Reign of the Nine-Tailed Fox

[Lemons]

@Hayazo

Ooh, I like that. I completely forgot about that. Thanks!

[Zero Hex]

So, would a mongolian be fine? Considering they weren't exactly the kindest of neighbors the story will likely involve The Horde being locked into a stalemate with Anjou and sending out a number of their own into the territories to see whether invasion would be feasible and whether they can help set it up or not.

[RyuShura]

I am interested! I'll try to make something soon. :)

Edit: Here it is! I just need to draw the picture. BRB.

Juri, The Pale Star

Name: Juri, The Pale Star
Age: 7, appears 19
Race: Moon Spirit
Appearance: (I got the sketch done!~ That being said, I'm too much of a lazy bum to color it. haha...) ((On another note, on the site I was using before, I was able to warp text around an image, is there any way to do that here on RPG? I'm only asking since the image is kinda big. I don't want it to be annoying for anyone reading the sheet. If not, I'll just toss it in a hider.))

Hider

Personality:
Naive and curious, she is still very much a child at heart, though her matured body may betray otherwise. Despite her delicate appearance, like that of a stream of moonlight in the dead of a winter night, she seems to not be afraid of taking action and finds sitting in the back watching others to be boring. Almost opposite of what is expected of a Moon Spirit, she is loud and doesn't understand when to stop playing around, often saying and doing immature acts. Often asked to take care of those in the village by her elders, Juri, more often than not, ends up causing more trouble for others than soothing their ailing souls.

History:
Not to be mistaken with 'Ghosts', forlorn souls unanle to pass to the Afterlife, 'Spirits' are entities of the living essence of the world made manifest and given thought. It is said all things carry a life. Most notably the elements, from which emotions are derived, also known as 'Chi'. Born from these very elements, all Spirits are gifted with the power of their origin and assigned a life-long task. They say that Spirits are the servants of the Gods, so they look high above for a purpose, for their destinies written in the stars. Spirits mature at a rate much quicker than a normal human and live for much longer. But their long lives are no less busy. Instilled with purpose, they toil away to preserve the order and balance of this world. It is by their steady and constant care that even the rain falls and the sun shines every day. Or so they firmly believe. Their innate power and fabled mysticism earned this kin the respect from the other races of the land. Though many may mistake them as 'godlike', they are not, and are as mortal as any other living race. Together with the other gifted races, they forged a golden and beautiful kingdom that stretched for countless miles.

But this age of peace was long, long ago.

Since the reign of the Tyrant God Anjou, many spirits have been enslaved and their powers abused by him and his evil lords. He offered them strength if they bowed to his command. Some accepted this newfound power and became living weapons for his army but others refuse this path. A few managed to hide, disappearing into nature, where they plot to overthrow the warlord.

But their hope has waned. Centuries have passed and the current world has long gone cold and dark, wrapped within an age of night ruled by hands of an evil God. But there is always a light if one seeks hard enough the black skies, high above.

As though sent by the heavens, she is one of the last remaining Moon Spirits. Born from the celestial light, Juri emerged and carried a unique destiny; to free the land of evil.

Sent on this journey alone, but armed with the blessings and sacred teachings of her people, the young girl departed the hidden village with eager eyes. Left to wander the the world searching for a way to accomplish this destined task. A mere child asked to free an entire land, such a thing is unheard of elsewhere. But she will not give up. There is something Anjou must repay for. Will she find strength to succeed this long, arduous journey, aided by a band of close friends perhaps? Or will she fall to despair, to dim and fade like every star.

Skills:
Visage of the Moon;
Gifted with the powers of the great celestial entity, Juri is able to see in complete darkness, but she may be obscured through supernatural means. She is also able to emit a pale glow for others to see, if necessary. When she focuses her eyes and enters a meditative state, this allows her to detect faint traces of energy or essence from her surroundings.

