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Once we shown in the dark, we were the grey light. The Swords of Kings, Conquerors and Gods alike. For coin, blood and land we trod with Steel boot and glimmering sword upon the throats of our enemies. The enemies of those who held our contracts and those who stood foolishly in the way. In the end we were made better for it; stronger, more enduring and more adaptable than ever before.

The ones who came before us scorched empires and raised armies the likes of which this world have long since forgotten. Now we stand as a testament to their legacy of blood and fire. It is our job to rise above what we once needed to do, we are better and our ways must reflect that change. Though we still answer the call of Coin we must know when to use the bite of our steel and when it is best to simply rely on words alone.

Our hour grows late now, the wolves bay at our door and old enemies seek revenge for the sins of our past. So I issue this call.

To those who still wield sword and gun, magic and guile. Answer the call. The Tower of Stars has need of you once more.

Setting

Knighthood takes place in the city of Angel’s Landing. Millennium of war and peace have ground the city of Angel’s Landing to dust repeatedly only to have the city be rebuilt upon the old cities bones. Now it is home to towers that rise from slum streets, to the pinnacle of opulence in the homes of the rich and powerful. Below them the poor scrape by in the muck beneath the towering heights of the city.

The setting is Fantasy turned sci-fi. Galendar started out as a fantasy setting that has seen progress towards a higher tech future. This can be seen in the way that the line between technology and magic is not always clear. It can also be seen in the appearance of races that are traditionally seen in fantasy settings making use of 60th century top of the line tech in conjunction with their 5000 year old magic.

Characters

As a result of the setting, characters should be a mesh of fantasy character concepts with a sci-fi spin, or a Sci-fi concept with a fantasy slant. (Ex: Knight who uses nanobot strengthened armor, a shield of kinetic force and a sword capable of changing form to a variety of other weapons. Or you could have a ship mechanic with a penchant for magical items used for repair on her high tech vehicles.) Please feel free to come at this from either angle but you should try to balance your character between having a sense of fantasy and an edge of the cyber. Treasure planet, Shadowrun, and The Asgard from Marvel's new Thor movies are good places to draw inspiration.

Characters will be new recruits or veteran members of the Tower of Stars. Characters should possess some sort of tech, magic or combat expertise. The Tower of Stars takes a variety of individuals everything from ex soldiers, to hackers, to mages. The guild is not a military organization but one of its primary functions is combat as a result of this the character should at the very least have a means of defending themselves.

The Tower of Stars provides a variety of services for its contractors, some of the jobs are less than savory and it is rumored occasionally have included assassination. All of the jobs taken are approved by The New Mistress of Stars Calrisa Silversun. Calrisa like her missing husband allows many of the members of the Tower of Stars to take their own jobs usually with cursory approval.

Characters should have a strong backstory and ideas for their own jobs as well as a means for fitting into the overall plot line of The Tower of Stars battle for stability and survival in Galendar. As well as the hunt for Christian Highfell, should he still live.

The Knighthood Codex

You can find all of the pertinent Setting information in the Codex.

Character Sheet




Tower of Stars Ranks

Master/Mistress of Stars- The leader of the Tower of Stars the position is currently held by Christian Highfell, The Lord of Storms.

Master/Mistress of ()- There are several positions directly underneath the position of Master of Stars, they are referred to by their particular area of expertise. Examples include Master/Mistress of: Blade, Fist, Sight, Word, Shadow, Steel, etc… The number of available Master/Mistress positions available vary based on the needs of the Tower and the whims of Christian. (Generally NPC only, excepts can be made for characters via roleplay)

Knight Commander- The Masters and Mistresses are capable of creating up to two Knight Commander positions. These positions are used for varying purposes and carry the title of whatever master or mistress created the position. An example might be a Knight Commander of Blade. (Potentially a player rank through role play)

Knight Captain- This is the rank where most upward motion stops. Knight Captains are Senior Knights with extensive of field experience and skill leading squads of knights into combat. These are also the Knights who are often used by the Tower to lead extended missions away from Angel's Landing when a Knight Commander is not needed. (Player rank)

Paladin- This rank is the same as a Knight Captain however it is used to denote Tower of Stars special forces. Knights with the rank of Paladin are usually specialists in some field or another, this includes the Towers assassins, spies, saboteurs, Hackers and solo operatives.(Player rank)

Artisan- This rank is the same as the Exemplar rank only it is used to denote a veteran Knight who is a skilled hacker or artisan (as the name implies).(Player rank)

Exemplar- This is rank denotes the Veteran Knights of the Tower, no longer a simple Knight but a person with experience and standing with the Tower

Knight- The new recruits and those who lack any ambition to do any sort of climbing within the ranks of the Tower. You can find a massive range of skill and experience within the rank of Knight as some of those who remain at Knight rank are there simply out of apathy about movement within the Tower.

Hey! It's me, from the Valens RP. This caught my interest, but right now I'm low on energy and caffeine, so I need to rest before delving further into the story. I will return!

