[OOC] Fire Emblem: A Blinding Light

[Harbringer]

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Woooooo!!!! Chinese buddies! ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your dongers!! ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

@Nightmare Bunny

...Do you play League too?

[Nightmare Bunny]

...Do you play League too?

@Harbringer

I used to, but not so much anymore XD for a while I was really obsessed, though!

[PlatinumSkink]

Heheheh, I love how everyone else decided to have healing items to start, and Habit was just like "more money, no room for healing!"

@Draconfound

It is just kind of a standard thing. I seem to have a habit of giving my more powerful individuals elixirs, so you being a thief is going to balance that out soon enough~

@Harbringer

Calico is weak to hot tea? How do you mea- oooh, clumsy maid. Got it.

Griswal is level 4, is he not? ... And doesn't thieves have movement 6 (maybe, I may need to replay Sacred Stones), and iron weapons durability 40, er...? ... Or have I simply not been playing Awakening lately? Where is this screen from, anyway? Skills? XD ... And despite the bar down there, I think I decide when people get more skilled... but a bar like that could be good to indicate current skill within that, but that would have the disadvantage of being a little bit too stat-y for a roleplay like this. Hm. Eh.

His weaknesses is Magical Girls... Oh, yeah, weak to magic... XD ... ... ... I am randomly feeling like... ... ... XD

WAIT GUYS I DID A THING!!!!! But it's really bad… but I did a thing!!!

notice me senpai

@Nightmare Bunny

This is really good. The only thing I can comment on other than how beautiful this is would be that... ... ... I imagined Calico would be fleeing in terror upon seeing the chicken, not magic it to death like in an act of rage. Also, when we get more characters (since I know there are a couple working on some) it will need updating... Haha.

You have been noticed. I am unsure who you consider your senpai, though, since you were the first to submit a character.

[Harbringer]

@Nightmare Bunny I still play...too much...help me.

@PlatinumSkink I was using the stats from rekka no ken on the wiki

[PlatinumSkink]

@Harbringer
Oh, would you look at that.

Oh, and I don't think I said. Nicely done~

[Harbringer]

@Harbringer
Oh, would you look at that.

@PlatinumSkink

...Are you trying to steal my wallet?

[Nightmare Bunny]

This is really good. The only thing I can comment on other than how beautiful this is would be that... ... ... I imagined Calico would be fleeing in terror upon seeing the chicken, not magic it to death like in an act of rage. Also, when we get more characters (since I know there are a couple working on some) it will need updating... Haha.

You have been noticed. I am unsure who you consider your senpai, though, since you were the first to submit a character.

@PlatinumSkink

I thought about doing that, but I had to fit everyone on the image, and if one character was desperately trying to flee the screen, it would have taken up too much space XD as it is, maybe she's so scared that she literally can't move, and is using black magic to suspend the chicken far away from her?

Well, in terms of the amount of time that we've been on the website, and RP-Ong... everyone's my senpai! If I have to choose one... Idk.

be my senpai???

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@Harbringer, join a support group! Save yourself before it's too late!

[Harbringer]

And I will be your Asian sempai.

[Apollosarcher]

I'll be dropping in my character after classes.

[Nightmare Bunny]

And I will be your Asian sempai.

@Harbringer

So many senpais... But you can never have too many senpais!!! =D

*dance dance dance*

[PlatinumSkink]

@Harbringer Not that I know of.

@Nightmare Bunny Well... If you wanted to include that no matter what... Suppose that works, yes. I feel more sorry for the chicken than for her, though. XD

Oh, alright. From that point of view, yes, we're all your sempais. And we have noticed you. ... Whatever that is supposed to signify.

Update on the interested
It would appear the one who was intending to make a Manakete has become unable to join us. That leaves seven possible interested. Two of which I have not heard from since the post where they informed of being interested and not seen on here again, so possibly five. One is on a trip returning... tomorrow, was it, I think? One is working on a healer, another is dropping off character after classes, glad to hear it,@Apollosarcher~! Two others have said to be interested, saying they'd get started on their characters today/soon three days ago. Writing a sheet can take a while. I'll wait a day or two more before I ask how it's going.

[Nightmare Bunny]

@PlatinumSkink: Honestly, me too... I mean, Calico might be scared, but that chicken is about to be deep-fried. XD

I have no idea. Maybe being noticed is like being enlightened? Maybe the reason all kouhais seek senpais is the inevitable pull of greater understandung of the universe, and-- okay, shutting up now.

[ruler710]

I love all this art. Like the character cards and everything is so amazing. And I'm just here adding numbers. But really it's fantastic guys. They're really cool.

[Draconfound]

So many great artists in this roleplay. And then I'll just sit in the writers' corner :P

[71342]

Those are some very very nice pieces of art btw! :>.

