Rebellion(OOC & Casting Call)

[FenixZero]

It was a time of peace. Many centuries had passed since the near limitless power of magic was discovered and the wars over its control were long over. Magic users are now rare, with only a few academies to train these powers scattered across the world.

The Nation on Xaria had stood for 300 hundred years, prospering in peace and harmony with it's neighboring nations. The Xarian people placed the highest value in justice, peace and beauty, eschewing military power or force. Artisans, and philosophers the Xarians were content to spend their days basking in the simple joy of existence.

That was until the day when the Skorr Empire arrived at their door. Powerful, violent and warlike, the Skorr were expanding their territories and had decided their peaceloving brothers were no longer fit to rule themselves.

The Xarian armies fell after only a week of fighting.

The King of Xaria, fearing for his people's lives, surrendered unconditionally. The Skorr moved in quickly, occupying the capital city and crushing any last remnants of rebellion. The King remained in place, but with all authority stripped, leaving him as little more then a puppet. Since then the Xarians have faced harsh treatment, persecution and second class citizen status at the hands of their conquerors. Any who stood against the black armored troops of the Empire were quickly silenced.

It is now the 29th year of occupation. The Grand Emperor Skorr the XIII has decreed that at the end of the year a great festival is to be held to celebrate 30 years of "peace, order and justice" under Skorr rule. All the citizens are to attend and it promises to be the greatest celebration in the city's history attended by the Emperor himself.

It is on this day that the children of Xaria plan to strike back at their conquerors and once more stir the fires of rebellion.

((So I put some thought into this world so people better get in on it! We're making up with world as we go along and I think it could be lots of fun. Submit profiles. We'll need Xarians, Imperial citizens, guards, independents or whatever you can think of. This is an alter-earth scenario so anthro creatures will be allowed, pretty much anything goes. Within reason. You'll be notified via PM if you're in like Flinn. Hope people enjoy))

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Name: Tuireann
Age:20
Picture or Description:[link]
Occupation: None(formerly a student)
History: Tuireann was born in a small town on the outskirts of the Xarian frontier. Living his entire live under occupation, Tuireann has spent his entire life under the hell of the Skorr. At the age of 6, Tuireann manifested a potential for magic, a rare skill in Xarians. Forgoing a formal education at a Skorr magic academy, Tuireann was trained to use his power under a local master. Developing a skill in Lightning, one of the most difficult to control, Tuireann has turned his attention back to his homeland, and his ever present dream of liberating his people from their tyrants.

((A word on the world this will occur in. Feel free to throw in an other nations or histories you feel like as long as it doesn't contradict anything already up there. A word on magic. It's rare in this world but it still comes up. Think one person out of every hundred or so. In this thread, magic is defined as being able to control the natural elements. They are...
Fire
Water
Earth
Wind
Lightning
Void(the non-element. This skill is considered almost impossible to master)

Magic users are attuned to one of these elements. There are legends of upper level masters being able to use multiple elements, but such a being has not existed in centuries.(and no, I am not one of them ;p )

These are not iron-clad inflexible rules, but I don't want people going nuts and being all "I can magic up whatever the situation calls for!"

Hope people enjoy. Now join dammit!

 

[FenixZero]

the bump

 

[Mephistophelily]

*Is curious*

 

[Wyldfire]

*Agrees with Lily*

 

[wrytersyren]

*loves it* I wanna play, I wanna play!!!! Will post a profile soon enough.

 

[Mephistophelily]

I have an idea for a char, I just gotta figure out how to flesh her out

 

[MaiusImperium]

Hello, this thread seems very interesting and I'd be interested in joining. I've got a rough character profile done, I've left many of the specifics out regarding where he is from within Xaria as I don't know where our characters shall be meeting, etc. Please let me know if this bio is appropriate.

Name: Davion Kaine.

Age: 21

Picture or Description: Davion (+ glasses) is quite a tall, lithe man. He is quite fit but has quite a bookish look to him after dedicating much of his life to the study of arcane lore. Despite the rather thick and unflattering thick-rimmed glasses that sit on his nose, Davion is quite handsome, his blue eyes glint with boyish charm and his smile is wide and gleeful when it chooses to surface. His shock of red hair is shaggy and long. While he is at the academy he can be found wearing the dark robes of a magic pupil of the Skorr Academy, the white banding marking him out as a senior initiate.

Occupation: Magic Student. Davion has spent most of his life cloistered away in the White Citadel. Originally a great centre of learning and philosophy during Xaria’s independence, the white tower is now a mockery of what it once was. The citadel is the centre of a large Skorr Magic Academy, dedicated to the pursuit of destruction through magic.

