[OOC] [Still Seeking Players] The Legend of Zelda: The White Triforce

[Dawnscroll]

@Nevis So if I go thr Sheikah route, it's safe to say I'll be armed to the teeth, and be a master of stealth, espionage and assasination?

Because I can do that...

[Nevis]

Yep. The Sheikah are a very ninja-like clan here, mostly producing assassins, bodyguards, lorekeepers, illusionists and mages. They also have an affinity for certain types of magic-they, along with the Twili (who were originally a divisive branch of the Sheikah before their banishment in this setting's lore) , have an intrinsic link to the element of Shadow.

[Dawnscroll]

@Nevis Nice. So as a Sheikah what exactly would I get/know/be capable of in your lore?

Because right now I have master of stealth, assassinations, throwing needles, daggers, wires (see SSBM), Deku Nuts, hand to hand combat... any powers/spells/abilities?

[Nevis]

Only if they were trained as such. Magic is much more common, although casters are still uncommon.

Also, I added some races information to the original post.

[rechonq]

@Nevis

Question - After reading the race description of Gorons, is it assumed that they are slow witted or less intelligent than some of the other races? It's not really in any official lore and because their industrialization is beyond the other races some say they may even be more inteligent. Just wondering what the concensus is here though.

[Nevis]

Gorons are not stupid, no, although there is a social stigma of them being not as refined or 'intellectual' as some of the other races. It has more to do with their manner, specialized minds and such. Stereotypes are held really strongly by most people in this setting, though.

[TaliPaendrag]

@Nevis Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I'm interested in joining this roleplay. I was thinking of making a Kokiri character that can use magic. Would that be okay?

[Nevis]

@Nevis Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I'm interested in joining this roleplay. I was thinking of making a Kokiri character that can use magic. Would that be okay?

@TaliPaendrag

More than.

[Dawnscroll]

Nevis check for the pm I sent.

[vietmyke]

Oh, missed this somehow. I'll take a look at this when I'm back from work.

My plan is to create a Rito scout-esque character. What is your ruling for their wings? Should it be traditional as in the wings are part of the Rito's arms? or are you okay with the wings being attached to their backs like a separate pair of appendages?

[Nevis]

Part of the arms.

And I have, Dawnscroll, and will consider it if the number seems to become an issue.

[vietmyke]

Quill

Name:

Qullian Brightfeather
Often referred to as 'Quill'

Race:
Rito

Age:
22

Gender:
Male

Description:
Shorter than average, Quill stands at about shoulder height to the average Hyrulian, and like most Rito, is considerably lighter than his size suggests. Despite his light weight, and thin frame, Quill is surprisingly lithe, and has a build of one used to physical activity. Like many Rito, Quill has red irises, and his skin is of a dark olive hue, which is contrasted by his stark white hair and golden yellow beak. His wings dangle around his arms like sleeves, and are white like his hair, though end in charcoal grey at their tips. Unlike Hyrulians and other land based races, Quill and his Rito brethren have digitgrade legs, and his feet are stronger and more resilient than most hardened leathers and as such often forgoes footwear outright.

His clothing is similar to traditional Rito clothing, typically as light as possible as to not limit his abilities to fly. He wears loose white cloth pants, that taper down and tie just below his knee. He often wears a dark red traditional rito tunic and brown forearm wrappings. Around his waist he wears a leather belt, and across his shoulders is a baldric; the former of which bears a small messenger bag emblazoned with a red wing on his back alongside a dirk, and the latter carrying a large quiver with a score arrows, the quiver itself being designed to be able to carry his strung shortbow alongside the arrows. Quill occasionally wears armor of boiled leather, consisting of a breastplate and forearm bracers.

Character:
Where most Rito are calm and reserved, Quill is flighty and impatient. Headstrong and stubborn, its hard to sway Quill once his mind has been made up. However, despite his fast, and dynamic personality, Quill fairly level headed and isn't above putting logic into his decisions. As a result he is able to make quick, but rational decisions on the fly and often faces adversity with determination and bravery. Kind-hearted and loyal, Quill has a strong sense of morality and justice, and will go to great lengths to defend loved ones. He is a bit hotheaded, and is quick to get riled up, especially when comments about his height are made.

