[OOC] The Scrolls of Gelbaron: The Forsaken Saga

[Mercinus3]

Setting

In the world of Gelbaron, 6 grand continents filled the landscape of the world. The entire world is slightly larger than the world that we would call home. One of the continents is about 1/3 of the size of Pangaea, being smaller than Asia. Each continent held the extremes of Earth’s harshest terrain, ranging from a place of extreme cold to mountains that would be able to block out the sun to the unbearable heat of an expansive desert.

The smallest continent, Eoqusse, has many ecosystems within it, ranging from the only fungus forest in the world to the small inland sea that takes up over 1/3 of the continent. Feraena Forest is one of the four forests in the entire world, with it being the only fungus forest in the world. Some of the vegetation in the forest can reach the height of the tallest trees in Garresch Rainforest in Gelbeterron. The next place of interest is the Plains of Irilkon. The vast thunder plains is nothing but stormy, the landscape being filled with metallic stalactites and rusted tors. Surprisingly, even though there is lightning streaks that goes on for miles, there is rarely any rain in the plains. At the heart of the plains is Levia, the capital of Eoqusse, being nicknamed Lightning City because it is where most of the lightning is directed to. In the heart of the inland sea is a mysterious island that is home to the landmark called the Ruined Mansion. No one knows where it came from, but no one has returned from their venture there because of a mysterious 'curse' that the house supposedly have.

The continent of Galacteo, the second smallest continent, holds the hazards of ice and freezing temperatures. Only the edges of Galacteo hold the urban lands, since the Icy Wastelands were very hostile, and remained uninhabitable since time began. Tales have been heard that the temperatures throughout the land goes below -100 F, leaving those that venture into the heart of the Icy Wastelands freezing in a matter of seconds. The only few that are able to withstand the temperatures of Galacteo are the People of the Ice. They alone are adapted to the harsh blizzards and are reputably called the 'True Humans'. The capital, which is set in the Icy Wastelands is Gelidaro, or the Blue Star of Galacteo to outsiders of the continent. Rumours have it that there is a mysterious creature that lives in the heart of the Icy Wasteland, which was the cause for the majestic Drægar to move away from the waters that split the two landmasses.

Taelvera is the fiery continent. It is home to the largest volcano in the world, one which is reputable for the many deaths that it possesses during the many descents of the fire pilgrims that mainly reside in the continent. Mortalio Mountain is the highest point in the world, reaching the same height of Mount Everest. The continent's name is derived from the massive caldera that takes up nearly the entire continent, the entire area marked out by the famous Infernus Halo. The only safe passage through the entire Halo, which is nothing but a massive ring of lava, is through the capital city, Flæris, on the east of the ring. Those that come from the port city of Liaut will either try and brave the perilous passage through the Halo, infested by the thousands of burning undead that take a hold on it, or travel several hundreds of miles around to get to the capital city. According to the book of mythos in the libraries of Flæris, there is a mysterious surprise at the heart of Mortalio Mountain that no one has yet to see.

The third largest continent, Aureanus, is the south pole of the world. It has a similar climate to Galacteo, but the temperature is warmer than its sister continent. It is always sunny, though the gentle winds that brush across the landscape makes the warm rays of the sun cold. With the sun constantly shining down, the landscape is constantly bright, making it hard for travelers to see what dangers would approach them. The creatures in Aureanus, notably the elusive White Halergeth (a large, white lizard that is a similar build to a Komodo Dragon), are several times more vicious than anything seen in Galacteo, making the trek more dangerous. The continent is has two ice shelfs, one nearly splitting the continent into two landmasses, are the main features of the continent. Glaciera is, though not as beautifully sculpted as the ice buildings in Gelidaro, a beautiful city to visit.

Out of the two largest continents, the landscape of Celbaron is expansive. The Celbarean Desert alone is the biggest area of nature in the entire world, taking up nearly 2/3 of the area of the continent itself. The desert itself is one of the hottest places on the entire world, second only to the caldera of Taelvera and the Infernus Halo. The unbearable rays of the sun and the lack of clouds are certain to leave people traveling the desert wanting to drink constantly. The nights, due to the lack of shelter, gets very cold, though not as cold as the two ice continents. Sandstorms are prevalent towards the heart of the desert and near one of the capitals of the continent, Salizærba. Amaroth Mountains has the second largest volcano in the world, the Volcano of Caern, and the Head of Celbaron is the smallest mountain range in the entire world. Malea is the city on the edge of the Land of the Malou, badlands that have heat extremes that makes the Celbarean look like a cold place. The only thing that stops the lands from being the hottest place is the clouds that frequently come from the mountains.

The final continent of Gelbeterron, its size overshadowing Celbaron by a fair margin, held the mountains, rolling plains and the massive forests. The Gateway to Gelbeterron is the largest mountain range in the world, over 5 times the size of the Head of Celbaron, though it is still smaller than the Celbarean Desert. Roads have been built for a thousand years so the Beacon of Hope and Galbeez are linked. However, during the times when the roads were made, several road builders made roads that led through the mountains, either leading to a longer road to either of the two cities, or to an inevitable death. All around Gelbeterron knows this about these mountains; if you are unprepared, and enter the Gateway, you will never reach the other side of it, leading to the hands of starvation or the hands of the hostile life forms that dwell inside. The other mountains that are in Gelbeterron are the amply named 'Werepyre' Mountains, where fiendish creatures of the night are able to rip a full grown man in their bare hands. Folia Forest and Jaeltreg Forest are forests that are home to deciduous and coniferous trees respectably. Garresch Rainforest is the only rainforest in the entire world, placed in between the Gateway and 'Werepyre' Mountains, where it continuously rains, save for the Beacon of Hope that is Terrubane. Silvæa is the other capital of Gelbeterron, which is at the heart of Jaeltreg Forest.

Gelbeterron, Celbaron and, to some extent, Galacteo and Aureanus is split up by the massive Aranth Ocean. The waters are more tropical than some of the other oceans, which makes the coastlines around it some attractive places for families to go and spend the day. Towards the heart of Aranth, Axehead Islands and Solitude Island is placed. Solitude Island is a place of absolute tranquility, no human ever marring the beauty that the island has, each tree placed in the ground to perfection. Axehead Islands, on the other hand, still has some beauty. The small group of islands are marred with the rumours of pirates inhabiting the islands being something that forces merchant ships to keep their eyes out onto the horizon. However, Axehead Islands and Solitude Island held beauty, both are haunted by the final group of islands, only known as the Unforgiven Islands. Once renowned for being the islands that was home to the famous blacksmith, Calelotte, and some of the finest craftsmanship that the world has seen. On the other hand, they were also the islands that led to his downfall. Once a lush green island, now only black ground and death reside on the island.

The second largest ocean in the world is Daergren Ocean, the ocean that links Galacteo, the north of Gelbeterron and the north of Taelvera. Due to the nature that the ocean being so close to the cold continent, the waters that makes up the ocean is icy cold, able to freeze someone to death within minutes of exposure. Not even the massive amounts of layers to keep a person's body warm is unable to keep that person alive. There is also the danger that there is various icebergs floating in the ocean that makes it too dangerous for sea faring folk to travel in, lest they want to crash into them. Each iceberg is unique in size and shape, decreasing the chance to meet an iceberg of the same size and shape in the ocean to zero. This is also the ocean that a few of the largest Drægars live, being able to survive the monster that lives in the deep. Rumours have it that this beast lives in the waters that run between the two landmasses that make up Galacteo.

The relationship between Kælgreth and Daergren Ocean is the same as the relationship between Galacteo and Aureanus. The only difference between the second largest ocean and the ocean that links Aureanus and the south of Celbaron and Eoqusse is that the temperature is halfway between Aranth Ocean and Daergren Ocean. The waters are crystal blue, able to see to the underwater mountains that are underneath the surface of the water. Rumours have it that there is an ancient city that resides in these mountains, but many explorers have found nothing when they tried various methods of looking at the bottom of those ridges. These include Far-Sight, a spell that is able to see places in far away. There is no visible means of actually going to the bottom of Kælgreth because of the vicious creatures that lurks in the deep, including those that can drain those that use Far-Sight.

Finally, the smallest of all the oceans and seas that links the continents together is Beloth Sea, commonly known as 'Aranth's little sister'. Linking Galacteo, Taelvera and Celbaron, the sea is in the similar temperature range to Kaelgreth Ocean, though it is more towards the warm temperatures of Aranth, since it is close to two of the hottest continents in the world. Despite being near Daergren and Aranth Ocean, there is no Drægars in Beloth. Instead, there is the Derapherons, or the 'three headed shark' as it is rumoured to look like. The creature is rarely seen by sailors and it is even rarer that there are any survivors from the ships that come across one. Various descriptions are used because the experience of meeting one is horrific to those that look upon it.