Oooh someone found the ooc before i was finished. Impressive.

I would love to join ^^
Currently I don't have much time till next Wednesday unfortunately though.

@Smystar99 Savy, don't imagine we'll get going too soon. There is a literal ton of info to sift through in the Codex and I imagine that we will see people filter in slowly

@MatthiasAngel@Helo@BellBottomBlues@Metrognome Didn't know if you saw the OOC

@Themerlinhawk Am I able to reserve a Paladin occupation until I can create my character?

I saw it. I'm not interested in heavy emphasis on magic and gods so I'm backing out.

@Themerlinhawk I'm trying to figure out what a character I'd play would be - there's a lot of info that needs to be factored in - but so far all I know is I'd like him to be a hacker/tech-lover - which I'm imagining places him at either Paladin or Artisan rank. Thoughts? Also, why am I up at 4AM?

@CollectorOfMyst

Not necessarily - I can explain it further later if my memory doesn't just flop.

@Monochromatic Rainbow Sure, why not? I'm only a rookie at this universe anyway.

@CollectorOfMyst

Right, well, as stated above - unless your character is _extremely_ experienced (I was in some of the previous seasons, with a character who's been in the tower for some time and has decades of experience on top of that from... prior occupations.) they're not likely to be a paladin. Paladin is a solo operative with years of experience and excellent skills without many peers. Unless you _are_ making a character who's a fantasically skilled hacker who has skills on top of that - the best hackers would, if I had to guess, probably be a knight or Artisan, as you said. Someone who's skill is hacking isn't likely to deploy in solo operations - as part of a team, absolutely! But a Paladin would likely require further skills in other areas as well.

Granted, I'm just some lady from previous incarnations, so obviously the final word rests with Merlin alone. But that's my two cents, at least.

@CollectorOfMyst@Monochromatic Rainbow

Rainbow is right but the reason I don't limit the Paladin rank is because that is exactly what it is used for. The top of the line specialists. If you take a peak at the active character section you can see that Crow has a rank of Paladin of Shadow (It needs to be changed to Paladin of Words but thats my bad) Since the Paladin rank is essentially equivalent to a Knight Captain they are usually associated with one of the Master/Mistress positions Ie: Paladin of Word, Sight, Shadow, etc. Knight Captains don't have the associated of but Knight Commanders do since there is no equivalent special operative rank. The rank structure actually looks like this:

Normal Ranks: Knight, Knight Captain, Knight Commander, Master/Mistress

Operator Ranks: Knight, Paladin, Master/Mistress

Unique/Misc Ranks: Artisan, Knight Exemplar, Paladin Exemplar

You will notice there is no such thing as a Knight Commander in the operator ranks. They are called Hands and it is not an official rank, its a designation that a Master or Mistress gives out. So you end up with things like: Paladin (Name here), Hand of Sight.

While the regular equivalent is something like this: Knight Commander (Name here). Then you just know them as Knight Commander of Blades, etc..

though you can mix and match the ranks in teams, so if you have a group it might looks something like this: Three Knights, a Knight Exemplar, a Paladin and a Knight Captain. In this case the Ranking individual is the Knight Captain since the rank is specifically for commanding teams but if the group looked like this:

Three Knights, a Knight Exemplar, an Artisan and a Paladin. The ranking individual is the Paladin.

And of course you should always keep in mind that the ranks: Knight Exemplar and Artisan are not time based but skill based and vary wildly in their capabilities. A Knight Exemplar is a sort of honorific for Knights that have never bothered to politic at all and as a result the Master of Stars bestows the rank to single them out as particularly good. so don't let the rank of Knight Exemplar fool you. Its purposefully not in the normal rank structure. It denotes the rising stars and the grizzled vets who don't play any political games.

I don't think we've seen a Hacker since Ludelle and she never really got on the hacking boat since after we broke her out of prison she never went back to the front lines and then everything went pear shaped so yeah I'm down with seeing someone try for a hacker style character.

And also one day I will get a complete list of the Master and Mistress titles along with what they actually do. I've been dragging my feet about that

I'll have a character figured out later this week!

@Themerlinhawk hey this seems really cool but I will need some help getting my character finished

@BellBottomBluesSounds good.

@BlueflameLet me know what you need I'm happy to help. also if I'm not around Wind Wild and Monochromatic Rainbow sometimes have answers since they've fooling around in this setting with me for a while so if I don't get to your question they might be able to answer it or get you started and then I can fill in all the details

@Blueflame

*Waves hello*

I should breeze through here a few more times tonight and Wind Wild will be through when she crawls out of bed

So, I have a rough idea of who I want my character to be - sort of. I'm doing research as I write him, so that any info on hacking I use is accurate. For example, hackers and crackers (malicious hackers) tend to use handles - basically nicknames.



I'm still working on the rest. Speaking of rest, I think I need some. I woke up early again.

@Monochromatic Rainbow hello pal


@Themerlinhawk ok well I have an idea of a character who was forced into being a shadow demon