[OOC] Whispers of the Truth

[Daemyn Sterk]

They say that long ago it was the mystical forces of magick that had led the world to ruin, the subjugating power tearing the old world to shreds as the sovereigns of the land pit their armies against each other to control the raw might of a single being. That being was a scared child, imbued with power foreign to her and forced to watch the bloodbath of conflict all centered around her. In the tales it is told that an unwitting boy happened upon her, teaching her how to trust, care, and love. In the end, that boy would sacrifice himself to save her, expelling the magick inside her and in turn destroying the old world, purging the cruel world of all but few. The girl was alone, left to wander the broken world until fate came for her, too.

Most assume this is only a myth, a child's tale told to warn the consequences of power, but there is no denying that something powerful came along and razed the old world. Whether it really was magick, or some cataclystic weapon, there is only one thing that really triggered the downfall of the old world. Mankind.

"The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war."
-Douglas MacArthur

Whispers of the Truth is a post apocalyptic roleplay set 600 years after a cataclysmic event wiped out all but a fraction of the human race. It's a rather dark roleplay centered around the new world of Myzai. A bloody war is occuring between the tyrannous empire of ruling over the land and the Crimson Gales, rebels who fight to overthrow the dictatorship of the land. Meanwhile, rumors of mystical artifacts from the old world have began to surface, prompting both sides to start investigations. The Crimson Gales believe that they have found the location of this so called artifact, and spies have already relayed the information to the king. It won't be long until a bloody conflict unfolds over the powers of the old world.

Specifically, the roleplay will be based around a new regiment of recruits for The Crimson Gales. It will detail their journey, starting from basic training to all out war as the supposed power that razed the old world is slowly uncovered. The recruits will go from children ignorant of the horrors or war, to battle-torn survivors of conflict based upon power.

Are the Crimson Gales really the righteous freedom fighters that they're made out to be or are they just pawns in a struggle for the ultimate power? Will mankind bring about the same end that occured to the residents of the old world?

"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
-Winston Churchill

Information:

Events succeeding the destruction of the Old World

Few remained after the destruction of the old world, barely a fraction of the once populous human race. The unforgiving land around them wasn't kind to them, and within weeks many had killed by hunger, dehydration, unfriendly climate, and the beasts of the land. The survivors that fought through all of the hardships and never came up came out stronger than before, adapted to the cruel land around them. Slowly but surely, humanity made its comeback, building up small villages and banding together to survive. The Myzai empire formed around 450 years after the destruction of the Old World, but it wasn't until the year 500 did it begin to grow powerful. The Myzai Empire now has almost complete control of all of Myzai, anyone within its land who rebels is soon tortured, and either executed or sent to become a slave.

The Myzai Empire

The Myzai Empire is ruled by the sole sovereign, King Augustus of Rinn. He reigns over the land with an iron fist, keeping all but the nobles in an oppressive hold. Slavery is normal among the nobles, and anyone caught in the wrong place at the wrong time will quickly find themselves stripped of their freedom. Life in the ghettos is dangerous, numerous crimes from stealing to murder is commonplace due to the lack of an authoritive policing system in the lower social classes. The nobles have every commodity provided for them, often being gluttonous, controllative pigs. Many of them don't even know that the world their life is based above is wrong. Currently, the Myzai Empire is searching for the artifact of The Old World, to make their reign over the land unquestionable. The city where the empire is based is Rinn, which is at the dead center of the land.

The Crimson Gales

Often simply referred to as The Gales, they're the leading rebel group of the land. Formed by a group of escaped slaves, they hideout somewhere in the east, leading skirmishes and gaining power and influence. Though they're not as properly supplied as the Empire, they nearly match the Empire in size and make up for what they lack in pure passion. The Crimson Gales may have a more suspicious side to their leadership, one that lusts for power and control.

The World

There is only one known landmass in the world, Myzai. It has a roughly circular shape formation. Rinn, the central castle town of the Myzai Empire, lies dead in the middle of the land. The Crimson Gales are situated in the south, a in a place known to the Empire but they have yet mustered the power to completely destroy them.

Rinn

Rinn is a town with a castle straight in the center which is the household of royalty. The households centered around the castle are all of nobility. Beyond the nobility sections is where the ghettos are, where anyone below nobility resides and struggle on a daily basis.

