Final Fantasy: Records of War OOC

[The Jeffinator]

Final Fantasy: Records of War


This is another attempt at a final fantasy game. I'm going to use and old map of mine that was used for FFZ, only it has been updated to take into account FFXII's world of Ivalice. I am not going to over-detail this as I have done in the past -- we can just use our imaginations. This world has many things and customs just as the real one does.

The story starts on the continent of Ivalice, which is broken up into four islands. Other landmasses exist in the distant seas, and from them, oriental travelers settled down in Ivalice and created the cities of Wutai and Kohto.

This is a world of both technology and magick, and most machines and devices are operated by varying sizes of power crystals known as Magicite, which are excavated from many locations around the world.

Tensions rise, but so far peace remains between the powers of Ivalice:

The Kingdom of Dalmasca: King Raminas, Princess Ashelia
The Kingdom of Nabradia: King Rasler
The Kingdom of Spira: King Braska, Princess Yuna
The Archadian Empire: Emperor Gramis, Prince Vayne, Prince Larsa
The Genova Republic: President Gavin Shinra, Vice-President Rufus Shinra

Other than these organized kingdoms, there are various "free zones" which rule themselves, such as Gran Kilteas Anastasis at Mount Bur-Omisace or Marquis Halim Ondore IV at the floating Sky City of Bhujerba.

However, things will take a turn for the worst when Vayne kills his father to take over the Empire. Larsa flees to Bhujerba, and his older brother commands his new military to invade their closest neighbor -- Nabradia. This stirs bloodlust within the bellies of the Genova Republic, and if a war between these two super powers would ensue, all of Ivalice would turn red, bathed in the blood of its citizens.

Marquis Ondore and Prince Larsa gather as many people as they can and form the Separatist Resistance to defend Ivalice against any further invasion.

I will be playing Vaan, Tidus, Vayne, Ondore, and Larsa. AllSpice101 will be playing Yuna. It is really late and I'm going to bed, but I'll put up char bios tomorrow, as well as the new map.

 

[The Jeffinator]

Okay all, I got home really late, and I gotta get up really early for work, but I'll update this and all tomorrow evening when I have more time.

 

[The Jeffinator]

Oh, and one more thing -- you don't have to use established FF characters. You can use chars from any Square-Enix game, or make your own entirely. Keep in mind, Ivalice is only one area of a much bigger world, so feel free to use your imagination in where your character is from if outside of Ivalice .

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

Oh, and one more thing -- you don't have to use established FF characters. You can use chars from any Square-Enix game, or make your own entirely. Keep in mind, Ivalice is only one area of a much bigger world, so feel free to use your imagination in where your character is from if outside of Ivalice .

I wanna play! *bounces*

 

[The Jeffinator]

Kay! lol.

 

[Lady Reiha]

um, what is FFZ?


are you talking about the first FF? *confuzzled*

 

[The Jeffinator]

Oh, that was my last FF rp. FFZ: Final Fantasy Zero, successor to Final Fantasy Fusion, lol.

 

[Lady Reiha]

Oh, that was my last FF rp. FFZ: Final Fantasy Zero, successor to Final Fantasy Fusion, lol.

oh?


hm, I wonder..

how did it go? Will this new srp be like your last...whatever?

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

Hey... Gimme a template to work with alright?

 

[TirithIre]

i'd be interested, If I knew which final fantasy you were basing this off of, after all some were more on gunblades and technology rather then magic, but interest is definatly here lol

 

[The Jeffinator]

Well, the last version of this game was called Final Fantasy Zero, and it was an updated version of the rp Final Fantasy Fusion. In FFF, I fused together FFVII, FFVIII, and FFX, my three fave FF games. Made a map and all. The story started out based around VII, with Avalance and Shinra and all. FFF started off big, but died out fast. Sometime later, I revamped it as FFZ, and we had a good cast, but at the time I did not have enough freetime to justify starting such a big game, so I voluntarily killed that thread. But now, with some free time around the corner, some time off work, I want to do lots of writing, so I thought I'd try it again. Only this time, I changed the map to include FFXII into the fusion. The new map is way too big and I'm having touble getting it posted online somewhere, LMAO.

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

poor you

 

[DoubleL9781]

I'm in.

