Soul Story Online
GM: Dark Revenger Knight
coGM: Shiinen

It's the year 2020; several years ago the world's first virtual reality game was created only to disappoint millions with its poor environments, lackluster AI and massive lag. Fortunately, technology evolved. An emerging software company, Oracle, decided to incorporate the latest in brain science into its ambitious project - Soul Story Online. They found a way to successfully trick the five sense into accepting artificial reality as real via a headset; an adjustable meter would control the level of realism - hardcore gamers could set the dial at max to experience fatigue and even pain. Since its first reveal, the hype was uncontainable and thousands would wait in line for the game's release.

Soon the game was released to the public. As thousands connected their headsets, Aeternus, the virtual world, became alive. As hoped, the game more than met even the wildest of expectations; the spawn town, Nexus, was quickly filled with the awed expressions of people admiring the level of detail in their avatar, the seamlessly integrated user interface that lit as a bright holographic screen and the rough feel of brick that held up armor shops and magic boutiques that were attended by Oracle moderators. The game's combat system was equally impressive; physics was augmented to allow incredible duals in both PvP and PvE and as was promised, each player had the Soul Attack function present in their attack log but strangely set to 'unavailable'. Despite that inconsequential inconvenience, nothing in the world could ruin the experience until people tried accessing the log-out option. At first, players thought they simply could not find the well hidden button but they soon realized there was no such function.

And then everyone received an ominous letter that changed everything...



CS:
Real Life Name:
Soul Story Name:
Age:
Gender:
Weapon:
Weapon Name:
Class: 1 well-written paragraph (I won't have too many reservations so long as you don't abuse this; I'll let you know if you are)
Soul Attack:
Avatar Appearance: 1 well-written paragraph (The game replicates actual physical appearance via a set of polygons that essentially recreates your image virtually and other gibberish that we won't bother going into; you may use an image to supplement your paragraph, I prefer you'd use a Gaia image but up to you)
Personality: 1 well-written paragraph (I'd like to see characters complete with strengths as well as weaknesses)

Here's my CS; I might do some editing as I'm not fully satisfied with this but anyway...

Real Life Name: Hunter Crux
Soul Story User Name: Ares
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Weapon: Great Lance
Weapon Name: Soul Eater
Class: Dark Knight - A heavy htting knight that includes dark magic in his arsenal. Its greatest fault lies in its defensive capabilities. They go in hard and fast, are great for initiating assaults but require backup to remain alive.
Level: 1 (We're all level 1, no exceptions)
Soul Attack: The Thousand War Ender - A fury of blows charged with dark energy that maul the opponent (Use of Soul Attacks will have some interesting consequences...)
Move Pool:
Magic
Dark Wave - A slash that exerts one wave of dark energy. Cost [20SP]
Berserk Thrust - Soul Eater becomes engulfed in crimson rage and releases a staggering thrust. Cost [40SP]
Melee
Earth Breaker - User takes to the sky and thrusts his weapon downward.
Triple Thrust - A series of thrusts that aim for specific points of reference.

Avatar Appearance: (The game replicates actual physical appearance via a set of polygons that essentially recreates your image virtually and other gibberish that we won't bother going into)
Towering at 6'1'', Hunter sports a hazelnut faux-hawk that drops down along the contour of the neck and down the forehead, on opposite side, to the tip of his Greek-esque nose. He has thick, well-kept eyebrows and his sideburns arch around the temple before sliding down to perfect peaks along his jawline. His intense, emerald-struck eyes contrast with his pale skin tone and his shoulders amount for his most impressive feature. While not heavily built or overly muscular, Hunter is toned. As part of his in-game ensemble, Hunter wears a wine-red cloak; the hood usually hangs at eye level just enough to allow him visibility of his surroundings but also enough to conceal the greater part of his expression. He wears a silver chest-plate with gold edges around the waist level and around the shoulder slots. The gauntlets protecting his arm are made of the same black, stainless steel as his leg armor. The shoe piece peaks into a lethal point on each foot and along the shin up to the knee and beyond, metal layers stack.

