The Pursuit of Power - (OPEN)

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In the year 2030 the world had fallen to a virus, killing nearly the entire population. Those who had money survived in seclusion, bringing only their strongest knights and warriors with them. The entirety of the world was ash, a global fire destroying anything that was alive, leaving a barren desert behind. Four races surviving the disaster. Exodus, Earthica, Primfira, and Luthra. The handful of people that survived in each race would go on to continue their bloodlines, doing whatever they could to survive the Dark Years after the world had fallen to ash.

Years would pass before real reconstruction would begin. The races did what they could to stay alive, raising warriors to keep them safe, birthing children to become farmers, medics, teachers, and anything that was deemed a necessity to thrive.

The once technologically advanced world has fallen so far back it resembles that of 297 AC. As years progress, kingdoms are built. The world stays rather barren, a few dense forests appearing here and there, water sources sparse.

The year is now 2070, the only surviving kingdoms have now established homes for their people. These kingdoms spread out on the only live section of the earth. Exodus, the wealthiest kingdom, managed to thrive the most due to good money tactics. Primfira, the second wealthiest kingdom, follows in Exodus's footsteps money wise. The last two kingdoms Earthica and Luthra are the poorest of them all. Having poor money management and aggressive behaviors that caused disruption and war within their own kingdoms. While they are calmer now, these two kingdoms are still fairly dangerous, the people blood thirsty and strong.

Whether you are from one of the lesser kingdoms, Primfira or Exodus, that is up to you. You will create your story starting now. Maybe you’re a prince or princess in a poorer kingdom, seeking power. Or even the same but in Exodus or Primfira, desperate to leave and become a warrior, become something new. A king, no longer loyal to his queen or a spy, slithering through the cracks, soaking in the rumors that dance along the kingdoms streets. You decide.

Word of a princess arising in Exodus blows across the kingdoms, now unfolds the chance for a young man or woman to marry into wealth and royalty. A festival being held in Exodus, inviting all from every kingdom to come. Warriors will battle, not for death but to entertain and attempt to impress the royals. Archers will show off their skills, poets, builders, and any other skill set will be put on display, a chance to win the spot beside the princess, or maybe find love among the other many royals attending from Primfira and Exodus. Mothers will force their daughters to attend, desperate to obtain wealth. Sons forced to train or pick up a skill to impress. But the more desperate seek out the whispers that claim the king and queen of Exodus have fallen loveless. Rumors of the queen sleeping with strange men and the king bedding ladies from all kingdoms.

While having a princess is not uncommon or taboo, Exodus has been known for not allowing outsiders to wed their offspring. They have made an exception, in an attempt to bring peace across the kingdoms.

Primfira, the sister kingdom, is enraged by the attention Exodus is drawing. They will however be expected to attend, but their intentions may not be so sincere.

If you attend the event you are not expected to wed, the festival is merely a chance for a better life, wealth, companion(s), or maybe the perfect place to cause disaster.

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Exodus Information

☤Exodus☤|1,456 Population|Very High Wealth

Attire: People in Exodus dress in extremely high class clothing. The clothing of the royals resembling that of what the royals in India would wear. The citizens dress in clothing like the royals but with much less color and intricate designs/jewels.

Race: Freyja is the race that makes up Exodus, the name taken from the first king and queen of Exodus and their bloodline. This race usually has bronzed skin, darker hair, and deep mahogany eyes. The males are usually tall, lean but not intensely muscular. The females can range from tall and slender to smaller and petite. Like Primfira, this race was impacted by the toxins that remained after the fire. The oddities that occur throughout this race consist of oddly colored eyes varying from blue to hazel, two different colored eyes, and broken irises. Some born with a mutation where their tongue doesn't form completely, leaving a split down the middle. This race is considered the serpent of all the kingdoms, the serpentine tongue mutation and broken irises as well as the whispers that claim Freyja's crave and adore the taste of human blood every now and then, less in the way of a vampire and more in the "Just because we can." fashion. Most tend to consume or bathe in blood due to the belief it increases youthfulness in the skin, acquiring the blood from fallen warriors, beheading's, or even from the innocent that were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Known For: Exodus and its people are known for their wealth, beauty, power, and strength in numbers. Their warriors are strong, but are not the best at combat. They are also known for their incredible ability to lie and slither their way out of situations.


