Once upon a time...
A story was told, followed by others.
Each was like a thread that wove together into a single world.
At times, a tale would be retold, each time slightly different from the last.
But how many times can a tale be retold...
...before it becomes twisted?
A story was told, followed by others.
Each was like a thread that wove together into a single world.
At times, a tale would be retold, each time slightly different from the last.
But how many times can a tale be retold...
...before it becomes twisted?
Please forgive the vagueness, but I wanted to try an intro that sounded more... foreboding. The overall idea isn't a complicated one, in fact it probably isn't a particularly unique idea. Twisted Tales will be an RP that begins in the fictional city of Ravenport. Ravenport is a bustling port town in a dark fantasy world, where Fairy Tales are very much real... and very very dangerous. In this setting, just about about every classic Fairy Tale (most notably the Grimm tales) has either happened or is about to happen. But with a twist. The tales this time... are horror stories. Tales of grotesque monsters masquerading as people in their attempts to lure humans to their doom. Tales of sinister fairies and big bad wolves that dwell in the ominously named Blackwood Forest, just waiting for any foolhardy traveler to brave the woods at night. Monsters that dwell in the dark depths of the Midnight Sea, accursed pirates that sail the waters looking to terrorize any who brave the ocean blue. Or perhaps most dangerous of all, the dreaded Moonshadow Island, said to house creatures so powerful and dangerous that none who venture there are ever heard from again.
If you wish to face your fears and participate, you'll be taking the role of a citizen of Ravenport. Who that citizen is is completely up to you. Are they a re-imagined character from a classic tale? Or perhaps an entirely original character of your own creation? Whoever they are, they recently took a job at the infamous Wolf's Den Agency. The agency is a mixed bag when it comes to work, though its slogan is that they will solve your problems when no one else can. Most have taken this to mean that they will investigate and solve any problem or mystery, no matter how treacherous it may become. Owned by two men, partners named Rolfe and Basil, they recently felt like the cases have piled up a little too high for the two of them to handle by themselves, and so they hired a handful of willing recruits in an attempt to pick up the slack.
Just as an aside, this RP will not necessarily be combat-focused or even adventure-focused. In fact, if anything, I intend to take a more... methodical approach to telling this story. You'll find it to be more centered around clues and investigations. Early on it might even feel slightly episodic as you solve Cases-of-the-Week before stumbling into a greater mystery.
I haven't decided whether to put this in Casual or Advanced, hence why it doesn't possess either of those tags. Lastly, speaking of tags, the 18+ tag is warning that this RP can and probably will get rather dark and gritty at times, with a rising body count as the dangers increase and characters facing the very real threat of dying a gruesome death. It is tagged as being Horror genre, after all.
So who out there is brave enough to see these Twisted Tales through to the end?
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