History: Davion has spent his entire life under the oppression of the Skorr, he has known no other existence. And while the years have been largely peaceful, in a sense, Davion has become used to being treated as a second class citizen. Both Davion’s mother and father were magic-users and Davion inherited this latent skill.

It is not unfair to say Davion is an unstable young man, his outlook on life cold and bleak by the premature death of his mother at the hands of Skorr soldiers during an ill-fated rebellion while he was only a boy. With his wife dead, Davion’s father drifted out of touch with reality around him, he took to staying indoors and wasted his considerable fortune on drink and women in the hopes of numbing the pain.

Davion was sent off dissmissively to the Skorr magic academy by his father, to board there and learn the ways of the mage. With the death of his mother and the detachment of his father, Davion is quite a troubled man. He dedicates most of his time to study, though he does enjoy socialising with his friends, he is quite shy and reticent.

It has been seven years since he was sent to the academy. His talents are aligned to the element of Earth.

 

[wrytersyren]

Name:Auryn

Age:19

Picture:Auryn

Occupation: None

History: Auryn is the youngest child and only daughter of the Xarian King. Born ten years after the Skorr invasion, Auryn has never experienced a free Xaria under the gracious and gentle rule of her beloved father. She has only heard whispers of the kingdoms former glory from loyal palace servants and nobility.

Her 21st birthday is approaching and she's to be married to a noble from Skorr. The marriage is necessary for the Skorr to cement legitimate ties to the Xarian throne. The year end festival is being held on her birthday, both in honor of the peace and her betrothal. Naturally she objects to the marriage, both because she's being married to a Skorrian and to what she considers a weak Skorrian at best. It's marriage of political convenience, not love. Her intended groom is kin to the Grand Emperor of Skorr (son or nephew, to be decided by whomever wishes to play him). A general in the Skorrian army he is known to be ruthless and unforgiving, he is also used to having his demands met. When it comes to Auryn its no different,he wants her badly and will do anything to win her over.

Auryn will hear nothing of marriage or betrothal. She seeks to free her people and restore their kingdom to its former splendour. Unknown to her family she is a strong supporter of the rebellion, and will go to any lengths necessary to aid them. She knows in her heart a battle is coming, and is more than ready to fight beside her people.

 

[emily123]

i too am interested to play here if you want me too
pls let me know

emily

i think i am late and recruitment is over
in case any sapce is left pls do let me know!

 

[fukensploogin]

Name: Kain, Imperial ChaosKnight
Age: 57
Picture or Description: Well over six feet tall, thick with muscle from wearing heavy ChaosKnight armor for years, and from another source he is loathe to admit and does not fully understand. He has thick black hair that falls in dreadlocks down his back. During battle he wears ChaosKnight armor, which is black, adorned with wicked spikes and ugly skulls. A red cape is draped over his back, with a huge black Imperial fist emblazoned across it. His ChaosBlade is a thick longsword, a bit curved, with jagged, nasty edges along the business side.

When he is not in battle or on public duty, he wears a simple tunic and pants, a cloak, the mark of his station on the breast, and a standard-issue Imperial sabre at his side. His long hair is kept tied together at his shoulderblades, and the dreads fall to the small of his back. He wears a full beard and a powerful loud voice that can command a room at an utterance.


Occupation: Imperial War Commander, Shock Troops
History:


Kain, ChaosKnight, an Imperial Commander in charge of a regiment of 200 of his Emperor's Finest, elite shock troops that have long been a staple of Skorr's military might. Kain was drafted into the Imperial military when his own country was overtaken by Skorr's might, almost thirty years ago. He proved his worth quickly, and was soon afforded all the luxuries of Imperial citizenship, and he rose through the military ranks quickly.

Kain has an unknown latent affinity for Void magic. He has never studied magic, as his focus for the last five years has been campaigning for the Emperor's Greater Glory. His magic often manifests itself during intense battle, focused through is huge chaos blade, a death blow sucking the soul from his foe and into the dark Void of his heart, granting him strength, keeping him young and strong. He is over fifty years old, but appears no older than he did at thirty.

Many years ago, he swore that the day would come when he would help put an end to all this injustice he had perpetrated. Now, his heart is so dark that he is blind to his own memories.

