Alfhedil

The Elder Scrolls: In the Shadow of Oblivion

Ayyyy, decent bit of interest so I'll start work on a discord server for it. I'm kind of working on the idea of going full-CS, intro post only or a mix of both for characters and on if a co-GM is necessary, which may be assuming more interested parties show.

The Elder Scrolls: In the Shadow of Oblivion

This is the 27th of Last Seed, the year of Akatosh 433 and though few realize it, these are the closing days of the Third Era…

It all began on that one fateful day, a day that perhaps for you it was of no importance until the moment everything changed, or maybe it had been something you had done to become a catalyst. For most Imperials leading up to it, there was no difference between this day and the last, nor certainly the next for that matter. The only notable difference was the exhibition match between The Gray Prince and a visiting Companion from Skyrim. Thousands flooded the arena to behold their own champion facing off against one of the Nords of Skyrim and the tensions between Cyrodillic Nords and their brethren began to boil as the hours passed and each bout brought them closer to the feature match.

Neither was supposed to take the fight seriously, it was just supposed to be an exhibition of the strength of the Empire as a whole, but as blood was spilt and the crowd became more and more violent, all it took was a single brick thrown amongst the refuse. Both men withstood the debris as they knew it was surely a match to inflame the rivalries between provinces, but the plan had always been to clasp hands and proclaim the Empire as the true victor. And that was when a brick struck the Gray Prince and sent him to the sands, a bellowing roar of indignation from the collective crowd as for a moment when he stood it seemed as if the initial intent of non-lethal combat was off. Keen to keep the fight from getting out of hand, the Arena officials called it then and there, quickly ushering out the spectators and getting between the two combatants.

Of course as it was the Arena and even the slightest thing can get two men to fighting over their differences, a palpable tension was in the air as irritable citizens poured from the Arena stands and into the nearby bars to drink and eat away their anger. It was there in Daggerfall Dan's Bar and Grill that a group of people had gathered, unknowing of the fate they shared, you among them. Dozens packed in as the food came hot and fresh, the wait staff doing their best to ease the worries of the crowd but knowing it was a tinderbox just waiting for that first spark.

And it came with a single spilled drink, a roar of outrage, an Altmer of the mages guild flung out of the second story window and a bar brawl that would send a group of men and mer off to their fate…

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It's a bit short and rough, but with that I feel everyone should have a pretty clear understanding of what this is about. We stand at the very precipice of one of the most momentous events in the Elder Scrolls timeline, when the Empire itself would see a change of thousands of years of history, and when the very fate of Tamriel itself would be at risk but for the actions of a chosen few. Your character is one of those few, who by some coincidence just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and as a bar brawl turned riot in the Arena district of the Imperial City, for their own safety they were escorted into the Imperial Prison to be stuffed into the only available cell and wait for everything to calm down by morning.

So yeah, Elder Scrolls Oblivion but as a group instead of one singular person.

The Road to Sagehood: A Naruto AU

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The plot needs a main-branch heir among the Leaf genin. So your character could fit in that role because it was going to be a younger NPC otherwise.

The Hyuuga clan uses the seals and the branch system. There was a period that the current generation falls under where some branch members didn't and will not get a cursed seal. It was when a main branch member became clan head had wanted to go away from the cruel tradition. His rule was not long and his son is the current clan head. We hadn't made a character yet for this role so the dad of a main branch OC would be perfect.

The clan head is a puppet leader. The Hyuuga elders are in power, most of them branch members. Jinwa Hyuuga is the most notable one. Brother to a past clan head. He is the main force behind the Hyuuga's harsh traditions and is responsible for undoing most of the work that the past clan head had done.

@Genkishi

I mean, I have my own ideas for things as I mentioned to Kindred in PM, mostly about a fairly religious sect of the Hyuuga regarding worship of celestial objects. Initially I had thought to shift my Hyuuga to a branch that held some influence because of their traditions, but if an heir is needed, then I can flex with that. Though will say that she will most assuredly cause untold amounts of stress for not just the head of the clan but all of the elders. The way I play Satomi is basically an extraordinarly out-going, boisterous and aggressive girl who is friends with everyone in the village whether they like it or not, and at this point in time seeing her become the head of the Hyuuga Clan is the worst nightmare of most people, as they assume it will be announced with an explosion and a party. Not necessarily in that order.

