[OOC] Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

[Fallenreaper]

Ghosts of the Past

IRC: Chatroom

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ANNOUNCEMENT & UPDATE BOARD

This is the Announcement board where the GMs will update and place a point bulletin of the latest announcements to requirements of the players. Namely to prevent them from getting lost in the OoC and a quick way to get updated on short notice.

OoC

• Reconstruction of the World within the RP: This includes cultures, areas listed on the map, and much more. If your PC, or you have an idea about something, please PM all 3 GMs. We’ll incorporate it into the World or make suggestions on how it would best fit.
• Rewritten the Base Races: if you have a PC of one of these races, it is a good idea you check it out to be sure your PC hasn’t any additional ability or changes made to them. Currently, these will never change again and are a baseline for Players creativity. Issues or complaints, leave in PMS and we’ll get back to you at some point.
• Addition of the Gods into the World Elements.

IC

• IC Season: Winter

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Mission Details

_GM:

• Mission Name:
• Summary:
  Location:
• Location:
• Goal:
• Involved PCs: TBA
• Other Information:

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_Fallen

Mission Name: Nox Alignment Ceremony
Summary: Craig Gray has requested aid to accompany the Noxomancy Alignment group. It will be a several days trip into the area around Craigsville with the Noxomancy teacher’s primary focusing needing to be the students and so he requires assistance. It will be the volunteers’ primary task to prevent the monsters native to the nox source from attacking the small group or the wagon.
Location: Craigsville, deep within Djarkel.
Goal: Protect the students and the wagon from nox creatures.
Involved PCs:

• Athalus
• Annabeth
• Helena
• Colette

Other Information: All Noxomancers of about 2 years or older are required to join this mission. To the unique quality of Nox monsters, namely being able to shift between the nox and surface within Craigville much easier, Val has created a specialized rune which each student can carry and alert them to Nox monster presence.

_Lucius

Mission Name: Uncovering Shadows
Summary: With information gathered from the college students participating in the caravan hunt, Lucilia has learned of various conspiracies against the college, with a few barons considering joining with Kudd. Due to the college’s non-interference clause regarding other nations, however, they cannot directly address these conspiracies, least of all without solid evidence. Thus a group of volunteers shall be sent into Djarkel to meet with various leaders, allies of the college and independent barons, to reaffirm alliances and gather more evidence of the conspirators against the college, Djarkel, and the world itself.
Location: Djarkel
Goal:
Primary - Reaffirm alliances with the major Djarkel Barons (At least 3 out of 5)
Secondary 1 - Create new alliances with unaffiliated Barons and leaders for the college.
Secondary 2 - Seek out evidence of a conspiracy against the college, Djarkel, or those whose loyalties lie with Kudd.
Involved PCs:

• Lyn
• Mei
• Ssarak
• Keri
• Leith

Other Information: Lucilia may later become involved in this mission should the situation warrant it. Due to her own reputation within Djarkel on behalf of the college, Lucilla's presence would make conspirators go into hiding, so it would be best if she makes no appearance until evidence can be found. There are also various allies and contacts within Djarkel at the student’s disposal, though be aware that maintaining a cordial relationship with them is as vital as a relationship with the Barons.

_Rtron

Mission Name: Diplomacy at Yarosmere
Summary: A mission is requested by the new Yarosmere King to establish relations with the College and the new government.
Location: Yarosmere Capital.
Goal: Establish relations and figure out what the fuck is going on in Yarosmere.
Involved PCs:

• Mar
• Myrn
• Summer
• E'nasha (and El'kan)
• Baulder
• Darius

Other Information: The rumors coming out of Yarosmere suggest a cult like mentality has taken over the nation. Caution is advised when speaking of their government and it's actions.

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to Blood Act, a rp created by a huge collaboration between players and GMs. Describing Blood Act, as the players might attest, is rather hard as it has a little of everything within a Middle Age/Fictional world. Through the past GM, (Rtron, help, I can’t remember his name officially!), has been swallowed by RL repeatedly, the rp is now ran by a new set of GMs who known as Fallenreaper, Lucius Cypher and Rtron. We help keep this rp running smoothly for the benefit all the players.

While there is a arching storyline, Player plots and side developments-ranging from fleshing out the world to their personal tales- are encouraged on one condition: you run the base idea by the GMs. This base idea can be anything from a few sentences to merely a full essay on the premise over where you want to take your PC to drawing connections to the key important villains or elements within the rp. We personally enjoy the additional favor and is our main job to ensure they end up entangling other PC’s personal plots into a knotted mess.

Now to the fun bit.

Act I is the first of a 3 part rp, each with their own center and focus. Ghosts of the Past will focus upon the events transpiring around the College and its students, showing their effects on Tiien in missions or their own actions. Several ghosts from the various pasts, some connected to the very teachers or students, will end up rising to threaten the College’s place in the world. The first among those is a powerful, fallen Demon God named Kudd. His goal is to conquer and eliminate the very world in order to start anew. New threats include Chessmaster and his generals, an entity with his own agenda and an age old grudge against the very Gods who imprisoned him.

With Kudd secretly waging war upon Tiien and Chessmaster’s shadowy tactics, can those who call the Twilight College home survive and protect everything they hold dear? Or will the school’s stone walls finally crumble into ruins?

