Animus

The Battle for Astrea [Always Open]

Golden Era, the year 453, Mother Nature strikes against the humans. The World of Astrea was originally a peaceful place governed by the 'Kingdom'. However at one point it become a harsh world of endless conflict and rigorous warzones. The 'Kingdom' split into three and so the Great War began. The Great War has raged for centuries, some say its roots laid in the Bronze Era, some say it existed since the beginning of the Heroic Era. However the initial reasons that caused the war were long forgotten. Yet the war never ceased. ‘Peace’ was a lofty idea and many laughed at it. The scars of war were far too deep for the three kingdoms; The Sky Kingdom, the Water Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom had committed many too many atrocities towards each other.

However, a treaty between the three was formed as Mother Nature herself decided to become their very nemesis. Powerful creatures have been appearing all over the continent. They are able to wield forces of nature as if they were a part of them. During an ongoing battle between the Earth Kingdom and the Water Kingdom, a single beast was able to halt the battle and wiped out thousands of soldiers in a matter of hours. It was capable of controlling the ground making approaching the beast nigh impossible. Rumors of many other creatures appearing are running rampant throughout the land. Many small cities and towns have already been destroyed.

In response to this, the three kingdoms are assembling the finest warriors to form a powerful extermination force against them. The only way they can stand against these creatures is by combining their wit and strength. You are one of these heroes.

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The Three Kingdoms

Considered the most beautiful kingdom although smallest of the three, the Sky Kingdom is located thousands of meters off the ground, floating inbetween the Water Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom. It is believed that the Sky Kingdom originally belonged on the ground but a legendary bird infused the ground it stood on with air magic and allowed it to rise high above. Skypieans have a natural affinity with magic. They are masters of aerial warfare and their cavalry is feared throughout the lands. The elite imperial forces all possess a pegasus for their own use. They are the most religious of the three kingdoms and worship the Sun God, Atros.

The Water Kingdom is the second largest kingdom. It is located west of the Earth Kingdom and its cities skirt the side of the coast as well as the main rivers and lakes of the continent. It possess the finest sailors and fishers in all of Astrea. Unparalleled in naval warfare, the Water Kingdom has fended off the Earth Kingdom by strategically using their locations. The Merediths have gained the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with its aquatic inhabitants.

The Earth Kingdom is the largest of the three kingdoms. Located in the center of the continent, it is the most diverse of the three kingdoms. It certainly has the most variety when it comes to cities and environment. It is home to many cultures but all its citizens remain loyal to the kingdom. They possess the least affinity with supernatural of any sort but the Earth Kingdom is home to many powerful warriors. It is also the most technologically advanced. Powerful cannons and guns are used instead of magic.

Geography

There is only one continent in the world of Astrea. The central continent has no particular name. Its vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountain ranges, lakes, rivers and 14,500km of coastline. The estimated size of the continent is over 10,000,000 in km square.

Beastiary

Will be updated as players are sent out to hunt them.

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Rules

-Acceptable grammar.
-Respect other players.
-No godmodding/powerplaying.
-No metagaming.
-Minimum of two paragraphs per post.
-Post character in OOC and await approval before creating it in the character bucket.
-Be considerate in battle posts. E.g. no being ridiculous with some overpowered 10000 dmg autohit or leaving other players behind.

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Character Sheet

Name: yeah
Age: yeah
Gender: yeah
Appearance: Picture optional, description is a must.
Kingdom: yeah
Persona: yeah
Post Example: Instead of a biography/history, write a post that introduces us to who he is currently. Backstory can be revealed later as character development.
Equipment: I don't need everything, just any equipment preference or special items/weapons he/she has.
Ability/Magic/Technology: What special ability/magic/technology do you possess.

The Battle for Astrea [Action/Adventure/Monster Slaying]

Golden Era, the year 453, Mother Nature strikes against the humans. The World of Astrea was originally a peaceful place governed by the 'Kingdom'. However at one point it become a harsh world of endless conflict and rigorous warzones. The 'Kingdom' split into three and so the Great War began. The Great War has raged for centuries, some say its roots laid in the Bronze Era, some say it existed since the beginning of the Heroic Era. However the initial reasons that caused the war were long forgotten. Yet the war never ceased. ‘Peace’ was a lofty idea and many laughed at it. The scars of war were far too deep for the three kingdoms; The Sky Kingdom, the Water Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom had committed many too many atrocities towards each other.