[PlatinumSkink]

@71342 ... You didn't read the part about posting here in the OOC and having it accepted before posting it in the character's section, did you? XD

Oh, well. I'll go read it anyway. Welcome back~

[Apollosarcher]

@PlatinumSkink So I'm working a Cavalier prince of Renais, I'll have it up soon.

[71342]

Woops, my bad I'll remove the post from the section. I'll PM you instead.@PlatinumSkink

[PlatinumSkink]

@Apollosarcher Oho? Prince? I'll look forward to it, then~

@71342 Oy. You're still supposed to to post it in the OOC so the others can read. XD In any case, here you go. Here's what I wrote.

Oh, dear. I forgot about that thing when I wrote 1-10 on trainee classes. See, after the battle where the trainee-class reaches level 10, they automatically promote to the regular class of their choice. So, uh, you’d probably have to either decrease your level a bit or instantly promote upon ending the first map. Also, when a pupil or other trainee with more than one weapon alternative promote, they lose the capability of using the other kind. Seeing how you have C in Anima (woaw), I’ll assume you’re intending on going the Mage route, you’ll lose the ability to use Dark magic when you inevitably do.

That said, you still being a Pupil and having C-rank skill in Anima is pretty odd. The trainee-class pupil is mostly for young people that haven’t yet achieved the skill and prowess to become a true magician ready for the field of battle. You’re a well-practiced magician who’s grown strong over almost 30 years and has become more skilled than most common (regular-class) magicians of the world, who’re stuck at D. That description and still being a pupil-class is pretty odd, and having C-class while technically being level -1 is pretty weird too. So, well. Do tell me how you’re thinking with this, now that I’ve said these things. Well, I’ll probably allow it, anyways, but it is odd.

… Also, the lowest Dark magic, Flux, by some reason requires D-rank to use… … … Eh, you know what? That’s stupid. For the sake of this roleplay, Flux can be used by anyone with capability of using Dark magic. Because, yeah, it is stupid otherwise, not being able to wield any weapon.

“...Save the occasional tantrums of dragons, of course.” – Oh, you have no idea… Or, I guess you do… XD

Oh, my. Seems like Dana has had a different side to her… or she’s just been mad at you a lot. Haha. She’s very strict about everyone doing their job… And may or may not have used dark magic to keep track of your location… Haha… Within a certain range, anyway… … … Alright, then. Yepp. Assuming you find someone to be that friend of yours, the background checks out. Should the worst come to pass, I could have it be an NPC that I have join you, but your intention of finding a player to be that one is more fun, really. … … … Huh. Who’d actually fit that description? … Eh, I’ll let them stand for that.

[71342]

“...Save the occasional tantrums of dragons, of course.” – Oh, you have no idea… Or, I guess you do… XD

Oh, my. Seems like Dana has had a different side to her… or she’s just been mad at you a lot. Haha. She’s very strict about everyone doing their job… And may or may not have used dark magic to keep track of your location… Haha… Within a certain range, anyway… … …

@PlatinumSkink

Beware the nice ones.

I meant to put D! Arghh! I must've overlooked that and yeap, so far I'm intent on him going Mage (because we already have a poultry loving shaman!).

I'll make the changes, though I had the idea of needing a Guiding Ring to promote ...but since you said it's an immediate promotion ....... We now have a Mage! He won't have a stave till he buys one though. Because I'm thinking he would learn how to heal in a gradual manner, likely from churches or his interactions with the group.

Name: Ret

Why?

'Ret' is short for Retario.

Description

Brawny, unkempt and bearing a thick set of arms. One might easily mistake him as a brigand, afterall, who else dresses in fur, undyed linen and the preserved skull of a wolf?

If they had noticed the tatterted book chained to his waist, it's bindings frayed where the adorning rusty, metal frilligree does not reach. -Brigands don't read.- Then it might dawn on the observer that they were dealing with a Magi of sorts.

It is this very dilema that Ret uses to his advantage most of the time, it affords him some neutrality when nations are at war with one another and a moments pause when facing a bewildred enemy. But the truth is, he has no other clothes. A life spent in more rural parts of the world has left him little in the guise of civility.

Age: Looks to be in his early 30s.

True Age

But is actually in his late 20s.

Gender: Male

Nation: Villager, Caer Pelyn

Class: Mage

Who needs school!?

Being self taught for most part has slowed his capabilities with modern magic, he has learned the fundamentals from trial and eRror.

Weapon Skill: Anima Magic D

Level: 1

Background

Life was Idlelic and the days atop the cloudy mountains of Caer Pelyn were. Timeless.

Beyond the reach of corrupt soldiers and petty politicians, was the quiet village of Caer Pelyn, a hub of flowing rainwater and stony forests nestled in the cradle between Rausten, Carcino and Jehenna. It was a paradise found for those who seeked refuge from more worldy things, and peaceful for those who lived there their whole lives.