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RULES
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1: Follow all RPG basic rules.
2: Respect your fellow Rp'ers and their PCs, each Character adds a unique flavor to the rp and is important.
3: If you think someone is overstepping their boundaries, tell a GM and one of us or all will look into it and handle it.
4: If you overstep your boundaries, we’ll tell you, void what you did, and give you a warning. After two warnings, you are at risk of being kicked from the RP. DO NOT BE OP.
5: If you want to apply, put the word 'Rebirth' in the area in the CS which asks for a word.
6: Since this is causal, there’s no need for lengthy posts but we want a minimum of a paragraph per post, if at all possible. A single paragraph is 5-7 sentences at least. Though we won’t be counting, unless we see it repeated or obviously not the required amount, we trust our players to follow this rule.
7: GM ruling are final, argue or fight it to an outrageous degree, then prepare to face the wrath of all THREE OF THEM. We will show no mercy or compassion to those that would ruin everyone’s fun.

Empty Creation Sheets

Character Sheets

Please fill out and post in

UserName: (Obvious and makes locating PC sheets easier)

Character name: (First, Last, and any titles, nicknames, or alias.)

Age: (No younger than 18-up, at least mind wise… Mostly due to the College’s income nature is going on missions)

Mageblood type: (Choose from one of the 7: Lux, Aqua, Natura, Clima, Obiligatio, Lues or Ancient.)

Favoured Magic Class: (Choose 1 of the 2 in your mage blood your PC specializes in- Lux: Vitamancy or Pyromancy, Aqua: Hydromancy or Cryomancy, Natura: Herbamancy or Gemoancy, Clima: Aermoancy or Electromancy, Obiligatio: Demonomancy or Nercomancy, Lues: Noxomancy or Psychomancy, Ancient: Rune Crafting or Weaving.)

Previous Magic training: (No to little official training, you'll all still start off Novices in this act.)

Race: (one from the listed ones)

Appearance: (Pic is applicable and a bit of a description is also nice.)

Bio: (Nothing major, just some background to share about your character from where they were born, their life like, and what drove them to study at the College? At least a few paragraphs though more is very much welcomed and appreciated.)

Good Attributes: (Any knacks, skills, etc. That could benefit the Character.)

Bad Attributes: (At least one Phobia, cripple, or quirk that could hinder your character.)

Secret Word: (2 Hints: Read the RULES and starts with an r!)

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Settlement Sheet

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beast CS

Name: Creature's Name and Nicks.

Class: Size

• Tiny: Animals less than 2 foot in height.
• Small: 2 ft - 5 ft 11 in.
• Medium: 6 ft - 9 ft 11 in.
• Big: 10 ft - 13 11 in.
• Giant: 14 ft - 17 ft 11 in.
• Huge: 18 ft - 21 ft 11 in.
• Colossus: 22 ft and higher.

Species type:

• Surface: Any animal who originated or dwells on the surface.
• Ravine: Any animal who originated or dwells in the Ravine.
• Inferno: Any animal who originated or dwells in the Inferno.

Image/Appearance Description: Image and additional descriptions such as differences between the males or females.

Brief on Behavior:

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Location:

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[b]Extra:[/b] Any other details that don't belong in the other areas.

Past Reward Options

Links

Rings-Roc Mission (first appearance)

• Althalus- 1x Stealth Ring,
• Annabeth Gulch- 1x Stealth Ring,
• Aramir Ryk-1x Illuminating Ring,
• Baulder-
• Colette Filiatraut- 1x Assimilation Ring,
• Darius Jura-
• Deven Zoria- 1x Assimilation Ring
• E'nasha Williams- 1x Illuminating Ring, 1x Stealth Ring,
• Keri Wolf- 1x Stealth Ring,
• Helena Axeford- 1x Illuminating ring,
• Jenna Fellrein- 1x Illuminating ring,
• Leith Calder- ring that informs him, 1x Illuminating Ring,
• Lyn- 1x Assimilation Ring,
• Mar- Transformable weapon (femur), 1x Assimilation Ring
• Meirin Kurenai- 1x Stealth Ring,
• Myrn Vaan'Atisha-
• Ssarak Dyreackthanose-
• Summer Flores- 1x Illumination Ring

Mission Kit Options

• Herb kit and Rune information

[Fallenreaper]

World Elements

Important Places

Tiien

The world the rp takes place in is called Tiien. It’s a world done in a patch work design by the Gods after a nuclear event nearly destroyed all life as we once knew it. Most times Tiien follows the basic rules of physics but in some areas, a few rules are utterly shattered and magic seems like the only explanation. Below are key links to help you see what you will find in Tiien, its geography, and key cities.

Maps: Tiien Area, Deathold/Twilight College, & Yarsomere

Twilight College outlay

Landscape: Dreary and grey, it seems like someone had just rushed through the area and drained all the from it. Everything is shades of grey, black and white that creates a bland landscape separating it from its Neighbors more contrasting s. Its location is within the triangle area closed to the Djarkel border and the castle within the area that most travel worn roads lead to. It’s always casted in a seemingly endless twilight (dusk to dawn) setting the sky in several s from early morning blood red to deep purple of night, though the hours seem to change the brightness ever so slightly. Twilight is borders by many lands and land markers. To the NE is Eania and its land, to the E is Djarkel, and to the South is an Orc Lands as well as a large, forbidding forest called DeadWood to the W.

Background: Once known as Deathold College in its older years, namely named after its original Archmage, the more commonplace name is Twilight College due it being seemingly stuck in permanent twilight.

