[OOC] Belwyn city of Gangs

[Warborn123]

@Spriggs27 Sweet!

[ManoftheNorth]

Jake is Accepted. @Warborn123

[TheDarkTemplar]

Madame Vona

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Name:Tarvona Moran

Age:34

Gender:Female

Race:Dark Elf

Personality
A rather enigmatic woman, Vona crafts her words carefully before speaking, making sure not to say more than is necessary. While she respects strength, one cannot hope to impress her quite easily. For her, a sharp mind as well as a strong body make a formidable pair. As for her rule over The Black Rose, she does not tolerate recklessness or needless violence. Most problems can be solved quietly and without the involvement of the police. That being said, she is not against using the police to her advantage, often attempting to either get officers on her payroll or at least establish some form of relationship. An enemy can also be an ally, it all depends on the current situation.

Bio
Born to poverty in the less affluent area of Belwyn, Tarvona grew up admist small time gang activity. Her single mother worked at a strip club to pay the bills but it was barely enough to get by. From a very young age, Vona threw in with a small dark elf gang to help pay the bills but it was never really enough. While it did take care of their financial problem to a degree, Vona wanted more. She hated living in the poverty stricken area she called home. To see others living in luxury while she carried on like a common thief forged a fire in her. Eventually she found work in an escort agency, servicing her clients while recording it all in the hopes of blackmailing them for more money. On more than one occasion she almost lost her life but managed to pull through. After enough time she took over the agency, expanding her business over time to encompass more and more of the red light district. At one point her agency, now known as The Black Rose was engaged in a war with the already established prostitution rings in the red light district. With finesse and the well placed bullet, Tarvona managed to either destroy completely or absorb the rival gangs into her own. Today she controls a monopoly on the sex industry with her VIP nightclub "The Rose Garden" being a neutral zone at times for rival gangs to meet and negotiate.

Gang affiliation or Other affiliations
Black Rose- Located in the city's red light district, Black Rose controls the prostitution, escort agencies, and strip clubs that conduct business in that area of the city. Under Madame Vona's control the group has gone from a small escort agency to the sole authority in the sex industry. Despite this, Madame Vona does not see her workers as mere employees but people she cares greatly for. While the city has opportunity for all, there are those fallen on hard times or never given a fair chance. Black Rose offers those individuals a way out of destitution, its not a great way but its something. As such the Black Rose's matron does not take kindly to those who hurt her people or mistreat them. Black Rose Enforcers can be identified by their gang's insignia tattooed on their chest or by their iconic all black suits with the red insignia sewn over there breast pocket of the suit jacket. The way The Black Rose operates isn't quite like how the other gangs conduct themselves. While some may be inclined to violence against other gang members, Black Rose enforcers only engage in confrontations to protect themselves, other Rose members, and their territory.

Stuff:

Maxim 9

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The Maxim 9 Integrally Suppressed Handgun fires 9mm rounds while being hearing safe and holster-able. Vona keeps this weapon on a thigh holster for easy access in most situations though it rarely sees use due to it being her weapon of choice for executing problems for her organization.

Magic:
Ember's Touch-the only spell she is capable of casting, Vona's hand is enveloped in fire. Upon touching an item or individual, the target is set alight in an instant yet should they touch another object the fire will not spread.

Other

Black Rose Emblem

[ADamnFiddle]

Louise, the Alchemist

Appearance

Name: Louise Clarissa Derleth, often just goes by Louise or even L.

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Race: Human Bean

Personality: Louise Derleth is someone who simply wishes to live the life she chooses to live. A spunky and sometimes irreverent individual who nonetheless demonstrates a commanding presence regardless of what she pursues, often trending towards a somewhat over exaggerated, yet not [completely] undeserving, self-confidence. She is easygoing, carefree and abrasive, displaying full confidence in herself and presenting herself with a determined expression. On the other hand, she is also quite lazy and self-indulgent, disliking having to work, making her a somewhat selfish and unconcerned person. Despite this, Naomi tends to fight for goals and ideals she considers dear to herself, often at the expense of herself.

