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Coalescent Sinners

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Coalescent Sinners

@Fubsy @Jay Kalton @Bombardier

Hey guys, the RP page is up! So please, feel free to join up http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/125214-coalescent-sinners/ooc#new-reply-form

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Coalescent Sinners

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Ankokuousama Tetsugaku

The Dark King; Affiliation: Masquerade

Reference picture goes here, whenever I get my paws on it.
"What, you honestly think that would work? You need to commit more things to memory, people can read you like a book..."
*--Tetsugaku

General info, chronological and physical.

*Chronological Age: Seventeen(?)
*Physical Age: About eighteen
*Status: Active (Though barely seen), as Masquerade's current Leader.
*Weight: Somewhere about 135-140 lbs
*Height: 6"
*Gender: Neutral (Sex is Male)
*Eye Color: Unknown
*Hair Color: Black
*Physical Build: Thin, Sleek
*Grade: Presumed Senior (12)
*Distinguishable Features
**Always wears his mask, even during class, refuses to take it off no matter the circumstance, for unknown reasons.

The history of the Dark King

Given upon being a member of the Faction Masquerade, and in fact, being it's founder, not much of Tetsu's history would be known before hand of when he formed up Masquerade to join within the fight. He led Masquerade into it's second year, though reported to be abnormally shaky from his peers, and more panicky, though still a bit antipathic and collected to other faction members.

He's a figure merely given the title Dark King or Ankokuousama, Tetsu's real last name was never really found out upon. What is known, is that Tetsu had gone about gathering help from other like-minded people, and since then, had gained a rapid spread within his connections. The dark colors of black and purple have swept about like wildfire, especially around the library, darkening the lights to blacklight purple and it being dimly lit, along with purple and black flags hanging about. Such a rapid expansion and largely gathered force in a short time caused a decrease of morale, gaining him the title of the Dark King.

Tetsugaku means 'Philosophy', which effectively means that his name would either be 'Tetsujin' or 'Tetsugakumono', for 'Philosopher'. Though he prefers being referred to as 'Tetsugaku' mainly since it "Sounds more like a name than the previous two that would be towards his liking.".

Personality

Tetsugaku comes off as an antipathic person with rather cynical views on the world, and chooses to just plainly isolate himself from the rest of the world, unless it's with Masquerade. It's noted that he doesn't really care much for what happens with other factions (safe for stronger ones, like Raijin), just as long as it works to his benefit. No one really knows what lies behind the mask, so people assume that Tetsugaku is a common liar that doesn't have manners and shouldn't be trusted. Though despite wearing a mask, Tetsugaku comes off as a bluntly honest person.

It's thought that Tetsugaku goes upon talking of the Philosophy of enshrouding a place of light into bits of darkness in means to balance things out. This means often, places are dimly lit with equal bits of shadow and light all together, and to contrast his pale skin, Tetsu wears the color of black, to balance this out. Shortly meaning, that wherever that there is light, as comes, and so follows darkness. And this darkness will always be present, and will be firmly rooted, despite attempts to remove it. Though Masquerade uses this philosophy towards why they're so persistent and not easy to remove. Tetsugaku merely chose the colors black and purple since they were to his liking, and that both colors would represent darkness.

Though this doesn't mean that Tetsugaku or his faction mean to represent darkness, or go about this philosophy in a zealotry cry. This is instead, a way to decrease morale. Tetsugaku is a highly strategical person, that works on demoralizing his opponent to lessen their chances of fighting, let alone, make them lose their will to fight. Which he uses continuously to his advantage time and time again. It's thought that in his introverted nature, Tetsugaku read many on books of strategy, and might be fond of games, even. Though this is what is known. One more, not many people truly knows what lies behind the mask.

Despite the cynical nature of Masquerade, it's arguably that Tetsugaku is a bit of a cross between an idealist and a philosopher, but also is rumored to go about thoughts of depression. Reasons as towards why weren't entirely figured out, seeing no one knows his face, one cannot know who he actually is or what history he's had before hand. Tetsugaku goes by an unusual ideal upon the thoughts that no one is truly good or evil, and can shift easily from doing good or bad things in an instant.

Abilities, and Weaponry

Perhaps the most unique of all of Tetsugaku's abilities would be his ability to harness a pure arcane aura within his body, allowing for the use of raw magic. It's well arguable that when it comes to magic, Tetsugaku is the second or third strongest in the whole school. The functions that are known of now that he can do is being able to spontaneously generate magic missiles at a position within a twenty yard radius. Create a shield in front of himself that bypasses most projectiles, and lastly, perhaps the most unique of his abilities, coat his weapons within the same aura to deal not only physical, but magical damage as well. Another unique quirk is that due to Tetsu having possession of a pure arcane aura, he's able to mimic some forms of magic if it hits him.

While Tetsugaku's endurance and strength is poor, he makes up for being a very agile person, and often keeps himself on a slow approach to his opponent, normally not really noticed and underestimated for his weak physical terms (safe for speed). Not only he can move about quickly in a chain of short bursts of speed, but he is highly evasive. It is noted upon Tetsugaku's report card for battling that his Evasion is ranked at 'S', the highest ever obtainable rank for any sort of grades. Which makes Tetsugaku being slow more of a 'warning' to opponents.

Aside to using magic and agility, Tetsu wields a katana given to him from his father, named Tsukuyomi, which is a black tamahagane-styled carbon and steel alloy mix, cyberpunk-esque katana with a red glow to the Mune and Hi (Back and Fold Groove), and is quite warm upon that area. The glow not only creates a light illumination with it's glow, allowing Tetsu to see in the dark, it also creates a bit of an intimidating appearance during the night due to aforementioned red glow. While the Katana is made out of metal, it's made similarly to a training katana, safe for the tip, either that, or it could be interchangeable between those modes, perhaps having some logic to it's design. When coating it in magic, the red part of Tsukuyomi turns purple. The blade would have also be able to 'extend' a good length, but mainly due to magic acting as the extension, and not the blade itself.