Twilight College outlay for PC Reference

Twilight was known in its history as Deathold castle, the place in which the students and staff moved after Aerta College had fallen into ruins, in the early days of magic. Though over the years the castle itself went through some revocations to enable it to hold the vast number of students, some older remnants of its still linger in the grounds. Within in the towering walls of the college area there’s three main sections, all made from similar materials, each one has their own purpose and fills key needs: The Watch Towers, Castle and the Manor Dorms.

A note to Players, if you got an idea or something that you think would be interesting to add to the outlay then send us a PM!

Watch Towers

Used by the hired guards protecting the school in case of attack and though their number isn’t as great as in cities like Djarkel or Eania, there’s still a decent number to stand watch and buy enough time for any mages to rally to their aid. Each tower is connected to a walkway traveling to another, a fire torch ready at the slightest indication of trouble to spark alive to its surrounding fellows.

• Ground floor: Guard quarters
• Tower top: Small armory

Castle

Used as the main source for learning and has four main levels that are in continuous usage.

Sub levels, starting from lowest one to just below ground:
Lowest possible level.

• Catacombs- passages that twist and turn, each leading to many different secrets, dead ends, and dangers, including the Ravine.
• Cellar -furnace where mostly Golems and dwarves lurk to fed the fires which stem all over the College.

Basement-Ground level

• Workshops for Rune, Weapons crafting, and more
• Combat areas (courtyard)
• Dining halls and Kitchens
• Medical wing (sick/ recovering and operating rooms)

2nd level

• Classrooms
• Library/study areas
• Storage chambers (medical, armory, rune tools, etc.)

3rd Level

• Conference rooms
• Guest rooms (usually one day /occasional stays or another option to the Manor Dorm)
• Magical artifacts storage

4th Level

• Archmage office
• Archmage living quarters, etc.

Manor Dorms

Room and board for the attending students, staff, and even teachers. Students has facilities to bath and nearby stables where they can store their pack animals as well as their independent space.

Ground-fourth Fourth

• Living quarters: each area has a rune carved into the shape of the College sigil which when pressed and held, changes the room to suit each student’s unique needs and likes. Though some extreme changes might not be possible as it sometimes will not activated or break the rune completely (for more drastic changes, students must contact a teacher who will quickly create an adequate space which can be created or other matters with the more drastic changes), reverting the room back to its original state- a four stone wall room with a basic bed, table, and dresser.

NPCs

Eania
Orc Lands
Yarosmere
Djarkel
Frozen Plains/Glacier Lands
Scorched Lands
Ghannos

Races Dwelling within Tiien

Let’s meet the races that dwell within the world of Tiien and the possible PC choices. Hybrids of some of these races are possible but depending on the combo, very rare occurrences. Most times frowned upon, resulting in the offspring being banished or killed. Now these are the basics for each race, details found upon the character depository for behavior, cultural habits, or other important information.

Basic Races

Naerse And Yarsomer Humans Examples

Name: Humans: Naerse and Yarsomere

Lifespan 60 years

Brief Description:

Pretty self explanatory, however humans are divided into basic groups based on origins and appearances. However they can vary between each individual. The two types are Naerse and Yarsomere. Naerse are white skinned, their hair ranging from dark raven black to sandy blond, and their eyes usually blue or green. Their height reaches up to only 5’5” in average height through some are both shorter or taller depending on the lineage. Yarsomere are darker skins ranging from tan to pure black due to their more desert like surroundings. Their hair is often black to brown with blond being rather rare, though not impossible. Their average height is up to 6 foot and higher, their built made more for running long days in the hot sun.

Biological Traits

• Yarsomerians have a high tolerance to heat from the sun, their bodies use to wandering and traveling long hours in the hot desert. The sun burns their skin very little while being out there. This means cold can take a terrible toll on their system causing sickness and gain frostbite easier. Naerse are more resistant to cold weather though they still fall short of Snow Elves, their tolerance to prolonged exposure being around -20 degree range without the right equipment. For Naerse, hotter and humid temperatures give them higher risk of heat stroke and sickness.
• Out of all the races, humans are the most versatile and individual when it comes to aspects. While they might not reach the extremes of the other races, no single two humans are exactly the same in their agility, speed, strength, endurance, or stamina. This enables a wide range of individualism among one single race.

Most Commonly Seen:

Most commonly seen in Eania, Djarkel and Yarosmere, humans have a wide range they can live in throughout Tiien. However, the Scorched Lands are toxic to any but the Esyire. And some areas like the Ravine are too dangerous save for the most determined soul.

Additional Information:

Humans have the highest mage population out of all the races, their aptitude for triggering their much higher than other races. This not to say they are much better at it however. Like other attributes, mastery and power often depends on experience, training and the individual themselves.

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Orc Examples

Name: Orcs/Orks

Lifespan Natural lifespan of 50 years, though half-orcs can last as long as humans

Brief Description:

Large humanoids with colored skin, tusks, and naturally tough bodies. They average around 5-to-6 feet, however orcs beyond 7 feet is not unheard of. Commonly depicted as green-skinned, orcs can actually have a variety of pigments from brown, red, purple, yellow, even more human skin-tones.

