[OOC] Deep Ground Online: War of Strangers

[TheWendil]

Interest Check

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GM: TheWindel
Co-GM: Lucius Cypher
Status: Open to all Applicants

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It is said that the past repeats itself throughout the course of history. An ancient legend from a time too far for our own understanding speaks of such a repeated process. According to the texts of old, seven wise kings ruled the land in separate territories, and peace was installed in the plane we know as the world. Each designated ruler was a mighty warrior in their own right, and each represented a color of the spectrum to reflect their inner strength and will: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange, White, and Black.

For a time, the constant era of war and strife was ended upon by a peace treaty which, although not fully uniting the different kingdoms as one, did maintain a common truce among the seven rulers. Seven kings to rule the land…until one fateful day in time. One single moment in fate.

The wisest and most powerful of the rulers, the Black King, was struck down by a treacherous blade. The Orange King, with all of his cunning and skill, persuaded the remaining five rulers to rebel against what they saw as prideful tyranny. In doing so, each of them betrayed their beloved comrade with a cruel execution. Soon after, the rulers and their legions of armies continued the cycle of violence and war anew, each seeking out greater power and glory than ever before.

The world grew divided once again.

Fast forward into the future, nearly several thousand years since that dark time.

It is the year 2048. The world has become connected once more though a global phenomenon known as the World Interface. It is through this tool in which all conflicts are resolved without the usage of such barbaric means. All people can connect their minds to the World Interface at any given time, via a mass satellite orbiting around the planet that transmits and broadcasts brainwaves.

Enter Deep Ground.

The Deep Ground Program, or D.G.P. to most, is a universal method of education and teaching to all youth. To an external viewer, it is nothing more than a highly competitive action game, and some have even labeled the software affectionately as Deep Ground Online. That title is not too far from the truth, as players compete with one another on a global scale through various battles and missions.

The game itself is quite simple, and the goal is linear. Be the first to eliminate your opponent and win. However, like all things in this world, there are twists of fate. Deep Ground is only available to those ranging between ages 13 and 18. It is not uncommon then for many to grant their child the D.G.P. for their thirteenth birthday.

The software itself affects reality as well. Players begin their harsh journey at age 13. Once reaching age 19, the program automatically uninstalls itself from within the player’s memory bank stored within their brain. The overall objective is really quite simple.

The program determines one’s fate in reality. The better the player, the better they shall succeed in real life. A player aged 18 who has a significant winning streak may then be rewarded to live the rest of their lives in relative comfort with perhaps a high waging job. A player in the same circumstance who has failed to meet any substantial achievements is forever condemned to a life of meager living. Your status in-game affects your future. There is no fighting against it; that is how it has always been. That is how it will always be.

There are seven domains within the world of Deep Ground, each ruled by a colored king to fit the legend; Deep Ground itself was originally based on the tale of the seven rulers. All colored rulers are at least level 9 players, with the highest cap peaking at level 9. Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, White….each have created guilds in which to further expand their power and glory in the real world.

The Black King rules a guild that is notified for the fact that it contains no players, only the Black King itself. However, times are changing, for better or worse. One fateful day, much like the day of legend long past, the current Black King made a public announcement throughout the servers of the World Interface and all throughout Deep Ground.

“Attention all players. I, the Black King, ruler of the Ebony Strykers, am allowing any and all to join my guild. This will be the first time I have done so in the entirety of Deep Ground’s launch. Please, choose your allies wisely.”

One month.

One month had passed since that ever fateful day.

In that fixed point in time, Deep Ground Online was officially declared back offline to the masses due to the efforts of a Player Hacker known only as the Corpse Collector. However, the player was dealt with as swiftly as she came, having apprehended over night. Theories abound on how exactly she was stopped in her mad rampage. Some say it was the work of the Sweepers. Others say the Black King themselves defeated Corpse Collector and locked her out of the servers permanently. And still, some say that it was the will of the World Interface correcting itself of the anomaly.

In the real world, Corpse Collector was subsequently arrested for abusing the system’s programming, her fate having been determined for her not by the game, but by the World Interface itself. To this day, researchers are still wondering how exactly a girl such as herself was able to tamper with the very fundamentals of the programming their ancestors encoded.

Her identity was not revealed to the massed public, and little knew of her existence to begin with. She has since been placed in a mental institution.

It was supposed to be a time of rejoice and triumph. And it was. For a while.

Dead. All of them. Well, not all of them. But a good majority of them.

Players who held the position and ranking of King within Deep Ground were suddenly found dead the very next night. There were no signs of immediate struggle; they all perished in their sleep without so much as a whimper.

Orange King, Green King, Red King, and…White King. Each found dead. Each having their bodies carted off and carried away from the world. Since then, Deep Ground has come under intense investigation by the global leaders of the World Interface. In the span of one short month, heated political debates have spread like wildfire across the world.

Two sides now stand: those who question the moral action of enforcing the Deep Ground program and its fatalistic nature, and those still stuck in their traditions of keeping the game alive. The latter seems to be the majority in this wasted world.

And so Deep Ground Online stands today.

Now where do you fit into this? You are a player yourself, trying to survive and succeed until your 18th birthday. Will you join a guild or will you dare to fight alone?

The choice lies entirely in your own actions. Happy gaming.

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There are seven official Guilds as well as two non-affiliated groups in which one can join in Deep Ground Online:

The Scarlet Harleys of the Red King

Stuffed Rabbit-Red King

The Cobalt Bruisers of the Blue King

Gleeful Jackal-Blue King, Melancholy Smile

The Fanged Rangers of the Green King

Tender Fern-Green King, Unrelenting Jukebox, Vengeful Reaper

The Golden Wolves of the Yellow King

Shooting Star-Yellow King

The Silent Marauders of the Orange King

Conquest Pantheon-Orange King

The Ivory Masks of the White King

Stalwart Bruiser-White King, White Death

The Ebony Strykers of the Black King

Dark Wraith, Arms Slave, Free Runner, Solitary Watcher

Sweepers

Arms Slave, Dark Wraith

Solo Gamers

Eclipsed Tower, Carnage Liberated, Grim Bucaneer, Princess Rainbow, Solitary Watcher, Smitten Kitten, Enduring Survivor

There are also six major player roles within the RP. Each of them are a colored ruler, and thus will be in control of their guild. Players are encouraged to join guilds and collaborate with one another to defeat other enemies as well as formulate strategies to win battles. To claim these, it's first come first serve.

-The Red King: Claimed by YandereNoodle
-The Blue King Claimed by Psyker Landshark
-The Green King Claimed by Arrayah
-The Yellow King: Claimed by Scarifar
-The Orange King Claimed by OverconfidentMagi
-The White King: Claimed by MaskedHeroZ

Deep Ground Online is, in its most basic form and components, an indirect fighting game. The environment of Deep Ground Online is a massive city with spanning levels and wide open complexes for players to utilize. Labeled as “Faded City”, there are seven main districts each respectively reserved for each faction. Guilds may conquer other districts to further grow in power and strength.

There are a total amount of five classes in Deep Ground Online.

The Assassin:
The most diverse and easy to control out of the three classes. This class specializes in quick kills and relies on stealth and speed to take down their targets. Furthermore, they are considered the fastest class throughout all of Deep Ground. Excels in close-combat and is prone to using a wide arrange of items and tools. Does not have a specific weapon, although they can most commonly be seen wielding either knives, swords, or any other bladed weapon.

The Gunner:
Main weapon is a gun of choice, and silencers may be purchased with a high enough level. This class focuses on long-ranged capabilities to pin down approaching opponents. Although not totally defenseless in close-quarters battle, they are at a disadvantage compared to their Assassin counterparts. This class is unique in that they may fully master any firearm within the arm, though flashy moves are usually frowned upon for quick kills. This class also has the highest jumping range in the game.

The Brawler:
Unmatched in physical combat, boasting the most endurance of all classes and a pretty nasty punch to boot. However, their up-close-and-personal superiority is matched by their total and utter disadvantages at a range. Lacking any means to fight from afar, the Brawler must use their endurance to close in on the enemy and his strength to tear them a new asshole once he's within melee range. Capable of wielding a veritable arsenal of melee weapons.

The Healer
Tapping into metaphysical forces, the Healer's not the best fighter, but they’re staying power is second to none. Capable of healing both themselves and others, the Healer is more typically cast into a support role, where their entrusted with the lives of his comrades. He can use his powers to deal small amounts of damage as well, but more often than not, he'll ultimately fall short of defeating those of other classes. Utilizes small weapons for both melee and ranged combat, such as knives-melee and throwing-fist weapons, and small pistols.

The Wizard
Like the Healer, the Wizard is unique in that they’re able to tap into more mysterious forces to do his job. Unlike the Healer, however, the Wizard's powers are all offense-centric. From casting forth fireballs to raising the corpses of their enemies at higher levels, a Wizard who knows what they’re doing will be unmatched at a distance; lobbing forth projectiles and making his fallen enemies do his bidding. However, once "at a distance" ends, they won't be around for long. Even more fragile than the Healer, the Wizard is often considered dead the instant an enemy gets within melee range. Due to needing both their hands for magic, a Wizard doesn't use any weapons.

SPECS & PERKS:

Upon reaching Level 3, a character is asked to pick one spec (short for specialization) from three choices that vary with their class. After this, the player will receive a single perk upon each level up from their choice of two; spec choices do not affect what perks you can and can't have. These perks can be new skills, passive bonuses, or even new tools to add to your arsenal depending on the class.