However, a treaty between the three was formed as Mother Nature herself decided to become their very nemesis. Powerful creatures have been appearing all over the continent. They are able to wield forces of nature as if they were a part of them. During an ongoing battle between the Earth Kingdom and the Water Kingdom, a single beast was able to halt the battle and wiped out thousands of soldiers in a matter of hours. It was capable of controlling the ground making approaching the beast nigh impossible. Rumors of many other creatures appearing are running rampant throughout the land. Many small cities and towns have already been destroyed.

In response to this, the three kingdoms are assembling the finest warriors to form a powerful extermination force against them. The only way they can stand against these creatures is by combining their wit and strength. You are one of these heroes.

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This was based off a rp I was in a long time ago. It never really took off to my disappointment but it did generate quite a lot of hype. Hence, I've decided to revive it. This will be a rather large roleplay and I intend to divide players into groups so posting doesn't get halted and to prevent confusion. We will take on these beasts in the divided groups at various locations. For more powerful beasts, we will combine two or more groups together to take it on. So its a sort of 'mission-y'adventure type of thing.

Questions/Suggestions?

SAO: Living in Aincrad

@Eklispe

You might want to include in your post that Aero/Masae already approached Hanako before you did. Unless this is some meta time lapse thing.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Panicked screams.

Terrified expressions.

Fear and despair.

Well this was not what Natto had expected when he first bought «Sword Art Online». He, Natsume Araki, was anticipating fun filled days making new friends and rivals in the first VRMMO of its time. He was supposed to finally wash his hands off his part-time jobs and focus on things that people his age was doing.

As if mocking those innocent dreams, Kayaba sent him alone thousands of other players into chaos with his revelation of his true plans for «Sword Art Online». This was no longer some game. At least for all its players, it was reality. To further emphasize that, Kayaba had even destroyed the façade of everyone’s avatars. Their real faces and forms were exposed. Although unintentionally, this dispersed some of Natto’s stress slightly when cute girls were turned into panicking obese men. The sight was rather amusing.

…

Was he scared?

It would be a stretch to say he wasn’t but Natto was surprisingly calm. The gravity of situation hadn’t yet fully sunk in.
He pondered over what to do while observing the others in the town square.

There were those who quickly formed parties so they could head out into the fields. There were those who did so alone. Some people were trying to restore order whilst there were those who just broke down and cried. Here and there, people were all doing what they thought was best.

Yet it could only be described as chaos.

The best course of action would be to gain information. While he was confident that he was a fast learner, Natto did die the first time he went against a «Dire Wolf». He considered the actions of the masses rushing onto the fields foolhardy considering what they’ve just heard. That and he could help out some of the despairing players in the meantime.

Just as he was thinking that, an old man shoved him aside whilst screaming for a person named Hanako. Instinctively, Natto reached out and tapped him.

“Ojii-san, by any chance is that the girl you’re looking for?”

Natto pointed at a little girl crying to his far right.

@Thanatos

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Ahh... well it just came out that way since I was writing it as I re-read from post #1.

Your way is a lot more clear cut though. I'll do it that way if I ever make a summary again, which I probably will considering the current posting pace.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Fixed it. Sorry Ojii-san!

Well it wouldn't be a summary if I added in the other stuff >_>. I do however recommend to people to read through everything properly to understand whats happening because the summary does not involve the conversation topics and other stuffs. This is just to help if you forget past events since there is pretty much an average of 15-17 posts a day...

