[OOC] Strangeland | Legends Never Die

[Blu]

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Plot

Upon the Great Continent there exists the Kingdom of Astoria and the smaller, neighboring Kingdom of Wolfkrone. Powerful individuals and fearsome creatures of old reside within the confines of this vast continent. So great is their might that they have been immortalized by the people of the kingdoms - they have become legends. Some are even worshiped as deities. You were once such a legend. Your power stood amongst, even beyond, Lords and Kings. You, alone, rival the greatest of armies. And as the hands of fate dictated: you led a life of violence and romance. You've slain your share of legends, conquered frontiers, and your accomplishments were forever etched into the history of the kingdoms. And, finally, at the end of your life, you, too, were slain. Such is the curse of the immortalized: "A peaceful death does not await the glorious ones..."

Now, at the advent of the new millennium, a blight spreads across the land. The citizens of the kingdoms call it the "Re-rising". The Holy Church calls it the "Blood Plague". Regardless of what one may call it, it refers to the resurrection of the dead. These "risen" are marked by a mysterious symbol visible upon their flesh. The Holy Church hypothesized the blight to be the work of forbidden Blood Magic, hence the Chruch's given name to the blight. Although the risen may appear and act as normal people, they seem to possess an uncontrollable and insatiable bloodlust. Because of this, numerous gruesome murders have occurred throughout the kingdoms, with numbers amassing by the thousands every month. The ruling families of each kingdom, under the guidance of the Holy Church, are dedicated to purging the continent of this threat but political relations are strained. Some even say that a war is coming.

You suddenly awaken from a long dream in which you walked aimlessly through a never ending field of white roses. You faintly remember a mysterious figure in your dream: a woman shrouded in white; blood-stained hands covering her face. But, more importantly, you recall that you have died some time ago - slain by another legend. You now also possess a mysterious marking somewhere on your body. It is unlike the marking of the normal risen but, rather, it is unique to you; not that you know of any of that anyways. And within your mind, there exists a beckoning desire to kill...

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Lore Notes (Optional Read)

World Information

Glossary

The Creation of the World

The Holy Church describes the primordial sea of chaos before the creation of the world as "The Void." It exists as the absence of light, darkness, time, and space. The first Primordial God and the only existence during The Void, Allias, the One Alone and the All-Father, brought the chaos the gift of light and darkness, then time and space. In return, the chaos gave him a wife: Astachia, Mother of the Void. Astachia shed the first tears and created water, breathed the first breath and created wind, and from her love sprang fire. She then, with assistance from Allias, gave birth to three Primordial Gods: Algur the Great Earth, Gnascor of the First Blood, and Scire the Perspicacious.

Algur, in his arrogance, renounced the authority of Allias to which the All-Father created a prison to "bind his flesh." With a great sphere of water from Astachia's womb, Allias ripped apart Algur's limbs and threw them into the watery prison before doing the same to the rest of his body. Algur's body, in its weight, sank to the center of the sphere while his limbs surfaced to become continents. Thus the world was born. Scire the Perspicacious created the lesser gods and goddesses to act as guardians of Algur's prison. Gnascor, stricken with great grief for the loss of his favorite brother, tricked his father to cutting his throat and wrists so that he bled the first blood and covered the world. From his blood sprang the first men, giants, dragons, and the other beings. Gnascor sacrificed himself so that his brother's flesh may have meaning. As a tribute to Gnascor's actions, Astachia ordered Scire to grant knowledge to the then primal beings. From then continues the story of the world...

The Founding of Astoria

During the Age of Blood, the Church of the Good Blood ruled the Great Continent and employed Blood Magic to enslave mankind. So mighty was the power of Blood Magic that even the giants and dragons feared it. When Lord Galant of the First Sword lost his beloved wife and unborn child to the sorceresses of the Church of the Good Blood, he declared war on the church and its followers. Many were quick to ally with Lord Galant including the giants led by Titanus the Unbroken, Saint Loraine of Light and his archpriest followers, Avalon the Chaos Sorceress and her sisters, and the Five Heavenly Kings.

With his army of Knights of the First Sword, Lord Galant cut down his foes with swords sung about in legends. Titanus and his giants, using pure brute force, decimated the demon armies conjured up by the Church's Blood Magic. Saint Loraine and his archpriests with holy magic and weapons purged the land and captured cities that once swore fealty to the Church of the Good Blood. Avalon and her sisters shrouded the sky in darkness and unleashed a plague of death upon the enemy. And the Five Heavenly Kings with their awesome might slain the strongest of foes the Church could produce. After nearly three decades, the war ended and the Church of the Good Blood as well as Blood Magic, itself, were no more.

