The bow and the gun. Both technological marvels when they were first introduced, with the sole purpose of killing the poor fool on the other side. Of course, one was designed centuries after the other, but they still shared the same role.

When the Relative Interdimensional Field Transit Faster-Than-Light Drive, or RIFT, was invented in the late 23rd century to solve the old limit of sublight travel, humanity spread to the stars like the ancient empires on Earth, rapidly colonising hundreds upon thousands of planets. Every year, dozens of colony ships would travel to newly-discovered potential colony worlds, and being the slow process of landing, possibly terraforming, and finally settling on it. These operations were all controlled and overseen by the United Earth Government, birthed from the crumbling remains of the old United Nations. Nothing could be done without their permission, but all in all, the colonies and Earth itself were okay places to live.

It is now the year 2841. Project RIFTGATE is initiated to further study the interdimensional properties of the RIFT drives, to see if there were any other alternate realities on the other side. Drawn up and headed by some of the best minds in the UEG, the project took months to finish, and when it was done, the first successful Alternate Reality RIFT Portal was opened, and plans for a research team to enter were made.

However, some top military personnel were not happy with the portal just being used for research purposes, and so, decided to send the first Marine detachment into the portal, with numerous men and machines, and the research team, of course. When they went through, they entered a vast and beautiful landscape only matched by a select few colony worlds like Stanza and Panorama. It was something people yearned for, and it was heaven to many.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the portal, reports of magical portals appearing and metal creatures walking out of it have reached the Kingdom of Acadoria, a peaceful kingdom that has fallen on some rather hard times. Its leader, Princess Camilla Amethyst, has decided to launch an investigation.

Of course, none of these parties knew that they were going to run into each other.









The Bow and the Gun is loosely based on the Gate series of anime and manga. It is mostly set in your average fantasy world i.e. magic, elves, swords and stuff, and features soldiers and researchers from a futuristic setting exploring the world. Magic exists, and can only be used by the residents of the fantasy world. You can be anyone you want on the fantasy side, although I'm still debating whether or not to get some people on the Sci-Fi side. You can create your own kingdoms, races, everything. This RP will mostly focus on character interaction and culture shock.

@Hostile
Interested

I'm in.

Really interested

Alright guys, I've edited my first post to include a character sheet and a few examples. As for @Guilty Spark,

Guess its time to go on a typing spree :D

Tactical interest incoming!

@HostileIf any change is needed tell me please

Note: I am not a native english speaker, so my grammar can be really bad.

Name: Gabanre van Houten

Titles: Killer of Dragons(Background story in history)
Drawer of Barakiel(Background story in history)
Barbarian of the Gods(Background story in history)
Slayer of Armies

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Race: Dragonborn


Occupation: Independent Slayer of armies

Affiliation: Ray of Darkness
The Ray of Darkness is a mercenary band founded by Gabanre's Father. It does fight for the one who pays the most coins. Their name is due to the power of Gabanre's dad, Ray of Darkness making people vanish into darkness.

Chiefdom of Britisk
An old chiefdom founded by Britir the Cruel. The Chiefdom is pretty small and has not a lot of power in the north where it has it's territory. They are well known for training youngling the spartan way making their army small but strong.(I can expand this if needed)Gabanre got here at a young age getting trained.

Gabanre's Dad: Passed away(Just a little note)

Appearance:
See Racial desreption

Personality: Strong-Willed, Short-Tempered, Greedy and Proud. Tends to work really hard for his employer.

History: At the age of 1 his mom died due to illness. Leaving him alone with his dad the leader of a mercenary band. Traveling around the world Gabanre learned quite a lot about other races. At the age of 5 Gabanre started learning how to use swords and axes, and after a while his dad saw a great potential in him. At the age of 12 his dad left him with the Chiefdom of Britisk to train. Here Gabanre was teached other weapons as well as how to lead others. He had a great time here, mostly because he was really strong and kept on beating his seniors. He has developped a weird sense of justice due to winning almost every sparring fight. After 3 years of training the Chiefdom did not know what to do with Gabanre, he was out of their league and people were getting envious and thus they decided to send him on a suicide misson. Gabanre not knowing it was a suicide mission accepted the challenge to kill a dragon.

After leaving the Chiefdom he was on his own. Slaying animals for food was not a big deal, sheltering himself neither. He travelled really far and after a while he found someone in a random town claiming he had seen a dragon. Gabanre was really curious where he had seen it. And thus he kept on asking questions until he knew more about the dragon. Gabanre decided to kill it with his sword he got from his father. After a while he found the dragon's cave. He rested and entered the cave. He saw some carcasses here and there but no signs of the dragon. After about 30 min he saw light coming from the back of the cave, and felt a small heat. Then he felt chilly, and he heard a voice saying: "Go, Go kill the dragon and I shall grant you power." At this point the dragon emerged from the back with a fiery breath and attacked Gabare. Gabanre entered a furious rage after the dragon breath burned his pet wolf. At this point the battle became one-sided with Gabanre ending as winner. And thus he chopped of the head and went back with a lot of scales in his backpack.