Being a Spirit, her body does not react to the physical world normally like a mortal. She does not require sleep, nor does she really need to eat. This doesn't stop her from doing it for fun though. Juri enjoys a good, heart-warming meal, just like anyone. But one major example of this trait being a disadvantage is that she does not heal like a mortal. As a creation of elemental chi, she can only heal in the direct presence of her element, which goes without reminder, the moon. While very inconvenient for her and other companions, if basked in moonlight, it allows her to rapidly heal even severe injuries. In desperate times, she is able to feed off the essence of a living vessel in order to sustain herself longer. Being too long away from the moon also appears to weaken her, very prolong periods may even kill her, while being around it grants her heightened powers and abilities.

Even without the aid of moonlight, her pale body is lithe and incredibly nimble, though adversely extremely frail to direct violence.

Powers:
Touch of Moonlight;
All her powers lie within her ability to manipulate magical moonlight and chi. While seemingly harmless, if concentrated, the pale light can cause a victim to feel weakened, both body and Soul, as it disrupts the flow of chi in their body. If used with benevolent intention, she is able to sooth the emotions of a creature in its path.

Otherwise, much of her magical abilities have yet to be fully developed. Still very young, in terms of Spirits and Mortals, her journey is very much one of growth. Destined by the elders to grow stronger than any Spirit in her time, she is regardless qualified to take care of herself. Juri is in ripe physical form, being fully matured, as is the presence of a Spirit a token of good fortune. Being a clean slate is also an advantage in itself, making her rather adaptable for this long journey.

Equipment:
She has nothing in terms of armor or martial weapons, not that she has to skill to use any such thing. A simple white and blue traveling gown and a special hair ornament areall she wears. She doesnt even own a pair of sandals, not that she needs them. Her feet never bear even a smudge of dirt. Her only remarkable belonging is the large portable shrine she carries strapped upon her back. Every night she settles it down and prays with longing.

[Tojin]

Oh, this looks really cool! I'll see about a CS as soon as I can. Thinking of moving away from the fold a bit and making a Tibetan or Korean-based character. (Not to say that all the previous characters were bad, of course!)

[Blight Bug]

@Hayazo

Dethroning Yu Ru would be difficult if caught. He alongside part of the Gang would be out of Namchon to avoid getting caught and to start gaining new resources, men, and to expand so Chao can dethrone Yu Ru and usurp Anjou for honor and gains for his criminal enterprise.

[Hayazo]

@Zero Hex I'll allow a Mongolian inspired character, but keep in mind, this is not literal history. I would say that the Mongolians would be from a very distant land, and this would be more of a scouting mission to see if their ambitions of invasion are feasible. You know how when the Mongols invaded Japan, they were annihilated by a typhoon... twice. That's kinda what would happen if they sent their hoards after Anjou right now. Naturally, the scouting mission would turn into a quest to overthrow the fox once they realize just how solid his power is.

@RyuShura Looks good. Just a couple of things. I'll need you to clarify, "her body does not react to the physical world normally like a mortal." Is that simply the things you listed thereafter? If so, that's OK. If it's some kind of intangibility, I'll need you to specify what it is, and it will have to be very limited. Also, I want you to elaborate a bit on the backstory. Why was Juri out of all the spirits chosen to take down Anjou? The elders would have to know she would fail on her own. Just give me a paragraph explaining this decision.

@TojinSounds good!

Now, I'll be typing up a bit more on the world. Hopefully it'll seem like a proper introduction after this.

[Hayazo]

@Blight Bug Okay. Put that in the profile and it's good to go.

[RyuShura]

First, I will state that I have no interest in being OP, thus I made her rather weak in combat. So I tried to have every potentially strong ability come with a downside.

