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Auriga. Our dying star. Our fading cradle. Our moribund haven. Ages ago our planet Auriga was subjected to a civil war among the Endless, an ancient and mysterious civilization who are also said to be the earliest form of intelligent life. Much can be told about the Endless- their advanced technologies, their marvelous societies, and especially the uncountable shards that their nation eventually broke into. The history of the Endless is glorious but tragic- though they were able to master the secrets of space and time, the stars, and life, they were unable to comprehend their own internal strife. All that remains of them now are strange and disjointed traces in the form of seeds or observatories or rock formations or experiments or cities. The civil war on Auriga devastated the planet, and the few survivors hid underground or wherever they could for so long that no one could recall when the cataclysm really occurred. When the various tribes emerged from hiding a millenia ago and began to re-colonize the planet once more, all seemed to have recovered. Factions were founded, wars were fought, and civilization slowly found its way back to Auriga. However- it has been observed by many that the planet has been hosting longer and harsher seasons as the years pass- a fact that has led to a single, startling discovery- we live on a dying planet. There is a very loose and nervous peace among the major races and kingdoms of Auriga now (save for the carrion-like Necrophages, who seem ever interested in eternal conflict, and the scheming Cultists, who seek only to further their own agenda) to try and engineer a plan to save their home. It was decided that while practical solutions would be debated upon a team of representatives would look to study the Endless- this all-star team of explorers, warriors, scholars, and politicians was dubbed the Tribunal, and contained a representative from each of the major factions whom have created the loose peace: the Vaulters, Wild Walkers, Broken Lords, Roving Mages, Roving Clans, and Drakken. You are one of the six members of the Tribunal, representing your loyalties and your faction's ideals. Will you set aside your own nation's beliefs for the good of Auriga? Will the Tribunal be able to set aside their differences to work together? Can Auriga- your home, be saved?
Dust
"Dust" is the lifeblood of Auriga- a creation of the highly advanced race, the Endless, who existed and traversed the stars tens of thousands of years before our story begins. They had developed technology that was so advanced that they were able to upload their minds and consciousness into computers, thus gaining immortality. The Endless had thus created an infrastructure of nanobots and nano-computers to collectively maintain society. Some used these infinitesimally small machines to maintain their biological bodies while others used these nano-elements- known as "Dust"- as virtual bodies once they uploaded themselves. While individual "grains" of Dust had very limited computing power, the ability to talk and network were present, and as a result, "clouds" of Dust were able and available to form extremely complex systems. However, the presence of Dust sparked a debate among the Endless, which ultimately led to the civil war and the Empire's subsequent demise- one facet of society wished to used Dust to maintain their physical bodies and for DNA replication, while the others sought to simply upload themselves into Dust eternally. The arguments between these two sides (The "Concretes" and "Virtuals", respectively) led to the destruction of the Endless, and ultimately, the collective virtual consciousness present in Dust. The Endless had come to be so reliant on Dust that their society had become nearly symbiotic between lifeforms and Dust- something that remains true of Dust today. While they've-for the most part- lost the ability to understand and create Dust, most of the species of Auriga have been exposed to the vast quantities of it for so long that many-if not all- have developed a symbiotic relationship with it. Though the Endless consciousness is mostly gone, in large enough quantities it can still be used to manipulate both energy and the physical world, though doing such requires talent and training (See: Ardent Mages). This is the observable "magic" that the denizens of Auriga have grown to know and accept. However, because it is so valuable and easy to find (In a galaxy inundated in the ruins of the Endless) Dust has also become the internationally accepted currency, like gold during the Age of Exploration. It is the one thing that all nations, regardless of other predispositions, always want more of.