All that said and done, let's take a look.

Assassin

SPECS:

Shinobi: Shinobi-spec Assassins are unique in that, unlike the other Assassin specs, they can set various traps for their opponents to walk into. They're also far faster than other Assassins, but their weapons are limited to knives only. As a result, Shinobi-spec players will need to rely more on traps and cunning than melee prowess.

Hitman: The Hitman is a merciless killer who wields a wide variety of weapons. While he loses the ability to sneak about, the Hitman compensates for the loss of this crucial ability with an increase to his offensive and defensive capabilities. While still flimsy, rest assured that if a Hitman goes down, he's taking somebody else with him.

Sniper: Not to be confused with the Gunner spec of the same name, Sniper-spec Assassins do have some similarities to their Gunner counterparts. Both of them specialize in the use of sniper rifles, but unlike their Gunner counterparts, Sniper-spec Assassins are unable to deploy traps. However, they also don't lose their usual Assassin sneakiness and combat prowess.

PERKS:

Level 4
Assassination: Sneak attacks do double damage. Not applicable if already in combat.
Vicious Strikes: Melee damage increased by 20%

Level 5
Trapper: Enables the use of traps for Sniper and Hitman specs. Shinobi specs will instead have their traps doubled in power.
Grim Stride: Support skill that doubles your movement and attack speed. Lasts 10 seconds, with a two-minute cooldown.

Level 6
Assassin Stride: Enables you to move about all nimble-like. Like a parkour master...or...y'know...an assassin.
Deadly Aim: Critical hit rate doubled.

Level 7
Engineer: Enables the Assassin to create remote-detonated explosives, smoke bombs, and grappling hooks. These items can be used by any class, but only Assassins can craft them.
Shadowstalk: Support skill that renders the user invisible for thirty seconds. Cannot be used in combat, and cannot attack during this time. Five-minute cooldown.

Level 8
Soaring Slayer: Jump height and acrobatic ability in general is doubled.
Swift Slayer: Ground movement speed increased by 50%.

Level 9
Grim Reaper: Melee skill that instantly kills an enemy. Cannot be used on a target that is already in combat, Dissolutions, or on somebody who sees you. 1-day cooldown.
Assassin's DNA: Allows the Assassin to pick any Level 8 or lower perk they don't already have.

Gunner

SPECS:

Commando: A Commando-spec Gunner's best friend is his combat knife. While still able to shoot enemies from afar with their guns, the Commando will inevitably prevail in melee combat against Gunners of other specs. Skills unique to the Commando spec closes in more on use of knives (melee and throwing) than guns. Because Commandos can hold their own in melee combat as well as from afar, it's said to be the best spec for solo players in this class.

Sniper: The Sniper is a silent warrior who picks off enemies from incredible ranges, using both their namesake rifles and cunning traps to ensnare and eliminate enemies without ever being seen. While a Sniper can be vicious from the huge ranges they're most comfortable in, they'll ultimately fall short at close or mid ranges since they only have access to traps and sniper skills. A player who chooses this spec is immediately gifted with a sniper rifle, since they won't be doing much without one.

Armsman: Where the Commando is a melee fighter and the Sniper is one who fights from immense distances, the Armsman is the middle ground. Capable of unleashing a massive payload at firing range, the Armsman specializes in any ranged weapon he can get his hands on. However, for how fearsome they are at firing both from afar and at point-blank, the Armsman spec is the only one that cannot use skills the utilize traps.

PERKS:

Level 4
Field Medic: Grants the Gunner the ability to use bandages to heal himself or allies when not in battle. Not nearly as effective as a Healer, though.
Marksman: Gun accuracy increased by 30%

Level 5
Resourceful: Materials are not required to set traps.
Combat Armor: Reduce melee damage taken by 20%

Level 6
Sleight of Hand: Reload speed for ranged weapons doubled.
Eagle Eye: Ranged skill that homes in on an enemy's weak point. Guaranteed critical hit, but 1-second charge time & 10-second cooldown.

Level 7
Chain Knife: Attaches 5-foot chains to your combat knives.
Elite Soldier: Increases all damage - except trap damage - by 10%

Level 8
Banner of Courage: Increases your HP - as well as the HP of everybody in your party - by 10%
Rifle Enthusiast: Lets you dual-wield two-handed rifles.

Level 9
Jack the Ripper: Melee skill that deals immense damage to everybody around you. Requires a knife.
Fatal Fire: Ranged skill that instantly kills most NPC enemies; deals players and Dissolutions damage equal to 90% of their total HP. 3-second charge time; 60-minute cooldown.

Brawler

SPECS:

Berserker: The Berserker is a vicious fighter who has no concern for how much damage he takes, instead focusing solely on ripping the enemy to pieces. A Berserker's unique skills all focus on dealing as much damage as possible, as quickly as possible.

Tank: Aptly-named, the Tank-spec Brawlers focus on exactly that. Getting the attention of the enemy and keeping it on them, shrugging off hits so that the rest of the team can do the damage. The Tank's unique skills focus on keeping NPC enemies on him, as well as granting buffs to himself to boost his combat prowess.

Scrapper: Scrappers use their tenacity and strength to its full extent. Actually, from a purely stat-based viewpoint, they're overall the strongest melee spec. However, even though they're faster and they have better stats across the board (even if it's not by much) Scrappers are restricted to the use of fist weapons only. Their speed is necessary to get within punching range.

PERKS:

Level 4
Pain Infliction: Increase all damage done by 15%
Pain Resistance: Reduce all damage taken by 10%

Level 5
Bloodlust: Support skill that doubles all damage dealt for five seconds. Has a three-minute cooldown.
Titan's Grip: Enables you to dual-wield two-handed weapons.

Level 6
Gyro Strike: Offense skill in which the user performs a powerful spin attack, using centrifugal force as a means to enhance the attack even further. Deals heavy damage to anybody within range of your weapon(s). 30-second cooldown.
The Zaraki Method: Increases your damage output in proportion to your remaining health (99% HP remaining is a 1% bonus, 75% HP is a 25% bonus, etc.) up to a maximum of 90% additional damage (10% HP remaining).

Level 7
Atlas Fist: Unarmed skill in which the user unleashes a punch of incomparable power. Deals heavy damage and ignores defense ratings. 60-second cooldown.
Icarus Attack: Armed skill in which the user - from high above - comes down upon the opponent, using gravity as a means to enhance the damage even further. The user also takes no falling damage when using this skill. Requires you to be at least 50 feet above the target.

Level 8
Cadet: Enables you to use a gun (two-handed guns only).
Boomerang: Ranged skill in which the user throws one or more of their weapons at the target, where it deals damage before returning to the user (this damage is treated as melee damage). 10-second cooldown per weapon.

Level 9
Herculean: You now possess the physical strength to smash through most - if not all - obstacles in your way. (NOTE: Has no effect on how much damage your attacks deal.)
War Horse: Summon skill that conjures up a War Horse; a very fast-moving mount that is capable of running up walls and over water.

Healer

SPECS:

Priest: The most powerful healing spec, the Priest lives purely to make sure others keep living. Using sacred rites, the Priest heals his allies better than any other spec can. Sadly, he's completely ineffective in combat, so solo players never choose this spec.

Witch Doctor: The ideal spec for solo-playing Healers, the Witch Doctor uses voodoo rituals not only to heal his allies, but to harm his enemies too. While he'll never do quite as much damage as a Wizard, he's still pretty fearsome since he has the unique privilige of being able to damage and heal effectively in battle.

Surgeon: The Surgeon casts away his mystical ways and turns to technology to heal and improve his allies. He can fight (granted, not as well as he can heal) and is capable of deploying nanobots to heal his allies in battle as his magic would have previously done. However, the gold in Surgeons is that they're able to grant allies unique "cyborg" buffs that are not only very powerful, but have quite a duration.

PERKS:

Level 4
Resurrection: Magic skill that lets you revive a dead ally after a five-second casting time. Has a ten-minute cooldown.
Wisdom: Cooldown time for spells reduced by 25%

Level 5
Spectral Body: Support skill that turns your body into an arcane mist, rendering you immune to physical damage for ten seconds. You cannot cast magic during this time, and the skill has a ten-minute cooldown.
Heal Pulse: Area-of-effect skill that heals all allies within a twenty-foot radius. One-second cast time, thirty-second cooldown.

Level 6
Esuna: A magic skill that allows you to remove all negative status alignments on a given target. One minute cooldown.
Empower: A support skill that allows you to target yourself or your ally. Their next skill will be twice as effective, cost half as much to use, and cools down twice as fast. Five minute cool down.

Level 7
Regeneration: A passive skill that allows you to heal 5% of your health every minute during battle, and 20% of your health every minute outside of battle. Requires no mana.
Extra Treat: A passive skill which every time you use a Healer Perk you heal 5% of your health.

Level 8
Barrier: A magic skill that at the cost of half the healer's current health, they can create a protective aura around someone for five minutes that halves all types of damage. Cool down of ten minutes.
Reflector: A magic skill that at the cost of half the healer's current health, they can create deflective aura around someone for five minutes that returns half the damage done to the target back to the attacker. Cool down of ten minutes.