Lastly of a tactical standpoint, Tetsu is the most gifted strategist within Masquerade, and is perhaps, one of the best in his whole school, it's shown that even within battle, his brain ticks and tocks through an almost automatous style geared towards it. He claims he's gotten the gist of strategy from playing games when he was younger when his sister wasn't around. As well as being fond of chess.

Coalescent Sinners

And now for the bigger moment you've all been waiting for, factions! Relations will be determined soon.

Faction: Masquerade

Masquerade

"I-It's not them I'm worried about...I-it's those masks...what if it's my best friend wearing that mask!?"

Masquerade is a faction within the school, their members are known for their masks. They are denoted by the colors black and purple, and their map color is a dark violet. Above is their Leader, Tetsugaku's mask.

General info

*Age: One Year
*Colors: Black and Purple (Dark Violet on the school map)
*Style: Speed-based, Passive-Aggressive.
*Grades: 10-C3
*Distinguishable Features
**Members all wear masks
**Members are usually introverted, and even wear masks in class, where the Teacher'll likely refer them as simply 'Masquerade'
*Notable and Unique Benefits
**Members stay ''anonymous'' and causes intimidation to foes, often decreases morale. Potential spies in other factions
**Members' introverted nature allows for increased benefits with certain areas, mainly that of the library, may skim the internet and books for finding counters against other factions, and potential discovery of enemy attacks.

The big shots

*Ankokuousama Tetsugaku (Tetsugaku Volkov)
*Natascha Volkov

Their backstory

Given a history with anonymous figures, not much as been known of Masquerade since they've existed, though what is known is that with last year's competition, Masquerade was one of the best, aside to Raijin, who was also a top faction. Masquerade was noted for picking off the weaker factions with such ease and clarity, which is why most of the factions from last year have not been around currently..It is known that the key to Masquerade's last year success is a rapid member gain, along with the members' anonymous nature causing a notable decrease in morale. Masquerade quickly went from being just another faction, to a largely intimidating force mainly towards of how well their capabilities were coordinated in a short amount of time.

They tied for first place with Raijin, and two other factions last year. The other factions having disbanded since their leaders have graduated college.

Their leadership

Last year, Tetsu has led the faction with his sister, where Tetsu was more of an army commander, where his sister kept morale up, and would lead their troops into battle.

Now, this year, with Tetsu's sister having left, Tetsu now leads the forces into battle, combined with his knowledge from last year. He serves as the main leader, where no one is known as a second-in-command.

Faction; Blitzwehr

Blitzwehr

Blitzwehr is a faction within the school. They are regulated by their electro magnetic tech and the crimson shield bolt armbands on their right arms.

General Info

*Age: 1 year
*Colors: Crimson and White (Blood red on the Map)
*Style: Speedy conquests and defensive tactics
*Grades: 11-C4
*Distinguishable Features
**All members wear an armband on their right arm with a Crimson red shield showing a White bolt on it. The band's actual color depends on the wearer's choice.
**Most have some kind of technology on themselves, being of their choice as long as it is electro-magnetic.
*Special Benefits
**The members of Blitzwehr are fast, agile, and smart with lightning fast reflexes and quick wits. (When called upon in classes to answer questions, the answer quickly and accurately.)
**Every member has a special braclet on their off-hand which powers an electro-magnetic shield that can withstand most attacks.

The (absent) Founder

*Majitsu Kurosaki

Background

The faction, having just showed up recently in a rather quick form, they have quickly taken up pace to go toe to toe with the other factions. They stand as the underdog against Masquerade and Raijin, being one of the few factions to have survived the onslaught in the previous year, but hope to be able to catch up to them before their leader graduates into the college semesters, then post college after. As of recently, they have grown in ranks quickly, but hope to gain a larger team before they try to set up a campaign against the larger factions. Currently they are only trying to bring in people who are willing to join in the fight, not really having any specific coordination as most seem to have.

They continue to fight for some part of dominance, working towards a spot in the top three as their first goal. At least, for now, the founder had all but vanished, which Blitzwehr continues the fight.

Faction; Raijin

Raijin

" We are Raijin, We do not strive for fame and glory, We strive to be the best!~" Yumiko Amakasu

General Info

*Age: One Year
*Colors: Silver/Green
*Style: Speed, Hit-'n'-Run
*Grades: Mixture of 9-12
*Distinguishable Features
**It's known that some parts to their outfit has the whirlwind symbol.
*Special Benefits
**Nimble and Quick, members are notable to be faster and have better reaction rates than their fellow students.
**Deadly Precision, members have better aiming than their peers, especially with ranged bow weapons.

Background

Raijin is a faction created by Yumiko Amakasu. She created this faction after noticing the lack of students who use speed instead of power. She hopes that she will create a new generation of soldiers that will be able to flee from any sort of danger then shoot them from afar after escaping their range. Aside to that, ever since it's formation, Raijin became a notable contender. Having given a new way of fighting to the school with it's hit and run tactics, as well as fast students being able to carry it out.

Founder

*Yumiko Amakasu

Faction; Zodiac

Zodiac

"We fight to survive; success is merely a spoil of war. So long as we survive we will ensure that every fighter has his day." ~Ayumu Takamiya
Zodiac is one of the older remaining factions at the school, whose goal is to the keep battlefield in order and the game interesting.

*Age: Two years
*Colors: Bronze and Gold
*Style: Tactical - outsmart opponents
*Grades: 9 - C1
*Distinguishable Features:
**High ranking members codenamed after western starsigns.
***Public unaware which members have which codenames. (excl. Founder - Gemini)
**All members have symbol corresponding to the codename of their commanding officer tattooed on their left cheek.
*Special Benefits:
**Members gain morale bonus to stealth, accuracy, and evasion when fighting alongside other members. Bonus is double when fighting alongside Founder.
**Members are more adaptable than other factions in rooms they do not control.

