Note: For the sake of the sanity of everyone involved, I am going to make all of my OOC posts in English. And I will request that all CSes are made in English. I am willing to attempt to translate Latin posts, but not CSes, simply because I am not sufficiently confident in my Latin skills and I do not wish to terribly misread something like I wound up doing multiple times in the interest check.
That being said, welcome to the Students of The Witch Roleplay!
This roleplay will be set in approximately the year 59 AD in the city of Rome. The lady Locusta, after murdering Nero's young half-brother and thus allowing Nero to rise to the emperor's throne, was granted a large estate on which she built an imperially-accredited academy. The students in this academy are, in essence, assassins. They learn to disable targets without leaving a trace behind.
Every year the emperor selects a few children, children of his friends and suckups, from families whom he trusts, and sends them to the lady Locusta. Even his own daughters attend to learn the best ways to dispose of enemies of the state.
So, that's the premise. Ultimately, once all of the people in this RP get used to the way it flows, we may add a subplot. But for now it is character development and interaction to help us further our foreign language skills.
Rules:
In case I have not made it expressly clear, I will do so now: The in-character portion of this roleplay will be conducted entirely in the Latin language. The OOC need not be; in fact, I encourage that it should be in English, to smooth out any miscommunications caused by doing an RP in a language that is seldom written.
Which brings me to my #1 rule. DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. None of us learn, least of all you, from using Google Translate, and it would terribly confuse all the other RPers involved, all the ones who may try to respond to your post.
This being said, wiktionary or whatever other Latin dictionary you might use is perfectly acceptable. I'll have to use one for much of my writing.
Don't worry about your grammar. Mine is really awful. Just as long as you've tried. Even if you mean to say "sarah grabbed her backpack" and what you say translates to "sarah's backpack ate her" as long as you've tried, it's perfect.
Similarly, don't worry about historical accuracy. It's an "alternate universe" of historical events that we don't really know much about.
Please post all characters in the Characters tab. I apologize for not mentioning this earlier.
This concludes the Rules portion of the OOC. Please read on for the Character Sheet outline.
Character Sheet
Name: Self-explanatory. Please try to use vaguely Roman names?
Age: I'd recommend between 12-15 for new students, and students up to the age of 19 if they've been at the academy a while. Much older than 15 and they start to assert their own authority too much, if they haven't met Lady Locusta before, and much younger than 12 and they do not have the coordination or concentration to make poisons, not to mention their youthful ideals cannot handle it.
Year: Basically, how long you've been attending the academy (max 4 years, since the academy was founded in 55-56)
Appearance: Self-explanatory.
Brief biography: See above.
Why he/she wants to be an assassin: Or does (s)he at all? Some do, some don't, but all who are sent to the academy will do it for the good of their families.
This concludes the character sheet.
I look forward to RPing with all of you.
That being said, welcome to the Students of The Witch Roleplay!
This roleplay will be set in approximately the year 59 AD in the city of Rome. The lady Locusta, after murdering Nero's young half-brother and thus allowing Nero to rise to the emperor's throne, was granted a large estate on which she built an imperially-accredited academy. The students in this academy are, in essence, assassins. They learn to disable targets without leaving a trace behind.
Every year the emperor selects a few children, children of his friends and suckups, from families whom he trusts, and sends them to the lady Locusta. Even his own daughters attend to learn the best ways to dispose of enemies of the state.
So, that's the premise. Ultimately, once all of the people in this RP get used to the way it flows, we may add a subplot. But for now it is character development and interaction to help us further our foreign language skills.
Rules:
In case I have not made it expressly clear, I will do so now: The in-character portion of this roleplay will be conducted entirely in the Latin language. The OOC need not be; in fact, I encourage that it should be in English, to smooth out any miscommunications caused by doing an RP in a language that is seldom written.
Which brings me to my #1 rule. DO NOT USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE. None of us learn, least of all you, from using Google Translate, and it would terribly confuse all the other RPers involved, all the ones who may try to respond to your post.
This being said, wiktionary or whatever other Latin dictionary you might use is perfectly acceptable. I'll have to use one for much of my writing.
Don't worry about your grammar. Mine is really awful. Just as long as you've tried. Even if you mean to say "sarah grabbed her backpack" and what you say translates to "sarah's backpack ate her" as long as you've tried, it's perfect.
Similarly, don't worry about historical accuracy. It's an "alternate universe" of historical events that we don't really know much about.
Please post all characters in the Characters tab. I apologize for not mentioning this earlier.
This concludes the Rules portion of the OOC. Please read on for the Character Sheet outline.
Character Sheet
Name: Self-explanatory. Please try to use vaguely Roman names?
Age: I'd recommend between 12-15 for new students, and students up to the age of 19 if they've been at the academy a while. Much older than 15 and they start to assert their own authority too much, if they haven't met Lady Locusta before, and much younger than 12 and they do not have the coordination or concentration to make poisons, not to mention their youthful ideals cannot handle it.
Year: Basically, how long you've been attending the academy (max 4 years, since the academy was founded in 55-56)
Appearance: Self-explanatory.
Brief biography: See above.
Why he/she wants to be an assassin: Or does (s)he at all? Some do, some don't, but all who are sent to the academy will do it for the good of their families.
This concludes the character sheet.
I look forward to RPing with all of you.
