Roleplay Information
Original Creator: Cynder
GMs: VarionusNW, Grey, Jedly, Lucius "Lucy" Cypher
Co-Mods:
Veterans: Cynder, eddieddi, ERode, Exodus, Grey, Hebigami Shiho, Ipsie, Jedly, Kidd, Kilo6, Lucius Cypher, Norix, Nytem4re, VarionusNW, xAsunaWolfx, Zombehs
Level: Mid-Casual.
Status: Open
A Foreword
This is a reboot of an RP by the same name. All credit for the idea, and a good portion of the following text goes to Cynder. With this iteration of the RP, we want to focus on character interaction, just like in the original, but add in a dash of world building. Players will be allowed to add in bits of information about lucis/earth as they please, though planning things out in OOC would be a good idea first. This RP is by everyone for everyone, so have fun!
Introduction
The year is 2066.
It has been exactly twenty years since two parallel, yet unseen worlds, finally made contact with one another. It has been officially nineteen years since these worlds viewed and respected each others differences and soon, it'll be time for the 19th anniversary of peace between this two extremely different worlds. After the very fabric of time and space split, Lucis and Earth, forever separated, became one through a massive breach in the sky.
This wormhole, dubbed by common tongue as the "Black Gale" is home to miles of unexplored wilderness and the infamous "mysterious labyrinths" which are known for appearing randomly, spawning a number of monsters and always changing in design when entered. In order to combat the threat of wildlife, labyrinths and even potential war between the two worlds, a number of academies have begun to pop up all over the areas of the Black Gale currently inhabited by humans.
These academies vary by location, but all have the same general concept -- "the end result is peace." Each school takes a variety of races from both worlds and by allowing them to co-exist and learn from each other, students work together towards graduation. Upon graduation, students are officially recognized as "Gatekeepers", an honor by any form of government and realized by both worlds to be enforcers of law, peace and overall, protection.
You are one of these students. Perhaps you are ordinary or extremely gifted, good with technology, magic, alchemy or people. Either way, you've been chosen by the headmaster of one academy in particular -- the Academy of The Arcane Artes. It is unknown as to why students are chosen, but the academy itself is outstanding by standards with high graduation and some of the most famous Gatekeepers are known to have graduated from there.
That being said, the option is yours to take.
Will you accept the offer?
The Worlds
Earth- Home to humans, who, over the past few thousand years, have advanced their technology to ludicris degrees. With everything from laser guns to giant mechs, humans are able to make up for their weaknesses. They have developed ways to make just about everything but space travel efficient. There are still 3rd world countries, still stuck in a retro-modern era, that ended 50 years ago for most 1st world countries. humans are completely incapable of using magic, at least Earth-dwelling humans, anyway.
Lucis- Home to just about every fantastical race you could amagine, though the most common are elves, dwarves, orcs, gnomes, and goblins. All of the races have their own take on magic. Some learn it, some have it from birth, while some never have it. Lucis is very low-tech, somewhat comparable to medieval. This lack of technological innovation was mostly due to the convenience of magic.
If you create an original Lucian race, you have free reign on world building for that race, though, if someone wants to make a character with your race, your gunnu have to give them a share of the world building.
The Academy
To be updated over the course of time. In the meantime, enjoy your uniforms that just recently arrived in the mail -- just in time for the first day. (all credit to Cynder for the uniform images)
The Letter
The letter is received at the same time for every student. It is dropped nearby the student (such as a windowsill) by a raven, black as
night. It can appear during the night, day, afternoon or elsewise. Should you be a second year student and so on, you receive a variation
of this letter that is simply updated information about you. After this letter is received by the academy, you are to receive a uniform
bearing the academy's crest with the choice of a cloak or coat.
There is a sheet attached that is required for you fill out. When filling it out, please delete all brackets, thanks guys!
Rules
1.) You may have as many characters as you'd like and/or can handle.
2.) If you have any questions, please leave them in the thread, PM a GM or visit our chat. You may also request to join the skype group.
3.) I am not the only GM, just go look up, and you can see the loads of people who can judge your character sheets, answer questions, and other things.
4.) Shouldn't be too much of an issue, but there is to be absolutely no powerplaying, metagaming or godmodding allowed.
5.) Avoid speedposting. There will not be a posting order, however, we do not want two pages between the same two people.
6.) Respect Co-Mods, they have all the same powers as GMs. You may speak to us in the skype group if you wish to be a Co-Mod.
7.) No smut is permitted, anything past hugs and kisses is either "fade to black" or take to PMs.
8.) You may attack another player's character, however, you cannot kill them without permission.
9.) You'll receive a warning if you start drama outside of the Roleplay: first one to start, first one out.
10.) If a troll appears, feel free to poke at it, but don't feed it. Do not be a troll yourself.
11.) Not a rule, but I'd love to see some character development, plot twists, proper grammar and so on.
12.) You may not control another person's character without their permission.