In the remnants of the cities constructed by the Church rose a new kingdom: the Kingdom of Astoria; named after what would've been Lord Galant's first born. Lord Galant became king and his allies benefited greatly. A new age had come...

The Holy Church

In the aftermath of Lord Galant's war, Saint Loraine of Light and his archpriests founded a new church: the Holy Church. Under the leadership of the charismatic and beloved Saint Loraine and with the full backing from Lord Galant, the Holy Church's power and influence quickly grew throughout the entirety of the Great Continent and even beyond. Not only did the Church provided places of worship, it also provided an expansive militaristic force armed with holy magic and weapons. In a way, the Holy Church has become it's own kingdom, separate from both Astoria and Wolfkrone.

Legends Information
None Yet

Bestiary
None Yet

Guilds

Glossary

The Heralds of Light

Founded by one of Saint Loraine's most trusted archpriests, Father Edrict the Lightwatcher, the Heralds of Light is a subset of the Holy Church and, consequently, is the largest guild operating in the Great Continent. With numbers amassing in the hundreds of thousands, the Heralds of Light are a formidable and exceedingly resourceful force that has few enemies yet many allies. Their guild motto is, "Blessed by light, let we, who resound, pierce the abyss. We have come."

The Night Legion

The history of the Night Legion is as obscured as its members. The only certainty known by the people of the kingdoms about the Night Legion is that it does indeed exist. It is said to be a vast underground network of spies, assassins, and thieves who serve no one but themselves. Rumor has it that the Night Legion even dabbles in forbidden Blood Magic. Because little is known about the organization and its members, there is no accurate estimate of how large the guild actually is. Those who wish to join the Night Legion cannot simply seek them out but, rather, must be personally invited. From confiscated documents, their motto seems to be, "On this darkest night, we serve."

The Brotherhood of Arms

Established by Scholar Moriah of Dresdenwood and backed by the Five Heavenly Kings, the Brotherhood of Arms is a collective of scholars and merchants seeking to acquire and study legendary objects of lore. In their five decades of operation, the Brotherhood have come in possession of countless legendary artifacts with their largest collection having a stern focus on legendary weapons. While not officially members of the Brotherhood, themselves, mercenaries hired by the guild are used for protection purposes and to accompany members on research expeditions. Plus, with the support of the Five Heavenly Kings behind them, few dare to steal from the Brotherhood of Arms. Their motto is, "Actions of iron, words of gold."

The Goetia

During the Age of Blood, sorceresses of the Church of the Good Blood channeled their Blood Magic to summon a militia of seventy-two powerful demons. These demons formed what would be called the dark guild Goetia. Feared across the continent, the Goetia fell any who dare oppose the authority of the Church. During the war against Lord Galant and his allies, the Goetia were finally defeated but managed to escape death by breaking their covenant with the Church and retreating back to the dark realm. Before they left, they swore to one day return to the world and exact their vengeance. They have no guild motto.

*Remember you can submit your own entries. Post the information here in the OOC or PM it to me.*

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OOC Information

Rules

• All standard rules apply.
• As GM, naturally I have the final decision on all things relating to this RP. Obey the decisions of any Co-GM's.
• Be respectful with other participants and settle any personal arguments over PM.
• Romance is tolerated as long as it is kept it at an appropriate level.
• Normal NPCs can be controlled but you must have my permission to control key NPCs. You are allow to create/control NPCs if necessary to your post.
• If you need to be inactive for a long period of time, please notify me first via the OOC or PM.
• There is a limit of two characters per participant unless there is reason to make an exception. Make sure you post your CS in the OOC for approval first and after being accepted, re-post your CS to the "Characters" tab.
• Most important rule of all: ~Have Fun~

Character Sheet

*Please remove all in parentheses and put N/A for any optional parts you did not fill out in this app*

Personal Information
Name: (Fantasy-esque name; surname optional)
Epithet: (Character's full legend name/title)
Age: (Age of death and/or your age when resurrected)
Sex: (Male or Female)
Date of Birth: (No year)
Legends Slain: (List the legendary figures or creatures your character has slain before their death)
Slain By: (The legendary figure(s) or creature(s) that killed your character)
Appearance: (Hider preferred; 3-4 lines minimum; picture also accepted but please include a short description of any changes, if there are no changes, then just put the picture; picture must be art and no photos of real people)
Personality: (Hider preferred if more than 3 lines of text)
Lore: (Hider preferred; 3-4 lines minimum; basically your character's history chronicling their rise to legendary status and their death)

Combat Information
Equipment: (Hider preferred; list the equipment your character uses; description of an equipment should include how it looks, whether by using text or a picture, what it's used for or its capabilities, a name for the equipment if it has one, etc.)
Techniques/Spells: (Hider preferred; list a specific technique(s) and/or spell(s) your character can use in combat; your character may gain more techniques/spells as they grow in the RP)

*Any questions, comments, or suggestions should be posted in the OOC or PM'ed to me*

[MysT3CH]

Is it possible to reserve an application spot? Should be posted tonight.