 

[Mephistophelily]

Name: Eve. She forgot her last name a long time ago...
Age: 19
Picture or Description: Eve's Pic
Eve's eyes are incredibly sensitive to light, having a strange yellow hue to them.
Occupation: Shadowalker
History:
Eve was the only child of a Shadowalker Master, training to follow in his footsteps. She had only wanted to make him proud, to be at his side during a mission when she grew up. The Skorr changed all that with their invasion when she was 13. The king refused to break to the Skorr demands, leading to the destruction of their land. Eve's father tried to use his skills to assassin the leader- only to be killed himself. Eve was taken prisoner by the Skorr, seeing her skills to be a useful weapon against those who betrayed them... Something she wanted no part in. To fuel her into anger and a desire to fight, she was beaten and abused regularly. Eve's numerous attempts at killing guards over the years resulted in her being locked down at all times unless summoned. While being transported to a new holding, Eve broke through her bindings, killed the men with her and fled into the night.
Her Shadowalker training left her with the ability to see clearly at night, silent unseen movement in the shadows, and acute hearing. She is very good at making just about anything a weapon, and has a very short temper- though she never shows it in her expression. She talks very rarely.

 

[Wyldfire]

Name: Hala
Age:32
Appearance:http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d58/Ladyshadowpaladin/Hala.jpg
Occupation: Thief
History: Hala was orphaned during the occupation and has had to scratch a living out on her own. She is strong willed and learned the trade of thieving to keep herself alive. She doesn't use magic because she was never trained to it. To keep herself out of trouble however she has found that she can "smell" magic. It has helped her avoid traps placed by mages and these are the kind of people she has almost specialized in stealing from. It has also helped her avoid the magics of the occupying forces. She learned to fight like she learned thieving. Out of necessity. She is acceptable with a sword and long dagger. She prefers to keep to shadows and she has learned an almost supernatural level of stealth. With this anniversary coming she is looking to avenge the death of her parents and the death of little Lady Halanora.

 

[StagedFright]

Edited.

 

[The Neon Wolf]

Name: Giles
Age:24
Picture or Description: (Will be supplied when I finish it)

Description: Tall, thin build. Long silver hair, kept tied back. He wears a simple vest, various scars run across both of his arms.

Occupation: Entertainer

History: Giles saw the war as just another class of nobility, no brighter then the last. If their money was good, that was all he cared about.

He spent his days wandering town to town, displaying his simple golem skills in the forms of small imps, or other creatures, his magic calls for a drop of blood to create one of his simple constructs no real loss to him. He found this to be a simple way of getting by, it kept the people happy and amused. Even when he saw the Skorr officials treating people like dirt, it didn't concern him though. Like he needed a trip to the gallows.

As luck would have it, he wandered into a town on the edge of revolt, there he saw what the blasted arm of the "empire" was capable of. Women and children littered the field along with those who fought back. He quickly began to search for survivors, he found one, an old man clutching a withered book in his hands. Even he was on the verge of death, muttering he wasn't strong enough anymore. Giles tried to comfort the old man by creating a simple construct, the old man gasped at the construct in awe. He gently pushed the withered book into Giles' hands, he died shortly after.

Giles decided he better leave before anyone came back. As he left town his curiousity got the better of him. He opened the book, it was a complete script of golemcrafting. This was his magic, but it went into concepts and spells he never though possible. The book explained with greater blood paid, the earth would bring the inanimate to life.

Two years past as Giles arrived at the capital, he wasn't sure what brought him there. He is armed with a cerimonial dagger and followed by a wood nymph, Minte, his first construct made with the assistance of his book.

 

[wrytersyren]

Staged Fright we may have a problem. I've been authorised by Fenix to play the role of Xaria's lone princess. I sent him a pm yesterday and he agreed. So im not sure where we're at with your character.

 

[StagedFright]

Staged Fright we may have a problem. I've been authorised by Fenix to play the role of Xaria's lone princess. I sent him a pm yesterday and he agreed. So im not sure where we're at with your character.

Didn't realize. I'll edit it out and just watch this one from the sidelines.

 

[wrytersyren]

No need to sit it out completely, sweetie. Why not come up with another character?

Also boys dont know if you read my character bio or not but I need a son of Skorr to call my betrothed. Also whats a princess without a personal royal guard.

 

[DJ_Wordplay]

Also boys dont know if you read my character bio or not but I need a son of Skorr to call my betrothed. Also whats a princess without a personal royal guard.

I PM'd Fenix with an idea of playing something along the lines of the son of Skorr you're looking for. Provided he says I'm in, I'll definitely play that role.

 

[fukensploogin]

No need to sit it out completely, sweetie. Why not come up with another character?

Also boys dont know if you read my character bio or not but I need a son of Skorr to call my betrothed. Also whats a princess without a personal royal guard.

