[OOC] Sand and Glory - A Gladiator RP

[Deamonbane]

Singemeister: Accepted. I shall be sure to give him a large enough club *grins*

Nyxella: Accepted as well, neatly done.

[SIngemeister]

Nyxella said
SInglemeister, I quite liked reading along with your character.

Cheers!

[Nyxella]

^Did I just call you 'SInglemeister'? Haha, I'm sorry.

Thanks D! Looking at the bio's submitted so far, it's clear that mine's going to be starting from the absolute bottom, lol. All a part of the fun.

[Deamonbane]

All of these fighters will be starting from the bottom. None of them are trained how to fight gladiators, and they will all have to forget everything that they know about fighting to be able to succeed... if anything, she will be one of the fastest to learn since she doesn't have to unlearn anything.

[Katelyn]

Doctore Luminia

Name: Ivanna "Ivy" Landis

Appearance:

Age: 23

Preferred Gladiator Form: Retiarius

Bio: Ivy grew up in southern Italy, her father a wealthy merchant and ruler of the people in their small province of Sanya-del. She was raised to be a lady, proper and well mannered, her only interaction with other children was through various festivals her father put on in the towns square twice a year. She was, however, very perceptive and loved to spar more than anything, the older boys in town often meeting at the edge of the village forest to draw sticks and see who would reign supreme. Having gotten herself a nasty bruise or a deep cut a time or two quickly taught her how to patch herself up, hold her emotions and cover up anything with a little paint and effort. She spent three years of her adolescence working hard to win the spot of King of the Forest through their various levels of fighting; however, the year before the Centurum Empire invaded she did just that.

Their country was always one to side with Centurum law, but through a series of unfortunate events their King found himself on the wrong side of the Emperors and therefore an enemy to the empire. The battle was much like her first sparring event, the Centurum much larger and greater in skill and number had laid waste to her village and her people, both of her parents loosing their lives in the event. She fought along side the young men of the village and killed twelve soldiers that day, her technique fascinating for the general to watch from a distance. When the time came to gather the best fighters up for inspection she was included, her response to the general was the lodging of spit in his handsome face. He decided to keep her for himself and train her to be the best retairuis fighter in Maro, the crowds wanting more of the blonde beauty and her unbendable spirit. She would be great and he would sell her only to one day reclaim his prize.

Info for Kate

Retiarius

The retiarius ("net fighter") developed in the early Augustan period. He carried a trident, a dagger, and a net. The retiarius wore a loincloth held in place by a wide belt and a larger arm guard (manica) extending to the shoulder and left side of the chest. He fought without the protection of a helmet. Occasionally a metal shoulder shield (galerus) was added to protect the neck and lower face. A tombstone found in Romania shows a retiarius holding a dagger with four spikes (each at the corner of a square guard) instead of the usual bladed dagger. This was previously thought to be an artistic invention or perhaps a ceremonial weapon, but a recent discovery of a gladiator graveyard found that several of the remains had four odd-looking marks that form the outline of a square on their bones which is consistent with the use of such a weapon.[citation needed] A variation to the normal combat was a retiarius facing two secutores at the same time. The retiarus stood on a bridge or raised platform with stairs and had a pile of fist-sized stones to throw at his adversaries. While the retarius tried to keep them at bay, the secutores tried to scale the structure to attack him. The platform, called a pons (bridge), may have been constructed over water.[22] Retiarii usually fought Secutores but sometimes fought Myrmillones.[23] There was an effeminate class of gladiator who fought as a retiarius tunicatus. They wore tunics to distinguish them from the usual retiarius, and were looked on as a social class even lower than infamia.[24][25]

[Katelyn]

Name: Claudia Esper

Appearance:

Age: 18

Preferred Gladiator Form: Dimachaerus

Bio: Claudia grew up with a sword in her hand due to her father being the general of Pompeii and him afforded no other children. She learned to utilize two swords when fighting and often was allowed to drawl her hair up high and cover her soft olive skin with mud and dirt to better fit in when a battle came to their door. She cared not for taking a life, but when it meant saving one of her people she was completely sold to give her all. The Centurum Empire enjoyed the fruits of Pompeii, the city having much to offer to its Emperors and council of patricians, but through word that reached the Emperors, the army itself was gaining to much power and could possible turn against the ones it served.

