haremfaery
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Please PM or post here if you would like to join. Those who have PM'd already, add your character(s) now. I'll have the actual thread up in a day or two.
We can use this for OOC discussion and to post char descriptions.
I'd really like everyone to work hard on their posts to make them literate and full of description. I know at times the action doesn't lend itself to that, but I see this as a more leisurely thread so we have time to really sink our teeth into it. I'll be acting as the GM if you will, but if you have ideas for directions where this can go once we get started, or ways to better integrate your char, or introduce subplots, please, let me know.
This is a steampunk London. I'm thinking the new Sherlock Holmes movie, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the flashbacks in the TV show Sanctuary as far as look and feel. PLUS There are all manner of supernatural things lurking under the surface. Magic is difficult in this world, you need incantations and inscriptions and scrolls and years of study.
However, some humans have 'wild magic' that they can tap into and use, but it isn't very powerful. And those with wild magic usually have one power, like healing, or speaking to ghosts, or foretelling the future. Also, supernatural beings and those with wild magic or similar gifts are on the down low. The general populace has no idea these things exist. I have plans for vampires in this plot, which may or may not take a awhile to enter the plot. If you have a vampire, PM me with info and I can get back to you when we get the vampire part.
You can play an historical or literary figure from this time period, if you like. Or bring in a character of your own. Post char info and we can tweak it if necessary. If you were in this thread before--remind me. I find that 3-4 chars max is manageable for most people if you want to have that many. Two is probably best. We can see. There also will be NPCs or cameo roles. If someone wants to pick up one of these while we need that, that's fine.
Use wikipedia for historical info. But since it's a steampunk world, we have some wiggle room. A lot of wiggle room, in fact. The Ripper murders took place around 1888, but a decade either way is fine. Talk to me, we can work things out.
The set up is that there have been murders in Whitechapel (by Jack the Ripper), the police are hard at work to find the murderer. But the grisly nature has piqued the interest of a certain group of people dedicated to protecting the general populace from the supernatural threats that they aren't even aware of. There is a wealthy benefactress who manages this group that calls itself The Shield. She is convinced that something far darker is going on and means to stop it. There is also a gypsy camp at the edge of London which may or may not figure into this. Depends on what other chars we have. I was planning on using a gypsy girl as a plot device if I need one.
Once we introduce our players, I'll start the thread.
Name:
Age:
Physical Description:
Special Abilities if any:
Backstory:
Anything else we should know:
Name: (Countess) Zahlena Deswa
Age: My dear, it's impolite to ask such a thing of a lady (but she looks to be a very attractive mid to late 30s)
Physical Description: Tall for a woman, auburn haired, green eyes flecked with gold. She is usually not the most beautiful woman in the room, but many would say she is. She is always the most fascinating one. It is more the whole pkg, the way she carries herself. Her figure is good. She has a sensuality about her that is probably what makes people see her as desirable. She looks like a woman who knows secrets. She dresses in the height of fashion and favors Parisienne styles.
Special Abilities if any: Knows 'women's magic' (ie can tell the sex of the child a pregnant woman is carrying, love spells and things like that, reads tarot, can cast horoscopes, she has learned a little of the sorcerer's art. She can make talismans for protection or to promote luck. She speaks many languages. French being her favorite.
Backstory: Her people were from Circassia, but fled to Turkey during the diaspora in in the 1850-60s when the Russians used scorched earth tactics to defeat them. Hence, she hates Russians. She has lived in many places throughout the middle east and Europe. There are all sorts of rumors about her: that she was married before in Germany and killed her husband and possibly her children. That she danced naked on stage at a private club in Paris. That she is really a man. (This one in particular made her lose her usual decorum as she laughed so hard, she cried.) That she was a concubine in a sultan's harem. The rumors range from the nearly believable to the ludicrous. Those with half a brain chalk the rumors up to jealousy since Zahlena does not suffer fools lightly and balks at playing society's games unless she can get something from it. She does seem to have an unlimited supply of wealth and that smooths over much of what might might call her scandalous past or current behaviors. This enables her to go about the business of The Shield with impunity. She has had many lovers, men of all ages, and a few women too (it's rumoured). She does not have affairs for love, but for what she can get out of it. Power, influence, money, or just damned good sex.