 

[The Jeffinator]

Well, I finally got the map up, but it's a bit smaller than I made it, so some of the words may be hard to read. I'm working on this problem, but for now, here it is: http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7432/spirax01kt6.jpg

Hotlinking no longer works for ImageShack here, so you'll need to copy and paste the url into a new window.

 

[AllSpice101]

*bounces* i cant wait!

 

[The Jeffinator]

Meh. I don't feel like fixing the map, so I'll just list all the locations below, for that that can't read the smaller font.

Spira
Zanarkand (capital)
Galbadia Garden (military academy)
Bevelle
Besaid
Deling City (former capital, when Vinzer Deling ruled Spira years ago, before his nephew Braska rose and ended his iron-fisted rule)

North of Spira is Luca Valley and Mount Gagazet, home of the Ronso Tribes. Wutai and Kohto lie on an island just south of Deling City.

Nabradia
Nabudis (capital)
Balfonheim Port
Nalbina Fortress (military headquarters & training)
Nibelheim
Mount Nibel
Corel Village
Bone Village

Archadia
Archades (capital, the outskirts and slums of the city are refered to by its residents as Old Archades)
Winhill
Gongaga
Esthar City (biggest scientific research facilities, other that Draklor Laboratory in Archades)
Mideel (Magicite mining city, supplies, feeds, and houses the workers in the nearby Henne Mines)
Gold Saucer (world's biggest amusement park. Casinos, five star restaurants and hotels, roller coasters that go very fast and upside down, and the world’s largest chocobo [horse-size birds used for travel, looks like a fusion of an ostrich and a duck] race track. It also features a huge arcade with all the latest games.)

South of Archadia lies what they like to call the Mystic Lands. The Salikawood, the Feywood, Golmore Jungle, Jupiter Mountains, and the fabled Cosmo Canyon. Most who venture into these lands do not return, and those that do are mutated beyond repair, both physically and mentally. Could it be that these who did enter had impure hearts? Perhaps the thick Mist in the air turned their own negative energies against them?

North of Archadia and Nabradia lies a large island covered in snow and ice. Traveling through the canyons and rifts of this island will bring one to Mount Bur-Omisace, home of Gran Kiltias Anastasis and his peacekeeping followers. All are welcome here, so long as they bring with them no negative energy. The city at the base of the mountain is one of peace, and peace alone. War and petty tempers are not tolerated in such a safe, quiet place.

Bhujerba is a magical floating metropolis, often refered to as the "Sky City". It is a haven for sky pirates and outlanders, who have very few other places to call home. Bhujerba pledges no allegiance to any nation, and is watched over by a long bloodline of strong, passionate rulers. Its current Marquis is Halim Ondore IV.

The Genova Republic controls the most land in Ivalice, though they have only three major cities.
Midgar (capital, and the second biggest city in Ivalice, the first being Bhujerba)
Kalm (huge farming city)
Junon (port city)
Balamb Garden (military academy)
Sunara Desert
--- Blackburn Prison, Venom Valley, Fort Condor

The Vienna River leads south through the Ridgeback Mountains.

Dalmasca
Rabanastre (capital)

Beyond the city lies the Westersand and the Estersand, and deeper into the desert brings one to sand that is so fine it has been nicknamed the Sand Sea. Dalmasca's control reaches just beyond the desert, to the Giza Plains, and south to the city of Timber.

Other than the cities on the map, the landscape is dotted with smaller villages. We'll just randomly generate names and locations of these villages as we need them.

 

[The Jeffinator]

My Player Characters:

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Sir Tidus Jarek
Guardians of Spira
Grand Officer, First Class
Bodyguard to Princess Yuna

Age: 27
DOB: July 31st
POB: Zanarkand, Spira, Ivalice
Proficient with swords and shields, and wears a Magicite necklace that lets him summon energy to conjure lightning and fire without being a Mage.