In an effort to remind the people of their place below the mighty foot of the council of patricians, the guards of the Empire moved through the city late one evening taking all of the first born children, both female and male and stripped them of their identity and rights - selling them into the gladiatorial games for sport. The city learned its lesson quickly and Claudia found herself in a place and time that far underscored the life she'd dreamt of. She would learn to be a gladiator and she would fight her way to the death simply because there was no other option, but when the time came, she would stop at nothing to regain her freedom and the right to return to her people and her father.

Info for Kate

Dimachaerus

The dimachaerus (Greek διμάχαιρος, "bearing two knives") used a sword in each hand.

info

[Nyxella]

^Badass blonde! Will she be the other Doctore (Luminia)?

Deamonbane said
All of these fighters will be starting from the bottom. None of them are trained how to fight gladiators, and they will all have to forget everything that they know about fighting to be able to succeed... if anything, she will be one of the fastest to learn since she doesn't have to unlearn anything.

Hmm... that's a good way to put it.

When I first saw the OP, the cast made me think back to that brilliant movie, and how this roleplay is pretty much that alternate ending I wished for. Maximus becomes the new Proximo, inherits the Ludus and uses effigies of Commodus to train his Gladiators and Gladiatrices.

[Katelyn]

Thanks. Should be fun to play as well. I put her title at the top, so yes, thanks for the reminder. :)

[Wired]

Awesome characters thus far. :)

[Deamonbane]

Again, guys, if anyone wants to take up a doctore for your own, feel free to do so.

[Deamonbane]

Characters Accepted, Kate. Welcome to the Brotherhood *said in mysterious voice*

[Katelyn]

*bows* The brotherhood just allowed admittance their there downfall. *winks*

[Wired]

Boop. Me want to read more characters sheets. Submit peeps before I'm forced to do something productive.

[DizzyIsabella]

Name: Lucilla (Lucie)

Appearance: (Please ignore that she is half naked!)



Age: 19

Preferred Gladiator Form: Cestus

Bio: Stolen from her mother at the young age of nine, when the Roman’s originally invaded her home ; Briton, Lucilla never knew of her own family, whisked away back to Rome and sold to the Domina of the Ludus, she was renamed Lucilla, as her Domina did not care for her given name. She worked tirelessly throughout her young life, becoming almost institutionalized, a very quiet girl, obedient and hardworking, spending most of her life running errands for the Domina, mostly cleaning in difficult places, where the older female slaves could not. Being of slight form, she became quick on her feet, agile when reaching difficult spaces. Carrying cleaning equipment and heavy buckets of water, allowed her to become strong, and quick on her feet. The head of the cleaning rota was cruel, with a vicious ability to use whatever utensils in her hand to abuse when things were not to her standard, leaving Lucie able to dodge and move quickly.

Once she became of age, she blossomed into, in the Domina’s words, “a woman pleasing to observe”, and so was hired to work personally around the Domina, giving her more freedom around the Ludus. One night, two years or so into her service to the Domina, Lucie was attacked, set upon by two of the guards who thought it acceptable to use her for their own pleasure. Not much more is known of the tale, apart from three more guards following the blood curdling screams of the two guards, and finding a gruesome site, Lucille covered in blood, somehow overcoming the two guards with just her bare hands and a large rock found on the surface of the floor.

Despite the annoyance of the Dominus at losing two of his best guards, he saw a potential in Lucie, one which may please an audience, a slight girl who looks without much strength, to battle against others. She may not last long in the arena, but she would give the audience some amusement, and was therefore called upon on the next batch of Gladiator recruits.

[Katelyn]

Dizzy!!! Where is yo shirt girl? 0.0 *laughs*

[DizzyIsabella]

Haha, I did say ignore it! She will have a shirt! I just liked her figure and faceclaim! Promise!

[Katelyn]

Laughs again... Or I saw what you said, but my eyes doth not ignore the additional traces of flesh. Laughs again.

You should keep her like that. Great distraction while we slaughter everyone.

[Nyxella]

LMAO^ to be fair, I had to bleach my eyes a couple times searching for a decent lady pic'.

[DizzyIsabella]

Haha, I totally should, good idea Kate.

I did too Nyx! Or they were all in sexy fancy dress!

[Katelyn]

Yeah... I finally just picked a face. It's butt naked or a girl that looks like a dude. Should've just played a hot guy and stared at myself the whole game.