Synopsis: The country of 'Sobetsu' is in a state of turmoil. To the north of Kinzoku no Ageba is a coal mine founded by natives of the southern region of Kazan but is within the norther region of Beruga. Skirmishes for the mine have begun while the governments of each region have continued to go back and forth with legal claims for the mine.

The western region of Hisen and the eastern region of Hayate have kept from the illegitimate war between their sister regions, which puts Beruga on a losing end of the resource battle. Both the Monarchy of Hisen and the Parliament of Hayate have kept their neutrality in spite of Beruga's plea for assistance.

The Kyoujin (Shadow's Hand), an organization of Fairs (those without the talents of Elementals) which have been targeting the nobility of Beruga's Democracy and Kazan's Oligarchy, have attracted the attention of the Elemental Elders and, thus, the Masters' Council. The Council has been assigned to seek out their base and leader and devise a way to put an end to the organization. The Elemental Conclave, of Elders, has been debating amongst themselves whether or not to intervene in their daughter regions' current dispute.

Notes:

• The world I have created is largely fleshed out. I have drawn maps by hand and have the major cities' and towns' locations. Villages and Tribes have remained unmarked and these may be fleshed out by players.
• Overall, there is a Feudal Asian/Colonial American setting throughout the country. Each region has further subsocietal traits of the native people. These are not strict but should be considered when creating a character.
• I have a "stat" system that is based off one's birth place, time, and date. This is being kept out for the sake of literary freedom. Should players show interest, it may be revealed to said individuals.
• I would like to know where your character lived/grew up in. I will provide the necessary information on that region's sociology and it is up to you to describe how that character fits in or denounces these sociological traits.
• Characters should have pivotal parts within the synopsis above. If you wish to start off as an "innocent" farmhand (or some such role), then please describe how you would like to be added into the plot. Otherwise, I will not make a side-story for your character (though I'm not saying you can't explore outside of the intended plot).
• Any age or rank of character is welcome.
• Please keep names of people and places within the Japanese language. I have a list of family names and common names used by the people of 'Sobetsu.' Foreigners (those originating from outside the country) are not allowed (yet).

Basic Information (You are not required to read all of this before posting in this thread or even making a WIP character)
Please ignore the following sections: The Discplines and Mythological Creatures.
(I also apologize for the random grammatical errors. Forgive me! D:)

Please feel free to ask any questions or request more information. Thank you. :)

I am interested

How much of the Basic Information thread have your read? Are there any questions? What are you interested in playing?

I must say it is interesting upon first glance. I have taken the liberty of reading the entire page you have provided, but it is a bit confusing and I might have to re-read the astronomical parts.

For now, the only question I have is the following. Are you Akimoto, the person who created this? If so, could you give us any proof of that? It would be quite unfair to steal another person's idea and it's only reasonable that I ask you of this.

I should have denoted which sections to skip. The following are what you don't need to be concerned with. I will add them to the OP.
The Disciplines
Mythological Creatures

And yes, this is my personal creation. I just lost people from the site, which I carried there from here.
As for proof, I have just posted a comment in the Announcements Subforum in the "Changes" thread that says "Le Proof."
The "Last Post" should be "Thu July 10, 2014 3:04PM."
There should be a 905 post count under the avatar.

Read a majority of the basic information, interested in my character having been born in Beruga. I am going to be Earthean which fits the Beruga mold and Expert rank. My character would have mastered two weapons, one being a long sword, while the other a short sword. His apprenticing weapon would be throwing knives.

One martial style he would have mastered is Nitojutsu (Katana, and Daito sword style). If these styles are not in this world, we can give another name or if you have one, I am just using the names that exist today to give it an easy identification. The second martial style is fictional, Ishidatami or "Stone Path". An art practiced by my character under one of his elders in the country of Beruga. The third apprenticing martial style would be that of something similar to Aikido.

I honestly do not really have any questions, you seem to of put a lot of thought into this, I wanted to exercise my interest to you and see what the OOC brought to the table. If no one else finds interest, I also do not mind playing this world out with you in a 1x1. I like Feudal Japan, and I like the concept you have going here.

Very cool, Vin. I like what you have. I'd be fine with that being your CS (since I'm not a big fan of them). I will have my own CS up with bare-bones information as well when I post the OOC.

I don't mind adopting names from existing styles, but it would also be interesting if you were give them new names and even slightly alter them, even, to make it more your own. I'd be interested in how your character chooses to implement these styles (maneuvers he uses most often, his favorite stances, if he's taught others the form, etc.) I have also made up my own martial art for this as well and will briefly describe it in the CS.

I'm glad everything was relatively straightforward for you, though. I look forward to working with you (even if it is only 1x1, which I equally enjoy). Any thoughts or ideas you might have, feel free to post them here for the time being. As for me, I must go to work. I will post the OOC and my character when I get back before going to bed.

Thanks everyone! :D

Are there any islands? Was curious to if my character could be an islander who immigrated to Beruga with possibly just a mother.

Let me know, if there is not then I will adjust accordingly.

Yes, there are major islands of Hisen. There can be unmarked minor islands elsewhere. Sobetsu is about the size of continental America.
I was wondering if your character would have been "religious" at all (believing in certain Elemental entities/creatures/etc.)
But considering his sword specialties, I would think he would have lived around the city of Nobegane (sheet metal/sword) or one of its towns: Katana (engraving tool), En (edge/fate), Hashi (edge/tip), and Gara (handle/design). Of course, you could have lived in a village and name it yourself and give it it's own subculture. I did so for my character. Those are in the western central area of Beruga within a mountainous area, if you're wondering about topography at all.

I'll have to find a way to upload the map. The only way I can easily do it is take pictures with my phone and somehow download them to my computer and then upload them through tinypic. Actually seeing the city names and such would be difficult if at all possible, so I'd have to find a way possibly edit it on the computer and upload edited versions of the maps when we move throughout the country.

But off to make the OOC!

A gentle bump for any other possible interest.

Another gentle bump for any further possible interest.

Might be interested. Need to read over everything again though.

Just read through anything you might be interested in. Don't worry about retaining all of it.
Do you have any questions or concerns?

Any others interested?

Another bump for interest.

Another bump for interest.

Caution: Repeat Attempt