@BreakingMe I love it. Accepted. Her personality fits perfectly with the house, even if she's a knowledge seeker. I like what you did there, which goes to show that Ravnos does not claim all people of knowledge. Her personality is what made Louis Ventrue find her before Marc Ravnos.

Should have an intro post up tomorrow to get things moving. I'll be playing Ravnos and Ventrue when needed, while @lovely complex will be controlling Grangel and Malkavian. Vlad and Illona will be played by either of us as needed.

Periodically, she or I will add some events that can shake things up a bit. So that should be fun. xD

Heh, I can't wait. We gots an interesting cast lined up.

Geez...

Willamar: *wobbles a bit*
'Human': "What is wrong, fellow human and stuff?"
Willamar: "It's nothing, just a little light headed from having too much blood running through my veins right now, might need to get some drained."
'Human': "W-what do you mean?" *sweating profusely* 'YAAAAS.'

Hey @lovely complex, I sort of followed you here from the Shine City RP. This RP has piqued my interest and I wanted to ask a few questions:

1. You mentioned Ravnos' House specializes in Alchemy. Do the other Houses have specializations?

2. I'm thinking of playing as a sinful, pandering, pampered princess/gothic lolita with something to prove, a chip on her shoulder, and a violent streak. Possibly a daughter of Grangrel. Her closeness to Grangrel would afford her a rank due to nepotism (family favoritism), but she fails to achieve any higher rank due to lack of obedience and lack of self-control. She also has a bad habit of killing Aspirants of other Houses. This character would be the same age she appears (somewhere in her mid-teens), having not yet matured to the point where she stops aging. Let me know if anything about this potential character is unacceptable or doesn't make sense given Grangrel's personality/House.

@Stern Algorithm I don't think it would be possible for you to be a daughter of a vampire, as all the half-breed slots have been filled, but @lovely complex or @Viciousmarrow will correct me if I'm wrong. :)

I'm absolutely buzzing for this RP

@Stern Algorithm Same race can breed, so Vampire to Vampire, Human to human. Also mind you pamperedness in the house of Grangrel is punishable. His personality is like... "Disrespect me, I'll kill you." In my old roleplay, he had three wives. His second wife saved her son from a beating, but she got a heated fireplace poker to her ass and then dragged her to the bedroom for sex. He's kinda extremely controlling so you'd have to justify why she doesn't get treatment similar to her other family members. He also finds women to be incompetent in most things. He would prefer a son over a daughter. So you got a lot of thinking to do to work around him.

In terms of specialization. Alchemy is more of a trade than anything else. Ravnos House are more likely to study it because he has the resources and they're the house of knowledge. Look at the other houses more by their values. Grangrel has a major hold on the black market (and political intrigue), but it isn't too far to say that his people are more likely going to kill without second thought. I do need you to justify how you know some of the whereabouts of the Nests. Since they're extremely hard to find. Or if not in a nest, how does your character get an Aspirant to reveal he is from a certain house? They pledge secrecy, so they aren't that dumb to reveal their Houses secrets.

Ventrue has resources on the docks. Ships and dockworkers. They're more likely to travel for adventure. Survivalist, travelers, Rangers, scouts, good physical fighters. He is also the blood brother of Vlad Tepes, so there's that. He is the sea and has military intrigue.

Ravnos is knowledge in general. And it doesn't have to be just alchemy. You can have someone who seeks worldly knowledge, therefore also wanting to travel and have adventure. Houses can cross in terms of values, but predominately your character holds a major similarity to the house. For example, my character is a mad scientist type. Her practices and actions (which would fit Grangrel) might be unethical but she still seeks knowledge. She also has extreme allure which would make people assume she's from Malkavian, the house about love! Actually appearance wise and personality wise, people would have no clue she is the smart type. Ravnos has influece over the academies and medical institutions. Obviously, he has intrigue in education.

Malkavian like I said is the house of Allure and seduction. They are extremely good at the art of manipulation, but they would not kill unless they truly have to. They prefer animal blood or drinking blood from a human without killing them. The kinder house but still a little messed up since they're more likely for incest...(they live in a Church xD). His resources is the Church. People of the Church. The Church wrangles the underworld.

