[OOC] War in the Deep

[Belle]

@wolverbells
KITTY!! WHAT KIND OF KITTY??

[wolverbells]

@wolverbells
KITTY!! WHAT KIND OF KITTY??

@Belle

She's a ragdoll!!! I'll send you some pictures!

[CharmingDevil]

Finally have my CS ready for review! Please let me know if anything needs to be changed or added!

Appearance

Tail

Name: Altum (pronounced all-toom)
Age: Turned in the year 1700 at the age of 24

Specific Skill: Does having quick-thinking and a sharp mind count?

Personality: Stoic and indifferent to most people, prefers to keep to himself. Can get outgoing and rowdy around people he trusts and in the heat of battle. Respects honor and loyalty above all else. Considered a strategist and skillful tactician due to his honed intelligence and logical thinking. Retains the British accent from his human heritage.

Background/History: As a human, Casius was a pirate sailing the turquoise Caribbean Sea in the late 1600's. Serving as Quarter Master aboard the reputed Screaming Siren, he was in charge of keeping order among the crew. Casius's older brother Cyrus having been elected as Captain for his ruthless prowess in battle and Casius himself elected to serve under him as Quarter Master for his logical efficiency and uncommon intelligence during that era, together the duo led an unstoppable force.

One stormy night, as they were on their way to the port of Nassau to splurge their most recent plunder on drinks and wenches, Casius was thrown from the ship into the turbulent waters below. Fighting as hard as he could against the thrashing current, Casius soon found himself losing consciousness. On the brink of taking his last breath, he thought he heard singing. A soft lilting song that held an air of sorrow to it. Thinking it was his dying mind playing tricks on him, Casius closed his eyes against the darkness but not before catching a shimmery silhouette of a tailed maiden making her way through the waters towards him.

Upon waking, Casius held no memories of who he was, not even his own name. The only thing he did remember was the ethereal beauty of that maiden in the night. Out of instinct, he immediately began to panic as he noticed the dark waters around him but soon realized he was able to breathe. Almost a second later he also noticed the tail where his legs used to be.

Wandering alone in the deep where even the sun couldn't reach, Casius was found by a band of mermen scouts somewhere off the coast of the Greek Isles. They gave him the name Altum after the Latin word for deep sea and took him in as a brother. He now spends his days training and fighting alongside his new family, secretly hoping to someday catch a glimpse of the mysterious sea maiden that saved his life.

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If anyone wants their character(s) to be linked to Altum in anyway, let me know! I don't mind if someone's mermaid wants to be Altum's "mysterious maiden". ;) Otherwise, I'll just leave her as a dying dream for now.

[wolverbells]

Pic

Hider

Name
Ariyah

Age

Turned recently, within the last 50 years, at the age of 22

Tail

Hider

Personality

Ariyah is a very strong willed woman who tends to voice her opinion when she thinks is necessary, but she knows when to choose her battles. She does come across as timid at first, seeing as how she likes to observes before speaking to strangers but once she is befriended, it's easy to get along with her.

Bio

Ariyah never really expected to become anything in life. In her mind, she believed that she would grow up and settle down as an adult, somewhere far away. She lived with only her mother in a small, two bedroom apartment near the school she went to up until she went off to college. Her mother, being a lawyer, was able to care for the two of them and still have sufficient money for them but Ariyah chose to go off on her own and build something.

It was when she began on her Masters in college, that one unfortunate night she came face to face with the cold waters of the deep. A drunk driver had caused Ariyah to drive off a cliff edge while she was driving back home, and the moment she hit the waters, Ariyah had gone unconscious. She remembers very little of her previous life, only that she was nearly killed by another driver. Her silvery, blue eyes turned into a purple color that sometimes seems dull to others.

[Belle]

@CharmingDevil he's awesome and I LOVE that you used Hook for the pic! My mermaid Arys could be his mermaid if you like. Check her out and see if she is someone you would picture saving him. Either way, add him to the character tab.

@wolverbellsSo happy you joined! Love her! You can add her.

When I get home I will make the initial post.