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Kingdom Symbol:

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A winged staff entwined with two snakes.
Playing on how other kingdoms call them serpents.
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King: Spot Closed (@Silence Sounds)
Queen: Spot Closed (@JustAlexandra)
Princess: Spot Closed (@Aamaya)
Prince: Spot Open
Warrior: Spots Open (Multiple Spots)
Spy: Spots Open (Multiple Spots)
Miscellaneous: Always Open (@Raylah)

Earthica Information

⥉Earthica⥉|456 Population|Low Wealth

Attire: Earthica's attire consists of duller colors, the clothing is very basic and of mixed variety. There is no real set clothing standard for this kingdom.

Race: Levonian is the race that makes up most of Earthica. This race usually has very pale skin, red or brown hair, and green/blue eyes. The men of this race are bulky, tall, strong men. The woman strong and tall, but still hold a feminine appearance.

Known For: Earthica is known for its strength, the warriors here are some of the best. Most of the woman are also very skilled in archery. Earthica is also known for their incredible ability to garden and farm, using a liquid to feed their crops that they designed themselves.



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Kingdom Symbol:

⥉

Two meanings, a double archery arrow and
a pine tree atop the earth. Either representing
Earthica's green thumb or archery skills.
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King: Spot Closed (@Aamaya)
Queen: Spot Closed (@Silence Sounds)
Princess: Spot Closed (@KahleenCuthald)
Prince: Spot Open
Warrior: Spots Open (Multiple Spots)(@Jinxer)(@GingerBoi123)
Spy: Spots Open (Multiple Spots)
Miscellaneous: Always Open (You make up your characters occupation)(@sly13Captain of the Kingsguard.)

Primfira Information

Primfira|933 Population|Medium Wealth

Attire: Primfira is the closest in wealth to Exodus, meaning the attire is up to the same standards. Primfira however, dresses in a much different manner. The attire in this kingdom resembles that of the English royalties of the past. The citizens dress much simpler, the wealth mostly seen within the royals while the citizens have a lot less. While they have less money, the citizens still dress in neat clothes, often covered in beautiful designs.

Race: Andorian is the race that occupies most of Primfira. This race usually has blonde to a stunning white or platinum color hair, with snowy skin to match. Their eyes vary in a variety of colors from a burnt honey tone to greens, blues, brown, and even a color close to black. This race it the oddest looking of all of the races, having been the closest population to the fire that ended the world. The toxins within in the fire mutating genetics to get the unique Andorian look. The men of this race are very slender and tall, with little muscle but still lean. The females are also quite tall, the odd few much smaller due to a mutation in their genes.

Known For: Primfira is known for its incredible intelligence and ability to survive the worst circumstances. While it is cruel, they are known as the cockroach of the kingdoms due to their surviving the worst.



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Kingdom Symbol:

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A left or right arrow breaking
through a circle. This represents Primfira's ability
to break the odds and survive the worst.
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King: Spot Open
Queen: Spot Open
Princess: Spot Closed (@Lord Zee)
Prince: Spot Open
Warrior: Spots Open (Multiple Spots) (@Fi)
Spy: Spots Open (Multiple Spots) @Raylah
Miscellaneous: Always Open

Luthra Information

⎋Luthra⎋|230 Population|Very Low Wealth

Luthra is the most diverse kingdom of them all, the race having no set skin, hair, or eye color. Their body types varying. The race calls themselves Thanatos, after the Greek god of death. This race is the most dangerous of them all. Their diversity and mixed skills making them powerful, but their lack of wealth and security drawing them back. This kingdom is where the banished tend to go. Killers and assassins seeking sanctuary here. Luthra has no king nor queen, just a man and woman who take the place of what they call Mother and Father.

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Kingdom Symbol:

⎋

A broken circle with a northwest arrow,
meaning escape.This represents Luthra seeing
their kingdom as an "escape" from
the shackles of the law.



