[OOC] Pursuit of Power

[essends]

@KahleenCuthaldHello! Thank you very much, I took inspiration from The 100 and GoT then put my own spin on it. (:

[Benzaiten]

@Aamaya I noticed. I love the world of The 100. The clans are fascinating and the grounders and their politics hold a lot of potential for great story-telling. :)

I like the world you created here. I am very curious about how this will turn out.

[essends]

@KahleenCuthaldI was honestly considering adding grounders in at one point but then I realized I’d just be making a RP completely about The 100 haha. (Might do this sooner or later though.)

I too am very excited to get this going. ^.^

[Benzaiten]

@Aamaya I certainly would like to check out the IC or OOC should you create one for a the 100 themed RP. :)

I read the character sheets for the Kind and Queen of Earthica and I am somewhat tempted to play the Princess. But I haven't decided yet.

[Jinxer]

@KahleenCuthald

Long time no see! I do so hope you join us - I very much enjoyed reading your posts way back when!

[essends]

@KahleenCuthaldFor sure! I’ll be sure to find you if I do!

If you decide to play her that’s awesome, the spot should stay open for a bit so no rush.

[mercenarius]

@Aamaya for your consideration

Mother Dearest

Name: Angeline, Mother of Luthra
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Race: Thanatos
Kingdom: Luthra

Appearance

Personality: Angeline is not a kind woman. She is cold and calculating, willing to say and do just about anything to get what she wants. Rarely has she shown much emotion beyond disdain and anger. Even rarer has anyone seen her smile.

She is also distrustful of people, largely because of how she came to power and how she has been able to hold onto it. She understands that her position, while giving her access to luxuries that most in her kingdom don’t have, is a dangerous one. She is always prepared for the worst.

History: Born less than a year after the fire, Angeline was born among the first settlers of the lands that would become Luthra. Those settlers successfully built an anarchic haven, welcoming in outcasts, wanderers and criminals alike. However, as time went on, it became clear that because of scarce resources (among other issues) they could not survive as a “kingdom” without international recognition and diplomacy.

For this reason, it was decided that two of them, a man and a woman, would be chosen to “lead” Luthra. Angeline quickly became the top female choice: in addition to her proven skills, she quickly and efficiently eliminated anyone who stood in her way. At 17, three months before the birth of her first child, Angeline was named Luthra’s first Mother.

Since then, Angeline has worked to improve Luthra’s international reputation, with little success. What she has succeeded in doing is secure better lives for herself and her family - with very little change in the quality of life for her “subjects”, although from what she’s seen and heard, they’re absolutely fine with that. “I won’t fix what isn’t broken.”

She hopes that the upcoming festival will provide an opportunity to continue her work, and strengthen diplomatic ties with the other kingdoms.

Weapons: Angeline always carries with her a silver sickle; she holds it in hand at all times, only tying it to her belt when absolutely necessary. She also has a belt pouch filled with various poison vials, kept just as closely as her sickle.

Skills:
- Persuasion / Subterfuge: After spending more than twenty years leading a “leaderless” people, Angeline has become very good at getting what she wants, whether that be through skillful use of words… or otherwise.

- Toxicology: Angeline is very knowledgeable about various poisons and venoms, and their uses. She can identify many by sight and smell.

- Stealth-based combat: Although she isn’t the strongest fighter, Angeline is quick and quiet, and is most successful at taking down targets when they don’t know where she is… or if she’s even there.

Scar(s):

Additional Information: Angeline is obsessed with the idea of eternal youth. After hearing rumours that those in Exodus bathe in blood for this reason, she has taken up the practice herself. She gets the blood herself. Only the incredibly brave and stupid dare to ask where it comes from.

[essends]

@mercenariusYay! I love it, I'll add you to the mother position as well.

[mercenarius]

runnin dat criminal enterprise legitimate kingdom like nobody's business

[essends]

@mercenariusHahaha, you got it on lock!

[essends]

Hello everyone! We finally have a decent amount of characters that we can now begin IC posts! There are a few characters that are still going to be added in throughout the weekend/week but that is okay because the festival will continue to go on for a while. Guests coming and going as they please. If you would like to start typing up a beginning post go right ahead ! There doesn't need to be a specific order of who posts first, right now each kingdom will be more to themselves anyways until everyone gets to the festival. Cheers!

[Sol Grim]

Forgot to ask, are guns still around in the world? Maybe like black powdered rifles or dynamite?

[essends]

@Sol GrimProbably not any guns, too dangerous with kingdoms like Luthra. They’d like be prohibited as well if they were around. Most just bows and arrows, swords, clubs, throwable weapons, etc.

[essends]

@Sol GrimWe could figure something out, the weapons are still kind of a WIP. Maybe guns could be extremely hard to come by, more black market and highly looked down on so they have to be kept in secrecy.

[mercenarius]

@Aamaya if I could make a suggestion you could even implement guns as a strong cultural taboo, a "coward's weapon", so to speak. That way they could be a thing, but tightly restricted (especially in more lawless areas such as Luthra, the taboo would prevent people to defaulting so such weapons).
It's up to you tho

[essends]

@mercenariusYes! This is a great idea, thank you! @Sol Grim

[Sol Grim]

So I added another character to my characters tab, I hope that's okay. He fits more for what mercenarius and I discussed. I'll probably be saving the other one for way later if at all.

[essends]

@Sol GrimThat's perfectly fine!

[Jinxer]

I'll try and get a post up tonight, we have friends coming to stay with us for the weekend so the last minute tidy might take precedence though!

[essends]

@JinxerAs will I, take your time!