[OOC] Formaroth: Battle for the Throne

[Fallenreaper]

@FallenReaper Yes dear...

I'd say I'll get you back in the IC but you'll do that yourself xD

@Sundered Echo

SSSSSHHHHH!

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Ignore this...

[Kho]

Ignore this...

@The Wyrm

I can't. What was it. Please. Tell me. T-T

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I can't. What was it. Please. Tell me. T-T

@Kho

Think of it like pre-mature ejac.... Well, you get the idea. Posted my second character sheet to soon. >.<

I am not abandoning Lady Grim either. Just putting up another option to see what people like the most. Plus writing them out lets me see where their potential is rather than just a little synopsis.

[Fallenreaper]

On a side note I am currently trying to get a cover picture for the RP.

I was wondering if anyone knew whom I may ask or where I could find an artist. Also did anyone have any ideas what the cover picture should be?

I was thinking something like the throne of Formaroth with the three banners of De Reimer, Manshrew and Blackwell behind it. Or perhaps Duncan,Andrew and Giles/Eli all sitting on their thrones.

@TheDuncanMorgan

Well, I'm an artist but honestly unreliable really in drawing as I do it when the mood strikes me more than on request. Terrible habit, I know what not had much luck changing it. However, I'm good with photo shop and gimp, photo-manipulation programs, which I have whipped up a few avi/sig sets (Echo's and mine are examples) and banners with stock images. It also depends on what you want exactly as my own rp has pure text for the cover picture because honestly... the rp is hard to summarize in a picture. I've also done one for Chrono Asylum too. Though it might take me a while due to me needing to get back all of my brushes and such into my new laptop if you chose this.

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Aaaaand the second character is

Kiyohime - The Serpent Dancer

Kiyohime
"Serpent Dancer"

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Position: Spellsword

Personality:
Focused. This is perhaps how one can best describe Kiyohime. A student of combat and magic, she had spent the last thirty years of her life seeking to better herself. She is not cruel nor kind, rather she is indifferent to the plight of others. For her the only pursuit is victory in battle and the word fame that comes with it. When she sets her sights upon an objective she pursues it with all of her strength, and always until success.

Her personal connections with other sentient beings are cool at best. While she does enjoy the occasional sexual partner, no sex in particular, she does not find long term lovers. It has been rumoured that she will kill any partner with whom she starts to become attached to prevent them being a weakness in her character.

Appearance:
Kiyohime, like most of the folk from Seikastsu, is slight in build compared to those found in Formaroth. She is not more than five feet five inches and is petite in a pleasing way. Her face is beautiful by any standards and she turns many a head, both male and female. Her build is that of a person who wields a blade for a living, lithe, muscular, and well proportioned.

Jet black hair frames a pretty face set with obsidian black eyes to match. She smiles, and often, despite her rather cool relationships with humans and elves. She is perhaps a child at heart somewhere for she still loves animals and will sing to birds, and they to her in return.

As a Samurai she wears the finest Seikastsu armour that money can buy. Her helm is designed to look as if it is a Seikastsu Dragon, the literal Seikastsu term is "Winged Serpent". Her armour is of a burnt orange colour, highly unique on any continent, and no other warrior wears a similar colour that she is aware of.

Background:
Kiyohime was born in a small fishing village in the Seikastsu Kingdom of Taiyō to a Buddhist Sōhei Priest and a Fishermans daughter. It was apparent from a young age that Kiyohime had more in common with her long gone warrior father than she did with her fish monger family. She fought relentlessly with other children, beating those more than twice her size, though she certainly earned her own beatings.

Out of desperation and a desire for some semblance of peace, her mother sent a five year old Kiyohime to a Sōhei monastery to see what could become of her. She could never have predicated the monster that she unleashed on the world.

At the Monastery Kiyohime was given into the care of several teachers who, caring not that she was female, recognized a driven and focused individual when they saw one. Kiyohime was plunged into Weapons training and limited Magical training. Over a period of ten years she endured daily training in weapons, magic, meditation, gardening, archery, brewing, and more as she was transformed from a fisherwomans daughter and into a living weapon that her father would have been proud of.

At fifteen Kiyohime received her first test. She was sent to remove the threat of a bandit gang terrorizing a neighbouring valley. She left with the sunset and returned the following morning with a dozen ears, one from each of the dead opponents. A legend had been born.

Twenty years would pass as she trained, fought, hunted, and slaughtered her way into the histories of Seikastsu. The magic she could wield was refined into an offensive onslaught to compliment her martial combat skills until the very mention of her name could force even the bravest champion to reconsider his bluster and posturing.

Interestingly, she never swore allegiance to any particular ruler or Kingdom. Instead she has always fought to strengthen her own name and reputation. Kiyohime has decided the time has come to travel as she searches for more enemies to slay.

Strengths and Weaknesses:
Kiyohime is a woman set on a path of self destruction even if she does not realize it. Her arrogance is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. In her quest to find new enemies to slay she is constantly putting herself into harms away and a time will come where she cannot defeat an enemy she faces.

She has no leadership skills, no desire to be a Queen amongst men, no law but her own. As a Weaponsmaster she has few equals, as a mage she has few who are as violent and unpredictable, as a person she is a mystery to all around her. She travels alone, serves no Master, and fights always for her own glory. This perceived "disloyalty" has earned her many enemies.

Again, all comments welcome. And if you prefer Lady Grim or Serpent Dancer, let me know!

[Kho]

@The Wyrm I think I've fallen in love with your writing style. Kiyohime's focus comes across in it. By the Eternal Sky!- I felt like I was being beaten by her on the head as I read some of those super-efficient, hard-hitting lines in her Background xDD (though I recognise that were that true I wouldn't have much of a head left...)