Map & Place Descriptions

Gelbaron Map

Place Descriptions are coming soon

Magic of Gelbaron

In all of this, Gelbaron has become a world where magic and technology has come hand-in-hand (the latter being not as developed as the former). Magic is an unnatural entity that have unknown origins. Some myths have said that they originated when the two supreme deities, known only as the Light and Dark Ancients, with every magic coming from either one of them. Others will say that each of the children of the Ancients had created their own specialized magic to personify them as a person. Whatever the true origins of it, it permeates throughout the world. While magic has been around for eons, it had only been within the past few millennia that there had been people who were able to utilize this power. At first, the few who had begun testing them had been killed due to unknown circumstances, but soon, they had managed to reign the newly found magic and had begun to craft their own spells.

As the first few decades have passed since people have begun to successfully use magic, they started to see that there are limits that even it cannot break (similar to special relativity on Earth). They started noting these limits down (and even noted down what happened to those who used too much magic) and called these note the Precendentas Arcana (Precedents of the Arcane) for future generations to abide to, lest they face a fate worse than death.

Precendentas Arcana

1. Everyone has the potential of using the arcane
Within every living being that exists, there is a reservoir for magic to exist. While no one has an idea on what this is called, it is not uncommon for it to be called spirit. It is this that allows for magic to happen. The size of the spirit in an individual varies, with the constitution of a person shortly after birth being a good indicator (someone who is healthy and resisting many diseases having a bigger spirit than those who were born sickly). While it is possible for people to build up the size of their spirit, one can only train up to their maximum potential (which is normally 150%, whereas at birth it is 100%). However, to become a magister, saying the ancient arcane language (whether on purpose or accidental) is more than enough to allow them to tap into their spirit and allows them to cast magic (though there's another factor as well tying into allowing those who can cast the magic, but that's another story).

2. Something can't be created out of nothing.
This is the first thing that had been noticed while creating the first ever precedent. Despite what this says, it means something completely different. A magister (Gelbaron's mages) cannot simply cast a spell at will. They need to visualize what is it that they want the magic to do (whether it is creating a mantle or casting a ball of magic at the enemy) and focus on that, citing the exact words of the spell in order for it to come into fruition. If one was to simply cast the spell without having a clear idea on what they want for the spell to do, then they will pay heavy consequences (see Precedenta 5 for the cost).

3. Life can be preserved, not created
Healing magic is in existence (especially from the light element) because of this precedent. Various wounds can be healed up until a certain point, depending on the caster (see Precedenta 6). However, no matter how strong the mortal caster is, one cannot create life from nothing or bring back those from the dead. Even though necromancy is believed to be the magic to bring back the dead, it's simply allowing magic to manipulate the inanimate object (as the object doesn't have life, this bypasses Precendenta 5). This is also true for creating golems. Only the Light Ancient is able to bypass this magical precedent (though this is only a rumour as no one has encountered the deity), though the most likely thing to bypass this is users of the good side of the origin magic, but there are few and far that can use it.

4. Spirit can be stored or transferred
This precedent was stumbled upon by pure accident when one magister had managed to place some of his own spirit into a simple looking gem. Throughout the world (especially in the mountain areas), there are certain gemstones that have the ability to successfully store the spirit without the energy from it dissipating from it. These gems are called mana stones, and many powerful magisters can wield these stones to perform powerful magics before using their own spirit (as the spirit is restored to the level of the caster, no matter if some of this spirit is used to fill these magical reservoirs). However, mana stones are normally rare, which is why it is uncommon for magisters to cast very powerful spells like they were nothing.

5. Every arcane action has a consequence
It is normally common knowledge that whenever magic is used, some of the spirit is used to perform it. However, the more magic is used within a period of time, the more of the spirit that is used to make it. There are various stages where the magister will know at what level their remaining spirit is. The first stage is, when 90% of their spirit remains, when they start to have minor headaches that would carry on until their spirit level goes above this threshold. The second stage, falling below 75%, they have been focusing on their magic for so long that they frequently start to have nosebleeds (the intensity of the nosebleed depending on how far below this threshold they are). Falling below 60%, they fall into the third stage, where they start to feel lethargic and start to feel weak in all of their limbs. The forth stage, when their spirit is below 45%, the senses begin to weaken (the severity of this stage noticed in further stages). Falling below 30% (which is usually the signal that the magister should stop using magic, but is often ignored because of the next stage), the fifth stage begins to kick in where the magister starts to become forgetful, more often than not falling under a stupor. The final, and fatal, threshold is reached when they fall below 25%. Unlike the other stages, this is the stage that, no matter if you use magic or not, a magister's essence is so weak that their very own spirit starts to leave their body. Once past this threshold, no one would be able to save the magister from losing their spirit complete and turn 'hollow'. A hollow being, simply known as Hollow, then begins to crave the taste of flesh, their only knowledge being that the possible area where the spirit is kept is in the brain. They are unable to think, unable to sleep and they will not stop, even at one brain, until the shell is destroyed by a powerful form of the thing that had made them what they are (only Void and Aura magic are capable of destroying Hollows, though they run the risk of turning their users into Hollows themselves).

6. Manipulation of the mind is forbidden
It is possible for the mind (and therefore spirit) to be tricked into thinking that something's there (therefore the existence of Illusion magic), but no one can successfully manipulate a living person's mind onto their own will. While there are many possible explanations for this, the simplest one being that the spirit of the victim will outright reject it. The end result for the caster will turn them into a hollow being outright. However, the only thing that seems to bypass this is the dark side of the origin magic, however, there are few and far of users of this form of magic.

7. A spell is only as powerful as its caster's intelligence
Pretty much what it says on the tin. This also ties in the initial constitution of a person at birth. Not only will a person with a strong constitution at birth will have a larger spirit, but they are able to add strength to the spell in question. However, this can be overcome quickly if a weaker person has a lot of knowledge, intuition and wisdom. 'Knowledge is Power' sums this up.

Types of Magic

Mana

Mana magic is the simplest form of magic that is in the world, therefore the most common. Once a person has spoken the ancient arcane language (it's usually the rite that is on the first page of every book of magic), they will gain their magic, though it will take years for them to reign in their newly found powers. Every simple spell imaginable, ranging from creating a light source to creating magical shields around the body (or a mantle), can be formed with this area of magic, though the effects of the other areas of magic add their specific specialities to them (e.g. a light source will freeze the air with ice magic). As this is the simplest form of magic that is in the world of Gelbaron, it does not use up a lot of spirit, meaning that a lot of spells can be cast by this (however, each spell will have a different cost). However, once a specialization magic school has been taken, that school will add some of their cost to the mana spells. The easiest way of telling when pure mana magic is used is the energy that is expelled shines in a very white light that has a blue tint to it (think of it as a xenon light that shines at 8000K).

Elemental

After mana, Elemental magic is a common magic to see. Unlike mana, it is the most diverse of the magic schools, since there are more than one element in it. When a person learns on what their inner element is, their mana changes from pure mana magic into that element, each accent of mana magic being amplified by the element. Each of the six continents represents one of the first six elements that are available. Despite there being six continents in Gelbaron, there are 8 elements that are in the world. These elements are Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ice, Electric, Light and Dark.

The most common element of this magic is Earth, which represents the tall mountains of the Gateway to Gelbeterron. Although mainly used for defence, since stone is one of the hardest materials to be summoned from the area around, it can be used as an offensive magic, ranging from summoning stalactites to hurl at your opponents to creating stone golems that are loyal to their creators. Some would say that it is the hardest element to control, since it takes up a lot of strength and willpower to just bring the earth to them. However, the Earth magisters say that the actual use of the magic itself, not the summoning of the magic, was the most draining of them all.

The next common element is Fire, which represents Mortalio Mountain and the Infernus Halo. Everyone in the world knows that this is the most offensive element that is in the Elemental, with the majority of the offensive mana attacks, like meteors and energy cones (where magic is sprayed in a triangle pattern from the user's hand, can be amplified tenfold with this magic's burning capabilities. Unlike the other magisters in the other Elemental groups, Fire magisters are able to cast many spells without them taxing their magic reserves. However, if one was to use one hand for a Fire Cone and one for Fireballs, then their reserves tire quickly, since the cone continues to take magic from the user's body.

The next element, Air, represents the expansive air that envelops the sands of the Celbarean Desert. Unlike Fire, Air magic is not as powerful in offensive magic and unlike Earth, it is not as powerful in defensive magic. Instead, it stands in the middle of the two elements, making it a balanced element. It has the defensive magic that Fire cannot have, like a shield of pure wind, and it has the offensive magic that Earth cannot beat, like focusing a slash of a blade to a sonic cut through the air. Some magisters of the other elements notice that Air magisters are faster than anything that walks on two feet, save for the elusive race of the Drævarians and a few elves.

Water is the final element that sums up the 'big four' of the Elemental magics, which is seen in the cold waters around Galacteo. This is the magic that mainly deals with support magic, ranging from blinding enemies with a downpour to purging water toxins from anyone's blood stream. Despite this, Water magic is unable to heal anyone's injuries, which Light can. People could tell if someone uses this element is that their personality is calm, which represents the calm waters that are Aranth Ocean. They are usually slow to anger, which is the complete opposite of Fire.

One of the uprising groups in the Elemental magics is Ice, the blinding landscape of Aureanus it represents. This is a blend of a few of Fire's offensive capabilities, like creating a wave of ice needles sent straight for the target, and Water's support abilities, using the cooling effects of. However, unlike the two, this also has the ability to either be defensive, like Earth, or have the ability to heal, like Light. That depends on the type of person that wants to train in the magic. Even if Galacteo represents Water, Ice users is not uncommon on the continent.