[Pie Flavor]

Can i use the CS sheet for the Beast that killed my character?

(or will you make a different one/create the monsters yourself?)

[Blu]

@MysT3CH Definitely. I'll be looking forward to the CS :)

@Pie Flavor Go right ahead. I could even add that to the Lore Notes afterwards if you want. EDIT: You don't even need to use a CS if you don't want to. Basic information will suffice but you can use the same sheet and adapt everything to a beast.

[Saarebas]

This is quite interesting and I would like to join, but I have two questions. How high of a writing style are you hoping for, I have no problem writing up a paragraph or two, but I honestly lake the skill for a really high casual RP.
Second is it okay if I do make a character that they be a beast instead of a human legend?

[Blu]

@Saarebas One or two paragraphs is completely fine. I just require the basics of casual writing. And yes, you are allowed to create a beast character as long as the character can be sentient (being able to speak language for interaction purposes). Just as a note for others: giants/giant hybrids, human hybrids, and creatures/creature hybrids are also playable.

[Saarebas]

Great news! :) I will start writing up a CS right away

[Blu]

@Saarebas Looking forward to it. Oh, and another thing. If your character doesn't use conventional equipment (weapons, armor, etc.), just put down appendages, claws, teeth, or whatever for Equipment.

[Saarebas]

Will do boss :)

[Argetlam350]

Well I'll get a character up tonight at some point.

[Dead Cruiser]

What tone should we shoot for? I have ideas for a more over-the-top character, but I don't know if they'd fit.

[Pie Flavor]

WIP BEAST

Name:
Anub'arak

Epithet:
Anub'arak, the Dimensional Burrower

Legends Slain:

Slain By:

Appearance

Personality:
Anub'arak is a silent creature, who's true purpose is unknown to many except those who understands it's strange thoughts as well. The creature itself feels no harm by neutral parties who see his appearance, however upon attack will provoke his instinct to defend himself. It's level of sentience is far greater than normal creatures, being able to see into the souls of intruders. Revealing their true nature to those who wish to know, while politely refraining if they do not wish to know. It is indifferent to the world that he appears in as he soon disappears too soon to make such a difference, and will remain passive only regarding its own safety over anything else. In some rare cases Anub'arak and it's species goes on a blind feeding fest which it consumes the reality of the universe it's in and causes many complications if allowed, eventually destroying the universe and many more if left alone. After stating its appetite consisting of time and space, it usually goes back to being passive, burrowing to other universe as it seems fit.

Lore:
Anub'arak is from an older species, that is close to being extinct due to its rare interaction with each other as they travel across dimensions into others. They are able to live up to several hundred thousands of years, and when they do so they also grow in size and power. Their dimensional burrowing on the other hand, however does damage the environment around them as they are basically destroying the universe by tearing a hole where they have came from. One may notice if they find themselves losing track large amounts of time ranging from several minutes to hours. Another noticeable sign is when walking to an destination and you end up somewhere else unfamiliar which is also a sign of space trying to repair itself. In ancient writing it is said that the species of Anub'arak is the eater of dimensions and will usually head to dying worlds for two possibilities, to end it or repair it by dying. Also in ancient ruins it depicts the species of Anub'arak as sometimes carrying on extra cargo, being other beings from different dimensions.

Combat Information
Equipment:
Enhanced Chitin Armor - Anub'arak's species strongly resembles a beetle and does so with its body being covered in Chitin that allows the creature to endure heavy blows from attacks. Making attacks from normal weapons near useless unless they contain special properties of some sort, which would allow it to damage the Chitin. These pieces of Chitin are also special

Techniques/Spells: (Hider preferred; list a specific technique(s) and/or spell(s) your character can use in combat; your character may gain more techniques/spells as they grow in the RP)

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[Blu]

@Dead Cruiser By tone, I'm assuming you mean what can of atmosphere the RP will have. To answer the question, it leans more toward a serious, darker tone but it can still have light moments. If you can give me a hint as to what you mean by "over the top", I can see if it fits.

