[OOC] A Moonlit Hunt

[Spybuster]

A Moonlit Hunt

"Our world is one filled of secrets. Many secrets. We build ourselves walls to keep the evils that stalk our souls away from those we care for. Except the wall we serve upon is not one of brick and stone, but rather flesh and bone. We are the barrier between our realm and theirs. We walk a path unlit to common eyes. One which shadows even the darkest secrets of that twisted place. To venture to that unholy realm is to bring about your own dismay. Brothers and sisters shall watch over each other, for there are few of you left. If a member of our proud clan falls to them, ensure that they fall by your hand, and not under the will of the beasts which beckons for their soul..."
~Headmaster Julius in his speech to the new recruits.

Knowledge of the Hunt:

Night Hunters and the Hunt

The Hunt: The hunt takes many forms. It is one of the most primal instincts of both beast and man. It is a tradition both honored and ancients in human history. When someone goes on a hunt, they are at their closest with their inner beast. The Hunt is the standard code that hunters of all forms follow.

Night Hunters: These hunters take many forms, and only serve for one purpose. To protect humanity, and to silence the creatures of the night. They are the cleansing force which keeps the world of man safe from those with twisted, tainted souls. Different hunting groups exist worldwide, most operating in a regional area.

Werewolf/Lycan Hunters: Werewolf Hunters are considered to be the first of the Night Hunters. Hailing from ancient Scandinavia, much of their history has roots in Nordic culture. Silver weapons are their preferred tool for hunting, as the creatures suffer violent reactions to the blessed metal. The bloodlines of ancient hunters is said to posses traces of werewolf blood in them. It is rumored that this gave them an immunity to the scratches and bites of their prey, as well as prolonged life, but the transfusion is said to be very painful with a high chance of death, and highly shunned by many hunter groups.

Vampire Hunters: To hunt Vampires was seen as a very risky profession in the late middle ages. Most vampires held rather noble or courtly positions, and usually the only group that had any real power over them was the church. Thus, the first vampire hunters originated from the church, and carried holy items with them to keep them safe against their foes. It was originally thought that a stake through the heart was enough to slay a vampire, but when similar reports started a week later, they knew that it wasn't. However, they did find that decapitation and fire works quite nicely against the blood sucking fiends.

Assorted Hunters and Individuals: Vampires and Werewolves were not the only night spawn that entered our world, but based on old accounts, they were the most common. There were other creatures however; Demons, wraiths, spirits, and other twisted nightmarish things. Those that hunted them were usually loners or individuals who went on the hunt unaffiliated to the Night Hunters or other organizations. Perhaps the organization didn't have what they needed, or wasn't focusing resources on the things they were, or simply enjoyed going about the hunt their own way. Whatever the reason, these hunters tend to fall through the cracks between the Night Hunters and the beasts.

Night Creatures:

Lycans

The Lycan: Despite most hunters referring to themselves as "Werewolf Hunters", most actually hunt Lycans. While Werewolves are still a present threat, they're only a true danger during a full moon. Lycans on the other hand can bring forth the beast within them at their own leisure or whenever they feel it is necessary. They possess immense super human strength and regenerative capabilities, and still have their human wits. On top of this they can transform into three different forms: Human, wolf, and a bipedal wolf. Decapitation, immense damage to the spine, or silver tools applied to the heart or the brain are really the only ways to end a Lycan for good. Silver anywhere else in their body yields an allergic reaction and will sicken the Lycan for sometime until the bullet/tool is extracted or pushed out. The general cause of Lycanthropy comes from the bites or scratches of a Lycan.

