Crusader Lord

Saint Valerius Academy - A Knight/Noble Fantasy

I've been tossing around the concept for a boyish/reverse trap knight, but that's about as far as I've gotten. It might be too on the nose.

@Crowvette

As long as you have fun with it, i'd think, all is good! :D

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@HylianRose So I've worked out a decent bit of the app for my Scandinavian Prince/Noble, as it were, but the idea hinges a bit on him having a sixth skill that is "Expert" while the rest are Journeyman, Apprentice, and Novice in kind. Is this acceptable, or should I switch ideas to make someone different who isn't a physically frailer veritable savant in some field who is coming to the school? I didn't even include him having a singular talent to try to compensate, but idk if that works.

Though thinking on things, I am also curious.....since we are short knights for the most part, would it better fit if I just made a knight instead to help the numbers? I also want to check this, in case as GM you feel we really do need some more balancing in numbers here. Because either way I don't mind, and my knight might be a simpler thing to write than my current noble. lol. XD

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I think the most haunting thing to Millie would be a Hapsburg.

@Fading Memory

I think the most haunting things to a Hapsburg in turn would be a healthy genetic variance, normal-sized jawlines, and a random Serb with a gun. Based on historical evidence at least.

But that is as mean as I'll get with history.

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That is a hilarious image in my head. Everyone fighting about who is Rome.

@The Savant

The Byzantines, grabbing the mic: "Are you even truly ROMAN if you aren't constantly backstabbing each other, literally that is, in the political sphere and otherwise? Can you truly be ROMAN, if you aren't an utter beauracratic nightmare to navigate? Are you even truly ROMAN, unless you are having a generations-long beef with some big nation in the middle east? HMM?! HMMMM?!?!"

*drops mic, walks off, and then has a ddedicated 'mic picker-upper' servant pick it up so as to not leave a mess behind*

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Millie: "Holy Roman Empire." 😡

But they ain't even Romans. 🤣 Ah well, as funny as when that time Peter the Great and Suleiman the Magnificent claimed they were Romans too, I guess. Everyone and their mother wanted a piece of Caesar's ass.

But currently, going by the zeroth IC post, Russia is currently Public Enemy#1 due to the Ukraine invasion.

@Izurich

All we need now is someone casually asserting that Byzantium somehow survived the Ottomans in this wacky world, while sending the Byzantine heir to the school, and you get three nations claiming to be Rome. Let them fight!

XD

I promise it won't be me doing that, pinky promise, even if it sounds like a funny meme or potentially a bit fun really...

Pokemon: Dream

Clarissa Ryte

Front Foyer, Stellar Toy Company, Industrial District, Byjerfal City

(Urban Exploration)

"Calling Out For A Hero(es) Till' The End Of The Niiiiight"

Navigating through the somewhat narrow alley between two warehouses and through a hole in an old fence, would bring Clarissa to her goal. The unlocked doors to the toy factory itself. There didn’t seem to be any way to get up from the outside currently…which meant, the only way up…would be inside.

Pushing past the rust covered doors that creaked with age, Clarissa would find herself standing in a small foyer. A subtle chill in the air persisted. The cries of some murkrow could be heard both above and further within, but something was telling her there were certainly more than just murkrow and the usual urban pokemon here.

The rust-caked doors creaking open was a sure sign the factory itself was in more than a visible state of disrepair. Perhaps literally, even, at that, as when she attempted to extend the range of her powers for a moment to try to get an idea of things a number of dizzying sensations hit the psychic trainer outrighht. All upon her entering into the little abandoned foyer. For a moment, the psychic would suddenly seem to go pale in the face before leaning on the nearest wall with her left arm as she tried to stay standing in the heat of the moment.

"Bun! Bun."

Sir Lopsalot would leap off, the hair on the back of his little neck standing on end, as he stuck close to his trainer and tried to look over the little foyer. Rather, it was perhaps more as if he was looking for anything 'bad' in particular, and keeping an eye out for his trainer in the meantime. Hadn't seen her much like this for a while, and it was a little worrying to the Buneary as he kept his ears and eyes open for any potential trouble.

For her part, Clarissa would restrict her powers more and try to slow her breathing down. Deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out. Focus on the tasks in front of her. Repeat. Yet as she would turn and let her back lean against the wall instead, she knew one thing for certain. This wasn't simply an abandoned factory. It was literally haunted. The palpable sense of lingering....emotions. Of things long gone. Of things still here. It had been her mistake to enter the place too brazenly with her powers reaching out to check out the immediate surroundings, that had been her mistake, but at least now she knew one thing for certain-

"Bun."

