Preface: The following RP is based on a dream I had after watching too much KLK and writing too much for a poly-pantheistic story I've elsewhere. While it's a 'Highschool RP' which some people have distaste for, it's probably still good if you can enjoy the ham.
There is a lot of ham.
Tonnes of it.
Long life and good fortune befalls all citizens of the Kingdom of Unconquerable Sun, whose brightness burns away the impurities of a wretched world. The mighty rune embedded white marble walls of the Glorious Western White Wall are the finest bastion against the untamed Western Wilds, where monsters, demons, and beasts most heinous stride unchecked, at the behest of necromancer vampires and bewitched warlocks with dark pacts. Truly, they are fools for standing in the glorious way of triumph that are offered within the majestic borders of the eternally prosperous kingdom.
Beyond the Glorious Western White Wall, within the untamed Western Wilds are every manner of beast and monster. Creatures from the very depths of your inhumane fear, and loathe of utter suffering exist there, twisted and warped by the shadows of the Defiant Spire of Petulant Malice that mars the landscape around it, drawing in all that could be good so as to consume for its insatiable hunger for what is good and true, so that it may then vomit forth monstrosities, falsehoods, and the incarnations of evil.
Standing amidst an outcropping of the wall, jutting into the damned recesses of the Western Wilds, is the White Wall Reach Academy, surrounded on the east by the Glorious Western White Wall, and to other directions by the Reach’s Aegis Wall of Piercing Light, walls striding across the landscape as colossi with nary a blight that can withstand their true divine power. White Wall Reach Academy is a prestigious school for those who have put their stock in with the ever blazing day star to learn how to best serve the kingdom. Students there are trained in all the basic subjects, such as reading, writing, arithmetic, alchemy, exorcism, weapon mastery, hand to hand combat, soul weaving, demonology, gardening, and monster slaying.
Ruling over the school grounds are the eternally awe inspiring magnificence that is the White Wall Reach Academy Student Council, who are overseen by the Academic Standards Division of the Grand Arm of the High King; an organization so powerful that even the most foolhardy of rebellious ne’erdowell knows that they cannot act against them with impunity. The current members of the magniflorious ranks of the White Wall Reach Academy Student Council are each senior students of the Academy itself, and are expected to graduate to begin leading excursions against the very darkness that they have lived in the shadow of for their entire lives, under the one whom they have pledged undying loyalty to in the name of the Unconquerable Sun, the Day Star Without End. Their names are recorded now only upon official records of the utmost secrecy, as they now walk the academy by titles alone.
It is the goal of the Resplendent Empress to find suitable replacements for herself and the rest of the council as their graduation draws near and they cannot remain students forever. Students that have caught her eye will be tested mercilessly, weeding out the weak while the strong and cunning prevail, until she finds those truly worthy of the power behind the White Wall Reach Academy. Tests will pit students against students within the academy itself, and against the monsters beyond, amongst other mysterious trials and tribulations that put the students’ lives, limbs, friends, loved ones, families, and livelihoods on the line. If they cannot afford to risk everything, then they are simply not worthy.
Ordained by the gods most high, who have eternal understanding and power that require them to shield mortals of their utter brilliance lest they smite them for even the smallest of wickedness in their hearts, the divined shards are crystal mined from the deepest pits of sacred vault mines that reach unto the very underworld rivers that trace the landscape as the pathway of psychopomps and would be heroes. These shards have a touch of legend within them, as they glow with a pure hue depending on the power that created them to begin with, and the purity of the crystal. Brighter gems are more pure, and they come in majestic heliotrope, treasured gold, pulsing crimson, limitless azure, and the rarest colour of them all, purest incorruptible white.
Armours, weapons, tools, and even tattoos are made from shards of these crystals, each imbuing in the one they’re embedded special powers in accordance to its colour and the recipient. Masterwork smiths toil in fiery furnaces with the aid of legions of royal artisan alchemists to ensure that the depths of power extracted from them are to their fullest. Artefact is the official name for something made with such wondrous material, while those that linger on older still, made with iron from fallen stars and within holy forges, are true relics that know no equal.
The purposeful heliotrope gems are normally built into tools, vehicles, or structures, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Smiths or Sages. They unravel plots and illusions that dare impede their vision, and construct monolithic fortifications and other paraphernalia. They are great thinkers, planners, and builders, and usually the ones behind the creation of artefacts. These gems feed on the body’s Black Bile.
The pounding crimson gems are normally built into clothing or into the body itself, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Romantics or Reprobates. They beguile or bewitch those around them, tricking them into acting as they shan't, or convincing them to turncoat wholeheartedly to their cause. They are powerful manipulators, charismatic, and beautiful. These gems feed on the body’s Blood.
The luxurious golden gems are normally built into armours or weapons, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Soldiers or Sovereigns. Their physical strength, endurance, and agility are amplified, their strikes mortally wounding, and their voice carries the heavy weight of authority calling those around them to obey their whims as soldiers and lieutenants would. They are perhaps the most dangerous foes in open combat. These gems feed on the body’s Yellow Bile.