[WilsonTurner]

Žaibas Viešpats

Personal Information
Name: Zaelios
Epithet: Zaelios the Lightning, Master of Storms, Caller of Storms, Stormcaller, Žaibas Viešpats (Lightning Lord)
Age: Through Alchemy, he managed to live over 200 years. Naturally, he was slain after he failed to find the all-important ingredient, Drakeroot, which allowed him to stay unaged.
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: A long, long time ago.
Legends Slain:
- The Mountain King
- Valkahar the Swift
- The Great Werebear
- The Lone Power
- Firewyrm of the Western Mountains
- Draconian Blazer
- Stark Scyther
Slain By: The Conjurer of Shadows

Appearance:

Humanoid form- Otherworldly armor forged of an unknown dark metal (not exactly black, but dull and dark). Layered plate armor forming full-body medium armor, capable of stopping a waraxe or warhammer while still remaining more fluid and mobile than heavy armor. Based on his ability to turn into a form of multicolored cloud of mist, flesh, blood, and armor are all of magical origin, or heavily influenced and infused with.

Magical form- a cloud of mist that can expand to, max, about the size of a car. Capable of all things mist is- getting inside a body, through vents or doors, etc. While very few have even seen him in this form, this is his true form- a cloud of pure magical self-sustaining spells.

Powered form- A being of energy, held together by the spellweave that keeps him alive and sentient. This is his most powerful form, and requires regular consumption of mages or something magical in nature. In this form, he is a wingless drake of blue energy, just as large as a house. Combined with his almost-ethereal legs and his innate power, he mainly launches himself like an arrow from a bow to collide powerfully against targets. Destroying and consuming magical Legends makes all forms more powerful.

Personality: Spontaneous, indecisive at first but terribly stubborn once decided, confused easily with paradoxes or the like, but can be terribly quick to figure out an ambush. Is also paranoid. Hard to talk to, personally.

Lore: "Aye, it's said that the Master of Storms feeds off the power of those around him. He needed naught but the magic in your blood, in anythin's blood, indeed, and he'd starve so, since there are so few. So he'd hunt down other Legends, hunting them down so he'd not starve, using their powers to feed his own accursed strength. Then, one of them figured out how he ticked, and with a single spell, cast him from existence! Only the source of his power was left- a gem the size of your head, a great flawless diamond!" - an old tale told by the old storyteller in the tavern.

Combat Information

Equipment:

In mortal form:
- A greatsword made of the same mysterious dark metal, with a dull red metal lining the edges and the hilt of the sword. Gems are embedded in both the hilt and the winged guard.
- Two, dual longswords, hand-and-a-half, made entirely of the dull red metal, strapped to either side of his waist in scabbards made of grey leather, edged by dull, beaten iron.
- Six saxe knives (almost like shortswords) set in small scabbards positioned on both his lower legs, his forearms, and next to his longswords.
- A bow made from, again, a dark grey wood, reinforced with the same unknown dull dark metal, with runes of unknown origin inscribed across their length. An over-the-shoulder quiver with swan-fletched grey arrows sit. All weapons are very, very magical.

In mist form:
Well... he has the ability to solidify parts of his mist in unusually light, strong lengths of tentacle-like appendages. The mist itself also erodes at exposed flesh, burning like acid. Since it's a mist, any weapon, magical or otherwise, would likely be ineffective against it. Air spells and the like still have effect, though.

In powered form:
Magical teeth like shortswords, claws like longswords, magical scale as strong as his armor, but a bit thicker, and dissipates slightly when broken. Breathes the same mist he can turn into, though it's heavier and not as 'alive' as himself, though it still may form up around living creatures until they're consumed. Anything eaten by his own mouth or the mist has all the magic slowly sucked from it to be pulled into Zaelios's life force. Can sometimes shoot magical bolts, depending on necessity.

Techniques/Spells:

Magical bolts when in mortal or powered form, medium control of elemental powers in mortal form, air elemental powers in powered form. The reality of Zaelios is that he's over a thousand intertwining spells. Actually "killing" him is next to impossible by normal means. Spells of most any kind are generally, in the long run, ineffective, and conventional weapons like arrows or swords are also nearly ineffective. Since he's made of spells, it would take a single master socrerer casting the disperse-magic spell, or a dozen powerful sorcerers, to actually "kill" him, which would leave behind his "soul" in the giant diamond gemstone. The gem itself is where all the spells are anchored. Theoretically, breaking it while he was "alive" or "dead" would permanently kill him, but it's unlikely to even be able to find it before he kills you.

He can also summon storms, hence the name.