Background

Zodiac was formed by Ayumu Takamiya during his Junior year, for the purpose of bringing together students who had great potential but lacked confidence in their own unique talents. Ayumu saw that many of the controlling factions at the time were nearing the end of their days, and wanted to prevent the school from falling under the control of one or two new factions. By boosting the confidence of younger students and encouraging them to take part in the battles between factions, Ayumu was able to quickly make Zodiac into a significant power in the school. They've never been the highest ranked faction, but are always a contender, and they always make an impact.

Leadership

Zodiac has been led by Ayumu Takamiya since its creation. Beneath Ayumu are 11 high-ranked members known as the Horoscope. Each Horoscope is given the title Captain and codenamed after one of the 12 Western starsigns, while Ayumu himself has the title of Major and is codenamed Gemini. All other members of Zodiac report imediately to one of the Horoscope, wearing a tatoo of the corresponding starsign on their cheek. Each Horoscope, rather than wearing a tattoo of the Gemini starsign, wears their own starsign to ensure that they rank remains unknown to other Factions.

Faction; Royalty

Royalty

"It's always about the money. The rest of you are simply a divided class and beneath our heel."

General Info

*Age: Speculated half a decade.
*Colors: Gold, silver and pale green.
*Style: Booming technology
*Grades: 9-C4
*Distinguishable Features
**The only high-class faction in the school. But doesn't have all the high-class students.
**Of course, they have showy clothes to boot. Clothes usually have a gold dollar sign, rank is represented by fake US Dollars on their shoulders.
*Special Benefits
**Can bribe teachers to overlook issues, success depends on the teacher morality, teachers caught taking bribes will be fired.
**Can potentially buy memberships.

Founder

*Money. It runs this faction, have the most, you're the leader.

Joking aside, no, there is no defined leader, persay.

Brief History

*Royalty is one of the few long running factions to've survived last years' onslaught, the membership is constantly handed out in the sort of corporate ownership, should the kingpin get taken out of leadership or graduate, it's usually the next in line that accepts the next term. Although while this may lead to infighting, defection, or discouraging new members. The faction has nonetheless still proved to be a thorn in the side of those whom stand against them, having authority and a few corrupted teachers at their back. Their money is usually done to get favors, and thus, most of the other factions don't take too kindly of a liking to Royalty's antics, as the name sounds pretentious to them. It's said that during last year's competition, that Natascha showed such feral behavior and barbarism in combat that not only this unsettled some of Royalty's members, but made them hate going up against Masquerade.

Standings with other factions

**Raijin - Yumiko's the only rich girl who hasn't joined us. This is something we cannot allow for, ever.

**Masquerade - Tch, nerds, these guys act so tough behind their masks, but if we break the mask, surely they'll crumble. We have better technology too, but they might have their little LARP magic to hide behind on top of it. Our mothers and fathers will be happy if we manage to grind the Volkov family's reputation into the dust.

**Zodiac - We don't know too much about them.

**Blitzwehr - Some of these guys work on our racing cars and the like, but we can't help but scoff at their bluecollar means of wealth. Some of them may have the potential to be rich athletes, though, so.

Trivia

*This is basically shitting on Corporate America, here.

Faction; Panacea

Panacea

Any sort of quote here,

General Info

*Age: Five years old
*Colors: Pale Blue and White
*Style: Samaritanism on one half, business on the other.
*Grades: Assumed 12-C4
*Distinguishable Features
**Anything that makes a member standout can be put here
*Special Benefits
**Members are taught vast medical information and are thus, not only resistant to status affects and ailments, but are rarely sick.
**All members possess bits of medicine to share or use to heal themselves or others. The higher the rank, the higher the amount.

Founder

Hira Sojikina

Brief History

Panacea was formed five years ago. Unlike other factions, it's rise grew, not from fighting and competition, but from the steady accumulation of favors and bribes gained from healing various facs. Their main goal was initially to ensure the peace and safety of their fellow students. While it has changed and altered, the endpoint of caring for the injured has remained. So long as you have the right price, of course.

Any sort of medical in the school ended up being replaced by the members of Panacea, and in turn, they shortly became half of the time, good Samaritans, the other half, doctors that rip you out of your money for saving your life.

Standings with other factions

**Pick a fight in our Infirmary? - We'll sucker punch you and move on with our lives. And we don't forget.

**Unruly patients- We have the right to refuse service!

**Normal Patients - You're hurt, we'll nurse you back to health!♪♫

**Lovely Patients - Those who come in to seek treatment, are courteous and kind, will always receive our utmost treatment!♥

Trivia

*Why is this here again?

Among 2 others pending approval/waiting on response

Maps!!

These are HUGE, so just right click and View Image to view it in a better, more suitable manner.

SPECIAL NOTE; These Maps are from a previous version of the RP, therefore faction control areas may not be the same.

Basement

Floor1

Floor2

Floor3

Floor4

Roof and Outside (Outdoors Central)

Coalescent Sinners

First OOC Post: General introduction and forms.
Second OOC Post will be: The Factions, and Maps for the school.
Third OOC Post will be: Once we have them all, the Factions, and the named cast.

Hello, everyone, since I got enough people interested, we can finally kick this off in a not-so rampant way.

For a quick recap, check on the Casual Interest Check page; http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/125027-coalescent-sinners/ooc, because I am too lazy to point out everything again, even too lazy to copy-paste le dumb plot that was thought up upon.

So, aside to that, let's cut to the chase, the good stuff, if you've already read it.