The serene azure gems are normally built into weapons, tools, or into the body itself, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Healers or Hunters. They speak with the stone, the plants, the animals, and they shape and move them as well. Flesh and bark are mended or burst at their fingertips, and the wilds are their home. They are usually very wily, and immensely important in imbuing living flesh with gems. These gems feed on the body’s Phlegm.
The unassailably pure white gems are only ever put into the body, where they draw upon the reserves of magic and the very soul of their host and grant unique boons to them. These gems will feed on all the humours of the body if necessary to supplement its consumption of other aspects of the person.
Students are chosen as prospective replacements based on one of the following criterions:
-Aptitude: You have astounding test scores, have shown that you are a good learner already, and have mastered some skills at the academy. Perhaps you are a club leader, head of your home-room class, or just make the good marks. Either way, your demonstrated skills have gotten the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Connections: While you are not a poor student, your family or your own deeds have scored you lucrative financial, military, political, or religious connections. Yet, instead of being swept up in them, you maintain the web of persons as one would a garden. Such skill and grace has earned you the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Destiny: Auguries have lit up at your touch as portents in the sky allude to a greatness in your future. You have not yet achieved this greatness, and there is always the chance that the omens have been misread, but no prophecy of greatness should be entirely ignored. This is why you have the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Heroics: Valour is your name for you have strode into the thick of battle as a martyr, sacrificing your flesh and blood to save the lives of your comrades, and the innocent. You have a history of great deeds during excursions that trail behind you. For these magnificent deeds, you have gained the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Inheritance: A great treasure has befallen you, a work that is above your station and gives you powers that should be beyond your control. However, you have tamed your possessions instead of letting them rule over you. Not everyone who is given glory fares well, and those that do have gained the attention of the Resplendent Empress.
-Legacy: Your bloodline is rich with noble ancestors and patrons of great prowess and glory. Your family is a lineage of publicly known skill, that has time and again risen to grab victory from defeat in whatever they are confounded with. While you have not yet risen, this prospect has warranted the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Potential: Unlike those who have already excelled within the fair academy, you have been more relaxed. When time has called for you to move, like a lumbering giant you shift and destroy challenges in your way. While your attitude has been less than stellar, what you could be has itself gained the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Survival: You were not as many in the White Wall Reach Academy, born within the safe confines of the Kingdom of Unconquerable Sun, and yet you still survived and made your way, despite the corruptions of the wilds, to civilizations. Worse for wear, perhaps, but your tenacity has indeed drawn the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
There is a lot of ham.
Tonnes of it.
Long life and good fortune befalls all citizens of the Kingdom of Unconquerable Sun, whose brightness burns away the impurities of a wretched world. The mighty rune embedded white marble walls of the Glorious Western White Wall are the finest bastion against the untamed Western Wilds, where monsters, demons, and beasts most heinous stride unchecked, at the behest of necromancer vampires and bewitched warlocks with dark pacts. Truly, they are fools for standing in the glorious way of triumph that are offered within the majestic borders of the eternally prosperous kingdom.
Beyond the Glorious Western White Wall, within the untamed Western Wilds are every manner of beast and monster. Creatures from the very depths of your inhumane fear, and loathe of utter suffering exist there, twisted and warped by the shadows of the Defiant Spire of Petulant Malice that mars the landscape around it, drawing in all that could be good so as to consume for its insatiable hunger for what is good and true, so that it may then vomit forth monstrosities, falsehoods, and the incarnations of evil.
Standing amidst an outcropping of the wall, jutting into the damned recesses of the Western Wilds, is the White Wall Reach Academy, surrounded on the east by the Glorious Western White Wall, and to other directions by the Reach’s Aegis Wall of Piercing Light, walls striding across the landscape as colossi with nary a blight that can withstand their true divine power. White Wall Reach Academy is a prestigious school for those who have put their stock in with the ever blazing day star to learn how to best serve the kingdom. Students there are trained in all the basic subjects, such as reading, writing, arithmetic, alchemy, exorcism, weapon mastery, hand to hand combat, soul weaving, demonology, gardening, and monster slaying.
Ruling over the school grounds are the eternally awe inspiring magnificence that is the White Wall Reach Academy Student Council, who are overseen by the Academic Standards Division of the Grand Arm of the High King; an organization so powerful that even the most foolhardy of rebellious ne’erdowell knows that they cannot act against them with impunity. The current members of the magniflorious ranks of the White Wall Reach Academy Student Council are each senior students of the Academy itself, and are expected to graduate to begin leading excursions against the very darkness that they have lived in the shadow of for their entire lives, under the one whom they have pledged undying loyalty to in the name of the Unconquerable Sun, the Day Star Without End. Their names are recorded now only upon official records of the utmost secrecy, as they now walk the academy by titles alone.