Vampires

Vampires: No one truly knows where the first vampire originated. Some believe it was a sickness that afflicted those who made dealings with darker entities, other believe they came from the other side. What is certain however is that all vampires hunger for blood. Some will lure their victims in with wit and charm, while others fully embrace the monster they have become and take a more savage approach. These Vampires have variation, which depends on the type and strength of the vampire which spreads its curse. Ancient Vampires are apart of a powerful bloodline. They appear far from human now, and are the most twisted and demented looking of these night spawn. Their power is immense, and highly dangerous to most creatures, man or beast. Luckily very few have been encountered over the last two hundred years, but it is suspected that some still exist. Most vampires now come from a new bloodline. While it is not as strong as their ancients, they can still pose as a real danger, and can harness the power of Blood Magic. Blood magic allows vampires to make minor alterations with themselves or their surroundings. For example, being able to detect life through obstacles, better vision in the dark, or charms and invisibility. Much like a Lycan, they possess superhuman strength and regenerative capabilities, but are unable to shapeshift. The common vampire does have one advantage over the ancients though: the ability to walk unharmed in sunlight. They still feel slight discomfort when they are outside during the day though, but it is harmless. Vampirism spreads through bites which differ from feeding. It is more intimate, and generally they intend to transform you. Some new vampires do it by accident, others because they want a new vampire companion.

The Other Side

The Other Side:A twisted place. It is said that ancient cults and woodland pagans opened these portals to this dimension through powerful rituals. It is the heart of all things light and dark, but not much else is known about this realm. Few enter, and even less return.

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Background:
The year is 2015. Night Hunters have fallen into major decline as night spawn began to increase in number. One of the last remaining werewolf hunters of the North American region by the name of William "Captain" Hendrick has left the Night Hunter's Organization in order to form his own hunting group. In the many years he has traveled, he has seen in some of the afflicted that darkness had not yet tainted their hearts. Perhaps ruined by otherworldly forces, he figured there may be some out there who would support the hunter's cause, or at least put their newly acquired skills to something less harmful to humanity. Maybe even the individual hunters and loners would take interest in this cause. Perhaps you heard of this cause through the many rumors that spread like wildfire through the groups of Night Hunters and Night Creatures. Perhaps the man found you instead, and offered you a chance at redemption, or you believed the rumors that he'd be able to cure you. Whatever the reasons, they were your own, and you set out to find this hunter who dared to ally man and night spawn together. Eventually the signs pointed you towards a small, abandoned fishing village on the coast of Maine. An eerie place, but isolated enough for a gathering of hunters.

Character Sheet:

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:(A basic description and an optional picture works fine.)
Creature:(Human, Lycan, or Vampire)
Type of Hunter:(Only Necessary for humans, include gear here. Optional for Vampires and Lycans.)
How long have you been hunting/afflicted:(Are you new to hunting or being a Lycan or Vampire? A vampire can go over 100 years, but nothing too ridiculous.)
Blood Magic:(Vampire only, you can have one or two types of abilities. These aren't meant to be immensely powerful, but can still aid a Vampire. If you have questions PM me.)
Background:(Your past, before you were afflicted or became a hunter. How you became afflicted and other general background information.)
Reason for Joining:(Reason for joining the Hunt)
Arrived:(Just for information's sake in the RP. Did your character arrive to the abandoned fishing village 3-1 days ago, or are they just arriving.)

As always if you have any questions I will be happy to answer them, and my rules are generally pretty standard. I didn't feel the need to type them in the initial post because I have to take care of some things, but I wanted to give you the chance to be able to read this over or think of your characters. I'll get to the rules when I get back, but don't expect anything too dramatic.

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Characters as seen in the Character tab:
@Bluetommy2 as Egbert Willet Pitt
@ByTheSpleen as The Ram
@Guess Who as Ryan Thompson
@Kieran as Ivory Hart
@Zetsuko as Henryk Gaskiyon
@Spybuster as William Hendrick
@Yorutenchi as Amelia Black
@DrowsyPangolin as Ingrid Venn
@MiddleEarthRoze as Roze Harrison
@Aristo as Eva Zelenko
@AcaciaMalikov as "Ace"

Misc Items:

Village Map

Key:
White=Abandoned/ empty structures
Red= Bar
Purple=Town Hall
Vanilla=Church
Orange=Storage shack
Blue outline with Light Gray interior= Cemetery
Dark Red=Occupied building (Currently William's)
Brown=Docks and dock house
Black outline with Green interior= Collapsed/ destroyed building

A fishing village which appears to have been hastily built sometime in the late 1800s. Most of the wooden structures are damp, or suffering from rot and decay. Several buildings appear scorched or destroyed as well. While the condition of the majority of the town's structures is poor, they still provide decent shelter from the elements. The dirt road past the village boundaries is rough and poorly kept, but is considered a rather short drive from the main road.

