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The King of Briton, Uther Pendragon, is dead. The kingdom he conquered and united is now in disarray. Mordred le Fey, Uther's stepson and Lot, Lord of the Orkney Islands, now war with each other. The lands are ravaged, the people starving and without hope. The only solace the common folk find is in the ways and teachings of the new faith, Christianity. As more and more people accept the dogma of Jesus Christ, the old way has begun to die out. The fey creatures are vanishing, and what little magic there was in the world has begun to wax and wane. Some say that the change is inevitable. Others still say that without the spirits of nature, the land will soon die. The only thing that is known for sure is that Mordred and Lot will turn the land into ash with their war.

But not all is lost.

Every year since Uther's death, a great tournament is held on Easter Sunday. The winner of this tournament is given a chance to pull Uther's sword, Excalibur, from a great stone. With his dying breath, Uther cast the sword into the mighty stone, claiming that only his heir would be able to pull it free. Many have tried, including both Mordred and Lot, but the sword remains.

This year, nearly 18 years after Uther's death, a young boy named Arthur, goes to the tournament as his older brother's squire. Little does he know, that his fate, and that of the realm are to be revealed to him.
This is going to be a King Arthur RPG. The Players can play the role of any of the Knights of the Roundtable as they help Arthur become King of Briton.

So far the characters available are:

Guinevere: Jagajac
Lancelot: Witchchild
Gawain:
Pelinore:
Bors:
Tristan: Wonderlandalli
Lamorak:

More rules are forth coming, but so far I only have 2.

1. Try to keep it as realistic as possible. No crazy Kratos characters of hate and rage.
2. If any one wants to Rule 63 any of the knights, they are allowed to do so.

Here's a character sheet:

Name:
Age:
Description: (Picture's or words are acceptable)
Personality:
Weapons and equipment:
Backstory:

I know this is kind of a work in progress, but I wanted to get this up and ready. Enjoy, and good questing.


Name: Arthur Pendragon
Age: 18
Personality: Brave, compassionate, humorous, but hesitant and in over his head.



Excalibur appears to be an average looking longsword, but in the hands of it's true owner, it softly shines white and hums. If anyone were to use Excalibur other than Arthur, it would not behave any differently than any other sword, but wielded by Arthur, it makes a mockery of even the strongest armor and rends flesh and bone with ease.


Backstory: Originally, Arthur lived as Arthur, son of Ector. In truth, he is the son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine of Cornwall. When Arthur was only a week old, his father was betrayed and killed. To protect him, Merlin put him into Ector's care. Now a young man, he yearns to be a knight like his brother Kay (who is only a mere 6 months older than Arthur). Ector has refused him so far, but Arthur always has a habit of getting himself into trouble...
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Name: Lancelot du Lac
Age: 20
Personality:
Weapons and equipment: Arondight and occasionally wears a birght plated armor in battle but wears chainmail vest and leather garments with a tabard..
Backstory: Lancelot was born to a highly noble family and began his studies at an early age. He became literate, capable fighter and an excellent rider and jouster. He was also raised to be the very symbol of knighthood. He was raised to be kind, fair, just, humble and chivalrous. As he grew up, he inherited every positive thing from his parents when it came to feature so he became the focus of many a' ladies.
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Done. Welcome aboard
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*Woo me for keeping this old CS saved on my iphone notes :}



~Name~
Guinevere "Gwen"

~Age~
17 years

~Occupation~
Princess

~Description~
Guinevere is tall and strongly built like her father, but possesses the feminine features of her late mother. She stands at about 5'9", has long ashen blonde hair, and fierce blue eyes. Her jaw is slightly squared and accompanied by luscious lips. She has her father's long nose and stern brow line, but her mother's rosy cheeks and delicate blonde lashes. Guinevere usually intricately braids her hair into a half-ponytail and adds in the few wildflowers picked for her by strangers or wandering peasant children. She wears the noble dresses provided to her by her royal family, but always adds a light layer of specially made chain mail beneath her bodice. She also wears hunting boots rather than the frilly shoes from the palace.

~Personality~
Guinevere is bold and oppositional. She was raised in a royal home and taught by the finest of scholars for most of her life. From this she gained her vast knowledge and hunger to better herself. After her mother's death, Guinevere became calloused and emotionally guarded. She does not base her decisions on feelings and tends to think logically and leave everything to reasoning. Her father's insistence on treating her like a lady pushed Guinevere to seek out equality among men and women. She demanded to be trained privately in combat strategies and practiced battle techniques secretly in her spare time. She is skilled on horseback and can handle a hunting bow with great accuracy.

~Weapons~

Guinevere carries a valuable Hunting Bow she purchased from a notable guild of assassins in Carhaise's black market.

~Relations~
King Leodegrance who served Uther Pendragon and kept the Round Table for him.

~History~
Young Arthur began garnering support early for his foreboding war with King Rience. It was during one of these escapades that he met Guinevere's father and offered to defend his kingdom, Carhaise, from Rience's growing army. King Leodegrance had served under Arthur's blood father and had great admiration for the young boy's spirit and innate sense of leadership. Guinevere was betrothed to Arthur at this time as an act of gratitude. Guinevere protested the arrangement and insisted on her intentions to fight for her kingdom's freedom. Her father reluctantly asked her betrothed to let his daughter leave with him and his supporters to keep her mind away from the strife and misfortunes in her own kingdom. Arthur agreed, but Guinevere's desire to protect and serve only strengthened as they traveled throughout the land.
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Welcome aboard.