Level 9
Guardian Angel: A magic skill that allows a Healer to bless themselves or another player with a Guardian Angel, who has twice the amount of health of the target person. The Guardian Angel will take all damage and negative effects targeting the player who is blessed by the Guardian Angel until it's own health is depleted. One hour cool down.
Savior: A magic skill that allows a healer to bless themselves or another player with a Savior, who will give the player 10% health regeneration per minute. Upon the player's death the Savior instantly resurrected the player blessed with the Savior to their maximum health, but the Savior is dismissed. One hour cool down.

Wizard

SPECS:

Sorcerer: A Sorcerer is a mighty spellcaster who uses the forces of fire, ice, and lightning to strike his enemies from afar, dealing all the damage he needs to before the enemy can even get close. Choosing this spec locks the use of necromancy and black magic, but enables ice and lightning magics.

Warlock: The Warlock lives to crush the enemy. Using the forces of fire and black magic, he kills his opponent by the use of layers of damage-over-time spells, torturing his foes to death while his conjured demon keeps them out of his face. Restricts the use of necromancy, but enables the ability to summon powerful demons through rituals.

Necromancer: The darkest of magicians, the Necromancer uses black magic to spread plagues, drain the souls of his foes to restore health, and resurrect fallen corpses to do his bidding. Sadly, a Necromancer will fail if he has no minion, since his only other damage output is his plethora of damage-over-time plagues. Enables you to revive a second corpse in addition to the first.

PERKS:

Level 4
Magic Blast: A skill which fires a magical projectile that deals resistance-ignoring damage.
Monodextrous Casting: Enables you to wield a melee weapon in one hand.

Level 5
Blood Pact: Demon and undead minions now have double their usual HP, but your HP is decreased by 25%
Attuned: Cooldown time for spells reduced by 25%

Level 6
Enlightenment: Casting time for spells decreased by 25%
Mirror Image: Magic skill that creates four illusory clones of the caster. Lasts ten seconds, or until the actual Wizard is hit. Five-minute cooldown.

Level 7
Magus Blast: Changes with each spec.
For Sorcerer: Unleashes a burst of condensed mana, dealing a high amount of defense-ignoring magic damage to anything within a 10-foot radius. Instant cast; sixty-second cooldown.
For Warlock: Suck away a fragment of your enemy's "soul", and gain HP equal to the amount of damage you deal. Thirty-second cooldown.
For Necromancer: A damage-over-time spell that continues working until either you or the target dies. Thirty-second cooldown begins when the effect wears off. Cannot stack or apply to more than one target.

Astral Projection: Summon an ethereal copy of yourself and control it for sixty seconds, or until it or you takes damage. The copy cannot cast magic, but moves twice as fast as the Wizard summoning it. Ten-minute cooldown.

Level 8
Supreme Summoner: Summon limit is doubled. Warlocks can now have two demons at once, and Necromancers can have four undead minions.
Grimoire: Grants the Wizard a powerful grimoire, which casts spells just like its owner. Effectively enables you to cast two spells at once.

Level 9
Advanced Form: Changes with each spec.
For Sorcerer: Your body becomes an arcane mist. Physical damage taken is reduced by 25%, and magic damage dealt is increased by 50%.
For Warlock: Your body takes on a new, demonic form. Total HP is doubled, and damage dealt by all summoned demons increases by 50%.
For Necromancer: You become a lich, storing your soul away in a phylactery. Once per day, if you are killed, you resurrect on the spot with full HP. Additionally, damage dealt by summoned undead increases by 25%.

Limitless Knowledge: Enables all Wizard spells, except those unlocked from perks. (NOTE: In the event that you chose the Supreme Summoner perk, summoning one demon will be treated as having summoned two undead, meaning you can have four undead, two demons, or one demon and two undead, but no other combinations of summons. In the event that you chose the Magus Blast perk, you will only have the one relevant to your spec of choice.)

Purple Crown Academy:
Purple Crown Academy is a massive school located in the heart of the world, floating on an island in the ocean. This focal point shall be the scenery for a vast majority of the events taking place in the real world. Players will learn regular school materials and go about their day to day lives, but the RP shall lie in the interactions characters make both in the real world and Deep Ground.

Because all of the world’s students attend Crown, it’s therefore not uncommon for players to form after school meetings for their specific guild and further increase their status. The end of their attendance at Purple Crown shall lead to the end of Deep Ground and the verdict of their new future.

It is considered social taboo for people to participate in opposite guild meetings, and it is said that the Black King is the only player to have never disclosed their identity in real life. That is, until the mass message to invite players. And so the search for the elusive Black King begins…

Uniforms

All students within Purple Crown Academy are required to wear the above uniform outside of Deep Ground. You can thank your Co-GM for their design.

Sweepers

The Sweepers are an anonymous "Force" of Defenders of Justice and Vigilante. They have no loyalty to guild nor kings as a whole, meaning that anyone could potentially be targeted by the Sweepers. What makes them different from other nameless hordes is whom they hunt: True Sweepers only hunt down those have have been branded as Outlaws, players who prey on the weak and defenseless. Typically this means low levels under level 5 or so, but just about anyone can be a victim depending on the circumstances. And it's the Sweeper's duty to go out and protect those players as well as punish the Outlaws.

Of course, things aren't always so easy. While their free-roaming nature means that anyone can take up the cause of the Sweepers, it is for that same reason that many people can use the name of the Sweepers for evil purposes. Being a Sweeper is an ideal and not held in any actual code or law, so while anyone can take up the cause of a Sweeper, just about anyone can abuse it. Generally those who do not fill the idealized image of a Sweeper is not truly a Sweeper, and thus you are judged by your actions, not by your words. Hence why the Sweepers never organized.

Than again, the Sweepers as most know them is really just a cover, one that the original creator would at least sometimes play the part of. The creator of the Sweepers is Restu Goroshi, Dark Wraith, though she does not play the role of a leader or even takes responsibility as the propagator. She does, however, serve a role with the Sweeper that has some structure: The Erasers. Whereas Sweepers are just anyone willing to fight for justice, Erasers are less pleasant. Erasers are hackers within the Sweepers who are tasked to assign and find Outlaws, but in and out of the game. Erasers play a dark part of justice who "execute" particularly annoying Outlaws. The Erasers are often in league with one another, but again, they have no leader to answer to and often operate with their own agenda. What makes a person an Eraser is the ability to manipulate the system of Deep Ground, and the interest in condemning players to constant harassment of the Sweepers and the eventual removal from Deep Ground.

Some Sweepers may know of the existence of the Erasers (Such as Donny) and they are often the hitmen Erasers would call upon to eliminate players in real life. Rarely would an Eraser actually dirty their own hands eliminating Outlaws in real life due to the importance of their skills. They will however assist however they can to ensure their Sweepers get the job done.

Avatars:
Players are given their in-game avatars immediately upon logging into Deep Ground for the first time. As the process is automatic, avatars are thus based on a player’s inner most personality; a reflection of their hopes, dreams, fears, etc. Furthermore, the avatar name is chosen as well, usually an adjective followed by a noun. Only the colored kings have avatars that are coherent with their colored factions; other players are not restricted by the color status quo.

Leveling up:
Each player will gain the chance to level up, and will do so by gaining experience points. Experience points are earned through winning battles, completing missions, or hunting down Dissolutions; enemy NPCs. Once reaching level 3, players are then asked to pick a specialization from three different choices depending on their class, which will grant them unique skills and other bonuses unique not only to that class, but that specific spec. Then, every 1 level, they may choose a perk relevant to their level that grants those further bonuses, again depending on your spec.

Matches are usually death battles with either single or a group of players against an equal amount of enemies. Players are expected to use any method deemed necessary to effectively assassinate the enemy. IC, players will level up after earning victory in three battles, hunting down two Dissolutions, or completing four missions. Before one does level up, please consult either myself or the Co-GM as to whether your evolved spec is appropriate or not. Basically, I’m giving you a lot of freedom and trust here in terms of what skills you can have when leveling up.

Do not make me regret this decision.

Rules

1. No Godmodding.
2. Although there is no posting order, I strongly recommend that you wait at least two turns before posting again.
3. All characters are aged between 13-18 years of age.
4.Characters who die within Deep Ground may not be able to access the program until one full day has passed in real time. Have your OC pass the time or build some drama before then.
5. Relationships between characters are strongly encouraged. Makes it more amusing to both me and my Co-GM.
6. Discussion in the OOC is nice, but if there is prolonged heated argument, take it in the PMs. Otherwise, I will solve the problem....quickly.
7. All characters can be of either gender. This includes the Colored Kings.
8. It is your responsibility to keep track of what level your character is. That being said, you may each begin the RP with any level below or at 5. The exception to this are the Colored King characters.
9. Colored Kings are responsible for leading their guild as well as actively communicating with their fellow RPers OOC.
10. I only want those RPers who will post on a regular basis and will not suddenly lose interest or leave without saying anything. I strongly suggest you either inform me or the Co-GM of your leave of absence. If it’s an emergency, then at least tell me it is. I’m understandable.
11. That being said, the only people who can use the six major roles of the colored Kings are those RPers who can at least post three-four coherent paragraphs long and will not ditch their position hastily.
13. All Deep Ground avatars are humanoid in appearance. Please use images for all appearances in your CS.
13. If you have any problems, questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to either let me or Lucius Cypher know.
14. Have fun. Or I will make you have fun 0)_(0

