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Race to the Sky

Just going to drop in real quick to say that I'm working on a character for this.

Tower of God - Inspired RP - Concept and Interest Thread

I'm interested in seeing how this goes.

Mirror, Fox, Key

Hm, I'm not really sure what to post. I don't really have anything to write other than 'Emma keeps walking forward.' :<

Unquiet

Rose had forced herself free from the stone vice only to find that the path ahead had disappeared. She beat on it with great arcs of thunder that erupted from her palm, shook the cave with earthquakes, all to no avail. The path was blocked. She turned back and returned to the surface, intent on surviving. She would not let the broken God escape- she would not die here. She would bring down the mountain on her if she had.

And she floated up and up, hovering above the mountain, above the Stone, carried by Lha'tak's winds. And then the world around Rose turned to chaos. She unleashed the power the god had given her, all of it, the profound power of the god that held dominion over natural disasters. Lightning rained down in volleys, the ground shook and cracked and split, wind gusted, bending the trees, threatening the roots that had been dug into the ground over the course of hundreds of years. Rose was angry, and sad, and scared, surrounded by an apocalypse of her own making in a seemingly dead slice of the world surrounded by the terrifying power of gods that were bent on making the survivors of the Stone into their playthings.

I would've been better off if I slept soundly in that accursed box.

Ironically enough there was a time when Rose would have welcomed the power of Lha'tak regardless of the price. But now she knew that the cost was not worth the return- the loss of her freedom, bound to the will of the god with none of her own. And then the cataclysm stopped all at once. It was to no avail, that much was clear. She would not be free of Lha'tak like this. She would not destroy Nor this way, not that she had wanted to in the first place. She needed a new plan.

The new plan was defiance. She would not kill Nor. Many years ago Rose would've been more than willing to, but now? She refused. Lha'tak would know, she knew; there was no way she could hide the information from, at least by her estimation as he was seemingly inside her mind. So she would run, hide, she had taken a turn at being the God's emissary and decided she was done. She let herself fall to the ground, and ran for the protection of the Stone- she was sure Lha'tak wouldn't be far behind.

The Tales of Winding

Hey everyone! So, I kinda disappeared for the last week-ish. My apologies, there was some stuff I needed to take care of but I should be able to post significantly more than not at all now. I'll catch up and then get a post up soon :)

And, uh, I said I'd be leaving this RP but I'm actually going back on that due to recent events :P I was a little weary to enter because of the drama and wasn't really up to having my posts super closely scrutinized but seeing that we've got different people now I think (I hope) it won't be as big of an issue.

Unquiet

Hey everyone! So, I kinda disappeared for the last week-ish. My apologies, there was some stuff I needed to take care of but I should be able to post significantly more than not at all now. I'll catch up and then get a post up soon :)

(I just realized I'm basically just copying and pasting this message across three Mokley RPs)

Mirror, Fox, Key

Hey everyone! So, I kinda disappeared for the last week-ish. My apologies, there was some stuff I needed to take care of but I should be able to post significantly more than not at all now. I'll catch up and then get a post up soon :)

The Tales of Winding

@Mokley
The blatant favoritism this early on in the roleplay aside, if it's not charity, why is he any different from anyone else with money? He's not technically doing a "good deed" if he expects to get payed back.

@Kaiachi

No one said he was doing a good deed- he is just like anyone else with money. He's not a good guy. He's not out there putting money into people's pockets for their sake. Honestly, if we're now arguing that Rowan shouldn't have money, he now actually had nothing. He's already been talked down to the point where he isn't manipulative or influential, so tell me, what exactly can he actually do? I've made if abundantly clear he has no fighting ability, so at this point he's being argued to a point where he is absolutely zero skill set. Let's take a look at the other character in this RP. We have an archer who has 'skill with machinery [that] is unmatched', an automaton who has very clear advantages by virtue of not being organic. Someone who has: Marksmanship, Incredible Strength, Great throwing Prowess, and Social Skills. We have someone who can fly.

Any character in this RP could very easily, in many ways, defeat Rowan if they so desired, even if he still had everything he did at the start of this conversation. If Rowan has no money he very, very, very clearly becomes the weakest character here, and you can already make the argument that he in many ways is. Relative strength to other characters isn't an important thing to me personally, but it seems that everyone else is very concerned about it. Honestly crying foul of favoritism at this point is a little silly. I feel he was merely working with me to try to get Rowan into the RP- Of course I'm biased to agree with Mokley since I'm the one he was arguing in favor of, so I'll avoid further comment.

But all the same I have a simple solution for everyone's concerns: I'll go ahead and scrap Rowan as a character. What I originally envisioned was a character that was more alternate in power- instead of being a fighter, he got people to fight for him. It has become very clear that somewhere in my process I stepped out of bounds. At this point it would be much simpler for everyone, myself included, to simply not have Rowan in the RP even if he does get the 'okay'.

@BurningCold @Mokley

The Tales of Winding

@BurningCold @Mokley

Totally understandable and I had some of your same concerns as I was writing. I'll try to address what you're saying point by point. As I said if people feel Rowan is being played unfairly I'm happy to make changes.