Technology

In the land of Myzai, there is no such thing as television, cell phones, the internet, computers, or anything of that such. Automatic weapons are wide-spread, along with cars, tanks, and aeroplanes.

Rules
-Don't godmod, metagame, and all that herr-da-blerr.
-Use grammar and correct sentence structures to the best of your knowledge, and make an effort when you create a post.
-Keep it pg-13, folks, y'know how it goes.
-Wait for a couple posts before posting again, let everyone get their turn.
-Play your character realistically, we're mostly playing as new recruits, in a battle if and when your character kills someone, they're not just going to be like, "lol, woops that guys dead let's kill more" they're most likely going to go through something emotional, and it's up to you to roleplay that efficiently.
-Don't be an asshole

Uniform of the Crimson Gales

Coat

Pants+Boots

Weapons carried by Crimson Gale Infantry

Rifle

Pistol

Combat Knife

Character application
Name:
Gender:
Age: (The Crimson Gales accept anyone above the age of 16, and there's no maximum. Keep in mind that your character is starting as a recruit, not a battle-torn soldier.)
Personality:
Appearance: (Either put a person of a real person/illustration or describe your character in detail, whatever you prefer. If you post a picture you still need to specify your character's body size and the such.)
Bio:
Other: (Anything else you'd like to add?)

[Daemyn Sterk]

List of Accepted Characters

Cassius Mallory

Name: Cassius Mallory

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Personality: Hollow, Cassius actually has a lack of personality. He has trouble feeling emotions, and is often confused when he doesn't feel what he thinks he should. When around others, Cassius often adapts the personality that he believes others would approve of, which tends to make the boy inconsistent and confusing. He covers his emptiness with layers of false personalities, making it hard to work out his true nature. Being alone his entire life, he finds it hard to shoo away his feelings of deep loneliness. Cassius often does not know how to respond to social situations due to his almost absolute lack of interaction during his childhood. In the end, Cassius is a hollow and empty boy who just wants to know his place in the world.

Appearance: He stands at 5'8, with an average shape and form. His head is somewhat large in proportion to his body.

Bio: It all started with two investigators who were researching the powers of Old World magick, they devoted their lives to the low possibility that some fairy tale powers actually existed in the real world. After years and years of research, their work had finally paid off. They had managed to pinpoint the location of a possible artifact. When they had arrived at the position, they were met by a large rock-like shape that glowed with a strange, blue aura. As they wearily touched the strange artifact, pure force of mysterious origin was propulsed from the item, flinging the two backwards and temporarily blinding them with its light. When they regained their vision, the rock was gone, replaced with a mewling baby. Confused and angered at their sudden loss, they stood staring at the child. That's when they realized that the child must be the artifact, kept hidden from the universe by powers unknown. But they had found it, after years and years of research they had found it. Now they'd just have to raise the child. They brought him back to their household, far isolated from any community. The two scientists raised Cassius as a weapon, giving no social interaction to the boy. Cassius was tutored for half of each day on the abilities of reading and writing, but nothing more. No emotion was showed during those lessons, there was nothing more than a dull, continuous drawl that he was forced to follow along. At the age of 10, the lessons were halted, and he was left alone on an isolated piece of land, gates constructed around the area keeping him in. Even though he was free to wander the piece of land, he was caged in like an animal, with only cameras to keep him company and the quick flash of flesh that could be sighted from the hatch that his meals were delivered. At the age of 17, Cassius had shown no sign of any magickal ability. Their research had failed, and the Crimson Gales had caught onto their experiments and tests. Their lives were for nothing. The Crimson Gales began their march upon the household to interrogate the scientists. It was Cassius's 17th birthday, and that was when he saw the scientists for the first time in 7 years. They came into his little encampment silently, staring down at the boy that had been the destruction of their careers. Reaching into their pockets, they pulled out two matching pistols and simultaneously shot themselves, their blood splattering the boy. When the Crimson Gales had finally arrived, they found Cassius staring down at the two bodies of the scientists, the two that he'd thought of as parents. Any research that had belonged to the two had been destroyed, and the boy was al that they could salvage. The mysterious boy was taken back to the homeland of the Crimson Gales, where they attempted to reform him and taught him the history of the land. Cassius, with no other choice, enlisted in the military. Maybe he'd finally be able to find his place there.

