~When Royalty Collides~ General Interest Check

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ayzrules Thinking of modifying some bits of the mr. pirateman but he should be pretty much the same including the part where he becomes a door kicker :D

[ayzrules]

@ClocktowerEchos nice nice its gonna be lit ;D

[ClocktowerEchos]

@ayzrulesitsa be so lit. Also, found a cool flag we could use for notChina!

[mnkee]

I am potentially interested in joining.

[ayzrules]

@ClocktowerEchos ooooo i like it!!!!!!!!!!

[Hayazo]

You've got my interest. Let me know what gender you need. I can play either.

[Eklispe]

@HaleyTheRandom That's a lot of mentions. To date though, mentions don't work if you put them in the opening post so you'll have to make a new post with those mentions if you want them to go through. ^.^

[SouffleGirl123]

You lot wait for the twins Haley and I are making :P
Same goes for them as what goes for us;
Sorry... but we're really not

[Neno 1445]

Reserve a place for me please!

[banjoanjo]

Interested

[Sugar and Spite]

Interested. Might join in

@UberBlutwurst

OMG Yas plzzzzz count me in.

@ReaptheMusic

OMG it didn't give me a notif for this but yes i would love to join

looks like mai's coming back...for the third time lol

@ayzrules

Glad to have you guys <3

<Snipped quote by SouffleGirl123>

Yeah, I was thinking of a country with a constitutional monarchy, and having the royal character accompanied by a bureaucrat from the foreign ministry.

@tanderbolt

I see no problem in this :)

I am potentially interested in joining.

@mnkee

You've got my interest. Let me know what gender you need. I can play either.

@Hayazo

Interested

@banjoanjo

I'd be glad to have all of you guys in this.

[Sugar and Spite]

@GoddessSophia@zellected@WilsonTurner@TheHangedMan@Aewin@Raxacoricofallapatorius@HylianRose@darkwolf687@Obscene Symphony@NarcissisticPotato

Hey guys! Tagging in hopes you'll be interested once again.

[TheHangedMan]

@HaleyTheRandom Was not expecting this pleasant surprise! :)

[Sugar and Spite]

@HaleyTheRandom Was not expecting this pleasant surprise! :)

@TheHangedMan

Yay!

[Sugar and Spite]

Attention lovelies! Here is your character sheet!

Enjoy.

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[mnkee]

This is what I have so far. I will work some more on it later.

WIP - Feora Isabel Swinth of Wulfswinth

Feora Isabel Swinth of Wulfswinth

_{"Be strong enough to stand alone, be yourself enough to stand apart, but be wise enough to stand together when the time comes."- Mark Amend}

Feora Isabel Swinth
Pronounced as (FEE-or-uh)

• Nickname:

• Birth date and age: August 28, Currently 17

• Sexuality: Heterosexual

• In Depth Appearance:


• Personality:

• Trait • Trait • Trait •

She has a fiery spirit hidden just below the surface.

Likes:

• Learning
• Martial arts
• Tactical planning
• Being outside
• Animals, particularly horses

Dislikes:

• Being controlled
• People who are disrespectful or treat her like she is helpless
• Society's portrayal of what women should be
• Those who prey on the weak or profit from the suffering of others

Fears:

• Forever having to pretend to be what others want her to be
• Not being able to protect those she cares about

• Biography

• Theme Song:
Numb - Linkin Park
_{"I don’t know what you’re expecting of me; put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
I’ve become so numb, I can’t feel you there; become so tired, so much more aware
By becoming this all I want to do is be more like me and be less like you
Can’t you see that you’re smothering me?
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control
‘Cause everything that you thought I would be has fallen apart right in front of you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
And every second I waste is more than I can take!”}

Other:

• Color code ~ 007236.
• Face claim ~ Evangeline Lilly.

[ayzrules]

Mai Mei of Liang

Mai of Liang

_{"Even the most beautiful roses have thorns."-Unknown}

Mai Hua Mei

Nickname: Rose (most people not from Liang call her that, as her name literally translates to "rose")

Birth date and age: June 10th, 21

Sexuality: Asexual

In Depth Appearance:
Mai (or Rose) is taller than average, standing at five feet and eight inches. She is about 125 pounds, giving her a rather slender figure. Mai has thick, wavy, midnight-black hair that goes down to her waist and relatively pale skin. Her eyes are a chocolate brown color, and Mai has naturally long eyelashes. She has a heart-shaped face and long, thin fingers. Mai has rosebud lips that are usually painted a deep red color. She has a sort of delicate and dainty look to her, despite the fact that she is tall and willowy. Mai likes dressing up and takes great pride in her appearance.

