[OOC] The Curse of the Crown [1 OPEN spot]

[Manticore]

Looking for someone to play a Knight character! Very much wanted!

The lands of Obrethon were once made up of 5 individually ruled kingdoms: The Kingdom of the Seven Lakes, the Kingdom of the Dragon Mountains, the Kingdom of the Misty Rivers, the Kingdom of the Vales, and the Kingdom of the Barren lands.

The five kingdoms lived in harmony for hundreds of years, and they thrived in the absence of a common enemy. The lands were fertile, each with its own advantage, and the collaboration between the kings was great. Once a year they got to sit together at the round table, and spoke of their wishes, expectations, problems, and solutions. King Armagen, the ruler of the Barren lands came with the same troubles every year – his lands were losing fertility, and for some reason the summer droughts were getting longer and longer. Being unable to produce enough food to sustain his people, he had to buy it off from other Kingdoms. But having nothing much to return the favour, the prices of food soon became too high. Other kings, however, didn't seem to have much compasion for his troubles, blaming him for not being resourceful. So, Armagen furiously left the table, and swore to himself that he would find a way to overrule them all.

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His desperation was great, and eventually led him to seek the Witch of Eddor'had. She used to be quite a trouble maker back in the days, until the five armies exiled her to the Island of Eddor'had, where the vulcano erruptions destroyed the lands, leaving them liveless. Upon recognizing the great opportunity, the Witch proposed him a deal he could not refuse. She would make him five magic gemstones, each of them containing the unique power of one of the 5 basic elements. They were known as Meru'rithil - The Stone of Air, Apo'rithil - The Stone of Water, Mag'rithil - The Stone of Earth, Ag'rithil - The Stone of Fire, and Sil'rithil - The Stone of Mind. Each gemstone would allow him to control whatever was made of these elements. Using the Earth stone, he could make his land fertile again, with the Water he could prevent the deadly droughts, and so on. But the most powerful of them all was the Mind stone, which enabled its carrier to control someone else's mind, and consequently his body. And all she wanted in return was that twice a year he would bring her gifts in form of gold, jewellery, food, clothing...anything she'd demanded. King Armagen didn't think twice, and he took the deal.

He installed all the gems into his crown, so he had immediate power of all the given gemstones at the same time. Then he began to transform his dying lands, making them livable again. His Kingdom soon began to thrive as never before, while the others soon began to fear him. They spoke of madness that was corrupting his mind. All that power contained in the gems was slowly taking over his very own mind. Eventually, his insanity completely took over, and he declared the war on all four kingdoms. He wanted their land, and he wanted all the other kings dead. The great war began, and it lasted for about 5 years before the lands of Obrethon were one big pile of blood. There were no more kingdoms, apart from the Armagen's tyranny. He was unstoppable. Even his people that once worshiped him, were now terrified of him.
Then one night, his son, Prince Edgar, learnt of his father's deal with the Witch through the vivid dreams that were sent to him by a Sorceress, who claimed to be one of the good ones, and wanted to help. Desperate enough, prince Edgar chose to believe what he thought was only intuition, and went after his own father. Even the King himself with all the powers over his head did not expect his loyal son to cut him in his back. As they were tussling, the Crown had fallen off King's head, instantly weakening him, which have Edgar the opportunity of killing him.

Edgar then took the gems out of the Crown, and wondered what to do with them. He figured he had to separate them from one another, hide them somewhere or give them to someone he trusted with his own life, and make sure they will never be put together like that again. So, he chose his 4 best knights he trusted the most, and gave each of them one stone: Fire,Eearth, Water, and Air. He then sent them out to use the gemstone powers in order to rebuild the old kingdoms, make them forever seperate. As for the Mind stone, he kept it for himself, determined to find the Witch of Eddor'had, and destroy her once and for all.

What he didn't know is that the Witch was now more powerful than ever. During the years King Armagen did what she could never done it herself, she raised an army of Hellhound creatures, and demonic warriors. They were beasts born out of magma, and black magic's intent, closely tied to the gemstone's magick, and the blood that was spilled by them. He goal was now to invade all the Obrethon lands, and get the ultimate revenge. But first she had to find and collect the 5 gems, which shouldn't be so hard since her beasts could smell them from miles away...