One can typically find Louise drunk and at a local pub that would take her company, her masculine chargon often exacerbated by the patrons of the establishment’s less-than-clear heads, and often leads to silly situations. Though there are few that do take her bombastic ways, one could say that In addition to this, Louise is a compulsive gambler, kicked out of almost every casino in Belwyn due to her ability to easily count the odds of winning, often leading to her winning a lot more often than the casino owners would wish to allow.

Louise tends to take on a rather unabashed and shameless disposition when it comes to desires of the flesh, often talking openly about such subjects and other such personal intimacies without restraint. Despite this fact, she does seem to dislike when outside forces gaze upon her within these conditions, often practicing them with “close” companions. Though she refuses to speak about her position as an alchemist to those she is unable to trust, understanding the profession tends to have a certain position within the world.

Despite her rather bombastic style, unbecoming of an alchemist, one could say that she is not really a “bad” person by heart. Though she tends to commit less-than-moral actions in her work, she refuses to harm anyone not involved and has turned down any trafficking contracts in the past. However, against those who are part of this “criminal world”, regardless if they are gangsters or police, she does not hesitate to act accordingly in a given situation.

Bio: Alchemy is often considered forbidden art. Those who practice it tend to hide themselves away from civilization, hardly interacting with the world around them due to their fear of prejudice and desire to research their art to the fullest. In their nature, Alchemists enjoy hoarding knowledge away from the people, including themselves, inhumane to the desires of normalcy and only embracing enough to seem normal externally towards the uninitiated.

Louise was born to parents she knew not. An orphan left in a basket of an orphanage with nothing on her person aside from a light cloth wrapped around her to keep her safe during the downpour. She lived a majority of her early years within that orphanage.

To the city of Belwyn is unkind, especially to those of lower standings. The orphans in order to raise funds for the orphanage were forced to a life of crime; the child pickpockets of the city tending to fight night and day for their survival, thriving upon the unsuspecting aristocracy. Though their lives were brutal if they were to get caught, often beaten by the patrols or those they had stolen from. The kids, organized by the orphanage, hardly saw a cent of what they earned, but at the very least they would get food in their bellies.

However, perhaps it was a degree of luck upon the side of the young Louise, or perhaps even an omen within itself when she had taken a book from an unsuspecting older fellow. Taking it to her hideout, the child, much to the chagrin of those around her, decided to attempt to decipher the meaning behind the book she was given. .Hardly literate, but slightly more so than her compatriots.

Though she did retain her standard urchin tendencies, a lot of her fascination and time was placed within the book she had found. A perverse curiosity seemed to have overtaken the girl, fervorous about uncovering the secrets held within.

But it wouldn’t be long before the man, ratted out by the very people she called “compatriots” would find the hideout, and hence the girl, to return what was taken.

In that moment, the old man whom she had been stolen from appeared before her, stunned by the girl’s understanding of the book he had dropped. Alchemy tends to take a massive amount of skill to adequately pull off, often taking years of mental strain before one is able to accomplish any sort of results, but to the old man’s eyes, this street rat was able to break down the ideas of alchemy in little more than the week he had lost his book.

It was simple, enough to impress the man, one Mr..Charles Derleth. Choosing to adopt the girl, the old man thought took her on as his disciple, having never had children of his own, he decided that he would force upon the girl the secrets he had held within life. He had once wished to find the secret to immortality, but eventually accepted his own demise.

Years later, Louise took up the mantle of her mentor and her adopted father’s steps in alchemic studies after he had passed on, wanting to both master the craft herself.

There are rumors, however, of a strange new owner who hardly shows around the orphanage she had grown up within, doing away with the pickpocket rings and self-funding the entire organization with gold.