[Bluetommy]

Name: Egbert Willett Pitt

Age: 65

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Hider

Adolf von Menzel

When hunting he wears a dirty brown trench-coat, underneath he has all of his tools and weapons strapped to his body in various ways. He wears a flamethrower on his back, two red tanks of propane, connected via hose to the flamethrower, made of metal and with a lighter on the end to ignite the propane. On his belt he wears a hussar's saber, etched with his mother's name.

Creature:Human

Type of Hunter: Vampire Hunter

How long have you been hunting/afflicted: Hunting for 38 years

Background: Egbert's father, Gregory, was an heir to the Pitt Tractor Company fortune, however, he used his money to finance his actual career, vampire hunting. 5 generations of Pitts were vampire hunters, and their fortune only finances this career, however, Egbert was a bastard, his father not even knowing of his existence until he was on his deathbed, Gregory instructed his eldest son, James Pitt, to teach Egbert how to hunt vampires. Egbert was a natural, with several dead vampires to his name. However, James Pitt himself became a vampire after a hunt went wrong, and after Egbert returning from a successful hunt, attempted to kill him, mortally wounding him and leaving him for dead. When doctors found him, they decided that the only was to save Egbert was to give him Lycan blood. Due to the transplant, Egbert made a miraculous recovery, however, he was no longer the jolly man he once was, Egbert was deeply scarred psychologically by the betrayal, devoting his life to the death of James, however, with James in control of the Pitt fortune, Egbert was forced to go underground, after thirty years killing other vampires, Egbert returned to the surface world, more determined than ever to kill James Pitt, and he would go to any end in order to do it.

Reason for Joining: To kill James Pitt.

Arrived: Arrived a day ago, emerging from the sewers.

[Yorutenchi]

Half breeds allowed?

[Zetsuko]

@Spybuster can i ask what you would call "too much" on the ages for Lycans and vampires?

[Spybuster]

Half breeds allowed?

@Yorutenchi

Half breeds work too.

@Spybuster can i ask what you would call "too much" on the ages for Lycans and vampires?

@Zetsuko

Too much.. hmm, I'd say maybe over 500 or so years for both.

@bluetommy2 Your Character is accepted. Feel free to copy and paste the information over to the characters tab.

[Yorutenchi]

@Spybuster

Alright. I will get to work on a Dhampir character. If you want to expand a little on what the limitations would be for a half-vampire (obviously I'm not gonna make Blade or anything) just let me know. Otherwise I'll just go with what my common sense tells me.

[Zetsuko]

@Spybuster 500 for both or will one be older than the other?

[Bluetommy]

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Half breeds work too.

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Too much.. hmm, I'd say maybe over 500 or so years for both.

@bluetommy2 Your Character is accepted. Feel free to copy and paste the information over to the characters tab.

@Spybuster

Done.

[Spybuster]

@Zetsuko Technically, a vampire could outlive a Werewolf/Lycan because age doesn't really factor into their "unlife" so much. Lycans still age, but slower than a normal human would. To answer that though, a Vampire could be older, but that depends on when they were bit or afflicted. Same with Lycans. Ancient vampires however tend to be easily over 600-800 years old.

RP wise though, since I feel like i'm explaining this poorly atm, is that if our vampires lived for around 500 years, hey would have been born sometime in 1500 during the Renaissance period. If someone was bit by a Lycan in their 20's 500 years ago, they'd probably be like 100 or so in human years. Sorry if I failed to clarify that earlier, my minds all over the place right now.

@Yorutenchi A Dhampir half breed could potentially use a vampires blood magic, but it would probably be half as potent as a full vampire. Other than that, I trust your common sense.

[Zetsuko]

@Spybuster so i asked because i was gonna have my character be from the 1800s, and for some reason my brain was all "1800 to 2015? yeah that's like 1,000 years or so"

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[Spybuster]

@Zetsuko Ah, its alright mate. Happens to the best of us. Everyones brain has to fart out at somepoint of the day.

[HHShetland]

I may very well be potentially interested. Question: do female Werewolves Lycans look any different from males in their wolf-person form?

