[OOC] The Kingdom of Belvoir - Hunter's Guild (Taking Applications)

[Excal]

Awesome, I can't wait! I can adjust any character details as needed btw.

[Zelosse]

Ok so first post is a long piece of explanation. For someone like Davos, this is a waste. What im saying is can he make a big scene, mangle a person, then crudely make demands of the captain?

"Shut up. Pack yer shit. Lets go" is the short version. Cool? Not cool? Feelin out the room here

[LordLinguinie]

Ok so first post is a long piece of explanation. For someone like Davos, this is a waste. What im saying is can he make a big scene, mangle a person, then crudely make demands of the captain?

"Shut up. Pack yer shit. Lets go" is the short version. Cool? Not cool? Feelin out the room here

@Zelosse

I see where you are coming from, your character is more interested in getting the job done, rather than talk about the job and I would like to work with that. I don't want to gloss over exposition, so if you'd like we can have you character have an early encounter with what will be the guild's first hunt. Nymeria also has to weigh in here, as she is the captain.

[Zelosse]

@LordLinguinie speaking as a player, I love exposition. Talking builds teamwork and teamwork makes the dream work.

I'm cool with Davos knowing what we're hunting and spreading said knowledge, I just wanna make sure of its cool with the bosses here if he smokes a nearby hunter in the chin before he does so.
Him not big on formality or etiquette.

[LordLinguinie]

Added some natural threats under the monsters and lore tab.

[LordLinguinie]

@LordLinguinie speaking as a player, I love exposition. Talking builds teamwork and teamwork makes the dream work.

I'm cool with Davos knowing what we're hunting and spreading said knowledge, I just wanna make sure of its cool with the bosses here if he smokes a nearby hunter in the chin before he does so.
Him not big on formality or etiquette.

@Zelosse

That all sounds fine with me!

[Nymeria]

@ZelosseI'm find with him getting in a fight with an npc. I figured we'd have some disposable hunter npc's for the sake of the story as well as having room for fatalities without losing essential characters.

Drystan wouldn't have a problem with him going off on his own, nor would he try to stop him fighting other hunters. If he was personally threatened, though, he might fight back. Depends on the situation. I'm fine with Davos causing a bit of a scene here.

[Zelosse]

@Nymeria alright. Your Co pm'd me about getting sent as a forward scout while this meeting is taking place, so both options are attractive sounding now. Whichever you both decide on im good with!

[Nymeria]

@Zelosse I'm good either way. Whatever you think is more aligned with your characters interests. If you want to be sent as a scout, I'm fine with you writing as one of the guards sending Davos out first since Drystan will probably be rather busy.

[Zelosse]

Fantastic. Will coordinate with cogm for the plan.

[Zelosse]

Edited out. Phone double post!

[Excal]

Anastasia Velcroth, the pious huntress

We are the vanguard of God's retribution, and shall cleanse this land of it's plague of sin.

Anastasia Velcroth

Age: 38

Weapon of choice:

Judgement and Wraith

*Elegent embroided blunderbuss
*Custom silver poleaxe

Armor of choice:

An ornamental steel chestplate hugs her chest, golden lines forming the Ballanger family crest in the centre, protecting her along with plain steel bracers, greaves, plate boots and small shoulder guards.

Beneath she wears a thick dark leather attire that covers nearly all of her body save her hands.

Over it all she wears a flowing black silk cloak and a pilgrim top hat, presenting an image closer to a lady knight on parade than a fierce, gruff hunter. The pious outfit a central part of her public image.

Personality:

In public Ani is kind and determined, fair and firm, a pious lady that goes against everything a hunter or family muscle is often seen to be.

Ever since joining the Ballanger family as a personnal hunter and enforcer, Anastasia has gone out of her way to promote a heroic image, using common con man tactics to make her seem more virtuous than the situation actually is. Be it agitating groups of vampires at innocent families and then coming to their defence at just the right moment, giving peasent land owners "discounts" from jacked up prices, or even staging a mock argument before them, defending them against the greedy estate dealer to get them a better deal.

