Dark Souls: Igniting the Flame

[Lone Wanderer]

Interested, I'll get a CS up soon.
Reserving Cleric.

[Hunter of Shadows]

Why CAN'T we have more then one class anyways

[Usurper King]

OP wants class variety, apparently...

[Nightraider]

Hunter of Shadows said
Yea I think I'm going to object to lore from Dark Souls 2 being in Dark Souls, as the two are spaced apart several hundreds years in terms of storyline

The Bell Keepers are supposedly based on the previous events in Dark Souls, in that they defend the Bells of Awakening in PvP style. But if you object, then alright, I'll drop it. I just wanted access to the Hidden Weapon spell and it seems that it is in the original anyway.

I find it odd though that you "object" to DSII lore here when the OP/GM opened the intro with a line from DSII. But maybe that's just a coincidence. Also, I'd like to know how you know that the "storylines" (what little there is unless one actually digs for it) of the 2 games (both of which I own and have played through) are spaced by hundreds of years since the game make no specific reference to the timeline and the games themselves make a point of telling you that the flow of time is completely distorted so that heroes appear

[Lionheart]

The spacing in time is speculated based on numerous item descriptions. The description of the Sunlight Parma or Sun Sword can be used as a good base for the speculation as both imply that the covenant and it's members are very old and nearly forgotten. As a matter of fact the Lightning Spear miracle itself references a large span of time, it's description reads: "A miracle that launches a spear of lightning. Said to be the legacy of an ancient clan whose leader was revered as the God of Sun. The name of the clan has been lost to time, but the gross incandescence of our magnificent father shall never wane.". Lost to time, kinda makes you wonder. Anyway I'm in agreement about excluding Dark Souls II lore/story, there's really no need to involve it.

[Hunter of Shadows]

Nightraider said
The Bell Keepers are supposedly based on the previous events in Dark Souls, in that they defend the Bells of Awakening in PvP style. But if you object, then alright, I'll drop it. I just wanted access to the Hidden Weapon spell and it seems that it is in the original anyway.I find it odd though that you "object" to DSII lore here when the OP/GM opened the intro with a line from DSII. But maybe that's just a coincidence. Also, I'd like to know how you know that the "storylines" (what little there is unless one actually digs for it) of the 2 games (both of which I own and have played through) are spaced by hundreds of years since the game make no specific reference to the timeline and the games themselves make a point of telling you that the flow of time is completely distorted so that heroes appear

I never said anything about objecting to spells

lol

Whether he opened it or not, he's stated he wants to do the lore of Dark Souls for our story, and DS2 takes thousands of years after the events of Dark Souls

as for your covenant, your explanation is satisfying and I see no reason to object to it now

[Lone Wanderer]

Name? My name?... A good question indeed...I must remember, can not forget...Some call me the Crestfallen, but I beseech thee, please, call me Claudius...Claudius Entreri...Before I forget...I must not, can not forget who I am...

Age? Ah, it's been so long now...Heh...Old, I must be...

Gender? Please, I'm a male...

Class? A Temple Knight...A Temple Knight from Thorlund, my charge is to protect the House of God and those within, this is my vigil and duty...Or was...

Did you belong to a Covenant? I did, but no longer...I turned hollow you see, and thus, I was stripped of my rank and abandoned by those I protected...

Your appearance? What did you look like before you turned Undead? I still bear the arms, and am clad in the armour of a true Temple Knight. Albeit old, it still protects me true. I dare not show my Undead face...Although before this, I guess I was considered handsome in my lands, with brown, swept back hair that fell to the back of my neck and a trimmed beard covering my face and pale skin, that and my armour is all I have from Thorlund...

Your Personality? This may be difficult for you to remember about yourself. Hmm, I guess I was not exactly what you would say social. I talk, but not much. My patience and perseverance and my faith in the gods has brought me thus far. This...this is all I can remember...

How did you turn Undead? Your last death was at the hands of what? Yes, I was slain...You see, the temple I was to protect was attacked...By brigands, no less. I remember, bodies building around me as I swung my Halberd and cast my miracles that brought war and death with them. There was too many, and I was slain. Simple as...I awoke, to find myself Hollow. I was cursed...And this was not allowed in the Way Of The White, so I was banished...To Lordran...

[Hunter of Shadows]

Name: Kaine

Age: Would have been in his thirties, now his age is irrelevant

Gender: Male

Class: Warrior, used to be a cleric

Covenant: Darkwraith

Appearance


Biography: Some time ago, perhaps a decade, I used to be a man of faith, of great faith who led his brethren in pious prayer to the gods, our benefactors so I believed, who had brought us heat, the flame, and allowed our countries to rise in prosperity, so long as we paid homage to the gods that was, in return they gave us many things, for those of us whose ability to believe was strongest, they could actually bring forth power from their uttered hymns.

These miracles only boosted the faith in others, surely they thought, that if they prayed mightier and believed, they would be given rewards, perhaps a position of power? Wealth? They were gods after all, there was no limit to what they could do.

For me, the day all of my faith shattered, was not the day the Curse of the Undead struck down humanity at large, then I thought that perhaps this ailment was a result of the darkness, the Abyss that was rising in different places throughout the land, Oolacile, New Londo, and other places less heard of, surely our gods would not be so cruel as to punish even unbeliever's with such a curse, if that was so then many people Kaine had known were devout and godly men and women.