...Save the occasional tantrums of dragons, of course.

Still, even that was nothing the villagers could not handle.

But for young Retario It was nothing but infuriating, 'Ret' was always someone whose curiosity got the better of him, who would look outside the box before he was even told that there was a box in the first place. After having a violent dispute that led to a fight with his grandparents when he was much younger, he ran away from home in a fit of anger, Ret has ever since explored, survived and lived in every wilderness that the mountains could offer using what he learned back in the village. But he somehow could never stray too far from home, sneaking back into civillization sometimes -only for supplies though (he claims adamantly).

The biting knowledge that there is more out there remained ever vigil, Through those long periods of hardship he still chanced at every traveller who passed by, sometimes those who were lost or dying, then guiding them safely through it, all for the possibility of the reward -to be regaled by tales of distant lands.

In a few years time Ret's whereabouts came to be known back by the villagers through word of his antics, inevitably, by his grandmother too, who had formerly thought him dead for a good few years. She was overcome with joy and accepted him back into society. His kinsmen were quick to warm up and constantly reminded him of the joys to be amongs amongst others, in time he even became the local Huntsman with people who actually needed him, A feeling he realized that he had secretly longed for.

But slowly Dana's grip on him tightened. It was clear she would never let him leave, tripping his guilt whenever he brought up the slightest hint of him doing so. The years of relative solitude left him unused to the political nuances of village life and the schemes of the cunning hag. so there he remained tied down by his conscience, suffocating.

It was until a band of merchants and weary travellers came months later, that he broke fRee. His wanderlust was fanned into a fire by their recounts, that it burned the web that once held him.They had inspired him to go out to prove his worth to the outer world, while life still hummed with vigor and he did not need a cane to walk. Ret sought this chance and left Caer Pelyn in secret, on a personal journey.

It was then he met _ and accompanied them on their travels, soon becoming steadfast fRIends as they made their way through Grado on foot, seeing every crisis they met as a test of his HonoR. He honed his skills and built his strength through each of them, every wrong he righted made him feel more human, more alive. He became an eccentric but well-seasoned traveller himself in due time and many winters later, returning to his home amongst the mountains, sated, now with a small fortune and tales to call his own. But, to his shock, Dana had ordered him to be locked up while he was sleeping.

However, as fate would have it, when news spread of the Grado war, he escaped with the help of a childhood friend. Caer Pelyn might have been where he was born, but Grado was no less a second home. To Ret, this was to be his true proof of Honour.

Ability assessment:

What is he good at?

Ret has an innate understanding of the natural world from vast amounts of time spent wrestling for survival in the wilderness and it shows itself prominently in his skill of Anima Magic. To experience a storm first hand and learning through his own observations has led him to a very unique, or perhaps merely forgotten, path. His physical strength has also been built tremendously by living this way, along with his knowing of how to navigate deftly through trecherous terrain.

But his time spent away fRom civillization has led to feeling uncomfortable in the trappings of cloth and the dealings with actual weapons, especially armor. He shuns such apparel and for that his defence suffers. The borrowed power of dark magic also disturbs him muchly, even though he has knowledge of it's mechanics from teachings at a young age, it feels unnatural and disdainful to this very day.

Personality:

Hider

Though quiet and reserved when dealing with strangers for the first time, to a slightly paranoid extent - Ret is very determined once he makes his mind up about something and will see to it done if he ever makes a promise, Honor is extremely important to him and he lives by a code he rarely speaks of to others, in case they make use of him that way. This might be unusual, considering that this creed is fitting of a knight yet he seems to be something of (or nothing more than) a wildman who has never spent a single day in a castle, He is much more at home where he can see the stars.

But most of all Ret is a free soul and he could never stand to see undeserving others being locked up or oppressed.

Plot Susceptive?: Indeed.

Items and equipment: Thunder (labeled "Retario's Forecaster")
Vulnerary (tinctured herbs)
Flux (pages torn from someone's journal)

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Others:

The more you know

-Quite the storyteller, he is quick to spice up any dull conversation with a tale or brag, especially if ever asked to. He enjoys listening to them too.
-His wolf head helmet stays on even when he sleeps.
-Ret is a mean and keen fisticuffer. He punches trees to relieve stress. He thinks trees don't feel anything, but they are forming a union against him.
-Buildings that look the same are the bane of his existence. He gets lost in cities very easily. The tall ones induces his phobia of heights. Though being too colourful confuses him as well. He is thinking of punching buildings next.
-Don't mention Dana in front of him.

R-Summarization: A Mage from the rural mountains of Caer Pelyn, uncivillized but oddly honorable.