Factions
Note: So for this RP I am looking for one representative for each faction (except the Necrophages and Cultists)- and since your character would have to have been chosen to represent and speak for the entirety of the nation they probably would have had to agree, above all else, that you embody your nation's beliefs and values. As such, I ask that all characters believe- at least at the beginning, while the Tribunal is in its infancy- that they and their nation have what it takes to save Auriga. That's what I want the RP to be about- a group of vastly differing beliefs struggling to work together for the good of their own planet and reacting to the changing political landscape around them. So onto the factions:
OOC
So what I'm looking for is around six others, one for each hero from a playable faction. Your character is part of the Tribunal put together to investigate other non-conventional means of saving Auriga- first and foremost, that means studying the Endless as well as searching for any artifacts in ruins they left behind. I'll pit the planet itself against our party, and with the Necrophages ever encroaching on the Ardent Mages in the north, and the Cult of the Eternal End conjuring more power every year, the Tribunal will certainly have its hand full.
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*Post sheets here in the OOC, please. Upon acceptance, you may move them to the character tab.
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WIP, i have more but it's in pieces like Wonka Vision so decided not to add it yet. :3 EDIT: 90% complete
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Note: Broken Lords profile is pending, I've been playing EL some more in order to reacquaint myself with the lore. You can expect something up tomorrow though.
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WIP, i have more but it's in pieces like Wonka Vision so decided not to add it yet. :3
Looks sweet so far, can't wait to see the rest!
Note: Broken Lords profile is pending, I've been playing EL some more in order to reacquaint myself with the lore. You can expect something up tomorrow though.
Nice, I've been doing the same. Is there a Steam group for RPGuild? That sounds like it'd be a thing.
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i am going to get this damn cs finished so help me. -determined face-
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Speaking of which, what is the word on making multiple character profiles?
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I had a really hard time toning him down (mostly altering his background) whilst also keeping his personality right and a reason to be in the Tribunal.
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Speaking of which, what is the word on making multiple character profiles?
If you mean several for one faction- I'm fine with it as long as their relationships are intertwined in a way that having them all on the Tribunal makes sense, maybe like a brother and sister sort of deal, or builder and robot, or something like that. If you mean playing as the rep. from multiple factions, I'd like to wait and see if anyone else shows interest in it before claiming a second. If after a while it's apparent no one else wants it, then feel free. @Ezrath and Leviathan, I just changed something up in the Rules & Expectations so you may wanna glance over that. Also Ezrath, I'm thinking maybe Zayth shouldn't have the rifle, if he rarely uses it. There won't be too many encounters where enemies are way out of reach :).
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Vaulters are a predominantly ranged faction. Comes with the territory of advanced technology. Perhaps enemies should be out of reach more often?
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@Ezrath and Leviathan, I just changed something up in the Rules & Expectations so you may wanna glance over that.
kk, got cha chief. ^^
There won't be too many encounters where enemies are way out of reach :).
welp, Asriyah will be screwed then because she's basically all range. I am giving her a weapon though, for last minuet slaughter should she need it.
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Vaulters are a predominantly ranged faction. Comes with the territory of advanced technology. Perhaps enemies should be out of reach more often?
True- I meant that I'm not gonna have a lot of enemies that are up on some godforsaken ledge raining down hellfire so the option of melee is completely gone. Likewise, unless they catch the party off guard or are some type of charger-type thing, I also won't force melee, either. Unless you guys want that- definately make some encounters I've got in mind harder. But I guess it would make sense for Zayth to have some ranged weapon, wouldn't it? I feel like having a shield, greatsword, and rifle would be pretty cumbersome, so maybe one of the signature Vaulter crossbows?
welp, Asriyah will be screwed then because she's basically all range. I am giving her a weapon though, for last minuet slaughter should she need it.
Probably not a bad idea :).
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But I guess it would make sense for Zayth to have some ranged weapon, wouldn't it? I feel like having a shield, greatsword, and rifle would be pretty cumbersome, so maybe one of the signature Vaulter crossbows? Probably not a bad idea :).