Her special spirit body only amounts to the things I listed, tagged along with a few quirks here and there purely for comedy. But nothing of real use. So no intanginility. Probably really old spirits have that ability, but I made her young to limit that power on purpose. If it isn't obvious, I'm the type of player only driven by narrative and development of characters rather than living a power fantasy or being strong in combat. Most of the time that ends up with dead characters. But oh well. XD

As for why the elders picked her? Well, it was quite literally fortold in the stars. I wanted the spirits to be heavy into mysticisms as they are derived from the living energy of the world, thus heavily connected. I imagined how they would fit in this magical society. A sort of spin on the old concept I suppose. They sent her off to discover exactly how accomplish her life-goal on her own, as is custom, but that doesn't mean she's stupid. Shes not going to be marching up the Nine-Tailed lord challenging him to a one on one death battle. She's going to look for help and get stronger. Since I figured you'd want us all to be together together at some point, I thought it be a great reason for her to go and interact with the other players.

Sorry if the lore is vague. I don't really want to put too much detail into the profile because if I put too much, then what would the point of learning about each others characters through interaction, right? When you could just look at the sheet and learn everything, that kinda ruins the surprise for me. If you want details so you can plot aeound it, I feel it is better to discuss over PMs or something.

I hope that answered all your questions! :^D

[Hayazo]

And I've posted a bit of lore in the first post. It's still pretty bare-bones, but we'll be discovering more about Anjou's areas of influence as the RP goes along. I hope you guys like it.

@RyuShura Vague mysticism and "find your own way" is fine. Just make sure you put that in the profile. Also, it would help to write why Juri is personally invested in this? What happens to her if she fails? Why doesn't she just run off and say "seeya grandpa?" You don't have to flesh out everything about the character, but I would at least like her motivations against Anjou to be clear since that's the main idea of this whole thing.

[RyuShura]

Well, spirits are not like us. They live with a purpose given at birth. And it is their duty to fulfill it. They view it as an honor, a path to follow granted by the very Gods. Maybe not all spirits share this view, but she wouldn't do it if she didn't want to.

And I thought her motive was clear? If she fails the world will continued to be ruled by the evil lord. I also have a personal purpose for her, but I don't want to ruin the surprise.

I guess I can change the sheet and drop hints here and there.

[Polaris North]

So yeah, I just thought more about my character earlier. Then I realized that when he transforms into his cat persona, then he'll have to burden everyone with them carrying his weaponry (katana, bow, quiver) just because he can't carry it around in such a small form.

@Hayazo

Perhaps there might be something I can do to prevent that? As much as it would be hilarious to have him constantly saying, "Hey, can you hold this for a little while?" and turn it into some sort of comedic routine...

It might not be the best idea.

[Hayazo]

@Polaris North I'm generally cool with shapeshifters keeping their clothes and whatnot. I'd say as long as he's wearing it, it transforms with him.

[RyuShura]

Yo, I fixed the stuff you wanted, while not revealing too much. Tell me if you have any more issues. I don't mind explaining more for anyone.

[Zero Hex]

@Hayazo
Well yeah, that seems sensical, but then this is vaguely asia with no real detailing of the lands or anything so I wasn't really sure if this'll be set in NotJapan and whether that'd be all that separate from NotChina, NotKorea etc. I mean you already have a more chinese-sounding character but apparently his home was actually under Anjou's domain?

[Polaris North]

@Hayazo

Got it. Thanks.

[Hayazo]

@Zero Hex It'll be set in NotJapan which is different than NotChina and whatnot, but we'll say the people have been substantially less xeonophobic and there's been a good amount of cultural diffusion to account for Chinese inspired people living in Japanese inspired places.

[KOgaming]

DaFei Gei

Name: DaFei Gei

Age: 2 weeks

Race: YaoJing

Appearance

Personality: Psychologically, DaFei has the mental capacity of a preteen child and the maturity level roughly equivalent of an autistic child of an even younger age group. She possesses childlike innocence with behavior to match in spite her appearance being that of an older woman with animal characteristics. Due to her appearance, she believes she should act more maturely, making conceited efforts to presenting herself as older and more mature often. When she loses composure, she takes on more animal like traits. Anger may cause her to growl; fear may cause her to release a high-pitched, bird-like screech; and happiness may cause her to wag her tails. Due to the conflicting aspects of the different aninals she is composed of, Dafei also goes through shifting periods of low energy to hyperactivity, and may act jittery from time to time regardless of diet.

