Kingdom Hearts: Trinity

[Imperfectionist]

Kingdom Hearts: Trinity

“The three of you… are Chosen. You alone are the champions of the Realm of Light; no others can save it from the Darkness. You will be challenged, you will be forced to fight, and you may lose, but you cannot. For if you fall, Light falls with you, and in the Hearts of the Worlds, Darkness only will reign...”
–Mella, the Ancient Seer

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OOC Thread

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Rejoice, one and all! The Trinity is formed!

Noel is Alex Reed, The Dauntless Key!

Unlucky is Sebastion, The Unbreakable Lock!

and Imperfectionist is William Anima, The Everlasting Door!


This means that there are no more slots open. I'm very sorry if you didn't get a chance to post a character, but I'm sticking with these two players.

Now, for a few credits:

-Noel, for her idea of "Locks" as separate and analogous weapons to Keyblades, which led to my separation of Key, Lock and Door. Thank you, Noel.

-Unlucky, for his Alternate Universe KH RP from a month ago. Without it, this RP wouldn't exist. Thank you, Unlucky.

-Oddly enough, now these two ^ are my players!

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Hello, everyone! I am Imperfectionist, Imp for short, and this is my first ever attempt to create an RP! -fanfare-

This is a Kingdom Hearts trio RP which embraces the triples of the Kingdom Hearts games, and makes them an explicit, core aspect of the story. Hopefully you know what I mean: the trinity between Heart, Body and Soul; the character trinities (Sora-Kairi-Riku, Mickey-Donald-Goofy, Terra-Aqua-Ventus); the “path” trinity of Sword, Shield and Rod (Strength, Defense and Magic respectively), and so on.

Thus, we (myself and two others) are going to play the Trinity of Light, the champions of an alternate, Keyblade-less Realm of Light. Don't worry, the symbolism of the Keyblade isn't lost, as the Trinity is divided into the Key, the Lock and the Door.

These are symbolic descriptions, of course, and the abstract titles are something more like Willpower, Protection and the Pathway, but the idea is the same: the Key is there for freedom, to open the Heart, to explore it, and to forge a path for others, as the best key can remove any obstacle; the Lock is a shield of compassion, protecting the Heart from the influence of Darkness, keeping it safe, as nothing dangerous can get past a perfect lock; the Door, though the most esoteric and confusing of the three, in the end simply provides direction. Without the Door, the Key and the Lock would be useless tools, as there would be nothing to use them on. They cannot open anything or shield anything if they can’t find it. Thus, the Door to the Heart. As it is said, the best door always leads someone to where they need to be.

The Trinity will together in this universe have a similar role to Sora and the Keyblade. I have my own, original storyline, villains and worlds planned out, so it will not be simply Kingdom Hearts with OCs, and in fact the majority of worlds from the games will not be a part of this RP. Instead, it will focus on larger, more original worlds, and other properties, other works beyond Disney. If you have any suggestions for possible original, book, video game, TV, or movie-based worlds, just shoot me a PM, and I’ll consider including them. And you don’t have to be a player to contribute, of course.

Due to the specific nature of each character, I’m not going to have a traditional character sheet for people to post. Instead, all I want is the proposed name of your character, which archetype (either the Key or the Lock) you wish to play as and a sample of how you would write him/her. Basically, give me something like your first post. This is just simple quality control, honestly. Anyone can fill up a CS in ten minutes, but to actually produce a well-written post, you have to think about your character, his/her history and personality, what they are doing and why they’re doing it.

If I like your post, you’ll be that character. It’s that simple. When naming, use the following titles, after their name: the Dauntless Key for the Key, and the Unbreakable Lock for the Lock. For example, my character is named William Anima, the Everlasting Door. You don't have to have a first and last name, or any name other than the first, but please add the titles.


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Now then, getting down to business. Before you can create your characters and your sample posts, there is some background you should know:

The story will begin similarly to the games, on the small, generally modern and isolated human world of Alma, with our three young protagonists as simple townsfolk. Remember, when brainstorming, that their lives have not been very interesting so far, and their deeper personalities will likely be in development, rather than set in stone already. They are friends and companions, brought together through circumstance at an early age. When they all are around eighteen years old, they are each visited at their homes by a strange, hooded old crone, who screeches to the sky that they are Chosen, and bestows upon them a token, in the shape of their archetype. When the tokens are touched by the three, they disappear in a shimmering flash of light, and the old crone hurries away, laughing and raving. I’m going to leave most of the details of this particular world for you to quantify IC, but the main piece of information known to the three about such things is an ancient prophecy spoken by a Seer from ages past, which is engraved into their cultural history. Think of him as someone like the Prophet Isaiah from the Old Testament.