I like both Lady Grim and her a great deal. If you forced me to choose though, with Kiyohime threatening to behead me and Lady Grim threatening to mutilate and then behead me - I'd choose Lady Grim!

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@The Wyrm I think I've fallen in love with your writing style. Kiyohime's focus comes across in it. By the Eternal Sky!- I felt like I was being beaten by her on the head as I read some of those super-efficient, hard-hitting lines in her Background xDD (though I recognise that were that true I wouldn't have much of a head left...)

I like both Lady Grim and her a great deal. If you forced me to choose though, with Kiyohime threatening to behead me and Lady Grim threatening to mutilate and then behead me - I'd choose Lady Grim!

@Kho

Thank you for the feedback and the compliment! I am very glad you like them both and thank you for letting me know which you prefer!

[TheDuncanMorgan]

@The Wyrm Again a perfectly fine character. One point though is that Buddhism doesn't exist in Formaroth and neither does any other real world religion. The spiritual beliefs of Seikastsu are similar to Buddhism but doesn't have a actual name or unified way to practice it.

[Klomster]

@The Wyrm At the mention of Tokugawa Ieyasu i couldn't help but think about sengoku basara. :P

I also see that you are interested in a very japanese character.
Dunno how japanese Formaroth is, i'm honestly surprised there was any at all. But one never ceases to be proven wrong.

The first feeling i got from Grim was that she felt a little powerful, but seeing the later description it settled in my mind.

And comparing it to the second character, i dunno. I'd say Grim would be more fun to play.
If any of them met Claus there would probably be a fight, Claus being one of the best fighters in Formaroth would mean Kyohime might want to test her strength. And Grim would probably go ape-shit when he tried to casually suggest some "fun".

My first thought was actually "Isn't there a Japanese RP this person can join? Seeing that he wants to play japanese stuff." But that's probably a bit insincere of me to think.
Don't take that to heavily, i'm mostly speculating by rambling in words.

Having many elves in her company, Grim would probably know of the Steel Fist, and thus Claus. Seeing that he rather recently worked in and around the Beilokias for several years.
Depending on how those elves view elven revolters, they would have different opinions of him.
I can just imagine someone remembering the Fist from the battle of Hymns. That could be interesting.

Point is, i see more story options with Grim. While she is a scary PTSD mofo, i kinda like her, and i see more character there.

[Fallenreaper]

Point is, i see more story options with Grim. While she is a scary PTSD mofo, i kinda like her, and i see more character there.

@Klomster

I nearly read that as PMS... I don't know why, especially since I didn't have to share but I figured I would get a chuckle from people. *hopes no one judges her over it >,<*

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@Klomster I actually persued the Japanese because it is a separate continent in the game which seems largely unexplored so i could use it without accidentaly stepping on someone elses canon or hard work.

[Klomster]

@The Wyrm I'm mostly wondering how Japanese showed up in all of this.
How they tie in with Formaroth, if the elven imperium have tried to invade them, perhaps they succeeded? Is the place a slave state to the elves? If not, how did they fight back the imperium?

And why samurai? Sure, i get that if the land is scarce in iron, real life japan proves that armour is instead made with plant materials and cloth and wood. But if Seikatsu is an entire continent, i wonder why this is a problem.
The reason japan has such a warrior culture is because of limited space, many clans vying for might and a spiritual culture.
How a continent would have limited space scares me, holy shit the numbers of people. And also, if it's a smaller place, why haven't the elves taken it over?
Since it doesn't seem to be part of Formaroth. So it wouldn't be part of the year 107 events. I guess?

When i think about it i myself is a bit sceptical on this.
I want to hear from @TheDuncanMorgan on this. I'm not gonna rave and rant or anything.
Think of me as sitting and saying.
-"Hmmmmmmm." While holding my chin.

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@Klomster it is in the reference sheet DM posted. I only followed his lead!

[Kho]

Here it is: roleplayerguild.com/posts/3972494

[Kho]

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I nearly read that as PMS... I don't know why, especially since I didn't have to share but I figured I would get a chuckle from people. *hopes no one judges her over it >,<*

@Fallenreaper

*stares and judges* don't worry, I used to spell 'lightning' as 'lightening' until I googled the definition of 'lightening' one day...
Needless to say, I've not misspelt lightning since.

[Fallenreaper]

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*stares and judges* don't worry, I used to spell 'lightning' as 'lightening' until I googled the definition of 'lightening' one day...
Needless to say, I've not misspelt lightning since.

@Kho

I still misspell it because my brain flies faster than my fingers!

[Klomster]

I see, hm.

It seems i should do more research.
Then again i don't see why my character would know that. So i dunno.

When did the two last places appear?
I've only heard of the Avem in the OOC.

5 months ago? Dang....
Time flies it seems.

Well, i didn't know that Seikatsu was actually part of the setting. But then again it's never been mentioned before so it's not like i feel like i'm all horrible because of it.

Well, then i blame the Guild subscriptions feed. It's not like it shows new posts in the non-roleplay topics.
At least not for me. Or i'm crap at reading it.

Regardless, my bad.

Is there a chance to get a world map?

[Fallenreaper]

Is there a chance to get a world map?

@Klomster

Umm, I've been wondering that myself. I've only found one of Farmaroth from the looks of it here which actually doesn't really help me much in relation to Dyril's or Kinseo's race.

[Klomster]

@Fallenreaper Yeah i know.

And things like where my character worked would be fun to see :)

For example, where was the battle of Hymns? Sure, i haven't specified much, it's literally.
"The steel fist engages in a land battle against a distant enemy of the elves."

Who? Where?
I dunno, at this stage not even the elves know. Well they probably know, but not me.
Am i supposed to add that myself?