Electric magic is an unusual element, which represents the electrifying Plains of Irilkon. It has the offensive capabilities as Fire Magic, with sending bolts of lightning being an example of this, but it does not cause as much damaged on initial contact. However, as more time is spent on using a particular spell, the more damaged that the subject will be dealt. Also, as Electric magic is very quick to cast, it is often that multiple spells are cast in a short space of time, allowing for groups to be suppressed. Much like air, Electric magisters are also very quick on their feet, almost surpassing Air magisters in terms of running pace.

Out of all of the elements, Light is the least common magic of them all. While there is some forms of attacking magic that can be conjured, for example intensifying light into a form of cutting light, this is probably most well known for the use of this element to heal injuries. Often mistaken for one of the ancient magics, there are a fair amount of things that this magic could heal, despite there being scars in the place of the wounds. However, it cannot heal any fatal wounds or bring people back from the dead. It is rare for the opposite to happen, but Light magisters usually use the magic to do good, so they are often use the magic in churches or holy places.

Dark magic is some often mistake for necromancy and shadow magic. It is the most diverse of the magics as it can take the form of all of the elemental magics. However, all of the spells that it can do is considerably weaker than the other elementals in order for it to get the diversity that it has. More often than not the Dark magisters are confused with the other Elemental magisters due to its diversity, but there are some key differences between them, for example they cast flames that are near-pitch black compared with the varied warm colours of the flames that Fire magisters used. Another thing that gets them confused with necromancers and shadow users is that they are often depicted as people of evil.

Nature

Often called druidic magic, Nature magic does use what it's name represents. It allows the surrounding environment to control what the effects of the magic is. They sometimes used the magic to control all of the objects that are in the environment that is around the Nature magister. However, while this form of the magic is relatively powerful (using the environment around their opponent against them allows them to use most of the elemental magics, depending on the continent that they are on), the magic is often used to transform themselves into many creatures that there are on Gelbaron, size dependent. While they cannot transform themselves into large creatures like the Drægars or Belgarenith Nightshades, they can transform themselves into creatures that are on their continent and use these forms to their advantage. However, the creature's weaknesses are also applied as well, which is why Nature magisters are often killed during a magister duels.

Illusion

Illusion magisters, simply known as Illusionists, are able to cast spells onto their targets to deceive them about the area that they are in. The illusions that they can cast are then used to either change the situation that they are in around to their advantage or use it to escape from their target and live to fight another day. One of the ways that they can create illusions is to cast the magic into the target's eyes so that their eyes see these illusions. This form of illusion is only simple so that they can escape their opponent as only their sight is affected; all of the other senses remain unaffected by this. The other form, which is normally used by more adept Illusionists, is to cast the spells into their target's minds so that they think about the illusions. This form affects all of their senses. The most powerful of illusionists are able to allow the illusions to cause harm onto their target, though the injuries that are caused either by the Illusionist themselves or from self-harm. This certainly gives an Illusion master an advantage over other magic users because of their weakness to melee attacks. However, their only disadvantage in using Illusions is that they are visible to all magic users; their entire bodies glow faintly, allowing them to use their magical spirit to make the illusion happen.

Shadow

Shadow magic is the manipulation of the shadows themselves to do what the magister wants to do. While magic can't be formed out of nothing, as per Precedenta 2, shadows are very abundant in the world, so they can then be manipulated to do what the magister wants to do. The things that the shadows could be used for can vary between to use them to cast 'shadow bombs' and place the shadow to another place to forming shadowy 'hands' that can be used to attack or hinder their intended target. However, the one spell that is mostly associated with this magic is referred to as 'shadow-jumping'. As there are shadows available in the world, one can have the ability to move from one place to another with ease. Instead of just teleporting, Shadow magisters uses the shadows to enter an alternate reality that is only known as the Shadow Realm. It is through this realm that they can then teleport themselves to other areas. There is only one catch with them teleporting; they have to be within the visual range that they were in before the jump. One can also use this to rest in the Shadow Realm, as shadow-jumping uses a lot of spirit, before reaching another place. However, there are two things that magisters have to consider before they rest there. Tens of minutes that someone rests in the Shadow Realm, an hour would pass in Gelbaron, which would cause them to be younger than they appear (though there are various side-affects to a Shadow magister's health if they rest in the realm frequently, often allowing them to die at a young age). The other thing that they have to consider is that while they are resting for a long period of time, an unknown being called the Shadow Fiend will have a likely chance to find a resting Shadow magister and will reap them from its realm. Dead bodies have been found throughout the world with massive claw cuts onto their bodies, often without any reason.

Necromancy

Necromancy is the darkest arts that one can learn in public. It is so evil, no matter if a necromancer's intensions are good, that anyone that knows this magic is executed on the spot without any trial at all and is outlawed throughout the world bar Galbeez, where the necromancers have a near-complete control of the city. The mayor of the town cannot be blamed, since they know that necromancers are able to raise the dead to do what they want to do. Some also thing that they are able to summon an entire army of undead that would lay siege to any town, no matter what their forces are. However, since they are beings of true darkness, they are extremely vulnerable to light of any sort, leaving their skin complexion bone white. As the stereotypical necromancers in fairy tales, they dress in black. However, their articles of clothing are various on who they are, ranging from black leather tunics and black cotton pants to a black cloak that covers their entire body. Only the powerful necromancers that exist are able to summon liches and dracoliches for their needs. However, these beings are unable to be controlled because they, for unknown reasons (but it might have something to do with Precendenta 3), are able to convert themselves to the undead and still retain their consciousness.

Void

Void magic is the least known magic due to the lack of records. Some scholars will say that Void magic is the most primal form of Shadow magic and some even claim that Void magic the entity that had created all kinds of magic onto the world. Even though Void magic is one of the hardest magics to control, it is neither of those. It is, in fact, another form of magic that has spilled out from one of the place where it is abundant into Gelbaron, like an infestation. With the unpredictability on what Void magic could do, it is one of the most powerful magics that is used in the entire world, second only to the true origin of all of magic that is around. All of the offensive magic that the Fire and Electricity elements know are combined into one, allowing tremendous power at a small cost of the user's magical reserve, though the cost to use it is vastly greater than Electric. Also, similar to Electric in the Plains of Irilkron, if one was to fight in the Void itself, a plane that is between the world and the Land of Shadows, there is no cost to using the magic at all. However, with the tremendous power and ability to cast it without much penalties. Even for the most experienced magical users, there is a likely chance that the magic will overcome a magister's spirit and turns them into a Hollow. Also, if two Void users were to come into contact and cast Void magic against each other, the effects of the two magics will cause the entire space where the collision took place to open up a rift into the Void, which would suck them into the vastness of the Void, where nightmarish beings live. It is for this reason that there are so few Void users in Gelbaron.

Drægarian

Drægarian Magic does not have a lot of information that pertains to it, much like Void magic. While it is often seen throughout the world, especially Galacteo and Gelbeterron, no standard people are able to wield it but only the Drægarians, the lizard people of the Drægar, are able to use it without penalty (though they still abide to the Precedentas Arcana). The majority of the magic is purely defensive, especially since Drægars use the magic to survive the crushing depths of Daergren Ocean. One form of defensive magic is creating a mantle that is able to cover scores of metres to protect them and the beings that are around them. On a personal level, they are able to create a form of mantle that is invisible to all (including all magisters) that makes it seem that their scales have been toughened to the strength of diamonds. While it's defensive magic is well known, the one manipulative magic they do have is controlling an opponent's body. While it seems that Precedenta 6 is broken, the magic is actually a form of blood magic (which can be done with Water magic, but the cost is too much to consider using it), manipulating the liquid that way to do what they want. However, for this magic to be used, the blood of the thing that they want to control needs to be tasted (within their bestial nature) in order to get a sense of it. Apart from the origin of magic, all forms of magic, even Void magic, is unable to break through the defensive nature of this magic. While the form of magic is hard to detect through a magical sense, it is visibly seen when the Magical Eye of the Draegar, a mark of ancient origins, appears on their forehead.

Silvæan

Silvæan magic is another rare magic in Gelbaron. However, unlike Void and Drægarian, it is a more well known magic that there is as the Silvæan race and the scholars have been able to discuss the origin and the details of the magic. Much like Drægarian, only a few people are able to wield it, notably those that have the Silvan Gene. This gene is a specific trait that allows the Silvæans to have their most notable traits, specifically the silver hair and the silver irises. Silvæan is a great supportive magic as the main thing that it can control is the metals (a property that Earth magic cannot control). This means that they are able to allow metals of other weapons to be soft to allow them to be destroyed easily or allow metal-tipped arrows to be controlled so that the arrows will sail past the enemies. However, any of the precious metals or metals that contain magical properties that were obtained through the melding of steel and kræon ore (or by other magical materials as well) are impossible to manipulate as they absorb the magic. The signature spell that they have is its teleportation. In a puff of silver smoke, they are able to move anywhere in the world as long as they have an image of their own destination. The one thing it cannot do is heal injuries of any sort, still needing to rely on Light or the good side of the origin magic to do so. However, the only thing that allows them to cheat death is if they do the Eternal Light ritual, where only the origin of magic is the now-immortal Silvæan to be injured. However, the success of the ritual is very rare that only a handful of Silvæans have been able to become immortal.