[WilsonTurner]

Actually, I'm not quite feeling up to this sorta thing ;-;
My logical side is twitching a little at the merfolk being split up and how people are 'turned' and such.

[Belle]

@WilsonTurner
I'm sorry you feel that way. I wanted to make a unique mermaid rp. They start off at war, but hopefully some will realize they are stronger together and the war will end. That is why I made each side have strengths that the other doesn't have and also weaknesses that the other doesn't have. But if they are at war and have been separated for thousands of years, that lef the dilemma of how they reproduce as a species. Hence the 'turning' of humans, which only rarely happens since merpeople live a really long time.

[WilsonTurner]

@Belle
Oh, I get how and why, I'm just not really feeling it, you know? And it just seemed to me that it wouldn't take so terribly long for them to find each other, you know? They're the same species- some of them on either side would wanna find the other group.

But don't get bogged down with my disagreement >.< I've started too many as-is.

[Belle]

@WilsonTurner
They've just always been taught to stay away from each other. Well mainly the mermaids have been taught to stay away from the 'savage' mermen and mermen have been told that if given the chance the 'ugly swimming witches' would turn them against each other.
Is it wrong to hope that maybe later on you might change your mind? I really like your character and what he would have brought to the rp. I also greatly enjoy and respect your writing ability.

[WilsonTurner]

@WilsonTurner
They've just always been taught to stay away from each other. Well mainly the mermaids have been taught to stay away from the 'savage' mermen and mermen have been told that if given the chance the 'ugly swimming witches' would turn them against each other.
Is it wrong to hope that maybe later on you might change your mind? I really like your character and what he would have brought to the rp. I also greatly enjoy and respect your writing ability.

@Belle

I might change my mind later, but I'm not quite feeling it right now.

And Velox is more of a leader- and I wouldn't want to be presumptuous and just stick him in that sort of role, or change him.

[Belle]

@Classpet
I wanted to ask you, if @CharmingDevil decides to have Arys be tied to his character, would you mind me changing Kayn to be Aquawlad's brother?

[Classpet]

@Belle
I wouldn't mind that at all, it'd be neat to see the dynamic between the two, they're complete opposites :D

[Belle]

@Classpet Great! That was why I made him and Arys siblings, because they are opposites. I wanted to illustrate how the merpeople are all two halves of a whole. Kayn's rage comes from that he wants to find his sister but since he can't remember her or that he even has a sister his rage is constant and can't be calmed.

[Belle]

Okay I think I got everyone into the character list in the second OOC post. Just so we can keep track of who is who with a quick glance. I added people that I approved but who haven't posted their character to the character tab yet.

@AsgardianLord19 I'll add you as soon as you finish your CS so I can review it.

[Belle]

Sorry for the triple post, but I wanted everyone to know that the IC is officially up for anyone who wants to post. We have six people (seven once AsgardianLord19 finishes his character) I think that's enough to get us started and hopefully more people will join.

[wolverbells]

I was going to post, but as I tried to type I started falling asleep. I'll put up a post tomorrow morning!

[CharmingDevil]

@CharmingDevil he's awesome and I LOVE that you used Hook for the pic! My mermaid Arys could be his mermaid if you like. Check her out and see if she is someone you would picture saving him. Either way, add him to the character tab.

@Belle

Awesome thanks! When thinking of who to use as the face of my pirate merman, Hook was the first to come to mind haha! I love your Arys and wouldn't mind if you want her to be Altum's mermaid savoir. Especially if she loves nighttime it would make sense for her to have been around when he fell. My only concern with the connection is her deep fear of humans, especially men. What would be her motive for saving him? If you want to keep it secret for later plot development, that's fine. Just thought I'd bring it up.

[Belle]

@CharmingDevil
I'll pm you about it

[WilsonTurner]

@Belle
Okay, okay, I am stalking, yes
But I can't help but laugh when I read your post, because I replaced part of your post with, "I sense a disturbance in the force."

[Belle]

@WilsonTurner
Yeah I thought that too and decided to include it for a joke. Stupid I know but I couldn't help myself. My inner child controls me.
And it's okay to stalk the rp. I am still stalking the Prized Bride rp, waiting for an opening. Lol