[Spybuster]

@HHShetland In their quadruped form, not really. Their may be minor differences depending on how they looked as humans. If they were slim or muscular, they may reflect that in this form. As for the bipedal form, it resemble the wolf/human hybrid anatomy much more visibly. Personal features of their human self are much more noticeable. Gender could cause differences in the wolf-person form, as this form has resemblance to the human form. Would they be major? Probably not, maybe shape and form, slightly bumped out chest, but really nothing too different from a male Lycan. Fur color can vary though, but that has nothing to do with gender.

[mattmanganon]

Had a fun idea for a character.

Name: Mara (A.K.A. The Old Hag of the Woods)
Age: 415
Gender: Female
Appearance:



Creature: Human... Ish...
Type of Hunter: Witch (Carries a bottomless satchel that she uses to carry her ingredients for making spells.)

Although she has access to her satchel, she also has, prepared, a set of scrolls to perform ancient Chinese spells with just a word. These include Fireball Scroll (Launches a fireball), Levitation Scroll (Allows her to levitate herself and things around her), Dawnshine Scroll (Creates a ball of light that radiates solar light) and Needle Scroll (Rapid-fires needles made of silver). Although, her scrolls are powerful, they are only made of paper and can easily be ripped and destroyed. Each scroll is printed using magic ink that requires a 12 hour spell to create, so making more when out and about is impossible.

She also has a permanent spell that she calls "Don't Question It" aura, which makes people incapable of questioning why a small child is so knowledgable in the ways of magic. She's just tired of constantly having to explain herself. Of course, the aura only has a limited range, so, people usually only start to question her after she is out of earshot.

How long have you been hunting/afflicted:
Background: A backstory shrouded in mystery. Although the first thought in anyones head is that she must be a child, the fact is that she only assumes this from due to having a fondness for children. In actuality, she is more than 400 years old. Numerous accounts give varying accounts of her origin, including; The daughter of a priestess and a demon, the daughter of Satan, a being created from magic, an Alien, a Vampire gone wrong, and many, many more. She will never tell, as she finds great amusement in hearing what people say about her.

She also has a Demon Ninja that does her bidding. Although he is incapable of leaving the confines of her shop, he is also incapable of attacking anyone, unless they threaten Mara. All he does is clean the hut and stare angrily at everyone it meets, as well as offer them tea. He doesn't take no for an answer, as such, if declined, he will continue trying to give the tea to his target until they relent. Don't get him wrong, he despises his job, but he is magically bound to perform it.
Reason for Joining: "Shits 'n Giggles" (She is always on the lookout for any magical items that monsters drop. Also, Vampire Fangs and Werewolf Claws are popular ingredients)
Arrived: Just arrived.

[BytheSpleen]

"The Ram" [+]

Name:

Rama "Ram" Ruhian

Age:

31

Gender:

Male

Appearance:

large image

5'4 | 130 lb.

Creature:

Vampire

Type of Hunter:

Vampire Hunter

How long have you been hunting/afflicted:

Hunted 21 Years | Afflicted 6 months

Blood Magic:

Treiben - Rama can, as his name implies, burst forward at higher speeds or scale a story or two by concentrating his blood cells to his legs. Doing so for more than twice in a row, however, will make him feel nauseous and unfit for (hand to hand) combat for a little bit.

Background:

Born in raised in Indonesia, Rama has had a relatively normal life. His mother and father owned a coconut-candy factory (a small one consisting of sheet roofing and charcoal stoves with big vats of sweets), and he went to school like any other child that could afford the money. Upon his return home, one day, he found his parents dead, and his house ablaze. A single hunter was standing by his dead partner and a decapitated corpse, a vampire of all things. Without any support, Rama decided quickly to join the hunter (hiding his frustration and disbelief with "shock"), and cycled through training for Hunters throughout the world. On his fiftieth assignment, he killed his mentor and fed the body to a small flock of vampires out of frustration, in exchange for information on the bloodline of the vampire he killed five years ago.

Sparing nobody and no time either, he called in the other Hunters and arranged a raid on a large vampire compound in China, and disappeared from the Hunters' grasp after decapitating the vampire in charge of the one that had killed his parents, though he still had some suspicion about the Hunters after. It is said he got his name for his aggressive fighting during the siege, where he charged head on with spiked knuckles to break the Vampires' ranks.

