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BEYOND IMMORTALITY


The Place

The Gardens are the endless sprawling residence of the Ageless One, the Empress Minu, who gives the gift of life. As she gives so too does she take.The Gardens are a sprawling pleasure-den of strange geometries, a mixture of Babylonian, Indian and Roman architectures. Courtiers politic, fight, plot and die. They love and kill, torment and nurture, all vying for favor with the Empress. It is a place between twilight and dawn, a doorway between dream and waking.

The Empress built the Gardens as her personal residence. The massive labyrinth of chambers, corridors, vaults and plazas, baths, theatres, and gardens lie in an endless expanse of pure white desert. Only a single river with no bottom leads to the gardens. No clouds pass above. Only azure skies and light mists of rain that either cool or warm depending on the person feeling it.

The Empress appears as a young maiden of negligible appearance. Stoic and quiet but commanding attention when she speaks. She is not what she appears to be. Minu is of an ancient magic, dark and beyond comprehension of mortal men. Minu gives immortality to those that suit her needs or gain her favor.


The Courtiers and its Strata

The Nobility are ageless, as is the Empress. They owe fealty to the Empress for the gift of eternal life. The hold authority over the Knighthood, the Servants and the Skralings. The Knights are men and women of honour who serve one (or many) lords and ladies. The Empress has little control over the Knighthood, but since Minu controls the Nobility in theory she can exert influence over the Knights as well.

The Servants perform the housekeeping duties, the heavy lifting, the cooking and cleaning etc. They are better than Skralings in only that they are not to be killed. A Servant has very rarely achieved the gift of Immortality. The Skralings are the slaves of the court. They are entertainment and labor. Duels to the death or just snacks for the more exotic animals that are brought to court.


The Races


The Lamassu are elegant shape-shifting creatures. At birth they are given three molds that they can turn into. When socializing Lamassu prefer retaining characteristis of all three of their forms-but are fully capable of completely transforming into any of the three.

Lamassu are charismatic, moral, philosophical creatures. They like being the center of attention by telling riddles, jokes and stories-tension can run high when more than a few Lamassu are in the same room.


To come: Races ! Elephant Bipeds, Light/Energy Creatures, Humanoid Spiders, Trolls, Lamassu, more!

This RP would take place in the gardens of the Empress Minu-a surreal fantastical place buried somewhere between ancient times and medieval. Strange races of courtiers come and go-weird ships deliver endless treasures and guests. Politics and ritual abound.
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Oooo this looks interesting.
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yea this looks cool. I am guessing the characters will be different social classes and shtuff. Would characters be allowed to have some sort of magical ability?
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VarionusNW said
yea this looks cool. I am guessing the characters will be different social classes and shtuff. Would characters be allowed to have some sort of magical ability?


Yea , PCs would be members of court. Possibly playing more than one. Magical abilities would be allowed but would have to fit the setting. I'm thinking of building in magic abilities to the races..
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I'm interested!
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Sounds very interesting to me i would like to join in.
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Thanks for the interest! Feel free to throw ideas around.
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I have an Idea about a Court Jester Character. You think that would fit?
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here's an interesting idea, given that I feel like wanna play a knight character:
Since there are knights, I am going to guess that there is a sort of code of chivalry. Since Minu can exert some influence towards the knights, in one form or another, it would make sense that she would force them to follow this code.

The idea here is that I want to play a unique character who is an odd knight in the sense that he does not have to follow the code of chivalry, and does not reveal the lord he serves. Of course, he has to be a sort of Black Knight, because why the fuck not.

Even if I wouldn't play this character, just having it as an NPC would be cool. But, yea, would there be a sort of code of chivalry?
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Possibly interested, I'll keep an eye on this.
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The Narrator said
I have an Idea about a Court Jester Character. You think that would fit?


Entertainment is a major part of day to day life at the gardens. A standard medieval european jester probably wouldn't fit-

VarionusNW said
here's an interesting idea, given that I feel like wanna play a knight character:Since there are knights, I am going to guess that there is a sort of code of chivalry. Since Minu can exert some influence towards the knights, in one form or another, it would make sense that she would force them to follow this code.The idea here is that I want to play a unique character who is an odd knight in the sense that he does not have to follow the code of chivalry, and does not reveal the lord he serves. Of course, he has to be a sort of Black Knight, because why the fuck not.Even if I wouldn't play this character, just having it as an NPC would be cool. But, yea, would there be a sort of code of chivalry?

There is absolutely a code of chivalry, and an unspoken set of rules at the gardens. I would imagine the rules being enforced by Minu Herself if the infraction is great enough-but for the most part if someone does something that is frowned upon, the other members of court might just ignore them. Social suicide is a major concern for courtiers of the Gardens given the strict social hierarchy. If you want to play a knight that goes against the traditions of the gardens, by all means. Maybe their is another way to court the favor of Minu. I reaaally like the idea of a knight that hides the identity of his/her lord. Maybe you could look at it another way: the character is a rogue disguised as a knight? A stolen identity? Ignorance of court chivalry?

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Possibly interested, I'll keep an eye on this.

Please do, and feel free to join the discussion.
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My Idea for a courtjester has not much to do with a standart european one. I think the interest is great enough to open the OOC now.
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Taking a break on this. Another RP I've been involved with is about to start. I would feel like I'm not putting 100% into this. Sorry guys :(
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So shall the rest of us continue somewhere else?
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fuck.
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