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Mother: Spot Closed (@mercenarius)
Father: Spot Closed (@Lord Zee)
"Prince": Spot Closed (@mercenarius)
"Princess": Open Spots (Multiple Spots)
Miscellaneous:Always Open (@Aamaya) (@Sol GrimSellsword)

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Additional Information

You do NOT have to stick to the occupation/title you choose. Meaning as a princess, prince, spy, warrior, king or queen, etc. you can choose to abandon your kingdom and attempt to make something else of yourself. Someone cannot blatantly steal a position from you, this takes time and often combat, however you can choose to leave said title on your own. A queen may grow tired of her king, a king may grow tired of his queen. No longer in love and seeking affection and attention elsewhere. A princess may yearn for the life of a Luthra born, wishing she had the freedom and combative skills they did. This is all up to you, there’s ton of room for creativity. The world can shift and change to fit your story, while I have offered a picture and short description of what the world is now like after the fire, you can add in little areas that help your characters story, nothing to drastic or completely altering.

The Earth After The Fire

The world would consist of most desert as seen in the picture, the lighter portions of yellow being sandy dune like territory while the green is where all of the Kingdoms are located. The darker color surrounding the kingdom and spread sporadically across the world would be what they call Black Water. Water that can be sailed, although very dangerous, but is so toxic it has no other use. Most of the old world's ruins are located in the desert-like area's completely submerged in sand. These sandy area's are lethal, sandstorms containing glass like shards ripping through continuously. The surviving land where the Kingdom's call home contains dense forest surrounding the entire perimeter, beyond that, forest collides with desert and Black Water. In the surviving land you'll find animals thrive, a shared lake with clean water, all of this somehow missing the worst of the world's fires, able to grow back healthy.

Character Sheet

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Race:
Kingdom:
Appearance:
Occupation:
Personality:
History:
Weapons:
Skills:
Scar(s): (If any)
Tattoo(s): (If any)
Additional Information:

(For an image, please use a human.)

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Exodus
Warrior(s)/Misc./Prince

Earthica
Prince

Primfira
King/Queen/Warrior(s)/Prince

Luthra
Princess

Welcome!

Hello! Welcome, I hope you are interested in joining this RP and find everything you were looking for. I was inspired by Game of Thrones as well as a game I used to play. Mashing many ideas together to create this plot. While I know this plot is quite common in shows, movies, and even RP's, I hope your individuality will make it something unique!

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• Respect one another. •
• Do not injure another players character without consent. •
• Do not power-play, all characters have weaknesses. •
• Post more than a sentence, a paragraph or two is the least I'll allow. •
• Be active, I would prefer you to post more than once a week if possible. •
• Be 18+ due to mature themes within the RP. •
• Multiple characters are welcomed! (Up to 4!) •


Feel free to shoot me a PM anytime or ask right here, I don't bite!

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OOC

[Fi]

Noa

Name: Noa Ghaun

Age: Twenty-three

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Pan

Race: Andorian

Kingdom: Primfira

Appearance: Tall, as to be expected of an Andorian Warrior, and leaning toward a porcelain color; Noa tends to keep her head held high, the one long braid she does keep trailing triumphantly behind. Toned with musculature crafted from persistent practice and an unwavering dedication to martial pursuits, her sleepy-eyes and generally 'distant cast' belie this nature; while the clothing she 'traditionally' wears shows off a fair amount of her 'hard work'.

A white hooded shawl, sleeves barely down to her elbows and the loose bottom lingering just above her navel, serves to cover her short and unkempt 'golden' hair. Often it is out of the way, revealing the strange ochre coloration of her iris. Aside from the shawl, she wears a similarly colored, long skirt -slit on the outside of both legs- is bound around her by ornately decorated metal rings (two more of which adorn her wrists); making it something more akin to a pair of pants. While Noa is prone to removing her shoes, if she has the chance before a fight, she can maneuver within the sturdy boots fairly well. They, too, share the pristine color of her shawl.