Biological Traits

• Large bodies with greater-than-average muscle mass. However, while they are thicker and able to resist more physical damage, their strength is still considered within human limits.
• Tusks of varying sizes, typically suitable for tearing through flesh and even inorganic matter. Orcs only get one set of tusks, so if they are damaged this can hinder their ability to chew through hides, bones, and more on a carcass.
• Dense bones with more resistance towards impact and trauma, particularly in the skull. This also adds weight, resulting in them
• Thick leathery skin which allows them to shrug off minor cuts and bruises. Even includes the inside of their mouth, allowing them to consume more dangerous food. While it can protect them from outside elements for a limited time, it both numbs their sense of touch and traps excess heat requiring them to use other means to cool themselves.
• Greater metabolism which allows them to process foods and nutrients faster, this even allows them to eat almost anything edible or inedible with little issue. However, while their metabolism is high in strength and speed there’s one big flaw that comes with it. The metabolism shortens their lifespan compared to the other races.
• Certain orcs have been known to have keen noses like that of a dog or boar. This also means intense and new scents can be distraction, even crippling if too powerful.

Most Commonly Seen:

Torrin and Oelik Hold Any other places by chance or merely those two? Also, might want to put a link in the names so players can click to get to that section easily for cultural info.

Additional Information:

Orcs are capable of creating hybrid offspring with most other races, humans being one of the more common half (When one calls themselves half-orc, it’s generally assumed the other half is human). While most would recognize an orc by his strength(It would likely be by their tusks and appearance), the true value of an orc is by their endurance; next to dwarves orcs can take quite a beating and sustain some life even after taking mortal injuries. Magic is known to orcs, however for some reason or another orc mages are quite few. Due to their relatively short life spans, an orc who doesn’t reveal their magical ability early into childhood may not have the opportunity to master their magic if they discover it in their adulthood.

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Dwarf Examples

Name: Dwarves

Lifespan 75-90 years

Brief Description:

Dwarves are compact and short, reaching only to the heights of 3-4 feet tall. They are built tough and suited to remain long time underground without suffering lasting side effects. Many male dwarves have adopted facial hair where they can braid and tie in various ways, each culture of dwarves having their ways to style their beards. Females tend to braid their hairs instead through they ensure it still battle fitting.

Biological Traits

• Dwarves are strong for their size and able to lift about double their whole weight, putting small strain on their compact figures. However their stamina and speed suffers, falling below normal humans when it comes to lengthy tasks.
• Dwarves have limited reach due to their small stature, their legs need to take double to triple strives in order to keep up with people. Their bones are much sturdier as well enabling them to take as almost as much damage as orcs.
• They can see in utter darkness thanks to an additional sensory, but 2-3 feet beyond them at a time. It means they require no light at all to get a black and white image of what's in front of them.
• An innate sense of direction, Dwarves are difficult to get lost due to their connection to the ground, earth and rocks. Drop them almost anywhere and they are able to instinctive find their way to the nearest familiar landmarker. Despite their great navigational skills, magical means can still cripple their ability leaving them just as lost as everyone else.

Most Commonly Seen:

Ironstead, a settlement with both above and underground spect to the city. It’s mainly a dwarven made city through it welcomes surface dwellers.

Additional Information:

Most Dwarves, mentally, have a high tolerance to pain. However this is less of a biological feature and more dependent on the individual, upbring, and outside factors. Many believe this comes from their stubborn streak and how they refuse to give in.
Also, Geomancy and Herbamancy seem the most common blood among Dwarves possibly due to their environment.

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Snow Elf Examples

Name: Snow Elf

Lifespan 87-90

Brief Description:

Living in the Glacier Lands has taken the most changes upon the Snow Elves, altering from their height to body structures and even coloring. Their height now reaches up to around 2-3 foot, being the shortest of the races within Tiien, and lowering their food needs in order to survive. Most Snow elves appear to look as they have been lightly frosted, giving their skin a bluish hue and their hair ranging in pure white to lighter colors of white. Like their woodland cousins, they have various pointed ear lengths that can range from being as big as their heads to human size with a tiny point.

Biological Traits

• Snow Elves have a high tolerance to below zero temperatures because they grew up with it all their lives. This means they can’t freeze and remain in frosty weather for extended periods of time compared to the other Races without risking frost bite. On the other hand, magical means like being attacked by cryomancy or runes are unaffected and will do normal damage. Heat is tough for them to work through and even the milder warmer temperatures can be uncomfortable.
• Their small structure allows more energy from small amounts of food or water. This means they can eat one large meal and endure days before they can catch their next one. Even Snow Elves, however, have their limits for how long they can go without food and any longer than half month results in starvation.
• In addition to not needing much food or water, they are very light compared to the other races. This makes walking on thin ice or other surfaces with high weight restrictions a breeze to get across. On the down side, they are rather easy to knock about since there’s little weight to hold them down to earth.
• Snow Elves can’t be blinded by sudden flares, flashes or other light sources. This can range from snow blinding in storms to glare off the ice, even sudden blazes of fire. Effects that mental is another matter, like from psychomancers to runes. Another weakness is that the light source can be distracting if there’s little to no warning, keeping the Elf from completing their assigned task, even damaging their eyes when staring into the source too long.
• Snow and Wood Elves, have one trait in common. Their higher hearing range and-as mentioned in the Wood Elves- can reach up to half a mile radius and just as sharp. Magical and soft stepping, however, can often bypass an elf’s sharp hearing through any small mistake will quickly alert them to their stalker’s presence.

Most Commonly Seen:

Glacier Lands or other wise known as the Frost Plains, this hostile land is nothing more than small part pine forests and greater part frozen waste lands.

