The Marulian Ocean, a grand expanse of water that extends to many foreign, unexplored lands with most of the waves not having been traversed themselves. They say that there are lost cities hidden under the crashing tides, buried treasure just waiting to be discovered, tremendous beasts that hunt the waters waiting for their next victim, and a pirate king that destroys all who are unlucky enough to meet him, and the lands beyond the waves are seen to be just as mysterious and dangerous. People from all over have gathered their supplies and funds to sail from their ports and across this ocean in hopes of finding greatness. Some seek adventure, others fame, of course there are those only in it for the money, and let's not forget about the ones who want all that and more and are willing to steal everything from the rest.

Explorers, they seek to discover these new lands and their islands. They hope to find every nook and cranny, every creature, every new thing there is to see.

Treasure Hunters, they seek buried treasure said to be hidden in these areas. They want to find the sunken cities and their great artifacts, or any rare finds that might be hidden here.

Head Hunters, they seek to slay any and all dangers in this new territory. Whether for righteous reasons or for the bounty, they hunt the beasts that roam the waters and the pirates that terrorize it.

Merchants, they seek money and not much else. They want to bring cheap, trade goods to these lands and give them to the natives for their rare, expensive goods that they do not know the value off.

Pirates, they seek to mooch off of everybody's work and tear them down. They destroy and ravage all those who sail the seas and hope to one day become powerful enough to join the pirate king's fleet or perhaps take his crown.

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So, the idea is that you are all new sailors ready to explore the vast unknown that is the Marulian Ocean. Everybody will need to buddy up with at least two other characters so that you'll have enough people to kind of manage a ship. Each group will start with a small ship, with a single mast and sail, and one cannon on each side. As time goes on, you'll be allowed to upgrade your ship as you see fit. Make sure to have your character seem appealing to people who are on the same side as you. Don't want to be left crewless right?

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-Communication: There is a reason this one is on top! If you have a problem with anything at any time in this RP than please feel encouraged to talk with my Co-GM or myself. Speak up, I am not a mind reader but I do want everyone to enjoy themselves as much as I can.
The first also leads into this one, if you are going to be gone for a few days than please notify again the Co-GM or myself. That way we can work in you being gone so everything doesn't come to a stand still. I do not expect everyone to be posting 24/7, after all this is supposed to be fun and entertaining, not pressuring. However, there's no fun with characters being away the whole time without notification if they're still interested in participating in this RP at all.

-If you have an idea, please share it! Speak your mind! I want everyone to be a part of this RP. The growing and the movement of it all.

-If you have read all my rules than put hail the king at the bottom of your profile

-You must post at least two paragraphs minimum (5-7 sentences per paragraph). More is always good.

-You can play a maximum of two characters unless permission has been granted by myself or Co-GM

-The king is a lie so write bow to the queen instead. Making sure not too many people skimmed. Be sure to read the rule under this one cause it is important and I will know straight away if you didn't read it.

-After an initial post, you most wait for two other people to post before you may post again. Sometimes conversations may force a post to have to be sooner but maybe not.

-Finally, Have fun! It's kind of the point isn't it?

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-Image: If picture is used for appearance.

-Name:
-Age:
-Gender: I don't care as long as you're not an attack helicopter or something like that.
-Appearance: Anything not clear in the image or your description if you didn't use one. If nothing else, put their height.
-Personality: Not required since it will certainly come out in the rp but if you feel like giving me a heads up then go ahead
-Backstory: I'd much prefer if you had one and if you want to keep it secret and just send it to me then go right on ahead, but it's not entirely necessary
-Classification: One of the things up above, Explorer, Merchant, Pirate, etc. Feel free to make one up too. People just need to know who is on their side and would be good to team up with.
-Specialization: What is your character's job on a ship. Scout, Cannoneer, Helmsman. Just no captains yet, I want everyone to start on equal footing.
-Other: Just in case something else is needed to be said.

@Akayaofthemoon @Compulsive86 @AnneLynch @bloonewb @Avanhelsing @Lotrix Molick

Alright guys, OOC is up. Hopefully more people will join but you can start working on your characters.

Alright, I will get to working on my character.

@Lotrix Molick
Please don't post characters on the character tab until they have been accepted.

@Kronshi

I have to inform the group that I will be out of town without computer access for the next week starting tomorrow. If an IC post is up before I get back, would it be possible for my character to show up later on in the group?

Name: Eveyon (Last Name Omitted For Religious Reasons)
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Appearance: The most immediate aspect of Eveyon's appearance is his hair. Or, rather, the lack of it. He keeps his head shaved bald, in accordance with the faith of his homeland. Under the glittering scalp, his skin is a middling brown, and his eyes a striking black. He stands at 170 centimeters in height, and is deathly thin from long periods of fasting. His face he keeps solemn, again one of the duties of the priesthood, and tries best he can to convey no emotion.
Personality and Backstory: Eveyon was the son of a priest, and thus was raised within a priest's coven. Within its walls, he learned of the holy books and tenets associated with the faith, in the hopes that should his father pass, he would take his place tending to the parish. He clung to the faith, it being the only thing he knew, and internalized its teachings till he knew them front to back in his sleep. He has worked hard from youth maintaining the pristine reputation of his parish, keeping the holy days as well as the grounds of his father's temple. On his nineteenth birthday, his father, as well as the other priests, tasked him to leave home on pilgrimage to spread the faith. Immediately, he set out to do so, hopping on the first ship he could find heading for uncharted waters.

Classification: Explorer (and possibly Chaplain)
Specialization: Lookout from the Crow's Nest

bow to the queen

@AnneLynch
Of course. No problem at all. Besides, it may take a week before the IC gets officially up anyways. Need to get enough people, get them organized and teamed up, and then actually write the post.