Quill is a naturally curious character, and has few qualms about stepping over legal limits to investigate and explore. Exceptionally keen eyed and perceptive, Quill is able to spot details from remarkable distances, and has a fairly powerful memory as well alongside excellent spacial awareness. Following the philosophical and spiritual ideals of the Rito, Quill believes in the ideal of freedom of movement, and freedom in general. As such, he views the totalitarian style of the Hyrulian government with a grain of salt. While he appreciates the growth of economy and safety the empire provides its peoples, he is very much not a fan of their outright oppressive tendencies.

Biography:
A young Rito hailing from Dragon Roost Island, off the southern coast of Hyrule, Quillian is named after Quill, fabled friend and ally of the legendary Hero of Wind. Born the second son of the Island Chieftan, Quill was afforded a comfortable childhood. He learned what was expected of him as a child, and lived a young life relatively free of the interruptions and intrusions of Imperial Hyrule. Dragon Roost Island, despite its close proximity to Hyrule, was left mostly alone by the Hyrulians, whom despite possessing control over the island, left most of the day to day functions of the island to its native inhabitants- the vertical structure of its cities making life for those incapable of flight too inconvenient to bother staying there for more than a vacation.

Upon his fifteenth birthday, Quill, like his older brother, and many others before him, began the trek up the central mountain of Dragon Roost Island, where he would undergo the coming of age ritual of the Rito. This journey was wrought with peril and hardship- not so difficult that his death was assured, but enough that he was forced to use his wits and strengths to scale, climb, and traverse the challenges the terrain, and interior of the mountain provided. After five days, Quill had arrived at the summit of the mountain, there he received his scale, and flew down the mountain.

In a few short years, Quill proved to be one of the fastest, and strongest flyers on the island, with considerable stamina, and speed rivaling some of the fastest flyers ever born. Like many youths, Quill joined the ever burgeoning ranks of the Rito couriers, an honorable career that promoted one's integrity, stamina, and appreciation for the world. Rito couriers often learned skills with martial weapons alongside route planning, in order to better defend their charges from the possible dangers that they might face. The majority of young Rito served a short period of time in the ranks of Rito couriers before moving onto other professions in Rito society, be it guards, artisans, or philosophers. Quill, more dynamic and energetic than other rito decided to stick to courier service longer than most, enjoying the freedom it lent him.

Eventually, with his parent's blessing, Quill migrated to mainland as a Journeyman-Courier for the Red Pinions, a primarily Rito company that acted as one of the prime methods of delivery in central Hyrule. Based atop the slow, but steady massive land-bound caravan carts of the Red Pinions, Journeyman-Couriers like Quill often fly ahead to scout and secure routes or deliver smaller parcels for the slower moving vehicles carrying larger, more valuable deliveries such as metals for smiths and weapons shipments for guards or deliveries of jewelry and gold from nobles. Journeymen-Couriers are also the ones tasked with delivering important, time-sensitive letters, often between people of either great importance, great money, or some combination of the two.

Quill has just arrived in Castle City with a smaller Red Pinions caravan, having just delivered a large package to a minor noble.

Totem: The Eagle, representing the freedom of spirit, as well as the courage to seek out freedom.

So, I introduced the idea of magically powered airships- great, slow, lumbering things using wind magic to either move propellers or even just massive balloons of air, similar to these concepts:

airships

If thats a hard no, then I can go ahead and scratch them out with no big fuss.

[Nevis]

While airships are doable... not to anywhere near of the caliber depicted in those images. The traverse between the Light and Twilight Realms is often done partly via an airship now, for example; however, they are more like blimps or hot air balloons and have extremely limited range, stability and use as even with the advancements in magic, they barely work. As an example, Hyrule castle city has less than ten and the main decks are never more than about ten by twenty feet save the trans-realm one.