Additional Information:

Snow elves have a deep bond with their tribe, often moving nomads, and often their choices end up being determined what is best for the tribe. Murder among tribe members, thievery among tribe members, or Snow Elves generally not doing their best to help their tribe is practically unheard of.This mentality often explains their phobia of homosexual relationships between themselves and others, often causing mental breakdowns to anxiety attacks. Mainly the reason is because since two of the same gender can’t produce children, there’s little chance this relationship type will prove to be beneficial to the tribe’s future. Usually magical means can alter their state of mind but it is rarely done willingly.

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Wood Elf Examples

Name: Wood or Forest Elf

Lifespan 100 years

Brief Description:

Wood Elves are taller than their snowy cousins, reaching up to 6-7 foot. Overall their appearance are slender and thin, giving them an agile look over all. Additional features are their slightly pointed ears on each side of their head, the actual length ranging in numerous sizes through it doesn’t affect their hearing abilities. Their skin tones range from pure white to rich earthen colors and hair types vary much like humans.

Biological Traits

• Slightly pointed ears give them a wider range of hearing compared to most other races, their hearing is able to reach up to half a mile radius all the way around them without strain. However, this doesn’t include keenness and a person with a quiet and careful step can still sneak up on them.
• Natural climbers, Wood Elves are able to get their fingers and toes to find purchase on about any coarse surface they come into contact with. As long it is not smooth or easily broken by too much weight, they are able to climb up it to the top.
• Due to their slender built and thin frame, Wood Elves are often more agile than the other races. They have greater flexibility, but this means their strength and durability are more on the human side.
• Wood Elves have excellent vision in the daylight, allowing them see several feet further than humans. Sadly they must have a light source light in order to see otherwise they can in pitch darkness. Mainly because they lack pitch black vision and has poor night.

Most Commonly Seen:

Ghannos is where the Elves originate and most of them still remain, through their frozen cousins live within the Glacier Lands within Tiien.

Additional Information:

Wood Elf village’s are surrounded by Iron Wood Trees, which are hard as steel and often preferred for their weaponry, armor and even trinkets. This means nearly every Wood Elf born within Ghannos can easily determined the difference between real Iron Wood and passed off fakes, often wood soaked in dark dyes.

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Esyire Examples

Name: Esyires

Lifespan lives up to 200 years

Brief Description:

Esyire are large, anthropomorphic dragons standing at about 7-8 feet height, for both male and females. Their wings reach to about double their arm width when spread out, increase their size through door ways by considerable measure. They can neatly fold their wings back against their back. Tails don’t add to their heights and are often half or as long as they are tall, the bones considerably flexible allowing it to be used like a whip in times of need. Esyire’s scales tend to reflect their MageBlood:

• Lux: Pearl or White
• Aqua: Sapphire or Blue
• Clima: Copper or Gold
• Natura: Emerald or Green, sometime Brown
• Obligatio: Ruby or Red
• Lues: Black or Midnight Purple
• Ancient: Grey

Biological Traits

• Large frame with a high level of strength, though they lack in agility.
• Wings enable flight abilities over distances, obstacles, and more using heat pockets within the air. However, they are the most fragile part of the Esyire’s skeleton with a thin webbing that can be easily damaged by arrows, crippling their ability to retain their flight.
• Their bones are light and designed in a way which lowers their weight, despite their muscle. However, while the bones are as strong as human’s, when broken they don’t break in the same fashion. Instead of a clean break, it will shatter into larger chunks often hindering the limb’s ability to move correctly until it is properly mended.
• Hide provides minor protection against scrapes, bruising and minor injuries not caused by sharp implications like weapons or predatory claws that can slice through flesh. The scales also protect against radiation within their homeland.
• Hearing is weaker than that of the other primary races of Tiien, mainly due to their hearing being done through holes and no other structure to aid sound into the eardrum. Normal hearing voices are easy to pick up but sounds often ranging to a low whisper or sneaking foot step can often be missed if the Esyire isn’t on alert, easily blending in.

Most Commonly Seen:

Virtually all people who inhabit the Scorched Lands are Esyire, and in general, it is rare for them to enter the lands of other races. Their close connections with the Dwarves make it less unusual to see Esyire in Ironstead, and there are often group of Esyire who arrive at the Twilight College as students each year.

Additional Information :

Esyire can easily breath their element up to 2-3 feet effectively, though novices can only managed a shorter distance if lucky, and unable to be harmed by their own magic. However this doesn't prevent others of the same blood from causing damage.

Eysire children hatch out of eggs, developing outside their mothers and breaking free of their shells. Rarely and couples often brimming with pride, will one egg hold twins.

Links to Player made

_{*=Players are no longer apart of the RP, however their Races are still playable. Additions, or rewrites, have to be passed through the GMs first.}

Naga: Fallenreaper
Foreas & Sannids: Frettzo*
Alanian: Pyromania99*
Harmony& Sea Naga (TBA): SunderedEcho
Rheven-ari: yoshua171*
Weredrakes: Kangusto*

Magic

Mechanics of Magic & Mage bloods and Schools

Mechanics of Magic
Lux: Vitamancy & Pyromancy
Aqua: Hydromancy & Cyromancy
Clima: Aeromancy & Electromancy
Natura: Geomancy & Herbamancy
Obiligatio: Necromancy & Demonomancy
Lues: Noxomancy & Psychomancy
Arcanite Magic (Not Available for PCs)
Ancient Magics*: Chantment, Weaving, & Runes

*PM GMs before choosing one of these, they might be inapplicable for certain reasons, conditions or CS not up to determined standards.

