satindesire
Queen of Geeks
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Long ago, magic was fairly common. The separate kingdoms were peaceful and trade was plentiful, the mountains and rivers were rich in resources and even the poorest peasant still had plenty to eat. Unfortunately, to the high north, a dark king coveted the vast wealth of the southern kingdoms and decided to wage war against them. His might was terrible, his mages knew dark magic that no one had ever seen before, and knew no defense against.
The southern kingdoms banded together to defeat the dark king, but even their combined might could not sway the tide of battle against the dark lord's forces. Finally, in a single mighty act of desperation, the High King counciled with his greatest and most powerful mages to seal away all magic in the world, trapping it into a stone for all time. The High King and his mages sacrificed their own lives to bind the magic away from the world, and finally the southern Kingdoms were able to shift the war to their favor, eventually felling the dark lord.
The war had ravaged the land, and countless were slain, but the remaining kingdoms swore to rebuild and protect the stone for all eternity. So they split the stone into three parts, scattering them to the far ends of the world to forever stay lost, else the Dark King return. For generations after, the southern Kingdoms rebuilt and grew mighty once more. For so long there was peace that the Great War of Binding became legend, and legend became myth, and myth became obscurity.
Until at last, dark stirrings began in the cold wastelands of the North, bringing frightening reports of horrible creatures like none had ever seen before, taking entire villiages in the dark of night, slaying Traders on their routes and burning and salting fields so that nothing might grow there again. The Dark Lord is a breath from returning, and the greatest heros that this age has, have been called to battle once again. They must find the stones before the Dark Lord's minions do, and bring him back to once again threaten the tenuous peace of the Southern Kingdoms.
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This thread is open to anyone who wants to play a "Hero" from one of the Southern Kingdoms. There are seven dominions, each has their own trade that they're well known for. I want to keep this open so that your own creativity and uniqueness can shine through in character creation.
I will note, however, that Magic is completely disallowed here for your Hero. Extraordinary, Olympian abilities are completely fine, but superhuman or magical abilities would be against the plot. Please feel free to play whatever "style" of hero you like, from a large barbarian beserker to a stealthy rogue like archer, and everything in between.
Questions, concerns, OOC conversation and anything else not immediately IC can be posted here.
You don't have to do a character sheet. Just feel free to post here what sort of hero you're interested in playing. I would also like to note that I'd like to see a certain level of skill in writing, I prefer experienced partners who post multiple paragraphs of text, and who employ the use of a spell check feature.
The southern kingdoms banded together to defeat the dark king, but even their combined might could not sway the tide of battle against the dark lord's forces. Finally, in a single mighty act of desperation, the High King counciled with his greatest and most powerful mages to seal away all magic in the world, trapping it into a stone for all time. The High King and his mages sacrificed their own lives to bind the magic away from the world, and finally the southern Kingdoms were able to shift the war to their favor, eventually felling the dark lord.
The war had ravaged the land, and countless were slain, but the remaining kingdoms swore to rebuild and protect the stone for all eternity. So they split the stone into three parts, scattering them to the far ends of the world to forever stay lost, else the Dark King return. For generations after, the southern Kingdoms rebuilt and grew mighty once more. For so long there was peace that the Great War of Binding became legend, and legend became myth, and myth became obscurity.
Until at last, dark stirrings began in the cold wastelands of the North, bringing frightening reports of horrible creatures like none had ever seen before, taking entire villiages in the dark of night, slaying Traders on their routes and burning and salting fields so that nothing might grow there again. The Dark Lord is a breath from returning, and the greatest heros that this age has, have been called to battle once again. They must find the stones before the Dark Lord's minions do, and bring him back to once again threaten the tenuous peace of the Southern Kingdoms.
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This thread is open to anyone who wants to play a "Hero" from one of the Southern Kingdoms. There are seven dominions, each has their own trade that they're well known for. I want to keep this open so that your own creativity and uniqueness can shine through in character creation.
I will note, however, that Magic is completely disallowed here for your Hero. Extraordinary, Olympian abilities are completely fine, but superhuman or magical abilities would be against the plot. Please feel free to play whatever "style" of hero you like, from a large barbarian beserker to a stealthy rogue like archer, and everything in between.
Questions, concerns, OOC conversation and anything else not immediately IC can be posted here.
You don't have to do a character sheet. Just feel free to post here what sort of hero you're interested in playing. I would also like to note that I'd like to see a certain level of skill in writing, I prefer experienced partners who post multiple paragraphs of text, and who employ the use of a spell check feature.
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