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Accepted OCs

1. Arms Slave/Donny Lee Yang-Lucius Cypher
2. Dark Wraith/Retsu Goroshi-Lucius Cypher
3. Free Runner/Daniel Day Dalton-Scarifar
4. Shooting Star-Yellow King/Michelle Kine-Scarifar
5. Tender Fern-Green King/Lucy Hall-Arrayah
6. Stalwart Bruiser-White King/Richie Barret-MaskedHeroZ
7. Eclipsed Tower/Keith Knight-RoflsMazoy
8. Carnage Liberated/Albus Phantom-Lord Santa
9. Conquest Pantheon-Orange King/Aaron Carther-OverconfidentMagi
10. Grim Bucaneer/Taro Kamakura-Lord Santa
11. Gleeful Jackal-Blue King/Sam Jensen-Psyker Landshark
12. Princess Rainbow/Reiko Kimura-RoflsMazoy
13. Solitary Watcher/Sten Zaffers-drewcapp
14. Smitten Kitten/Hibiki Toho-Ryonara
15. Stuffed Rabbit-Red King/Michael Faye-YandereNoodle
16. White Death/Amy Firebrand-Ryonara
17. Enduring Survivor/Richard Ryner-Damiann47
18. Unrelenting Jukebox/Alex Coleman-McFazzer
19. Melancholy Smile/Lee Xue-Erasmus
20. Vengeful Reaper/Isaac Sinclair Belekov-Shadowman215

Black King

Appearance-Real Life:
Height: 5'2"
Weight:120 pounds
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Amber
Name: Student President Yoshino Tsugumi
Age: 17
History:
As the current Black King and one of the few Players to have ever obtained that title in the history of Deep Ground, Moon Rider secluded her Guild, the Ebony Strykers, from the world under the orders of the previous Black King. However, for reasons still not yet known, she went against this traditional doctrine a short time ago and thus opened her Guild’s gates to the players of Deep Ground Online for the very first time.

Outside of the game, Moon Rider the Black King hides in plain sight of Purple Crown Academy as its Student President, Yoshino Tsugumi. She has taken extensive time to conceal her real life identity to the world as well as making sure the Academy runs as smoothly as possible.

Due to her scholarly nature, it became known as fact that Yoshino Tsugumi hated video games, and so openly avoided Deep Ground Online, having never registered and created a Player Avatar. The masses still believe that this is because, as Student President, Yoshino is already destined for some great fate by the World Interface. As such, she takes full advantage of the public’s ignorance and actively masquerade’s as Moon Rider’s representative in the real world.

Only a select few know of her status as the Black King; of those few are Retsu Goroshi, or Dark Wraith, and Michael, the Red King Stuffed Rabbit, as of recent reveal. The previous White King, White Terror, was also one to have known Yoshino’s identity before death silenced her forever.

Racked with guilt and a semi-depression over the White King’s murder for some time, the Black King has since regained her resolve and is ready to lead her war efforts personally after recent events. Her true goals have been revealed fully to the Red King and only partially to Dark Wraith: to destroy the Deep Ground Program and free the world of its influence.

Personality:
Outside of Deep Ground Online, Yoshino is a powerful public figure and maintains that image rightly so in the presence of her peers. As Student President, it’s quite obvious that she possess excellent public speaking skills and an ability to run entire operations to their course. As such, she’s often been called crazy for even accepting the job in the first place due to the role’s many responsibilities and duties.

Of course, everyone has their shortcomings. Yoshino suffers from Scopophobia, or the fear of being directly stared at. Sometime after discovering this horrifying set back to her personality, she purchased a pair of black glasses to help herself cope with the social anxiety caused by her irrational fears. Although the glasses have helped significantly, they still fail when she is being stared directly through the eyes, forcing her to avert her gaze. That, and wearing glasses when you don’t need them are probably bad for your health.

In game as Moon Rider, she’s practically no different. Unfortunately, the same can be said for the phobia, but she’s usually too occupied to notice or care at that point.

Years of sealing her Guild away from public view has also made her a little paranoid, and she will always assume the worst outcome when placed in a new situation. Despite her seemingly popular status among Purple Crown’s students, it should be noted that Yoshino has little friends and allies.

Work as Student President and her own paranoia have taken away many chances to actively socialize, and she will often politely decline gatherings and parties hosted by other members of the Student Body Cabinet. But if, by chance, she does form a rare bond with another, then she will do all things in her power to keep said bond and never let it severe.

Appearance-Avatar:
Avatar Class: Assassin-Hitman Spec
Avatar Title: Moon Rider-Black King
Avatar Level: 9
Avatar Guild: Ebony Strykers
Avatar Abilities:

Lunar Rush: A move that launches Moon Rider forward in a quick flash of light and speed, striking the opponent with a thrust of her blade. Has a 30 second cooldown.

Wicked Weave: A desperation type-move in which Moon Rider exchanges 50% of her current health in exchange for massive speed and strength. In this state, Moon Rider moves fast enough for enemies to witness several copies of her Avatar seemingly materializing from thin air. However, the fact that one well-placed move can interrupt the heightened state, as well as the fact that the ability takes up half of Moon Rider's health of whatever she has at the time, makes this power a risky cost. The ability lasts for 3 minutes and has a 5 minute cooldown period, though will most likely not be used a second time due to its risks.

Ghost Phase: A passive ability that allows the Black King to take on the physical appearance of other players. As an illusionary ability, all aspects of other Player Avatars are copied near-perfectly; voice, height, etc. However, the Black King can not use any of the copied player's abilities, and the effects only last 2 minutes with a 5 minute cooldown. Furthermore, she cannot copy the appearances of enemy NPCs.

Monochrome Dance: A move generally not seen to the public as the Black King herself goes through vigorous trouble to conceal its capabilities. Her only known reasoning for doing so is because it is, in her own words, "too flashy". Only the previous White King, White Terror, has ever seen the move personally. With their murder, so too are the secrets behind Moon Rider's greatest power.

Perks:

-Vicious Strikes: Melee damage increased by 20%

-Grim Stride: Support skill that doubles your movement and attack speed. Lasts 10 seconds, with a two-minute cooldown.

-Assassin Stride: Enables you to move about all nimble-like. Like a parkour master...or...y'know...an assassin.

-Shadowstalk: Support skill that renders the user invisible for thirty seconds. Cannot be used in combat, and cannot attack during this time. Five-minute cooldown.

-Swift Slayer: Ground movement speed increased by 50%

-Grim Reaper: Melee skill that instantly kills an enemy. Cannot be used on a target that is already in combat, Dissolutions, or on somebody who sees you. 1-day cooldown.

Other: Claims to see all colors the same, and so does not have a favorite specific. Despite this, it's been noted that she used to be quite fond of the color white. Furthermore, Moon Rider is greatly feared by renegade players and those who openly tamper with Deep Ground Online. This is because, before the opening of the Ebony Strykers to the world, the Black King was widely known as a Hacker Killer, slaying any Hacker Players who dared to enter her territory. This explains Corpse Collector's hatred, and subsequently, fear of the Black Guild's leader.

Windel: Admittedly, I myself like the color red.

Theme:

Now then. To actually prove you sat down and read all this, put your favorite color at the end of your CS. I will not accept a CS if this step is not taken. Happy gaming.

[Scarifar]

Daniel

Appearance (Real Life)

Height: 5' 6"
Weight: 128 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Name: Daniel Day Dalton
Age: 14
History: Daniel lived a rather boring life. Doing homework, doing chores, listening to parents nag about how they're always right and he's always wrong, etc. Daniel was bored of his boring life. Naturally, when a copy of DGO was given to him, he was ecstatic. Here was something new, something (hopefully) fun. It was finally time for Daniel to live his own life, and no one was going to stop him.
Personality: Usually arrogant, tends to go solo, appreciates help but doesn't feel like he needs any.

Appearance (Avatar)

Avatar Class: Gunner (Armsman spec)
Avatar Title: Free Runner
Avatar Level: 6
Avatar Guild: Ebony Strykers

Avatar Abilities

-Level One: Double Jump (passive): As the name implies.
-Level Two: Air Strike (passive): While in the air, all attacks deal 33% more damage.
-Level Three: Desperation (passive): The more Daniel's hp bar goes down, the faster he runs and the higher he jumps. Ex: can have up to about 250% increase if on 5% hp.
-Level Four: Wall Jump (passive): Able to jump off walls. Also recharges the Double Jump skill.
-Level Five: Half-Grav: Halves the effect of gravity on Daniel, as well as allowing him to perform a third jump in addition to his double jump while active. Duration: 1 min. Cooldown: 1 min.
-Level Six: Auto-Reload (passive): When a gun runs out of ammo, the gun will automatically add bullets back into it from your ammo supply. ONLY works if the gun is out of ammo, and Daniel cannot fire the gun until the reloading process is complete.

Perks:
Field Medic. Combat Armor. Sleight of Hand.

Other: Daniel wields a double-barrel shotgun, which can discharge both shells at once, and a pair of mini-shotguns of sorts. As his name implies, his skills involve speed, from reload speed to plain ol' agility. My fav. color is Blue.