Here's an idea: Kain (see my character above), having just returned from the front lines, is given a personal order from the Emperor. It has been discovered that Princess Auryn's royal guard is infiltrated by rebellion sympathizers. Her entire personal guard, six of the king's most trusted warriors, are taken prisoner and replaced by Kain and a small group of warriors he has hand-selected from his legion. He is not pleased with the assignment, what he sees as baby-sitting, but he obey's his emperor's commands.

At least, she is beautiful, he thinks.

 

[wrytersyren]

Ooooohh 'Sploogin, excellent idea. I love it, its perfect. Pm me and we'll talk more ok?

 

[gagonthis]

Still got room for another? Considering making a traditional mercenary type.. no morals, sells out anyone for the right price..

 

[VickyCummings]

Was wondering if it was too late to join. I'm trying to find a group to join. Yes I maybe new to the boards but I've done RPs else where and have great inmagintion. Here is my character for your consideration

Name- Tami Bertal
Race- Human
Age 25
Occupation Barmiad/amuter soceress
Description 5'3 110lbs long red hair usually held up in her bonnet. Has a curvciaous body with a nice 34C bossom to her figure. She usually wears a long dress green with a low cut top that highlights her cleavage which she uses to lure in customers to the bar she works for.

History- Tami has always grew up around the tavern for her father owned the very tavern she works in now, until he died anyway. She now works there in part for respect for her father, and to save up for her dream of attending the royal accadamey of sorceery. Ever since she was a little girl she had heard stories from soliders who came into the tavern and tell their stories about mighty dragons and sorceers who's power so great that they could make the earth and even the earth shake with a flick of a wrist. Listening to those stories she has dreamed about becoming a sorceress. Her dreams were put on hold when her father died at the age of 14. With no family she was forced to live with the person who took over her father's tavern named Justin Parke.

Parke is a corrupt man who likes to make Tami's life as misreble as possible and takes advantage of her when ever he gets the chance. Parke has vowed never to let her save up enough to get into the accademy even charges her rent on her room she has above the bar. Because of Parke sucking all her wages for himself, Tami has resorted to other means making money no matter what and has is known to throw morales out the window if she can earn extra gold.

Even with a money sucking boss, Tami hasn't forgotten her dream and in her off time she practices sorcery, which usually isn't too successfull, or backfires into diaster. Her last experiment lead to her almost burning down the tavern. When Parke found out he beat her so badly and she is still paying for the damages and repairs being done. She is torn between the hate she has for Parke and wants to leave the hell her life has become and the love and respect she had for her father and the memories and senimental value the tavern has in her heart.

 

[FenixZero]

Oh I just love how this whole thing is coming together

gag, you know you're welcome to join dude. Just through up a profile and a pic and we're good to go. An unscrupulous merc is just what this thread needs.

Sploogin, your idea owns and I love it. Gives us all a nice tidy explanation for how our characters got together.

And last but certainly not least Vicky. I think Tami has potential and a tavern is the ideal place to have our clandestine rebel meetings. You mentioned she almost burned the tavern down practicing her magic...is she a fire type?

We're waiting for gag and DJ wordplay to post their characters, after which I'm going to be closing recruitment unless I get some absolutely killer profile. Too many chefs spoil the soup and all that rot.

As it stands our cast is:
Tuireann(myself): Rebel. Thunder type
Davion Kaine(MaiusImperium): Skorr Magic student. Earth type
Princess Auryn(wrytersyren): Xarian Princess.
Kain(fukensploogin) : Imperial Chaos Knight. Void type(latent and untrained)
Eve( the lovely and talented Lily): Shadowalker
Hala(Wyldfire): Thief
Giles (Neon Wolf): Traveling performer. Earth type
Tami Bertal(Vicky): Bar maid. Fire type.
Gag's empty slot
DJ Wordplay's empty slot

An even ten players is just about perfect says I. I'm going to throw in some NPC's as well and you all are welcome to do the same, just run them by me first.

IC thread in a day or two...depending on how long this gorram paper takes me.

 

[VickyCummings]

oh thank you for letting me join. I didn't know I had to pick a certain type of magic, was just going for general since she's basicly teaching herself and has no formal training from anyone, but I'm fine with just fire type thats cool. And to make one tiny correction, Tami doesn't own the bar she works at, quiet oppisate, she is almost a slave there with the current owner sucking her wages to pay for the damages she did to the place. And I quess since I mentioned him a lot in Tami's history, I'm throwing in Justin Parke as an NPC while meeting at the tavern.

 

[FenixZero]

Ohhhh roger that. I reread your post and it does totally say that. No worries, we can still use the tavern. Having the risk of an owner who might turn the Rebellion into the authorities at a moment's notice makes it all that much more appealing.