Your sample post will be to establish your character’s background and personality, and I’ll start the real story once I have the Trinity formed. To clear up any confusion, though you have been Chosen, you don’t have your specific powers yet. I will describe the powers to you IC, once we get to that point. If you’re worried that they will make or break your motivation to be a part of the story, don’t worry, they are all very cool, and will also be somewhat negotiable, once they are revealed.

Also, please read and consider the following when writing your character(s):

1. Please please PLEASE use grammar as correctly as possible. I understand that there are a very large amount of people on the site for whom English is a second language, and I don’t want to offend anyone, but I would much rather the posts use at least correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. If your sample is riddled with errors, it will be harder (though not impossible) for me to look past them and see a fantastic character. If it has a large number of errors, but is still really good, I can help anyone who needs it with the three things I just listed, no problem. In the end, this is to see who cares about making their writing understandable, more than punishing those who do not write in English natively.

2. I am putting this in the Casual section, but only because I’m not expecting novels for each post. This is a story with a reasonable amount of interaction between the three players, so if someone has to write a short post for dialogue or action reasons, I’m not discouraging it. The Casual label does not mean, “I don’t have to write as well,” just that you don’t always have to write as much.

3. All three are childhood friends, so keep that in mind.

4. In accordance with the above, all three are from the same original world, Alma, which means only original Alman characters. No one is going to have (for example) a Final Fantasy character as their main. NPCs, of course, are open to everyone, but not as part of the Trinity.

5. This one is rather obvious, but until further notice I want each of the Trinity to have their own player. If you have ideas for both a Key and a Lock, they have to have separate samples, and either I’ll like one idea more than the other, or you’ll have to choose between them. This rule may be subject to change, if I get very little interest.

6. I am playing the Door. I want the other players to be the Key and the Lock. This is because of special storyline significance that is only applicable to the Door. It is not to say that the other two are any less important to the story, but it will simply work better for me (the GM) to play as the Door.

7. Because of the nature of the Trinity idea, I need a pretty high amount of commitment from the players. If someone drops out in the middle of the story, it might amount to throwing an extra large spanner into the works, if you catch my drift. If someone needs to stop, or take a break, even without any notice, I understand, and either I or the other player of the trio will take over that character until either the original player comes back, or I can reach someone that posted a sample that’s still interested, and we work it out with him/her.

8. I know that most Casual RPs have more players than three, but I cannot change that number for this one. Maybe it will fail miserably, but again, due to the nature of the idea, it has to be a Trinity, with three characters and three players.

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And that’s pretty much it. Please get to thinking about your characters, either post here or send me a PM if you have any questions, and hopefully we’ll get going sometime soon. If anything about anything I’ve said seems strange, or you think this won’t make a very fun RP, please give me some suggestions, or at least your reasoning for thinking so, and I’ll take it into consideration. As I said above, this is my first attempt at GMing an RP, so half of what I said up there could be completely bonkers. Hopefully, it was not.

[Noel]

Hey look, its someone she recognizes

Well shes just quick read through all that up there and am plenty willing to throw caution to the wind and sign interest for this. Always love well thought out kingdom hearts RP and something with a smaller group sounds nice right about now.

Can probably come up with some kinda sample post within a day or two, would a dive to heart flavored to the specific idea be fine for a sample post?

[Imperfectionist]

It would be perfect, Noel. And thank you. Honestly, I was hoping a player like you would come along.

[Bartholomaeus]

Interested.

Curious though, is this only for the trio? Or are other characters/antagonists, etc allowed? Doubling later on, I mean.

[Imperfectionist]

Wow, my first thread has someone's first post! Haha, that's pretty cool.

Ahem, anyway, yes, only the Trinity are going to have distinct players. As I said, this is a trio RP. Antagonists are going to be (at first) only controlled by me, and hopefully by everyone once we get some synergy flowing. Any of the trio can create and use any NPC, unless they specifically need to control one by themselves.

Edit: Any NPC other than the main antagonists, I mean.

[Noel]

Cool cool, shall begin thinking of a sample post then.

[Imperfectionist]

Fantastic, I'm looking forward to it.

[Noel]

And here comes a sample post. Not sure if it shows the characters personality or background that well at all considering the scene but shes got a solid idea on how she wants to play it and what the background would be like. If not working for whats intended can try and write something else she guesses.