If one were to look closely at her face, they would see that the shape of her eyes is pronouncedly round; though the half-lidded expression on her countenance in nigh perpetuity makes them look like narrow crescents. Her chin is fairly strong, along with her jawline; but her cheeks look somewhat shallow...giving her an oddly 'elfin' look, when considering her slightly pointed ears. She bears no piercings or tattoos. Only scars, which she takes pride in.

Secondmost are the scars to her braid, the only part of her hair that seems to have been planned. Within it are several rings similar to those on her wrists and legs, albeit much smaller. Gladly will Noa tell someone what her braid means, and offer forward a name for each ring.

Occupation: Spearmistress (Warrior)

Personality: Without regard for the boundaries surrounding emotion, Noa has an impressive grasp on 'distance'. A sleepy-eyed, slow-spoken but often slyly-mocking woman who has a fair amount of confidence in her ability to fight. To be true, she knows little else; though she is quick to pick up the basics of many things presented to her.

Aside from this, Noa treats her duties very seriously and holds a love for the Primfira Kingdom. She rarely speaks of politics, preferring to make conversations more 'worthwhile'. Though that is often a nebulous and all-too-convenient definition. She is meddlesome, at times, and more often than not incredibly quarrelsome.

History: Being born into the Ghaun family is one of the largest boons Noa could have received; though she has said, in her arrogant youth, that it is clearly the other way around. On rare, somber, days she may even speak what she thinks to be the truth. Despite all the tension between the many brothers and sisters of her brood, all vying for the respect (and funding) of their 'Matri' and 'Patri', she was lucky to be among them.

Noa never involved herself in the convoluted plans of her more 'cunning' siblings, choosing to route their selfish desires one at a time; through ritualistic combat. She would slay none, as was her prerogative granted at the moment of becoming 'the One Victorious'. Still, it was little more than a diversion for her.

The scholarly friends of the Ghaun family had been instructed to guide Noa in her endeavors since she was a lass that could barely reach her 'Patri's' knee. So, for the years she was a 'runt' (along with several of her slightly older and slightly younger siblings), Noa spent with her nose in books; bitterness breeding as she came in bloom. It seems, too, that her body had taken issue with the countless hours spent studying the useless trifles of the 'intellectual's world'...and finally caught up to her. When she hit her growth-spurt, the orders of her tutors no longer mattered, Noa becoming indolent and scathing; casting aside pages and demanding to be taken before the Head Ghauns.

So it was. So she impressed them. Mostly by knocking out her eldest brother, who had attempted to bar her way, with a trio of punches that looked almost lazy. She wouldn't tell them, for several years, that she had been honing herself in corners and crannies without their consent; sneaking peaks of the martial masters who instructed those who would be Warriors of Primfira, carrying the name of Ghaun forward to honor the service their ancestors had given to the 'Crown and Land'.

Truly, it mattered little. Of her brood, Noa become one of the three brought under their 'Matri' and 'Patri's' wing; one of the three who were to learn their craft from perhaps two of the most deadly Warriors to have ever wed. From there, it was brutality; but brutality became Noa quite well, her 'lock' earned within a year and her first ring adorning it within two days thereafter. After, she simply demanded to be sent to the capital; finally claiming the funding she had never asked for.

Entering into the 'True Guard' (as Noa calls it), took time. Not that she had been counting years. The struggle shaped her with every hardship. Forced her to lose childish notions of glory and honor in bloodshed; though she never could quite cast the romanticism of it from her mind. Brought her current 'dreary' mood as she grew closer to defending what she could not help but love deeply. Primfira, though this newfound affection did not dull her want for 'worthy' battles.

After a year in the nest of nobles, she would receive a gift. Threadcutter, her 'Matri's' old polearm; restored for Noa's inheritance. With it came the responsibility of her name. While it had always been something important, she did not realize that simply having Ghaun tacked on would mean something serious. Fights became more common, and since she had more to fight for Noa became more ferocious; but did not discard the understanding brought on by the tutelage of her youth.

