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[Vormund]

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In the Beginning, there was The All. A being both god and goddess, more, and neither, all at the same time. With it's immense power, The All created the universe. After it created the universe, it lapsed into a bored slumber that lasted several Millennia.

Eventually The All woke up, and decided to do something with the universe it had created. So it split itself into one hundred pieces, and let the fragments do the work. And so the Pantheons of the Good, Neutral, and Evil gods and goddesses were born. With their divine power, they created every aspect of the universe, and the world known as Malius. For a while, the gods were content to sit and watch their worlds unfold. However, Nocturne, the God of Evil, decided that he alone was worthy of worship. So he started a war.

This Started what was known as The War of the Divines. The war was long and brutal, and more than half of the gods died to seal the god of evil away. However, he was eventually brought down.

Eight gods sealed themselves into the cage to prevent the escape of the god of evil. Unfortunately, one was a traitor. Over the course of several millennia, he weakened the other gods. Eventually, almost 8,000 years later, he shattered the cage. Nocturne promptly killed the seven good gods, and split their essences across the world. Now his hand is reaching for the power and fear it once possessed.

A mage known as the Ghoul learned about the freedom of the God of Evil, and formulated a plan with his allies, The Lords of the Night. After a name change, the Hand of Nocturne moved out, spreading destruction and chaos for the sake of their lord.

And then, one day, the Ghoul found a ritual, one that would bring the god to the material world, in his divine glory. After much deliberation, the Hand of Nocturne decided to try the ritual. But first... They'd need to massacre a country. And what better country than Niverin, which has only ever been a thorn in their sides.

However, mortal soldiers are smart enough to realize that going up against the most powerful country in the world is a stupid Idea. So the Hand has built The Iron Armies, Ten Thousand Golems. They Feel no Fear. They Feel no Pain. They Need no Rest. And They Require no Gain. They are led by the Warmaster, a golem with the soul of a feared general.

The armies march, and the world trembles beneath their heavy footsteps.

Meanwhile, The High Council of Niverin learned of their intentions, and called for ten of the most renowned and skilled saviors currently in the land, whether they were born there or not. They had been chosen for a common goal...

Find the Essences of the Seven Gods before The Hand massacres an entire country. Should be simple enough, right?

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OOC Rules

- This RP is Invite Only. If you wish to join, you can PM me, and I will research you. However, I reserve the right to ask you to leave.
- If you haven't been Invited, don't post a character. I will ask you to delete the post without fail.
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- If you have any suggestions, complaints (About the RP, not other players), and questions, feel free to ask in the OOC.

General Rules

-Standard Roleplayerguild rules apply.
- My SiC and I are the moderators here. Any questions or concerns will be answered by us. Any arguments that you cannot find a solution to will be solved by us. What we say goes.
- Keep the OOC thread PG-rated, please. I don't mind if you cuss and drink and seduce in the RP thread, but keep the OOC clean, please.
- Two characters per person max. Exception: If you have proven yourself very capable of roleplaying two, and want another, we'll give it to you. No more than three per person. Ever.
- Only OOC posts goes here. If you want to discuss things, make a plan with other characters (ones you don't care if others know), etc., you do it here, in the OOC. No (Ohai guise this is OOC) in the Roleplay thread.
- If you have a complaint with another Player, PM either the player about it, or, if you don't want to talk to the player, me and my SiC so we can come up with a reasonable conclusion. DO NOT just start arguing with each other in the OOC. I will give you a warning if you take your fight to the OOC.

My SiC and I will use a Three-strike system. Three Strikes, you're out. No If's, And's, Or's, or But's.

OOC and Roleplay Staff
The All Moderator - Faldne Vaerge
SiC - hiring

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Niverin



There are many lands across the planet of Malius. Some are huge, like Ethmiru to the west, which takes up damn near a quarter of the planet. Some are tiny, like Shandevar to the southwest, a tiny country that is barely 50 square miles in diameter. There are rich countries, like Mavrefell, and poor lands like Varna.

However, none are more diverse, economically, geographically, racially, and so on, as Niverin. A land steeped in history. A land with soaring mountains and burning deserts, expansive seas of brilliant green grass and deep lakes of crystal blue water. A world of wilds dangerous and cities peaceful. A country covered in ruins of ancient times and relics of forgotten eras.