[deadpixel101]

Name: Serria Serquies

Epithet: The Blood Moth

Age: Died at age 35

Sex: Female

Date of Birth: May 4th

Legends Slain: Tarius The Soulweaver, Goldaf Of the Stone and Terrium The Plant-borne.

Slain By: Aldwiv, master of the mirror.

Appearance:

Serria stands at the height of 6'4, with pale skin of snow white, matching shock silver hair and wears a long gown of the same pure tone. Her eyes are a piercing red, and surrounded by a black sort of warpaint. Her nose is long and curved a bit upwards, her jawline is sharp and her cheekbones defined. Lithe in build she hides a toned muscle crafted through practice, and not weight lifting. Has long pointed ears, each with a red ring pierced through them. Has a set of obsidian light armor under her outer robe.

Personality:

Serria is a large explosive with a long fuse. She is quite often reserved if not cheeky or opinionated, though when angered she holds nothing back. Having a soft side she will search for people akin to her or others she has loved in the past, and will attach a sentiment to them easily. Not the most expressive she can be described as stoic and may come off as cold. Despite her age always sees the world as a mystery, and loves to learn of something new, no matter how trivial or small. Protective of her property or things she loves.

Lore:

Serria was once the daughter of a country blacksmith, living secluded on the hillside it is where she grew accustomed to hard work, stoicism and through her father, violence. Always having wanted a son, Galloway, her father would push many masculine aspects on his daughter. She grew learning how to wield and craft blades, and what the values of being strong and valiant really are. At the age of 16, her father passed, falling ill and passing away. Working as best she could for near a year she managed to stay at her home alongside her fathers grave for another year, though could not find and proper work, and was forced to leave when the tax-collectors came along. At age 18 she was still a wanderer, looking for a place to be. Having been accosted by one or two bandits ion her time, she had started down the path of the battle hardened. Her odd magic awoke at age 19, and by destroying a caravan of thieves, she finally put herself on the map, while also painting a target on her back. Having to deal with many more angry allies of the caravan, she found other alike her, and those not so much. By age 23 she was second in command of her own group, a guild built for collecting bounties, the hard way. After a counter attack two years later, she was appointed the new leader. Burying the past leader, she found herself looking for a new direction to steer her crew at. Plotting their revenge Serria began the long journey to rid the world of Tarius the Soulwever. A vagrant who placed himself in political favor, he twisted systems and used the people as peons to strengthen himself. He had commissioned for an ancient amulet to be stolen, this was stopped by Serria before, which caused for the attack that ended the last guild-leaders life. After long years and aging to 29, Serria had already slain two legends, and become one of her own. Cornering Tarius with twisted political schemes and brute force, she was able to rid the kingdom, and find herself now in political favor. Though grabbing power never went without losing something. Her guild was wiped by another legend. Aldwiv, the brother of Tarius. Dancing across the years with cloaks and daggers the two nearly destroyed each other many a time, though one fateful day they took matters into their own hands. Losing to many shifting tricks and poisoned blades, Serria's legend came to an end. Until now.

Combat Information

Equipment:

Two solid blade blades, slender and long they are used more for piercing than slashing, though that doesn not mean they are useless otherwise. Connectable into a double bladed staff, these two blades have no special name, Serria did not have the mind to name her tools as she made them. Matching armor of the same black shade shield Serria's body under her cloth. Made of extremely fine linked coils the armor is soft to the touch, though can deflect most blades with surprising ability. These tools are made from a super condensed magic crystal found deep in caves, hidden only under the hilly countryside.

Techniques/Spells:

Crimson magic: Not to be confused with blood magic, it is a simple energy moving ability. Releasing her unique red energy from within, Serria can throw and craft with raw magic. Beams, exploding balls and the less simple blade shape or small barrier, it is a versatile power, though relies heavily on the user and their energy limit.

Grey step: Disappearing in a flutter of grew insect wings Serria can "jump" short distances. This can only be done in a straight line ahead of her, and within a minute or so of the last jump.

Moth form: Through a magic circle carved in to her back, Serria can temporarily form insect like wings, and gains physical features similar to, you guessed it. A moth.

[Saarebas]

@Blu Can someone have more than one tittle?

[Blu]

@Saarebas Yes they can.

@deadpixel101 Your CS doesn't look like a WIP so I'll go ahead and review it.

[deadpixel101]

Ah yes, I kinda like doing things all in one go!

[Blu]

@deadpixel101 The Blood Moth is accepted. Go ahead and post your CS in the Characters tab.

[deadpixel101]

@deadpixel101 The Blood Moth is accepted. Go ahead and post your CS in the Characters tab.

@Blu

Wonderful! I will put her in then~