Gang affiliation or Other affiliations:
Freelancer (Or part of a gang. Either or)

Stuff:
>A bag of Powdered Silver and Gold respectively. Doesn’t hold too much purpose, aside from it being a staple of alchemists to carry. Looks pretty at the very least.

>Steel bracers and gauntlets as well as steel boots

>Makeshift steel armor fashioned with her ability.

Magic:
Alchemy: Simply put, alchemy is the ability to utilize the magic within oneself to impose desires upon the outward world. To “overwrite “ the world with the desires that fuel oneself in the form of changing either the properties or shape or both of an item touched by an alchemic user, utilizing the magic within themselves or around themselves to allow for the changes of object around them. Though there is a thought process involved in the changing of both an object's properties and shape, the actual cast time is as instant as touching something, though the user tends to need to know both the material and the equation for the reaction to properly change, even able to enhance the original purpose of an item so long as she keeps her hands upon it, or even combine two materials in a flash.

Alchemy is a dangerous art, banned or moderated by officials if allowed at all within a nation, though not for any sort of malicious reason. The most dangerous part of alchemy is the lucrative business of counterfeiting gold from the more common metal lead, leading to drags upon the economy as a whole due to the influx of “fake gold”. Due to her criminal origins, Louise is able to create this gold, but sparingly uses it unless absolutely needed. However, Alchemists tend to hide their nature, blending seamlessly to their surroundings.

As a byproduct of this ability, the user of alchemy tends to need massive amounts of computing power for the activation of their ability, often needing to partition their mind into several parts in order to directly issue a complex reaction. As a master of her craft, Louise is able to calculate her mind’s partitioned into seven different parts; a rare skill even amongst the greatest of its craft, allowing her seven independent thought processes. In the event the user is unable to think properly, the can utilize their partitioned minds to continue alchemic reactions, through continued contact with the affected ailment will only stall the inevitable..

Louise uses data to simulate all the possible patterns and fluctuations of the opponent, following a by a diagram of all the possibilities to select the most likely outcome and act according to it to choose the most suitable attack.Therefore, her “intuition” seems almost like “precognition” to an extent. However, even if she can understand a situation which has befallen her, she is only able to “see” what will happen. While capable of predicting the movements of someone far superior she lacks the ability to follow through with her counter move, like knowing the trajectory of a bullet but being unable to dodge it.

Some alchemists also tend to be able to create homunculi, artificial humans programmed to fulfill a task that tend to degrade at a much more rapid rate than a normal human. Louise is not privy to the knowledge to create such creatures, as this wasn't a study her master chose to take part in, often considered a taboo within the alchemist community, even to their already taboo craft.

Other:
Upon Louise’s body are various tattoos of alchemic formulas, though their purpose is more or less taking a similar function as a student writing answer on their hand before a test. Though many other alchemists take this short cut, and memorizing the exceptions while keeping the base rules handy tends to be easier than vice versa.

[ManoftheNorth]

Cs-

Appearance:

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Name:
Alexander Wright


Age:
62


Gender:
Male


Race:
Human

Personality:
Alexander is a bit of a stoic heart, but a quiet mind. He doesn't really get emotional anymore, due to years in his career and personal choice. However he isn't the type to be a downer or a sorrow-filled heart. He just finds it easier to be intellectual and simplistic over complicated and emotional in his job. He values the concept of hard-work, justice, and professional attitudes when working, but isn't afraid to let loose a little bit here and there when it is truly time to feel a sense of happiness.

Bio:
Alexander has worked as a member of the Belwyn Police Department for nearly forty years, as he chose this life young and has stuck with it for decades now. He started out as a simple police academy graduate and made his way into the job position of a recruit. He eventually began to climb the ladder before reaching detective, and commander of the K-9 Unit. This was great for Alexander, but many on the force still felt uneasy and disliked Alexander, due to his magic and the reason why he was such an efficient officer. A man capable of such magics would normally be pulled to the underworld of Belwyn, but Alexander chose to put his abilities to use stopping such actions, for he despised the criminal underbelly of Belwyn.

