spacially and temporally. Most of the locations are drawn from the village I grew up in, and ones I've spent time in as an adult. Notably Old Kilpatrick, Merstham and Godstone have all contributed more than one location. What I need to do next is draw a map that shows how these lay out next to each other.
Characters
Both stories have the same main character. Alice (surname as yet unspecified) is a recently qualified midwife who works in the local community, her Granny Jack was a midwife pre-dating the NHS (she might be Alice's great grandmother, and would be in her mid-nineties at least if the story is set in 2017).
Other characters that feature are:
- Fiona - a childhood friend of Alice's, expecting twins. Her mother Gena died giving birth to her.
- Davie - a young man that does gardening for the elderly
- Rachel - a young woman, who likes Davie, neighbour of Granny Jack
- Billy Fleming - a Scot and a keen gardener who lives in Stuart Street, divorced with a four year old child (AKA Little Jock) he watches while his ex-wife is at work.
- Dianne Dowding - younger sister of a friend of Alice's. Just turned 18 and studying at the college. Has a crush on Ed Cairns.
- Mrs Dowding - Dianne's mother. Well meaning and concerned.
- Ed Cairns - a serious student with a wish to go to Cambridge. Usually found in the library.
- Mo - new chef at The Harbour. Shoulder length dyed green hair and striking hazel eyes. Early twenties (about the same age as Alice).
- Harry the handyman - a handyman, as his nick-name suggests…
- Debs - a work colleague of Alice's
Jafnadr the Sword
Jafnadr is a famous sword, blessed by the Goddess Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness. The name, in translation, means both equality and justice. It was made for Jafnadr, the daughter of Malfin - Goddess of the Darkness and fafnir by frijdodr.
Appearance
Like a slice of darkness. It is completely black, and the blade absorbs light, apart from a round matt white stone on the pommel. It can also disguise itself when asked to so that people don’t notice it (it still looks like a sword, but not a remarkable one).
Abilities
It is super sharp, and will slice through armour like it isn't there. Also Jafnadr absorbs the memories of its wielder, and those in the close vicinity (albeit more slowly, and it can have difficulty with anyone attempting to resist or with significant divine powers). As a sentient sword it can speak to its wielder via a mental link, but only when the wielder is touching any part of the sword.
Restrictions
Only those descended from the original owner, Jafnadr (a daughter of Malfin and Fafnir) can use it. Additionally it needs to be used without malice.
Other notes
Currently Yngvild Helgasdotir is the wielder of Jafnadr, she inherited it from her father oddmundr (who she has never met).