Technically, yes, and no, this will be Faction and/or Arena based, but your character isn't required to fight or be part of any faction, they can be independent. They can also observe how their normal school life during middle school had now just gotten over-the-top and crazy. This specific post will be regarding character and faction posts, and once I give your character a good look over, I'll reply whether or not you pass this preliminary test, which shouldn't be so hard, right?

Right. So without further ado, before I put down those posts in OOC here, I'm going to lie down these basic rules, which is typically just the standard roleplay courtesy we all know, so. Not gonna go over that much. But aside to that, there are a few things that I wish to let you all know:
There is already a predetermined map for the most part, and some faction dorms may/will be off of school grounds to compensate. Some may not even have a dorm (I.E. Hand of Midnight). I may make a north outside field and a south outside field to place more areas essential to holding the endgame area.

Even if someone else caps the endgame area, that doesn't mean you've automatically lost, you can still try to wrest it from their faction.
There is a limited amount of Factions that I'd prefer in the start, you can make factions midway, primarily to broaden the playing scope a bit more.
All factions will have generic students to make said faction appear bigger, although actual, named characters will be considered overall, more powerful than a generic student. Keep in mind this doesn't make the generic students mooks, however.
If there is, in any case, a disagreement, during roleplaying or interacting with your fellow RPers here, and it's a problem. Feel free to let me or any Co-GM I may have appointed, know.
Classes take precedence over faction wars and brawls, any fighting during a class may result in disciplinary action, depending on the teacher. Factions are allowed to team up during gym class, which is the only part where faction wars are technically applicable, but are competing in actual sports.
Your faction isn't required to take part in the faction war.
Teachers cannot and WILL NOT take part in the faction war as a combatant, but can join Factions and act as aides or support, as well as breaking up any fights which could end in grievous bodily harm for a student. Teachers are considered just as great, if not, better combatants than graduates. Teachers found participating in the faction war amongst other things, can be subsequently fired.
You can make up a maximum of three characters, yes, they can be in different factions. Do note that if you want to make more, you'll need to either convince me to let you, or watch as I up the cap.

Boring stuff outta the way, let's get to the fun part!
Open Faction slots: 2 (1 pending)

Faction Sheet

Faction name here,

*Along with the name being in it's respective primary color, it's recommended you don't choose the same main color as another faction unless the trim is so different that anyone can tell whom is what. Any shared primary color will have the first faction to claim the primary have said color, where the other faction will be in a lighter or darker shade.



Any sort of quote here,

General Info

*Age:
*Colors: A primary and a secondary, perhaps a tertiary too
*Style: What defines the faction, particularly during
*Grades: Grades can consist of ninth to 4 years in college, then onwards the student is considered a graduate due to having passed the requirements to get a notable degree.
*Distinguishable Features
**Anything that makes a member standout can be put here
*Special Benefits
**Up to two unique traits that a faction has, they cannot share anything with any other faction.

Founder

*Founder name is here

Brief History

*Any sort of details on the backstory of the faction, why it's formed, what they're aiming for, is put here.

Standings with other factions

*A list can be provided here to put out the standing of the faction and what it possesses or thinks of others. Instead of the faction's name being highlighted in it's respective primary color, it can go under a color meaning, the following being. Do note that what one faction feels about the other, the other may not feel the same way. Do note if another faction shows up, you may need to update this page, but it's not required seeing it's automatically indifferent, unless there's other reasons.

**Sworn Enemies - This faction usually won't ally under any circumstance, and are out to grind the other in the dust, even if it means to bend the rules a bit or to set one another up.

**Hostile - This faction will attack the other faction's members on sight, provided it's within the school rules to do so. Most members of this faction may try to bully the others within the opposite faction, if tensions rise further, they can probably become sworn enemies if it gets worse.

**Unfriendly - Tensions this faction holds are felt quite often with the other, the members of this faction don't generally treat the other with respect, let alone, may be prone to lashing out, and occasionally bullying.

**Cautious - This faction is treating the other faction members in caution, not necessarily hostile, but wary of them. Some tension may be between this faction and the other, but not enough for hatred, but rather light dislike.

**Selfish Allies- This faction is allied with the other faction, not particularly out of positive opinion or support, but because the founder or leaders demanded it, or because they have a greater enemy to fight. The alliance is not looked at positively by the members, and could lead to fragile shattering. This is considered to where they dislike the other faction more than liking them.

**Neutrality - This faction could honestly care less about the other, they feel indifferent, nothing too much about it.

**Frenemies - This faction seems to randomly shift with the other, but apparently does whatever they do, with, or against it, in an air of friendliness. Even if they beat them silly, they seem to just broaden their positive perspective more than it does for a negative. This is considered to where they like the other faction more than disliking them.

**Positive - This faction holds a positive opinion towards the other, but isn't too much upon being friendly towards them, the positive reasons can be anywhere from selfish to them sharing a common enemy.

**Friendly - This faction bears no ill will to the other, and are more likely to jump to fight by their side than against it.

**Allied - This faction is allied with the other, don't be surprised if you find two members from both sides dating, or finding members from both factions in social groups.

**Coalition - Almost acting as if they're one who faction, the relations between these two are close enough to where they could just be considered one faction, possibly never betraying the other.

Trivia

*Why is this here again?

CS

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*Character name here, along with having the respective color of whatever faction they're in, if not, then leave it colorless or a faded color that represents the character.

Reference picture goes here
*Character quote goes here too.

General info, chronological and physical.

*Chronological Age:
*Physical Age:
*Status:
*Weight:
*Height:
*Gender:
*Eye Color:
*Hair Color:
*Physical Build:
*Grade: Same as Faction, except you pick one grade. Which can be from High School level to first four years of College level.
*Distinguishable Features
**Any features distinguishing the character, such as scars or tattoos, can go here.

History/Bio

*History here

Personality

*Persona here

Abilities, and Weaponry

*Abilities and Weapons go here.