Bio: As a child, Tidus was always very athletic. He mastered several forms of martial arts, and excelled at any sport he played. When he was twelve, he was accepted into Junior League Blitzball, but forever remained in the shadow of his father, Jecht Jarek, who was a Major League Blitzball Champion. By age fourteen, Tidus far outmatched any of his fellow Blitzballers in both the Junior League and Minor League, so he was accepted as the youngest player ever to the Major League. Father and son both played for the Zanarkand Abes for many months, until the day Tidus heard his father putting down the Besaid Aurochs as if they were dirt. This infuriated the young athlete, so he quit his father's team and joined the Aurochs, and in the coming months, propelled them to multiple victories, eventually landing them in the Golden Cup with the Zanarkand Abes. In the final minute of the game, Tidus shot past Jecht to score the winning goal. The Aurochs had become the Golden Cup Champions, but after the game, Jecht cursed Tidus for betraying the Abes, and in the heat of their argument, Jecht left Spira, claiming Tidus was no son of his. He was crushed by this, but managed to hide it well as he led the Aurochs to another Golden Cup Championship the following year. Shortly after he turned seventeen, Tidus retired from the League and decided to put his skills to better use, thus joining the Guardians of Spira as a Junior Officer. In the ten years that followed, he excelled through the ranks to Grand Officer First Class, and has just recently been given a new duty -- to be the personal bodyguard to Princess Yuna. They had always gotten along during the instances where they met, so King Braska felt it best for her to be looked after by someone she enjoyed being around. He hoped this would discourage any rebellious behavior.

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Vaan Kheldar
Street Punk/Wannabe Sky Pirate
Age: 19
DOB: August 4th
POB: Rabanastre, Dalmasca, Ivalice
Proficient with swords and shields, and wears gauntlets that give him the power of telekinesis.

Bio: Vaan never knew his parents, for they had both died during a raid on the Royal Palace in Rabanastre -- they were both Knights of Dalmasca -- when he was only a baby. The raid had been organized by a group of bandits who wanted to rob the Treasury, and they all paid with their lives for such a crime, but that didn't bring back Vaan's parents. His older brother Reks raised him until he was about thirteen, but then he himself joined the Knights. Vaan went to stay with his friend Penelo's family, and he and her became even better friends. However, one day, a cloaked man appeared in town and went after Reks, claiming it was he who had murdered the man's family. Penelo's parents stood alongside Reks, along with a dozen other Knights, but the cloaked man just crackled a wicked laugh and sent out a wave of red lightning, killing them all. "My family has been avenged!" the man cried before vanishing in a puff of black smoke. Vaan and Penelo had witnessed the entire thing, and they cried over the bodies of their loved ones for eternal moments, it seemed. They spent the next six years watching each others' backs, sleeping in alleys and sewers. They had been offered rooms at the Palace since they were related to Nobility, but they were too proud. They would not accept pity or charity. They earned their Gil by hunting rats and other pests, or if they had to, petty theft.

My Non-Player Characters:

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Marquis Halim Ondore IV
Leader of the Free People of the Sky City Bhujerba
Age: 54

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Prince Vayne Carudas Solidor
First Heir to the Throne of the Archadian Empire
Age: 27


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Prince Larsa Ferrinas Solidor
Second Heir to the Throne of the Archadian Empire
Age: 14 (NOTE: I am well aware of the age laws for games on this board, but Larsa is an NPC, and will never be used in any kind of romantic situation. He is merely there to be the little brother that stands up to the big brother. The boy that becomes a king.)

 

[The Jeffinator]

Hmmm?

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

looks good to me... Where are all the FF7 characters though?

 

[The Jeffinator]

Just because I'm not playing them doesn't mean they can't be played .

 

[The Jeffinator]

Aww, come on peeples, where's your char bios?

 

[The Jeffinator]

*bump*

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

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Age: 22
DOB: Dec 3rd
POB: Nibelheim, Nabradia, Ivalice
The cute girl next door who will gladly hand you your ass...
Bio: She was not born into a wealthy family. And she was never one to be seen in a dress or any sort of thing that could be deemed girly. She was raised to work hard and still be optimistic, to do what needed to be done despite the fact that the work was hard. She has a very deep sense of justice and what is right in the world. Of course she has a bit of a temper but who doesn't? She is now getting ready to move out on her own. She doesn't know where she's heading yet but she wants to find a nice city and start a bar. One of those nice bars where people come in from the cold and can't help but be warmed by the spirit of the place... But for now she's traveling...

 

[IXIHawkeyeIXI]

This is looking incredibly interesting, and I would be incredibly happy to play.

Is it possible to play as a character from any final fantasy game? I was considering playing a character from FFVIII, but I'm not sure if that's allowed or not.

 

[The Jeffinator]

Yeah. As long as it fits into this world, you can play any character from any Square-Enix game, or make your own.