In my mind it is a crossbow... just modified. I'll still work on the CS a bit here and there so I'll see what I end up with. As for being cumbersome, the Dawn Officer armor has its own power that allows them to jump further, sprint faster, and hit harder than most without it. At least that's what I took from it, so I rolled with it. Another edit: I really don't get the lore behind Vaulters having crossbows. I mean they have literal tons of advanced technology they all use on a day to day basis involving both technology and magic, and yet they don't have some sort of plasma-based weaponry or even Space Marine-esque bolters?
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I... I'm not sure what happened but I can't delete this reply. So this is the filler.
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In my mind it is a crossbow... just modified. I'll still work on the CS a bit here and there so I'll see what I end up with. As for being cumbersome, the Dawn Officer armor has its own power that allows them to jump further, sprint faster, and hit harder than most without it. At least that's what I took from it, so I rolled with it. Another edit: I really don't get the lore behind Vaulters having crossbows. I mean they have literal tons of advanced technology they all use on a day to day basis involving both technology and magic, and yet they don't have some sort of plasma-based weaponry or even Space Marine-esque bolters?
So the Vaulters on Auriga have their origins starting from the Vaulters in Endless Space, complete with the future technology. An escape pod from a Vaulter ship crashed into Auriga, and that's how the Vaulters started- I always took it as they had lost a lot of their technology on the crash, then as time went on as they lived on Auriga they just sort of forgot. Then the Great Quake happened and they found everything again, and they could replicate it with the help of Dust but didn't really understand it- that's why I always thought the crossbows kind of look like rifles but re-purposed. But really it's probably just Amplitude trying to strike a balance between Fantasy and Sci-fi to go along with the rest of the game. ..I realize now that my problem with the rifle was mostly semantic. I imagined a sniper-like thing but if what you meant was a crossbow-type thing than that's fine.
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Finally! Sorry for the longer than stated wait, the Broken lords Questline has one part where you need to hunt down four demon armies that spawn after searching a ruins. They all decided they wanted to go sailing. In different directions. Below is the profile for my Broken Lords character, Vinchus! He is mentioned by name, if not actually present, in the Broken Lords questline as an Archivist who does most of your Endless Ruin/Artifact research. Since there is little to no information about him other than offhand commentary by the Broken Lords leader, I figured I'd fill in the blanks. He is a melee tank with a few single-target, melee-range utility spells to mix things up a little. His history is currently incomplete, I figured it would be best to put what I had out rather than keep everyone waiting. Also, Winter is pretty ok, but Endless Winter is awful and they should have added an option to turn it off, lore be damned.
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Nice - I'm liking these CSs so far. I think something I'm going to so for the IC is steal an idea from clark from Totem (Which is awesome and has spots open and you should totally check out), I'll assign each character a color and in my IC posts have character specific information colored in that post. So for example, let's imagine I give Vinchus this color. Then in the post, something might come up like The Scepter of Auir begins it's whispers: blah blah blah riddle riddle riddle Which would indicate knowledge in the post only Vinchus would be aware of.
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Nice - I'm liking these CSs so far. I think something I'm going to so for the IC is steal an idea from clark from Totem (Which is awesome and has spots open and you should totally check out), I'll assign each character a color and in my IC posts have character specific information colored in that post. So for example, let's imagine I give Vinchus this color. Then in the post, something might come up like The Scepter of Auir begins it's whispers: blah blah blah riddle riddle riddle Which would indicate knowledge in the post only Vinchus would be aware of.
Works for me!
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Sweet- I think I'm gonna go ahead and formally accept everyone's character so far- just remember to finish em' up if you need to. I think I'll also wait until around Tuesday or Wednesday to start this bad boy, NPCing any open factions at that time.
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Sweet- I think I'm gonna go ahead and formally accept everyone's character so far- just remember to finish em' up if you need to. I think I'll also wait until around Tuesday or Wednesday to start this bad boy, NPCing any open factions at that time.
Sounds good. I may be working on my aquariums those days so I may not be able to post right away. Don't suppose you'd be able to give us an idea of the opener ahead of time would you? Something to think about. Also, am I the only one not seeing anyone's avatars?
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Huh. Mine HAS vanished abruptly. They may have all been reset to default.
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