Theme:

Michelle

Appearance (Real Life)

Height: 5' 3"
Weight: 117 lbs
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Ruby-brown
Name: Michelle Kine
Age: 13
History: Michelle lived with a single widowed mother who worked long hours for both of them to get through each day. As a result, Michelle also works hard to ensure a good life for both of them as well, as well as trying to keep her mother happy. She spends plenty of time dealing with people who act as bullies, as well as helping those who are too weak to help themselves. Her mother was proud that her daughter did so well, but was also worried that one day Michelle would bite off more than she could chew. Fortunately, that never happened.
Then, when Michelle turned 13, she received her copy of DGP, and vowed to become a powerful and successful player, so that they no longer had to live like they did. Her mother could barely contain her pride when Michelle rose up in level in almost record time, as well as overthrowing the previous Yellow King. She was small and nimble, giving her an enormous speed and agility advantage. Bullets could not get past her blades, and no one was fast enough to land a hit.
Personality: Cheerful and friendly to people she likes, distrustful and suspicious to people she hates. Very determined when she has a goal. Definitely prefers to act casual instead of formal.

Appearance (Avatar)

Pretend that the robe is yellow, I couldn't find anything better.

Avatar Class: Brawler (Beserker spec)
Avatar Title: Shooting Star - Yellow King
Avatar Level (Initial): 9
Avatar Guild: Tinged Beserkers

Avatar Abilities

-Level One: Shukuchi: Able to run ridiculously quickly, but only in a straight line. Speed is proportionate to her level. Can be turned on or off.
-Level Two: Combo (passive): The more hits she lands, the more damage each hit will create, and the faster she becomes. Damage and speed will increase by 5% with each hit. No known limit to how many times this can stack.
-Level Three: Prediction (passive): Creates a visible path that an attack, melee or ranged, is taking. Said prediction path is created as soon as the attack begins. Visible only to Michelle.
-Level Four: Perception (passive): Creates red outlines around traps and other similar obstacles (pools of tar, etc), which can be seen through objects.
-Level Five: Cross Slash: Strikes the enemy in an "X" form, then reverses the slashes, performing a total of four hits. Capable of ignoring damage reduction skills and perks. Each hit causes 200% more damage than normal strikes. Usable only if dual wielding melee weapons. 30 second cooldown. Can be cancelled after performing the initial "X" slash, resulting in only half the cooldown.
-Level Six: Piercing Barrage: barrages the opponent with multiple super-fast piercing strikes (around 16 if dual wielding, 8 if not, each dealing 50% normal damage), each capable of causing the opponent to "bleed out" for 5 seconds, dealing continuous damage. Effect does not stack if multiple hits land. Usable only if wielding a weapon, and not being bare-handed. 1 minute cooldown.
-Level Seven: Tornado: Michelle will spin around in place very quickly, sucking in objects, npc's, and players alike. Objects will be deflected, while npc's and players will suffer 75% normal damage per second while within close proximity to the "tornado". Last for 10 seconds, has a 5-minute cooldown.
-Level Eight: Shooting Star: Michelle is launched up into the air (about 20 ft) and covered a yellow aura that protects her from fall damage, then shot straight down toward her target at twice the speed she was launched upward. Only successful (meaning the shot down part) if the target is below her at the peak of the launch. Deals 300% normal damage. 3-minute cooldown.
-Level Nine: Devastation: Michelle's eyes turn red, and her body outline glows red, with wispy tendrils coming off occasionally. Michelle gains increased strength (triples melee damage), Shukuchi loses its "straight line" drawback, and she is capable of accelerating and decelerating instantaneously. In return, all skills used (not including Devastation) has double the cooldown time, and Michelle takes continuous damage (0.5% max hp per second). Cooldown is proportionate to the time she is in Devastation (1 hour cooldown per second).

Perks:
-Pain Infliction.
-Bloodlust.
-Gyro Strike.
-Boomerang.
-War Horse.

Other: Michelle dual wields 2 short swords. My favorite color is Red.

Theme:

[Lucius Cypher]

Donny Lee Yang the Arms Slave

Appearance (Real Life):

(Dramatized of course)
Height: Five feet five inches
Weight: 200lb
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Name: Donny Lee Yang
Age: 18
History: Donny's got the same life everyone else had, more or less. Just a kid growing up in a middle-high class family, had big dreams. Also had some confidence issues. Growing up Donny liked to eat, and he eats well. This made him fat, and brought it's own share of troubles you usually get for being fat. His parents, trying to work on his confidence, had him take up martial arts when he was young. And he has been taking it ever since. However, despite his dedication to his class, he never really lost any weight. But he did become stronger, but with that strength came corruption. Everyday he had to resist the urge to unleash his fury on his bullies and other ignorant people, including his own family members. They had wanted him to be confident in himself, and he had become to realize that no one was on his side. One way or another, everyone was his enemy, but his only means to fight back meant hurting them physically. He knew that this was wrong, but there was very little ways he knew how to handle them. He did not take up martial arts for some petty notion as defending the weak or even himself. He took it to have power, and to be able to force others into subjugation.

But he never tried. He continued to take the suffering in silence, constantly fighting the temptation to simply stop being so peaceful and just bring harm to everyone around him. He ignored trouble the best he could but even light wounds turn into scars when left untreated. Soon Donny began to grow jaded and cynical, seeing the world as nothing but one chain of pain after another. And he wanted to escape, find some way to vent and change things. And so he picked up Deep Ground Online. There he was able to put his many years into martial arts into good use; he didn't have to wait to be hurt. Though out the years Donny, as the mysterious brawler known as Arms Slave, attacked all and any he would claim as "Outlaws"; players who would intentionally attack and ambush weaker level ones outside of a fair duel. Despite never rising above his rank, Arms Slave did all he could to impede and make life a living hell for the griefer, surprisingly never accumulating a kill nor dying. Donny stayed a low rank in order to trick others into thinking that he would be weak or predictable, before trapping them to be taken out by the very prey the griefers hunted.

Like others he started young at 13 years old. However despite five years of experience, he never bothered to level up. He has a almost unheard of score of 0/0, no kills, no deaths. If the game kept tracked of it however, he would have assist scores in the upper thousands. Instead of leveling up he focused on creating a network within the game outside of main guilds, gathering resources and supplies. But once he hit his eighteen birthday, Donny began to grind levels. He launched a great offensive against Outlaws, quickly racking up the kills to reach level 3. He wanted to go out in a bang, and now that the Black King has called out to the players, this was his chance to show the world what he's been doing these past years.

After defeating Corpse Collector, Donny quickly began to rise in the ranks of the Ebon Stykers. Though he never really bothered to enter the Ebon Skyker's inner circle, he made a name for himself for spear heading just about any offensive he had time to participate in. He formed a crew within the Ebon Skykers known as the "Mayhem Riders", a crew of players who had in game vehicles to storm open territories and generally being mayhem to their enemies. They hit hard and hit fast, and thanks to his connections to the Ebon Skykers, Arms Slave was able to customize his ride for increased power, as well as his own. He only had a few more months left this year before he graduated, but he aimed to go out with the biggest bang he could get.
Personality: In real life, Donny is an extreme doormat. He would smile, speak politely, and generally just be the nicest person he can be. Sometimes he might even be funny. It's an act that he plays well, because he does not want anyone to know how much he wants to kill people. Generally it's not something that people approve of, but he's always planning, always thinking, and always ready to just have any excuse to let loose and take someone's life. Until than he plays the part of the pudgy fat asian kid who seems to play video games a lot.

On line Donny is a mix up between a White Knight and a Griefer. On one hand he helps Shepard lower level players into surviving higher level ambushes, but some would say that he became the very monster he sought to fight against, constantly harassing other players he thinks are Outlaws, going so far as to ruin their lives both in and out of Deep World Online. And it's not out of a sense of duty or honor, or even malice; he just enjoys trolling them, just as they do others.
Appearance (Avatar):
Avatar Class: Brawler Tank
Avatar Title: Arms Slave
Avatar Level (Initial): 6
Avatar Guild: Ebon Stykers
Avatar Abilities:

Multi-Melee - Thanks to Arms Slave additional set of arms, he can use up to two two-handed weapons, four one-handed weapons, or two one-handed and a single two-hander at once, increasing damage output and DPS.

Chain Catch - When Arms Slave can use the chains on it's body to pull itself to a target. If the target is light enough, Arms Slave could pull the target to him instead.

Surviving Suffering - An active buff. Arms Slave increases his damage resistance to 40% and increase his overall agility while taking a penalty to damage output. Last during the entire duration of a battle and has a ten minute cooldown.

Persistent Predator - Arms Slaves can find one target he is aware of and will always know their location. Against that target he will have 50% damage resistance and his speed is doubled whenever he has a prey. Three minute cool down.

Asura Assault - An active ability. For the duration of the battle, Arms Slave grows an additional six pairs of arms, for a total of ten, increasing his damage-per-second appropriately. Has a thirty minute cool down.

Taunting Target - Arms Slave becomes the sole target of any hostile Avatar Ability or Perk within a hundreds feet around him. Allies within this area cannot be targeted directly. Additionally, he will be alerted of when he is being targeted and by whom. Ten Minute Cooldown

Avatar Perks:

Pain Resistance: Reduce all damage taken by 10%

Titan's Grip: Enables you to dual-wield two-handed weapons.

Gyro Strike: Offense skill in which the user performs a powerful spin attack, using centrifugal force as a means to enhance the attack even further. Deals heavy damage to anybody within range of your weapon(s). 30-second cooldown.