Also, please each case of Hylian to Hyrulian; this spelling alteration is very deliberate and a plot point later on. Hylian and Hyrulian are not interchangeable here.

Otherwise... amazing. Welcome back~<3

[vietmyke]

Fixed lol

[TaliPaendrag]

I just wanted to let you know that I'm still interested. But I do have a question as well. Essentially, what I want to know is whether or not song magic is a thing in this world, particularly along the lines of Syria's song or Epona's song. I just thought that it would fit the kokiri rather well, but didn't want to be presumptuous.

[Nevis]

Sound-based magic is the second most common type of magic (following only after enchanted objects) in this setting. While they are rarely on the same caliber as in the games (unless you know the exact form and are a master musician) , that is very much plausible.

[Bright_Ops]

Ze

Name: Ze

Race: Moblin

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Description:
Ze stands at over eight feet tall, his dull brown skin easily blending into most wilderness environments. Like many of his kind he is blessed with a powerful, muscular form that would easily allow him to overpower most (but not all) other races on the planet in melee. His blue, steel like gaze betrays the fact that there is a lot more going on inside Ze's head then most of his moblin peers put together.

For his day to day attire, Ze favors his chain mail armor with additional leather enhancement in order to strengthen it further. His weapon of choice is a rather battle tested claymore that was handed down to him by his father.

Character:
There is a great anger that burns at the core of Ze's being; A fire that drives him onward despite the seeming hopelessness of the situation that he has found himself in. The raise of the Hyrulian Empire has resulted in the decline of goblin kind, either via death in the battlefield, starving to death in the badlands that the few free goblin races have been forced out into or the slow death of having their culture and identity as a people erased by the Empire as it cracks down on those goblins who had already submitted to their rule. Ze refuses to let this happen.

Ze is not a fool through. He knows that he is fighting an uphill battle and he is prepared to make use of everything that he can get his hands on in order to win. Alliances need to be made and an army needs to be raised if his dreams of saving goblin kind are to come to fruition.

Biography:
Ze was born in one of the more outlining cities of the Hyrulian Empire, his parents having submitted to Imperial rule like many of their former warband when it just became to difficult for them to keep raiding for basic supplies. Growing up under Imperial rule was... difficult, but sustainable; Despite the xenophobia and the crime ridden slums that his family were forced into, it was still better then starving out in the wilderness of the badlands that they had been in before.

Like many of the goblin kind youth, Ze fell into one of the cities many gangs out of a need to belong and survive. The competition for survival between the gangs was fierce and Ze turned out to be a very quick learner, learning how to fight low and brutal when need be. His natural strength and ability that came due to his moblin heritage allowed him to ascend the ranks of the Mob Street Brawlers until he became a lieutenant at the age of eighteen with his own crew under his command.

When the leader of the Mob Street Brawlers was assassinated when Ze was twenty, the gang broke up into infighting due to a lack of a clear successor to the leadership. Among the factions of the former gang through, Ze and his crew were not present. Ze and the small crew of bokoblins and bulbins under his command abandoned the city and started to make their way towards the badlands that their kind that refused to bow the knee to the Empire had been forced to make their homes. What they saw when they got there was pitiful to say the least...

Ze had a vision for the future and a plan to save his kind from such a cruel fate...

Totem: Dog. His loyalty and love for the various branches of Goblin kind is unquestionable, even if various individuals are unworthy of it. He is also a loyal friend to anyone who earns his friendship, regardless of race.

Thoughts?

[Nevis]

It is really good. The gang name is really bland and moblins are generally 6-7 feet tall-however, it is otherwise well-done.

Sic 'em, boy!

[Bright_Ops]

@Nevis

It's Moblins, what are you expecting?

I saw it as 7-9 feet tall...Want me to shrink him a little?

[Nevis]

That or note that he is a giant among them; eight feet puts him at darknut size. And good point.