Also, brownie points for anyone who can guess where Arthur's picture is from.
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I want to try and get one more person before I post the first IC. I have the post already to go.
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Are you following the standard story or getting creative with it?
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Its mostly going to follow the standard story, but there will be some twists and turns. If you want some specifics, feel free to PM me.
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So yes, Arthur will be banging his half-sister XD
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Damn you Witch.
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OK, interested in a rule 63'ed Tristan.
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Awesome. I updated my first post, giving more details (hopefully). I will post the first IC after your character sheet is done for 63 Tristan.
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Sir Tristan of Lyonesse

22 years of age

Description


Tall (five foot ten) and lean, her figure is more boyish than womanly. She has fair skin like her mother, and inherited her auburn hair and long lean frame, but her face is more that of her father with blue almond-shaped eyes and a straight nose. She cuts her hair short like a man: shaving it down so as not to choke out the fit of her helmet and letting the top layer grow no longer than her chin.

Personality


She's very formal, and very aware of her gender in her life as a knight. She feels a need to prove herself, always; it's a by-product of her upbringing. When one knows her well, she will be more relaxed, and she gets along easier with men than she does with women (to whom she cannot relate.) She doesn't like to be called Lady Tristan, and will sharply correct errors in this.

Weapons & Equipment


Sword with shield (coat of arms: lion of Lyonesse - a gold lion on a green field)
long bow
Belted (with pouch) tunica with hose, boots
plate mail in battle
Would prefer not to wear them but has a few dresses for formal occasions.
(Will provide details later, am exhausted from setting up the back-story you're about to read...)

Relations


King Medliadus of Lyonesse, father. Lady Moeya of Lyonesse, stepmother. Georg, half-brother, heir to King Medliadus.

Backstory


"My mother died upon my birth, and named me Tristan as a bearer of great sorrow. Her name was Lady Elizabeth, and when I was in the womb an enchantress witched away my father King Meliadus by sending a magnificent stag to draw him into her castle, where his bewitchment with the foul she-devil caused him to forget my mother entirely. Upon a fortnight of his absence, my mother was maddened with grief and ran off into the wintry forest to try to find him where she succumbed to the bitter cold and birthed me, a red stain on that pure white snow. Those who went to retrieve her brought back her corpse and a squalling babe. It was already too late when the Merlin was able to undo my father's bewitchment, and restore him to his castle.

And so, I was largely raised by a woman who was not my mother, my father's second wife Lady Moeya. Happily for Moeya, she birthed a son soon after marriage, and when I was no longer in any way important I was quickly put aside. On the one hand, I yearned for her to be a proper mother to me, but on the other I was free to find guidance in my life by those more willing to give me their attention. This meant my father and his knights.

I spent my childhood watching the knights and learning from their mock battles. I attended church and learned my letters. I followed my father around like a loyal hound, and I managed over time to wheedle him into allowing me to learn sword play and archery. When I approached thirteen, Lady Moeya began a campaign to have me sent to a nunnery, claiming I was much too masculine to every be married off. I was like my mother: unusually tall and lean without much in the way of womanly assets. What in my mother was a willowy beauty with eyes like a doe, I was more lanky with muscles honed by swordplay and eyes that were smaller and almond shaped like my father. Unable to convince my father to send me to the nunnery, Lady Moeya contrived to send me to France for a time. An attempt to soften me, I suppose. It didn't work well, thought it wasn't absolutely ineffective. On the path I was before I was likely to turn myself into a Queen Boudica and stain myself with woad and go running about the forest chasing down deer. Instead I suffered our French cousins to dress me in silk and bows and other awful female accouterments for a time, where I still insisted upon practicing my archery and swordplay every morning. That I could out-hunt many of the men at the French court won me the right to continue this discipline. I returned to Lyonesse at 18 still more a knight than a lady, and still unmarried. Men don't seek to wed women who can out-fight and out-hunt them, especially if they aren't sole heiresses to any wealth or land.

Upon my return, my father and his people greeted me with love, but Lady Moeya greeted me coldly. She hadn't made anything useful of me, and still felt I was a threat to her son, despite being a healthy young lad himself. Maybe she had some strange thought I would want to marry him, I don't know, but she tried again earnestly to get my father to send me to a convent. I overheard them arguing about it, and stepped in on my own behalf and begged my father to let me take vows as a knight and live by my sword rather than spend my life as a bride of Christ. Lady Moeya just about fainted and my father was taken aback by the suggestion, but seeing little other choice to make the women in his life happy he consented to my request.

But I did not take my knighting from my father. At the time, Lady Igraine of Cornwall was seeking forces to help fend off raiders from the sea. I departed with a small contingent of men from Lyonesse to lend her aid. No one knew of my true sex until I presented the head of the raider chieftain before her, and removed my own helm in her presence. From my bravery on the field, and perhaps the novelty of a woman knight, Lady Igraine offered me knighthood in Cornwall. I took my vigil the following evening, and went the next morning to my destiny."
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Accepted. Very well done. I'll start the first IC post soon.
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Thanks :)
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I´ll be finishing the CS tomorrow
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I take it we've no particular order to our posts? I intend to have Tristan meet Arthur when she goes to congratulate Kay on his win. As an alternative I wonder if Gwen would approach Tristan, with how she's so head strong she might identify with the female knight.
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Not really. I'd like for Witch to post as Lancelot, but I know he has school. As someone who works from 5am to 330 pm, I understand the value of time.
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Yeah, I was trying to give him a chance to post before I tried to interact with anyone as well. But I like the idea of Gwen striking up with Tristan :)
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Girls gotta stick together yo :) I can see Tristan taking a Big Sister approach to Gwen over time :) She's got 5 years on the girl after all.
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