Name: Alex Reed, the Dauntless Key

Image(Because she sucks at describing how people look):

Post:
I've been feeling restless lately... Does any of this really matter? Even when I bite, scratch and claw for a taste of real freedom... nothing ever changes. Its starting to feel like a long long dream, merely going through the motions day in and day out...

The room was dark, only lit with the dimmest of lights descending from a tall ceiling. A faint mist seemed to waft around the room, what little bits of light within the room reflecting off of it. Sounds of feet shuffling and hushed yet excited voices were all that set upon her ears. Upon the tall darkened stage stood a woman steeped in androgyny. Short unkept black hair fell just above her shoulders, contrasting with the white of a simple collared shirt she wore. Thin non-descriptive form ran down to a thin pair deep blue jeans, loosely hoisted by a brown leather belt. Strapped to the belt was a small knife, snugly holstered but clearly visible at all times. Stage lights shut on one by one with a resounding thunk. The stage was lit, the young woman which stood in the center was illuminated in an instant. She stood before a microphone stand, head hung slightly, eyes closed as if she slept in that very position. The crowd below all turned towards the stage, growing hush in anticipation. The room became impossibly quiet. Sharp eyes slowly opened to gaze upon the crowd. The woman spotted but a few familiar faces within the crowd.

She stepped forward to grasp the microphone, but then everything seemed to stop. Color seemed to drain from the scene in all but two finite points. The point in which she stood, and a second positioned within the center of the crowd. Her eyes immediately snapped to that point, mouth going a bit ajar and eyes widening slightly in shock at the sight before her. In the center of the crowd stood a perfect reflection of herself, eyes shut with a faint smile painted across its lips. Quickly as it was spotted, the reflection turned with a calm ease and began to step out to vanish within the crowd. Alex stepped forward and broke into a run, tossing the mic stand before her to the side as she moved towards the edge of the stage. When her foot hit the edge of the stage her body suddenly rotated in what surely must have been an impossible manner. Her mind began to race, the a single heel being all that was left in contact with the edge of the stage. Soon that too left and the young woman found herself falling from the tall stage.

However her back did not collide with the ground soon as it should have. Instead she merely kept falling and falling, the sight before her causing her mind to race even further. It seemed the ground had no longer existed and she merely kept falling, the stage she had stood on elongating as she continued down, the top becoming further and further from her vision. Music flooded into the room as she descended further and further, guitars blared and drums pounded, intermingling with vocals she clearly recognized as her own, the crowed roared with excitement. Atop the platform stood the reflection of herself which stepped to the edge of the stage, merely watching her fall. Alex let out a cry of frustration at the sight, the scene suddenly changing a moment later. Finally the fall gave way with a sudden splash. Her vision darkened, the stage she had fallen from and the room around faded into but a glistening point of light shining at the waters surface. Her vision panned around in the darkness as she fell through the water.

After a few disorientated moments she found herself flipped right side up, her pace slowing from a frantic fall to a calm descent. The darkness was soon lit by beams of light reflecting off a station of stained glass which seemed to appear from no where. But Alex welcomed the shining platform she was gently placed around. She slowly looked around once more, taking in the scenery. Then a faint flash shone from the other side of the platform. Three pedestals emerged form the glass platform, each holding an icon of a different object. The key, the lock, the door. For a moment she stood contemplating the meaning of everything. But the way forward was obvious. Her fist clench, she stepped forward swiftly, a light grin spread across her lips as she took hold of the key from the pedestal.

With the key removed the pedestal's descended back into the platform. Her path forward opened, stained glass extending out far into the darkness. With the key clutched tightly in hand she started a run down the twisting roadway...

[Bartholomaeus]

Alright, I'll get working on my sample post soon, it'll probably be up later today.

[Imperfectionist]

Noel, I believe we have our Dauntless Key. I don't think I could turn you down, honestly, since you say you have a firm grasp of the character and I like it already.

-bows- It will be a pleasure to RP with you once again.


Now then, to anyone else who wishes to join, remember that the Unbreakable Lock is the only character for which I haven't chosen someone. If you believe that you can beat out Noel for the spot of the Key, you may try, but remember that I like Noel a lot, and your writing would have to be on a very high level for me to change my mind. Hopefully our Trinity will be complete before long.

Edit: To my potential Locks out there, you don't have to have a Dive to the Heart in your sample, especially because Noel has already done so, but you still may. Think about if it would better befit your character to do so.