Making one of three roleplays: Distopian Zelda, VRMMORPG trap or superpower war/tournament

[Nevis]

I want to get back into forum roleplay full-swing after a fairly long semi-hiatus. I have several roleplays in the works of which I will run one; however, I want to know what other people are interested in and will roleplay in. All of them will contain dark and mature elements and plots with character development being the primary focus. Which of the following, if any, are you interested in?

1: Distopic Zelda. Specifically, I will be restarting the well-received 'White Triforce' roleplay I was running on here several years ago and stopped after the site crashed and everything was lost.
In overly shortened summary, it has been over a millenia since the events of Ocarina of Time. Hyrule has risen up to become the largest empire in the world through violent, self-righteous conquest. Magic suffuses everyday life and created a disconnected populace, the parlimentary system is corrupt, the Royal Family is absent and the guerilla warfare with a rebel movement is brewing larger and larger. Civil war seems to loom on the horizon. Think Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess with a Code Geass/Berserk-like storyline.

2: Character-Focused VR MMORPG Trap. This is an undeveloped as-of-yet idea of mine that I have wanted to do for a long time-a virtual reality mmorpg trap such as .hack or Sword Art Online focused with a particular focus on characters and the experience of what comes with that-the threat of death, dealing with people dying and the strange combination of a supposedly fun game with mortal stakes and so on.

3: Modern Supernatural/Superpower War/Tournament. People across the world start discovering strange abilities. Society has started to fracture due to some abusing these abilities and many wanting to take violent precautions to the threat such people present. Meanwhile, they are not safe even from each other as each can grow stronger by killing and absorbing strength from others with such abilities, nevermind their other littany of conflicting interests and issues. A strong focus here will be on characters connecting and/or quarreling, much akin to the first season of the TV series Heroes. This may involve/come to work around a fighting game-like (Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Soul Calibur) tournament hosted by someone pulling strings. Take Heroes (season 1) and add in a fighting game atmosphere among the player characters and a Watchman-like atmosphere among the general world.

[Zardoric]

I would be interested in the Distopic Zelda.

Questions. Can you link the original or was it completely lost? Exactly what types of magic are available? Will the triforce, sages, Ganandorf(immortal spirit), Zelda (immortal spirit) and Link (immortal spirit) all be in it? Or has that cycle been disrupted/destroyed. Also, will the other games lore be involved, and if so which Timeline (Adult, Child, or Fail)?

[Zardoric]

@Nevis

Sorry for the double post but I forgot to mention.

[Nevis]

No, entirely alright. Unfortunately, the original was entirely lost-the entire forum was deleted at the time and that was why it ended in the first place.

Those three characters will be present, although the nature of the part in the story will be vastly different from typical of Zelda (Link is not automatically the protagonist, for example) . The sages will be present-however, that and the nature of their role will play a large part in the story and the revealing of it is a significant plot point for later on.

Most of the games are semi-canonical. None of the games depict the history of the setting verbatim; rather, how the games presented the world is more of how the state and mainstream culture portrays the events, rather than how they actually were. The main influences are Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess with some elements taken from Wind Waker (although Hyrule was never turned into the Great Sea) . The cycle exists-however, there is some in-universe confusion over that as, according to the official church of Hyrule, the cycle has largely been completed, hence its status as an empirial superpower. This is taken as Hyrule having entered a golden age with a divine right to conquest.

The timeline is the one of Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess-although, again, the games are not exactly what actually took place.

For magic, most of it relies on enchanted items and relics, imbuing them with magical effects. Casters with outright spells-fireballs, summoning, weaving magic together by way of incantation, gesture and such are significantly rarer, although present enough (somewhere around 1-5% of the population in Hyrulian cities are proficient with low to average-level casting, for example) .

[Zardoric]

May I ask what the main story hook would be, as well as what the characters are designed like?

[Framing A Moose]

Hey, I just wanted to tell you that distopic isn't a word...I think the word your looking for is distopian.

@Nevis

[Cruallassar]

I've always been interested in VRMMO type roleplays.

[Nevis]

@Framing A Moose ... oops. Haha, thank you. It has been a while since I wrote much outside of in online game roleplays, my writing is definitely rusty. That is part of why I am doing this, though ^^

[Framing A Moose]

@Framing A Moose ... oops. Haha, thank you. It has been a while since I wrote much outside of in online game roleplays, my writing is definitely rusty. That is part of why I am doing this, though ^^

@Nevis

It's fine! I'm just glad I could help! ^__^

[Nevis]

May I ask what the main story hook would be, as well as what the characters are designed like?

@Zardoric

You just did! The main story hook is in taking part of a civil conflict as civil war begins to break out across Hyrule with muddled morality and a lot of strange events cropping up-some posing very grim questions for the general populace's beliefs and understanding of myth and history. A lot of the pull is from mysterious regarding the truth of history and myth and dealing with the conflicts arising from different groups with different philosophies on force, the state and the proper role of each. A lot is initially in mysteries and unanswered questions and revealing much, specifically, of the main allure after that will be a spoiler.

As for the second part-what do you mean by, "What the characters are designed like", exactly? If you mean what sort of characters you will play... any character of not-too-high of a position or capability who has reason enough that they are already politically involved or at the tipping point to become so and have reason to be in Hyrule Castle City (as that is where it will begin, though not at all be restricted to) . The main available races will be Hyrulian, Kokiri, Goron, Zora, Korok, Rito, Gerudo, Sheikah, Twili, Boblin, Bokoblin, Moblin and Darknut.

For @Framing A Moose are you interested in any of these-or did you drop just to offer that?

[Zardoric]

That is what I meant with the second question. So it will be more of a political thing? Hmm...

[Framing A Moose]

For @Framing A Moose are you interested in any of these-or did you drop just to offer that?

@Nevis

Oh, I just came stopped by for that. Sorry.

[Nevis]

That is what I meant with the second question. So it will be more of a political thing? Hmm...

@Zardoric

Political and mythological. However, the mythological aspect is more of a later-on thing that will require spoilers to give much away of yet.

[Nevis]

Thus far the Zelda one has the most support... last call before I go with that one.

[Nevis]

Alright, the White Triforce is up! If a bit of a work in progress at the moment. roleplayerguild.com/topics/126797-the-..