[OOC] ~RUNE~ Adventure and profit in a land ruled by magic and industry!

[Mateotis]

Freeshooter92 said
Alright, cool. We just need a few more dudes.

How many exactly?

[The Irish Tree]

Someone call for a tree?

[Freeshooter92]

Mateotis said
How many exactly?

Enough dudes for a dudepocalypse.
In all seriousness, five or six guys should be enough.

The Irish Tree said
Someone call for a tree?

GET IN HERE.

[The Irish Tree]

Freeshooter92 said
GET IN HERE.

NAY SAYS I!

Nah, but seriously doe, I'll try and get a CS up by tomorrow. Feel like shit today.

[The Irish Tree]

Freeshooter92 said
Gurblinz, Koboldz, and Gnomz.

[Rune_Alchemist]

Alright, I know I said I'd have a CS up, but damn I'm tired.

I'll try to have one up tomorrow sometime, I promise.

[Freeshooter92]

Azathoth said
InterestedEdi: Btw, pretty sure Umbra is an Aristocracy.

Oligarchy, rule by the elite few. The thing is, the other family can just decide they don't like you and murder you in public, siezing power.

[Rtron]

I have arrived! And completely forgot my original character!

Oh well.

SIREN IT IS!

[Rtron]

Username: Rtron The Magnificent

Name: Dirae (Die-ray)

Race: Siren

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Homeland: UMBRA

Appearance:

Her eyes are odd. The pupils are a golden yellow, while the Sclera are pitch black, with white dots scattered around them, like stars in the night sky. She wears her lovely little mask(altered so that she can sing and be heard clearly, but her breath can't be seen) to hide the fact that whenever she breathes, gold and black gasses alternate in coloring her breath. Her hair color is purple. She's wearing a vest covered with pockets for tidbits and useful items she's found. All of her clothing has pockets sewn into it as well.

Size: 5ft 3in

Elemental Affinity: Dark

Bio: Dirae was born in UMBRA, under unusual circumstances. Her mother was a Siren with Dark affinity, visiting the lands of Light. She was just curious to see what other lands were like, compared to the darkly beautiful lands of UMBRA. She was in a bar when she met the God of Light, Adon. Or at least, the form he chose to take that day. Dirae's questioning of her mother gave her vague details at best, and dear old dad certainly wasn't around to tell her what happened, so she had to accept her mother's short and to the point explanation. Several ounces of potent liquour had been consumed by the both of them, they talked and liked each other like they assuredly wouldn't have if they had both been sober, one thing led to another, and when she woke up the next morning, a God was fading away in the light, leaving the words 'this never happened'. And so she behaved like in never happened, continuing to wander RUNE. That is, until it became clear she was pregnant.

Luckily for Dirae, and her mother, she had been visiting home when it became apparent. So there was no long traveling ot get home before the baby was delivered. Unfortunately, the Goddes of Dark, Auna, noticed that one of her followers had been impregnated by the God of Light. His essence was in her child. She took slight offense to this, and decided to counteract his involvement, but putting her some of her own essence into the child. The result?

Pain. Excruciating, agonizing, pain whenever the two godly essences inside of Dirae decide they can't get along and play nice. It's happened less and less as she's grown, but its still happens far to often for Dirae's taste. Like whenever she does something that one or the other thinks is overly selfish or selfless, or whenever she tries to stay out of stranger's problems or gets involved in their problems. Or a host of other personality conflicts.

Her father's followers mostly view her as something to be protected and preserved. Which means, they want to lock her up and never let her see the light of day in the name of protection. Those few that don't want to protect her want to kill her, viewing the dark 'taint' of Auna as something that has corrupted her and to free her from the 'pain' of having Auna's touch, they must kill her. Auna's followers at least are constant. They want her dead. The mass public however, couldn't care less about her. But, when they inevitably notice her breath, word would eventually reach her father's worshippers, or Auna's worshippers, and she'd have to leave before she was either imprisoned or killed. Or both.

At the age of fifteen, she left home to explore UMBRA and the world. For the most part, it's been relatively prejudicial, maniacal, religous, murderous, zealot free. Except for when her mask comes off and she breathes out and they ask questions she has long since stopped giving believable lies for. Adventure awaits! And with adventure, perhaps anonymity.

Personality: Dirae prefers her machine and magical creations to people. They're less likely to try and kill you for something you couldn't help being, or try and lock you up for your 'safety' because of your divine blood, or expect you to do divine acts by calling upon your godly parent. Her personality can...differ. Some days(or even hours) she might be as Selfish and Driven as her Dark affintiy demands. Others, she'll go with what the Light essence in her says, and be selfless and humble. There is one constant, however. She's protective. If you've earned her trust and friendship(and sometimes if you haven't), the two essences in her will actually be nice and work together to help her protect you from any harm. She also has split personality to the extreme. Someitmes, when the pain of two essences battling insid of her becomes to much, her normal mind will recede from the rest of her, to recuperate and watch. Whichever Essence is winning will take over for a time, and she will act exactly according to that essence's desires.