Gaia Representation:


Canon Art:


Personality: Hunter likes to keep to himself by choice but doesn't mean he won't occasionally join in on conversation. He's intrusive when it comes to taking action but has deep regrets. He isn't known for being the smartest person and if grades are any indication of such, he isn't the most studious but he is street smart. An avid MMO player, Hunter has a reputation of playing solo but will once in a while play with others; this attribute mirrors his real life personality. He doesn't have many friends but care deeply for those that are in that list. One of his notable strengths is his incredible ability to push forward under great levels of pressure and one of his most unforgiving weaknesses is his blunt attitude toward the unknown. He can act (and probably will) without due consideration which, in the past, has lead to undesirable outcomes and has landed him in tight spots. At first glance and certainly when you first meet him, it would appear that he has an attitude problem or a rainy cloud constantly over his shoulder and this is because he does. He's impatient, hates flying and is easily annoyed by certain types of personalities.

By all means a reserved person, Hunter doesn't easily trust others but is known to have fallen for the wrong people in the past which is why for the time being he's kept away from relationships. Lastly, Hunter is by no means an expert at MMOs but he learns quickly and enjoys the competitive scene.

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WIP
Real Life Name: Dante Fierro
Soul Story User Name: Dragoon
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Weapon: Ultra Greatsword
Weapon Name: Inferno
Class:
Level: 1
Soul Attack:
Move Pool:
Magic
Melee

Avatar Appearance:



Personality:
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Aeternus - The World
Nexus

- Is the initial spawn town, equipped with a town square, armor shops and item boutiques of several types, Nexus is a safe zone from monsters and PvP. The often foggy town is located in the center of a mythical forest that hides an elusive but fatal boss.
Locations:
- Heroic Inn (50 Gold/Night) - Full HP/SP Replenish
- Beggars Inn (10 Gold/Night) - Full HP Replenish
- Nexus Guild Archive - Public Quests and Guild Registration
- Nexus Brewery
- Corpseman's Jailhouse
--Open Quests

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--Events

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Mystic Woods

- Is a deep wooded area that surrounds Nexus in its entirety and is home to a very powerful boss. Contains several dispersed farm colonies and a well-hidden village tucked within the deeper area of the woods.
Locations:
Afriel - Small farming village with a single inn, a bar and a couple small shops.
Enemies:

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The Frozen Kingdom

- Is a land with subzero temperatures that lies beyond the Mystic Forest.
Locations:
-TBA
-TBA
-TBA
-TBA

Enemies:

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Aquapolis

- A decently sized city-port edged against the vast Dark Sea. This is a safe zone controlled and protected by a famous administrator and his guild - 7 Seas Clan.

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The Dark Sea

- A vast and treacherous ocean that hides a legendary treasure. A great vessel is needed to traverse these dangerous waters.
Locations:
-TBA
-TBA

Enemies:
















The Void

Locations:
Enemies:

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The Tribunal

Locations:
Enemies:

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Arami, The City in the Sky

Locations:
Enemies:

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Emerian's Great Swampland

Locations:
Enemies:

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The Titan's Mouth

Locations:
Enemies:

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The Great Dragon Forge

Locations:
Enemies:

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Netherworld

Locations:
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Courtesy of the wonderful Shiinen~

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Character Sheets
Player Slots:
Dark Revenger Knight
Crimson Flame
Deadpixel101
DragonBeastMode
kittenlover
Silver Fox
The Wanderer
Shiinen
Zathrax
Unlucky0013
LupusIntus
Winter

Let's hope you actually start this RP this time... >_>

Not entirely sure which character to go with this time... I have three I want to use, and I'm not sure which one to go with...


Leo the Palladin. The opposite of a Dark Knight basically...


Tim the White Mage (One is a Beastman, the other version isn't.) Loosely based on the White Mage class in Golden Sun.


Stella the Sorcereress. Loosely based on the Sorcerer class in Fire Emblem.

Interesting choices, for variety I'd suggest White Mage, Beastman or Sorceress. Yeah, hopefully we get a few more people.