She needed backup. Not because she couldn't control herself in here, but more so because the potential presence of ghost-type Pokemon was not going to her advantage in all of this. If she wanted to get to the roof, she needed help, and frankly trying to fight ghost types with a normal type without anti-ghost moves was a fool's errand. Not unless they wanted to try to run for it, and that was its own kind of dangerous anyway. At this point she wished Ripley would show up to assist, perhaps, as certainly his Pokemon didn't seem like a normal type to her eyes. Made her wish she'd scanned the little thing before leaving, almost, but that was already well behind her now for the most part.

Using her legs to proper her up, and her back still resting upon the left wall, Clarissa would whip out her Pokedex and quickly try to whip up a 'group text' of sorts with her hands as her eyes focused down on the screen. She had no idea if anyone else was still around from the starting group, or if everyone had 'jumped ship' to go elsewhere as it were, but it was worth a shot to get some assistance in a hurry maybe. Either way, she wanted to get that blasted Murkrow and needed to be in time for the contest....but more than that, who knew what else they could run into along the way? Something else to catch with the assistance of others not using a normal type Pokemon? Greater dangers lurking deep inside? Etc?

'Haunted Factory - Help Needed'

This is Clarissa, from the group of people who were brought to Professor Camphor's Lab earlier.

Is there anyone else still around in Byjerfal who could come assist me at the Stellar Toy Company building? I'm trying to go catch a Murkrow on the roof of the building, or another Pokemon as well that might be found here at this rate, but all I have at my disposal is a Normal type Pokemon. As such I wish to see if anyone would be able to come assist, and if so please text me a response with your contact information and to tell me you're coming to assist.

Instructions on how to get here in the Industrial District will be located at the bottom of this group text as well. I'm in the front foyer of the building as well.

Please forgive me and ignore this message if you're not interested, and I wish to give my apologies for interrupting you all like this out of the blue. I've not acquired any specific contact information as of yet, and so this route of contact was my only course of action for the time being. Once I get some contact information, I can avoid using this sort of method in the future at least.

Clarissa

Letting out a small sigh, the psychic would hit 'send' on the message and let her head rest backwards against the wall as well. Hopefully someone would come to assist, at least, though if not she would have to debate the alternatives: Leave, or make a desperate run for the roof. Neither sounded appetizing after the work of trying to locate the Murkrow's nesting location, at least, but there was still enough time in the day if she got some help to catch a Pokemon or two and make it to the Contest proper in good timing. But....this was certainly not what she thought would occur on her first day as a proper trainer and heading out to assist the Professor.

Still, in the meantime she'd keep her Pokedex out for a response. Or, well, if anything she could scan with it popped out of the woodwork. Literally.

@Savo@XxFellsingxX@Vertigo

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XD

***Been digging a bit too much into history to try to think up something fun for a noble character with a backstory from Scandinavia, whether it be Sweden, a modern Kalmar Union type thing, or Norway or Denmark or otherwise. Maybe a bit too much digging into history and 'famous noble families' and such things thus far, but I can say the somewhat lengthy gist of what I'm working on for an idea for a noble at least:

"A young scion, a sickly prince or higher noble, with pale hair and pale skin. Often has to walk with a cane, or deals with a slight hunchback, or is just weak and sickly in general because that'd be easier to find a picture for 'maybe' (Note: It isn't, somehow, for me at least.).

He is either the bearer of a large number of curses, or a familial curse, and this all ties back to actions his ancestors took during the 'Christianization of Scandinavia' basically. Killed or did some notably bad things to worshippers of the 'Old Gods', and it led to a strange event where either an angry magic user of old blood (or strange man with one eye who was never seen or heard from again) placed a curse upon them for their actions in the end. A curse that bound the grudges, pain, ache, fury, and so forth of those slain and suffering due to those ancestors to the bloodline, and that it would afflict them every single generation.

Being nobles, the family can't just let themselves die off, but the curse does end up having certain conditions and a deceptive simplicity in its wording that means just 'adopting' isn't going to get around it either. Thus, of course, this character is born the latest in the bloodline to inherit the curse as the one of his parents' children to do so.

From here? It depends on how the family has handled it as to how his life might have been thus far. If they care about him, or have just been using him to 'contain' the curse in a cruel sense of self-preservation. Etc.