Skills: Singing, especially without using her magic. Since her magic depends on her voice, she really is a wonderful singer. If you can notice that when she's trying to kill you, anyways. Creation, both magical and technological. Give her the proper materials, and she can make something useful with her hands, or at least repair and/or improve an item. Magical wise, she's adept at using her voice to create things(illusions, elemental attacks, golems, etc.) for both defense and offensive purposes.

Equipment: A revolver, and a toolbelt(filled with tools, naturally).

Other: Has she mentioned the voices in her head? The two essences inside of her have developed personalities and voices of their own. They argue almost constantly, but she's managed to develop the skill of ignoring them to such a fine degree that she only notices an annoying buzz in the back of her mind.

She also has a, tiny, pet mechanical dragon. It's technically magical, but she created it with technology and gave it gimmicks and things to help her on repairs and building. The magic is only a source of power, to give it personality and life. It's roughly the size of a billards ball(when it's curled up into a ball in the crook of Dirae's shoulder), and is 6 inches from nose to tail tip.

[Freeshooter92]

Rtron said
I have arrived! And completely forgot my original character!Oh well.SIREN IT IS!

Considering your character was a dwarf I think, you have successfully made exactly the opposite. Well done!

Rtron said
Name: Dirae (Die-ray)

Alright, first some neat little facts about Sirens that don't have anything to do with your character, but are cool nonetheless.

1. The Siren capital city exists in an alternate dimension, to access it one must simply visit one of the six Siren villages (one on every continent) and be allowed entry.
2. Sirens from the capital tend to be susceptible to diseases and toxins, as they live in an environment free of those things. It's a great excuse if anyone asks about the mask.
3. Sirens are not any less susceptible to sonic attack, but it is a common myth that sound-based things have little effect on them.
4. Ah, I forgot to mention ages in various racial profiles. Sirens age similarly to how Lyn does (Up to twenties, then stops). They live to be around 400 years on average before they succumb to age.

Next, a point or two on gods:

1. Gods can't get drunk. Adon was just being a cock. he does that.
2. Those with divine blood are no more powerful than those without. While you can get oddities, this isn't Greece, having god as your dad does not make you Hercules. Luckliy, she isn't significantly stronger than others, well done.
3. As Greece however, gods do tend to get bored and start having babies with mortals for the lulz. Yes, they do it on purpose, no they have nothing better to do. In fact, gods don't have much direct influence. Feel special, Auna likely used all the power she had for a year just to make Dirae miserable.

And finally, the one problem I have:

There isn't much in the way of prejudice in RUNE I'm afraid. The only exception is NOVA and Demons/Devils. In fact, NOVA would be awfully hospitable since she is a daughter of their deity. Servants of Auna however? they wouldn't much care for her. Maybe a workaround for the mask is she doesn't want all the baggage that comes with being half-divine? I can't imagine she would very much like temples locking her up in the name of 'keeping her safe,' or for Auna's followers to find her. But the public at large wouldn't be inclined to give a shit.

Aside from that well done! That's a great way to write a divine character.

Also, is the dragon modeled after a particular dragon? The thing about dragons is only twenty four exist, and they may as well be demigods in terms of power. There's three in each continent, and I'll give descriptions later. Actually, there's twenty three. One turned itself undead, chopped it's arm off, and replaced it with an excavating drill.

[Lucius Cypher]

That would imply the ursurpers are of nobility. Those who get to lead is whom ever kills the previous holder; while nobility is most likely, but even a peasant and his family could become the new leader if he's smart enough to kill off all others who challenge him.

Plus, election is a bit of a stretch when the means to chose new leaders are basically controlled rebellions.

[Freeshooter92]

Lucius Cypher said
That would imply the ursurpers are of nobility. Those who get to lead is whom ever kills the previous holder; while nobility is most likely, but even a peasant and his family could become the new leader if he's smart enough to kill off all others who challenge him.Plus, election is a bit of a stretch when the means to chose new leaders are basically controlled rebellions.

Only in IGNIS. Yes, families are in control, yes I guess it would be an aristocracy. But calling it such would lead to aesthetic differences that I could not tolerate. i.e, that tends to remind people of the victorian era, of which there is nothing in RUNE influenced by such. UMBRA's aesthetic is more akin to an odd combination of Russia, with uniforms borrowed from nazi germany. it may be the case that the family rules, but generally only the most useful members ever get anything resembling power.

[Rtron]

Freeshooter92 said One turned itself undead, chopped it's arm off, and replaced it with an excavating drill.

First, I think I fixed everything.

Second, it's based off of the undead one. The Drill can be switched out with a variety of tools.

[Freeshooter92]

Rtron said
Second, it's based off of the undead one. The Drill can be switched out with a variety of tools.

I bet it's adorable. anyway, yeah, good job.

Also, Lucius, git to it. also, tree and alchemist.

[Freeshooter92]

Anyone with an accepted character (Rtron, Tobiax, Mateotis) please post character sheets here.

[Rtron]

You're right. It IS ADORABLE AND YOU WILL ALL LOVE IT.

[Freeshooter92]

Rtron said
You're right. It IS ADORABLE AND YOU WILL ALL LOVE IT.

LOVE IT DAMMIT! OR BE EXECUTED!