Aura

The least known magic of them all, but it is the most powerful magic that exists in Gelbaron. From all of those that know it, all of them will know that Aura magic is the embodiment of magic itself and is the true 'origin' of magic. Much like the latter two of the Elemental magic, there is two types of Aura: Light Aura and Dark Aura, as well as Neutral Aura magic, following the same vein as Mana magic. All of them are able to, if used offensively, go through anything that it comes into contact with, as if it was made out of nothing. However, this magic uses tremendous amount of the energy that someone's body has that even one spell would turn them into Hollows. Not only that, but it will also drain the spirit that is in a wide area, causing areas of death in them. Also, even with knowledge that it could turn anyone into 'empty shells', there is another problem that even experienced Aura users have; if there is not enough Aura magic that is in use and it being so concentrated, it will turn into any form of magic depending on its surroundings. Some would say that it would need godly magical reserves or a vast amount of mana crystals on one's body to be able to bring the concentration up and able to use many spells. This is why that even for the few that know Aura, even fewer are able to use the magic.

Neutral Aura is the central and more common type of Aura that is seen. Much like all of the Aura magics, it takes on the same appearance as Mana magic. However, the key differences between them is that the strength of the spells are strengthened tenfold and the colour of the magic is different. For Light Aura, the colour is completely gone and appears as pure white, though some have said that it had a golden edge. For Dark Aura, the centre of the magic is the darkest of all blacks and is lined with a gradual change to the purple that is associated with Void magic. For Neutral Aura, the colour is typically a light grey that have a golden edge on the outside, probably notifying the balance between the two Auras. The colours of the Aura also allows for the difference of spells and shows what the Aura magister's history: Dark Aura if they have done far more bad things than good in their past, Light Aura if they have done far more good things than bad, while Neutral Aura covers the ground between the two, the colour attributes of either side to affect its appearance dramatically.

Light Aura has the ability to heal, much like Light magic, but it is able to cast many spells that the Elemental magic is unable to cast. Unlike Light Magic, Light Aura is able to bring back people from the dead without the caster to control that being's body and spirit, somehow bypassing Precedenta 3. However, to do so, they need to use the magic shortly after that person has died, that way the person's spirit is nearby to be returned to their rightful place. The only being that is different from this rule is the one that embodies the entire power of Light Aura and the Mistress of Justice, the Light Ancient. She is the only being in the entire world, wherever she is, that can bring back someone from the dead long after that person has drawn their last breath. Apart from that, all of the spells of Light Aura follows in the same vein as Neutral Aura.

Dark Aura embodies the full might and power of Aura's terrifying power. Nearly all of the attacks that this has is able to decimate something that it comes into contact with. The Dark Ancient, the most known user of this magic, is able to bring about the destruction of entire armies, even change the landscape with one attack. The only thing that this magic is able to, which Light Aura is unable to do, control objects both mentally and physically, which somehow bypasses Precedenta 6. It is able to control the dead bodies around the Dark Aura user, much like necromancy. However, if used correctly, a Dark Aura user is able to control the living as well, no matter what the will power that person has. In doing so, however, the magic user must place a part of his own 'magical spirit' into that person, so it can be controlled. If their 'puppet' was to be killed by any means, that part of their spirit vanishes into nothing and cannot be replaced.

Aura magic is rather unique, since that both Light and Dark Aura counter each other and Neutral can counter itself and the other two and turn into nothing. Light Aura against Light Aura will amplify the effects of the spells used, much the same happens with Dark Aura. Void magic, although it reacts with another essence of Void magic touches it, cannot create any other types of magic. However, Aura magic does create other areas of magic when they collide with each other, even though the result of both of them hitting each other is so violent that even rooted trees would be blown away by the end result. This can, essentially, allow for the spirit that had been taken by nature itself to be given back their spirit again, though nature has to begin at their natal stage. It is for that reason which Aura magic is known as the origin of all magic and, perhaps, everything in Gelbaron.

Technology of Gelbaron

Steam technology

One of the most common of the technology that is in the world (despite it being new and only seen with the richest of people or people who can invent things) is the idea of using coal to power inventions. Coal is inserted into a furnace, which is underneath a vat of water of varying sizes, depending on the size of the invention or the power needed to get them going. The steam that the vat produces goes through a series of pipes, each of them containing fans used to generate electricity to power the invention. The steam, once passing through the fans, gets cooled down by another pipe, containing cold water, cooling the inner piping and heating the coolant to boiling, which is then led out of the invention as steam. This system is common, with the majority of inventions having two vats of water; one for the inner circuit to drive the fans (where nothing leaves the system) and another one to act as a coolant (where the steam produced goes out of the system through an exhaust), with the latter being collectable through rainwater.

The least common of the technology, which was invented by Mark Castle, is through the use of mana crystals to create the electricity needed. He had figured out how to tap into the spirit that is in mana crystals and convert it to electricity. The energy from the crystal goes through a step-down transformer as the raw energy would destroy any component in the circuit. Much like the previous style of technology, a cooling vat of water is used to make sure the transformer doesn't melt because of the amount of energy that is produced from the crystals. Only Mark Castle has figured out how to keep the cooling system closed so that no steam comes out, thereby making his technology more efficient , especially when it comes to things that rely on aerodynamics. With or without the enclosed system, only Mark Castle and a few selected by him are allowed to produce this form of technology.

Regardless of whatever method is used, the technology produces steam, allowing for the coined 'steampunk' to be used, since the electrical energy produced would convert into mechanical energy in the terms of motors, which then move gears of varying sizes to allow motion in whatever they are wanting to do with the invention. It is with this that things like cars and, in rare occasions with Mark's version of the technology, airships to be created. There is also the possibility of creating battlesuits, allowing heavier armour onto the body for protection. This comes at the cost of using various precious metals (especially gold) in the circuitry to prevent the user to cast spells. The mode of transportation is usually by creature (whether Derreg Lizard in Celbaron or horses on other continents) as only the rich are able to afford to keep these inventions and run them at the same time.

Firearms

Another technology that has been invented around the time Mark discovered the use of mana crystals was the use of black powder to send a small projectile to cause harm, creating another ranged weapon. In order for them to be created, the 'barrels' are of varying length in order for them to increase the range or accuracy, depending on the use and whether the barrel is smooth bore or have a rifling effect (causing the bullet to spin), and are attached to a wodden block that acts as a stock. The firing mechanism causes the hammer to create a spark from a small pan on the side of the barrel, which then ignites the black powder that is inside the barrel (in other words, a flintlock pistol or musket). These weapons are usually cumbersome and take a long time to reload. These factors, plus the powder and 'bullets' are few and expensive allowing only a few individuals/armies in the world to wield them and use them effectively, with archery still dominant everywhere.

Technology will be updated

Gelbarean Races & Creatures

Maloux

They are the people of the badlands south of Celbaron, primarily living in Malea. Much like the buildings in their city, their entire body is cracked due to the dry heat, the fear of dehydration no longer concerning the small race. Although humanoid, they tend to look similar to goblins in shape and facial features, save for their eyes being replaced by to deep cracks that seem to be going on for eternity, being black as they will ever be. In contrast, their skin colour can range from the reds seen in Malea to the blackness that is several shades lighter than their gouge-like eyes. Their facial features, apart the eyes, vary amongst the race: hooked, long noses or straight, short noses and their lips almost disappearing into their own faces or pursed lips that makes them look nearly unnatural. All the Maloux have a similar trait: vile, mischievous and cruel. In the badlands, they are usually hunters that travel in troups of at least 4-5 individuals, all hunting together to ambush any moving thing to bring back to their city to either torture or eat, relying on their cannibalistic ways.

Drægarian

The origin of this half-humanoid, half-serpent race is unknown to all save for the few of the reptilian race. Much like their lizard counterparts, their skin is a similar colour as the Drægar, though they have been seen with black stripes on their back. Their heads are similar to the serpents, though their crests are at a standard length, not depending on how well they know Drægarian magic, as if it was their race's version of hair. They also have an ability to hide their eyes, which all of them are the same shade of blue as Daergren Ocean, behind a milky veil, changing the colour of their eyes to what seems to be a shade of red. However, in doing so, they will be left without sight to find anything that might pose a threat to them in their surroundings. To compensate for this, their crests detect the air move around them, being trained enough to block out speech of anything nearby, and use that as a sense of sight in their own minds. Below their waist, their serpentine bodies can stretch out to a minimum of 8ft. Similar to the Drægar, they are adept at using Drægarian magic, though it is not as potent as the serpentine creatures themselves.