Afflictions Within Tiien

Vampirism

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If you'd like, ask me, and I may allow your character to have Vampirism.
Vampirism is a curse, technically, and warps the body beyond repair.

Pros
~Enhanced abilities such as Strength and Speed above a normal human, elf, Esyire, or dwarf.
~Increased Perceptional senses like smell, sight, taste, sound and touch.
~Extended Lifespan.
~An Increased Mage blood Aptitude, enabling longer casting time for magic and a few higher levels abilities.

Cons
~ Unconditional Albinism and Fangs (Very pale skin, white/off white hair, pink eyes.)
~ Permanent until death, or a Magical Reversal. Reversal leaves albinism.
~ Blood-Thirst, vampires must drink blood or a high quality substitute made from Alchemy in order to remind functional as failing to feed or a week or more will begin the process of becoming a Half-blood. This is where the body weakens to a point that only the Cons are active and any Pros don’t exist, placing them into a weakened state.
~ Weak to fire
~ Sunlight is painful and can burn flesh if out in it too long.
~ Photo-sensitivity

Gods, Written Lore and Literature

Gods

There are several gods within Tiien, each worshiped for their own specialty and when in times for favors relating in those. However, some God worship is strictly forbidden in some areas of Tiien such as praying to Aarem within Earnia is a capital offense and will get you arrested. Currently there are four main gods who overlook the affairs of the College, still playing the age old game of picking champions and determining which will become the more famous among the cast. These four are Ren, Duuri, Xiah and Aarem.

~Gender-God-Domains-Patron of any key races or cities~

♀-Billant-Light; Sun; Warmth- Eania
♀-Torria-Fire; Pyromancy
♂-Gaurot-Death; Rebirth; Souls; Necromancy
♂-Crugh-Earth; Stone; Dwarves; Geomancy- Dwarves
♂-Whein-Water; Ice; Seas; Hydromancy/Cyromancy
♂-Kurth-Nature; Herbamancy; Fauna
♂-Aarem-Black magicks; Vampirism; Evil; Suffering; Noxomancy- Vampires
♂-Ren-Generality; Ancient Magics; (God of all Domains)- most commonly worshiped and accepted God
♀-Leehna-Moons; Space; Stars; Sky; Electromancy
♂-Baltam- Body; Flesh; Physical; Vitamancy
♂-Moltom-Mind; Brain; Intelligence; Wisdom; Knowledge; Mental
♀-Duuri-Insanity; Mental illnesses; Cripples (Bodily or mentally); Psychomancy
♀-Gusstha-Air; Wind; Clouds; Flying; Aeromancy
♀-Xiah-Lust; Beauty; Passion; Love
♂Sammel-Thievery; Beggars; Mistrust; Wealth

Literature

These are excerpts from books of interest in the world of Tiien, for easier comprehension.

Books

Book of the Dead (Work in Progress)
Written by Xair Brentbrood, Master Necromancer, 1543-1550, TA.

The Essence of Death

Before you continue in the following pages of this tome, let me give you some useful advice.
You're going to die.

No matter how hard you try, you will. Your soul will leave your body and be cast into the dark river of death, but what then?
You may be wondering what exactly death is.

Well, it isn't. Death is a state of being, not a place; but Gaurot's realm and the Pit are places.
Perhaps I should elaborate.
***

As I said, you are going to die. But don't be afraid; dying is a simple action. When your soul-carrying vessel has existed for so long it can no longer function correctly; your soul leaves it. Simple as that. But what happens after this vacation, you ask? You die. Obviously. But what REALLY happens is more complex. You see, this mortal realm exists alongside three others. The first: The Inferno. The Second: The Free Realm. The Third: Death. Death in itself is impossible to enter as a mortal. At least, as yourself. As one with the Gift of Mageblood, you can will yourself to die.

Who would want to kill themselves, you ask?

Well, Necromancers, for one. And, since this a book on Necromancy, I won't go further than that.

Death is the River.
The Pit is the Lake...
More on Death itself in the next section...

Death, among other things

Well, seems you've read this far. Good. That means you're interested. So, since you seem to be a dedicated student, allow me to teach you a few things. As with the introduction, I'll be telling you about death, here.

Now, as a Mortum Necromancer, you probably have some sort of affinity for death. At least, I hope you do, otherwise you're in the wrong profession. Now, just because you enjoy death, or the aspect of it, doesn't mean you understand it. In truth, very few people understand it. I, however, am one of those people. But, instead of trying to make you all understand, I'll put it in metaphorical terms for you all.

Think of death as a swift, flowing river. It is ice-cold and relentless, but you are in a boat. That boat is your body; it is life. It floats in death, but you stay on it. Now, let us think more of the river. Rivers have rocks, right? Some of them do. Let's think of death as a very rocky river, then. Life is constantly being smashed against the rocks. Of course, Life is a strong boat. But, it can't last forever. Eventually, the Lifeboat is broken down, piece by piece, with you still on board. Holes spout water up; you are closer to death than ever before. And, eventually, you fall in. You are gone. The Boat, your body, useless. Your spiritual form will sink into the depths of death, and be pulled with the current.

Alas, you have saviors. The Angels of Death like to intervene; they like to pick you out of the water, build you a new boat, and set you off once again, alive. But, those who were not good; those souls which do no good for the world, do not get saved. They get no new boat, they get to be borne down the river, over the waterfall, and into the pit.

I like to liken the pit to a lake, for it is much calmer than death. This, the lake, is where you will be pulling souls from. Of course, that's only for ethereal Necromancy, which we will get to later on...

