ENIGMA FINAL FANTASY

エニグマ ファイナルファンタジー

^{A Final Fantasy All-Stars Roleplay}

You wake up in an unfamiliar world, without any memories whatsoever. Where you came from - let alone where you're headed - you have no idea, yet all you can do is set forth and walk onward. A mysterious voice calls out to you, guiding you along your path...

PREMISE

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• Mobius Final Fantasy
• Dissidia Final Fantasy
• Kingdom Hearts series (in particular Chain of Memories)
• Inception
• Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
• ...And many more, but the above listed are the major ones.

• High-casual to advanced standard. We are not asking you to write novel-length purple prose; rather, the emphasis is on quality such as minimal spelling and typo errors, good grammar and punctuation, proper paragraphing and sentence structure. Proofreading your work before hitting the post button is highly encouraged.

• Character-driven and interaction-heavy. Do expect lots of psychological drama and collaborative writing. Of course there is a plot, but all we can say is: just sit tight and brace yourselves for the unexpected twists. *smirks*

• 16+. Violence, gore and profanity are allowed as long as they are not done excessively. Do note that there will be possible character deaths, and dark psychological themes.
  
  General forum rules still apply here, remember that - take all the steamy stuffs away from public eyes and do them in PMs, please. Fade to black, and don't be a dick.

• We do understand that real life should take priority over a shared hobby, and we do not feel the need to force a fixed posting schedule on the players. However, 1-2 posts per week or every fortnight should be relatively stress-free enough to handle. If you need more time away to battle with real life wars, we would greatly appreciate that you drop us a notice so that nobody will leave you out of the epic adventures.
  
  If you have to drop this game when it has already begun, do drop us a note so that the GMs can take over your character(s) from there. We'll be sad to see you go, but that's life, innit?

• GM staff words aren't exactly the law (hey, we're not evil dictators!) but do respect us and our decisions all the same. We will only step in as a last resort to snuff out any dramatic flames and trolls before they destroy this whole game world completely.
  
  Of course, feel free to approach us if you need help with things related to this game.

• For the main PC, please choose any canon character from the suggested lists below. Those roles not named in the lists will be on a case-by-case basis.
  
  • Playable
  • Guest
  • Notables [+]

    • I: Garland
    • II: Emperor Mateus
    • III: Cid Haze, Sara Altney, Desch, Aria Benett, Alus
    • IV: Golbez, Zemus
    • V: Exdeath
    • VI: Kefka Palazzo, Leo Cristophe
    • Compilation of VII: Professor Hojo, Dr. Hollander, Rufus Shinra, Turks (Veld, Tseng, Rude, Reno, Elena), Genesis Rhapsodos, Angeal Hewley
    • VIII: Ultimecia
    • IX: Kuja, Necron
    • X, X-2: Sin (Yu Yevon, Jecht), Yunalesca, Shuyin, Leblanc
    • XII: Vayne Carudas Solidor, Dr. Cid
    • XIII, XIII-2, Lightning Returns: Jihl Nabaat, Caius Ballad, Alyssa Zaidelle
    • Type-0: Cid Aulstyne, Qator Bashtar, Kurasame Susaya, Arecia Al-Rashia, Claes Celestia "Hoshihime" Misca Sancest
  
  Do note that characters from the following will not be accepted:
  
  • Player-created roles in Original FF, III (NES ver.), Before Crisis VII, Crystal Chronicles, XI, XIV, etc.;
  • Not-yet-released titles e.g. XV, World;
  • Mobile-exclusive e.g. Record Keeper, All the Bravest, Mobius, etc.;
  • Unrelated titles e.g. The Spirits Within, Unlimited, Legend (known as SaGa in Japan), etc.
  • Original characters from the Kingdom Hearts series - they are reserved as NPCs.
  
  If there's anything you're unsure of regarding this rule, please go to any of the GMs for clarification.
  
  For Moogle, you may choose any one of the canonical designs from across all the game titles. Feel free to use this page for your reference.

• "Amnesiac Dissonance": a simple, complete mindwipe...or something else much more sinister?
  I want to stay away from the idea of "strictly a hard and fast, no-memories-at-all amnesia" - rather than brainwashing the characters completely clean, I'd say their old memories are something like a surreal jigsaw puzzle thrown into a mess by whoever brought them to Celestia. Your character will embark on a quest to piece back their past; memories aren't like physical objects with a definite form and they are often greatly influenced by emotions. Remember that they are creating new memories throughout this journey which will also affect their perception of their previous life, reevaluating with a different light, so the memory jigsaw in your character growth plan may deviate from the original canon. Whether your character is able to return back to someone as close as their original self, or someone completely different from who they once were, is entirely dependent on how you develop your character.

• What about recurring characters, spells and summons? How would these work in this roleplay?
  Recurring Characters: we are well aware of certain elements that span across various titles e.g. Cid, Gilgamesh, to name a few. However, these recurrences do have features that change from one game to another or things that make them unique and easily identifiable to a particular title, which you should be taking into account.
  
  Creatures & Spells: please check the Codex/Lore section.
  
  Summons: we're not keen on allowing players to own them permanently as depicted in the Lightning Saga games, hence we'll be employing the "temporary contract" system like those in XII and Type-0:
  
  • They can be called forth ("summon") by your character for a limited time duration before they go back to the void where they're originally from;
  • Players must give up something of equal value (can be physical items or obscure things like memory or relationship with a certain character, etc.) as offering before these mighty beings can lend you their powers.
  
  Also, as the color scheme and more detailed design of the summons vary in each game, to avoid unnecessary debate you can assume that these summons are nothing but shadow silhouettes while retaining the basic form to tell them apart from each other e.g. Alexander = castle, Odin = demonic knight on a six-legged steed, etc. If you really want to go into the details, you may assume that these shadows can shift their look to the character's understanding (something like how the Greek goddess Aphrodite constantly changes her appearance to appeal to those who set their eyes upon her).
  
  Moogle: while its function is set as simply your character's other traveling companion (aside from "The Voice"), but we're going to give you the freedom to use any one out of the many canonical Moogle designs (e.g. your character is Cloud who's from VII but the Moogle is from the Lightning Saga games). There are many different looks for the Moogles across the game titles but you're only allowed to pick one per character, so choose carefully, heh.

I'm still here! Just haven't posted anything yet. As I mentioned in the pre interest check, I would love to take Edward from IV.

Oh man Jihl and Alyssa are playable?

Decisions to make...

Not sure how much you guys know about FF14, but they have a few fun/troll quests from time to time. I know this RP has a serious tone to it with amnesiac characters and mysterious revelation stuffs, but having some fun can also help to develop the characters, right?

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All my ideas involve FF XIV. Too many ideas right now in fact. I'm interested to see some sheets to get an idea what the party make-up is going to look like.

The Gentle Dead Men will definitely need to make an appearance at some point.

In fact, with one of the characters I have in mind, they'd work in perfectly...

Very interested! Is Cloud available to play?

Interested in possibly playing Kain from IV if you'd have me.