Optional Relations Section

*Does your character have an open mouth about who they think of someone? Refer to the Faction relation sub-table to replicate it and put it here.

Thanks for your interest and support! I look forward to RPing with you if you've applied and passed! If you don't pass, well, try try again.

Coming soon: All notable factions, you can go and create your Character Sheet now, and decide what faction they're in later, otherwise, you can say they're part of one of the three preview factions I put on the Interest Check page.

--Sol

Coalescent Sinners

This is a redone roleplay taken from off-site, mainly a Faction vs. Faction sort of roleplay, but particularly in the sort of leading your own factions to Sol's dumb plot device here; It should well enough be noted that despite taking place in the real world, magic and psionicry are things that exist.

Inspired by; Majikoi, ironically, but don't expect anything from it's general genre (Ecchi). Aside to that, below is generally some important information. Regarding a character, three factions, and that delicious plot.

Le Plot

The school often referred to as the "School of Rampant Chaos", Genroukai is a school which accepts students of multiple ethnicities and nationalities. Despite it's focus over in a contested island debated by the Russians and the Japanese, eventually, a joint deal was made, a military sort of academy to solve things once and for all. As a result, it's assumed the two nations fought to a stalemate and called it quits, since then, the school had been school to teach everyone how to fight with various weapons, modern and old. Whereas the weapons are made to act as the weapon they're designed in, in it's original function, but will only cause bludgeoning-esque damage, and on top of that, only really wear out the person getting hurt out, instead of being lethal. The school's history is thought to've trained soldiers as a form of nonlethal, so to say, "civilized" warfare, where the only casualties people would get is wounds, and some overzealous foes taking a few beatings too far.

Most of the history of the school has been rather classified up until last year's open enrollment. Last year, four factions had tied to take the crown jewel at the top of the school, a tower which controlled the lighting, temperature, power, and security cameras about the school, not only this proved the superior faction of the year (if they manage to hold it), but this came to be the sort of eyes on the prize kind of thing. The tower is at the base of the fourth floor, where nothing but a path leading up to it and a staff office is present, now, most people would ask this sort of question. Why are we fighting over a dumb tower that is basically the controls to the school? Why am I getting involved? Am I required to get involved? To answer those questions; Students can just choose to go through class as they see fit, not going into all of this faction nonsense. Just to get their diplomas or degrees (That's right, this school doubles as a high school and a college).

While military recruiters are present at the school, who's to say that these factions may not become something greater once they all leave school? Or what worse will happen? The dissolving of the faction, and the ending of whatever existence it had sought to hold and take place as part of the school. This is a story of all who had in one way or another, committed all in the same, the harming of not only, possibly their own, but definitely, their fellow students if they choose to get involved in this faction warfare. Not only friends may start to fight friends, but cliques may join one faction or another, or may break apart entirely because of this.

With anyone and everyone possibly coming to the school after passing a background check, the reason as towards why this school opened it's doors to everyone last year is to presumably keep getting it's funding, as well as in the case of hoping to introduce the world to said idea of 'civilized warfare', although there will be a lot of people who would disagree with such a vain attempt.

Faction: Masquerade

Masquerade

"I-It's not them I'm worried about...I-it's those masks...what if it's my best friend wearing that mask!?"

Masquerade is a faction within the school, their members are known for their masks. They are denoted by the colors black and purple, and their map color is a dark violet. Above is their Leader, Tetsugaku's mask.

General info

*Age: One Year
*Colors: Black and Purple (Dark Violet on the school map)
*Style: Speed-based, Passive-Aggressive.
*Grades: 10-C3
*Distinguishable Features
**Members all wear masks
**Members are usually introverted, and even wear masks in class, where the Teacher'll likely refer them as simply 'Masquerade'
*Notable and Unique Benefits
**Members stay ''anonymous'' and causes intimidation to foes, often decreases morale. Potential spies in other factions
**Members' introverted nature allows for increased benefits with certain areas, mainly that of the library, may skim the internet and books for finding counters against other factions, and potential discovery of enemy attacks.

The big shots

*Ankokuousama Tetsugaku (Tetsugaku Volkov)
*Natascha Volkov

Their backstory

Given a history with anonymous figures, not much as been known of Masquerade since they've existed, though what is known is that with last year's competition, Masquerade was one of the best, aside to Raijin, who was also a top faction. Masquerade was noted for picking off the weaker factions with such ease and clarity, which is why most of the factions from last year have not been around currently..It is known that the key to Masquerade's last year success is a rapid member gain, along with the members' anonymous nature causing a notable decrease in morale. Masquerade quickly went from being just another faction, to a largely intimidating force mainly towards of how well their capabilities were coordinated in a short amount of time.

They tied for first place with Raijin, and two other factions last year. The other factions having disbanded since their leaders have graduated college.

Their leadership

Last year, Tetsu has led the faction with his sister, where Tetsu was more of an army commander, where his sister kept morale up, and would lead their troops into battle.

Now, this year, with Tetsu's sister having left, Tetsu now leads the forces into battle, combined with his knowledge from last year. He serves as the main leader, where no one is known as a second-in-command.

Faction; Blitzwehr

Blitzwehr

Blitzwehr is a faction within the school. They are regulated by their electro magnetic tech and the crimson shield bolt armbands on their right arms.

General Info

*Age: 1 year
*Colors: Crimson and White (Blood red on the Map)
*Style: Speedy conquests and defensive tactics
*Grades: 11-C4
*Distinguishable Features
**All members wear an armband on their right arm with a Crimson red shield showing a White bolt on it. The band's actual color depends on the wearer's choice.
**Most have some kind of technology on themselves, being of their choice as long as it is electro-magnetic.
*Special Benefits
**The members of Blitzwehr are fast, agile, and smart with lightning fast reflexes and quick wits. (When called upon in classes to answer questions, the answer quickly and accurately.)
**Every member has a special braclet on their off-hand which powers an electro-magnetic shield that can withstand most attacks.