@bloonewb
Cool character concept. It's been awhile since I have seen someone actively play a religious role.

@Kronshi Awesome!!

Also, here is my character. He's an original character that I'm writing a novel about. The artwork is also mine. I hope he fits in. If you feel that any other job besides "QuarterMaster" may suit him better, please let me know.



Bow to the Queen

Oh crap, my bad. I'll pull it. It has been a while since my last RP here, sorry.



-Name: Lucretia Myerscough
-Age: 26
-Gender: Female

-Appearance: She is 6'1" tall. When fully equipped, she will have a cloak or coat, wide brimmed hat, and 1-3 harpoons or spears on her. If on land or needing a ranged weapon, she tends to prefer the reliability of a crossbow or bow over any sort of powder weapon.

-Personality: Polite, helpful, opinionated, highly curious, non-spiritual, well rounded and grounded

-Backstory: Despite being born into a family of mid ranking nobles, Lucretia always had an affinity for the outdoors. Luckily, as long as she was ladylike when company was over, her parents were not picky about her desire to explore, hunt, and learn falconry. In fact, it gave her father something to do in his free time as she was their only child. So, while it was all dresses, corsets, and curtsies at the parties, it all became trousers, tunics, bows, birds, and guns whenever she could slip away. With her two contrasting habits, her father and mother decided to get her tutors for all subjects. their reasoning was that she needed to be prepared for anything given her habits. Lucretia didn't complain about the extra work as it gave her the skills and knowledge to keep her own possessions in good shape as well as knowledge of academic areas she would have been denied otherwise. It also made her already impressive literacy better. Due to her capabilities, studies were easy for her to excel within while still offering her chances to keep honing her survival, hunting, and falconry skills.

Once she became an adult, Lucretia was up for marriage. Suitors came and saw the prim and proper side of her, but she never kept them from understanding her real personality. As such, they all tended to lose interest. Political marriage was not on her parents' minds as they were sitting comfortably in their status. As the suitors dwindled, Lucretia convinced her parents to let her leave and become and explorer on the condition that she write back as able to keep them privy of her adventures and to show she was still alive. She agreed immediately and gathered the supplies she needed. From that day, she wandered around, discovering relics, crumbling ruins, odd creatures, and found exotic locales. Until a few years ago, she stuck to the mainland, going to places others feared to tread due to superstitious reasons. Now, she ran out of rumors to explore in the area she operates within and looks for something past the coast. For a few years, Lucretia worked on merchant vessels or on exploratory ships. The dangers of the sea became well known to her, so once she felt experienced enough, Lucretia decided to set out to start or join a crew seeking to move deeper into the sea and find anything interesting.

-Classification: Trapper (mix of Explorer and Head Hunter)

-Specialization: Cook, Animal Handler, Fisher/Hunter

-Other: She keeps an osprey as a pet and is an accomplished falconer. Her free time is generally spent caring for her osprey, fishing, or reading. Lucretia is a speed reader with an eidetic memory. (actual eidetic memory, not photographic memory)

Bow to the queen.

My internet is fixed so I am here! I will get to work on making a character now that I can do so ^-^

-Name: Aguta Aariak
-Age: 22
-Gender: Male
-Appearance: Height: 5 feet four inches, weight: 120lb, hair color: white, hair texture: thick and coarse, hairstyle: Goes down to his shoulder with bangs, he usually braids it. Eye color: Left eye purple right eye blue, skin tone: pale, body build: slim to muscular build.
-Personality: Aguta is the motherly figure you never knew you needed. He is extremely overprotective towards his companions and is a little bit controlling over them but this is just the way he tries to show his love. He offers advice when needed and is always willing to listen to your problems and fears. Despite his loving tendencies to those he is close with he is introverted and prefers being alone then being with people, so at times it is best to leave him alone when needed. It is also good to be wary of him as his temper is extremely short, and when he loses it he can be both physically and mentally abusive, becoming a total three-sixty of his usual and true personality. Because of his anger issues he at time keeps people at arms length to avoid hurting them.

-Backstory: Born in the icy regions of Alaska Aguta is the son of an inuit priestess. Due to his white hair and multi colored eyes it was thought that Augta was blessed by the gods. Thus from an early age he was trained to become a priest. This went on until he was fifthteen, when his mental instability began to show. He would begin to lash out and to a degree even torture the people who visited the priestess hut. Realizing that he had not been blessed by the gods, but by the devil, the people of the village tried to prosecute him; including his mother. The rage and betrayal caused Augta to slaughter both his mother and three other men from his village before he snapped out of it. Feeling great shame for his deeds Aguta left the village and became a nomad.
Years later he would finally arrive at a port city that where he saw that a certain group of less than savory seafarers were looking for an extra hand. Wanting to forget his life on land Augta gladly accepted

-Classification: pirate
-Specialization: Master Gunner

Bow to the queen

My character is up and ready for review. She is in my earlier post.

@bloonewb@AnneLynch@Lotrix Molick@Compulsive86

By the way, all your characters are great and can be added to the character tab if you'd like.

Sorry for the inactivity, we're just waiting on @Avanhelsing or one other person to show up so we can have six. Two groups of three.

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Awesome, adding it to the tab.

@Kronshi Are we still waiting for people?

@Compulsive86
Sadly, yes. It doesn't seem that we're going to get them though.

@Kronshi awwwwww does that mean no roleplay?

Hey guys!!

I'm back from my week of being absent!!

Do we need characters to save this rp?

Or maybe we could make a Discord channel to discuss other possible plots?

Well, we have 3 characters posted up. One is a pirate with the other two not.