Gang affiliation or Other affiliations:
Belwyn PD Detective Unit and K-9 Unit

Stuff:
Outside of his clothes, he keeps on him a cane at all times.

Magic:
Alexander is a Druid, with the ability to shape shift into four basic animals: a Wolf, a Bear, a Hawk, and an Otter. Alexander also retains other magical powers of his druidic power such as lightning and weather and the forces of nature, but he scarcely uses such powers.

Other:
Justice, a good Hunt, and the feeling of protecting those around him.

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Cs-

Appearance:

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Name:
Unknown


Age:
Somewhere between 21 and 35

Gender:
Male

Race:
Believed to be Human

Personality:
WIP

Bio:
WIP

Gang affiliation or Other affiliations:
He associates with no one other than himself

Stuff:
A unique hand-crafted bat-like cudgel with nails in it, and a straight bladed dagger

Magic:
None to speak of.

Other:
The particular way people break.

[Spriggs27]

@TheDarkTemplar eh, shes fine.

[Spriggs27]

@ADamnFiddle Your good too man.

[Thantos]

Still accepting and also had questions on race types. If its ok

[Spriggs27]

@Thantos Yeah, we still accepting.

[Warborn123]

sorry for the short post, I wanted to develop my character a bit more so I wrote a long post. but however the post didn't involve anyone or further the plot to I put it in a hider and put it in another post, the reason why it's so small is because I really want to do something other than writing for a hour.

[Thantos]

Silas Balthazar

Appearance:



Name: Silas Balthazar

Age: 250

Gender: Male

Race: Vampire

Personality: Being a Mob leader, he has to be strong and knowledgeable in the activities he is dealing in under the cover of darkness. Socially he has been known to be a bit theatrical with his entrances some of the time. But he does personally see to his dealings with new dealers and buyers.

Bio: Born into the family and treated like a prince, well exactly like a prince for he was the former dons son. And being the son of the don he was granted privilages that none under the don have access to. Like the family vault with access to the families profits and access to the family owned shipping manifests.

After reaching the Vampiric age of 200 he decided that it was his time to become Don of the Family. So in the Middle of the Day he snuck to his fathers coffin and drove a silver stake into his heart. One he had stolen from a Slayer, he didnt know the name. All he knew was that he easily framed the death of his father on a not so innocent vampire hunter and took over the Family. Now he runs the streets with a iron grip and fighting to keep his territory under his control. Even brought Smuggling to the city on a major scale. Mainly at the airports and trainyards

"Business has never been sweeter."

Gang affiliation or Other affiliations: Don of the Vampire Mob known as the The Blood Raven Syndicate.

Stuff: Other than his clothes. A pistol and a case of custom cigars that have the leaf soaked in blood and rolled before drying.
Pistol type: Taurus Model .44 Magnum with hollow points that had custom made in another city
A blood red lighter
Cigar Cutter
Blood Cigars
Other: enjoys power, money, his cigars, women and of course he loves blood as well. Family dealings involve Smuggling.

Members and Jobs in The Blood Raven Syndicate

Archibald Lestat

Enforcer of the Blood Raven Syndicate
Started off as a Bouncer to a bar which happened to owe the Blood Ravens money. He got caught in the middle of a..lesson being taught to the owner and he offered his life for his bosses and instead of killing them both...they turned him and forced him to feed on his former boss. Now he goes around around breaking property and killing people who cross the Blood Ravens.

Lenore Arachne

The Consort of the Blood Ravens
She too was born into the family by her Mother who was the Lover of a Forger for the Blood Ravens. When she reached the age of 131 she became the Consort of the Mob and a damn good one. She is responsible for a 271 botch court hearings by sleeping with the judges and jury
(More to come)

Weaknesses
Sunlight
Silver or wooden stake through the Heart
Silver burns if touching their skin
Fire

Myths
Garlic
Crosses
Holy Water

Abilities
Strength
Speed
Hearing
Sight

[Spriggs27]

@Thantos It would've been nice if you'd shown me the updated version of you cs, and it would've been doubly nice if you'd waited before me and Ursa accepted you before you posted in the IC, I know I said that if you were working with temp that you could post'em up in the OOC, but I didn't really say you were accepted, you still need both me and Ursa to accept you.