Real Life Name: Timothy "Tim" Wolfe
Soul Story Name: Snow Wolfe
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Weapon: Staff
Weapon Name: Snow Staff
Class: White Mage: The White Mage is predominantly a healing and support oriented class. His stats are average across the board, and nothing particularly excels. Tim doesn't really like fighting all that much, and would rather stand in the background and be a supporting player. The skills he uses are non-damaging and involve healing, protection, stat buffs, and debuffs. Most of his techniques are Water/Ice based.

Beastman: At character creation, Tim chose to make himself not fully human. The beastmen are a race of animal human hybrids, Tim is based on a Wolf. He has the ability to transform into a wolf form. It requires mana to use this ability. Tim cannot use magic while in this form. He can return to human form at will. In this state, Tim's attack and speed go up, but defense stats go down. He does retain his intelligence in this state. He cannot speak to humans in this form, but he can speak to animals. Being a beastman also allows Tim to understand how animals feel, and is better at taming them. He also has better senses as beastman, notably smell. He doesn't usually fight in wolf form, and uses it more for the talking to animals part.

Soul Attack: Arctic Abyss: Summons a large blizzard, that strikes enemies with razor sharp Ice Crystals. It is obscenely powerful to make up for Tim's lack of offense.

Avatar Appearance:

Tim is noticeably short for a young man his age. It doesn't bother him much, unless someone bullies him for it. Despite seeming weak and fragile, he is actually stronger than he looks. He has an athletic build and is physically fit due to having lived in a small island all of his life, and spending a lot of time running around outside. He spends a good amount of time in the sun so his skin is lightly tanned as a result, not pale but not bronzed either. He has messy black hair on top of his head, and his bangs go to his eyebrows. He has big brown eyes, a small nose, and a round "Babyface", which give him a youthful appearance. His face is clean-shaven, and his upper body is free of any hair except the top of his head and eyebrows. Since he is a beastman in the game, he has black furry "wolf ears" instead of human ears. He enjoys the feeling of people petting them, but he won't let anyone touch them unless their good friends. He also as a black bushy tail that grows just above the rear. His clothes in the game somehow accomidate for the tail, so it is always visible.

His outfit in the game is a short sleeved, collared white robe. The trim on the bottom, and sleeves of the robe are light blue. It is held in place by a light blue belt at the waist. Underneath this, he wears a simple white undershirt. On his legs he wears white leggings that keep them warm in the cold, but are still comfortable to wear when the temperature is warmer. On his feet are a pair of knee-high white boots with one blue belt wrapped around each of them. A pair of white gloves with blue trims cover his arms up to his elbows. He is accompanied by an animal compainion, a grey wolf puppy with brown eyes he named Alice. There is no special meaning behind the name, it was just the first that that came to mind.

He is able to take the form of a large black wolf which is much bigger than Tim is as a human. His fur his black, like his hair, as well as soft to the touch. His eyes remain the same shade of brown.

Personality: Tim is a shy and quiet individual by nature. He was always this way, and being bullied as a kid didn't help. He is very sensitive, and he fears being bullied. He usually speaks with a quiet voice, and occasionally a stutter when he's nervous. He also becomes very apologetic when someone shows any hint of being upset. He has a thing for animals, and he usually prefers being with animals than with people. Animals will listen without judgement, and only expect a little kindness in return. He is gentle and softspoken, which seems to be the reason why he has such an easy time with animals. He gets scared easily, his worst phobia being stage fright. He gets really nervous when having to speak or perform in front of an audience. He really wants to be the brave, but it's harder than it looks.