It is this amazing land in which the legend of the Sapphire Phoenix grew and died. This is the beautiful world that the Dread Empire tried to seize and rule almost five hundred years ago, stopped only by the strength of the Paladin King. This is the vast country that Kalanthas Qoral, the Legendary Sage, used magic unknown to the rest of mortals to stop one of the four moons from smashing into the planet, and send it back to it's proper place in orbit to stop the lich Anlagen.

This is the land heroes have been born and have died in.

This is home.

And now it's threatened.

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The Provinces of Niverin

The Heroes Plain
The Northvale Province
The Jonovah Province
The Gold Coast
The Southvale Province
The Vanerlyn Province
The Mir Province
The Winterfell Province
The Bjordred Province
The Jerall Province
The Reach Province
The Mulhorrin Province
The Matarion Province
The Ring of the Forgotten

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The Rulers of Niverin

The Lords and Ladies of Niverin

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Pantheon of the Gods

By real life definition, Pantheon is the name of a circular temple in Rome dedicated to all of their ancient gods, such as Mars, Jupiter, Vulcan, Etc. The Pantheon, back in the day of these god's prime, was also dedicated to their worship. Back then, this was THE Church everyone went to on Sundays. Or whenever the Romans worshiped.

In Fantasy, Pantheon is often used as a grouping of Deities. For instance, all the Good Gods will be on one, while the Evil gods are part of another. Or they could be grouped by the realms they govern. For instance, there could be a Death Pantheon, Agriculture Pantheon, Sky Pantheon, etc. As long as it's a grouping of the divines, it could technically be a pantheon.

For the sake of a simple list, they will be grouped in Good, Evil, Or Neutral.

Good Gods

Bahamut the Platinum Dragon, The God of Good Dragons
Brom, The God of Lessons and Experience
Drameir, the Goddess of Innocence*
Evndir the Sword Saint, The God of Courage*
Halren, The God of Power*
Larethian, The God of the Elves
Marah, Goddess of the Hunt
Morin, The God of Dwarves
Suparna, the God of Honorable Combat
Terra, The God of Life*
Wiloss, The God of Knighthood and Chivalry

Neutral Gods

Aranea, The Goddess of Magic
Chaavryn, The God of Rogues
Crow, The God of Trials
Eronos, The God of the Afterlife
Malach HaMavet (The Angel of Light and Dark), the God of Death and Judgement*
Gaia, the Earth Goddess*
Halmyr, the God of Skill and Strategy
Rao, The Goddess of Peace and Serenity
Sylr, The Divine of the Elements (Sylr has no Gender)
Teraz, the God of Secrets*
Valkar, the God of Travels

Evil Gods

Anlagen De'thalmier, The God of Undeath
Durza, The God of Dark Magic
Heranoss, The God of Tyranny
Nocturne, The God of Evil
Tiamat the Five Headed Wyrm, The God of Evil Dragons
Umbra, the God of the Void*
Varna, the God of Slaughter
Vyl, The Goddess of Insanity

(Note I still have fifteenish gods to create. Also, the asterisks symbolize which gods made up the cage of Nocturne)

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Character Roles

The Brotherhood

The Knight: A skilled warrior, sworn to a lord of Niverin, that follows the path of justice and honor.
The Thief: A tricky adventurer with a lust for wealth and the stealth skill to get it.
The Sage: A traveling Sorcerer who hungers for knowledge.
The Monk: A hermit who is extremely skilled in the art of unarmed combat.
The Priest: Commissioned by the church, the Priest is a powerful healer of unshakable faith.
The Scout: A ranger trained in the arts of Guerrilla Warfare and reconnaissance.
The Archmage: Talented in all forms of magic, The Archmage is on a quest for greater mastery.
The Assassin: A convict sentenced to die and given one more chance, The Assassin is feared for his lethal skill.
x The Lord: The noble of great skill and experience, chosen to lead the heroes.

The Hand of Nocturne

The Ghoul: A necromancer of limitless depravity and limited sanity.
The Conqueror: A heartless man who seeks nothing more than to dominate all that it can see.
The Child of the Night: An ancient vampire of great power. It's skills, however, are unknown.
The Nightmare: Once a mortal, infected by a demon, this monster wants nothing more than pure carnage.
The Warmaster: A Golem with the soul of a Legendary General housed in its cold metal body.

(if it has a "x" next to it, that Role is taken.)

