The island-continent of Altea has finally reached 300 years of continuous peace. The age of magic has passed, as the Luminous Knights cast down the all powerful mages that ruled the land. No longer people needed to fear their town turned to ashes because of a mage's tantrum, or suffer horrifying curses because they didn't bow low enough. With the power of Luminosity, their magics were rendered useless. That terrible time became but a distant memory, and a reminder that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
But not everyone is content with peace, as the cost for said peace is great. Every facet of life is heavily regulated and monitored by Luminous Knights, more commonly referred to as paladins. And those born with the gift of magic are forced to live in specific ghettos and are even more heavily monitored. And the mages who run away to find freedom soon find themselves hunted.
Though still considered untrustworthy, the mages find themselves more and more accepted in society, even while being treated like potential monsters all the time. Just as there are less and less rogue mages. A deadly calm before the storm. The Age of Magic has passed. And the current Age of Peace is soon to give way to the Age of Strife.
The idea is simple. There will be two more or less opposing teams. The mages and the paladins, and their conflict is one of the main motifs of this RP. This is not a PvP RP however, though nothing is stopping you from doing that if you so desire. The RP will borrow some Shounen motifs and tropes as well, bother character progression and their power progression will be key. This is intended to feature quite a bit of combat, which will start rather mundane, and by the end becoming legends in their own right. This might be or might not be your thing.
I also don't want to go detail and lore heavy in the IC post. Also, while the faction balance could be nice, for the sake of this story, it is not mandatory. So if you are interested or got questions (or both), do write something.
But not everyone is content with peace, as the cost for said peace is great. Every facet of life is heavily regulated and monitored by Luminous Knights, more commonly referred to as paladins. And those born with the gift of magic are forced to live in specific ghettos and are even more heavily monitored. And the mages who run away to find freedom soon find themselves hunted.
Though still considered untrustworthy, the mages find themselves more and more accepted in society, even while being treated like potential monsters all the time. Just as there are less and less rogue mages. A deadly calm before the storm. The Age of Magic has passed. And the current Age of Peace is soon to give way to the Age of Strife.
The idea is simple. There will be two more or less opposing teams. The mages and the paladins, and their conflict is one of the main motifs of this RP. This is not a PvP RP however, though nothing is stopping you from doing that if you so desire. The RP will borrow some Shounen motifs and tropes as well, bother character progression and their power progression will be key. This is intended to feature quite a bit of combat, which will start rather mundane, and by the end becoming legends in their own right. This might be or might not be your thing.
I also don't want to go detail and lore heavy in the IC post. Also, while the faction balance could be nice, for the sake of this story, it is not mandatory. So if you are interested or got questions (or both), do write something.