Despite being shy, he is by no means antisocial. If you talk to him, you'll find he's quite friendly, and polite. He can laugh and make jokes like any other kid. He is always happy to have to new friends, because his shyness makes it difficult to make them. He is very affectionate and loyal to those he likes. He hates it when people are angry around him, so he tries his best to keep the peace. In conversations, he is usually more of a listener than a talker, and he has no problems being a sounding board when someone wants to vent (As long as they don't hurt him.) Tim is very kind to others, often to a fault. He is very trusting of people, and is willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Tim is usually very difficult to anger, and is very quick to forgive someone when he does get mad. However, during the times when he is not in a good mood, he can be quite scary if you do catch him at a bad moment. He doesn't want to burden others with his problems, and he fears being made fun of, so he keeps his feelings to himself. This causes him personal frustration. When it gets to be too much, he'll lash out at the target, and let out his pent up rage. He dislikes bullying (towards himself or others,) as well as people being needlessly cruel to animals. Doing one of those things is the best way to get him upset.

Tim is very careful and calculating, and although he doesn't like to brag about it, the boy is intelligent. He always thinks before he speaks, and prefers not to wrecklessly jump into danger. However, due to his insecurity he is often uncertain if the choices he makes are the right ones. He can easily be convinced to change his mind. This leaves him with some anger when the plan fails and he knew his original idea would have worked. He also doesn't like violence all that much, having been a victim of it most of his life. Although he doesn't look like it, Tim has a big appetite. He likes eating many different kinds of foods, and has the cooking skills to match.

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Real Life Name: Stella Gold
Soul Story Name: Morgana
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Weapon: Tome
Weapon Name: Tome of Dark Arts
Class: Sorcereress - A magic user skilled in the art of Dark Magic. They are much slower compared to regular Mages but they are much more defensive and able to take damage much better. Despite this they are still better put as back up attackers or chip damagers. Many of her attacks, while not that powerful damage wise, have useful secondary effects... (Such as draining health, poisoning enemies, weakening them, etc...)

Soul Attack: Apocalypse: Opens up a black hole, that spews out dark energy in all directions, and damages foes

Avatar Appearance:

Stella's height is at 5'10", but she wears high heels often, so she appears to be a few inches taller. She doesn't go into the sun all to often, claiming it's bad for your skin, so her skin is fair as a result. She has a slender build, but still has a feminine figure. She has straight, blond hair that falls to her waist, with short bangs that go to her eyebrows. She usually wears some kind of headband on top of her head to keep her hair tidy. Her eyes are almond shaped, and are a light shade of blue. She doesn't wear make up often, apart from red lipstick and eyeshadow on occasion, as well as concealer, should it be necessary. She puts a lot of effort into maintaining her appearance, and she makes sure to keep her face clear of any blemishes, and to maintain a good weight.

One of the reasons she chose the Sorceress class was for the elegant dresses they wear. Her outfit in the game is a sleeveless purple and gold gown. On her feet, she wears black and purple boots, but they are usually hidden underneath the floor length dress. Covering her hands are a pair of purple gloves. Just like she does in real life, she wears plenty of jewelry. Around her neck is a gold necklace with a ruby stone as the charm. Around her head is a black crown, with amethysts in the center. She also has a ruby ring on her around her left ring finger, which is visible over the glove. The tome she carries is also purple and gold, and is marked with various magical runes.

Personality: Stella is a proud, confident young woman. She can come off as arrogant sometimes, often overestimating herself, while underestimating others, but she does have a kind caring side somewhere deep down, someone just has to be willing to look for it. She is not shy in the slightest, and if given the opportunity, she will say exactly what she thinks, which often gets her into trouble, and offends people. She usually acts very serious and proper, and appears to have no tolerance for low-class behavior, but it's just an act, and she knows how to have fun if the circumstances are right. She is a strong willed individual, and once she's decided on something, it is very difficult to change her mind. Due to her wealthy upbringing, and being given whatever she wanted whenever she asked, she is spoiled, and has very high standards, and she gets upset if things do not meet those standards. She is very frivolous, and she's known for spending money like it grows on trees. Especially if it's someone else's money.

Stella values cuteness and beauty in all areas in her life. From her taste in clothes, to the people she associates with. If your one of those people that do not meet her expectations. Depending on the person, she will avoid you, try to give you a makeover, or be needlessly cruel to you. As one would imagine, looks mean everything to Stella. She can often be seen studying her reflection in any reflective surface available. She despises dirt and ugliness with a passion. She hates sports, physical labor, camping, or anything that could possibly get her dirty and ruin her image. If forced to do them, she will complain. Something else she can't stand, bugs (Including Spiders.) Butterflies and Moths are fine, it's the ants, worms, cockroaches, etc. she can't stand.