Once back in the random town, people got scarred of him with a dragonhead and he went back to the Chiefdom of Britisk. Once there the Chiefdom was suprised he had been able to kill the dragon. His dad was there for a meeting and was proud. And he sparred with his dad winning with ease. Thus his dad took Gabanre with him again.

As Gabanre traveled to the next slaughterfield. He stopped by at Ragnas a big city in the north. He stopped here because there was a really big festival, which was ment for someone trying to draw "Barakiel" a big sword sealed in a magical Tree stump. And when he saw the man failing, he said to himself, maybe i can do this. So he asked the ruler of Ragnas if he could try. The rules agreed and thus he was led to the Treestump. Again he felt chilly and heard the same voice saying: "Gabanre, here is the power I had to give to you." And he pulled out the Sword. Everyone was astonished by Gabanre as he did draw Barakiel.
Once Gabanre got 20 years old, his dad got killed in battle and none other Gabanre survived as they were the last two standing. Gabanre Survived due to him going full Barbarian rage killing the remaining 135 man on his own.

After this he became an indepentent mercenary on his own. Which is where we are now

Weapons and Equipment:

Barakiel;
Barakiel is a special sword which enflames when the drawer says the line.
"With my Strongest, I'll become your flame"

Scalemail;
One of the strongest armors in the world.

Skills and Abilities:

Weapon Universalist;
Can use all medival weapons is it a sword or a bow.
Fast Weapon control;
Learns how to use other weapons really fast

Barbarian's Rage;
Gabanre enters a state of supreme killing instinct and gets really high regeneration powers and does not feel any pain. After this state he tends to get really chilly.

Magical Spells:

Last Rites, Cunning of Frozen Hells;
Gabanre's fist becomes one with the Ice, making him freeze everything on contact. If used on humans, it makes them feel really cold to the point of high fatigue

Quotes:

"Wanna fight, so does my mind."
"You challenge me, how you dare to challenge futility!"
"With my Strongest, I'll become your flame"

Theme: nothing really

@Hostile The personality and history sections are not yet done, but can you give the rest a look over to make sure it's okay? Please be merciful with the atomic bomb to the face.

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@Aix
We are like the exact opposite of each other :D, your like a really good magician, while I am killing things while being fully enraged. Would be fun if you would teach Gabanre magic.

Nvm

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Ah, dammit, there's already a vampire.

I had been in a GATE-esque RP before that never really got off the ground, and I wanted to use my character from that, since I put a lot of attention and effort into it.

The concept was basically a "vampire paladin," a Lawful Good character that used holy magic as well as his inherent vampiric power to be a formidable force on the battlefield. After over a thousand years of service he was appointed as the Lord Commmander of the fantasy faction's entire military, but his vampiric nature was kept a secret.

@Dead Cruiser

I didn't actually say there was a limit on that.

Ah, dammit, there's already a vampire.

I had been in a GATE-esque RP before that never really got off the ground, and I wanted to use my character from that, since I put a lot of attention and effort into it.

The concept was basically a "vampire paladin," a Lawful Good character that used holy magic as well as his inherent vampiric power to be a formidable force on the battlefield. After over a thousand years of service he was appointed as the Lord Commmander of the fantasy faction's entire military, but his vampiric nature was kept a secret.

If you want we could figure out the specifics of the vampire race together.

@Dead Cruiser

I didn't actually say there was a limit on that.

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If you want we could figure out the specifics of the vampire race together.

I wouldn't want to clutter up a character concept at this early stage, when there's still so much variety possible.

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I wouldn't want to clutter up a character concept at this early stage, when there's still so much variety possible.

I had an interesting idea though. What if say there's a continually perpetrated myth of how outstanding individuals in this world are gifted with immortality, when it's just vampirism?

@Hostile interested. Will make a CS soon

Actually, here's the thing. This RP is for the people on the fantasy side to create their own world and lore. Here's a map of the place.



Enter the world of Ceas, a world much like Earth, but not wrecked by pollution or sky-spanning cities or billions of residents. No, it is a world where the air is fresh, the land peaceful, its inhabitants (mostly) kind. Five continents lie on the planet's surface: Acadoria to the east side, Ethitrem next to Acadoria, and Cheri, the smallest, just below it. To the west are Edegord, the largest here, and Miraven below it. The Kingdom of Acadoria, the largest and most powerful force in the world, is headed from the continent it is named after.

Trade between the kingdoms in the east side is relatively peaceful, but those inhabitants are weary of the ones who live in the west. Reports are that Miraven is a home to a host of dragons, some of the most feared creatures in Ceas, with attacks being fairly common around the coasts. Edegord practices dark magic, something frowned upon by many. Relations are strained, but the world is still peaceful.

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I had an interesting idea though. What if say there's a continually perpetrated myth of how outstanding individuals in this world are gifted with immortality, when it's just vampirism?

Basically the explanation I had with my character was that the populace believed he had achieved immortality through faith and mastery of rejuvenating holy magic. In reality he could not use holy magic to heal, as an undead creature cannot create life.

He did use it to summon a kickass pair of wings though.