History: DaFei was the pet of a minor deity, Douma Mei, who ruled over a piece of the heavens, charged with watching over a particular part of the human realm. In particular, the oceans just beyond Namchon. Douma was originally known as the protector of the bay area, patron to sailors, merchants, and fishermen alike. In olden days, the area was fairly calm. The creatures were left alone and the strongest survived, though fish, eels, crabs, and the like had little ambition and did little crime. Whenever a sea monster popped up, it was quickly dealt with. As the centuries went by, humans settled, creating the city of Namchon. Douma was the name given to the goddess who aided those who sailed along her waters, making sure they returned to port safely. For many centuries, she was hailed as a good goddess. Due to the natural calm of the area, however, Douma had little to do with the safety of the village. Needless to say, Douma had gotten complacent in her duties.

As Namchon grew into a city, so did crime in the city. The gods, not caring much for the petty affairs of humans, turned a blind eye toward this. The people, however, had eventually stopped revering Douma as a goddess. Her temples were left to collect dust and rot; some refurbished into temples for other local deities or even made into shrines for entirely different religions. In the span of a millennium, as the city grew, Douma Mei changed from a protector goddess to the patron of pirates. Piracy had grown rampant in Namchon. Still, she did not care.

The reign of Anjou, however, brought with it its own challenges. The gods looked down upon the earth and definitely saw it was a problem. Many of them did in fact intervene. It was when Anjou's influence spread to Namchon that the goddess decided that she would take matters into her own hands. By then, it had been a long while since she had used her powers for anything apart from slacking. She needed to keep her own territory safe as well, and thus was unable to leave and deal with the problem personally. For the first time, Douma had created an avatar, and DaFei was born.

Douma had the power to combine characteristics of different creatures, herself being a multifaceted deity. Dafei was thus created using the bodies of different creatures which Douma believed would help her on her quest. However, these animals were all haphazardly picked, Douma too unfamiliar with the changed ecosystem after so many years, picking from it various different animals from the city. She had chosen the crow and the hound believing them to be majestic enough creatures with killer enough instinct. In order to make it more well-rounded, so she believed, Douma added in some aspects of humanity.

Skills:

Tracking: Gifted with the seeing, hearing, and smell of both the dog and the crow; Dafei is capable of tracking scents for long distances. This is more specialized for finding food than people, however.

Disabilities:

Monolingual: While the Dafei's master was capable of speaking to mortals regardless of language and the people of Namchon being normally multilingual due to it being a port city, Dafei is distinctly incapable of speaking any language other than a particular dialect originating in Namchon.

Powers:

Flight: With two sets of wings, Dafei is easily capable of flight at up to 32 miles per hour given she's not tired, though normally only flies up to 25 miles per hour, sometimes even slower depending on her mood.
Stomach: Dafei can and will often eat foods normally deemed unsafe for human consumption. Because of this, she has what can only be described as dog-breath.

Equipment:

Clothes: A short-cut dress with the arms cut out and an undershirt.

[Blight Bug]

Right, so it appears it is notJapan then? Well if that's the case, I'll have to tweak my thing then cause when I initially made the dude, I was thinking it was gonna be in notChina that the Evil Fox Emperor was ruling over.

So I'll probably need to mull over that. Maybe criminals from over there started to cause havoc for Namchon's local piracy.

[KOgaming]

In my head, it's just Anjou's influence spread over the sea.

[Blight Bug]

Maybe influence causing the seas to become harsher than usual. Sailing for legal or unlegal matters just aren't as profitable now, and not as many sea animals in the habitat. Yeah probably a good way to go about it.