The Harsh Reality

Since you've got a minor understanding of death itself, it's time to go into the more Necrotic sections of Necromancy. Now, if you have a weak stomach, I advise you against this art. Perhaps Demonomancy is for you? Either way, it requires a liking, or at least a respect, for corpses. This is the most mundane part of Necromancy; the Corporal minions.

Now, we all know there are two types of people in the world. Dead ones, and living ones. But, unlike some believe, you can only travel one way in that endeavor. You can die, but you never truely come 'back to life' in your original body. Ever. In fact, it is almost impossible for a Pitted soul to ever be graced a body again. Why, you ask? Because the main job of Necromancers is NOT to slam unwilling souls into bodies. In fact, only high-grade Necromancers even use Ethereal minions (look at the next chapter), and none of those require a body. Now, let’s go through with a list of basics for Corporal Necromancy.

Corpses are your main ingredient. It makes it sound like a recipe for pie, but it is true.
Now, again against popular belief, the more meat on the body means the easier the animation. Sure, Rigor Mortus has set in, usually, but that still means you have joints, nerves, and muscles in your minion, allowing for easier and less straining bindings on the body.

For example, if you were to bind a skeleton, you would have a lot of trouble, and use a lot of blood, trying to bind every joint, hold every bone together, and so on, often for less of a minion than you would have gotten from a fresh Cadaver.

[Fallenreaper]

Bestiary-WIP

*Not in alphabetical order

Ridge Hounds/ Ravine Hounds
Ironx

[Sundered Echo]

UserName: Sundered Echo

Character name: Auriel Lavai

Age: 20

Mageblood type: Lux

Favoured Magic Class: Pyromancy

Previous Magic training: None

Race: Wood Elf

Appearance:
Standing at 6'2, Auriel towers over human woman and even many men, even though she is average height for a woman of her race. Her skin is pale, her hair crimson and her eyes green. She has a small tattoo on her forehead in a simple elven pattern, and three barely visible scars from the wounds inflicted by Siala's arrows, marking otherwise largely unblemished skin. There is a fierce and somewhat feral look about her, as if she is only a word away from tearing you apart with her hands - a fact that isn't particularly far from the truth. Her attire is usually practical, but with a slight tendency towards showing off her body. Many men have called her beautiful, and she makes sure not to give them reason to doubt.

Her weapons

Short Bio: Born into the tight knit community of the forest elves, from the age she could walk Auriel Lavai could be best described as a hothead. She was climbing trees not long after she could walk, and always very physical. In her early years she proved a fairly quick learner, but also very physical, reaching for violence first and thinking second when confronted with trouble. She didn't take long to form both good friends that shared some of her temperament and bitter enemies that couldn't stand her careless attitude. Among these people, one stood out, the antithesis of Auriel, a girl by the name of Siala.

She went on to become a minor trouble-maker, sabotaging hunts and picking fights, in particular those of Siala, yet often proving fleet of foot enough to escape any real retribution. This started early in her life, but as she grew older her actions became more audacious. Her elders did not pay these traits too much heed, calling her young and inexperienced, and she never managed to cause enough trouble at once to draw any more attention, despite quickly getting to know all the forest wardens on a first name basis.

Ironically enough, some of the wardens had begun to teach her their martial skills, as well as the laws of the land, partially in hopes that it might temper her and partially to give her something to do. She took to the martial training swiftly, but found the laws somewhat harder to focus on, largely because she still spent most nights breaking them. Had things continued as they were, she might have eventually become more tempered and made an excellent warden.

However, this was not to be so. At age 17 her life was turned on its head. Having sabotaged the hunt of one of the most skilled of her peers, her lifelong enemy Siala, she was running from retribution as usual, several angry hunters on her heels. Long time rivals, Siala had finally had enough of Auriels pranks, and had begun firing live arrows at her. A day that had begun as a fun escapade changed rather drastically when the first arrow nicked her upper arm, drawing blood from a long but shallow cut. Two arrows later had earned her a cut in her upper leg and one on her ankle, at which point she took shelter behind an Ironbark tree, unable to continue running due to her injuries.

In those long, painful moments of terror as the hunted, everything stopped being fun and light-hearted, and for the first time she feared for her life. Wishing for a distraction, any distraction, she suddenly began to smell smoke. Looking around, she found it coming from under her fingers on the trunk of the tree she was using as shelter. A moment longer and fire was liking at the dry autumn wood, and as it did, Auriel began to run again. What began as a small distraction, hardly a smoke signal, soon grew into a full fledged fire, engulfing the tree and spreading to those around it.

Rather than return to face her people and atone for the destruction being wrought around her, Auriel ran. She knew enough of the forest and its trees to treat her superficial wounds and survive for a time as she moved ever towards the mountains. In rare forethought, she harvested some offcuts of Ironbark to take with her on her exodus, as she had no currency of any type with which to buy her way in the strange lands beyond the forest.

In what would be remembered as one of her most harrowing experiences, Auriel scaled the mountainous passes that lead between Ghannos and Ironstead. She was driven to this immense act by a feeling of wonderlust, a desire to see the world beyond the seemingly endless forest of Ghannos. After the periloous journey, she was only reminded of the violence that sent her away by the thin scars Siala's arrows had left. That was far from her mind as she traded away slivers of Ironbark for food and shelter, followed by exploring the surface portions of the Dwarven city.