Character List

The Brotherhood

- Aesoroth Doucard, The King of the Night, The Lord (Vormund)
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Character Info

Alright, so as long as your characters fit in the vague descriptions above, they can be whatever you want, within reason. Please don't even suggest playing a Demon Archmage, or a Troll Knight. I will ask you to change it after I finish putting a few holes in my desk with my forehead.

However, feel free to tinker with Ideas. If you want to make The Knight an Orc with a flail, go for it. As long as he believes in honor and justice, and is very well known for it, then I'm not too worried about the nitty gritty details. Try not to overlap the roles though. For instance, the Thief will never have been a convict sentenced to death, for the Assassin already has that down. So on, so forth.

If you have questions, just ask me, either here or in a private message.

Character Sheet

(Appearance Picture Here)

Name:
Role:

Race:
Age: (At least 20)
Physique (Height/Weight):

Approach to Life (Personality):
Approach to Combat (Fighting Style):
Life's Journey (Bio): (at least 4 paragraphs)

Armament (weaponry):
Protection (armor):
Arcane Ability (any magic):

Other Possessions (Gear):
Anything Forgotten? (Other):

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Announcements

OOC Open - 11/26/2012 @ 2:51 PM
The OOC is open. I hope I don't have to explain what it's for.

[Vormund]

I'm still debating between the lord and the assassin, so until I make my choice, those two roles are off limits.

[Vormund]

bump?

[Zombehs]

Yeah.... sup...

[Vormund]

Hey Zom. You gonna join this time around?

[Zombehs]

Maybe. Gonna wait a while and see how my other RPs pan out before I put anything up though.

[Vormund]

I will be taking lord this time around. The character sheet will go in this post when it's done.

[Zombehs]

Still undecided on what role I'll be taking if I do join, but I don't suppose you'll be making an interest check for this?

[Vormund]

I didn't think of making an interest check. Might've helped, eh?

[MalTheAwesome]

(Interest checks do tend to help...check...interest. Is it against forum rules to make and interest check after the OoC? If not, I say it's not too late.)

Character Sheet



Kora's left arm is elongated and ends in a dragon's talon, which he is surprisingly dexterous with. He has two massive, red scaled wings which he can use to glide. He can fly with them if he is unburdened, but only short distances. He has a long, scale, muscular tail, which he can use as an extra limb, though he is not very skilled at doing so. He has patches of red scales all over his body, intermixed with orcish skin. His tongue is forked.

Name:Kora the Dragon
Role:Knight/Lord
Race:Half Dragon/Orc
Age: 24
Physique (Height/Weight):He stands at six feet, five inches. He's roughly three hundred pounds.

Approach to Life (Personality):

"All of life's a battle!"

Kora sees all things as a challenge, and thus throws himself bodily into every task. He is no mindless warrior, however, and in fact sees intellectual battles as more important than physical ones, often-times. He's brave and bold, able to conquer his fears in times of crisis. He's highly religious as well, worshipping Bahumat, though he actually pays respect to Tiamat as well, seeing the necessity for a dark counterpart to the God of Good Dragons.

He enjoys any chance to improve himself in a skill he enjoys, whether it be writing, music, battle, hunting, games of strategy, mathematics, knowledge, or art.

He holds honor high in his heart, and feels that lying, sneaking, and deception is wrong on all levels. His mother's ancestors would boldly declare their intentions during battles, and his father was a very honorable warrior among his kind, so this is rather natural.

Kora is surprisingly gullible, though this personality-trait was tempered a bit during his years outside of his home. Even hard-won wisdom hasn't eradicated his gullibility, however.

Kora finds it funny when people assume he's a fool due to his brutish and horrid appearance, and usually plays along for a bit at those times.

Kora's heritage contributes heavily to an extremely short temper. He has gained some control of it, but Kora still struggles to remain calm when things happen that hurt his feelings.

At his best, Kora is brave, highly intelligent, tactical, hard-working, charismatic, passionate and loyal. He will save you from great danger at great risk to himself, ask for no reward, and then go off to do more good deeds or improve himself.

At his worst, Kora is angry, foolish, single-minded, pig-headed and cruel. He will be fooled into some grave danger, place those he cares for at risk, and then uselessly roar about the situation like a giant buffoon.

Approach to Combat (Fighting Style):Kora wields his ancestral weapons with great proficiency. Mainly he will use his bow to disable, incapacitate or kill foes from a distance. When a foe comes up close, or he is otherwise required to, he will use his massive ancestral blade to crush and maim enemies. He prefers to use his bow since it's a lot easier to surgically stop a foe from a distance than it is to carefully and non-lethally incapacitate them with a giant sword.