In her spare time she marches through the political world, preaching a pious image of hunters, extoling them to be virtuous defenders, praising the level headedness and generosity of her patron family, and even actively donating and promoting charitable work for the poor, presenting herself as a defender of the common man. In battle she is tactical and fierce, leading heroic charges against dark forces, or so she pays the bards to say.

Beneath her public persona, she is a cold, weary monster like any other, nihilistic and ruthless, but not sadistic, though she adores anything dramatic that might peak her interest in her grey life. What warmth she has she reserves soley for her patron family, holding a devotional love for her patrons. For them she does anything, assassination, sabotage, political machinations. Their personnal "hell hound", shrouded in the cloak of God.

History:

Nobody knows where she came from, a foriegnor hired out of the blue by the Ballanger family, immediately proving her swordhand in the hunter community when she lead a raid on a notorious vampire compound in the forests. All that is known is that in little time she became a notable political voice, starting a new minor trend of pious disciline among the hunters, even establishing her own personal guard of devout fighters, for now only consisting of 10.

Known as the Blessed Ballanger Guard, they wear a signature black and gold leather armor (designed by Villiame), faces shrouded, doning her iconic pilgrim hat, a fanatical uptight lot that patrol the estates of the Ballangra family, spreading her piety.

Many among the hunter community resent her presence, the lower ranks seeing her as a killjoy and veteran hunters eyeing her as little more than a paper soldier, a pretty face riding on the fears and hopes of the oppressed commoners, a sham.

They're only half right.

Strengths:

Unholy strength: A wolf in sheeps clothing.

Stealth: Years before in the criminal world has given her some raiding skills.

Swordwomen: Although in public she bears her righteous poleaxe, she's actually skilled in the longsword, and knows her way with it.

Politician: Years as a con have proven useful in the court.

Weaknesses:

Drama queen: Intoxicated by her newfound popularity, she never misses a chance to show off her "virtues", earning the resentment of many.

Hysterical: To cross her is to invite a blind fury that she often trips over.

Coward: She has no concept of honor and no shame in running when victory is not assured, pushing others in harms way.

Not a hunter: Anastasia has very little experience actually fighting monsters firsthand, more of a manhunter at best, and will delegate the actual hunting to others. And take all the credit.

[Nymeria]

@Excal I like it. Go ahead and post in the character tab. Just keep in mind the Hunter's Guild is fairly new. That being said, there would be hunters before them, they just weren't together in a guild until just now.

[Excal]

@Excal I like it. Go ahead and post in the character tab. Just keep in mind the Hunter's Guild is fairly new. That being said, there would be hunters before them, they just weren't together in a guild until just now.

@Nymeria

Roger roger, that's why I said community XD. If monsters were prelevant enough to warrent a guild, I figure preguild hunters were basically gloriied mercs. The chaotic "adventurer" types who alwayd make a mess of things along the way.

[Zelosse]

Bit of a quick post from my phone so I expect it to be a bit shitty. Forgiveness.

[SirSqueakalot91]

Trying to get my post up. Right now it’ll only let me post small things, but I’m hoping it’ll work in a little while.

[LordLinguinie]

Bit of a quick post from my phone so I expect it to be a bit shitty. Forgiveness.

@Zelosse

There's a few minor typo's,But still brilliant! Way better than what I had hoped for!

[Zelosse]

@LordLinguinie yeah I gots fat fingers and that was on my phone..

[Excal]

My post is up! Sorry for the length, just the initial post.

Noted y'all wanted some cannon fodder and sought to provide!

Oh, and sidenote, yes there are antagonistic angles to her character, I plan to make her killable in the future.

[LordLinguinie]

Added the Lords and Ladies of Overresch and another beast that lives in the kingdom.
If anyone have any interest in creating a minor lord to play a more political background character, there's still 2 cities that don't have a ruling upper class yet.