War Notes
The Neo Arcadian Empire is the greatest and most powerful of the three major powers that dispute the supremacy of the Valys continent for hundreds of years. The reason why the Empire remains as the lead military power, outmatching its bitter rival, the Alliance of the Free States and the Grand Duchy of Westris, lies at the core of the Imperial lands: Cadenza Military Academy. It's at this Academy that the most powerful of the Empire's elite warriors are raised and trained as the swords and shields of its people.
While Cadenza may not be the only one of its kind in the World, it certainly is the best one. An uncontested proof of that is that its students won more Interacademy Tournaments, one of the most traditional events of the Liberation Festival, than any of its rival academies combined.
However, this isn't a story about such heroic exploits, at least not about the feats of its students during the upcoming tournament where only the highest achievers are allowed to compete. This story will be about a group of students, a provisory class, assembled among the best of the remaining students.
A commonplace borderlands training patrol took an unexpected turn, changing their fate forever.
The World
The known world is pretty comprised of the Valys continent. A land that was once ruled by the Almighty Arcadian Empire. Ever since its fall, the world has passed through various periods of turmoil until a group of legendary heroes succeeded in defeating the mysterious Goddess of Strife, paving the way to the current era. Their victory is remembered in the Liberation Festival.
The Empire occupies most of the Northern Valys, a mountainous land of deep valleys and temperate forests full of natural resources which power the Empire's mighty economy. The very Northern however are a harsh land where few can prosper. Despite its riches, the fact that the Empire is plagued by dangers, both mundane and supernatural is the main reason why it hasn't succeeded in reunifying the continent once.
The Alliance occupies most of the Southwestern Valys, along with many of the maritime territories of the Valys Southern coast. Their lands are far poorer in resources to the Empire but have a better agricultural potential, allowing the many smaller states that comprise the Alliance to stand up with numbers that pretty much match the Imperial Army toe-to-toe.
Of the three major powers in Valys, the Grand Duchy is the least plentiful of resources and population, but they more than make up for it with intellectual and technologic advancement. They occupy a small enclave at the high mountains of the Nothern Valys, nearly completely encircled by the Empire, except for a bit of the North Sea's coast.
Characters
As explained before the characters of this RP will be a group of cadets from the Cadenza Imperial Military Academy sent on a training mission to patrol a borderland region while the Academy's best are away, representing it at the Liberation Festival.
What makes Cadenza students different from most other soldiers is that they are part of a group of select few individuals who can give physical shape to their souls in the form of Vessels which allow each of them to do a variety of deeds. Usually, a Vessel looks like a small keepsake, a piece of clothing or jewelry. When called upon they will reveal their form, allowing their user to access the full extent of their powers.
Character Sheet
Name: Your character's name. You can add any nicknames, titles, etc here as well.
Age: Your character's age. Must be between 14 and 19 years old.
Appearance: Your character's appearance. It can be an image (no real life pics, please), short description or both, at your discretion.
Bio/Summary: A short description of your character, with any details worth of notice. You can be creative, but keep this simple and short (nothing longer than 2 paragraphs, please). Thin of it as the profile of a character you'd get from readying the back cover of a book/any other media.
Vessel: The appearance of your character's Vessel on any of its forms. Most Knights also give names to their Vessels, if you think of one you can add it here too. Again, keep this small and simple. Up to three different forms is a reasonable limit, even though most most Vessels only have two (Dormant and Active).
Abilities: Your character's abilities. Most Vessels follow a theme to their abilities, so keep it simple as well. No OP abilities, please.
Equipment: Any other important equipment your character may have on them that's not their Vessel. If they carry anything else on them, of course.
Trivia/Other: Anything that the above secins may not have covered. This section is optional, you don't have to include it if there's nothing else you want to add.
*: You can play around with the formatting of the CS as long as it remain readable and you follow the instructions above.
Character Example
Name:
Ordfinne "Finne" Aeglinn.
Age:
17 years.
Appearance:
As seen above. Height: 172 centimeters (aprox. 5'8"); Weight: 59 kilograms (aprox. 130 lbs).
Bio/Summary:
A rather tomboyish girl with a strong personality. Finne was born at one of the many high valleys of the Empire and lived a mostly normal life until the day her magic potential was discovered. After moving to the Academy she didn't change that much, always keeping her carefree attitude.
Vessel:
Finne's Vessel is named Keroberus. In it's standard form it looks like an unassuming bracelet, with a trio of charm representing the Sun, the Moon and a Star hanging from it. When called upon, it'll take the form of a short wand that can both be used to invoke her supernatural powers as well as smack things at short range.
Abilities:
Keroberus' power allows Finne to create illusions, generating all kinds of visions and sounds. With concentration she can even have it cause some damage. Since they are illusions, Finne can will her attacks to ne non-lethal if she wants to.
Equipment:
Witch outfit, tarot deck.
Trivia/Other:
She own a black cat curiously named Tabby.
Rules
I'd rather avoid adding an extensive set of rules since I believe we all already know (or should know) the basics etiquette and education. However, since experience has shown me that showing is better than telling more often than not, here are some guidelines for us to follow:
• Follow the Guild's rules as well as you can. It's ok to skirt around and bend them a little in favor of fun but let's try to not get anyone banned, shall we?
• A little of respect goes a long way into making a healthier game for all of us.
• Do to others what you want for yourself.
• When in doubt, either ask someone or use your common sense. Preferably both.
• Try to keep some quality standard on your posts. You don't need, or should try, to deliver a novel on every of your posts. One or two paragraphs is more than well enough, as long as they both have quality content and are well written. In other words, "Quality over Quantity".
• Have fun. God knows that I want to so you'd better have it in mind as well if you wanna join.
• A little of respect goes a long way into making a healthier game for all of us.
• Do to others what you want for yourself.
• When in doubt, either ask someone or use your common sense. Preferably both.
• Try to keep some quality standard on your posts. You don't need, or should try, to deliver a novel on every of your posts. One or two paragraphs is more than well enough, as long as they both have quality content and are well written. In other words, "Quality over Quantity".
• Have fun. God knows that I want to so you'd better have it in mind as well if you wanna join.