Anything else we should know:
London's Shield is part of a much larger multinational organizational that has existed in some form or another for centuries. Zahlena is the current leader.
We can use this for OOC discussion and to post char descriptions.
I'd really like everyone to work hard on their posts to make them literate and full of description. I know at times the action doesn't lend itself to that, but I see this as a more leisurely thread so we have time to really sink our teeth into it. I'll be acting as the GM if you will, but if you have ideas for directions where this can go once we get started, or ways to better integrate your char, or introduce subplots, please, let me know.
This is a steampunk London. I'm thinking the new Sherlock Holmes movie, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the flashbacks in the TV show Sanctuary as far as look and feel. PLUS There are all manner of supernatural things lurking under the surface. Magic is difficult in this world, you need incantations and inscriptions and scrolls and years of study.
However, some humans have 'wild magic' that they can tap into and use, but it isn't very powerful. And those with wild magic usually have one power, like healing, or speaking to ghosts, or foretelling the future. Also, supernatural beings and those with wild magic or similar gifts are on the down low. The general populace has no idea these things exist. I have plans for vampires in this plot, which may or may not take a awhile to enter the plot. If you have a vampire, PM me with info and I can get back to you when we get the vampire part.
You can play an historical or literary figure from this time period, if you like. Or bring in a character of your own. Post char info and we can tweak it if necessary. If you were in this thread before--remind me. I find that 3-4 chars max is manageable for most people if you want to have that many. Two is probably best. We can see. There also will be NPCs or cameo roles. If someone wants to pick up one of these while we need that, that's fine.
Use wikipedia for historical info. But since it's a steampunk world, we have some wiggle room. A lot of wiggle room, in fact. The Ripper murders took place around 1888, but a decade either way is fine. Talk to me, we can work things out.
The set up is that there have been murders in Whitechapel (by Jack the Ripper), the police are hard at work to find the murderer. But the grisly nature has piqued the interest of a certain group of people dedicated to protecting the general populace from the supernatural threats that they aren't even aware of. There is a wealthy benefactress who manages this group that calls itself The Shield. She is convinced that something far darker is going on and means to stop it. There is also a gypsy camp at the edge of London which may or may not figure into this. Depends on what other chars we have. I was planning on using a gypsy girl as a plot device if I need one.
Once we introduce our players, I'll start the thread.
Name:
Age:
Physical Description:
Special Abilities if any:
Backstory:
Anything else we should know:
Name: (Countess) Zahlena Deswa
Age: My dear, it's impolite to ask such a thing of a lady (but she looks to be a very attractive mid to late 30s)
Physical Description: Tall for a woman, auburn haired, green eyes flecked with gold. She is usually not the most beautiful woman in the room, but many would say she is. She is always the most fascinating one. It is more the whole pkg, the way she carries herself. Her figure is good. She has a sensuality about her that is probably what makes people see her as desirable. She looks like a woman who knows secrets. She dresses in the height of fashion and favors Parisienne styles.
Special Abilities if any: Knows 'women's magic' (ie can tell the sex of the child a pregnant woman is carrying, love spells and things like that, reads tarot, can cast horoscopes, she has learned a little of the sorcerer's art. She can make talismans for protection or to promote luck. She speaks many languages. French being her favorite.
Backstory: Her people were from Circassia, but fled to Turkey during the diaspora in in the 1850-60s when the Russians used scorched earth tactics to defeat them. Hence, she hates Russians. She has lived in many places throughout the middle east and Europe. There are all sorts of rumors about her: that she was married before in Germany and killed her husband and possibly her children. That she danced naked on stage at a private club in Paris. That she is really a man. (This one in particular made her lose her usual decorum as she laughed so hard, she cried.) That she was a concubine in a sultan's harem. The rumors range from the nearly believable to the ludicrous. Those with half a brain chalk the rumors up to jealousy since Zahlena does not suffer fools lightly and balks at playing society's games unless she can get something from it. She does seem to have an unlimited supply of wealth and that smooths over much of what might might call her scandalous past or current behaviors. This enables her to go about the business of The Shield with impunity. She has had many lovers, men of all ages, and a few women too (it's rumoured). She does not have affairs for love, but for what she can get out of it. Power, influence, money, or just damned good sex.
Anything else we should know:
London's Shield is part of a much larger multinational organizational that has existed in some form or another for centuries. Zahlena is the current leader.
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