Other: Arms Slave is part of an unofficial organization known as "Sweepers". Unofficial in that there is no define leaders or even members, and is more like illegal service. Arms Slave can contact certain players about people he declares as "Outlaws", and they would assist in helping him find and take down the player character. If an Outlaw continues to become a problem, Donny himself may be contacted to preform what amounts to a real-life hit. So far he has yet to actually do any harm aside from corrupting player's computers or setting up false evidence to get them arrested, but he waits for his chance to actually bloody his hands for once. Arms Slave has been stockpiling various weapons and items over the years, powerful tools in the right hands. While he can't use all of them due to class restrictions, he has an armory that rivals most hoarders and treasure hunters. All kept on the down low of course; the reason he was able to accumulate so much was because he made sure no one knew about it. He now has a war machine that replaced his truck after it's initial destruction, with increase armor, engine performance, passenger space, and weaponry. Likes the color Green.

Restu Goroshi the Dark Wraith

Appearance (Real Life):

Height: Five feet ten inches
Weight: 134lbs
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Red
Name: Restu Goroshi
Age: 16
History: Restu is one of the many daughters of a yakuza lord, and the seventh child out of twenty total. While treated with respect by most of the underlings, within the immediate family she is ignored at best. A literal red-headed stepchild, Restu had no future in trying to advance within the ranks of her family, and was likely just going to be traded off as a mistress for one of her father's friends. Not wanting that future, made her plans to escape as early as ten years old. She did well in school, better than her brothers and sisters, and made sure that she was looked highly upon by various universities. She picked up Deep World early to begin her plan; to create her own criminal empire. Using her father's connections and the family's resources, Restu gained access to an illegal code through Deep World that simply allows her to monitor the movements of various characters, regardless of who they were. Once the program was created, she spread it to other highly skilled programmers and hackers, to ensure that it was always ready to be up to date should Deep Ground try to patch it out, as well as to ensure that it continued to exist even should Restu be caught using it.

Using this code most of it's users called "Cherry Hunter", Restu became part of the underground organization called the "Sweepers". She became one of the many informants who would monitor and give orders to other players to hunt down outlaws. Of course, not everyone she had them attack were outlaws; in order to ensure that she rose into ranks without setting off too many alarms, she used her position to take out any rivals and competition, or making her own leveling up easier. It was telling that after she implemented the program, she was able to smoothly go from level 1 to 3 in the span of two months, and will continue to accelerate until she finally turns 19.
Personality: Restu is friendly enough, if you don't mind her snark and arrogance. She's not really one to tolerate someone else haughty attitude and can be quite petty. She doesn't make threats, and if she says she will do something she will, and if she can't, she'll do the next best thing. A determined and strong-willed girl, but also one who knows that weakness will be exploited, and it would be better for her to exploit weaknesses first before being exploited herself. Nothing is sacred to her; only what is most efficient.
Appearance (Avatar):

Avatar Class: Necromancer
Avatar Title: Dark Wraith
Avatar Level (Initial): 5
Avatar Guild: Ebon Strykers
Avatar Abilities:

The Dark Hand - Dark Wraith's hands becomes engulfed with a bright light, but don't let it's illumination fool you, it means to harm. Dark Wraith can drain the life from opponents into herself at a certain distance, and the effects are much stronger the closer she is to the target. She can use The Dark Hand to create a blackhole-like shield that can be used to block and deflect magic attacks, but does not affect physical attacks. She can use the Dark Hand to heal her Dead Thralls by given them her health.

Miasma - Dark Wraith can create a large toxic cloud that obscures vision and causes anyone within the cloud to suffer from damage over time and lowered physical and magical defense. The Miasma can move like a gas on it's own or stay put at Dark Wraith's discretion. She and her allies are unaffected by the effects of the Miasma.

Dead Thrall - Dark Wrath channels her energy into a corpse of her choice and allows it to become her minion. It retains all the ability of it's former life but will fight on her behalf. She can reanimate up to two thralls at any given time, killing the least recent one should she try to control another.

Death Siphon - While this mode is active, the Dark Wraith draws in nearby entropic energy, draining residual power from any dead enemy nearby to restore her health.

Walking Bomb - Dark Wraith magically injects a target with corrosive poison that inflicts 8% health damage every minute for the next ten minutes. If the target dies while the effect is still active, it explodes, damaging nearby targets and infecting them in turn

Avatar Perks:

Magic Blast: A skill which fires a magical projectile that deals resistance-ignoring damage.

Blood Pact: Demon and undead minions now have double their usual HP, but your HP is decreased by 25%

Other: Joined the Black King in order to solidify her standing in Deep Ground. Has a physical notebook containing the names and addresses of every player she's ever met or even seen, and often knows and refers to them by their real name. Has connections to various underground contacts including those involved with interfering with the system of Deep Ground. Most of them are administrators.

[Scarifar]

Oh yeah, Windel, I think there's a character you never added to the lists. Then again, I never did know if you accepted him or not, after checking three pages after this cs was made, so chances are you didn't, although he has been posting in the previous arc.

[TheWendil]

Hmm. I do distinctively remember him posting in the IC, though I thought I accepted him from before. According to that, the CS wasn't even finished. Most disturbing...but hey, it didn't affect the IC too much in the last Arc so I'll overlook it for now.

[Lucius Cypher]

I'd recommend that the CS be finished in full however, and that we give it a complete evaluation.

[MaskedHeroZ]

Reposting for the new OOC.
People always tell me I'll be cruel....
Height: 5'6"
Weight:180 lbs
Hair Color: Orange
Eye Color: Brown
Name: Richie Barret
Age: 15
History: Richie was a young boy set on the life of a delinquent and criminal from early on. Being unwanted by his own parents and any potential guardians due to some of the less than ideal events of his birth that he had no control over, he was a ward of the state. Not exactly the kind of situation that inspires growth and kindness, Richie had issues with anger that presented themselves in his schooling and 'home' life, getting into fights and talking back to others. If something didn't change that he would soon find himself in a juvenile jail at the age of twelve.

Luckily for him, someone decided to give him a chance. One of his foster parents decided to give the anger within Richie an outlet with an admittedly strange method They introduced him to video games, obviously more defunct then what was available at the time, Richie still found himself entranced by the worlds and stories they told. He especially grew attached to the heroes because they were like him. They had nothing at times, came from nothing, but they always fought for others or for what was right.

This stuck with him when he received a copy of the Deep Ground Program at age thirteen. The first time logging on was like nothing he experienced in the other games, this time around he was the hero. Or to himself he was. There were monsters to fight, but he found he could also attack his fellow players. 'To be cruel or kind?' became his personal mantra as he tried to maintain his upbringing to his new beliefs, he kept himself in check for the most part, but found that he had no choice but to fight at times for both survival and levels.

Salvation from this moral conundrum came in the form of the Ivory Masks, or more specifically the White King. She had strict rules and guidelines that fell into his lines of thinking, and there would actual consequences if he strayed from them. There was also the added bonus of avoiding unwanted fights due to the guild's more fanatical nature. Of course, once he was settled into the group, he found himself feeling more like a henchman to a more malicious hedonist cause than first impressions gave off. He was in too deep to really quit but he could get stronger for when the chance presented itself.

Unfortunately he never got the chance to deal the White King any blows, as she died outside of the game. Chaos followed her death, m
any of the guild revolting due to the nature of their structure. Richie had no one to help him this time, the delinquent turned hero wannabe turned follower decided to take charge for once and began to stamp out much of the unrest. He took the position of White King for himself, erasing the previous King's legacy and instilling the guild with his own ideals: Redemption and a bright future to all who seek it on the road of ivory, death from the king to those who would disturb that.

Personality: Richie comes off as brash hot-headed young man at first impression. Stubborn and bullheaded, it takes him a while to admit he made a mistake of any sort, but when he does he owns up to it. The same goes for asking for help of any kind, confident in his own abilities and skills, if it's out of his control however he will ask for assistance. Generally it is quite easy to set him off into a rage, but it is also just as quick to calm him down. As per his fascination with heroes, he genuinely cares for the people he's supposed to look out for, as well as trying to still better himself in any way he can.

But I'll show them all what I can be!
Avatar Class: Brawler- Tank Spec
Avatar Title: Stalwart Bruiser - White King
Avatar Level (Initial): 9
Avatar Guild:Ivory Masks
Avatar Abilities:

Abilities

P-P-Punch Party!: Each successful hit with a fist weapon(s) results in a increase of speed in increments of 0.2%, this buff resets itself if user is idle for more than thirty seconds.
Come At Me!: A passive ability that draws any hostile NPC(s) towards the user.
Take A Hit: Another passive ability that works off how much damage the user has sustained, balancing it with a half boost in defense. For example, if user has only 50% health remaining, they will be granted a 25% buff in defense
Adrenaline Rushing User's perception increases by 25% for five minutes, has a six minute cool down.
My Turn: Copy the last physical skill used by your opponent, only available for two uses before a seven minute cooldown begins.
Carbonate: A rushing attack that can target one Avatar, all cover and armor is ignored. Twenty minute cooldown after every use
Help Me Out!: Another willing Avatar can distribute a weapon or a portion of their stats to the user for the duration of a fight.
I Got Your Back: User can take the damage for any other Avatar, however the incoming damage must exceed 50%. Thirty minute cooldown after each use.
Ougi: Lead The Way : Richie's trump card as a King, a forty second buff that allows him access to a 400% increase in his defense and attack. However, the user is unable to use any weapons aside from their fists while active.