Silvæan

Among all of the humanoid races, elves had been thought to be the most beautiful of them all. However, if one was to see a Silvæan, their opinion on the elves would change forever. The race seems to have an air of ethereal beauty amongst those living in Jaeltreg forest, their faces seem to make an elf's face seem to have flaws. Their distinct trait that is common to all of them is the addition of the Silvæan Gene, one which gives anything with it extra abilities. Amongst one of the rarer magics, the Silvæan Gene allows those to use Silvæan magic. Another thing that makes them stand out more is the absence of normal-coloured hair and eyes and are replaced with hair and irises of silver, which was the reason why they nicknamed 'the Race of Silver'. While those without the gene think it is a gift, those with it think of it as a curse. And it shows when in a battle of magic, Silvæans are usually the weakest in terms of resistance, with Mana magic causing massive damage to them. Also, they are considered to be a short-lived race, with the oldest recorded Silvæan being about 49 years old. However, with this curse, one high priest of the Silvæans had created a ritual, which the race call the Rite of Eternal Light, which there is a small chance that those who are about to fall to magic or to age would be able to gain immortality and all the needed resistances against all forms of magic save the origin of magic. One of these fabled beings that had ascended to immortality was a pure Silvæan called Menza Graeleth, the chosen warrior who was sent to defeat the Dark Ancient when he was about to take a hold of the world through yet another fabled artefact, whose name had slipped into the sands of time. No one has yet to see him and every humanoid that have heard of the battle believe that this is a myth.

Krimntaar

Probably the closest relative to the Maloux in Gelbaron. The Krimntaar have a similar appearance as their Celbarean cousin, except some distinct difference that makes them stand out from them. The first thing that is different about them is that the gouge for their eyes is much shallower and smaller and there is a sinister red orbs that glow out from their resting place. All Krimntaar have crooked, rough skinned noses and have protrusions, made of hardened bone, at the joins of their limbs, making it known that they sometimes use them in combat as they are usually sharpened and honed to a tip. Much like their cousins, they have a nasty personality and are relatively vicious, especially towards the elves that call Silvæa their home. For decades, long into the history books, the Krimntaar and the elves wage war against each other, with the winner claiming the capital of Jaeltreg Forest. For the most of that history, the Krimntaar have been held back by the elves with their mysterious 'guardians' that remain hidden in the forests 'til this day. This race is well known for riding into battle on mountain Carrefær, sometimes using their horns as weapons themselves to aid them in battle.

Werepyres

Unless you are counting Belgarenith Nightshades as a humanoid creature, the Werepyre is one of the largest humanoids that exist in Gelbaron. Originally an experiement by Feleren Von Valeferen, a count that used to live in the now-called Werepyre Mountains, in order to splice two genes of his previous creations, named werewolf and vampire, together to create an ultimate creature to protect Chaldon from possible thieves and murderers from crossing the mountains to pillage the city. Having the ability to change a normal human being into both a vampire and a werewolf in one bite, the Werepyre had gained attributes that show both sides of its hybrid. Standing over 7 foot, they are a massive, beast-like wolf creature that is able to move at the same speed as a wolf at sprinting pace. Their wings, leathery like those of a vampire's 'bat form', span over 15 ft which allows them to fly or move faster along the ground than their running speed. When seeing this as the perfect creature to defend those in Chaldon from being picked off by the thieves crossing the mountains and a few of the rogue beings that he had created. However, one of the Werepyres, who was called Bloodfang Wingspan at the time (later renamed himself to Bloodfang Wingstride), had noticed that they were bound to rules that he knew that they shouldn't be under, since they are the 'superior race' than the small humanoids. This then brought about the end to the Count and the terror that resides in the mountains. The mansion still remains, though run-down and almost in ruin, as one of the homes of the Werepyres. Shortly after the downfall of Count Von Valeferen, the mountains changed their name to what it is to date. Personality-wise, they pretty much behave like most humans do when they are with their own kind. However, if they were around a group of beings that are much smaller to them, they will see them as a threat to their species and will turn hostile, hell-bent on killing those that it deems that threat.

Void Creatures

They are among the most unusual creatures that live between Gelbaron and the Void Realm, one realm that only a few beings are able to return from. They don't have any particular shape at all, though their entire body is made completely out of Void matter. They usually take the form of a human, though their eyes seem to go red. They are able to travel through the world very quickly by cutting the fabric that makes up Gelbaron and entering into the Void Realm that way. The hole that is left usually repairs in a matter of minutes, though anything that is loose will be sucked into the Void. They are able to conjure Void magic without difficulty and sometimes fashion weapons and armour out of the magic as well, making them very hard wearing. A few say that a warrior, Zeltair, was one of the warriors that had entered the Void and re-emerged from it a Void Creature, who was later defeated by the combined forces of Menza and Galreth, though the stories are considered myths since no one has encountered Menza, who had turned immortal several thousands of years ago.

Creatures coming soon.

The Forsaken Weapons of Callelotte

Forsaken Weapons

Haruugyo
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Element: Ice
Status: Plotline (Ask me if you really want this weapon)

Kaljo Rejjio
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Element: Fire
Status: Plotline (Ask me if you really want this weapon)

Callelotto Valo
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Element: Electricity
Status: Plotline (Not Available)

Kolzucho
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Element: Dark
Status: Owned by ??? (Not Available)

Galangdei
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Element: Earth
Status: Available

Kal Kerron
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Element: Earth
Status: Available

Denos Velenchion
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Element: Electricity
Status: Available

Rycolflange
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Element: Water
Status: Available/Plotline

Rhendoflande
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Element: Ice
Status: Owned by Maximillian Broadside (NPC)

Rundi-flanze
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Element: Light
Status: Plotline (As me if you really want this weapon for your character)

Kal de Tolorande
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Element: Light
Status: Owned by ??? (Not Available)

Doltventa Folcren
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Element: Air
Status: Available

Infernatus Derrevato
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Element: Fire
Status: Available

Merrano Derrevato
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Element: Water
Status: Plotline (Not Available)

Callelotto Maggeströan
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Element: Dark
Status: Plotline (Not Available)

Chiborata Queldensoz
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Element: Air
Status: Plotline (Ask me if you really want this weapon)

Plot

In the beginning, there were the Ancients. They, both of them created from the same being that time has all but forgotten, were both held responsible for creating the planet Gelbaron. The Light Ancient, representing life and everything is good, set about creating all life that is on there through their own births. The Dark Ancient, representing Death and everything that is dire, carved the landscape and defined every living thing's life span. When both of them worked together, they created the laws of the world, the natural progression of evolution and then formed a mystical force that represented their essence: magic. Once the world was completed, they both had sworn an oath that their balance as opposite sides of a coin and not interfere with the balance that they had created, making sure that whatever one does, the other does something to restore balance. They have both agreed to this and allowed each other to work to their own roles for thousands of eons.

However, seeing as the world they had created just floating around in their existence and remaining ever so dull for such a long time, the Dark Ancient decided to seize the power of the world for himself and ridding the higher planes of his sister. Looking onto the world, he had planned for years in order for him to control the world and cast the Light Ancient into Limbo. During this time, he poured nearly all of his essence into 20 spheres of pure evil. He created a spell that, depending on the attempts that he needed to gain full control of the world, would allow him to use 4, 6 or 10 of these orbs in order of attempts to gain control of both the planet and the higher planes. Before the Light Ancient had a chance to realize her brother was attempting, he cast them down from his platform onto the different continents of the world.

Knowing that the oath that they agreed to was broken and something needed to be done to restore balance, the Light Ancient had, with the use of her Light Aura, created a spell and cast it onto 20 random people, hoping that this spell will then create the perfect method to balance the acts the Dark Ancient had created. These people, along with their descendants or objects that have their blood, would then have the purpose of destroying these orbs, with the destruction consuming the living essence of the person or object. Whether these people would realize their own destiny or not is something that only time could tell. As the spell was cast, the Dark Ancient looked on helplessly as his plans were being distorted by this revelation. While he had done everything that he could to prevent his plans from failing with causing disruption that would, hopefully, destroy these Disciples of Light, a lone man walks into the Head of Celbaron in order to search for materials to create more things for his forge. Along with some ore that contained the magical mineral Talunite, he came across 4 rocks of perfection. Picking them up and feeling the weight of them, the man, Callelotte, turns and walks away to travel back home to the islands - now called the Unforgiven Islands.

Years have passed since the Light and Dark Ancients plans were set into motion and many wars, ranging from the Schism of the Conuence Empire to the War of 3 Continents, have claimed the lives of many living beings, including the lives of the Disciples and their Descendants. Everything has been silent for many years, despite some skirmishes. However, something lurks in the unknown future and a storm is brewing over in the Amroth Mountains and the Werepyre Mountains. Another evil voice, known to those as Lord Sacremento, is scouring the lands in search of things that were long forgotten, causing destruction in its wake to a name that no one knows or understand.

He leads these minions of darkness, consisting of Werepyres and people of the desert to beseige the seats of the two empires of power, Conuence and Terrubane. The Conuence Empire, a long-established empire of power, fends its boarders with futility, with the loss of Berenol and the losing skirmishes of Qucndel on their front and gathering its strengths in the capital to fight them off. Towards the Terrubane Empire, the evil forces have overtaken Chaldon with ease and have spread rapidly upwards to the walls of the Beacon of Hope. The only thing that stands in the way of this evil force and the downfall of this empire are a handful of brave warriors. However, unbeknownst to them, their fates are intertwined to adventures across many continents, expanding many years and forging a legend for themselves.

