Aleranicus

Cities at War (High-Fantasy) [High Casual]

My bad! I'll amend the CS to say they come from the northern end of Grapholo. I didn't know what the driving force for the other characters would be at this time, so what better way to kick start things than barbarians at the gates!

Lights, Camera, Action!

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Cities at War (High-Fantasy) [High Casual]

Hope I'm not too late to join this awesome RP!

Aldred Wulfsyn, Knight Commander of the Nord

General Info
Name: Marshal Aldred Wulfsyn
Age: 36
Sex: Male.
Sexuality: Gay
Occupation: Knight Commander of House Wulfsyn

Heritage
Species: Nord Human.
Race: Human
Genetic Attributes: The Nord are technically human, but legend holds they split off from the other tribes and trekked north, following the voices of their bestial gods- Jannava, Lion of Winter, Goldred, Wolf of Autumn, Bol, Bear of Spring, and Sloon, Boar of Summer. A secretive people to most, what is known about them is that their ancient bestial gods blessed them with unique traits. Male and female traders have been noticed to have animal tails protruding from their clothing. While they've stayed out of the past wars, recent discoveries in Grapholo's First Library show that they swore an oath of allegiance to the first king of Grapholo.

Physical Genetic Traits: Nord humans bear distinct physical characteristics to the god their family line traces as its patron. Sloon's families have tusked mouths, Bol's have immense muscular bulk, etc. Aldred's family traces its line to Goldred, and so has canine ears, tails and teeth.

Magical Capabilities: Outside of natural shapeshifting (sprouting claws), none.

Appearance
Height: 6'4" or 192 cm.
Weight: 190 lbs. or 86 kg.
Body Type: Normal body type.
Hair Color: Brown with streaks of silver.
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: Pale white.
Special Traits: Aldred sports a pair of pointed canine ears and a short, brown tail.

Talents
Abilities: None.
Magical Skills: None.
Combat Skills: Proficient with a Zweihander.
Domestic Skills: Writing and reading (for a Nord, this is a unique skill).

Interests
Pets: Pets are viewed as barbaric by the Nord; to tame a living creature is taboo.
Hobbies: Chronicling his journey south to join the war. The Nord have few written records and Aldred has decided to keep a journal to hand down to posterity.
Collections: Books, though mostly blank for future writings.

Personality
Likes: Wolves, Mountain Lions, Other Nord.
Dislikes: "Children" (Southern humans), dogs, housecats.
Dreams: Aldred dreams of returning to the Nord tribes and freeing his beloved from the Mountain Prince's court.
Fears: The execution of his beloved, Vilnus.
Favorite Color: Aldred has no favorite color. Colors are not meant to be favored over each other; they simply are.
Favorite Food: Mutton off the bone; Nord humans regularly poach sheep off of their southern neighbors as a source of amusement.

Biography
Family: Older brother, Finnir, Prince of the Mountain.
Social Heritage: Noble born.

Social Standing: "Knighted" (or the closest thing to for Nords) as he didn't stand to inherit the throne; betrothed to a page at court by the name of Vilnus.

Childhood: Aldred grew up in the shadow of his brother Finnir, running through the hills and mountains of Northern Grapholo while his brother Finnir resented Aldred's freedom. As future Prince, Finnir was groomed from a young age to play politics with the mountain tribes, to marry a Lady who held no interest in him, and to preserve the family legacy as a new permanent dynasty of Princes in the North. Aldred, by contrast, was free to pursue his life's passions- a true understanding of reading and writing, a life of free adventure in the harsh mountains, and a string of passionate romances with lads his own age of various social standings. When Finnir became Prince ten years ago, he tried to force Aldred to settle down in an arranged marriage with a female- an arrangement which Aldred publicly refused, to his brother's immense embarrassment at court. Instead Aldred took a husband, a minor court page by the name of Vilnus, putting the spotlight doubly on Finnir- if he failed to produce an heir, their family line would soon die out.

Occupational History: Ever since his Knighting, Aldred was given the position of Lord of Svinnur Hold, his family's ancestral home. Svinnur Hold sits on the border with Grapholo and when their ambassador came to demand the old allegiances be kept, Aldred had to shepherd the king's messenger to the Prince's Mountain. Knowing his brother coveted the throne and his dynasty, Aldred ushered the ambassador to The People's Mountain to demand they uphold the old treaties in the war. Finnir, suspecting this as some sort of power grab by his brother, granted Aldred command of an army of Nords to fulfill their duties to the old treaty, while taking Vilnus as a "guest" at court. If the army met with failure or if Aldred did not lay down his command, his beloved would be put to death. With a Nordic army at his back, Aldred has begun his march west to take the war to Earroldir's border...

Lights, Camera, Action!: A Movie Production Roleplay

My only concern with RPing is a lack of an overarching plot. Does our lovely GM have a plot in mind?

Is the movie on the verge of cancellation just as it's been green-lit?

Or is it suddenly all-the-rage on the blogosphere and now we all have a slim chance of making it big?

Or is the script something that'll make certain groups mad and we might actually be in physical danger because someone doesn't want this story to be told?

Lights, Camera, Action!: A Movie Production Roleplay

I would so be interested in the makeup department!!!

Modern Magical Monarchy RP

Coolness.

Fate: Kind of what I was going for, but I'm gonna try to shake it up a bit more.

Modern Magical Monarchy RP

I know what you're thinking, you're thinking "Aleranicus, that's a lot of 'M's' in a title. And M is the best letter in the alphabet! I'm interested in whatever you have to say!"

To which I must unfortunately inform you, the true title of this RP should be something along the lines of "Modern Magical Feudalism RP" but my uncontrollable OCD prevented me from putting that in the title, because- F it. On to the details!

This idea popped into my head a couple weeks back as the germ of a tabletop RP I could run with my friends, either a modified pathfinder or heavily modified World of Darkness. But it needs more detail, more life, and I was hoping this lovely RP community would help me with crafting this world for future play?

Basically, the player characters belong to a hidden race of wizards in the city of Boston. Shapeshifters, pyromancers, aquamancers, necromancers- any sort of "mancer" you can conceive of. The wizard communities are forged around fiefdoms- the lowest and least magically inclined people work in menial jobs, paying taxes to the martial wizards who protect them, who in turn swear loyalty to their lords, who serve the wizard king. It's a system with little or no flexibility. Your father owns the liquor store on that corner because his father owned it, and you will own it and surrender its profits until the day you die.

But every now and then this chain is broken, and opportunities arise to break out of the system.

You serve a minor lord, Augustus Mason, a geomancer who is in disfavor with your current king. In an attempt to regain some standing at the Royal Court in New York, Augustus has sent all of his martial wizards south to respond to a threat of invasion from a rival kingdom in the American South.

Your character can have some relationship with Augustus- a Page or wizard's Squire known at Mason's court- or no relationship at all- a conscript called up to defend Boston in the absence of the more experienced martial wizards.

Your mission- to defend against an invasion at home while your King's army marches south to confront his rival's expected attack.

Anyone interested?