Perks

Pain Resistance
Titan's Grip
The Zaraki Method
Atlas Fist
Cadet
Herculean

Theme:
Other: My favorite color is blue.

[TheWendil]

Lucius Cypher said
I'd recommend that the CS be finished in full however, and that we give it a complete evaluation.

That's assuming the player is still with us though.

[RoflsMazoy]

Me reposting also

Name: Keith Knight

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 149lb

Appearance (Real life): Keith has very short black hair and he has two different coloured eyes. His right eye is a dark blue and his left eye is a hazel colour. His build is slightly muscular due to the fact that he used to do martial arts once. He has an x-shaped scar above his right eye due to a traffic accident when he was younger.

Age: 16

History:

On that day, I looked up to the sky and I asked myself. Where has my sun gone?

Keith joined Deep Ground when he was 14 years old. He joined because he was told that his performance in Deep Ground could dictate how well he achieved in life.

His adoptive parents died 3 years previously, in a car accident that gave him an x-shaped scar above his right eye, and his last relative was his dying grandfather who he couldn’t rely on to take care of him. The only thing his grandfather could do was teach him how to live independently before dying. All of this occurred during when he had just moved from his previous home to a new one and none of his friends were with him when disaster struck. He was left truly alone at the age of 12.

When he started the Deep Ground, his only intention was to do well, to create a good life for himself so that he wouldn’t have to worry when the future came. As a result, he interacts little with other players and ended up being a solo-player. He only ever remembered specific players so that he could fight against them more effectively and as a result his skills are very self-oriented and are generally not specifically built for teamwork.

Personality: After the death of his remaining relatives occurring right at the stage where a student usually enters higher education, he is almost completely solitary and his personality changed as a result. He was slightly introverted beforehand but now he is heavily introverted and only says what he deems to be necessary to say to other people.

He is almost always somewhat deep in thought but during school he is almost always doing school work anyway so it hardly makes a difference. If he completes the day’s work, he continues on with the school work for the next day, and he keeps going for as long as he has time for. He often finishes most of the year's school work within the first few terms only leaving assessments, which he couldn't start yet, to complete.

Whenever anyone approaches him to talk for a reason he deems unnecessary, he will seemingly ignore them. He won’t respond to someone unless he deems it is necessary, but he does listen to everything that is said. When asked a question, he will always respond at first with the only words that many people hear him say: "Why do you want to know?". After listening to their reasons, he will answer their questions or politely refuse before returning to his school work.

After the death of his parents, he found that he couldn't bring himself to feel very easily. Things that were usually sad didn't faze him, horrors had no effect and he found he just couldn't bring himself to care about anyone or anything other than his continued survival. As a result, people would perceive him as cold and uncaring, but in reality he wants to be the opposite just that he can’t bring himself to feel.

Appearance (avatar): He has his normal appearance from real life and he’s wearing minus the cape plus this

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Avatar Class: Brawler – Scrapper

Avatar Title: Eclipsed Tower

Avatar Level: 7

Avatar Guild: Vigilant Eclipse (It's just me)

Avatar Abilities:

Skills

• Vigilant's Shield (Passive): Keith gains a unique weapon that cannot be used by anyone else; a round shield shield that is larger than round shields and is also aerodynamic so it can be thrown easily. It can block up to 100% of his weapon's damage from external sources per 5 seconds but Keith has to actively block attacks with it.

• Vigilance: For up to 3 minutes, Keith’s speed, jump distance/height and agility multiply by up to x5. It’s up to Keith which multiplier to use with lower ones having a lower cooldown. For x2 its 10 seconds, for x3 its 25 seconds, for x4 its 45 seconds and for x5 it's 2 minutes. The multiplier can be raised once while the skill is active but at the cost of adding all but 5 seconds of the new multiplier's cooldown to the initial cooldown.

• Shield Bash: Shield bash is a melee attack where Keith uses his shield to deliver a stunning blow. It does 120% melee damage and can disrupt enemy attacks. Cooldown is 3 seconds.

• Shield Throw: Keith can throw his buckler for a ranged attack which hits and does damage and then returns. It can be obstructed and if it hits an obstacle, it stops and doesn't return. The buckler homes slightly in on its target but it is still possible to miss. The throw does 100% melee weapon damage. If it hits an opponent in the legs, they can be tripped, if they are hit in the torso they are stunned for 3 seconds and if they are hit in the head they get stunned for 10 seconds. The skill cools down in 2 seconds + the amount of time the enemy is stunned for.

• Meteor rush/slam: Keith quickly rushes forward 10-50ft with his shield raised. Enemies hit by the shield take 200% weapon damage and Meteor Rush can disrupt enemy attacks. This skill can be used in the air as Meteor Slam but it must be done downwards only and does not disrupt attacks. Meteor Slam does and extra 5% weapon damage for each foot over ten between the shield and the target. This skill has a 30 second cooldown.

• Trifold Eclipse: Keith punches a target within melee distance three times in a triangle shape so quickly that it appears as if he only punched once. Each hit does 150% weapon damage and the attack disrupts most attacks the enemy is making as well as stuns them for 3 seconds. If an enemy is disrupted in this way, Keith then viciously slams them with his buckler directly in the centre of the triangle and does 300% weapon damage. The slam also knocks the opponent back up to 5 meters and stuns them for 10 seconds. If he cannot use his shield, he uses both his fists instead for the final hit which doesn't actually change the ability itself. This skill cools down in 30 minutes.

• Rejection: For the next 5 seconds after the ability is activated, Keith can reflect any single attack that his shield hits. The effects of Rejection also applies to any of Keith’s abilities including Shield Throw. If used against an object such as a car or an enemy’s body, Rejection creates a 180 degree disrupting shockwave that extends to 3 feet around Keith and the enemy or object in question is knocked back up to 50 feet. If used against a lingering effect such as a fire breath ability, the ability is reflected only until the 5 second duration of Rejection is over. This skill cools down in 5 minutes.

Perks:
• Pain resistance
• Bloodlust
• The Zaraki Method
• Atlas Fist

Other: Keith’s favourite colour before he stopped feeling was grey. My favourite colour is gold. Oh, and also a theme song:

[Lord Santa]

Here we go (again). No pictures, though (sorry). I also added percentages for my abilities to make it easier.

Appearance (Real Life): One eye covered by hair, wears a suit most of the time.
Height: 5’ 10
Weight: 55 Kg
Hair color: Black (straight)
Eye color: Black

Name: Albus Phantom
Age: 16
History: His father is a successful businessman and his mother is a famous designer who is usually overseas. His father brought him up to continue his trade and as a result, Albus was brought up in a struct manner. To thrive in the business world, Albus was taught to keep up a façade at all times and this annoys him to no end. On his 13th birthday, however, things changed. When offered anything he wanted for his 13th, Albus had but one request. Deep Ground Online. The companies of the friends of his father's had helped to fund its creation and it had been talked about in high esteem by his 'friends', or rather, those his father deemed to be profitable enough to get close to. On his 13th birthday, Albus took his first step into deep ground and found something he'd been missing.

In a world where even the children of the upper echelons of society played this game, a brawler wasn't something seen as the first choice for someone in the first class. In fact, there were many who played Deep Ground for fun in the upper class, as their futures were secured even if they didn't play the game. Albus played the game for therapy. His other 'friends' scoffed at his decision to be a brawler, a brute in a pond full of refined aristocracy. To Albus, they couldn't comprehend the therapeutic effects of smashing their foes into the ground and tearing through enemies close enough to feel their dying breath. It brought exhilaration to Albus, a certain excitement that couldn't be copied in the dull and dangerous business world.

He'd managed to join the Purple crown academy, convincing his father that it was to boost the company's success. With his almost undefeated track record, when he turned 19 he'd doubtlessly be showered in blessings and wouldn't have to worry about his life or livelihood. In truth, Albus had gotten tired of the drab world he'd been stuck in for 13 years. 3 years on and he was level 8 before being called back to his homeland for some family matters. This took several months. Matters settled, Albus came back to a turbulent and even more exciting Deep Ground experience.

Personality: Has a façade of being nice but is business like and serious as a result of his strict upbringing below the surface. When in game, he's calm and collected but is merciless in combat. He revels in fighting people on a similar level to him but occasionally indulges in killing large numbers of weaker enemies.

Appearance (Avatar): When in game, he wears a featureless grey winter coat with the fluffy stuff on it. He has white, spiky hair in his avatar form and has a smiley face mask. He dual wields these:

Favourite colour: Red
My favourite colour: Blue
Avatar class: Berserker
Avatar Title: Carnage liberated
Avatar level (Initial): 8
Avatar Guild: Solo players

avatar abilities

Bloody rampage
Albus gains a bonus damage buff as he deals damage. Every time he hits an enemy, he gets a stack of blood rampage which increases his attack by 5%, capping at 50% bonus damage, and he loses half of those stacks when he gets hit. When he gets 7 stacks of blood rampage, he gains an intimidation aura. Stacks gained after hitting the damage cap do not increase damage. The stacks last for 30 seconds after he leaves combat after which they fade.

Leap smash
Albus jumps forward and smashes the target. 150% damage and the target is slammed onto the floor. It has a small area of effect. Can be used in conjunction with Icarus strike and gains extra damage per foot of fall distance as a result (max 100 ft, approx 10% per 5 ft.). When double up is used, an additional 150% damage is added and 5 seconds is added to the cooldown. Cooldown is 20 seconds + 1 second per 5 feet of fall distance.