[Spriggs27]

My Hider

Name: Bates

Age: Unknown

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Personality: Bates is a stoic and somewhat emotionally repressed. While he is very quiet, he is a man who speaks very little and hates repeating himself, Bates sees himself as a man of action and lets his actions, how heavy handed they might be, speak more for him instead of trying to rationalize his actions by telling them to people. As surprising as it may be, Bates does his best to try and not harm or kill innocent people, but if they are standing in his way or trying to stop him, he'll be willing to knock them out or beat them up with his fist.

Sticking somewhat to his old ways, when he's attacking, he's very aggressive and fast utilizing any type of weapons around him or anything that could be used as a weapon, but he only does so when he doesn't have his knife, also sticking to his old habits he chain smokes cigarettes like a chimney. With his knife Bates is very proficient at close range, while being almost above average at firing guns, while you may think that since his shooting is somewhat average due to his average shooting, when it comes to throwing his knife at people, he's very accurate.

Like the city police Bates has a strong sense of justice, but unlike the police he kills criminals instead of capturing them or leaving them for the police, he also doesn't bother with smaller criminals unless he feels they could be useful to him.

Bio: Bates use to be a member of the Belwyn police department's anti Gang task force, where here racked up a reputation of being aggressive towards criminals and a number of active kills that would make most others in the task force either very jealous or really guilty for their actions. While he racked up his reputation and made things harder for many of the gangs, the higher ups looked for small things to fire him for or punish him for, but for two long years they didn't find much besides warranted police brutality.

Then their day came, during a drug bust involving Humans, Elves, and Orcs, a number of Steel Lance and humans were killed by both the police and Orcs, shockingly enough the bust turned into a police chase with Bates chasing down an Orc that organized the deal. The chase went from car, to being on foot, and when it came to an end, it with a hostage situation. Taking a pair of children hostage, the Orc threatened to kill both of them if Bates didn't let him go, and shockingly enough Bates tried to agree with the deal in order to let the two kids live, but out of some paranoia the Orc didn't honor the deal and only one child made it out of the situation alive.

On top of the situation, the higher ups decided to use the situation to fire him from the force. Walking away from the station, only blocks away from the station did he see himself in a situation where he had to defend himself from a group of elves and took all of his anger out on three of them killing them before going home. The day after being fired, he didn't stop doing what he saw as his job, no matter how bloody the fight gets with him and the gangs of Belwyn.

Gang affiliation: None

Stuff:

His knife

His car

App: Standing at an average height and with a broad but stocky build. Bates intimidates people with his rough and scarred face and his untamed and unkempt black hair and his beard stubble, on the left side of his face are three claw scars that could've come from any creature from Belwyn, along the rest of his body he has a number of scars from different creatures that all hold different stories themselves. While his form is somewhat on the broad side, he's got more of an average look to himself. Bates wears a dark blue fleece zip up jacket along with a pair of dark pants and some simple running shoes.

Other: He smokes a brand of cigarettes called Death wish.

[TheDarkTemplar]

will post today

[Spriggs27]

@Thantos I apologize again for everything, you're accepted, I apologize for the long wait and the trouble you've been through, I hope I haven't soured this rp for you.

[Thantos]

@Spriggs27 no. If anything more interesting. I will repost my post

[Warborn123]

I have a cool question, who do you think is a better human being?, Jake or Missy?.

[ManoftheNorth]

Alexander.

@Warborn123

[Warborn123]

we're all evil bastards here. But Alex.

[Spriggs27]

There's like 3 humans in this rp, and like a dwarf isn't really considered human tbh, they are considered short people.