[OOC] Thousands Of Feet March To The Beat: A French Foreign Legion RP

[Dannyrulx]

The boat creaked and swayed in the water. The French Navy had blockaded their prodigal son, and were waiting patiently, knowing that Algeria could not provide for itself and an army forever. Behind the cannons however, lay boats filled with soldiers, guns, horses, tents. Everything needed to reclaim the country that had rebelled. Non-commissioned officer Hans Weber was feeling queasy, his stomach rolling and riling with every turn of the boat. His men were next to useless, as much of the Foreign Legion were, but nonetheless, he only had two years of leading these sods before he could become a Frenchman himself.

"Guns at half cock for now! If you waste powder in this boat I will personally jam your bayonet so far up your arse that you will wish that one of those soldiers got you!" His French was heavy and accented, but it was distinct, and that was an advantage no matter who you were. He fiddled with his revolver, checking that it was fully loaded once more, and then he heard the bell that signified it was time to get down onto the landing boats. "LET'S GO!"

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Calling all units!

@DepressedSoviet
@CelticSoldier
[@Diyonisan Puff]
@CanisMajoris2
@Asura
@Shin

Character Sheet

Name: Self-explanatory
Age: The FFL is made up of the dregs for the most part; if you look the right age, they won't care if you're fourteen or forty. We're trying to keep this relatively... Open-ended, but for the most part, the age caps will be set so that the youngest you can be is 17 and the oldest you can be is 35
Gender: Yes, this will be accepting females. No, you cannot be public with it. If you're female, strapped chests, short hair, all of that needs to be done. And, you better have a damn good reason for a woman joining the legion.
Religion: Christian, Hindu, Orthodox Christian... No muslims please, for pretty obvious reasons. Atheists maybe allowed, but this is the mid-to-late 19th century, so it's highly unlikely.
Nationality: It's not called the foreign legion because a bunch of Frenchmen are in it! Most European nationalities are fine, as well as 'west' Asians, Russians. No northern Africans though, sorry!
Speciality: We really only need three people as specialists: a drummer, a fife player and a flag bearer. I'll be RP'ing the officer, so no need to take care of that.
Appearance: Fairly simple this one. Mostly writing please, at least a paragraph, preferably two or three, with an occasional reference picture if you wish. Note that we'll all be issued legionnaire uniform, so bear that in mind.
Backstory: A good few paragraphs, around three or four is minimum. Early childhood, young adulthood and motivations for joining the legion need to be included in here please.
Personality: Sum up your character's outlook on life in a few sentences so we all know what s/he's about.
Strengths: What's your character good at? Is s/he particularily strong, or maybe s/he has exceptionally good eyesight, or local knowledge. Everyone's good at something, so tell us what it is!
Weaknesses: On the flip side though, nobody's perfect. Maybe your character's one of the duller tools in the shed, or perhaps s/he's a few marbles short.

Let's get going on this bloody, horrible mess folks!

[DepressedSoviet]

@DannyrulxTags don't work in hiders by the way, so you may wanna tag everyone in a new post.

[Dannyrulx]

@DannyrulxTags don't work in hiders by the way, so you may wanna tag everyone in a new post.

@DepressedSoviet

Motherfuck
@DepressedSoviet
@CelticSoldier
[@Diyonisan Puff]
@CanisMajoris2
@Asura
@Shin

[DepressedSoviet]

@DannyrulxFor sheet-building purposes, exactly what year is it as of the start of the RP?

[CelticSoldier]

I should have my character up today, but just in case, I reserve the constantly drunk Scotsman. Assuming I can be a constantly drunk Scotsman. That's cool, right?

[DepressedSoviet]

@CelticSoldierOnly if I can be the equally-inebriated Russian.

[Dannyrulx]

@DannyrulxFor sheet-building purposes, exactly what year is it as of the start of the RP?

@DepressedSoviet

Mid 19th century. No exact date.

[DepressedSoviet]

@DannyrulxOkay, so here's a CS. Dunno how good it is, so let me know if anything needs to be changed.

EDIT: Fixed some formatting issues

Yefim Brodsky

Name: Yefim Brodsky

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christian

Nationality: Russian

Speciality: N/A(Sapper, maybe?)

Appearance: A heavyset, gruff man, Yefim is a burly example of Russian stock. His body is covered in scars gained from anything between bar brawls to failed revolutionary uprisings. He has a thick, dark-colored beard, with a mess of hair atop his head(at the time of enlistment at least). His outfit at the time of enlistment was a thick, ragged wool coat, a worn out shirt, some equally rough trousers, heavy black boots, and some dirty wool gloves.