Hellhounds

This RP will be set in time, when the five kingdoms were just beginning to rise up from the ashes. This time the mysterious Sorceress shows herself in flesh before the Prince Edgar, and informs him that the Witch is comming to collect the gems. Since there is no way that they could hide the gems from her, there seem to be only two options: kill the witch first, or destroy the gems and kill the witch later. Only problem is, the gems can only be destroyed with the fire they were made with – meaning, they have to get to the heart of Eddor'had, and throw the gems into the magma, before the Witch learns of their intent. But can they do it?
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So, I would need 5 of you guys to play the Prince Edgar, and his four knights with the gemstones in their pockets. Make sure each Knight belongs to a different Kingdom (all 5 kingdoms should have their representative with a gem in their pocket). Keep in mind that all the Knights actually originate from the Kingdom of Barren Lands. It was only after the war that they were assigned to other Kingdoms. Whether they became their new official leaders (Kings) or they just helped some surviving royalty back to the throne, it's completely up to you.

I'll be playing the mysterious Sorceress, who joins their mission, although nobody really trusts her. I thought of playing the prince first, but I think I'll be able to master the RP better through someone with quite a few tricks up their sleve.

I've also mad a map of this world. Red cross indicates our starting point. We will be headed to the west, to the Eddor'had island.

Map of Obrethon

The Player List:

Sorceress: @Manticore
Sorceress' apprentice: @Jinxer
Mind gem: @Brimmlocke Prince Edgar of the Barren Lands
Fire gem: @RPforthatPR Knight of the Kingdom of the Vales
Water gem: Knight of the Misty Rivers - OPEN
Air gem: @Incanus Knight of the Seven Lakes
Earth gem: @Liar Knight of the Dragon Mountains

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SOME FACTS:
- First and most obvious – my word is law.
- You must be 18+ for this. Why? Because I prefer it that way.
- I'm looking for collaborating partners, who can and will contribute to the development of the story. I may be a GM, but my imagination is not unlimited. So share your ideas!
- You can be a FEMALE KNIGHT if you feel like it. I'm all about gender equality here, so go ahead :)
- Only medieval weapons allowed. No guns or things like that.
- What can you do with the power of the gemstone is up to your imagination, but don't exaggerate it. If you think you can use an Earth gemstone, and build 8,000 ft mountain from scratch in a second, then you are wrong.
- There may or may not exist a dragon somewhere in the lands. Don't worry, though, he is domesticated. I think…
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CHARACTER SHEET FORM
Name:
Age:
Kingdom:
Gemstone:
Appearance: [text or picture]
Background and personality:
Fighting skills: [preferred fighting style, use of weapons, gemstone related abilities]
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[Dead Cruiser]

I wouldn't mind contributing the prince, if the position is still available.

[Manticore]

I wouldn't mind contributing the prince, if the position is still available.

@Dead Cruiser

Welcome aboard! The Prince of Barren Lands, carrying Sil'rithil - The Stone of Mind, is yours for the taking. Although, I think he should call himself King now, since his father is dead. Well, you can define that in your CS as you see fit :)

[Dead Cruiser]

Is there any information we need on the cultures of the various kingdoms? The Barren Lands I sort of interpret as an Arabesque desert, but that's just me, and you could have another interpretation entirely.

[KnightofTempest]

I interpereted the Dragon Mountains as full of fractious clans and tribes, sort of like the Highlands of Scotland with some Viking Influence thrown in.

[Manticore]

I really like your CS @KnightofTempest, although I'm not sure if summoning lava should be in the Earth gem department. I'd rather have it controlled by a Fire gem, since you already have quite a long list of things you can manipulate.

Is there any information we need on the cultures of the various kingdoms? The Barren Lands I sort of interpret as an Arabesque desert, but that's just me, and you could have another interpretation entirely.

@Dead Cruiser

The joy of this RP is that things are quite open to your own interpretation. I didn't want to define everything in detail, so as long as you stick to the main concept (the land being plain and unfertile) you can't go wrong. KnightofTempest did a great job doing that with his Dragon mountains. Although, you do have to include the fact that the Land has been transformed during the last years of King Armagen's reign. Meaning, there must be some green and waterly oases in the desert, because at the moment living there isn't as hard as it used to be.

