Interest Check
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Welcome to the content of Athara. Let me take you on a quick tour of our Home.
Let us start in the north, a blasted realm of ice and snow, there is little that lives here, though to the western fringes of this icy mountain range the forest does encroach. the only things you are likely to find here is cold and death. To the east now, the civilized world of Athara, cities, villages and small farmsteads range here, drawing from the fertile land. This is only a small part of our world, less than 20% one could say, yet it holds the greatest population of humans. and almost all of them worship The goddess of cleansing light. Ah yes. her. we'll come on to that in a moment. Now. on to the real interest of our tour. The wood-sea This forest covers the western and southern parts of our world said to be planted in the first days by the old gods. they stretch over 2 kilometers in height and are often thicker than a house. and it is within this forest that the Dark Bastion lies.
Now, on to the goddess of cleansing light. she is a 'human only' goddess and even then only for those without magical powers. all others supposedly have to be 'purged' from this world. and those that have survived have retreated to the Dark Bastion. This structure fills the Wood-Sea. huge tunnels half sunk in to the ground hold massive market villages, miles wide, and hundreds of thousands long these tunnels connect massive towers of black stone. and within each one are enough houses to hold an entire city, spiraling upwards right towards the top.
Welcome to our continent of Athara.
So, This RP will have us playing the creatures in the Dark Bastion. You can play anything that isn't a 'holy' or 'rightious' creature, so warlocks are ok, as well as wizards but clerics and paladins aren't. Feel free to use any mythology, or just make one up. so long as it could be considered 'wrong' in the bounds set out above. However I am sorry to say there will be no rebellion against the oppressive religion or valiant last stand. This RP is about playing out the lost, forgotten, misbegotten and wronged creatures that are perceived as 'evil.'
Everyone will be in the same tower, The name of said tower is Blood Moon Tower. all the rooms are about the same size as a 3 bedroom flat.
Now, on to the Black Bastion itself. the top of the tower itself just about hits the clouds, the name of the tower comes from the massive lunar-capacitor at the top (its a huge set of mirrors that focus the magical energy of the moon in to a liquid). The Bastions themselves appear to be somewhat active, if not alive, For instance, while the care not for politics or fighting within the tower itself if any other tower or group of people were to lay siege to a tower it would lock itself down, rendering itself impregnable to all. These towers are intrinsically linked with the forest, if one was wanting to invade a tower they would need to cut down the entire forest, and well. that'd kill you, the forest protects itself. Within the towers Clans guilds often form, Guilds are of people with similar skills, so mages, assassins, ect. where as Clans are often just groups of people who work together. (these don't take much head in the story, you can just use them to enhance your writings). the tower itself does not have laws really, but there is a air of respect and lack of outright hostility. fights are fine, as challenging another to a duel, however, unless it was pre-agreed maiming and slaughter are not allowed, and those who break such rules often find themselves without the support of others within the tower, and unable to join guild or clan. Towers do not have a leader, just as the entire Black Bastion does not have a king. it is a 'free court' so to speak. That is not to say that some people try. its just that most people don't listen do them. Oh sure there's gangs and the ilk. but in such a power-dense area with more creatures who could blast you in to oblivion than you can shake a stick at they often don't get far.
CS;
Name;
Age (if applicable);
Race;
Race Explanation; (If required IE for anything non standard)
Personality;(how do they act)
History;(how did they get to the dark bastion, why do they act as they do)
Powers/skills; (This includes swordplay and other 'normal' abilities as well as casting spells)
Common Inventory; (if they were to go out and about what would they carry?)
Appearance; (description or image is fine, if its a discription, make it a paragraph or so)
__________
Welcome to the content of Athara. Let me take you on a quick tour of our Home.
Let us start in the north, a blasted realm of ice and snow, there is little that lives here, though to the western fringes of this icy mountain range the forest does encroach. the only things you are likely to find here is cold and death. To the east now, the civilized world of Athara, cities, villages and small farmsteads range here, drawing from the fertile land. This is only a small part of our world, less than 20% one could say, yet it holds the greatest population of humans. and almost all of them worship The goddess of cleansing light. Ah yes. her. we'll come on to that in a moment. Now. on to the real interest of our tour. The wood-sea This forest covers the western and southern parts of our world said to be planted in the first days by the old gods. they stretch over 2 kilometers in height and are often thicker than a house. and it is within this forest that the Dark Bastion lies.
Now, on to the goddess of cleansing light. she is a 'human only' goddess and even then only for those without magical powers. all others supposedly have to be 'purged' from this world. and those that have survived have retreated to the Dark Bastion. This structure fills the Wood-Sea. huge tunnels half sunk in to the ground hold massive market villages, miles wide, and hundreds of thousands long these tunnels connect massive towers of black stone. and within each one are enough houses to hold an entire city, spiraling upwards right towards the top.
Welcome to our continent of Athara.
So, This RP will have us playing the creatures in the Dark Bastion. You can play anything that isn't a 'holy' or 'rightious' creature, so warlocks are ok, as well as wizards but clerics and paladins aren't. Feel free to use any mythology, or just make one up. so long as it could be considered 'wrong' in the bounds set out above. However I am sorry to say there will be no rebellion against the oppressive religion or valiant last stand. This RP is about playing out the lost, forgotten, misbegotten and wronged creatures that are perceived as 'evil.'
Everyone will be in the same tower, The name of said tower is Blood Moon Tower. all the rooms are about the same size as a 3 bedroom flat.
Now, on to the Black Bastion itself. the top of the tower itself just about hits the clouds, the name of the tower comes from the massive lunar-capacitor at the top (its a huge set of mirrors that focus the magical energy of the moon in to a liquid). The Bastions themselves appear to be somewhat active, if not alive, For instance, while the care not for politics or fighting within the tower itself if any other tower or group of people were to lay siege to a tower it would lock itself down, rendering itself impregnable to all. These towers are intrinsically linked with the forest, if one was wanting to invade a tower they would need to cut down the entire forest, and well. that'd kill you, the forest protects itself. Within the towers Clans guilds often form, Guilds are of people with similar skills, so mages, assassins, ect. where as Clans are often just groups of people who work together. (these don't take much head in the story, you can just use them to enhance your writings). the tower itself does not have laws really, but there is a air of respect and lack of outright hostility. fights are fine, as challenging another to a duel, however, unless it was pre-agreed maiming and slaughter are not allowed, and those who break such rules often find themselves without the support of others within the tower, and unable to join guild or clan. Towers do not have a leader, just as the entire Black Bastion does not have a king. it is a 'free court' so to speak. That is not to say that some people try. its just that most people don't listen do them. Oh sure there's gangs and the ilk. but in such a power-dense area with more creatures who could blast you in to oblivion than you can shake a stick at they often don't get far.
CS;
Name;
Age (if applicable);
Race;
Race Explanation; (If required IE for anything non standard)
Personality;(how do they act)
History;(how did they get to the dark bastion, why do they act as they do)
Powers/skills; (This includes swordplay and other 'normal' abilities as well as casting spells)
Common Inventory; (if they were to go out and about what would they carry?)
Appearance; (description or image is fine, if its a discription, make it a paragraph or so)
sorry for small size. bloody net.