A decade passed, and on one particularly difficult Hunt, he allowed himself to be bitten by a vampire child, which he merely impaled and drowned at the bottom of the ocean as a sort of thanks, since his life's purpose had slowly dimmed. As a memoir of that fateful night, he took to using machetes to savagely brutalize his targets. After suffering his first week in agony of fasting, he gave into temptation and fed...on his next prey : vampires.

Reason for Joining:

For Rama now, hunting vampires is his life-line to a fresh blood supply without becoming a target himself.

Arrived:

3 Days Ago

[Spybuster]

@mattmanganon I don't think your character would fit the setting. Magic isn't exactly what you'd like it to be in this setting, and a bottomless sack wouldn't work either. I don't have a problem with a witch, but a witch in this setting would be more natural, nature worshipping. A Demon Ninja and magic aura also is a no go. I'm sorry but the final verdict is no.

[mattmanganon]

@Spybuster Alright, thanks anyway, then.

[Spybuster]

@BytheSpleen Ah, interesting. Your character is good to go. Go ahead and copy him over to the character tab.

[Bluetommy]

@BytheSpleen Welp, our characters aren't getting along. Calling it now.

[Kieran]

I'm very interested in this. I've been looking for an RP to grab my interest since I finally have free time, and this is perfect. I'd love to join if you'd allow it.

Ivory Hart

Name: Ivory Hart

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Appearance: With a thin frame and a height of only 5’5”, Ivory isn’t the most intimidating figure that one might see, and she certainly doesn’t try to be. She possesses some Native Alaskan blood in her (Inupiaq blood, to be exact), and some of her features do share this fact, including slightly slanted eyes and skin with a bronze glow. However, she also has Irish and Italian blood in her, giving her a thinner face and gray eyes. Her hair is a medium brown in coloration and on the long side, reaching to the middle of her back, but is often kept up in a ponytail or messy bun.

When it comes to clothing Ivory’s wardrobe is pretty ordinary for a young adult. Jeans and plain t-shirts or tanktops seem to be a common choice for her, along with boots or tennis shoes. Anything other than those are usually reserved for days that she is forced to attend a more formal event, but even then she keeps an extra pair of clothes in the car. When hunting she wears more concealing and flexible clothing, including a hood. Not a red one, mind you, but instead black in coloration with her family’s motto stitched into it, ‘Fortis et fideliter’ - brave and loyal. She also wears her mother and father’s wedding rings on a silver necklace.

Creature: Human

Type of Hunter: Lycan Hunter

Ivory only hunts with silver weapons, which is to be expected. Her primary weapon is a crossbow with silver arrows, but she also possesses two silver daggers in case anything gets too close for comfort. She also has a male Tamaskan named Tikaani, who was raised by Ivory and trained to help track and hunt lycans.

How long have you been hunting/afflicted: Hunting for about 6 years. Needless to say, she's still a beginner.

Background: Ivory’s father was the only parent present in her life, and he had come from an old but surviving bloodline of werewolf hunters, so it was only natural that Ivory continued the tradition. Training began at a young age for Ivory, but she wasn’t allowed to play with sharp weapons at first. Instead she helped train the dogs her father raised, Tamaskans that were trained to help hunt werewolves and the like. Books about vampires, lycans, witches, and anything along those lines took up the space on her bookshelf. At 13, when she knew the basics, and plus some, she finally began training with weapons. By the time she was 18 she successfully took down her first lycan - with her father’s help, of course.

The two hunted lycans for about two years together, until they came about a rather peculiar lycan that seemingly had no desire to attack. Still, with every instinct demanding the strike, Ivory and her father battled until her father was left with a deadly injury. The lycan seemed distraught once it saw what it had done and hurried off, leaving daughter and father alone. His death came quickly, but despite the tragedy Ivory continued what she was raised to do. She continued to work independently, until a familiar name came about. William Hendrick, a name that her father would occasionally mention. There was no reward promised that could potentially grasp her interest, but he grabbed her curiosity with his outrageous proposition.

Reason for Joining: She claims she’s only tagging along due to her curiosity, but she does have other reasons.

Arrived: 1 day ago

Hopefully it's not lacking. I feel like it's been forever since I've actually made a new character. ^^;