Backstory: Born in Moscow to a peasant family, Yefim’s life growing up almost parallelled his life as an adult. From a young age he spent most of his time in the streets, either playing, fighting, or looking for food. His parents taught him as much as they could, enough to know what numbers were, how to count in his head, how to speak, and how to sign his name, though that was all he could read. He wasn’t able to attend school, and by 14 was already searching for a better life.

Getting caught up in the fervor of discontent plaguing the Russian Empire, he found himself part of a revolutionary movement. Attempting to overthrow the local government and demand reforms, it was swiftly put down and Yefim found himself in jail. Being released at the age of 18, Yefim fled from the city.

First moving to western Siberia, he lived life as a hunter and trapper, and for about two years he led a simple, almost happy life. However, when the government came knocking at the door of his small village, Yefim’s revolutionary tendencies rose back up, and he was once again at the forefront of rebellion.

Seeing that living within the Russian Empire would bring him nothing but trouble, Yefim fled to western Europe, living briefly in Austria, a couple German states, and now France. However, having only briefly learned the bare minimum of the language, not being able to read, and being a foreigner of an unwelcome nationality, Yefim has struggled to find a job in France, and after overhearing a conversation, oddly enough in Russian, about the French Foreign Legion, he decided to enlist.

Personality: Yefim is a stern, tough man, whose seemingly only pleasure is that of the bottle. He does seem to enjoy himself in combat though, if the hearty laughs and ferocious battle cries are anything to go off of.

Strengths: Yefim is a very physically strong man, and this shows in the field. His time as a hunter also helps his aim, though he has been a bit out-of-practice recently. He’s a great close-quarters fighter as well.

Weaknesses: Yefim speaks primarily in Russian, knowing only very basic French and German, enough to say “Yes”, “No”, and ask for a drink. He also cannot read beyond his own name(when written in Cyrillic.), and only has a basic understanding of numbers.

[Dannyrulx]

@DannyrulxOkay, so here's a CS. Dunno how good it is, so let me know if anything needs to be changed.

EDIT: Fixed some formatting issues

Yefim Brodsky

Name: Yefim Brodsky

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christian

Nationality: Russian

Speciality: N/A(Sapper, maybe?)

Appearance: A heavyset, gruff man, Yefim is a burly example of Russian stock. His body is covered in scars gained from anything between bar brawls to failed revolutionary uprisings. He has a thick, dark-colored beard, with a mess of hair atop his head(at the time of enlistment at least). His outfit at the time of enlistment was a thick, ragged wool coat, a worn out shirt, some equally rough trousers, heavy black boots, and some dirty wool gloves.

Backstory: Born in Moscow to a peasant family, Yefim’s life growing up almost parallelled his life as an adult. From a young age he spent most of his time in the streets, either playing, fighting, or looking for food. His parents taught him as much as they could, enough to know what numbers were, how to count in his head, how to speak, and how to sign his name, though that was all he could read. He wasn’t able to attend school, and by 14 was already searching for a better life.

Getting caught up in the fervor of discontent plaguing the Russian Empire, he found himself part of a revolutionary movement. Attempting to overthrow the local government and demand reforms, it was swiftly put down and Yefim found himself in jail. Being released at the age of 18, Yefim fled from the city.

First moving to western Siberia, he lived life as a hunter and trapper, and for about two years he led a simple, almost happy life. However, when the government came knocking at the door of his small village, Yefim’s revolutionary tendencies rose back up, and he was once again at the forefront of rebellion.

Seeing that living within the Russian Empire would bring him nothing but trouble, Yefim fled to western Europe, living briefly in Austria, a couple German states, and now France. However, having only briefly learned the bare minimum of the language, not being able to read, and being a foreigner of an unwelcome nationality, Yefim has struggled to find a job in France, and after overhearing a conversation, oddly enough in Russian, about the French Foreign Legion, he decided to enlist.

Personality: Yefim is a stern, tough man, whose seemingly only pleasure is that of the bottle. He does seem to enjoy himself in combat though, if the hearty laughs and ferocious battle cries are anything to go off of.

Strengths: Yefim is a very physically strong man, and this shows in the field. His time as a hunter also helps his aim, though he has been a bit out-of-practice recently. He’s a great close-quarters fighter as well.

Weaknesses: Yefim speaks primarily in Russian, knowing only very basic French and German, enough to say “Yes”, “No”, and ask for a drink. He also cannot read beyond his own name(when written in Cyrillic.), and only has a basic understanding of numbers.

@DepressedSoviet

I can tell that Hans will be screaming at him in German as loud as possible. Welcome to the group.

[Asura]

Contemplating an East German defector, or an American looking for adventure.

[Dannyrulx]

Contemplating an East German defector, or an American looking for adventure.

@Asura

East German? We're in the middle of the 19th century what what? This is Napoleon's time!

[Asura]

Withdrawin', in that case.

[Dannyrulx]

Withdrawin', in that case.

@Asura

Aw.
:(