[OOC] Fire Emblem: Weight of the World

[Kazemitsu]

I'll post tomorrow. I'd like more to work with o.o

[Kangutso]

Okay. That'll do.

EDIT: Meanwhile, I'll just keep lurking in the corner.

[LordVoldemort]

@Kangutso Love ya', man.

[Mistiel]

THE kimono? Pardon my FE ignorance, but are kimonos rare here? I was just trying to be fashionable to the point that Google Images could back me up. O_O

@Zeroth

[Mercurial]

THE kimono? Pardon my FE ignorance, but are kimonos rare here? I was just trying to be fashionable to the point that Google Images could back me up. O_O

@Zeroth

@Mistiel

I think the idea is that @Zeroth's character was written as belonging to an essentially Japanese culture within an otherwise European kingdom. Therefore his character asked if your character belonged to said culture due to wearing a kimono, which within this RP's world, is the dress of the ancient clans he mentioned.

[Carlyle]

Scratch my earlier post. I went ahead and posted after having some time to recollect myself and figure out my thought process.

@Mistiel Myrmidons are really the only "Asian-themed" class (they're basically samurai) until Fates, where you have Hoshido and its fun cast of characters. Or so I think.

[Mistiel]

So despite my charrie being a lil white girl, there's nothing wrong with her wearing the kimono? It was just the first fancy article of clothing that popped into my head. I'll roll with it. I'm just making sure I didn't screw the pooch on something lore-wise. :)

[Solace]

I'll fix anything / have better wording at some other point, it's two in the morning over here and I wanted to get this out of the way while I have the opportunity. I'll try to get a post in tomorrow night!

_{M A I Z E B E N S E N / / T H I R T Y - F O U R}

_{Character Theme: Koven - More Than You (Unplugged Version)}

_{"For what it's worth, I felt sorry knowing that you didn't have a chance against me."}

_{[ ❇ ] O R I G I N}

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Title(s): Sir, The Dauntless

Race: Beorc

Birthplace: Blackwater, Anarcas

_{[ ❇ ] I N F O R M A T I O N}

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Class: Hero

Height: 6'1

Weight: 202lbs

Hair Color: Dark brown

Eye Color: Brown

Complexion: Fair

Body Composition: Muscular

_{[ ❇ ] P E R S O N A L I T Y}

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As dauntless as his nickname may suggest, Maize can actually appear to be quite the opposite; in the warmth of his home and the halls of his kingdom, he is a loving husband and father to his wife and children, and a frequent jester to those who call him friend. He does have a casual swagger to his tone through the accomplishments that he has claimed, although he himself does not wish to reminisce of those times, showing a stout opposition to killing without a worthy purpose.

While Maize does enjoy fighting of all sorts, he judges the strength of the individual through their own morals and their actions beyond fighting. Like most knights, he holds himself to the code of chivalry, and respects honor and loyalty out of others. He will only use violence if it is to combat violence, not wishing to spill unnecessary blood over any matter. The knight has a habit for attempting to instill these principles and lessons on others, showing an immense care for younger children.

_{[ ❇ ] B I O G R A P H Y}

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Life was not all that difficult for Maize Bensen and his family; despite the inclement weather conditions, his father, Mael Bensen, was able to cover the expenses of their livelihood through his mercenary work, possessing many ties to the crown in Blackwater, Anarcas. He was the younger twin to Hassan Bensen, which would later lead to many feuds over who was superior over the other in whatever regard.

By the time the twin brothers were strong enough to hold a blade in their hands, Mael intended on grooming his sons to serve in the Anarcasi Army, putting them through questionably intense training throughout the tundras of Anarcas. They would accompany their father on their first mercenary work at the age of fourteen, and later that year, they were sent into the recruitment drive for the military.

Despite all of his father's emphasis on fighting as a career, Maize himself was not keen on the profession as a killer, and went through the process with many reservations. While he decided to go into the servitude as a squire towards knighthood, his brother would drift from his life momentarily after their separation. Wishing to uphold the law instead of committing what he considered to be barbaric, he sought to hone his swordsmanship ahead, becoming quite the skilled fighter and duelist by the time he turned nineteen years of age.

Watching the fever rise to a pitch between the warring kingdoms concerned Maize greatly, who had been known as a vocal conscientious objector to the war. He would later recount this conflict as 'nothing but a cesspool of selfish murder, the lives of countless people lost over some man's lust.' He holds a grudge towards all of the involved parties to the present day, including his own King Erigan.