When he fights with his sword, he will make great use of his draconic heritage. He will trip foes with his tail or his oddly formed left claw hand, or even beat them or defend himself with his wings. The horns on his head aren't just for show either, though he won't resort to biting with his fangs unless in extremely desperate times of crisis. This last part is not due to viewing it as dishonorable, but because most enemies TASTE HORRIBLE. Evidentally blood and sweat and dirty skin isn't his cup of tea.

If he goes into a berserker rage, that goes out the window and he swings his sword like a madman. As he is not good at harnessing his anger, this usually just allows others to easily outsmart and defeat him. Luckily, he usually keeps his cool in combat situations.

He is horribly vulnerable to magical assault, due to his father's heritage, but also knows a lot about magic and the weaknesses of various types of mage.

He is weakest in enclosed areas, as his weapons are difficult to wield in cramped spaces and he lacks a shield to defend with and must dodge whatever his armor can't stop.

Life's Journey (Bio):Kora's mother whom he was named after was an orcish hunter of great fame and skill, a known slayer of great beasts such as gryphons and salamanders. She wielded her ancestral weapons and wore her ancestral armor well, and never forgot to bring them with her on a hunt. Eventually, she learned of a powerful draconic mage named Gerudigal, who claimed to be the mightiest fighter in the lands. Kora Sr. did not take well to this boast, and set off to prove him wrong.

When she found him in his lair, she saw that he had taken the shape of an elf. He invited her to stay for dinner and rest before they battled, and she complied, respecting his honor. She grew doubtful that this was in fact a great dragon, and voiced her complaints. He exited his lair and took true shape, reverted to elven shape, and then they continued their dinner.

The next day they battled, and Gerudigal barely managed to defeat Kora Sr, by taking dragon shape and flying into the air to cast spells from above. Though she found cover and shot arrows at him, eventually she was knocked unconscious by a concussive spell, and he lowered himself to the ground, barely having survived the struggle.

He nursed her back to health, one thing led to another, and Kora Jr. was born.

He learned much from both his parents, at first endeavoring to be a mage like his father. However, he somehow lacked the power to use magic, despite his draconic heritage, and decided to follow in both his parents' footsteps. Like his mother, he'd be a hunter and honorable warrior, a protector of the innocent and a slayer of evil.

Like his father, he'd be a scholar and scientist, as well as a musician, poet and artist.

He traveled the lands for a while when he turned 18, and was met with fear and hatred by many due to his horrifying appearance. Over five long years of struggle, he built up his reputation as a hero, and from there was entrusted with increasingly great tasks. Now, a decorated warrior, Knighted honorarily by many nations, he is given an even greater task than any he's ever had before.

With a prayer to Bahumat, he sets off, to bring honor to both sides of his family and save thousands, possibly millions of lives from the Hand of Nocturne.

Armament (weaponry):He has a massive two-handed sword and equally massive bow, both a gray-green color. Most men cannot so much as lift the sword or draw the bow, but he has no trouble with the cumbersome tools and wields them with skill. The bow, as one might guess, can shoot an arrow with a lot of force, and his massive sword is actually a greater weapon for crushing things than most axes or hammers.
Protection (armor):He wears a full suit of armor the same color as his weapons. It was modified from his mother's original suit. As it had to be lengthened, it is slightly thinner than before, but is still very good, if heavy, protection. The helmet allows him to hide his rather horrifying face from others, though it has holes in it to allow his horns through.
Arcane Ability (any magic):None, at all.

Other Possessions (Gear):He always carries a backpack with a sleeping bag tied to it. He carries a flute, ocarina and lute with him at all times, as these are his favorite instruments. He also keeps plenty of parchment and paper on him, just in case inspiration strikes him and he has to write, draw, or compose something. He always keeps a rope and grapplehook on him, just in case any hiking needs done.
Anything Forgotten? (Other):The helmet takes a moment to remove or put on, due to his horns.

Kora is very sensitive about his appearance, as it was pretty much the reason he had been hated by most who met him until he finally proved himself as an honorable, good and kindly knight. However, he's not at all sensitive about people assuming he's an idiot, as stated earlier.

Kora eats a LOT. He's a big man...dragon...orc...thingy.