The (absent) Founder

*Majitsu Kurosaki

Background

The faction, having just showed up recently in a rather quick form, they have quickly taken up pace to go toe to toe with the other factions. They stand as the underdog against Masquerade and Raijin, being one of the few factions to have survived the onslaught in the previous year, but hope to be able to catch up to them before their leader graduates into the college semesters, then post college after. As of recently, they have grown in ranks quickly, but hope to gain a larger team before they try to set up a campaign against the larger factions. Currently they are only trying to bring in people who are willing to join in the fight, not really having any specific coordination as most seem to have.

They continue to fight for some part of dominance, working towards a spot in the top three as their first goal. At least, for now, the founder had all but vanished, which Blitzwehr continues the fight.

Faction; Raijin

Raijin

" We are Raijin, We do not strive for fame and glory, We strive to be the best!~" Yumiko Amakasu

General Info

*Age: One Year
*Colors: Silver/Green
*Style: Speed, Hit-'n'-Run
*Grades: Mixture of 9-12
*Distinguishable Features
**It's known that some parts to their outfit has the whirlwind symbol.
*Special Benefits
**Nimble and Quick, members are notable to be faster and have better reaction rates than their fellow students.
**Deadly Precision, members have better aiming than their peers, especially with ranged bow weapons.

Founder

*Yumiko Amakasu

Ankokuousama Tetsugaku

The Dark King; Affiliation: Masquerade

Reference picture goes here, whenever I get my paws on it.
"What, you honestly think that would work? You need to commit more things to memory, people can read you like a book..."
*--Tetsugaku

General info, chronological and physical.

*Chronological Age: Seventeen(?)
*Physical Age: About eighteen
*Status: Active (Though barely seen)
*Weight: Somewhere about 135-140 lbs
*Height: 6"
*Gender: Neutral (Sex is Male)
*Eye Color: Unknown
*Hair Color: Black
*Physical Build: Thin, Sleek
*Grade: Presumed Senior (12)
*Distinguishable Features
**Always wears his mask, even during class, refuses to take it off no matter the circumstance, for unknown reasons.

The history of the Dark King

Given upon being a member of the Faction Masquerade, and in fact, being it's founder, not much of Tetsu's history would be known before hand of when he formed up Masquerade to join within the fight. He led Masquerade into it's second year, though reported to be abnormally shaky from his peers, and more panicky, though still a bit antipathic and collected to other faction members.

He's a figure merely given the title Dark King or Ankokuousama, Tetsu's real last name was never really found out upon. What is known, is that Tetsu had gone about gathering help from other like-minded people, and since then, had gained a rapid spread within his connections. The dark colors of black and purple have swept about like wildfire, especially around the library, darkening the lights to blacklight purple and it being dimly lit, along with purple and black flags hanging about. Such a rapid expansion and largely gathered force in a short time caused a decrease of morale, gaining him the title of the Dark King.

Tetsugaku means 'Philosophy', which effectively means that his name would either be 'Tetsujin' or 'Tetsugakumono', for 'Philosopher'. Though he prefers being referred to as 'Tetsugaku' mainly since it "Sounds more like a name than the previous two that would be towards his liking.".

Personality

Tetsugaku comes off as an antipathic person with rather cynical views on the world, and chooses to just plainly isolate himself from the rest of the world, unless it's with Masquerade. It's noted that he doesn't really care much for what happens with other factions (safe for stronger ones, like Raijin), just as long as it works to his benefit. No one really knows what lies behind the mask, so people assume that Tetsugaku is a common liar that doesn't have manners and shouldn't be trusted. Though despite wearing a mask, Tetsugaku comes off as a bluntly honest person.

It's thought that Tetsugaku goes upon talking of the Philosophy of enshrouding a place of light into bits of darkness in means to balance things out. This means often, places are dimly lit with equal bits of shadow and light all together, and to contrast his pale skin, Tetsu wears the color of black, to balance this out. Shortly meaning, that wherever that there is light, as comes, and so follows darkness. And this darkness will always be present, and will be firmly rooted, despite attempts to remove it. Though Masquerade uses this philosophy towards why they're so persistent and not easy to remove. Tetsugaku merely chose the colors black and purple since they were to his liking, and that both colors would represent darkness.

Though this doesn't mean that Tetsugaku or his faction mean to represent darkness, or go about this philosophy in a zealotry cry. This is instead, a way to decrease morale. Tetsugaku is a highly strategical person, that works on demoralizing his opponent to lessen their chances of fighting, let alone, make them lose their will to fight. Which he uses continuously to his advantage time and time again. It's thought that in his introverted nature, Tetsugaku read many on books of strategy, and might be fond of games, even. Though this is what is known. One more, not many people truly knows what lies behind the mask.

Despite the cynical nature of Masquerade, it's arguably that Tetsugaku is a bit of a cross between an idealist and a philosopher, but also is rumored to go about thoughts of depression. Reasons as towards why weren't entirely figured out, seeing no one knows his face, one cannot know who he actually is or what history he's had before hand. Tetsugaku goes by an unusual ideal upon the thoughts that no one is truly good or evil, and can shift easily from doing good or bad things in an instant.

Abilities, and Weaponry

Perhaps the most unique of all of Tetsugaku's abilities would be his ability to harness a pure arcane aura within his body, allowing for the use of raw magic. It's well arguable that when it comes to magic, Tetsugaku is the second or third strongest in the whole school. The functions that are known of now that he can do is being able to spontaneously generate magic missiles at a position within a twenty yard radius. Create a shield in front of himself that bypasses most projectiles, and lastly, perhaps the most unique of his abilities, coat his weapons within the same aura to deal not only physical, but magical damage as well. Another unique quirk is that due to Tetsu having possession of a pure arcane aura, he's able to mimic some forms of magic if it hits him.