As a protector to the realm of Anarcas, Maize was called upon to fight against the Estalans, though their efforts were crushed under the mystical might of the Archsage. While his liege lord fell in the melee that ensued at their castle's gates, he was but the sole survivor of this battle, forced to surrender his service to Anarcas. Within the palace, he would also be among the few to bear witness to the burning of Theodorus and Jaedal.

As shell-shocked and disturbed as he could be, the conflict would only take a greater toll on Maize as he attempted to search for his family, only to find that his mother and younger brother were missing, and his twin brother, Hassan, had slain their father, who had intended on surrendering to the Estalans. This caused the young man to cut down his twin brother, only to bask at his own hands; the hands of a kinslayer. With his dying breath, Hassan Bensen revealed that their mother intended to return to her tribe in Ibion.

While Maize was forced under the servitude of Estala for the remainder of his years to come, he would lighten to the once-hostile kingdom over the times of reparation, though he would remain a squire until his mission to Ibion in search of his mother. The journey would turn for the worst as they were ambushed by a raiding party of tribesman, crippling Sir Lunis, the knight that he was serving under.

In their captivity, Maize was thrown into an arena of sorts, forced into a pit fighting routine for others' entertainment at the expense of his and Sir Lunis' own survival. By the grace of the goddess, the swordfighter survived through the countless rounds of duels to the death, which would grant him his freedom. They rode back to the Estalan capital where Sir Lunis preached to the council of the young man's actions, his speech spawning the nickname, The Dauntless.

In addition, Maize was anointed as a knight of Estala at the age of twenty-three, becoming one of the youngest to ever be knighted in Estalan history. Since then, he has served the crown well, and has been appointed as the guide to Crown Prince Eli Estali in their mission to Rozel.

_{[ ❇ ] F A M I L Y}

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Wife: Miranda Bensen (nee Leylal) — Alive

Son (Older): Maize Bensen II — Alive

Daughter (Younger): Amaranta Bensen - Alive

Father: Mael Bensen — Deceased

Mother: Su'lon — Unknown

Brother (Older Twin): Hassan Bensen — Deceased

Brother (Younger): Mendes Bensen — Unknown

_{[ ❇ ] I N V E N T O R Y}

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Iron Blade, Hand Axe, Elixir

_{[ ❇ ] O T H E R}

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His nickname is a not-so-safeguarded secret, and on occasion, he is formally addressed in futility as The Dauntless Sir Maize. Loves to eat corn, and dislikes storms.

[Zeroth]

@MistielMercurial's got it. When I started thinking up ideas for a Myrmidon I looked through the different countries, but none of them had a Japanese/Far East kind of "Fantasy Counterpart Culture." So when I wrote Gorou's backstory I just winged it and put in some stuff about Estala having a small subset of that culture before the kingdom as it is presently known was founded. Based on what's been said about the Estali royal line and such, this would have been hundreds of years ago, so they're still "Estalan" instead of "foreign," they just have somewhat unique traditions.

[Marlowe]

@Mistiel Just saying, there isn't such thing as "Hoshido" in this RP. Hoshido was a name of a country in another game. ^^

[Mercurial]

Isn't it great when you're repeatedly left out of mass tags?

[LordVoldemort]

@Mercurial I could have sworn I tagged everyone. Sorry 'bout that.

[Mistiel]

The mass tags are confusing me with so many people. To be honest, I wasn't expecting quite as chaotic a turnout lol. Am trying to keep up with reading every word, but to be honest, I'm probably going to be skimming if this schedule keeps up. This means I'll likely miss more fine details, but I'll do my best to keep calm. :)

[Marlowe]

I think there should be a posting cycle. No back and forth between posting. Let everyone else have a chance at posting first.

[Kazemitsu]

I wait for everyone to post anyway so I can try and get more to work with XD

[Marlowe]

I'm gonna post now. Remember guys, let other people post before you do.

[Marlowe]

I posted. Anyone can sit next to Rhea and talk to her if you guys want. And yes, she's addressing everyone.

[Carlyle]

I'll get a post tomorrow, perhaps not long after I wake up.

[Zeroth]

The only problems I have with a post cycle are that if one person disappears without warning it can throw a wrench into things, especially if that person is in a position where whatever their response would be can't be temporarily passed over, and it makes getting a character's two cents out a bit more tedious and less likely to be noticed in some situations because they're either writing long posts responding to everyone at once (which other players are likely to skim) or by the time it's their "turn" the response they wanted to make is obsolete in the chain of events.

Speaking of turns, will this post cycle have a certain order of initiative?

[Marlowe]

@Zeroth If a person takes too long to respond, then we will move on. There won't be any order persay, but it's mostly just allowing everyone to post before you do.