SAO: Living in Aincrad

Summary

1. Suki is scared about the terrifying situation.
2. Ritaka approaches Suki.
3. Rey yells out at Kayaba for being an asshole.
4. Tsukiya is relatively calm about this and just heads off into the market to buy stuff.
5. Fujiwara absorbs the situation and decides he should farm in the meantime.
6. Ayame is scared and wants to find Fujiwara.
7. Lao’Jax starts up a conversation with Rey.
8. Umichi bumps into Suki and starts up a conversation.
9. Aikoto meets with… Ritaka and Suki supposedly. (?)
10. Rey talks with Lao’Jax
11. Suki talks with Ritaka, Umichi and Lao’Jax.
12. Ritaka reveals he was a beta tester and knows some stuff.
13. Lao’Jax sends Rey a friend request.
14. Aikoto sends Suki a friend request and waits for the others to introduce themselves.
15. Rey accepts Lao’Jax’s friend request and continues talking.
16. Lao keeps talking with Rey.
17. Cam-cam being Cam-cam.
18. Rey enthusiastically tells Lao’Jax, “Let's go kick that boss' butt!"
19. Lao’Jax liking Rey (hoho). He also decides whether or not to setup a Raid.
20. Lincoln/Mezzo (?) is panicking over the whole ‘trapped’ situation.
21. Jax deciding what to do.
22. Oaky goes to an inn.
23. Umichi is annoyed. Umichi thinks seriously on what they should do next.
24. Suki accepts Aikoto’s FA and sends one to the other Ritaka and Umichi.
25. Rey agrees with the Raid idea.
26. Lao’Jax sends a party invite to every character above. Lol.
27. Aikoto suggests forming a party with Suki, Ritaka and Umichi. Lao’Jax’s party invite didn’t or hasn’t reached them yet.
28. Ritaka agrees and invites them to a party. He suggests doing a quest he knows about.
29. Fujiwara enjoying dem gains.
30. Ayame can’t find Fujiwara and thus decides to head off to the grasslands.
31. Asuna being cloacked and emo, she heads off to the next toewn.
32. Aikoto finally receives Lao’Jax’s Raid/Party invite. He asks his group what to do.
33. Cam-cam being Cam-cam.
34. Dar accepts the Raid/Party invite.
35. Umichi thinking Lao’Jax is taking the game too lightly, he also asks the rest what they should do, as Aikoto did.
36. Suki suggests training instead and tells them heading off to the next town is a better idea.
37. Ritaka talks.
38. Aikoto talks.
39. Minako goes off to the next town with training/hunting in mind.
40. Fujiwara bumps into Minako.
41. Ayame meets Lao’Jax.
42. Lincoln enters an inn. I’m assuming it’s the same inn as the Oaky is in.
43. Asuna rapes Dire Wolves easily. She screams like a shounen main character.
44. Hanako hates the situation. The little girl is scared and cries for her family.
45. Suki notices Hanako and asks her group what should be done about child players.
46. Aero accepts a… friend request (should be party invite) from Lao’Jax. She accepted it. She notices Hanako and heads towards her.
47. Rey returns to Lao’Jax and notices a new person, Ayame.
48. Minako talks to Fujiwara. She notices Asuna raping wolves. She wants to hire both of them with her crafting skills as payment.
49. Asuna accepts and asks her new mates if they are strong as her.
50. Geist is stunned at the situation.
51. Asuna approaches Geist… (?) –Geist should be in the town whereas Asuna is further out into the grasslands-.
52. Ojiisan is confused over whats happening. The first thing that comes to mind is finding Hanako.

I made this for people who are completely lost or semi-lost. 51 52 posts have been made and it seems anywhere between 10 minutes to an hour has elapsed since Kayaba has made his announcement.

Current groupings are:
1. Suki, Umichi, Rikata and Aikoto.
2. Lao'Jax, Rey, Ayame.
3. Aero (who is also Lao'Jax's friend(?)), Hanako.
4. Fujiwara, Minako, Asuna, Geist(?). Cuz Geist is nowhere near them.
5. Geist. Who should be alone right now.
6. Lincoln.
7. Cam-cam.
8. Oaky.
9. Dar. He is in Lao'Jax's party but hasn't met up with him yet.
10. Ojiisan.

That is a total of 17 18 characters excluding mine since I haven't posted yet. Apologies to anyone I missed out.

/starts writing on my first post.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

I'm gonna read up the new IC posts before I write up my first post.

...and I'm certain there will be new posts during that time.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

@Little_ninja

Sorry about that then, I haven't RPed much ever since the guild was revamped so I didn't know. Muh 2011 days worked differently.

SAO: Living in Aincrad

@Little_ninja
Done.

E: I pretty much used toppytipper's RAW to make my CS. I have a thing for neat model CSes.