Personality-wise? He is intended to be a stoic, as well as generally polite and cordial and formal enough in social situations, person who has learned to handle a lot of pain and matured more in some sense at least due to the suffering of his own life. A sort who looked in the mirror at home, or wherever he was living at a family estate of sorts, and saw the 'visage of a corpse' due to his health struggles in life thus far, and became stoic and grim a bit pessimistic due to this and with regards to how he carries himself. At the same time, he is someone who values honesty and straightfowardness over flowery language, proper action and merit over mere empty words and flashy titles, and is a genuinely kind-hearted person who seeks to be genuinely considerate of those he cares about and for. As a student he is superb, noted as a 'young child genius' from a young age by his prior educators as his innatue sense of curiosity and superb personal diligence/industriousness were honed incredibly in compensation for his weak body and overall sickly health status. A young scholar and mage of a noble, one who gleaned some particular magical skill to the point of being a 'veritable savant' in this specific area by the time he goes to the Academy....and overall has better mental skills than physical ones for certain.

Certainly a fair share of weaknesses, physical mostly but also mental naturally, but still a standout student who could've gotten a scholarship there perhaps if the Academy had such a thing. "

***Meanwhile, for a knight character? Not as much research done into that as of yet, but I have some basic concepts in mind for one. In either case of the two concepts, though, it is a female knight of sorts. So with that in mind:

"The first of the concepts is a knight who is German, and her family is a wealthy and knightly-blooded family of lower nobility who became powerful over time. They became powerful by taking the folklore concept of a "Freishutz" of legend, and originally used to control the production of magical bullets for earlier firearms. Politically they tried to keep 'neutral' to maximize business, but always sought to be amicable with the ruling party of Germany/HRE as well. However, going into modern times, and as firearms and bullet changed to mass production, they had to water down their 'original product' to a mass-producible yet still-quality enchanted product. They also became more 'modern' in some ways, but the fact they've survived and become a 'quiality german producer' among the nobility I feel would be a cool background.

The second of the two concepts is someone who is either Portugese (maybe with tarot magic or something else), or is French (maybe knowing some cool alchemy or such? hmmm)."

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Like the one here?

To be honest, I had only 🍺Deutschland🍺 in mind when I was designing Millie, any other territories that's not part of Modern Germany is extra fluff lol

@Izurich

Yes, that was the sort of map I was looking at actually. Though.....that makes sense. Okay maybe I'm overthinking this a little bit. Maybe.

The reason I had the idea I had was because I thought there was like a full-on HRE that made it to modern day or something. Definitely am overthinking again on my end then. So I am definitely going to rethink this now, and find something else then. XD

Thanks for the clarification! And sorry for the sudden ping there.

Also Millie is 10/10 cool, tbh!

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@HylianRose@Izurich

I had a bit of a think, and came to the idea that child from the ruling family of the Swedish Empire would be very cool to have exist in this world of the RP potentially. Albeit it would need some slight border reduction and adjustments, mostly because the HRE is a thing and they had slightly overlapping territory in a couple spots based on what maps I looked at. Albeit This would also affect if anyone was attempting to play a Russian or someone from the baltics.

Wanted to tag y'all because I wanted to both ask but also paying anyone I'm aware of currently that is relevant to that thought.

Worst case scenario I figure I get told no. Which is fine. Just want to run things by here to be sure! :D

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It also the school that has Vicious Mockery, so Millie can - literally - insult someone to death. Just makes her scolding (or staring at) you a tad bit deadlier than others.

@Izurich

Tfw she gets fed up with a lazy project partner in one of her classes, only for them to drop on the spot after a ten minute verbal lashing from her. Only the diligent shall survive! bad group project members beware!

(I jest, i jest)

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Home for the day so I likely won't look at this in depth until tomorrow but wanted to let you know as it my immediate concern. The skills are mostly expert or master, which I absolutely expect from a 4th year or teacher, but not something I expect from a 1st year. I would say he can have max skills at journey but no higher currently. Unless there are extenuating circumstances. A character who is already a master or expert at something has no where to improve. I'd consider looking at that again.

I do like the talent, but I'll look at that in more depth tomorrow and might have more feedback at that point.

@Crusader Lord

Glad to have you!

@HylianRose

Thank you! Time to do some research on Sweden (or the Dutch alternatively), if it did anything during the American Revolution, and a little Norse Mythology or the like. That and try to dig up a good picture for a 'frail pale noble boy' perhaps.