Cynthia Blackburn

Name: Cynthia Blackburn

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Personality: Cynical, though will accept to aid others if it doesn't create too much of a distraction from her own goals. She is fairly quiet, though also has a fierce side that is rarely seen. When it shows...well, you better hope you're not the one on the receiving end of her wrath... Oh, and she also might be slightly delirious, though it could just be classified as insanity in general.

Appearance:

Bio: Cynthia is from a race of humans who have been all but nearly left extinct in recent years, due to genetic wipeout as they've been unintentionally "breed out" of their original and true selves, leaving behind only a handful of full-breeds. Cynthia just so happens to be one such full-breed, having both mother and father of the same race. These people are typically referred to as "Darkner's".

Cynthia started out life as a young lass in the slave trade. Her birth was noticed by the noble her mother and father worked for, and she was sent to auction immediately. However, due to her being so young, she would cost more than she was worth, and nobody bought her. Eventually, the noble settled on letting Cynthia's parents keep her and raise her for the time being, though they had to accommodate for Cynthia's goods and services, as she wasn't working...

Cynthia's younger life was harsh. Her bed was a small stack of hay out in the barn, since she wasn't allowed to sleep in the house; the best thing she ever ate as a child was a steak, which she stole and was caught, being severely punished for it - her usual meals consisted of whatever her parents could lay their hands on, often creating a broth or soup; and her best friend was imaginary, as everyone in reality, aside from her parents, were hateful towards her, leading towards more childhood trauma. However, that wasn't the worst of it...

Things really started taking a turn for the worst by the time she hit 7. By now she had to work daily to, quote-on-quote, "complete her end of the deal"; would get constantly beaten and bullied by both adults and children alike; development of delirium ensued as she became closed from the rest of the world; her mother died of starvation; and, last but not least, she killed a boy in a fit of rage...

At age 14 Cynthia began to retaliate. She learnt how to fight, both mentally and physically, her delirium began to die down a little, she got some sympathy from the nobleman due to her mothers death, and learnt about The Crimson Gales. This was also the time she began to develop a more self-centered personality, caring less and less about others and becoming more cynical on life.

However, it was a week before her seventeenth birthday when her father proposed to Cynthia a way out. She though that he was going to buy her out of the industry, but the truth of the matter was that he was going to smuggle her out. The plan he devised was going smoothly, though it was at the final stage where they messed up. The nobleman spotted the two trying to sneak out and immediately called the guards. Her father murdered the "nobleman" right then and there, and ordered Cynthia to escape whilst she still could, leaving her with one final plea:

"Stay safe and bring justice..."

It wasn't until a month or two later that Cynthia was asked to join the Crimson Gales'. But when it did, she felt the need to join, as if those were the true meaning behind her fathers final words...

[Delta44]

Name: Cynthia Blackburn

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Personality: Cynical, though will accept to aid others if it doesn't create too much of a distraction from her own goals. She is fairly quiet, though also has a fierce side that is rarely seen. When it shows...well, you better hope you're not the one on the receiving end of her wrath... Oh, and she also might be slightly delirious, though it could just be classified as insanity in general.

Appearance:


Bio: Cynthia is from a race of humans who have been all but nearly left extinct in recent years, due to genetic wipeout as they've been unintentionally "breed out" of their original and true selves, leaving behind only a handful of full-breeds. Cynthia just so happens to be one such full-breed, having both mother and father of the same race. These people are typically referred to as "Darkner's".

Cynthia started out life as a young lass in the slave trade. Her birth was noticed by the noble her mother and father worked for, and she was sent to auction immediately. However, due to her being so young, she would cost more than she was worth, and nobody bought her. Eventually, the noble settled on letting Cynthia's parents keep her and raise her for the time being, though they had to accommodate for Cynthia's goods and services, as she wasn't working...

Cynthia's younger life was harsh. Her bed was a small stack of hay out in the barn, since she wasn't allowed to sleep in the house; the best thing she ever ate as a child was a steak, which she stole and was caught, being severely punished for it - her usual meals consisted of whatever her parents could lay their hands on, often creating a broth or soup; and her best friend was imaginary, as everyone in reality, aside from her parents, were hateful towards her, leading towards more childhood trauma. However, that wasn't the worst of it...