[KnightofTempest]

I really like your CS @KnightofTempest, although I'm not sure if summoning lava should be in the Earth gem department. I'd rather have it controlled by a Fire gem, since you already have quite a long list of things you can manipulate.

@Manticore

Sure I just figured since it was an Earthbender thing in Legend of Korra, I could get away with it, it is technically molten rock after all. Will edit though

[Manticore]

Sure I just figured since it was an Earthbender thing in Legend of Korra, I could get away with it, it is technically molten rock after all. Will edit though

@KnightofTempest

Yeah, I can totally see why lava could be controlled with an Earth gem. But for the sake of keeping things in balance, I have to say no.
Although, if you think about it, lava is actually a mix of both earth and fire, so maybe we can spice things up, and say lava can only be manipulated with the power of two gems simultaneously.

[KnightofTempest]

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Yeah, I can totally see why lava could be controlled with an Earth gem. But for the sake of keeping things in balance, I have to say no.
Although, if you think about it, lava is actually a mix of both earth and fire, so maybe we can spice things up, and say lava can only be manipulated with the power of two gems simultaneously.

@Manticore

Already edited.

[The Roman07]

I know all knights are taken but i was somehow hoping i could still join this? I dont need a gem, perhaps maybe i could be a travel guide that is familiar with the land or even a squire to one of the knights or maybe squire to the prince himself?

[Manticore]

I know all knights are taken but i was somehow hoping i could still join this? I dont need a gem, perhaps maybe i could be a travel guide that is familiar with the land or even a squire to one of the knights or maybe squire to the prince himself?

@The Roman07

It's your lucky day. We do have one Knight left, and that would be Knight of the Kingdom of the Vales with the Ag'rithil - The Stone of Fire :)

[Incanus]

My CS is up. Do you need a pic? I usually don't post pics.

[Manticore]

@Incanus Your CS is accepted! Good job on the backstory. And, no you don't need a picture if you have a text.

[Incanus]

@Manticore Great! Questions: When the RP begins, have the four kingdoms been rebuilt already or are they in the process? For how long has my character had the Stone?

[Manticore]

@Manticore Great! Questions: When the RP begins, have the four kingdoms been rebuilt already or are they in the process? For how long has my character had the Stone?

@Incanus

No, they weren't fully rebuilt yet, and I'd say the Knights only had their stones for about a year or two. Basically, they would still prefer to continue to own the stones as they proved to be somehow helpful in the rebuilding process. The question is, are they still owning the stones or are the stones really beginning to own them? Eaither way, this could be a source of conflict in the group.

Any more questions? Now is the time :) I know there are a few more things I need to explain in more detail. Like the Hellhounds, the Witch's other accomplices who will cross our paths, and so on, but I intend to do that in the IC with my Sorceress, who happens to be a bucket of knowledge.

[The Roman07]

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It's your lucky day. We do have one Knight left, and that would be Knight of the Kingdom of the Vales with the Ag'rithil - The Stone of Fire :)

@Manticore

Oh ok kool! Ill get onto making a cs then :) should be up tonight.

[Manticore]

Seems we have a full house. I'm just going to wait for others to post their CSs up, and then we're good to go :)

Btw, does anyone have any idea why I can't change the thread's status from Apply to Full? It just says ''Invalid join-status''.

[The Roman07]

Ill have something up soon. Im having a hard time finding a pic that matches the character im making

[Manticore]

Ill have something up soon. Im having a hard time finding a pic that matches the character im making

@The Roman07

Ha, I feel you! I've been dealing with the same thing yesterday, when I couldn't find any Sorceress with some decent clothes on.

And how is everyone else doing? @Dead Cruiser,@CyborgMerlin? You still in or...? Don't want to pressure, just checking if you guys are still on board :)

[Manticore]

And how is everyone else doing? @Dead Cruiser,@CyborgMerlin? You still in or...? Don't want to pressure, just checking if you guys are still on board :)

@Manticore

I know you've been online since I posted this, and even though I really hate to pester people, I will only give you another 24 hours to respond. After that I'm freeing the space for someone else to join in.