[OOC] The Risen Heroes

[The Narrator]

The Kingdom of Noreik has seen better days. Fields and farms lay barren, all the young man are at war now. The enemy, the brutal invaders of Kazgrad stand at the gates, plundering, raping and pillaging. The army is losing ground, and the castles at the borders are slowly crumbling. The legendary knights and heroes of Noreik are no more than bloating corpses.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. King Roland turned to those he shunned and persecuted. He turned to vile sorcerers and necromancers, enemies of the faith and cultists of evil.
"Bring me back the heroes of old! My army needs beacons of hope and justice in shining armor!"
They did what he demanded, but he did not get what he wanted.

The bodies of the fallen were placed in a circle around the black monolith. King Roland stood there in shock, fear and regret as the cultists started their chant. "It is for the kingdom...", he whispered to himself. Smoke filled the crypt and the lights began to flicker as the choir reached it crescendo. Unnatural shadows seemed to dance in the smoke, whispers in an unknown and terrifying tongue offered forbidden secrets. The King spoke a silent prayer for forgiveness, even though he knew it was too late for that. Everyone in this room forfeited his chance for paradise.
The whispers left and beastly screams took their place. What seemed to be a gigantic black spider with the face of a woman crawled on the monolith. A warlock positioned himself in front of the monolith chanting like a madman, while the prisoners of war were brought in.
Roland took of his crown and tried to hold back the tears. He had gone to far. One after another the Prisoners throats were slit, the blood colouring the floor red.
It was then a soft whisper was heard. The rattling of bones. It was done...

The World

The Year is 478 after the founding of Noreik.
Noreik is a fairly large and populated kingdom. Most of it is farmlands, woods and mountains in the south. The north has also a large coast. The technology level is the late medieval era, black powder is incredibly new and not really used in combat. The King of Noreik is Roland 'The Bold', a beloved king and patron of the artists and builders.
The official religion of Noreik is the faith of Sulost. Followers of Sulost believe in the creator deity Sulost who puts a divine spark in each human. Followers are expected to act according to the way, which means to follow the path one was born to do. A son of a baker should become a baker etc. Nevertheless the faith of Sulost also has a strong element of hero worship, relict of a prior faith. Great warriors, artists and kings are elevated to a demigod like level, their bones and belongings become important relics for the faithful.

The people of Khazgrad are considered barbarians by most more civilized nations. They worship pagan gods and were only recently united unter the banner of one King, Roggo ar'Khar. They are tribesman living in the harsh north and utilise a lot of heavy infantry and are well known for their wild warriors and horse archers.

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The Perks of being Undead

Being a walking corpse of bone and rotting flesh has its perks. Your hero does not need to eat or sleep. He can talk without a tongue through dark magic. Arrows and swords can't hit fatal weakspots, quite the opposite. To kill an undead one would need magic or to destroy his body completely.

This is a bit of a work in progress but feel free to post chars or ask questions!

[ArenaSnow]

Shit. I don't even have the time for this and for some reason it caught my eye. I'll watch for now.

[MonkeyBusiness]

Are the heroes bound my arcane powers to serve the kingdom? Like they have their own free will but they can't do anything to harm Noreik or abandon it.

[The Narrator]

@MonkeyBusinessI thought about that myself and my decision for the moment is that they are bound to the kingdom, however they have free will just cant act against king and country.

[Cuccoruler]

Rita "the mad strategist" Schwanstein

Name

Rita Schwanstein

Appearance

Rita is a very young looking girl, she looks to be about 12 and is sometimes seen with a small stuffed sheep with the stuffing ripped out.

Date and cause of death

Around year 400, Rita died from being crushed by a large rock.

Skills / Talents

Rita is incredibly smart, to the point where she can figure out what an enemy is planning to do before they even start to plan it. As such has been able to outwit armies despite her young age when alive.
She is a master of deception and has no problem sneaking behind enemy lines and causing a large pain.
Rita also has the unusual ability as an undead to take off her parts of her body and manipulate them from anywhere.

Equipment

Rita carries with her a knife and rarely any more weaponry than that, she does however carry with her a first aid kit, though mostly just to keep herself from deteriorating any further.

History

Rita was born into a small farming village, sadly she was the daughter of an alcoholic mother and father. They both tended to get a bit violent when drunk and being an only child Rita only had to worry about looking out for herself. As such she grew up learning how to identify the signs of a violent eruption from her parents. She later found that she could use this skill of hers to manipulate others into fighting each other.
It wasn’t until she was about 12 that she was able to see the signs that those from Khazgrad would soon attack. When no one believed her when she said this she set up a plan to have the villagers ready to defend against the invaders without them even knowing. What she did in general was cry wolf, except what villagers got instead of a wolf was a small group of invaders. Thanks to her preparations the villagers were ready for the attack, though there were a few casualties as she had killed a few sheep in the process to make it more convincing.
After this Rita gained a reputation within the kingdom and was often looked towards from strategist of the kingdom for advice when they were stumped about a tactic. Sadly she did not see an unfortunate accident happen when she was invited to see a fortress being built. During her visit a large rock had fallen on her, killing her instantly.

Other

Rita doesn’t care much about who gets hurt in her pursuits of victory, she tries to keep the casualties to a minimum but with every plan at least on person or creature ends up being killed.

finished one

[The Narrator]

@Cuccoruler I'm sorry but I have a whole list of problems with that character. First of all no 12 year old girl is an expert strategist, how could she since she has no real experience? And also who would revive a 12 year old when the realm is in danger?
Also if she was crushed by a boulder her body would be to destroyed to be revived and she would definitely not look like an average girl.