Rules, Character Sheet & Accepted Characters

Rules

-All the Standard rules of RPing apply here (no GModding, Cybering, etc)
-No excessive swearing
-The weapons available are swords, maces, shields and whatnot, but there are a rare cases where steampunk and gun technology being used as weapons, albeit the latter will be a rare occurrence.
-Maximum of 1 characters allowed (2 if you gain my permission)
-As Void Creatures, Silvæan and Drægarian races are rare, no more than 1 of each race.
-Feel free to create NPCs throughout the RP as long as they are relevant.
-There is no limit as to how powerful a character is, albeit invincible.invulnerable.

More rules can be added when I can think of more.

Character Sheet

Username:
Character Name:
Age: (race related)
Race: (any of the common races that I haven't described in the races section are acceptable. Any Gelbarean Races are to be judged separately)
Magic: (if any is used by your character. Magic rarity is followed in this order: Aura<Drægarian<Void<Silvæan<Necromancy<Shadow<Illusion<Nature<Elemental<Mana. Leave blank if your character is not a magic-user)
Appearance:
Personality:
Traits (Fill in the two sections below)
Strengths

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Weaknesses

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Equipment: (Place anything in your character's inventory here and a brief description of them if you want to describe them)
Bio: (Add any key points in your character's history that are somewhat important.)
Other: (Although I think I've covered everything in the other sections above, feel free to use this section for anything I've missed)

[Mercinus3]

Accepted Characters
Auroreon Greyback (Mercinus3) - The Tactical Mercenary
Narandail (Shienvien) - The Winged Marksman
Break (cthulhu) - The Void Adept
Verdis Theray (BantlingBee) - The Cheerful Bard
Adriella Theray (BantlingBee) - The Arcane Archer
Patrician Hankor Bluebeard (RabidAnubis) - The Capitalistic Nobleman

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Here's my character as a note.

Character Name: Auroreon Greyback
Age: 26
Race: Human
Magic: None
Appearance:

Auroreon is a fairly large man, standing over 6'0” tall and weighing 200lbs. His build is fairly muscular, though not as obnoxious as some of the stronger men that are out there. He has ash blond hair that is of medium length, which hangs straight over his head. He has deep sapphire blue eyes, giving his face a sense of wisdom behind them. His facial features are sharp, almost hawk-like, that give people around him an uneasy feeling when he is not in a jovial mood. The one thing he does have on his face is a long, jagged scar that runs across his face, probably caused by a blunt knife.

His usual working attire is a studded leather jerkin, worn from use for one year too many times. The leather is brown, the lines where the leather had been bending a few shades lighter than areas that never move. The jerkin is covered by plated mail, which then allows him to be flexible while being moderately covered. The mail, however, has been rusted over the years due to neglect and use, making people assume that Auroreon had bought the armour from an antique dealer. Below the plated mail cuirass is the fauld, created by lamellar strips of steel to protect his waist. Wearing cotton trousers underneath that, his sabatons and greaves together give an impression that he is wearing riding boots. Around his waist, between the cuirass and the fauld, is a brown belt that has a pouch on it for storing his gun's bullets, scabbards for his claymore and dagger and a pouch that contains ammunition for his gun.

Personality:

The one thing that most people would see from his eyes is determination and perseverance. If there is one thing that he is particularly good at, through his personality, it is the determination that whatever task has been set up for him that he will be able to go through with that task onto the end. Apart from this determination, he is reserved and very calculating. He tends to be rather quiet with everyone that he is around, whether it was for a social setting in a tavern or during the heat of combat. His authoritative personality means that whenever he speaks, purely for the latter situation, he will bark out orders to make sure that everyone is properly co-ordinated and that everyone was to pull through in one piece. Although there have been rare instances that this would occur, but he does have a kinder side and willing to pull his own weight to make sure that whoever is in trouble is safe.

Traits:
Strengths

-Good Swordsman
-Very tactical
-Good at throwing knives

Weaknesses

-Not a great marksman
-Always trusting
-Not a great communicator
-Easily flustered in a group of people.

Equipment:

The first weapon that anyone would notice Auroreon having is a claymore. With the blade that is 115cm long, it appears tht it was made by a fine craftsman of an unknown origin. While it is an impressive weapon to hold, the one thing that attracted people's attention was the fact that the blade was an icy-blue colour, with the fact that it was made of the rare mineral talunite, and it's aura had shone with a similar colour. There are gold runes that go along the fuller of the blade, roughly translating to Silver Moon in the ancient language. The handle itself was made of gold, with the cross hilt slightly curving towards the area of the pommel. The pommel itself has an embedded gem made of pure talunite, giving it a deep turquoise colour of pure clarity. There is a turquoise leather fabric on the hilt so that the weapon was easier to hold in either one hand or both.

Another weapon that he uses often is a dagger. Given to him by his old master, the blade is what anyone would have expected. It has a simple, leather bound handle with no hilt. The blade is a foot long, the edge curving up towards a deadly point. Unlike the claymore, the dagger does not have any magical properties, not having talunite within the blade, and it just has a cold, steel grey colour to it. He mainly uses this knife now for menial things like hunting and, on occasion, shaving. However, he can rely on the sturdy blade if things get out of hand and Silver Moon is out of reach.

The final weapon he has, which he has obtained after a particular event (see Bio), is a flintlock pistol. While he rarely uses this, seeing as the weapon still scares him and the idea that he is not a good marksman, he uses it whenever his life is in immediate danger. It is a standard, smooth bore pistol that has a simple flintlock mechanism and a bog-standard grip and trigger mechanism.

Apart from those weapons, he has a medium pack that carries all of his needed equipment for journeys, e.g. food, rope, a big, sturdy cloth which he uses for a tent, some big stakes to pitch the tent down and various maps.

Bio:

Auroreon was born and raised in Terrubane's heart to a family of no particular honour or fame. While he did not know who his mother was, his father had been a member of the Terrubane Police Force who was easily corruptible. This was something that a few people at his school had picked up on and used day in, day out to make sure his life was miserable. While he found this school life uninteresting, he pressed on, making sure that he at least got through this so he can be his own self and get away from these people. However, when it came to a point where the group had almost beat him to death, an incident which he rarely talks to people about and a confrontation with his father about these things and his corruption, Auroreon decided to leave his home and never return to it.

While he was in down-town Terrubane, roaming the streets to try and make a living, he encountered the man who gave him the career path that he decided to take: a mercenary called Damenth. While the old mercenary rejected his advances, Auroreon's persistence and determination allowed Damenth to give the young boy a chance and taught him everything that he knew, ranging from combat training to tactics. During this time, the old man had given his apprentice a dagger to use for training and to defend himself. However, during one contract when Auroreon was 20, while being accompanied by two other mercenaries, a group of bandits ambushed them, fatally wounding Damenth and killing the two mercenaries. Auroreon had managed to fend them off at the cost of the thing that they were protecting being taken. However, he rushed over to his dying mentor's side. Damenth had placed his weapon, a claymore with the ancient runes calling it Silver Moon, in his own hands and uttered one sentence, “Always be strong and always go for what feels right...” Taking the claymore, he also looted the other mercenaries, which the only thing he obtained was a pistol. Since that day, he pushed himself as a mercenary.

Other:
This section would be for things that are revealed during the RP itself

[Girlie Go Boom]

Wut... O,O

Quite a bit to read. Wulp... This bunny shall get to reading it and hopefully have a character tossed together soon. Murps~~hopefully.

[Mercinus3]

Bunnita said
Wut... O,OQuite a bit to read. Wulp... This bunny shall get to reading it and hopefully have a character tossed together soon. Murps~~hopefully.

Yeah I had been hoping for a separate tab to have all that information in. You can read the relevant for a character in mind, so you don't have to read all of it :)

M3

[Girlie Go Boom]

Well... me gaves it a skim...

But still gunna have to go over it again. At least the relavant parts. And soooo lurvs your rules. Dun worry. This bunny will definitely not start peeing in your RP XDDDDD :P~~~

So funny. But seriously now. I gets the GModding= GodModding. And knows what it means for Cybering= No thanks, thanks. But PPing... (lulz) What does PPing stand for?

[Mercinus3]

Bunnita said But PPing... (lulz) What does PPing stand for?

These are old rules from another roleplaying forum I went to. It's Power Playing, where you can control other people's characters, or another type of GModding. I'll get that removed as it's pretty much nulled by the No GModding rule :)

M3

[BantlingBee]

I'll be posting something soon, I'm out of town for the weekend though so it might be a few days.

[Roleplayer001]

It might take me a few days to read that XD

[Girlie Go Boom]

K, swears that I will make another attempt at beating up that wall of text.... hey, I mean that in a good way! Tis sooooooooo creative! Lurvs it! This bunny needs to soak it in bit by bit. But thinking of being some kind of mana addict. Like totes needs to cast for any reason. So dependant on the stuff and wants to share with friends! And obsessed with finding magical trinkets. Like Gollum obsessed. Well, not that obsessed but enough to cause a drawback or make drama in the story^^

This bunny gunna go eats then so gunna get right on it! Oh! M3, is it acceptable to post work in progress characters here?