Granted all the Elders besides Ravnos has...female problems. Ventrue likes butts so he slaps all his ladies butts. Amaury is pure abuse. He'll rape your character xD. Malkavian is a romantic. Heartbroken from his fiance being stolen from him. But he can't deny he loves wooing ladies. He's more like a incredible flirt xD. Level over 9000.

Ravnos only cares about knowledge. He won't get turned on by your ways!

I'm offering to you all to chance to make a side character. A side character is a character you don't need to use all the time, someone you can use to add to your character's story, someone you can use to make events happen. Most people don't allow side characters to have their own post, saying they should only be allowed in an interaction but if you have enough content I don't mind a side character having their own post. Side characters just have to be strongly connected to a main character, adding to his or her story. Ie. If I were to make a side character, I'd make a servant type for my girl who helps her with her endeavors. But overall, lives and breathes for my character.

The difference beteeem an NPC and a side character. NPC are people we bring up to make shit happen or to show depth to our character but we won't get close to. Like classmates. Generic housemates you can name. Pedestrians. The only NPCs you might get close to are the Elders. A side character is someone we'll care about just as much as a main. We will remember their name, but they're meant to help a main character's story. Ie. Best friend. Lover. Teacher. Pet (animals are allowed). Child.
You're a outsider of a house (Vampire hunter, Loner..etc). Then I may allow you to make a second main character in a house. Only because I do not want anymore outsiders xD. We need people residing in a House. Granted, I do not want you to take on a second character unless you can handle it. So. We can wait before I give ya'll an option to make another main character.

@lovely complex
Dually noted

May I change my character's main appearance I found a lovely pic

Click me

@BlackPanther you have full control over your character's appearance, you just need to let the group know if you're changing up things :).

Alright

I'm changing his appearance to the pic that I put above

I feel like it suits him better

For those who don't understand the rank of an Aspirant:

An Aspirant is basically an intern so to speak or a pledge that wants to join a fraternity/sorority. A house finds interest in a human and tells them about the wonders of the ancient virus. The human then decides if he or she wants to become a vampire. If not, his mind is erased and it is like the meeting never happened. If yes, he must drop his life and enter the vampire nest. The aspirant will reside in a barrack or in a section in the main house designated for potential prospects. You swear secrecy and you begin serving the House - proving your character's worth. If you are able to help the prestige of the house or do something that the Elder can't turn away from, you will then be invited to the house (there's usually a ceremony). If you do not have anything to offer, they will erase your character's mind and he can go back to his old life.

An aspirant usually has a vampire that supervises them (makes sure he/she does not reveal anything about the House). The vampire supervisor also double roles as their adviser.

Other houses do not want another house to grow. That only means the house is getting stronger, so an aspirant may be the most endangered rank, since they are by the border of human and vampire.

I'll be dropping a character soon, hopefully.

It's good to know a bit about the elders. I was going to make my character (a boy) to be deeply in love with Master Grangrel, though totally one-sided, of course. I'm not sure to what extent is that acceptable.

@Jangel13 The only qualm I have with your CS is the age. Far too old. I'd prefer if you were in the age range of 500-700. To me that is a good age range to reach the rank Enforcer, but also a good amount of time for Francois to deal with the lost of his sister.

Also be careful using first person pronouns in a third person paragraph: He made a promise to his baby sister that he would protect me that day soon came and they didn't wait till I was cleaned up before they killed Lorenzo's mother.
The way I'd phrase it is: Francois made a promise to his baby sister that he would protect her child when the time came. 9 months passed and before Francois knew the time or day, his sister was in labor. Not even waiting for the bastard to be cleaned, they ran a knife straight into the poor woman's heart.

Of course you don't have to word it like I do but yeah, constructive criticism. I can deal with the other mistakes because I know you're learning and I get the overall gist. Mixing up pronouns would just irk me xD.

Also, damn, you made Francois Malkavian's life even more sad. He gets his fiance stolen from him. And now, his sister is dead. All the women in his life leave him xDD

Vikas is going to be fun with all these interesting vampires to run into XD

@BlackPanther My character is sexiest xD

@lovely complex
Your characters should be very interesting to run into XD
Poor vampire vampire hunter... lol

@lovely complex
Got it honestly I didn't know the ages that were appropriate so I just made a guess
And honestly I wasn't sure about brother or sister of the guy so I went with sister lol

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