All of those believes, crumbled and were ground beneath my feet, the day not when the curse struck, but when the Gods began abandoning us, how could they be so cruel? To leave us all behind? Then, doubts began to poison and eat away at my mind, wondering, pondering, from there I struck out to learn more about the nature of the world. After Gwyn disappeared, as did the rest of the gods except for his daughter Gwynavere, the Dark Moon was nowhere to be found, the Witch was consumed, Nito disappeared, it happened.

Maybe it was necessary to stop it, but I felt that they didn't try very hard to prevent it from happening, New Londo was drowned, hundreds, no thousands perished in the flood, all to contain the spread of the Abyss, maybe it was necessary, but somehow, the whole thing felt off, why would our benefactors? Our kindly and benevolent gods resort so quickly to such an extreme method of containment? Without even trying that hard to help evacuate the city first? No instead they condemned hundreds of innocent lives to death to stop a mere handful of those they called Darkwraiths.

That's when I went to the School of Vinheim, and began digging around in ancient lore, for the sorcerer's there weren't anywhere near as pious as clerics, more given to rational thought then trusting in a higher power, or at least...one that apparently had unpredictable motives like the Gods apparently did, their higher power was reason, logic, and magic, but it was magic brought forth from their own hands.

In between what I'd been taught in Thorolund and what lore I could find, I began to find many disturbing inconsistencies.

What was when the curse struck me down, I had been cursed before, but I hadn't been aware of the brand till I tripped and fell to an untimely, and embarrassing demise down a long flight of stairs, breaking my neck, when I woke up, I had found myself at a bonfire, by then however...the curse had already begun to strike down other sorcerer's, hollows beginning to move throughout the Dragon School of Vinheim, there had been deaths brought about by disease, however for some of those who 'perished', the end was not permanent.

Leaving that place, I made a fateful encounter with a Witch, not one of the Sister's of Chaos, but a rogue sorceress, named Beatrice, after talking to her and learning she was cursed as I was, she took me to a place she had found the Abyss was beginning to break through, using her powers, she aided me as we traversed the darkness, and we encountered a man dressed in fearsome armor, he resembled death himself, we had come to the Abyss, because something had called us.

We did battle, I was not a mere priest, I had been a cleric, one trained in the use of weaponry to wield in holy piety in the name of the Gods, but now my faith was gone, and was driven by a black rage, an anger long suppressed, after subduing the man, he spoke to us, wondering why I had not slain him, I answered that it was because I wanted answers.

From there, he told me many things, things that were unsettling, he was a Darkwraith, separated from his brethren, for the Abyss had many pathways and he had become lost on one of them, from there, he told me the other side of the story.

That the Gods, were responsible for the curse.

That day, who I had been, truly died, I left the small piece of the Abyss, which I suspected would not be there again should anyone find this place once more, I didn't know what to do, but unfortunately(or fortunately as my viewpoint later deemed it), I was not given a choice, I was later found by fellow priests and clerics, who forcefully bound me, and dragged me off, to an asylum they had said...

I tried to escape, many times, and each time they calmly inflicted 'mortal' wounds, knowing the further I slipped into becoming a hollow, the easier I would be to corral, for many hollows were not violent, they merely became almost comatose, laying about in their torment, I knew why. I could feel the weight of many past wounds, gone now physically but mentally...I could still feel the pain, pressing in on my sanity, combined with the hunger, for undead did not need to eat and other adversities, I suspect if I had not had...the burning rage in the core of my soul demanding to know the truth of the curse, I would have gone hollow.

So here I am, sitting in a cell in the asylum, waiting and hoping...

[Lone Wanderer]

Is this still going to happen?

[Hunter of Shadows]

I don't know, if it's a problem, I'll take over as GM

EDIT: Assuming everyone else is okay with that

[Usurper King]

I'm fine with this.

[Orotomo]

As am I.

[Hunter of Shadows]

Now i just have to figure out what he'd planned...or something

I may ask someone else to GM instead, not sure if I'm up for it, unless people are willing to brainstorm ideas, we can't follow the plot of dark souls 100% or we'll just get bored

[Usurper King]

Why don't we just set it either in the future (DSII) of Dark Souls (but still in Lordran) or in the past of Dark Souls- the rise of the abyss and the fall of Oolacile, maybe, or even before that. Hell, we could start from the time of the Everlasting Dragons, and see how that turns out. It could be pretty cool to RP as giants, but it might annoy those who put a lot of effort into their character sheets...

[Hunter of Shadows]

Interesting

I know nothing about DS2 lore, is my problem

[Hunter of Shadows]

[Usurper King]

I don't know anything of the DSII lore either- I'm waiting for the PC release...

[Hunter of Shadows]

Yea most of us are haha

[Nightraider]

Usurper King said
I don't know anything of the DSII lore either- I'm waiting for the PC release...

or the "real" version as many call it :P there are very few games I would buy twice (one for console, one for PC). DS and DSII are 2 of those games.

[Lionheart]

My knowledge of DS2 lore is minimal, I haven't started my studies yet. So playing in the era of the gods could be cool, and I'd be be up for it.