She can be a nice person once you get to know her. This is noticeable when she's speaking to someone she finds to be cute, or has taken a liking to. She will act friendly towards them, and if they are younger than her, act like a sister to them. She's also quite generous to her friends. One thing that may surprise you, is that despite being a girly girl, she actually enjoys playing video games, and she has an extensive collection of games at home. (Though, you won't find any shooters or sports games in there. You will find some fighting games though, just nothing excessively violent.) She doesn't hide this fact, and she often brings a portable game system or two with her. She is also much smarter than most people give her credit for. She doesn't find stupidity attractive either.

Lol. If it's just you and me we'll 1x1.

You should've done the same here, man. In any case, yeah boii!

Speak for yourself. :P

We could always get Atrum here.

If this does wind up being 1x1, then I feel bad for Tim. xD

I'll hit her up; she should have her CS from that one other RP...

Absolutely still interested in this ^^ Unfortunately I'm in the middle of a move right now so I don't have much access to internet, but count me in!

That's fine, welcome!

Hey! I'm interested but have a few things going on at the moment so I'll make CS in a bit.

Super interested in this, but I would like to ask. Are the classes limited to usual MMO classes, or can we make some out there off the wall classes?

interested, reserve me a spot for now if thats ok? ill get a Cs up as soon as i can :D

Everyone, thanks for the interest! Deadpixel101, I've no reservations so long as you don't make anything overpowered. Actually check with me first before you invest too much time on it so I can okay it.

Reserves noted.

Well my idea in specific was "Coin tosser" as a class, they would all be centered around luck and be a high-risk high-return class. A very quirky and awkward class in general. Perhaps not the best choice in an RP likely to have some character deaths...but ey, it would be fun I think.

Okay, then here are a few classes I had one the backburner, tell me which ones are acceptable or not, please. ^-^

Valkyrie: Armored melee class that fights with spears and arial/jumping attacks.

Necromancer: Caster class that fights by summoning minions, the undead and other sinister spells.

Conjurer: Summon contracted creatures, but in contrast to summoners, the conjured creatures have more supportive abilities, so conjurers can learn weak magic spells.

I had some class ideas as well ^^

-Elves: Winged ranged attackers. Can conjure many buff and heal themselves and others for a lot of health, but as a downside have low defense and are often attacked first.

-Venomancer (Beastfolk): Humans, mostly female, with the features of animals. Know many poisonous attacks, mostly long range, but have decent short range attacks. High attack, low defense.
Can tame animals with a lower level than themselves.

-Assassin (Merfolk): Very high attack, speed and agility, but lacks in defense massively.
Sneaky attacks, high stealth, medium regeneration.
Can activate merform in water to increase attack and speed even further.

Thief (Human): A lot like the Assassin, but more balanced out in defense and health regeneration.
Can carry along one pet, unlike the venomancer, to grant them some buffs and help in attacks.
(Would be received as a basic quest or something.)

Dark elves: Opposite from the elves, often portrayed with dark skin and light hair (also opposite from normal elves). They can heal themselves, but not others, and only cast debuffs on enemies. Higher attack and defense than the elves, but mostly seen as a solo class.

Mystics (Human-ish): Mystics are perfectly in tune with nature around them. They harness the power of pure energy to strengthen their blades and fire terrible attacks at enemies. Can also summon plants to do their bidding and temporarily receive the aid of wild animals.

Hmm, have this so far. Will try to think of more later.

I have my CSes finished. :3

Skybreaker, all those will work. Minarawr, I have no issue with any of those so long as they're balanced. Crimson, I'll review your CSs soon as I get home.

Looks good, Crimson. Accepted. I've a feeling Tim and Hunter will be good friends actually.

Of course I'm onboard! XD Give me some time to decide who I'll pick, hehe. XD