While Tetsugaku's endurance and strength is poor, he makes up for being a very agile person, and often keeps himself on a slow approach to his opponent, normally not really noticed and underestimated for his weak physical terms (safe for speed). Not only he can move about quickly in a chain of short bursts of speed, but he is highly evasive. It is noted upon Tetsugaku's report card for battling that his Evasion is ranked at 'S', the highest ever obtainable rank for any sort of grades. Which makes Tetsugaku being slow more of a 'warning' to opponents.

Aside to using magic and agility, Tetsu wields a katana given to him from his father, named Tsukuyomi, which is a black cyberpunk-esque katana with a red glow to the Mune and Hi (Back and Groove), and is quite warm upon that area. The glow not only creates a light illumination with it's glow, allowing Tetsu to see in the dark, it also creates a bit of an intimidating appearance during the night due to aforementioned red glow. While the Katana is made out of metal, it's made similarly to a training katana, safe for the tip, either that, or it could be interchangeable between those modes, perhaps having some logic to it's design. When coating it in magic, the red part of Tsukuyomi turns purple. The blade would have also be able to 'extend' a good length, but mainly due to magic acting as the extension, and not the blade itself.

Lastly of a tactical standpoint, Tetsu is the most gifted strategist within Masquerade, and is perhaps, one of the best in his whole school, it's shown that even within battle, his brain ticks and tocks through an almost automatous style geared towards it. He claims he's gotten the gist of strategy from playing games when he was younger when his sister wasn't around. As well as being fond of chess.

Above is the plot and three faction examples, these factions do exist in this potential RP. The faction tabs and the character tab can be taken as Sheets for planning things out, and will be in it when it launches, if enough interest is gained. Also, make sure to read the character profile.

Thank you for reading through this, if you'd made it to the end, it means a lot!

--BlackDragonSol

Dear Anonymous. . . [Relaunch]

Celeste Noire; The date is: 9/4/2015

The emotion was not necessarily panic, but unease. The first day of school, already this was a nightmare for her, even if her brother had started going to school, she barely knew him. She looked about the classroom, eyes constantly on the clock, and the other students. "Was someone going to make fun of me again?" she thought. Everyone else was doing their homework in class, Algebra, a concept she knew well enough, but everyone else had their groups. Celeste was never sure if she could possibly have a group of three or more people working with her, what not with being called a "Vampire" often, and some girls even using less polite terms which she had no idea to respond to, let alone comprehend. "Bitch", "Skank", along with a few other terms she wouldn't want to be caught dead thinking. She always changed in the bathroom rather than the locker room, let alone carried more than one bag, so she could at least pretend that they think she's gone off to someone. Although in her mind she'd know that anyways, even if they think it's true, it never will be. It'd be scandalous, make her unliked reputation even worse, and most of all, she'd get a stern talking to from her mother Katherine.

The school may be part of a place in the middle of nowhere, formerly she had gone to a city that had a bigger high school, but being out of her comfort zone in a smaller house compared to the luxury of the family estate was a big, shocking change. Celeste knew at least a few others, but no one bothered her at her former high school, and taking a year away from the estate had done much to bother her. Why would people call her those names? Was it because she's from the high-class? Was it because it's fun to make fun of people who looked so different? Was it because of her clothes choice, or did someone know about something? "No no no, I've learned from my mistakes, paranoia won't get me anywhere. Even if they did know something, one way or another."

Celeste continued to scribble down on her homework nervously, her mouth going slightly wavy as she started to break out a cold sweat, although she kept her head low to not draw attention. Although she could already feel everyone elses' gaze, she tried her hardest not to panic, sshe was, as her mother puts it on occasion, she's a delicate flower, capable of wilting at the slightest touch, whatever that meant. Even her hoodie, which looked like was big for her, was white with rosen designs at the end, no vines, but just simple roses, of course, the area between the petals were also white in this case too. She started to ask questions, various ones at that "Does this school have a uniform? Do they have any sports teams, does esports exist here?" Et cetera et cetera. Celeste herself was part of a team made up of herself and her friends from the old high school, one of which had given her fashion tips.

But that's all in the past, she had to deal with her temporary one-year life here, outside of her comfort zone, outside of people respecting and greeting her in town with "Miss Noire". She didn't entirely like attention, good or bad, but she preferred bad attention over good attention, anyways.. She looked at the clock, finding two minutes towards the end of the period. She decided to pack up her things in order to leave. It wasn't long now until she was given a text on her phone informing her about an e-mail. "I'll look at it when I get home, I guess..or rather...'home'.."

Dear Anonymous. . . [Relaunch]

Allen Cross; The date is: 9/4/2015

Twenty minutes.

That's what went on in Allen's head, he was playing baseball with his fellow students, some had leave for practice, others were on what's known as a free period, where they could do whatever they want provided it doesn't breach the school policy. Of course, what truly went on his head wasn't about the free period, he's had a slew of those before, and probably won't stop getting them now. After all, one year is all that's left until the removal of a very big problem he found in his side, school. After this year he'd graduate, and unto that, he could do whatever he wanted with his life, join the military, the workforce, or go to college. Allen had particularly come from a semi-wealthy family, but not enough to be considered middle-high or high class, compared to a few of his other friends. But rather, called semi-wealthy since true wealth to him was a number of things that he found worth in.

Nineteen minutes..

His phone had buzzed to find another obstacle, an E-Mail from the teacher, he had his own E-Mail set up as his school one, but he was provided with the credentials to use for another account, instructions, and who else to e-mail, as well as being told very specifically in detail "Break anonymity, and you'll get a zero for this project.", otherwise in layman's bullshit terms, "break anonymity and you'll fail this class." Allen looked up as a rather sharp CLINK! had resounded from a student's bat, he missed that linedrive past the second baseman. He frowned, because not only this meant that the bases were loaded and now things are fair game as the centerfielder had quickly reacted to get the ball to the pitcher.

