Looking for someone to play a Knight character! Very much wanted!
The OOC thread is here http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/79228-the-curse-of-the-crown/ooc
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The lands of Obrethon were once made up of 5 individually ruled kingdoms: The Kingdom of the Seven Lakes, the Kingdom of the Dragon Mountains, the Kingdom of the Misty Rivers, the Kingdom of the Vales, and the Kingdom of the Barren lands.
The five kingdoms lived in harmony for hundreds of years, and they thrived in the absence of a common enemy. The lands were fertile, each with its own advantage, and the collaboration between the kings was great. Once a year they got to sit together at the round table, and spoke of their wishes, expectations, problems, and solutions. King Armagen, the ruler of the Barren lands came with the same troubles every year – his lands were losing fertility, and for some reason the summer droughts were getting longer and longer. Being unable to produce enough food to sustain his people, he had to buy it off from other Kingdoms. But having nothing much to return the favour, the prices of food soon became too high. Other kings, however, didn't seem to have much compasion for his troubles, blaming him for not being resourceful. So, Armagen furiously left the table, and swore to himself that he would find a way to overrule them all.
His desperation was great, and eventually led him to seek the Witch of Eddor'had. She used to be quite a trouble maker back in the days, until the five armies exiled her to the Island of Eddor'had, where the vulcano erruptions destroyed the lands, leaving them liveless. Upon recognizing the great opportunity, the Witch proposed him a deal he could not refuse. She would make him five magic gemstones, each of them containing the unique power of one of the 5 basic elements. They were known as Meru'rithil - The Stone of Air, Apo'rithil - The Stone of Water, Mag'rithil - The Stone of Earth, Ag'rithil - The Stone of Fire, and Sil'rithil - The Stone of Mind. Each gemstone would allow him to control whatever was made of these elements. Using the Earth stone, he could make his land fertile again, with the Water he could prevent the deadly droughts, and so on. But the most powerful of them all was the Mind stone, which enabled its carrier to control someone else's mind, and consequently his body. And all she wanted in return was that twice a year he would bring her gifts in form of gold, jewellery, food, clothing...anything she'd demanded. King Armagen didn't think twice, and he took the deal.
He installed all the gems into his crown, so he had immediate power of all the given gemstones at the same time. Then he began to transform his dying lands, making them livable again. His Kingdom soon began to thrive as never before, while the others soon began to fear him. They spoke of madness that was corrupting his mind. All that power contained in the gems was slowly taking over his very own mind. Eventually, his insanity completely took over, and he declared the war on all four kingdoms. He wanted their land, and he wanted all the other kings dead. The great war began, and it lasted for about 5 years before the lands of Obrethon were one big pile of blood. There were no more kingdoms, apart from the Armagen's tyranny. He was unstoppable. Even his people that once worshiped him, were now terrified of him.
Then one night, his son, Prince Edgar, learnt of his father's deal with the Witch through the vivid dreams that were sent to him by a Sorceress, who claimed to be one of the good ones, and wanted to help. Desperate enough, prince Edgar chose to believe what he thought was only intuition, and went after his own father. Even the King himself with all the powers over his head did not expect his loyal son to cut him in his back. As they were tussling, the Crown had fallen off King's head, instantly weakening him, which have Edgar the opportunity of killing him.
Edgar then took the gems out of the Crown, and wondered what to do with them. He figured he had to separate them from one another, hide them somewhere or give them to someone he trusted with his own life, and make sure they will never be put together like that again. So, he chose his 4 best knights he trusted the most, and gave each of them one stone: Fire,Eearth, Water, and Air. He then sent them out to use the gemstone powers in order to rebuild the old kingdoms, make them forever seperate. As for the Mind stone, he kept it for himself, determined to find the Witch of Eddor'had, and destroy her once and for all.
What he didn't know is that the Witch was now more powerful than ever. During the years King Armagen did what she could never done it herself, she raised an army of Hellhound creatures, and demonic warriors. They were beasts born out of magma, and black magic's intent, closely tied to the gemstone's magick, and the blood that was spilled by them. He goal was now to invade all the Obrethon lands, and get the ultimate revenge. But first she had to find and collect the 5 gems, which shouldn't be so hard since her beasts could smell them from miles away...
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This RP will be set in time, when the five kingdoms were just beginning to rise up from the ashes. This time the mysterious Sorceress shows herself in flesh before the Prince Edgar, and informs him that the Witch is comming to collect the gems. Since there is no way that they could hide the gems from her, there seem to be only two options: kill the witch first, or destroy the gems and kill the witch later. Only problem is, the gems can only be destroyed with the fire they were made with – meaning, they have to get to the heart of Eddor'had, and throw the gems into the magma, before the Witch learns of their intent. But can they do it?
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So, I would need 5 of you guys to play the Prince Edgar, and his four knights with the gemstones in their pockets.Make sure each Knight belongs to a different Kingdom (all 5 kingdoms should have their representative with a gem in their pocket). I'll be playing the mysterious Sorceress, who joins their mission, although nobody really trusts her. I thought of playing the prince first, but I think I'll be able to master the RP better through someone with quite a few tricks up their sleve.
I've also mad a map of this world.Red cross indicates our starting point. We will be headed to the west, to the Eddor'had island.
List of availabe characters:
Sorceress: @Manticore
Sorceress' apprentice: @Jinxer
Mind gem: @Brimmlocke Prince Edgar of the Barren Lands
Fire gem: @RPforthatPR Knight of the Kingdom of the Vales
Water gem: @clericbeast Knight of the Misty Rivers
Air gem: @Incanus Knight of the Seven Lakes
Earth gem: Knight of the Dragon Mountains - WANTED!
Available Kingdoms: The Kingdom of the Seven Lakes, the Kingdom of the Dragon Mountains, the Kingdom of the Misty Rivers, the Kingdom of the Vales
*NOTE: Prince Edgar belongs to the Kingdom of the Barren Lands
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SOME FACTS:
- First and most obvious – my word is law.
- You must be 18+ for this. Why? Because I prefer it that way.
- I'm looking for collaborating partners, who can and will contribute to the development of the story. I may be a GM, but my imagination is not unlimited. So share your ideas!
- You can be a FEMALE KNIGHT if you feel like it. I'm all about gender equality here, so go ahead :)
- Only medieval weapons allowed. No guns or things like that.
- What can you do with the power of the gemstone is up to your imagination, but don't exaggerate it. If you think you can use an Earth gemstone, and build 8,000 ft mountain from scratch in a second, then you are wrong.
- There may or may not exist a dragon somewhere in the lands. Don't worry, though, he is domesticated. I think…
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CHARACTER SHEETS
Name:
Age:
Kingdom:
Gemstone:
Appearance: [text or picture]
Background and personality:
Fighting skills: [preferred fighting style, use of weapons, gemstone related abilities]
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Anyone interested? Questions?