Also, she kicks doors open. Yes, I know most doors in the Naruto setting are sliding doors. Satomi does not care.

The Shattered Realms

Considering I've already mused a bit about my own character, figured I'll mention here as well that I'll be playing one of the resident Realmwalkers, an incredibly eccentric, potentially slightly mad specialist in the study of the Astral Sea and someone to go to when you need to realmwalk to a place without an endpoint, or very specifically don't want to use one.

The Shattered Realms

Ohai

The Road to Sagehood: A Naruto AU

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I was thinking about making one, but I haven't yet. I'll start setting one up today and start adding people once we start approving.

@King Kindred

Yeah, I think a discord might help, though I'll go ahead and send a DM to you for now regarding some concerns. Suppose though for myself and everyone else, some more information on the Hyuuga would be appreciated? That was where I was leaning, a Taijutsu-focused character from the main-branch of the Hyuuga clan.

The Road to Sagehood: A Naruto AU

Contrary to what I said in the interest check, I do actually have some kind of rough idea at the moment. Wasn't there some kind of discord for the RP?

Naruto AU Interest Check

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Mostly a balance thing. I knew I didn't want the massacre to happen in this universe, but just in case the group was kind of big for this I didn't want to make it a Uchiha show. I did think of making one of this version's Hokage a Uchiha but I would've placed him as the Third since I was planning to remove Hiruzen.

So let's say a big shift change is that when Tobirama is a squad's sensei he gets a member of the Uchiha on his team. At the time he still hates them having a very hard time letting go of the past, but with his student he starts seeing a different side to the clan and realizes his brother may not have been wrong after all. So after a rough start he shapes the young Uchiha into a worthwhile and respected shinobi. He then goes on to become the Third Hokage and during his reign the Third Shinobi War happens. Him being Hokage gave the clan a boost in morale so they ended up training harder than normal and more and more wanted to prove just what they could do for their village so against his better judgment a lot of his clan had fought on the front lines and although they were skilled shinobi war is war so lives were claimed.

So at the moment they're not as big a clan as they once were but they are currently still repopulating their ranks and have even taken to marrying outside the clan.

@King Kindred

Yeah nah, that makes sense for how the Uchiha would still stick around and be a pretty decent shift in the Hokages and such, though I think really I just feel like it's an Uchiha Massacre of another kind in a way if you know what I mean. Not that I have a shinobi in the race to begin with, considering my two Naruto characters are a Hyuga and a Senju, that and my backlog is rather intimidating at the moment lmao. That said, the setting has always been of interest, so you know. By all means though, don't take what I say too seriously, just a fan of the series offering some thoughts.

Naruto AU Interest Check

There will be no Uchiha massacre, but they will have dwindled in number after many of them were sent to the front lines during the Third Shinobi War.

@King Kindred

I've personally had an idea floating around for a while now on an AU of the nardo setting, though with some more subtle differences in mind. Any particular reason the Uchiha get wiped out beyond balancing? An idea could be that without Madara the more moderate elements take power within the clan and perhaps even an Uchiha from the era becomes the Second Hokage, thus breaking the idea of lineages at least in Konoha. This could lead them to maintain a large presence as well within the leaf, and a long-standing rivalry with the other founding clans, particularly the Hyuga.

WH40K: Rogue Trader

I'm pretty flexible on that. On most things really.

I like the idea of him as sort of running with the same group for awhile, but if it fits your concept better I'd be fine with him sort of jumping from crew to crew pretty regularly too.

If he's been around for awhile I could have fun with him being sort of a grump, grumbling about how things were better under the previous Rogue Trader if you want to do a bit about Valeria establishing herself, but I could also have fun with him sort of taking the opposite tact. Maybe he didn't like the previous guy because he placed more constraints on Roald.

Or if he's new maybe he's kind of a dick, doubting Valeria's ability due to her youth, or her sex, or just because he hasn't seen her take charge yet. Could have fun with him talking out his ass and getting cracked down on for it.

@BangoSkank

Either way works, Giovanni was her father so there's a bit of inheriting crew in addition to the ship, the house and a gaggle of Sororitas who have a keen interest in keeping things as they are.

For now though for you and anyone else who has an interest, this here is the link to our discord: Link