13.) We all control the plot together, so use the chatzy and pm to plan things. Using titanpad to write collab posts is highly suggested.
14.) If someone else already created a race you want to use, go off of what they put or ask them about it.
15.) Have fun and enjoy yourself!
Full Name: Slick Sloth Zairos III
Nickname(s): SS, M, Slick
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Year: 2
Birthday: 9th of August
Astrological Sign: Leo
Species: Half-Elf (Mixed with human)
Class: Mage
Weapon: A sword hilt, that can have energy channeled into it (Think of the spirit sword from Shaman King).
World: Lucis
Short Biography: Slick never knew his father, all he knew was that he came from Earth. This lead to him being bullied and never really felt at ease in his own body. So for the sake of others, he will make sure the "Black Gale" is never allowed to create a hybrid again.
Personality: Usually quite happy, but when he, or someone he cares about, is in danger, he will stop at nothing to rescue them. However he will not kill and cannot tolerate the act.
Partner: (None, TBA)
Fear(s)/Weakness(es)/Limit(s): (As previously stated) Slick will not kill, even if it means losing someone close to him, he will also not bring any harm to the environment (unless pushed to the extreme). His fears are that of loneliness. He is weak to water, since he was trained mostly in pyromancy (and didn't learn to swim well). He is limited by his energy, since he can create large spells, but some require enough energy to make him faint.
Strange Attributes/Abilities/Traits: Can see the souls of any living thing, as fire-like crystals, coloured by different attributes of the personality.
Theme Song: His world. - 
Name:Experiment 736
Nicknames: 736, Rikhard
Gender: Male
Age: 6 (but with enough memories to function as an adult)
Year: 1
Birthday: November 1st
Sign: Scorpio
Species: Flesh Golem
Class: 
Full Name: Sylus Moriam
Nickname(s): Sy
Gender: Male
Age: 16 human years, 200 elven years
Year: 2
Birthday: September 2nd
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Species: Elf
Class: Ranger
Weapon: A bow and enchanted arrows that serve a myriad of purposes. These are as follows:
fire (erupts in flames on contact with something)
lightning (Pulsing electricity, shocks living targets and is obviously also useful for damaging Earth technology)
leech (drains magical energy from tart\get at a steady rate, causing target to weaken and makes it much harder to cast spells. Only works if it pierces skin, can only by stopped by being physically removed, i.e pulled out)
paralysis (target is paralyzed around arrow site until arrow is removed, as muscles around the area become useless as long as it's there. If shot in the leg, target will not be able to walk as well, if shot in arm target cannot swing weapons using that arm. again needs to pierce skin)
World: Lucis
Short Biography: Sylus's father was a quite well-accomplished gatekeeper who disappeared within the Black Gale when Sylus was much younger. he looked up to his father very much, so it was a no-brainer for him to accept entrance into the academy. He has a serious attitude when it comes to his studies, as he wants nothing more then to follow in his father's footsteps. His mother warned against him going, as she didn't want to lose her son as well, but Sylus sees no other acceptable future for himself.
Personality: Sylus is rather shy around unfamiliar people, especially in large crowds. He slowly becomes more comfortable around people as he gets to know them, and once he has made a few friends he is quite friendly, optimistic and outgoing around them. he is very fond of nature and spends as much time among plants and animals as he can, preferring to study, eat lunch and such around school grounds rather than indoors. He is protective of those he cares about, and will resort to violence if one of them is threatened.
Partner: (TBA)
Fear(s)/Weakness(es)/Limit(s): Sylus frequently has night terrors, and as such he sometimes avoids sleeping and has a habit of sneaking out of his dorm at night. He will often go out of his way to help people he cares about, often times endangering or exhausting himself in the process. Using his healing magic drains his mental strength and can be quite detrimental to his health.
Skills/Abilities/Traits: Moderately skilled Archer. Knows basic enchantment which he uses to create magical arrows for different purposes, also dabbles in alchemy and can create various poisons to coat arrows with. He is studying druidic magic, which is magic derived from life and nature, and used for the benefit of it. he can communicate with animals fluently as if they could speak, and has a natural gift for befriending them. He can sense energies within living beings if he concentrates, such as magic energy, and life force. This allows him to sense beings that would otherwise be hidden to him, and tell how much life force a being has (how close to death they are essentially). He has learned how to channel his life force into other beings in order to heal their wounds or cure their ailments, however doing so is, for obvious reasons, extremely physically demanding. The energy required to heal another is proportionate to the severity of the wound or ailment. The more energy he uses to heal others, the more he risks passing out, becoming ill or worse.
Other: He has formed a strong bond with a bird he named Feena, who lives in a tree on Academy grounds and that he visits every day. He can play the lute, and enjoys doing so as a hobby.