I don't see how he's wealthy if he's fled his kingdom and by extension any riches it may possess.

I don't think it's totally unreasonable to assume he made out with money. If one was leaving there home for what would likely be a large amount of time they'd probably bring some money- especially if they knew they were going to be living somewhere else for an indiscriminate period. I'd imagine as he was making preparation to leave he loaded a couple of chests of gold onto a carriage.

Additionally, he's technically not a prince if he's neglecting his duty as a prince by LEAVING the kingdom.

Well, this is more of a semantical issue. Sure, he might not technically qualify as a prince, he's more a royal exile, but I don't really see how this is a major issue. As far as most people would know he was forced out in a coup, so it's not like he exactly up and left randomly- in many people's eyes he would still be a prince even though he's not officially filling the role.

Also, if the land he hails from is so far away that people are only going to hear bogus stories and not the clear truth, it's unlikely people would even know enough about him to care that he arrived/believe he's really royalty in the first place.

He's not Kim Jong-Il scoring 11 hole in ones the first time he picked up a golf club. I may have put a little bit too much emphasis on the aspect of tall tales- something more like 'hey you here in this one place this one guy was born and they think he's going to rule the world? lmao'. As for credence to his identity it wouldn't be hard to establish- there were a lot of ways for royalty to identify themselves way back when. A ring with a royal crest, a letter with a sigil, etc. Maybe I also stressed the concept of 'distant' too much- I could spend some time fleshing out Rowan's kingdom, make it closer to Winding, give it an actual name, etc. Also, the clear truth isn't entirely clear to his people either- after all, it's not as if most peasants get a front row seat at the ruling populace's liveses. What they've heard surrounding there prince's disappearance and the wars that have begun in his absence are little more then rumor, rumors which he did his best to make sure spread in his favor. He had considerable power as a prince and access to many key figures in the ruling class- it wouldn't be hard to craft a false history by spreading his story to the right people.

People don't have simple minds here in Winding and this isn't a D&D game so he can't just be super good at manipulation because he wants to be.

I say to this: Why not? I don't see how it's inherently bad to have a manipulative character- of course 'manipulation' as a skill can sometimes be used in pretty OP ways, but in this case I feel like what I've written is played fairly straight. If someone showed up with a lot of money and is spending it to help people out around your town you'd probably be pretty biased to like them. A VIP shows up, gains a positive reputation, and after a while people will probably be willing to vouch for him. Of course he's not just good at manipulation 'because he wants to be'. He's been groomed to rule a country- of COURSE he is able to lie and cheat. Added to the fact that he's basically a psychopath he make a pretty good liar. It's not as if rulers being able to manipulate doesn't have a basis in the real world.

Those are my thought. Of course this whole idea of Rowan being in a position of power came kind of last minute, so there are probably some holes in my logic- feel free to pick at them. Take all this with a grain of salt as well. This isn't totally Rowan's official history, more just me ideating how it might be and seeing if that falls more in line with something that makes everyone happy.

The Tales of Winding

@Diggerton Hey sure! If that's what you wanna do, it'd be helpful to determine exactly what sort of people he would have asked to sign his petition -- that way we'll establish which NPCs might recognize/respect him the most.

@Mokley

The way I envisioned Rowan is as a manipulator- while other characters might be more combat oriented Rowan's thing is playing the long con to further his goals. He knows how to identify what people want and how to exploit it. I would say he would probably show up in Winding and play his way up into a position of respect- his wealth and reputation as the prince of a distant kingdom would likely play a part in some sort of rise to power. While his kingdom may be in turmoil and it's pretty heavily implied he played a part in its downfall he is somewhat of a hero to the general populace of his homeland. As established in his backstory he's almost seen as a messianic figure in his kingdom and although he doesn't really live up to that reputation he's used it to his advantage. In other lands people would probably only hear the tall tales told about him, likely positive things. I'd say the official story that he's attempted to spread about the events surrounding the king and queen's death would be that his mother and father were killed in a coup and that he's fled seeking asylum.

Basically he has puts up an act to hide his true motives and earn people's respect, and then used that respect to become a part of the council. I would assume that the exiled prince of another kingdom coming to Winding would be a pretty noteworthy event so he'd become well known quickly, which would allow him to make friends with key figures in the town. As to what sort would petition for him I can't really nail a specific demographic, I'd imagine with his wealth (Princes oughta be wealthy) he would be able to earn much of Winding's respect by financing public work projects- roads, helping small businesses, etc. In this way it could be said that he almost bought his position.

That's just me spit balling. In some ways reading over that it seems to me that Rowan might be a tad bit too influential, manipulative, wealthy, or all of the above, but perhaps that's balanced out by the fact that he's totally nutso past his facade and the fact that he's not a great fighter. I'd say as the plot progresses he'll almost border on 'villain' status depending on how things go. Tell me if you think I should make any changes @Mokley and I'd be happy to do so.