[ArenaSnow]

Valid points, but note that she looks 12, not necessarily is 12.

But then, a lack of a clear age always bugs me just a little bit...

Edit: For the sake of formatting (new point entirely) I suggest having the CS encased in [code] tags.

[The Narrator]

@ArenaSnow Well if she looks like a 12 year old she most likely is around that age. And thanks for the tip I did not think of the that!

[ArenaSnow]

@ArenaSnow Well if she looks like a 12 year old she most likely is around that age.

@The Narrator

He'll have to confirm what the age is himself, but from the CS I get the idea that she's older than she looks. It's not impossible, in a real world context, for people to look as much as 10 years off their age (I know one person who looks 20-something who's in her 30s >.>).

After this Rita gained a reputation within the kingdom and was often looked towards from strategist of the kingdom for advice when they were stumped about a tactic.

Unless Cucco literally meant the reputation came overnight, I'd give it a few years to have developed.

Either way, there's considerable room for improvement and clarification. That said, I don't think Cucco literally meant the character was 12. That would still leave her being rather young (short of someone being a total genius, it would take someone in their 20's+ to reach the tactical know-how she apparently has) and the necromancers would have a hell of a time piecing her together to be presentable after [insert Borat crushing reference here].

[The Narrator]

@ArenaSnow Well it's nice of you to defend the character but I don't think it is in any way your job.

[ArenaSnow]

@ArenaSnow Well it's nice of you to defend the character but I don't think it is in any way your job.

@The Narrator

He still has a few fatal flaws that would turn me off accepting it if it was my own RP, so it's not much of a defense. :p

[Cuccoruler]

@the narrator @arenasnow I was honestly testing the waters with that character, I was in no way expecting her to be accepted honestly. Good to know where the limits are!

[MonkeyBusiness]

WIP Gustav Kuntz

Gustav Kuntz, The Jäger of Noreik

Appearance

Gustav during his life was a light skinned man of athletic build with dark brown hair. He was a man that stood at six feet tall who clothed himself in leather padded armor and a warm cloak complete with the tanned hide of a dire wolf. He was always seen with three curved swords that were always ready to taste blood.

Date and cause of death

478 years ago at the founding of Noreik, stabbed to death.

Skills / Talents

Master Swordsman
Tactician
Master Tracker
Skilled in guerrilla fighting and ambushes

Equipment

Gustav is armed with three swords designed with a curved blade that allowed for faster slicing. He also sports the same leather armor he wore in his past life complete with the hide of a wolf sewn into his cloak.

History

Other

[Ragrar]

This looks very cool! I do so enjoy the chance to play undead! And the chance to play them as good guys is just so completely impossible to find these days!

[Cuccoruler]

ok I have a few more ideas, does the hero have to be human? I mean, like can they be an animal so long as they come with a human hero?

[The Narrator]

@RagrarThen I hope you get on board!

@Cuccoruler Who in their right mind would go to all the trouble to get the body and perform a demonic blood ritual too revive a dog? :D
I mean if your hero has an animal companion that would be okay but only if the animal was an mandatory part of the heroes legend.
Also I would say minimum age is about 25.

[Cuccoruler]

Plan was for it to be a bear and a person (still deciding on gender)

[Cuccoruler]

Gilda

Before death

after resurrection

Gilda Dillman

Appearance

Gilda has lost much of her former beauty her skin as rotten away and she tries everything she can to hide her face as well as any other skin she has. She wears the same armor she did when she was alive but with the added hood.

Date and cause of death

400s, run through with a spear.

Skills / Talents

Gilda has a unique ability of never showing fear in a fight, though if she gets too into a fight she will be seen smiling and laughing at the carnage of her enemies.
Gilda is also unusually strong and can take a hit and keep moving so long as the blow isn’t fatal.

Equipment

Gild carries with her an axe she uses to fight. The head of the axe is about the size of her hip and she uses two hands to swing it.

History

Gilda was born into a family of wood cutters, for the most part she had an average upbringing though she had never learned how to read and write. Gilda also had an unfortunate trait where she rarely showed any kind of emotion, unless she’s drunk or in the middle of battle. At around the age of 15 when she was bringing lunch to her father who was cutting trees she was attacked by a bear. But instead of running for her live she just stood still.

The bear confused by this motion moved backwards afraid that Gilda would do something unexpected. And like the bear though Gilda started to walk towards the bear. It roared at her but Gilda didn’t flinch. Instead to continued to walk towards the bear and raised up a hand to let it sniff her. The bear backed off and ran off afterwards.

The next day the bear returned again only to have the same interaction with Gilda. After a week of this the bear approached her more cautiously, then something magical happened. Atleast to the bear it seemed magical as Gilda reached behind it’s ear and started to scratch there. It was as if her touch was that of magic as a lingering itch was scratched. The bear thankful rubbed it’s nose against Gilda who smiled at the kindness.

Years later Gilda had become like family to the bear as it even let her meet it’s cubs. One of them Gilda named Larry, sadly Gilda had a terrible sense when it came to naming things. Thus the adventures of Gilda and Larry began. They saved the village from bandits multiple times and even fought in a war once.

Sadly that one time in the war was her last as she was run through with a spear, and Larry was chopped with an axe. She died at the age of 30. Thus ended their story.

Other

Gilda has a bear with her at all times named Larry. He is her fighting companion and the only one she shows emotion towards.

Larry

There

[The Narrator]

@Cuccoruler I would like a little more explanation on why she is such a legend but other than that much better.

[Cuccoruler]

@Cuccoruler I would like a little more explanation on why she is such a legend but other than that much better.

@The Narrator

Your going to have to explain what makes a legend, I figured taming a bear and fighting with it would make it a legend