*Gogles will be added when I get home*
After Magpul absorbed Daewoo’s copyrights after the Korean company went bankrupt, a majority of the weapon platforms were trashed or placed in storage, as they were considerably outdated. Though, after being authorized access to the rifles the company manufactured, Varren managed to build a mountain out of a molehill. Based off of the K11 DAW rifle, the boy updated and refined the integrated range-finding system, tweaking the air-burst reception time and minor adjustments to the RPM. Chambered with the traditional 5.56x45mm NATO round, a cartridge which has been in advent use for more than a century. The gun receives most of its credit due to the air-burst combat technique, loaded with six 20x30mm HE grenades, the K30 abides by the same protocol as its predecessor. Firing in bursts of three, the first two grenades detonate on impact, meanwhile the last explodes a few meters away from its target, utilizing the air-burst technique which creates an area of effect of one and a half meters. The K11 originally operated off of four firing modes, the last employing the same trigger to fire both built-in weapons. Varren found this as an infantile hindrance, and critiqued the weapon to surpass such a disability. Being a one-of-a-kind weapon he fashioned himself, it has became his primary and most effective choice in combat. Outfitted with a suppressor, and a pair of goggles with a built-in display of the rifle’s thermal optics.
Chambered with a lethal .308 round, molded into a compact and easy to maneuver frame, the Magpul M93B is a fighter’s best friend. On par with most battle rifles, the firearm makes up for its lack of range, with an easy to control rate of fire. Though Varren would normally be rendered unable to fire such a caliber, the bullets are developed for silenced use, giving the user less recoil to deal with. Along with the assistance of a foregrip, the rifle is handled with expertise. This weapon is used less than his primary choice of armament.
Providing a high rate of fire and chambered with an anti-materiel round, all jampacked into a small, compact product. The white wolf is a prime grade machine pistol, a perfect choice as a fallback weapon, or can be employed to buy the user some time. Able to be held with one hand and takes up barely any space, the wolf also provides an integrated rail-system; which is usually accompanied by an accurate holosight. Varren tends to keep this on his person at all times, but can only carry it around unchambered during school. It mainly serves as a memento, a gift from his family.
Full Name
"Kelly Perrin"
Fake Name
"Nope no alias!"
Nickname(s)
"Kelly's short enough isn't it?"
Gender
Female
Age
"I'm 15."
Year
"First Year."
Birthday
"I was born on July 7th."
Astrological Sign
"Cancer, Why?"
Species
"Human."
Class
"Mechanic. I fix things. I make things. If it has moving parts, I'll probably have to do something with it at some point."
Weapon
"I built a bracer... the thing covers my forearm, left or right doesn't matter. There's a multi-tool in it, you know for emergency repairs. I have a small laser in it too, but that's better for cutting into non-organic things that aren't moving. There's a blade that pops out of the front portion and locks making for a handy fist weapon. The item is powered off of energy cells that charge from solar energy which takes a whole day, but I have two for a total eight hours of operating. It's not like I'm going to use it twenty-four seven and the charge drains mostly because of the laser."
World
"Earth."
Short Biography
"I was born to a pair of genius parents who were studying the works of Black Gale. Neither of them had anything to do with the peace that was created between the worlds, they were simply curious about the anomaly and wished to study it. They had a fairly hands off policy when it came to raising me after I was capable of walking, speaking, and learning. It seems they wanted to study the Gale over taking care of me beyond feeding me and giving me a place to sleep. I quickly picked up a fascination with all sorts of machines. My parents were most surprised when the walked in on me when I was 10 and I was halfway through the construction of a working model airplane with a improved design over most passenger planes. Well, it worked and that's probably why I'm getting this letter. Then I went and made the previously mentioned bracer, mostly for convenience purposes."
Personality
"I've been called rude, but I call myself honest. If I have an opinion about something I'll usually voice it. I hate loud noises since they make it difficult for me to listen to the machines I'm working on. I like to go for runs. Music is nice. I'm not really good with other people that aren't my parents. I tend to not really know what to talk about, so I'm not great at starting conversations. I like people though, they're fine. I get a bit focused on my work since distractions can ruin some things."
Partner
"Chose a partner for me."
Fear(s)/Weakness(es)/Limit(s)
"I really don't understand magic, which makes me uncomfortable with anything dealing with it. I'll stick with my technology thank you very much.
"Well, I suppose it's a weakness. Lots of noise makes it difficult for me to do my work because I can't hear machines that well if it happens. Yes, I hate noise."
"I can't turn off my ability, so I have to wear headphones to filter the sound, since headphones can't pick up that special sound the same way I do it helps a lot. It doesn't stop my ability to listen to people since I made a recorder that translates the sound of their voices to my headphones."
Strange Attributes/Abilities/Traits
"I can hear machines. I know, that sounds weird, but any and all machines have a sound that I can hear that others can't. If there's something broken inside of a machine I can listen to it and discern where and what is broken which makes it easier for me to fix it. I can also hear the location of machines from a fair distance thanks to this ability. I guess I basically hear the moving parts or if it's not covered in the plastic protection the electricity running through the wires."
Other
"I'm quite proficient in machine code."