Mai typically sports some sort of dress (she likes them because there is plenty of space to hide something under the skirts, plus they are just so goddamn pretty) and does almost everything in a pair of high heels. Her preferred color scheme is red, black, and gold, although she does like to experiment every now and then. Mai absolutely adores traditional Oriental-themed fans and parasols.

_{"Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath."-Michael Caine}

Personality:

• Charismatic • Sly • Perceptive •

Mai has always been a people person. There is something about her that seems to draw others to her-whether it's her carefree laugh, her twinkling eyes, or her bright smiles, no one can say. She enjoys a good conversation about anything and everything and is always willing to talk to others. Mai thinks with her heart when she needs to, but uses her brain at the same time. Behind the eyes sparkling with mirth and the delicate lips curved up in a sultry smile is a woman made of steel who is keenly aware of her surroundings. Mai can process a lot of information at one time, taking in peoples' actions, words, and emotions all at once and forming a conclusion based on what she sees and what she knows. She's always been especially good at figuring out people. Mai is constantly listening even if she doesn't tell the world what she's thinking. Mai is particularly good at detecting when others or lying and lying herself. However, if you are someone Mai believes she can trust, she will shed the half-dazzling and half-seductive smile for a more natural grin and pour her heart out to you with no attempts to manipulate or deceive.

Mai is not "smart" in the usual traditional of the word-complicated mathematics and things like astrophysics and literary analyses all go straight over her head. But Mai has always been a people person, and she knows what makes people tick. She is able to work out what others might think and how they might act based on what she sees and knows about them. Years of being around people with more suspicious motives has led to Mai being initially distrustful wary of strangers. Of course, on the outside, Mai is demure and charming and polite; using a perfect combination of sugary sweetness and sharp wit to detract attention from her real intentions-she has learned to play her part well during the years spent at court and in the presence of her uncle's enemies.

Likes:

• Lipstick
• Things that are stylish yet dangerous (shoes with spiked heels, parasols with blades on the ends, etc)
• Calligraphy
• Getting dressed up
• Roses and all things red
• Liang-she loves her home with all her heart

Dislikes:

• Sloppiness (especially in clothing)
• Untrustworthy people
• People who don't think before they act
• Anything sexual (Mai thinks it's just gross)
• Useless violence and destruction

Fears:

• Feeling like she isn't in control
• Being read like an open book
• Being manipulated or used
• Her uncle being forced to give up power
• A repeat of the extreme violence that she witnessed in her early years
• Liang being invaded and taken over by a foreign power

Biography: When Mai was born, the Liang royalty was on the brink of disintegration. Several distinct factions of varying beliefs and ideologies had risen to power, but all of them agreed on one thing-it was time for the imperial dynasties to go. Liang was technologically behind most major world powers, and although it was large and had plentiful natural resources, the military was stretched far too thin and its techniques were totally backwards. Liang's dire situation came to light about a decade before Mai was born with the invasion of a neighboring nation that caught everybody by surprise. Within a year, Liang was forced to give major trading concessions to a dozen different countries that all wanted to get their hands on the silk, porcelain, and other luxuries that the country was famous for. In response to foreigners taking over their land, jobs, and positions, the people of Liang began to grow more discontent, and the unrest finally broke out in violence when Mai was just half a year old.

The first wave of revolts came from the countryside, where impoverished serfs were suffering from sky-high taxes and no opportunity to better their station in society. Mai's father was not a particularly effective ruler, and her mother was too stuck in tradition and the days of the old. Both of them refused to do anything about the feudal system that was obviously tearing the country apart. And so the violence escalated and people grew angrier and angrier until they eventually stormed the capital city of Lianjing and killed off the entire royal family-all but Mai, who was sent away to be protected by her father's younger brother.

After the royal family was ousted, Liang erupted into an all-out civil war. Each separate faction refused to tolerate the others, and widespread warfare gripped the nation. To make matters worse, the neighboring island-nation known as the Empire of Nippon decided to take advantage of the turmoil and invade Liang. However, Mai lived safely in isolation. Her uncle, Ming Mei, was believed to be dead after he fled from court. Mai's father was the only one to know that Ming had done so because he wanted to pursue a life other than that of a member of the royal family. In his small home near a stretch of imposing mountains known as the Black Mountains, Ming spent his days learning multiple fighting styles and indulging in the arts. He taught Mai everything he knew, and by the time she was fifteen Mai could knock someone out in ten different ways, wield a variety of blades, and paint breathtaking landscapes.