Extreme speed
Albus can activate this ability to dash in any one direction for 10 meters dodging any attacks directed at him (somehow includes AoE) or move at 5 times his speed for 2 seconds. He may use the momentum gained with his 5 times speed boost to launch an attack at 150% damage. If double up is used for this attack, a strong knockback effect is created and a bonus 150% damage is added. The dodge and the speed boost's cooldown is 5 seconds but with the attack, it's 10 seconds.

Double up
Strike with both weapons for 200% damage. Additionally, when this skill is used in conjunction with another skill, certain things can happen. Cooldown: 5 seconds.

Warrior's execution
Albus deals 300% damage to a single target. Bonus damage is added proportional to the percentage of health the target has lost, capping at an additional 90% when the opponent is at 10% health. It also deals an additional 50% damage if the target is debuffed. It also consumes all stacks of bloody rampage for 5% damage per stack. When double up is used in conjunction with this skill, the initial 300% damage is doubled as well as the debuff bonus and it adds 10 minutes to the cooldown. Takes 4 seconds to execute and has a 2 hour cooldown.

Crippling throw
Albus throws one his weapons for 150% damage, disrupts and cripples the target, which slows them and makes them take 20% more damage. Additionally, he loses his thrown weapon and can’t use double up or anything using two weapons until he retrieves his weapon. Using double up makes Albus throw both swords. Also, if Albus has the boomerang perk, Albus may choose to use sword throw so that Boomerang doesn’t apply or throw his weapon for normal throw damage so that it boomerangs. 2 minute cooldown. While on cooldown, Albus can throw his sword normally but it doesn’t cripple them and deals normal damage Albus can't use double up, crippling throw and boomerang at the same time because that's stupid. Cooldown is 20 seconds.

Power up
Albus takes 5 seconds to pool his power into a physical aspect of his choice. He may choose to pool his power to increase the damage of his next hit by 60%, increase his jump height or induce a burst of speed (4 times speed). 5 second cooldown.

Savage combo
Albus savagely combos the opponent for 3 hits. The hits increase in damage with lowered accuracy and each successful hit increases damage by 10%, the last hit potentially dealing 120% damage for a potential 320% damage at lowered accuracy for each hit. If power up is used, the damage of each hit increases by 20% each hit (starting at 110% damage). If double up is used, Albus strikes 6 times instead of 3 for a maximum of 690% damage (without buffs). If a target takes 3 hits, they are also crippled. However, Albus may use this ability on multiple targets (one target per hit). Cooldown: 20 minutes. It has pretty low accuracy so unless they’re crippled or otherwise immobilised, at least one hit misses. Usually.

Perks: Pain infliction, Titan's grip, Gyro strike, Icarus attack

If anyone has suggestions for a theme song, plz tell me.

[Scarifar]

I've been doing some math for the percentages for Michelle's skills, and I realize that they are WAY too low for a King. I will be making edits to that.

[TheWendil]

@MaskedHeroZ. Accepted and added to the list. Feel free to post in the IC whenever you can. Fair warning though. The Student President and previous White King were "on and off" friends, so there may be some tension between her and new leader Richie.

@RoflsMazoy. Looks good. All I would recommend is changing the time frame for his Vigilance ability from 5 minutes to maybe 2-3 instead. Everything else seems balanced out.

[RoflsMazoy]

TheWindel said
@RoflsMazoy. Looks good. All I would recommend is changing the time frame for his Vigilance ability from 5 minutes to maybe 2-3 instead. Everything else seems balanced out.

Alright, thanks. I'll be posting soon

[TheWendil]

@Lord Santa. Oh, so his father was one of Deep Ground's developers? I'm sure he's getting all sorts of flak right now due to the social outrage of out of game murder. And I'm sure there'll be loads of fun in store for Albus, heh. Accepted and adding to the list.

[OverconfidentMagi]

Just checking before I make it a big part of my character, players can equip weapons from their inventory during combat, correct? The char I'm almost done making uses weapons how most would use consumables.

[Lord Santa]

TheWindel said
@Lord Santa. Oh, so his father was one of Deep Ground's developers? I'm sure he's getting all sorts of flak right now due to the social outrage of out of game murder. And I'm sure there'll be loads of fun in store for Albus, heh. Accepted and adding to the list.

Pretty much, and thanks :) Though his dad is kind of a dickweed any way

[TheWendil]

OverconfidentMagi said
Just checking before I make it a big part of my character, players can equip weapons from their inventory during combat, correct? The char I'm almost done making uses weapons how most would use consumables.

Pretty much. It's not mission-based where you have to have a pre-determined amount of/certain weapons on hand before each match.

Lord Santa said
Pretty much, and thanks :) Though his dad is kind of a dickweed any way

And so begins our new Arc. With drama.

[Arrayah]

Appearance (Real Life):

Height: 5' 3''
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Gray
Name: Lucy Hall
Age: 17
History:
At an early age, Lucy learned that she was different than most people. It wasn't that her mother was dead, though that certainly made her unique, or that her father was a drunk who could not care less about his only child. It was not that she found school to be easy despite her home life, or that she didn't really care about what other people thought of her hand-me-down clothes.

Now, what made Lucy different was how she felt about people. It didn't matter who you were or what you'd done, she would stick up for you, believe in you. Lucy was the girl who cared about everyone. She was the girl who cried when someone she did not know was killed. She was the girl who went to visit people in the hospital hoping to cheer them up and to let them know that they were not alone.

As she got older, though, Lucy became more and more reserved. The way she cared so deeply for people tended to scare off her peers. They could not understand, or chose not to, and instead shunned her. So, Lucy started to keep to herself preferring to be invisible when she was given a choice.

When her uncle bought her a copy of D.G.P, knowing that her father never would, Lucy knew that it was her only way to make a difference in the world. From then on, she did her absolute best to become a top player despite the disadvantage of her chosen class.

It took 3 years for her to become second in the Fanged Rangers. Many people told her that she could have rose quicker if she had chosen a different class or even spec, but Lucy was always reminding them that she would have never wanted to be anything else. Unlike many others, Lucy did not take leadership of her guild. Instead, it was passed on to her when the current Green King was killed. It was the best and worst day of her life.

Just as with her predecessor, the Fanged Rangers have not started any conflicts with other guilds, though they do defend themselves when necessary. Instead, they have started to help lower level players who do not belong to a guild. If not for the threat of being overthrown, Lucy would have her guild help all players regardless of color.

Personality: Lucy is caring to a fault and is always willing to help someone who asks for it regardless of who they are and how it will affect her. Since becoming the Green King, she has had become more careful about who she extends this offer to, but her beliefs have not changed. Because she is so new to leadership, there are very few who even know her identity.

Appearance (Avatar):

Avatar Class: Healer (Priest Spec)
Avatar Title: Tender Fern - Green King
Avatar Level (Initial): 9
Avatar Guild: Fanged Rangers
Avatar Abilities:

Perks:

Level 4: Resurrection - Magic skill that lets you revive a dead ally after a five-second casting time. Has a ten-minute cooldown.
Level 5: Heal Pulse - Area-of-effect skill that heals all allies within a twenty-foot radius. One-second cast time, thirty-second cooldown.
Level 6: Esuna - A magic skill that allows you to remove all negative status alignments on a given target. One minute cooldown.
Level 7: Extra Treat - A passive skill which every time you use a Healer Perk you heal 5% of your health.
Level 8: Reflector - A magic skill that at the cost of half the healer's current health, they can create deflective aura around someone for five minutes that returns half the damage done to the target back to the attacker. Cool down of ten minutes.
Level 9: Savior - A magic skill that allows a healer to bless themselves or another player with a Savior, who will give the player 10% health regeneration per minute. Upon the player's death the Savior instantly resurrected the player blessed with the Savior to their maximum health, but the Savior is dismissed. One hour cool down.

Skills:

Skull Basher - The name of the small staff that Lucy uses for melee attacks. It does minimal damage, but can be used when an enemy has gotten too close.
So Dizzy - Passive. Each melee attack Lucy deals has a very small (5%) chance of stunning her opponent.
That's Better - A healing ability that can only be used on herself. It heals for 50% of max hp, but has a cooldown of 5 minutes.
See ya! - This skill allows Lucy to jump back further than she normally would be able to. 2 minute cooldown.
Go to Sleeeeeeeep - Puts an opponent to sleep for 5 seconds or until damage is done to them. 2 minute cooldown.
Don't Leave the Circle - Heals all allies that remain in the visible circle for the duration of casting. 10 second cast time. 1 minute cooldown.
I've Got You! - Casts a shield onto nearby allies that absorbs damage up to 20% of player's hp. 10 minute cooldown.
Healing POWAH - Passive. Increases all healing abilities by 20%. This does not include Self Restoration.
Take Mine - Allows Lucy to switch health with the targeted player. This skill works with percentages so that if Lucy is at 70% health and the target is at 30%, those will switch, not the actual numbers themselves. Instant. 30 minute cooldown.

Other: My favorite color is green. Obviously.

Everyone else did a theme so me too!

[Arrayah]

Uh.. Two people have mentioned this in their posts so far, so I feel like I need to ask. Moon rider has NOT conquered the territories, she's just trying to right?

[Scarifar]

I doubt she has. She just waged war. Probably some has been lost to her, but definitely not all of it.