What I am about to tell you, is classified. It may or may not reach you, but the world needs to know the truth, you need to know the truth.
What if I told you there is more to the world than what an ordinary bystander can perceive?
What if I told you there are forces in this world kept at bay so you may enjoy your tranquil life of ignorance and bliss?
What if there is an organization that has overseen humanity for centuries, rewriting truth, reshaping history and institutionalizing you to revere logic and reasoning all so as to dull your senses?
Surely you would think me insane, but let me tell you something. In a world of madness, sanity is for the foolish.
I am sure you are wondering, who am I? I am one of the soldiers of this organization, trained to maintain order in a world tainted with madness. All those tales of magic and sorcery, well in my world those aren't stories you tell children and in my world we call it Alchemy. It is a force which enables us to bring change and break the chains of limitation but at a price. There is always a price for such things.
Alchemy is like a drug, the more you use it the more you crave it. It is an addiction that slowly strips you of your humanity and I mean that quite literally. Within my organization we have a name for it, we call it insannadiction. The use of alchemy comes at the price of your soul, of your sanity and those that abuse this curse slowly find themselves to be but a husk of their former selves fueled by base and carnal desires of destruction. The world almost fell to these vile monstrosities, that is until the Alchemy Management and Restraint Organization (A.M.R.O) surfaced to combat the malice of Alchemy. Their rational for this war was quite simple, 'to fight monsters we shall use monsters'. I am an Alchemist sworn to battle madness, to stop insanity, within my organization we are called by a different name, we are known as Asylums and we are everywhere.
I cannot give you the entire history but I can tell you of the events that have led to this point, they are in within the attachment below. I have also managed to hack my organization's data base so you maybe able to read up on additional information. I shall paste the link below the attachment.
Regards,
Forgotten.
Where should I start? Maybe I should tell you all about the impending Bloodline wars, no I think we need to go back to the source, to the prelude of madness.
Eight years ago a disaster occurred within A.M.R.O's training grounds, the ripples of which never really subsided and I fear the tide that is yet to come.
Within an undisclosed location, titled innocence, several alchemists were brought as mere infants and trained into becoming Asylums and carry the cruel fate that came with it. It is here I learned that my organization is not a great savior but an evil that seeks to thwart other evils. Never in my wildest dream could I imagine that under this little Island, where children trained to protect mankind, would be a prison housing four of the deadliest criminals in A.M.R.O's history. Maybe my organization grew content with the abundance of power it held; maybe it felt those prisoners would never break through the impenetrable seals. It is a pity they never foresaw treason, in hindsight I suppose I can understand why Joux did what he did, yes he was one of the most respected instructors present at innocence but he was also a witness to A.M.R.O's darkness.
Would you pity those prisoners if I told you A.M.R.O held them captive since they were but wee little lads; that they were experimented upon, tortured all in the quest to obtain power. The ability to manipulate alchemy is not equal, some are weak at it where as other are strong and then there are the prodigies. This had been the norm since the dawn of Alchemy's origin, however a few decades ago an anomaly was observed, something that shook the very foundation of belief and understanding of the art. When an Alchemist goes insane there is no point of return, it is an impossibility which had remained consistent for millenniums. When this happened, there was not a single record of it ever happening before. Someone went insane and then regained his sanity, it was a breakthrough and that individual came to possess a power that even the Gods would envy. So there is no surprise that A.M.R.O wished to artificially replicate this event which was dubbed a singularity.
Those four children grew up knowing only darkness, despair and pain but A.M.R.O could hardly care for they succeeded. Two year prior to the fall of Innocence (A.M.R.O's training ground), the experimentation succeeded. However before A.M.R.O could study which of the four subjects became the artificial singularity, an accident occurred which destroyed all data and only after sacrificing a multitude of Asylums were those four prisoner brought under control and locked away. If it were me, I would have killed those four but I suppose A.M.R.O could not afford to dispose of such valuable assets.
I am sure my organization regrets its decision, to think it took only two year and those four managed to break out of their bindings and wreak havoc upon innocence. Not only did those four prisoners manage to escape but it was at the cost of the lives of several hundred children as well as one of A.M.R.O's greatest soldiers. It was indeed a momentous loss for my organization, one that will haunt it to this day and times to come.
I guess this brings us to what has been going on currently, I suppose one of the notable incidents would be the threat of all out war between the Bloodlines. Ah, you probably do not know what those are huh? A.M.R.O and Asylums are but one side of the picture; surely you are aware there must be other Alchemists in the world too. Most of these ordinary alchemists are referred to as rogues, a derogatory term, within the eyes of Asylums they are less than filth. An exception to this rule would be the Bloodlines, who I suppose you could consider TO BE royalty among the filth.
Within the world it is extremely rare for Alchemy to transfer through blood and that too consistently; within the 16th century A.M.R.O enlisted the help of several families which were prospects for becoming Bloodlines. A.M.R.O ensured their survival and in exchange these Bloodlines ensure a steady supply of soldiers. As times passed these Bloodlines rose to power, several becoming industrial giants and amassing immense wealth. It is no secret that feuds existed among the various Bloodlines, however never had it come to a point of an all out war that threatened the very balance which A.M.R.O had striven to maintain.
However I fear war maybe inevitable. Situations of small scale skirmishes have been known to occur among Bloodlines however never has a Bloodline mysteriously been annihilated. This event changes the very dynamics of Bloodline relations as well as weakens their deference to A.M.R.O. Even now I hear rumors of paranoia spreading across various Bloodlines and the preparations for war has already begun. It is true to assume that all the Bloodlines are currently balancing themselves on a very fragile line, which if break would lead to catastrophic consequences. However what A.M.R.O fears even more is the possibility that one of the prisoners of innocence have a hand in this.
The only ones who can stop an all out blood bath are the Asylums who will be sent to moderate a meeting between these Bloodlines to find a peaceful solution. A meeting that happens once a century, 'The Meeting of Crests'.
. This RP while located in the advanced section has high casual standards and as such we do not promote a ridiculous amount of text, instead we focus on character building, world building and quality experience. Anyone that is interested can view the OOC given in the link above and then you are more than welcome to approach me regarding any queries you may have.