It is the goal of the Resplendent Empress to find suitable replacements for herself and the rest of the council as their graduation draws near and they cannot remain students forever. Students that have caught her eye will be tested mercilessly, weeding out the weak while the strong and cunning prevail, until she finds those truly worthy of the power behind the White Wall Reach Academy. Tests will pit students against students within the academy itself, and against the monsters beyond, amongst other mysterious trials and tribulations that put the students’ lives, limbs, friends, loved ones, families, and livelihoods on the line. If they cannot afford to risk everything, then they are simply not worthy.
Ordained by the gods most high, who have eternal understanding and power that require them to shield mortals of their utter brilliance lest they smite them for even the smallest of wickedness in their hearts, the divined shards are crystal mined from the deepest pits of sacred vault mines that reach unto the very underworld rivers that trace the landscape as the pathway of psychopomps and would be heroes. These shards have a touch of legend within them, as they glow with a pure hue depending on the power that created them to begin with, and the purity of the crystal. Brighter gems are more pure, and they come in majestic heliotrope, treasured gold, pulsing crimson, limitless azure, and the rarest colour of them all, purest incorruptible white.
Armours, weapons, tools, and even tattoos are made from shards of these crystals, each imbuing in the one they’re embedded special powers in accordance to its colour and the recipient. Masterwork smiths toil in fiery furnaces with the aid of legions of royal artisan alchemists to ensure that the depths of power extracted from them are to their fullest. Artefact is the official name for something made with such wondrous material, while those that linger on older still, made with iron from fallen stars and within holy forges, are true relics that know no equal.
The purposeful heliotrope gems are normally built into tools, vehicles, or structures, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Smiths or Sages. They unravel plots and illusions that dare impede their vision, and construct monolithic fortifications and other paraphernalia. They are great thinkers, planners, and builders, and usually the ones behind the creation of artefacts. These gems feed on the body’s Black Bile.
The pounding crimson gems are normally built into clothing or into the body itself, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Romantics or Reprobates. They beguile or bewitch those around them, tricking them into acting as they shan't, or convincing them to turncoat wholeheartedly to their cause. They are powerful manipulators, charismatic, and beautiful. These gems feed on the body’s Blood.
The luxurious golden gems are normally built into armours or weapons, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Soldiers or Sovereigns. Their physical strength, endurance, and agility are amplified, their strikes mortally wounding, and their voice carries the heavy weight of authority calling those around them to obey their whims as soldiers and lieutenants would. They are perhaps the most dangerous foes in open combat. These gems feed on the body’s Yellow Bile.
The serene azure gems are normally built into weapons, tools, or into the body itself, and those who utilize them tend to be seen as Healers or Hunters. They speak with the stone, the plants, the animals, and they shape and move them as well. Flesh and bark are mended or burst at their fingertips, and the wilds are their home. They are usually very wily, and immensely important in imbuing living flesh with gems. These gems feed on the body’s Phlegm.
The unassailably pure white gems are only ever put into the body, where they draw upon the reserves of magic and the very soul of their host and grant unique boons to them. These gems will feed on all the humours of the body if necessary to supplement its consumption of other aspects of the person.
Students are chosen as prospective replacements based on one of the following criterions:
-Aptitude: You have astounding test scores, have shown that you are a good learner already, and have mastered some skills at the academy. Perhaps you are a club leader, head of your home-room class, or just make the good marks. Either way, your demonstrated skills have gotten the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Connections: While you are not a poor student, your family or your own deeds have scored you lucrative financial, military, political, or religious connections. Yet, instead of being swept up in them, you maintain the web of persons as one would a garden. Such skill and grace has earned you the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Destiny: Auguries have lit up at your touch as portents in the sky allude to a greatness in your future. You have not yet achieved this greatness, and there is always the chance that the omens have been misread, but no prophecy of greatness should be entirely ignored. This is why you have the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Heroics: Valour is your name for you have strode into the thick of battle as a martyr, sacrificing your flesh and blood to save the lives of your comrades, and the innocent. You have a history of great deeds during excursions that trail behind you. For these magnificent deeds, you have gained the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Inheritance: A great treasure has befallen you, a work that is above your station and gives you powers that should be beyond your control. However, you have tamed your possessions instead of letting them rule over you. Not everyone who is given glory fares well, and those that do have gained the attention of the Resplendent Empress.
-Legacy: Your bloodline is rich with noble ancestors and patrons of great prowess and glory. Your family is a lineage of publicly known skill, that has time and again risen to grab victory from defeat in whatever they are confounded with. While you have not yet risen, this prospect has warranted the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Potential: Unlike those who have already excelled within the fair academy, you have been more relaxed. When time has called for you to move, like a lumbering giant you shift and destroy challenges in your way. While your attitude has been less than stellar, what you could be has itself gained the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
-Survival: You were not as many in the White Wall Reach Academy, born within the safe confines of the Kingdom of Unconquerable Sun, and yet you still survived and made your way, despite the corruptions of the wilds, to civilizations. Worse for wear, perhaps, but your tenacity has indeed drawn the attentions of the Resplendent Empress.