Things really started taking a turn for the worst by the time she hit 7. By now she had to work daily to, quote-on-quote, "complete her end of the deal"; would get constantly beaten and bullied by both adults and children alike; development of delirium ensued as she became closed from the rest of the world; her mother died of starvation; and, last but not least, she killed a boy in a fit of rage...

At age 14 Cynthia began to retaliate. She learnt how to fight, both mentally and physically, her delirium began to die down a little, she got some sympathy from the nobleman due to her mothers death, and learnt about The Crimson Gales. This was also the time she began to develop a more self-centered personality, caring less and less about others and becoming more cynical on life.

However, it was a week before her seventeenth birthday when her father proposed to Cynthia a way out. She though that he was going to buy her out of the industry, but the truth of the matter was that he was going to smuggle her out. The plan he devised was going smoothly, though it was at the final stage where they messed up. The nobleman spotted the two trying to sneak out and immediately called the guards. Her father murdered the "nobleman" right then and there, and ordered Cynthia to escape whilst she still could, leaving her with one final plea:

"Stay safe and bring justice..."

It wasn't until a month or two later that Cynthia was asked to join the Crimson Gales'. But when it did, she felt the need to join, as if those were the true meaning behind her fathers final words...

Darkner Information

They were typically referred to amongst other races and species as "Darkners", due to every single one of them having black hair and eyes, as well as the fact they preferred night over day. The Darkners are typically seen as a slave race, and don't have a good reputation amongst fellow humans, as most interpret them as shifty due to their preferred time-of-day. In fact they're quite the opposite, as most of which are friendly and honest. That doesn't help others from making white-lies, though. They're commonly insulted racially in public, too, and are rumoured to be one of the reasons as to The Crimson Gale's creation.

Other: Hope you don't really mind me making the Darkners' :P

[Daemyn Sterk]

Great app, accepted! I'll add your character to the character list as soon as I'm home.

And no I don't mind, It's great actually! Since the world is still not fully developed, any add ons or suggestions are accepted and appreciated. :3

[Delta44]

Sweet! Hey, if this doesn't manage to get too much attention on this site, could I adopt it onto another site? You'll get full credit for everything, of course.

[Daemyn Sterk]

Of course, if you'd like to! I'm gonna give it some time on here, but you're free to adopt it onto another site if you'd like to. If you end up doing it, just PM me the site information, haha.

[Delta44]

Thanks and no problemo.

[dndragons]

Seems interesting, may make a character tomorrow. I work though so it will be more than 12 hours from now. Looking forward to possibly joining. if I change my mind or something comes up I'll post.

[Daemyn Sterk]

Okay cool, hope you decide to join in! :)

[Delta44]

Bumper jumper? :P

[dndragons]

How does the magic work in this world and how common is it? Should any PC's have it and what ind of limits are imposed on it? Such as verbal command, or if massive fireballs even happen.
Edit: While I am at work you guys can look at images I have and may use :3. Love hearing suggestions as I have a lot of images to choose from (over 700 saved and narrowing it to these.) Both links are an album with several images, about 22 total.
http://imgur.com/a/1WdiY#0
http://imgur.com/a/o7tGO#0
Edit: Decided on http://i.imgur.com/u5wAw1M.jpg :3. Work was busy and I am tired so sorry, not finishing today.

[Daemyn Sterk]

Ah, yeah I forgot to point that out. In the stories it is told that only one person was ever born with any powers of magick. She had no control over the powers and it came on at random times such as when strong emotions were shown. This is what started the war in the Old World due to conflict over the tremendous power. It could be learned to control, but it would take years on years. It would be much easier to extract the magic in some way with some kind of contraption. Currently, all of the magick that the girl had in the old world has been scattered across artifacts hidden across the world. It is unknown what would occur if one were to find these, and it could be vastly different. Most of this is believed to be myths, though some dedicate their Lives to the research. A pc could have magic if you can think up a good reason, though it would be completely uncontrollable and would come on with no choice. My character technically is a magickal artifact, though he has yet to show any power and only some kind of magickal trigger would ever make it shown.

And magick is accessed mentally, usually leading to great physical and mental costs when performed.

[dndragons]

Side note, I know where your icon is from! I read the Leviathan series.

[Daemyn Sterk]

Awesome, it's a great series!

And bump! :p

[Delta44]

Kapooya! Kapooya!