Approaching the castle was difficult enough. Asking for a job, seemingly silly. Noa fancied herself one of the best. She had spent the time free of patrolling continuing to forge herself; testing this long-developed mettle in 'Blood Pits'. By now, she had gathered her scars. By now, she was calling herself a 'Spearmistress'. It seemed to impress some, and amuse others. Regardless, she found her place close to the heart of the country that had given her 'Ghaun' and things such as 'pride' and 'resilience'.

Still, what she asked for would be placed upon her; after a time. A Warrior of the 'Crown and Land'. Noa Ghaun would fight, if need be, on behalf of certain nobles or (so she hoped) the 'Golden Family' themselves, in duels pressed upon them by the stronger and (by her measure) more reasonably qualified.

Regardless, she would spill their blood; if the order was to do so. If they completed the contract by proving themselves despicable or adequately formidable.

Weapons: Threadcutter : A strange polearm fitted with a hooked blade on one end, and a piercing point on the opposite end. While it appears a more ceremonial weapon, ornate and well-kept; several heavy rings affixed to this weapon add a considerable amount of weight. (4 rings, 10 lbs apiece; able to be removed) Stands above Noa by nearly half a foot, putting it somewhere close to 'absolutely towering'.

Skills:

Spatial Reasoning : While many would see Noa as something of an arrogant lackadaisy, the truth is not so different. Of course, she would call herself 'a natural' when it comes to keeping track of the distance between herself and a given foe; as well as maintaining a clear mental image of her surroundings. She is rather hard to pin, or corner, and is particularly wary in close quarters.

Conditioning : She calls herself 'Spearmistress' and is recognized as a Warrior of Primfira. Such does not come without discipline; both mental and physical. Noa is in excellent physical condition and keeps herself focused on what appears to be the most important task at hand. It is this that allows her to utilize the extra weight added to Threadcutter

Threshold : Pain is temporary, some would say. Others would say there is little greater than the fury of being inflicted with pain. Noa would agree with both, on a calm night. In a fight, however, she is certainly a student of the latter. While aware of her wounds, she will attempt, with great vigor, to fight through them and land a killing blow; or escape, depending on the situation. Torture is less effective against her, but not useless.

Scar(s): Lower lip (below, trails to chin, very thin)
Right shoulder (front to back, jagged, very wide and pronounced)
Midriff (across; above navel, seems clinical, very straight and fairly thin)
Tattoo(s): None

Additional Information: Projectile weapons tend to make her uncomfortable, and she has a certain distaste for those who think that battle is so impersonal.

Completed!

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@Fi Excellent! Accepted.

[Fi]

@Aamaya Thank you.

I will likely be working her Appearance around and coming up with a History I think will work.

[essends]

@Fi Oh yes, I forgot. If you have any questions at all you can ask here or PM me. Take your time.

[Fi]

@Aamaya Updated Appearance. Hope it is alright.

[essends]

@Fi Perfect! (:

[Hey Im Jordan]

Dropping interest. I'll do a sheet tonight, probably. I'm gonna aim for the King of Primfira.

[Fabricant451]

Dropping interest. I'll do a sheet tonight, probably. I'm gonna aim for the King of Primfira.

@Universorum

What he said, only instead of tonight it's like...Wednesday and instead of King it's Queen.

But basically what he said.

[mercenarius]

Interested, working on a sheet now~

[essends]

@UniversorumAwesome ! Sounds good.

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@Fabricant451Haha, great!

[essends]

@mercenariusOkie dokie!

[mercenarius]

@Aamaya Quick question: do you want us to post our sheets here before posting in the OOC?
Just want to be clear before I do the wrong thing :P

[essends]

@mercenariusYou can go ahead and just post it it the other thread, I didn't have that thread up previously. Thank you for asking!

[essends]

Added more to a couple of the races appearances!

[essends]

Boop, need some more characters before we can begin.

[essends]

Added more information to the “Additional Information” hider!

[essends]

Come on down kings and queens! Pick a kingdom, anyyyy kingdom.

[essends]

Posted the 0th post in the IC, it's just a simple description of events before the festival. Just something to base your writing off of scenery wise! RP will begin once we gather a few more major characters! Also added in a picture of what the earth looks like after the fire.