Mai knew from an early age that she was royalty. Ming told her everything as soon as she was old enough to understand it, and Mai has always accepted that one day she would rule-no matter what it took. As she grew up, Ming began to come out of isolation, getting in contact with old friends and allies, most of whom were shocked to find him alive and breathing. The faction in power changed over a dozen times before Mai was ten, and most of the common people were sick and tired of all the fighting. Some even began to wish that the royal family had never been killed, as there were times of prosperity during the reign of Mai's parents despite the fact that they were completely ineffective rulers. Ming used the political instability to his advantage, and formed his own distinct faction-a faction that would support the reinstatement of a monarchical rule.

His efforts finally paid off when Mai was about eleven. With most of the other factions dissolved or falling apart, there was only one more faction to eliminate-the socialists. This group generated widespread support with its ideas of social equality and sharing all property, something which greatly appealed to those that remembered the huge wealth gap present when Mai's parents were in power. However, the socialists were intent on purging Liang on all traditional influences, and they alienated the upper and middle class by actively persecuting them just because they happened to have more money. Ming managed to win the support of the wealthy, and the rest is history. With more funds than the socialists could ever imagine to accrue, Ming was able to raise a considerable army and buy firepower from foreign nations, while the socialists were stuck using crossbows and outdated artillery. After defeating the socialists in a series of battles that were concentrated on the socialist strongholds, Ming was finally able to take power-albeit reluctantly-and bring about the revival of the monarchy.

Due to the nature of his activities, Ming was usually forced to bring Mai along with him because of security reasons. Ming firmly believed that Mai was the safest at his side, no matter what anybody else said. Mai grew up seeing how the poor lived and experiencing it herself, and vowed that she would be a better ruler than any of the faction leaders or her parents. She also encountered many people who would undermine her uncle and everything he stood for if they could, and learned not to judge a book by its cover, so to speak. Mai has seen more than her fair share of violence and destruction in her day, and she has an instinctive mistrust of the military due to the brutal acts carried out by the soldiers of the competing factions and the army of Jaripa. Mai learned to speak the numerous dialects of Liang, and she grew up speaking the Black Mountain dialect as opposed to the official language (Meridian). She has also learned to speak other languages, including English and Spanish (although she has a slight accent with English and an atrocious accent with Spanish, which she is well aware of and working to get rid of). Ming Mei also made sure that he taught her all that he knew of court intrigue. When he became king, Ming lived frugally, which got the common people on his side. Ming abolished feudalism, redistributed the wealth, and modernized the country with help from a few foreign allies. Since the socialists had pretty much killed off all of the landed gentry, Ming was able to give the vacated land to the public and encourage industrialization. He began establishing foreign relations with friendly countries to help this industrialization into fruition. Mai's teenage years were spent living in a beautiful palace with courtiers and officials running every which way. Ming named her as his heir as soon as he took power, because although he was a spry old man, he still was old and wouldn't live forever-plus he never married and never had children. Ming also arranged a marriage for Mai in order to secure an alliance that would greatly help the industrialization process going on. Mai didn't like it, but she recognized that she would have to go through with the marriage in order to ensure the survival of her uncle's precarious reign.

As for Zhou-Mai's half brother-Mai was initially very suspicious of him due to the possibility that he could have been working for one of her uncle's enemies, but she has grown fond of him over time and now does not think that he has any ulterior motives at all. Mai does her best to keep him from messing up too much in front of other royalty, although that is a task that is much easier said than done.

Theme Song:
Castle-Halsey
_{I'm headed straight for the castle
They wanna make me their queen
And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
I'm headed straight for the castle
They've got the kingdom locked up
And there's an old man sitting on the throne that's saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut}

Other:
Color code-FF0000
Face claim: Crystal Liu

here's Mai once again :D

[AdobeFlash]

Alright. This looks interesting. Guess I should make a character sheet. Consider me joining

[Sugar and Spite]

Alright. This looks interesting. Guess I should make a character sheet. Consider me joining

@AdobeFlash

Glad to have you. I'll keep my eyes open.

[NarcissisticPotato]

@HaleyTheRandom
Here I was about to quit the Guild and then this popped back it and I can't say no... Curse you, Haley! I'm in! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