[BantlingBee]

Oh, I was also curious if I could play two characters (as was discussed in the IntC)

[Mercinus3]

Bunnita said
K, swears that I will make another attempt at beating up that wall of text.... hey, I mean that in a good way! Tis sooooooooo creative! Lurvs it! This bunny needs to soak it in bit by bit. But thinking of being some kind of mana addict. Like totes needs to cast for any reason. So dependant on the stuff and wants to share with friends! And obsessed with finding magical trinkets. Like Gollum obsessed. Well, not that obsessed but enough to cause a drawback or make drama in the story^^This bunny gunna go eats then so gunna get right on it! Oh! M3, is it acceptable to post work in progress characters here?

I can't see a problem with that, Bunnita. Feel free to create a WIP Character sheet and let me know once it is completed.

BantlingBee said
Oh, I was also curious if I could play two characters (as was discussed in the IntC)

As mentioned in the IntC, I couldn't see a problem with you playing 2 characters. Feel free to create both of your characters in mind.

M3

[cthulu]

Read a good portion of it, expect a void creature or maybe something else at some point soon (once I've finished reading it over).

[Mercinus3]

Hey Hymusia :) Glad you've stumbled upon my RP. I'll be looking forward to your character in the future.

M3

[Shienvien]

Looks like it is gathering more interest here? Alright, will dig my sheet-thingy up.

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Character Name: Narandail (self-given)

Age: 43

Sex: Male (winged variant)

Race/species: Agiroan

Magic: His skills in using magic appear marginal at best, although he does seem to have some affinity to fire elemental magic. The grandeur of casting exploding fireballs into enemies' ranks and projecting great walls of flame has never been observed in him, as he only - perhaps because he is unable to do more - uses this ability of his to aid himself in mundane tasks like starting campfires and lighting candles and torches without needing any effort or specialized equipment.
Also, his gun seems to always fire when he wants it to, no matter what the weather or which condition the gunpowder he uses is in.

Physical appearance: He is generally humanoid in overall body structure, bipedal - stands between 5'9'' and 5'10'' (between 1.75 and 1.78 meters) at full height - and with a fairly humanlike head, arms and hands, as well as humanlike pelvis and vaguely humanlike legs. That, however, sums up most of what can immediately and unmistakably identified as humanoid.
For those who have not seen many Agiroans of this type before, 'he has wings' is perhaps the most defining feature of his appearance.

The skin on his body, head and limbs has a light brown complexion with an unusual green tint, whereas the wings are much darker in color, somewhere between a deep dark brown and dark evergreen-green. His eyes are likewise dark brownish-green, much like the membranes of his wings, but his hair is almost perfectly jet-black. The latter is long and thick, and unlike on humans, it does not only grow out of his scalp, but also on the back of his neck and down his spine, the individual strands getting shorter and shorter the lower they are growing, and stopping entirely about right above his tail-bone. At the same time, it appears that he would not be able to grow a beard if he wanted to, since even without shaving, his face seems to remain clear of any kind of additional hair-growth - except for his eyebrows, which are fairly similar to those of humans and black like his hair.
His eyes are likewise humanlike in shape, as is his nose, which would be considered long and narrow by human standards, but nothing unusual. His lips are perhaps a bit thinner than is usual for humans and are colored almost the same as his skin, which makes those a bit hard to distinguish, but those are his teeth which might stand out a little - he has fairly distinctive canines, longer, stronger and sharper than those of humans, and his other teeth follow suit -, and while his chin could almost be labeled slightly pointed, his jaws appear rather strong, more powerful than those of most lesser humanoids.
But what truly marks his face as inhuman is the fact that from the very rear ends of his lower yaw and as a continuation of his cheekbones extend backwards four spikes, the two originating from his cheekbones - one from each - ending roughly next to his fairly humanlike ears, and the lower two continuing from the back corners of his lower jaw being slightly shorter.

His neck looks to be of average length - by human standards -, but is a bit more muscled than would be ordinary; he, however, does not give off the impression of a wide-shouldered person, since his shoulders actually are not that wide despite what his neck might suggest. His arms look much like those of a human who occasionally does a bit of heavier work, but does not necessarily train on purpose, and the fingers on his hands rather appear long and nimble than very strong - an artist's fingers, some might say, although the impression of near-delicateness is somewhat ruined by the sturdy, dark and notably long and pointed fingernails. Those look quite likely to leave extensive half an inch deep gashes in someone's flesh should their owner only desire so.

His torso on overall looks very powerful, however, with extremely well-defined developed musculature, with a sternum that seems to arc slightly forward like that of birds - he also appears to altogether lack collarbones, which allows him to bring his shoulders forward and make them touch in front of himself - and waist that makes it seem likely that he would not even flinch should the average man attempt to punch him in the stomach. That all is because of the two dark wings extending from his back, placed lower on his body than his arms and connected to their own separate set of double shoulder-blade-like formations.
- Those are the appendages which all this 'excess' muscle on his upper body is meant to support - it is no easy feat to propel a creature of his size into air, and thusly the draw-power of his wings is immense. Those, nearly eight meters (about twenty six feet) from the tip of one to that of another, are structured almost like a second pair of arms, only extending from closer to his back as opposed from roughly from his sides and being both more muscled and significantly longer, especially four of the fingers. The thumb, however, has turned into three-feet long spike, one that is mobile at the base. The flight-membrane feels similar to thick soft leather covered in velvet and is slightly warm to the touch, and is supported by all the wing-fingers but the spikelike thumb, and also connects to the side of his body, going down to the hip.
It must be noted that being purposefully hit by one of his wings is not something that is to be underestimated - since his wings are strong enough to lift him three meters into air with a single flap and let him carry a weight almost equal to his own in flight, those are also strong enough to effectively crush the average man's ribcage in (breaking several ribs at once is, after all, something even a well-aimed sharp kick by a trained human can do) and send him flying to his back a few meters away. Alternatively, the agiroan can simply opt to impale a person on the wing-thumb-spike.
As a flier, he is perhaps not spectacularly fast compared to other airborne entities, but he is still mostly capable of keeping up with a running horse, and his maneuverability is respectable, exceeding that of most other winged beings of his size-category.

His hips are comparatively narrow, but not to an extent which would appear disproportional, and his pelvic region is generally comparable to that of a male human. His legs, however, while proportionally about as long as a human's, appear very sleek, with especially the calves being very weakly pronounced. The ankles, then, look similar to a human's, but the feet themselves more resemble a cross between a bird's and a human's, with bare, normal, thicker-under-the-soles skin like that of human feet rather than the hardened scales of birds', but with three long, thick and strong taloned toes reaching forward and a fourth, slightly shorter one extending back from where a human heel would be.
The build of his legs and feet coupled with his high balance-point and the size of his wings even when folded makes him a somewhat slow runner - he would rather fly when he needs to get somewhere fast, as long as there is enough space for him to flap his wings -, but in case he feels like sleeping while sitting on a branch, like birds commonly do, or hanging upside down from somewhere while only holding onto something with a single foot, then those things he can do easily enough.

Equipment and attire: He typically wears nothing on his feet, since most footwear would only render his feet less useful, should he ever find something that would even fit onto his unusually-shaped feet.
He generally does wear pants, however, usually neutrally-colored long ones, although whether the main reason for opting for wearing this kind of articles of clothing is protection and keeping extra warmth, or the convenience of pockets and belts for storing things, or even simply appearing more acceptable in the eyes of humans, is unknown. The pants, as hinted, are held in place with a belt - namely a wide, sturdy leather one to which a multitude of other things is usually attached - four fairly ordinary all-purpose knives (in their sheathes), a pouch with money, a small flask with water, and another pouch for spices and a few small useful objects which aren't stored in his pockets instead, also a pouch for gunpowder; bullets are in a pocket of his pants. .
On his upper body he generally, yet again, wears nothing - mostly because his wings tend to get in the way of wearing something of the kind. He is apparently quite temperature-proof. If anything, he might don something that has a hole for the head, but rather than having sleeves, simply splits at the soulders for the remaining length of the fabric, leaving the sides free and allowing his wings and arms alike to remain unrestrained. The lower corners of such garment, then, would be attached to his belt to ensure that it would stay put even when he is currently not standing straight.
He also has a fairly common spear he typically carries along, metal-tipped and about six feet (one point eight meters) long.

The most noteworthy object in his possession, however, is an undecorated - perhaps a strange fact given that guns are not all that abundant - long-barreled single-shot gun, with a strap for swinging it over shoulder (though for him it looks slightly awkward). This one is a sort-of gift for the gunsmith he worked for for almost seven years, basically for food as he did not get any separate payment - the firearm was originally meant for a customer, who, for reasons unknown, never showed up to receive the object he had already paid three fifths of the price for, presumably because of his own demise.
Narandail is rather good with the weapon, as good as is possible with this level of technology. He'd also be fairly accurate with a crossbow, if someone gave him one.

[Mercinus3]

Hey Shien. Yeah I thought I give the RP another try with the resurrection of RPG. I think I accepted Narandail before and I'll accept him again.