Ironstead, however, proved far to staid and orderly for Auriels wild heart, and she quickly decided to trade away the last of her Ironbark for passage to the Eanian capital.

From there, she took up odd jobs to eke out a living, favouring those that made best use of her combative skills and minimised emotional heights. This approach only partially worked. Auriel is and has ever been a creature of passion, and on several occasions her temper has flared. She once almost burnt down a tavern fending off over-interested drunkards. Once, on the cusp of being caught by Eanian guards for trespassing, she set one of their cloaks on fire rather than get caught. She only narrowly avoided discovery and conscription into the Eanian military each time.

In this time, she did not purposefully practice any magic, largely trying to keep her talent a secret - both from the world and from herself. Life in the human city was quite different to the Elven community from whence she'd come. The city was far more detached and uncarring for its people, and everywhere she went she was surrounded by strangers. Partially because of this, she never settled in one place, flitting between Taverns and Inns while in the city, and favouring jobs protecting caravans that would let her get away from it all.

One travels a remarkable amount as a Caravan guard, and picks up a fair amount of combat experience even in a fairly safe country like Eania. Her skills with all manner of small melee weapons were honed against a myriad of opponents in the years in human lands, and her pockets were kept full of enough gold to get by. In these travels, she also heard of the College for magebloods in Aerta. Several times she considered traveling there to learn to control her ability, but every time she choose not to, still unhappy with the very idea of being a Mageblood.

It was only when one of her Caravan guarding jobs went wrong that fate forced her hand. A particularly long trip to the hold of Oerm, it was ambushed by a predominently elven group of rogues and bandits just past the forest. Auriel had faced down competant raiders before and turned them aside, but when the first arrow struck, nicking her arm in almost the same way as the one that had first driven her away, she began to feel she'd met her match. The raiders refused to engage up close where she could best fight them, and the other guards were quickly cut down in a flurry of both arrows and magic - the raiders having brought a mageblood with them. Seeing defeat, Auriel ran once more. Before she went, however, she knocked over one of the oil lamps in the caravan and with a brief flare of pyromancy fanned the flame to a size large enough that it would consume the Caravan before the raiders could stop it. This marked the first time she had intentionally used magic in her life.

She ran for her life, but also away from the life she'd taken up and all the fearful possibilities she'd come close to over the years, abandoning the helpless merchants under her charge to their fate to save herself. She kept running long after the raiders had stopped giving chase, even with a number of light wounds caused by arrow near misses and a close call with a lightning bolt. Eventually, she could run no more, and collapsed in the grassy fields - almost within sight of the College.

Good Attributes: Physically fit and quick, she is not well muscled or strong, but still capable of running a great distance under duress. Martially skilled - specialising in the weapons she habitually carries, a dagger and a hooked axe.

Bad Attributes: Highly emotional and aggresive, Auriel reaches for her blade at the slightest insult and cannot always maintain perfect control of her magic when particularly aggravated.

Secret Word: Rebirth

[Lucius Cypher]

Yesh! It returns! Though it also looks a bit incomplete, but I'm sure we'll fix that.

[ArchangelUriel]

Should have figured this would still be going strong. Guess we'll see how many people come back. I really want to bring back Lacer, he was fun to develop, but there's the slightest urge to make something new.

[Crossark]

Hey, all!

[Crossark]

Ironically enough, it is Sundered that has the first CS...

[ArchangelUriel]

A very nice CS, by the way. I'm in the process of formulating what I want to do character-wise.

[Frettzo]

Hey guys! Sorry to say this, but my PC got hacked, I believe. It's damaged now, and I'm not sure when I'll be able to get it fixed. I can still write, but I've lost all URLs, including the Foreas' information PiratePad.

[Kangutso]

Long time no see guys. At least, for those who may remember me.

[Sundered Echo]

Thanks for the compliment.

I was around when Fallen posted thiss yesterday, so I got Auriel up quickly :)
I believe she is in fact already accepted too. Thanks Fallen!

[Draconilian]

Popping in to say hello, hope I'm still welcome to join?

[Sundered Echo]

Don't see why not...

[Fallenreaper]

Sundered Echo said
Thanks for the compliment.I was around when Fallen posted thiss yesterday, so I got Auriel up quickly :)I believe she is in fact already accepted too. Thanks Fallen!

Yes it is. Currently folks my net once more is being a pain( rather not go into details...) and though I might have transport to the library, I won't be able to do it everyday. So yeah bear with me on this because hopefully it's only a week at most or a few weeks at best. -_- So officially the first 2 weeks will be gathering up PC and creating CSes as well as adding information and sorting out the OOC. Echo, I'm going to attempt to get a Navi post sometime this week but it might be best to leave Jayda and Xid for.

[Sundered Echo]

Oh Gods.

I had wondered if that might be the reason you weren't on the IRC today. This is terrible news...
I really hope your internet is back working again soon. Until then, 1000 hugs from me to tide you over... Keep coming back here for more. XD

We'll keep Jayda and Xid safe for you, no executions or anything. You aren't missing much in Aftermath right now though anyway, things haven't quite yet got back fully into action.

[Draconilian]

Can I play a shadow blood esyire?

[EliteCommander]

So, how are things going here? Do you think this RP would welcome Ssarak Dyreackthanose once more?

[Lucius Cypher]

But of course!

[EliteCommander]

Nice, do you think there would be anything that would require me to change his background? I noticed there were some changes to the Esyire's description, and that of the Scorched Lands. Do you think any of that would prevent the clan rivalry in his background from happening?