But it was his turn, Allen rose up, straightening his sports blazer and grabbing his Easton Black Magic bat, it was black, with silver and red around the brand name of the bat. He started to assume position before he had heard an ever so familiar voice going by and away from the field.

"Viiiiirgiiiiin!"

Allen turned around, only to get hit in the shoulder by the baseball after a wayward pitch from the pitcher no less, everyone had heard that, granted, the members of the team were used to heckling. "Well, that hurt..." Allen had thought, granted, the pitcher only grinned. Said pitcher was a kid that Allen didn't get along with on occasion, and found annoying, but never found it worth the time to remember him but by last name, which even then, he didn't want to remember. He pointed the bat the kid and waited for another pitch.

Seventeen minutes...

"Bye, Virgiiiin~!" , those were the words he heard, hearing it when the pitch came made Allen's blood boil, it was a slider, but he wanted to hit it enough to make a point. The ball carried up, not so much as high due to bats not being particularly known for their swinging power below, but rather it hit off the ground and into the pitcher's groin, carried up in both ways to Allen's expectations. It hurt to watch, but Allen didn't care, because it didn't hurt too much. Instead, a sneer was rather plastered around his mouth as he proceeded to take his base.

Dear Anonymous. . . [Relaunch]

Allen Cheshire Cross

Allen, with his best friend, Blair Lockeheart. (Reference done by editing a picture very unprofessionally by your's truly.)

What is your real name?
Allen Cross

Are you male or female?
Male

What is your age?
Seventeen, roughly

When is your birthday?
June Fourteenth, Nineteen-ninety eight

What grade are you in?
12th

What are some of your hobbies and interests?
Is this really a thing? Well, if you count gaming and reading books, then sure.

How would you describe your personality?
Aloof, cold, avoids social contact with others, although intellectual and occasionally helpful if I feel like it. Is a strong, loyal type to friends, no matter how odd or offputting they may be, if they're not toxic by nature.

What has your life been like so far?
Why do you need to know this?

(Allen is was once a warmhearted individual who'd grin ear to ear in cases of extreme joy, it is said his parents gave him the middle name 'Cheshire' because of this. However, as part of a recent event, not only a slight part of Allen's face had suffered a burn, but it came at the discoloration of his right eye and giving everything a slight red tint when he sees out of the eye, which makes things appear only slightly off color, and may lead him to incorrectly guess shades of red because they would appear rather slightly more red to him. Allen always wears an eyepatch over said eye when he's over at school, not only just about completely hiding the burnt and somewhat disfigured part of his face, but the eye completely as well.)

What will you pick as your screen name (and alias if asked)?
0ur-Tw1sted-4ate , Alias; Leslie

What are your thoughts on the project?
Let's just get this done.

Additional Info;
Scarred skin tissue around his right eye, right eye is sanguine instead of amethyst, which his left eye is.

And

Celeste Welsh-Noire

What is your real name?
Celeste Noire

Are you male or female?
Female

What is your age?
16

When is your birthday?
April twenty-first, 1999

What grade are you in?
11th (Null one for skipping)

What are some of your hobbies and interests?
Hobbies..? Uhm...I like to stand in the rain with my hoodie on..I like to read, and occasionally access the internet.

How would you describe your personality?
Ummm...

(Celeste is often a nervous wreck and has trouble trusting people or telling others how she feels on the situation. She has a lack of knowledge upon social ques which would make conversations rather awkward, though when she's behind the screen, it's someone of great composure, though high sensitivity, dislikes bugs [unless they're caterpillars or butterflies], is insecure about her family's divorce, and sometimes blames herself for it..Has a profound love for dogs and cats alike. She is also known to be a gamer for a shooter-action game of unknown origin.)

What has your life been like so far?
Constantly on the move. I'm not allowed to go outside often because the sun will cook me. My parents were divorced when I was at a young age, and I live with my mother. Most of my time is spent indoors.

What will you pick as your screen name (and alias if asked)?
RedRoses-WhiteSnow, Alias; Alexander

What are your thoughts on the project?
Do I really need to..?

Additional Info;
Albino

Hidden to conserve space, and for your convenience!

Dear Anonymous. . . [Relaunch]

Allen Cheshire Cross

Allen, with his best friend, Blair Lockeheart. (Reference done by editing a picture very unprofessionally by your's truly.)

What is your real name?
Allen Cross

Are you male or female?
Male

What is your age?
Seventeen, roughly

When is your birthday?
June Fourteenth, Nineteen-ninety eight

What grade are you in?
12th

What are some of your hobbies and interests?
Is this really a thing? Well, if you count gaming and reading books, then sure.

How would you describe your personality?
Aloof, cold, avoids social contact with others, although intellectual and occasionally helpful if I feel like it. Is a strong, loyal type to friends, no matter how odd or offputting they may be, if they're not toxic by nature.

What has your life been like so far?
Why do you need to know this?

(Allen is was once a warmhearted individual who'd grin ear to ear in cases of extreme joy, it is said his parents gave him the middle name 'Cheshire' because of this. However, as part of a recent event, not only a slight part of Allen's face had suffered a burn, but it came at the discoloration of his right eye and giving everything a slight red tint when he sees out of the eye, which makes things appear only slightly off color, and may lead him to incorrectly guess shades of red because they would appear rather slightly more red to him. Allen always wears an eyepatch over said eye when he's over at school, not only just about completely hiding the burnt and somewhat disfigured part of his face, but the eye completely as well.)

What will you pick as your screen name (and alias if asked)?
0ur-Tw1sted-4ate , Alias; Leslie

What are your thoughts on the project?
Let's just get this done.

Additional Info;
Scarred skin tissue around his right eye, right eye is sanguine instead of amethyst, which his left eye is.