M3

[cthulu]

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Character Name: Break.
Age: Older than her appearance but younger than her personality (she’s forgotten exact numbers).
Race: Void.
Magic: Void.
Appearance: Usually none, she appears as blob of unformed chaotic void essence, blacks as dark as the night and then some with ghostly grey streaks that spark like lightening. Of course when she is upon the material plane she coalesces into a form more appropriate for interaction. At this time she appears as a mostly humanoid woman, with hair white as fog and as long as she is tall, it’s pinned and trapped with black ribbons and hidden pins but the then made shoulder length tips dance and flutter like smoke from a chimney and she cannot control this. Below a spikey fringe which seems to dim and lighten are a pair of vibrant red eyes, the kind that could pierce the darkness itself ringed with the same black as the void itself.
She had a button nose set into a delicate face with cupids bow lips always held in a slight pout even when at rest. She had high cheekbones and thick black lashes that brushed them and fraternised with the thin white lines of her brows. Her complexion was pale in hue compared to ‘true humans’ two shades two light to be considered peaches and cream but she didn’t look quite like a corpse either.
On a slender neck was a black choker that helped hold on her coat which, as black as the Void itself, fell across her shoulders and down her sides, covering her arms in long, belled sleeves that, as with the coat tails that split just after the curve of her thighs, reached her ankles. While the coat remained unadorned the sleeves which started plain began traced and then thickened with fog grey markings like those that ran through stone, only forming proper embroidery patterns towards the last foot or so of ‘fabric’. The coat looked almost wet at a glance, perhaps sticky as well but it behaved much as any fabric might in the material realm.
Below the coat she wore a sleeveless white dress, this covered her cleavage and fell to where decency was almost questioned. It laced in the front with the same kind of ribbons that pinned her hair and while it looked soft, almost feathery or rabbit down to the touch one would know its unearthly properties for no matter what Break did she never seemed to ‘expose’ herself.
Covering her legs were long white boots which seemed almost moulded to her form with no sure sign of how they went on or came off. They ended at the upper thigh and while one would think there were, by the boots design, small heels one could never be sure for Break had quite the difficulty manifesting her feet and so they always appeared hazy or covered in shadow.
She was a slip of a thing at a modest height with a delicate looking physique, though with her arms constantly hidden it was only by the thighs one could tell there was strength in this body. She had slender ands with long tapered fingers which often seemed to amuse her.
When in combat it is from the ‘coat’ she draws her arsenal and protection. (Will be described when they appear in the rp or when I don’t feel so ill)
Personality: Break seems on the surface to be an ocean of calm, it would seem that little phases her. She is quiet and slow to speak or involve herself in conversations. She almost seemed uncomfortable in crowds and prefers to hover close to only one or two people at a time. Of course this is all surface reading, underneath she is a quick witted girl who takes her time to think –or over think- before she speaks. She is forgetful and it irritates her not being able to remember things or people from her past or even her present! She shuns crowds because the noise makes it harder to think which, with a mind empty and blank, was often hard enough as it is. She is a loyal person and quick to trust where perhaps she ought to be more careful, she is also quick to forgive, both curses of her amnesia.
Traits
Strengths
- Void Magic Adept.
- Silent Foot falls.
- Agile and quick.

Weaknesses
- Is slow to speak so is often over looked in a conversation.
- She has bouts of amnesia where she's likely to forget everything and one outside of the Void.
- She can't stay in the physical plane too long and has to return to the Void to 'recharge/rest'.
- When she becomes too exhausted she returns to 'wisp' form and is easily swayed be it physically or mentally/emotionally.

Equipment: Physically she carries nothing, her weapons, armour and shield she makes from the void magic at her command. She owns but one thing that she seems to treasure, a small silver locket which has long ago rusted so it won't open.
Bio: WIP
Other:
i) Making her angry –which by no means is easy to do- can result in very very bad things.

Leviathan

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Well here she is so far, I have a feeling some stuff might need changing so tell me if it does and I'll work on her bio when I'm less blegh.

[Mercinus3]

cthulu said
Well here she is so far, I have a feeling some stuff might need changing so tell me if it does and I'll work on her bio when I'm less blegh.

If you want to make things a little bit simpler for you, you can introduce the Biography of your character in the RP itself and not add it to the sheet.

M3

[Roleplayer001]

You say that common fantasy races are acceptable. Are those dwarves, elves, ect?

And for all your information you have very little history for your favorite little world XD

[Mercinus3]

RabidAnubis said
You say that common fantasy races are acceptable. Are those dwarves, elves, ect?

Those are exactly the ones I was talking about.

M3

[Roleplayer001]

(I decided to avoid an airship, because i figured it would take away many adventure opportunities that land travel grants.)


Character Name: Patrician Hankor Bluebeard
Age: 32
Race: Dwarf
Appearance: Hankor in body structure is much like the average dwarf, standing at around three feet tall and having enough muscle to fight a much larger creature or work in the mines. His face has the wrinkles of a man who has been exhausted from work some time ago but the fine keeping of a man who has not worked recently. Bluebeards silver eyes are often seen in a frown of concentration, staring at books and records and the such through the spectacle that is over his right eye.

All of the dwarf's hair is a dark grey blue, an obvious abnormality that has given him attention of both the generous and the malicious sort throughout his lifetime. As a nobleman, he keeps his beard finely braided into about ten different braids, with the largest ones on the left and right, each braid held into place by a silver ring on the end. His mustache curls upward at both ends, while the hair on his head is shorter and falls down easily in a neat fashion.

His head is often adorned by a stainless steel circlet adorned with a mana stone held firmly in place by 'claws'. Hankor likes to wear fine clothes, often times with many pockets for various reasons, but most of the time trimmed with silver and showing his house crest on them. Overall, his appearance is a noble one and gives him the attention a noble deserves. The Bluebeard house crest was made by him, the first nobleman in the family, a triangular design with silver lightning flashing over a background the color of his hair.
Magic: Electric

Personality: Proud to the point of arrogance, Bluebeard is a hardworking noble who considers money to be one of the more important things in life. Only a few loyalties that he holds are above that of cash, so Hankor has only made a few friends over his lifetime. However, he does reward those who work hard for him with the money they deserve and this fair pay has earned a good reputation among some of the dwarvern populace, often leading to competitions for jobs on the Brassheart. (He is obviously a capitalist) Hankor is however careless with his own safety and overly bold in some moments to the point of stupidity. He worries often about his appearance, something that began because of his blue hair. Politically, he is a libertarian and acts as a representative for that party in the parliament of the dwarvern legislature, an obvious standout from the normal conservative beliefs that he political system works for.

Strengths
Wealth, and the strengths that come with it.
Although not a genius, he is very quick and quite well learned.
He might as well have midas touch.
Weaknesses
His political views are some of the least common, and this brings royal enemies.
Although he is average in strength for a dwarf, he is below average in weapon usage for both this group and among most nobility/
He doesn't get along with poor people, mostly because of his arrogance.
His blue beard makes him obvious among a crowd.
Can be stupidly bold.

Personal Equipment: A mace, his clothes, his purse, his spectacle and the modifications for it. He expects other people to do the heavy lifting.

His Lordships Holdings: Brassheart, the home and the ship of the Patrician. It takes ten to crew it minimally, maintains twenty-five, but could hold around a hundred if cramped. In the rear is the main engine, using a paddlewheel that can be retracted inwards in order to protect it from weather or make it easy to get in a harbor. The entrance on it is large for easy loading for both supplies for the ship and goods to be transported elsewhere. The hull is of dwarvern (blue) bronze, a heavy and durable metal that is not easily destroyed. A ballroom is located in the front, surrounded by tough glass that provides a safe but pretty view of the sea. The ship is spacious most of the time, for additional cargo and just in case scenarios. On the back is the lookout tower topped with the office and bedroom of his lordship. Although the ship has cannons for defense, it is most definitely not a warship and a fleet of determined enemies could easily sink it with minimal losses. Rumors say that it could go underwater, but none of the crew members can accept or deny this.

Shares of smaller merchants and money abundant.

A noble title and the vote in the dwarvern legislature it brings.

Bio: Bluebeard grew up in a middle class family of blacksmiths. They were neither rich nor poor, but they all had the trademark blue beards and for some reason everything made or designed by their hands would have a mild blue tint to it. Although his family was smart, Hakon excelled at creating things. Eventually he became an entrepreneur in dwarvern society, designing and crafting machines of war, commerce, or resource extraction for the dwarvern peoples. This began to bring him wealth, and things accelerated over time.

While many may think his blue hair would have a large effect on his life, it really didn't. Sure it gave him some more noble attention for his inventions, but his work spoke for itself louder than any invention could. Eventually he managed to save up supplies to design his own ship to trade with. It took maybe fifty years but eventually he gained a rather massive proportion of the world's wealth.

He applied for the position of Patrician, and was ordered to create a house to hold his flag in order to achieve this money bought noble title. He built Brassheart with the majority of his wealth, and since then has carted the world's nobility around for joyrides and obviously politics. However, he is up for more adventure mostly because of boredom.